Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-10-21
FOUR YEAR TENN FOR MEMBERS
OF THE GENERAL. ASSEMBLY

FOUR YEAR TERM FOR MEMBERS
OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
And be it further Resolved, BY the
General Assembly of the State of
Ohio. three-fifths of the members
therein. that there shall be submitted
to the electors of the state. in the
general elegtion 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 |, 3, 6. 9. 10 and II of Article
of Ohio as follows
ARTICLE ii
Sec 2. Senators and representa-
tives 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 tern If Office ST
commence on the first day of Jan
uary next thereafter, md continue
four - years
ARTICLE Xl
Sec /. The apportionment OF tins
State for members of the '''
House OF Representatives shall be
made prior to January l., 1858, in the
year 1871, and every $50 twenty
years 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
House of Representatives, for '''
twenty years next succeeding such
apportionment.
Sec. g. When any county snail
nave 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 ''' twenty
ner: If there be only one ratio Rep
resentative shall be allotted to the
fifth 80 quadrennial period of the
'' twenty-year period; if there are
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.
feseeeSe'fi see. 8, The apporuonmen, OF this
state for members of the Senate
shall sshhEadll be MAJ made prior ro1; to January !.
twenty tSSSi " years M thereafter. here ter anu 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.
Sec. 9. Any county forming part
of a Senatorial district having ac-
quired 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 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 a county at
the time of any apportionment. shall.
as to the right of representation and
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-
tatjon, ''' for Representatives and
Senators. the number of Representa-
lives and Senators each county or
for what years. ''s and the Gov
ernor shall cause the same to be pub
hshed. in such manner as shall be
directed by law
And be 1t further resolved, That
at the election herein designated for
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 rs fol-