The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-09-04
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF OHIO. .
GOVERNORS VETO.

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Be II resolved by the General Assembly
OF the State Of Ohio:
Section l. That a proposition shall be
submitted to the electors of this state, on
the first Tuesday after first Monday In
November A. ID. 1903, to amend section
ie. Of article II. Of the constitution Of the
state OF Ohio. SO that IL shall read as
follows:
ARTICLE II.
Sec. 16 Every bill shall be fully and
distinctly read three different days. un..
less in case OF urgency three-fourths ~
the house In which It shall be pending
shal, dispense with the rule. No BIZ
which shall he clearly expressed in Its
title, and no law shall be revived. or
amended unless rnn ~
entire act revived. or the section or sec
tions amended. and the section or Sec
tions so amended shall be repealed.
Every bill passed by both houses Of
the general assembly shall, before said
bill can become a law. be presented to
the governor. II he approves he shall
sign said bill and thereupon said bill shall
be law. II he object hs shall not sign
and shall return said BILL together with
house wherein the bill originated. which
house shall enter at large upon It's Jour-
| nal said objection and shall proceed to
reconsider said bill. IT, after said re
consideration at least two-thirds OF the
| members elect of that house vote to re-
| pass said bill It shall be sent. together
| with said objection. TO the other house,
| which shall enter at large upon It's jour
| reconsider said bill. If. after said recon-
| sideration, at, least two-thirds of the
| members-elect of that house vote to pass
said bill 1t shall be law, otherwise 1t 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
| cd IN, bp
| and Is not returned to the house wherein
| 1t originated and within ten days after
bCing 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 filed. 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 at
| once make public said fact and shall ro-
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 II returned within the prescribed ten
days.
If any bill passed by both houses of
the general assembly and presented to
| the governor contains two or more Sec
tions, 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 OF
| 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 ir
the case of, a whole bill; but IL fina
| odi of
prevents such return the governor shall
file said section or sections, item or Items
of appropriation of money. together will
his objection thereto in writing with the
secretary of state as In the case OF G
whole BILL and the secretary of STATE
shall then make public said fact. bu
shall not further act as In the case OF
Section 2. At such election those elec
tors desiring to vote for such amendment
shall have placed upon their ballots th
| words: constitutional amendment-gov
ernor's veto-yes:' and those opposed t.
such amendment shall have placed upoi
their ballots the words: Constitutions
amendment-govern3Tr's HT 3 vetoXnSS; vM'XnSNoN
Speaker of the House of Representatives
F. B. ARCHER,
President of the Senate.
Adopted May g. 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 hereb.
certify that the foregoing is true cop!
of a Joint Resolution adopted by tn
General Assembly of the State of Ohi'
on the End day of May, A. D. 1902 takei
from the original rolls now on file in thi
office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereun
| to subscribed my name, and affixed m.
official SEAL at Columbus, the 9th da.
of January. A. D. 1903.
LEWIS c. LAYLIN.
Secretary of State
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