The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-05-15
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
coNsTrrUTroN or oIlfQt
jSfkIjt GOVERNORS VETO. .sesswr

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Be II received by the General Assembly
OF the State of Ohio:
Section 1. That a proposition shall be
submitted to the electors OF this state. on
the first Tuesday after first Monday In
November. A. d. 1908. to amend section
state Of Ohio, so that Il shall read as
follows:
ARTICLE III.
Sec. 49, Every bill shall be fully and
distinctly read three different days. un-
less in case OF urgency three-fourths OF
the house In which II shall be pending.
shall dispense with the rule. No bill
shall contnin. moe than one subject.
which shall be clearly expressed In Its
title. and no law shall be revived, or
amended unless TN. :. "s
entire act revived. or the section or Sec
tlons amended, and the section or Sec
tlons so amended shall be repealed.
Every bill passed by both houses OF
the general assembly SHALL before said
bilr'cans become q law. be presented to
the governor. If he approves he shall
sign said bill and thereupon said bill shall
be law. IF he object ne shalt 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. H. aftor said re-
consideration. at least twolthirds OF the
members elect OF that house vote to re-
pass said bin It shall be sent, together
with said objection, to the other house.
which shall enter at large upon les jour-
nal said objection and shall proceed. to
reconsider said bill. IT, after said recon
sideration, at least two-thirds OF the
members-elcct OF that house vote to pass
said bill II 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. IL 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
buing 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
jccted to by the governor and filed. to-
gether with his objection thereto In
writing. by him In the office of the Sec
rotary of state within the prescribed ten
days; and the secretary of state shall at
once make public said fact and shall rc-
turn said bill, together with said objec-
ton upon the opening of the next follow
ing session of the general assembly to
where II shall be treated in like manner
as II returned within the prescribed ten
days.
the general assembly and presented to
the governor contains two or more Sec
lions. 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
.CaS SO nf n
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 a
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 2. 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-goyernOr veto-nc.
w. s. MKINNON.
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 OF
State of the State of Ohio. do hereby
certify that the foregoing is q true copy
of 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, I have hereun-
to subscribed my name. and affixed my
official seal. at Columbus. the 9th day
of january. A. D. 1a0s 81.
LEWIS C. LAYLIN,
Secretary of State.