Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-09-30
FOUR YEAR TENN FOR MEMBERS
OE THE GENERAL nCSEAHRI

FOUR YEAR TENN FOR MEMBERS
OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
And be it further Resolved. BY the
General Assembly of the State of
Ohio, three-ffths of the members
elected to each house concurring
therein. that there shall be submitted
to the electors of the state. in 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
tions l, 3. 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-
tiyes shah be elected ''' quadren-
nially by the electors of the respec-
tive counties or districts. on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday m
commence on the first day of jan
uary next thereafter. end continue
four ''' years.
ARTICLE xI
Sec. l. The apportionment of this
State for members of the 49,
made prior to January l, 1858. in the
years 80 thereafter, in the follow
ing manner: The whole population
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 80
twenty years next succeeding such
apportonment.
Sec. g. When any county shall
have a fraction above the ratio. SO
large, that being multiplied by FIVE,
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more ratios, additional Representa-
tives shall be apportioned for such
ratios, among the several 80 quad
rennial periods of the '"' twenty
ner: if there be only one ratio Rep
resentative shall be allotted to the
fifth $50 quadrennial period of the
tWenty-year period; if there are
two ratios Representative shall be
allotted to the fourth and third -
quadrennial periods, respectively; If
three, to the third, second, and first,
quadrennial periods, respectively:
if four, to the fourth, third, second,
and first ''' quadrennial periods,
Sec, 6. The apporuonment OF this
state for members of the Senate
shall be made prior to January l.
1888. in the the year year 1871 1871 and every
The ratio for a Senator shall, for
ever hereafter, be ascertained, by
dividing the whole population of the
State, by the number thirty-fve.
Sec. 8. Any county forming part
of a Senatorial district, having ac-
CURED a 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 it
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 d county at
the time of any apportionment. 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
|. 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-
tives and Senators each county or
for what years, ''' and the Gov
ernor shall cause the same to be pub
hshed. 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 foli