Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-06-15
ARTICLE XII.

SEC. 1. The appOrtlonment for members of the
general assembly shall be made every ten years
prior TO the first election for members of the gen
eral assembly in each deeennal period, in the
manner herein provided.
SEC. 2. During the month of February prior tC
the first election for members of the general as
semby after the passage of this act and in eacI
decennial period the members of the senate anC
house Of representatives representing the two
leading political parties, respectively, shall mee
in separate bodies, and each of said bodies shal
designate two electors who shall forthwith be ap
pointed by the governor; and said four electors Sc
designated and appointed shall constitute com
mission who shall ascertain and determine the
ratio OF representation for members of the house
OF representatives and senators, the number OF
representatives to which each county is entitled
and the bOundari s of each senatorial district
Should any vacancy occur in said commission the
senators OF the party making the original designa
tiOn SHALL within ten days thereafter designate
an elector to fill such vacancy and he shall forth
with be appointed by the governor.
SEC; 3. The population of the state, as ascer-
talned by the preceding federal census or in such
other manner as the general assembly shall direct
shall be divided by the number lone hundred y
and the quotient shall be the ratio of representa-
ton in the house of representatives for the ten
years succeeding such apportiOntment
SEC. l. Each county shall be entitled to at least
one representative; each county containing such
two representatives each county containing three
times such ratio shall be entitled to three repre-
sentatives, and so on.
SEC. 5. Each county entitled to more than one
representative shall be divided by such commits
sion into as many districts as there are represen-
tiveS apportl0ned to such county; and one repre-
sentative shall be chosen from each district.
SEC. g. Each representative district in counties
entitled to more than one representative, shall be
composed of compact territory, bounded BY
election precinct lines, and nearly equal in pop
ulati0n as practlcable and each of such districts
be shall numbered.
SEC. z. The ratio for a senator shall be aseer-
tanned by dividing the population of the state by
the number thirty-five."
SEC. 8. The state shall be divided into senatori-
al districts, as herein provided, and each district
shall choose one senator.
SEC. 8. Each senatorial district shall be com
posed OF compact territory as nearly equal in pop
in counties entitled to two or more senator's shall
be bounded by county lines.
SEC. 10. Each county having population equal
to threefourths OF one senatorial ratio shall con
stitute senatorial district. Each county having
population equal to one senatorial ratio and
0ne-half over, shall be divided INTO two SEN
atorial districts Each county having popu-
lati0n equal to two and One-half ratios shall
be div ded into three senatorial districts and so
on; but no election precinct shall be divided in the
formation of a senatorial district.
SEC. II. The apportiOnment so made for mem
bers OF the general assembly shall be reported to
the governor, by such commission, within two
months after their appointment, and the same
shall be published in such manner as shall be pro-
vided by law.
SECTION 2. At such election those electors de-
string to vote for such amendment may have
placed upon their ballots tie words " Relr resenta-
ton by single distrcts-Yes;" and those opposed
to such amendment may have placed uDOn their
ballots the words Representation by single dis
SECTION g. This amendment shall take effect
on the fifteenth day of December 1898; and any
provision OF the Constitution in conflict Herewith
Is repealed. LEWIS c. LAYLIN.
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives..
ANDREW L. HARRIS,
President Of the Senate.
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