The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-09
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF OHIO.
4 GOVERNORS VETO.

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
state of Ohio, so that 1t shall read as
follows:
ARTICLE II.
Sec. 16. Every bill shall be fully and
less in case Of urgency three-fourths Of
the house in which 1t shall be pending,
snail dispense with the rule. No bill
sha, Mh,ob contain oha, more than one subject,
title, and no law shall be revived, or
amended unless the new me- ,ru,a.i.. the
entire act revived or the section or sec
tions amended, and the sec.ion or sec
tions so amended shall be repealed.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 h. 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-
with said objection, to the other house,
which shall enter at large upon It's jour
nal said objection and shall proceed to
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 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 tho
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 ms in like manner as IL
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 she'll re-
turn said bill, together with said obiec.
ton upon the opening of the next follow.
Ing session of the general assembly to
the house wherein said bill originated,
where II shall be treated in like manner
as If returned within the prescribed ten
days
II any bill passed by both houses of
the general assembly and presented to
the governor contains two or more Sec
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 he 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
whole BILL and the secretary of state
shall then make public said fact, but
shall not further act as In the case of a
whole BILL"
Section @ At such election those elec-
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
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ve~toTnS;~ ~
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
It. 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 OF
State of the State of Ohio, do hereby
certify that the foregoing is a true copy
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, 1 have hereun-
to subscribed my name, and affixed my
official seal, at Columbus, the 9th day
of January, A. d. 1908
LEWIS c. LAYLIN,
Secretary of State.
PROPOSED AMENnMENT TO TILE