The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-02
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
a CONSTITUTION OF OHIO.
GOVERNORS VETO.

Be II resolved by the General Assembly
of the State of Ohio:
Section i. That a proposition shall be
submitted to the electors Of this state, on
November, A. d. 1903, to amend section
10, of article II, of the constitution of the
state of Ohio, so that II shall read as
follows:
ARTICLE IT,
Sec. 16. Every bill shall be fully and
distinctly read three different days. un-
less In case Of urgency three-fourths ot
the house In which 1t shall be pending
sha,l contain more than one subject.
which shall he clearly expressed in It's
title, and no law shall be revived, or
amended unless unr h.'u ~, -,,uu 1.
entire act revived or the section or sec
tions amended, and the section nr Sec
uons so amended shall be repealed.
Every bill passed by both houses of
the general assembly shall, before said
bill can become law, be presented to
the governor. II he approves he shall
sign said bill and thereupon said hill shall
be law. If he object n. shall not sign
and shall return said bill, together with
his objections there TO in writing to the
house wherein the bill originated. which
house shall enter at large upon its Jour-
nal said objection and shall proceed to
reconsider said bill. If, after said re-
consideration, at least two-thirds OF the
members elect of that house vote to re-
pHsS Sttlu Dill II Snall Dc sent. tCReIncr
with said objection. to the other house,
which shall enter at large upon its jour-
nal said objection and shall proceed to
reconsider said bill. If, after said recon-
sideration, at least two-thirds of the
members-clect OF that house vote to pass
said bill 1t shall be law, otherwise II shall
not be law The votes for the repassage
of said bill shall in each house respec-
lively be no less than those given on the
original passage. If any bill passed by
both houses of the general assembly and
presented to the governor is not signed
and is not returned to the house wherein
II originated and within ten days after
being so presented, exclusive of Sunday
and the day said bill was presented. said
bill shall be law as in like manner as II
signed, unless final adjournment OF the
general assembly prevents such return,
in which case shall be law, unless OBJ
jected to by the governor and fled to-
gether with his objection thereto In
writing, by him in the Office of the sec
retary of state within the. prescribed ten
days; and the secretary of state shall az
once make public said fact and shall re-
turn said bill together with said objec.
ton upon the opening of the next follow.
Ing session of the general assembly to
the house wherein said bill originated,
where It shall be treated in like manner
as IL returned within the prescribed ten
days
II any bill passed by both houses of
the general assembly and presented to
tons, or two or more items of appropria
ton of money, he may object to one or
more of said sections or to one or more
of said items of appropriation of money,
and approve the other portion of said
bill, in which case said approved portion
may be signed and then shall be law;
and such section or sections, item or
items of appropriation of money object
ed to shall be returned within the time
and In the manner prescribed for, and
shall be separately reconsidered as In
the case Of, a whole BILL but IL final
adjournment of the general assembly
prevents such return the governor shall
file said section or sections item or items
OF appropriation of money, together with
his objection thereto in writing with the
secretary of state as In the case of
whole bill, and the secretary of state
shall then make public Said fact, but
shall not further act as In the case of
whole bill'
Section g. At such election those cleo
tors desiring to vote for such amendment
shall have placed upon their ballots the
words: Constitutional amendment-gov-
ernor's veto-yes;" and those opposed to
such amendment shall have placed upon
their ballots the words: constitutional
amendment-governor's veto-nc:"
w. S. MKINNON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
f. B. ARCHER,
President of the Senate.
Adopted May 2, 1902
United States of America, Ohio
Office of the Secretary of State.
I, LEWIS C. LAYLIN, Secretary o,
State OF the State of Ohio. do hereby
certify that the foregoing is a true copy
of a Joint Resolution adopted by thu
General Assembly of the State of Ohio
on the End day of May A. D. 1902, taken
from the original rolls now on file in this
office.
In Testimony Whereof, l have hereun-
to subscribed my name, and affixed my
official SEAL at Columbus, the 9th day
of January, A. d. 1903.
LEWIS C. LAYLIN,
Secretary of State.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE