Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-10-28
FOUR YEAR TENN FOR MEMBERS
OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
And be it further Resolved, By the
General Assembly of the State of
Ohio, three-ifths of the members
therein. that there shall be submitted
to the electors of the state. in the
manner prescribed by law, at the
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
hons l, g. 6, 8. 10 and II of Article
xI of the Constitution Of the State
of Ohio as follows:
ARTICLE II
Sec. 2. Senators and representa-
uVeS shall be elected quadren-
nially by the electors of the reSpec-
tive counties or districts, on the first
November: their term IF office ST |
commence on the first day of jan
uaTy next thereafter. md continue
four ''' years
ARTICLE xl
Sec, /. The apportonment of this
State for members of the '''
House of Representatives shall be
made prior to January l, 1858. in the
year 1871, and every twenty
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
apportionment.
Sec. 3; When any county shall
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-
hveS shall be apportioned for such
ratios, among the several 80 quad
year period, in the following man.
ner: if there be only one ratio a Rep
resentative shall be allotted to the
fifth ''' quadrennial period of the
twenty-year period; if there are
two ratios. a Representative shall be
allotted to the fourth and third '''
quadrennlal periods respectively; If
three, to the third, second, and first
If four, to the fourth. third. second
and first 80 Quadrennial periods
respectively.
Sec. 6. The apporuonment of thus
shall be made prior to January /,
1858, in the year 1871. and every
twenty years thereafter.
The ratio for Senator shall for
ever hereafter, be ascertained. by
dividing the whole population of the
State. by the number thirty-five.
Sec. 8. Any county forming part
of a Senatorial district. having ac-
quired a population equal to a 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 il
shall be taken.
Sec. 10. For the first ten years.
after the year one thousand eight
hundred and hfty-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 apportionnent, shall,
as to the right of representation and
suffrage. remain an integral part
thereof. during the twenty-year
period.
Sec. IL. The Governor. Auditor,
and Secretary of State. or any two
of them, shall ''' prior to January
l, 1858. in the year 1871. and every
twenty years thereafter. ascertain
and determine the ratio of represen-
tation. ''' for Representatives and
Senators. the number of Representa-
6ves and Senators each county OF
district shall be entitled to elect. and
for what years, sss and the Gov
ernor shall cause the same to be pub
hshed. in such manner as shall be
directed by law.
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-