Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-10-14
POUR YEAR TENN FOR MEMBERS
OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

POUR YEAR TENN FOR MEMBERS
OF THE GENERAL. ASSEMBLY
And be 1t further Resolved, BY the
General Assembly of the State of
Ohio, three-fifths OF the members
elected to each house concurring
therein. that there shall be submitted
TO the electors OF the state. in the
9enersI mannef eIeetfon IeSeS to By heid & on the the
first Tuesday after the first Monday
in November. 1854. proposition to
amend section of Article II and sec
tions |, 3. 6, 9, 10 and II of Article
xI of the Constitution Of the State
of Ohio as follows
ARTICLE II
Sec. 2. Senators and representa-
tves shall be elected ''' quadren-
nially by the electors of the respec-
tive counties or districts, on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday n
November: their term If Office ST |
commence on the first day of jan
uary next thereafter and continue
four $50 years.
ARTICLE xI
Sec 4. The apportonment of this
State for members of the 80
House of Representatives shall be
made prior to January l. 1858. in the
years year ~ ~: thereafter, her 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
Hundred" and the quotient shall be
the ratio of representation in the
House of Representatives. for 80
twenty years next succeeding such
Sec. B When any county shall
nave a fraction above the ratio, SO
large. that being multiplied by five.
the result will be equal to one or
more ratios, additional Representa-
uveS shall be apportioned for such
ratios, among the several ''' quad
rennial periods of the 80 twenty
year period, in the following man.
ner: If there be only one ratio a Rep
fifth $50 quadrennial period of the
$50 tWenty-year period; if there are
two ratios. a Representative shall be
allotted to the fourth and third 80
three, to the third. second, and first
''' quadrennial periods, respectively;
If four. to the fourth, third, second.
and first Quadrennial periods.
respectively.
Sec. g. The apporuonment of this
state for members of the Senate
shall be made prior to January /.
1858, In the year 1871. and every
twenty years thereafter
The ratio for a Senator shall, for
dividing the whole population of the
Sec. 8. Any county forming part
of a Senatorial district, having ac-
quired population equal to full
Senatorial ratio. shall be made a
separate Senatorial district. at any
regular 90" twenty-year apportion-
ment. If a full Senatorial ratio shall
be left in the district from which ii
Sec 10 For the first ten vears
after the year one thousand eight
hundred and ffty-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
tricts. except as above provided. All
territory, belonging to q county at
the time of any apportionnent. shall,
as to the right of representation and
iTase DURING the an ntesga PsGf
period.
Sec. IL. The Governor. Auditor,
and Secretary OF state: or any two
a95s i9iS in the 1871 Hd sgsEy
and determine the ratio Of represen-
tation. s'' for Representatives and
Senators, the number of Representa-
lives and Senators each county or
for what years. ''' and the Gov
ernor shall cause the same to be pub
nshed. in such manner as shall be
directed by law
And be Il further resolved. That
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-