Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-10-01

manner prescribed by Law, az une
general election to be held on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday
in November, 1854, a proposition to
amend section 2 of Article II and Sec
tic1s /, 3. 6, 9. 10 and IL of Article
IA of the Constitution Of the State
OF Ohio as follows:
ARTICLE II
Sec. 2. Senators and representa-
tives shall be elected "'s Quadren-
nially by the electors of the respec-
tive counties or districts, on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday. N
November; their tern 1T office SD
uary next thereafter. and continue
four 80 years.
ARTICLE xI
Sec. !. The apportionmenf Of this
State for members of the
House of Representatives shall be
Hssr maae Ry1Gr Rs7 20 and every t%ents
years ''' thereafter. in the follow
ing manner: The whole population
Of the State. as ascertained by the
federal census, or in such other mode
as the General Assembly may direct.
shall be divided by the number One
Hundred" and the quotient shall be
the ratio of representation in the
House of Representatives. for '''
twenty years. next succeeding such
Sec. 3. When any county shan
have a fraction above the ratio. so
large. that being multiplied by five.
the result will be equal to one or
more ratios, additional Representa-
tives shall be apportioned for such
ratios. among the several ''' quad
rennial periods of the ''' twenty
year period, in the following man
ner: If there be only one ratio Rep
resentative shall be allotted to the
nj ~ hA
'"' twenty-year period; If there are
two ratios, a Representative shall be
allotted to the fourth and third '''
quadrennial periods, respectively; If
''' quadrennial periods. respectively:
IL four. to the fourth. third. second.
and first s'' quadrennial periods.
respectively.
Sec 8. The apportionment of this
shall shall be be- made prior t to January i.
1883, in the year 1871. and every
The ratio for a Senator shall, for
ever hereafter, be ascertained. by
State, by the number thirtyfive.
Sec. 9. Any county forming part
of a Senatorial district, having ac-
CURED population equal to full
Senatorial ratio. shall be made a
separate Senatorial district. at any
regular ''' twenty-year apportion-
ment, If a full Senatorial ratio shall
be left in the district from which 1t
shall be taken.
Sec. 10. For the first ten years,
after the year one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-one, the apportion-
ment of Representatives shall be as
provided in the schedule, and no
change shall ever be made in the
principles of representation. as herein
established. or, in the Senatorial dis
tricts. except as above provided. All
territory. belonging to a county at
the time of any apportiorHnent, shall,
as to the right of representation and
suffrage. remain ap integral part
thereof. during the 49, twenty-year
period.
Sec. II. The Governor. Auditor,
and Secretary of State, or any two
of them. shall ''' prior to January
/. 1885, in the year 1871, and every
twenty years thereafter, ascertain
and determine the ratio of represen-
tation, s's for Representatives and
Senators. the number of Representa-
Hves and Senators each county or
district shall be entitled to elect, and
for what years, 'ss and the Gov
ernor shall cause the same to be pub
lished. in such manner as shall be
directed by law.
And be it further resolved, That
at the election herein designated for
the submission of this amendment to
the electors of the State of Ohio, the
same shall be placed on the official
ballot in the manner prescribed by
law and shall be designated as fol-
lows: