The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1889-10-03
Proposed Amendment to The Constitution
Of 0hia
LEGISLATIVE SINGLE DISTRICTS
AMENDMENT NO. Q.

Stc1IoS !. Be It resolved BY the General Al
sembly Of the STATE Of Ohio. That proposition
shsn be submitted to tho electors of this stat
On the arst Tuesday after tho first Monday IL
elusive, Of Article xf Of tho Conssisu.ion Of Is.
State OF Ohio. 20 they shall read - follows:
ARTICLE xI.
Of the General Assem- bly,. shall be made ever
ten years. prior to the first election for mem
Der. Of the General Assembly in each decennial
period. In the manner herein provided.
to !he first election for members Of tho Gen.
members Of the Senate and Rsuss Of RsprS. 10
as @ :d,s !, polite
bodies. and cech Of said bodies shall dssfgns5l
two slecter.: who shsl! forthwith Be sppofnts1
designated and appointed shall i' eonssisut. % q 3
commission, who shall ascertain and determine
the ratio Of Representatives ler members Of The
o. and the
y Is entitled, and the boundaries Of each sens.
torial district Should any vacancy ocour In
ench commission, tho senators Of tho parry
ten days thereafter. designate an elector 20 6ll
such vacancy, and ho shall forth with be appoint
Cd by the Governor
such other manner as the General Assembly
shall direct. shall be divided by the number
be the ratio OF repre- 81 sontation in tho House OF
Representatives for the ten years succeeding
such apportionment.
least one REPRESENTATIVES; each county contain.
Ing such ratio, and onc-half over, shall be en-
titled to two representatives.; each county con.
taining two and ons-half times such ratio shall
be omitted TO three representatives, and so on.
SEC. S. Each county entitled to more than
ono representative shall b divided by such
commission into a. many districts 40 there are
snd repre:snsas1s .Ssil 8 sa sso.en sSnss i1e
SEC. q. Each representative district. in souu.
shsll bo eomposed Of compact territory.
boundod BY ward OF township lines and q
nearly equal in population ~ practicable: and
SEC Ths state sh.ii b. dividsd ss'in into NO.
less than thirty-hvs nor more than forty sena.
torial dis.ricts, as herein provided, and each
district sholl choose ono penstSr.
80; ssc Ths ratio for : senator shall p. s.ee..
by the Number "ihiny AVE" " '' ''"''
SEC. o Each senatorial district shall be com.
posed Of compact territory, 40 nearly equal In
populstion As practicable, and except a. 70 dis
tricta In counties entitled to two os moro sena-
tors shall be bounded by county lines.
equal to e-fourths Of ono senatorial ratio
shall constitute senatorial district. Each
county count having population eqIal 70 one sepa:
u,
inso two senatorial districts. Each oount3
having population equal 70 two and one-hAl
ration shall be divided into three senatorial dis.
tricts. and so on: but no ward or township shall
bs divided IN the formation Of q senatorial dis
trict
SIG H. The apportionment 90 made for
members OF the General Assembly shall be re.
ported TO the Governor, by such commi ssion,
within three months after their appointment,
md the samo shall be published In such man.
ner AZ shnll be provided by law.
SECTION .. Atsuch election those electors de-
string TO vete fer such amendment shall have
Single Districts-Ycs." and those spPossd to
,uch amendment shall have PLACED upon their
bailots the words Legislative Single Districts
no"
ELBERr L. LAMPsoN.
Speaker OF the House Of Representatives..
THEO. ?. DAVIS.
President pro TEN. Of the Senate.
Adopted April .. 1889.
UEITED STATES o. AMERICA, OHIO
OFFICE OF fRE SEcRRrARY or erAfH.l
I. Daniel J. Ryan. secretary Of state OF the |
tate Of Oh!o, do hereby certify that the forego.
nv is truu copy OF Joint resolution adonted |
y the General Assembly OF the State Of Ohio. |
u the 9th day Of April, a. D. 1889. taken from |
be original rolls 6lod In this Office
q testimony whereof. / have hereunto sub |
scribed my name. and aflxed my on. |
yEALl cial seal. at Columbus, the 10th DAY OF ;
April. A. b. 1854
DANIEL J. RYAN,
Secretary Of State: