The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-07-27
Proposed Amendment to the Con.
stitution Of ohio.
LEGISLATIVE SINGLE DISTRICTS.

SECTION l. BE IT pEsoLvED by rHK GeN-
ERAL ASSEMBLY OF ruH -rArE oF ONO,
That propo.l ~ sDaIi be subiultted Z" the
electors o. ,hi> state on the nrst Tu..day
after the first Monday in November 1873. 10
smend Sections ! 10 IL, inclusive. ~ AZ icle
NJ, OF the Constitution OF the State OF OHIO
so they shall read AS follows:
ARTICLE XII.
SEC ]. The apprriinninent for members of
the general ass. .Inhl, shall he made every
ten years, prlnr tn ne FIRST election fnr mem
bers of the general assembly In each dtcen.
niai period. II. The manner herein provided.
SEC. Q. puring the mouth OF February.
prior 10 the first election for members OF the
general assembly after the passage of this
act and in each decennial period the mem.
oers of the senate and house OF repre>en.
tatives representing the two leading poii'ical
parties, respectively shall meet in separate
bodies. and each OF said bodies shall dests-
nate w1 electors who shall i'rthwi,h , ,, ee & az
tors 30 designated and appointed shall con.
situte commission who shall ascertain
for mem bers of the house OF representa-.
tives and senators, the number OF represent.
tatives TO which each county is entitled and
Should any vacancy occur in said cOinthiS.
sion the senators of the party making the
original destination shall, within ten days
thereafter, designate an elector To MI suci
vacancy, and he shall forthwith be appointed
by the governor.
SEC g. The population OF the state, as
ascertained by the preceding federal census,
or in such other manner as the general as
sembly shs direct shall be divided by the
number lone hundred (" and the quotisut
shall be the ratio of representation In the
house of representatives tor the ten years
succeeding such spportionment.
SEC. 4. Each county shall be entitled to at
least one representative; each county con-
tanning such ratio, and three-fourths over,
shall be entitled to two representatives.; each
shall be entitled 10 three representatives, and
SO on.
one representative shall be divided by such
corr omission into as many districts as there
are repre- sentatives apportioned TO such
county; and one representative shall be
chosen from each district.
SEC 6. Each. representative district, in
counties sntites to more than one repr-sen-
tat1ve. shall be composed of compact territory,
bounded by election precinct lines, and as
nearly equal in population as practicable;
SEC. Z. The ratio for a senator shall be as
certaiued by dividing the p pulation OF the
state by the umber thirty Ave-"
SKC. 8. The stat. shall be divided into sem
atoriaI district. as herein provided, and each
district shall choose one senator.
SEC. 8. Each senatorial district shall be
composed of compact territory, as nearly
equal in population as practicable. and excep,
as TO districts In counties entitled to two or
more senators, shall be bounded by county
lines.
SEC 10. Each county having a population
equal to three fourihs of one senatorial ratio
shall constitute senatorial district: Each
senatorial ratio, and une-hHlf over, shall be
divided into two senatorial districts Each
county having a population equal 10 two amt
one-half ratios, shall be d vided into three
senatorial districts. and 20 on; but no election
precinct sha be divided in the formation OF
q senatorial district.
SEC. IL. The apportionment so M de for
members OF the general assembly shall be
reported to the governor, by such commission
within two mou his AFTER their appointment,
and same shall be published In such manner
as shall be provided by law.
SECTION 2. At such election, those electors
desiring to vote for such amendment may
have placed upon their ballots the words
Representation by single districts-ies;" and
those opposed to sucn anime ndment may
have placed upon their ballots the words
Representation by single districts-No."
SECTION 8. This amendment shall take eff
feet on the fifteenth day of December 1898;
and any provision OF the Constit ution In con.
nict Herewith Is repealed
Speaker Of the House OF Representatives.
ANDREW L. HARRIS,
President OF the Senate.
Adopted April p, 1893.
UNITED STATES UF AMERICA, OHIO, I
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATR.
I, SAMUEL NJ. TAYLOR, Secretary OF State OF
The Ohio, do hereby certify that the foregoing
is an exemplined copy. carefully compared by
me with the original rolls now on hle In this
ONCE, and in my official custody as Secretary
OF Ohio, of joint resolution adopted by the
general assembly OF the State Of Ohio, on the
22d day OF April, A. ID. 1898.
In TESTIMONY WHEREoF, have
hereunto subscribed my name,
tsEAL] and affixed my ofiicial seal, at
ColpmSas' e boz the Ath day Of APRIL
SAMUEL NJ, TAYLOR.