Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-10-22

manner prescribed by law, nc tne
general election to be held on the
IN ls asf 1851 the proposton n5p .
amend section 2 OF Article II and Sec
ticas 1, 3, 6, 8. 10 and II of Article
xA of the Constitution of the State
of Ohio as follows:
ARTICLE II
Sec. 2. Senators and represents
ives shall be elected ss- quadren-
nially by the electors OF the respec-
tive counties or districts, on the tirBt
Tuesday after the first Monday N
November: their term If Office sh II
commence on the first day of Jam
four ss' years.
Sec. I. The apportionment of this
State for members of the
House of Representatives shall be
made prior to January l.. 1868. in the
years -: thereafter. in the follow 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
the ratio of representation in the
House OF Representatives. for
twenty years next succeeding such
apportionment. ~
have fraction above the ratio, Bo
large. that being multiplied by i've.
the result will be equal to one or
more ratios, additional Representa-
uves shall be apportioned for such
ratios, among the several sss qusd-
repnial periods of the sss twenty
year period. in the following man.
ner: 1T there be only one ratio Rep
resentative shall be allotted to the
fifth ''' quadrennial period OF the
fU- ff.d. 49,
two ratios. Representative shall be
allotted to the fourth and third 100
quadrennial periods. respectively: ~
three. to the third, second. and f1r8t
quadrennial periods, reSpectively,
If four. to the fourth. third, second.
and first s"' 1uadrenniaI pertoxih,
Sec. 8. The apporuonment Of M
state for members of the Senate
shall shsa be made prior to January !.
twenty years thereafter.
The ratio for a Senator shall, 4ur-
ever hereafter, be ascertained, hy
dividing the whole population OF tiae
State. by the number thirty-five. &c
Sec. 8. Any county forming part
of Senatorial district, having ac-
quired population equal to q full
Senatorial ratio. shall be made
separate Senatorial district. at any
regular twenty-year apporttod-
ment, If full Senatorial ratio shall
be left in the district from which =
shall be taken.
Sec. 10. For the first ten years.
after the year one thousand ei0f1&
hundred and ffty-one, the apport1on-
nent of Representatives shall be u
provided in the schedule, and 10
change shall ever be made in tn
principles of representation, as herein
established, or, in the Senatorial dir
tricts, except as above provided. All
territory, belonging to county hf
the time of any apportionnent. shah,
as to the right of representation and
suffrage. remain an integral part
thereof. during the "'' twenty-ye6r
period.
Sec. IL. The Governor, Audttox.
and Secretary of State. or any two
Of them. shall -" prior to January
l. 1853. in the year 1871. and every
twenty years thereafter. ascertain
and determine the ratio of represen-
taton, for Representatives and
Senators. the number Of Representa-
nves and Senators each county or
district shall be entitled to elect. and
for what years, sss and the Cow
ernor shall cause the same to be pub
Hshed. In such manner as shall bs
directed by law
And be it further resolved, That
at the election herein designated tor
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 a. 4n1-
lows: