Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-11-21
TWO COUNTY DISTRICTS.

quate population, they being the
smaller Of the counties touching them
TWO COUNTY DISTRICTS,
There will be eight two-county dis.
tlicts. In ether words, the sixteen
smaller counties viii only have eight
representatives The Marion-MorroN
district will become the Delaware
Morrow district, Marion county's pop
ulation having increased so during the
last decade as to out-distance Della
ware which puts the latter in the dis
trict with Morrow, Delaware now be-
ing the smallest adjoining county,
| though her population of 26401, but
for this constitutional provision, would
still give her representation of her
own. The same is true of Ashland
which will be annexed to Madison, ana
also Noble and Morgan. neither Of
which have grown sufficiently during
the last decade to entitle them to rep
resentation Of their own during the
| past decade.
LARGE COUNTIES GAIN.
While tn smaller counties lose out,
the larger ones make big gains in their
representation for the next ten years.
Comparing the representation for the
decade with the total for the past de-
cade, Hamilton county loses one, Guy
ahoga gains ten. Franklin gains
three; Lucas, five; Montgomery, two;
Summit Mahoning, Lorain and Ash
tabula, one each; Stark, Columbiana,
Belmont, Clark, Butler, Tuscarawas,
Muskingum and Wood hold their own.
The two-county districts will be;
Lake-Geauga, Adams-Pike, Harrison
Carroll, Delaware Morrow, Hooking
Vinton, Ashland-Holmes, Noble-Mor-
gan and Fayette-Madison.
These two-county districts will be en-
titled to one representative each at
each session.
TOTAL HOME MEMBERSHIP.
Hamilton county will have ten mem
bers in the house in the first four ses-
sions, and nine in the fifth, while dur
ing the last session her representation
was ten members. At the next ses-
sion Cuyahoga county will have ten
members, her. representation at the
last session being nine members, while
in the second she will have ten, in the
third and fourth eleven, and in the
fifth, ten. Franklin county will have
four members during the first four
sessions and three in the last of the
decade, while Lucas will have four dur
ing the first three sessions and three
during the last two, having one less
than Franklin in the fourth and an
equal number in the fifth session. The
total membership of the next house
will be 1l5 as compared with 109 at
the last session, an increase of six
members. OF the total number, the
nine counties furnish SO for the de-
cade, the sixteen smaller or double
district counties eight, and the other
63 counties one each.
TABLE SHOWING REPRESENTA-
TION.
The counties which will be entitled
to more than one representative will
have the following representation in
the lower house for the five sessions
during the next decade:
County. Representation. Total
Hamilton-Ten in first four ses-
sions, nine in fifth. h.,......... 40
Cuyahoga-Ten first 2 sessions, II
3rd and 4th and 10 in 5th.. so
Franklin-Four in first A sessions, 3
in 5th..... -. ..... ....... 10
Lucas-Four first three sessions, 8
two last..... -. .... 49,. :. 19
Montgomery-Three each session. Is
Stark-Two first sessions, 8 in
fifth .... 80. ..... go. .... IL
summit-Two first sessions, 1
last two....... ........ -, =. s
Mahoning-Two first sessions,
one last two. wo............. ..... s
COMMUNICATIVE first sessions,
one last two. ..... 8
Belmont-One first, two in Bird and
4th, one in 5th. .... .... .. go. 7
Clark-Same as Belmont. ......... 7
Butler-One first sessions, two in
5th.. ..... -. ... .......
Lorain-one first A sessions, two in