Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-09-24

manner prescribed by law, at rne
general election to be held on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday
in November. 1854. a proposition to
tic1ss /. 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 representa-
tives shall be elected s'' quadren-
niaiiy by the electors of the respec-
tive counties or districts, on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday m
November: their term If Office sr II
commence on the first day of JAM
uary next thereafter, and continue
four s'' years.
ARTICLE XII
Sec I. The apportionment Of this
State for members of the '''
House of Representatives shall be
made prior to January l., 1858. in the
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 shall
have a fraction above the ratio, so
large. that being multiplied by five.
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
fifth ''s quadrennial period of the
80 twenty-year period: if there. are
two ratios. a Representative shall be
allotted to the fourth and third 80
quadrennial periods. respectively: If
three. to the third. second, and first
''' quadrennial periods. respectively;
If four. to the fourth. third, second,
and first quadrenniaI periods.
feseeeeveiTi see. g. The apportionmen. of this
state for members of the Senate
shall be made prior to january l.
is 1883: IN the the year 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-five.
of Senatorial district. having ac-
quired a population equal to a full
Senatorial ratio. shall be made a
separate Senatorial district, at any
ment, if 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 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 Representations. as herein
established, or, in the Senatorial dis
tricts. except as above provided. All
territory. belonging to a county at
the time of any apportiorment, shall,
as to the right of representation and
suffrage. remain an integral part
thereof. during the ''' twenty-year
period.
Sec. II. The Governor, Auditor.
and Secretary of State. or any two
of them. shall s'' prior to January
l. 1858. in the year 1871, and every
twenty years thereafter ascertain
and determine the ratio of represen-
tation. '"s for Representatives and
Senators. the number of Representa-
ives and Senators each county or
district shall be entitled to elect, and
for what years, ''s and the Gov
ernor shall cause the same to be pub
ished. in such manner as shall be
directed by law.
And be il 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: