Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-10-04


have voted in favor thereof, the gov
ernor of the state of Ohio shall make
proclamation thereof forthwith, and
this amendment shall take effect on
the date of such proclamation.
FOUR YEAR TERM
FOR MEMBERS OF OHIO SENATE
Proposing TO amend section of Ar
ticle H. section ! of Article xI. and
Article xI Of the constitution of the
state of Ohio relative TO the term of
Office Of members of the senate.
Be it resolved by the General As,
sembly of the State of Ohio, Three
ffths of the members of each house
concurring therein, that there shall be
submitted to the electors of the state,
the general election to be held on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday
in November, 1856, a proposition to
am end section 2 of Article II,
section of Article xI and to adopt
of the Constitution of the state Of
Ohio as follows:
ARTICLE II
Sec. 2. s'' Representatives shall be
elected biennially by the electors of
the respective counties +"'; their term
of Office shall commence on the first
day of January next thereafter. and
continue two years.
Senators shall be elected by the
electors of the respective senatorial
districts; their term of Office shall
commence on the first day of January
next after their election. Approx
mately one-half of the total number
of senators shall be elected for term
Of four years commencing on the hrst
day of January, 1859, the remainder
to be elected for a term of two years
commencing on the first day of Janu-
ary, 1859. For terms commencing on
the first day of January, 1861, ana
thereafter, the senatorial term of office
shall be four years, except that the
term of an additional senator pro-
vided for in section Ga of Article XI,
Ohio Constitution, shall be two years.
In senatorial districts having two or
more senators, Approximately one-haf
shall be elected for a four year term
to commence on the first day of Janu-
ary 1859, and the remainder shall be
elected for a two year term to com
mence on the first day of January,
1889
In single member senatorial dis
tricts, the senator in the lowest num-
hered senatorial district shall be
elected for a term of four years com
mencing on the first day of January,
1889 the senator in the next highest
numbered senatorial district shall be
elected for a term of two years com
mencing on the first day of January,
1859; and the remainder shall be
elected so that every other one, nu-
merically, shall be elected for term
of four years to commence on the first
day of January, 1889
The Governor, Auditor, and Secre-
tary of State, or any two of them,
shall ascertain and determine which
senators shall be elected to four year
terms commencing on the first day OF
January 1859. and which senators
commencing on the first day of Janu-
ary. 1861 The Governor shall cause
such determination to be. published.
in such manner as shall be directed
by law
The terms of all senators commenc-
ing prior 20 January /. 1859, shall be
two years.
ARTICLE xI
Sec. /. The apportionment of this
State for members of the General
Assembly shall be made every ten
years, after the year one thousand
eight hundred and tifty-one, in the
following manner: The whole popuia-
ton OF the state, as ascertained by
she federal census, or in such other
mode as the General Assembly may
direct. shall be divided by the num-
ger "One Hundred" and fhe quotient
shall be The ratio of representation in
the House of Representatives, for ten
years next succeeding such apportion-
ment.
No apportionment herein provided
tor shall affect the election or term of
office of any member of the General
Assembly chosen before it was made.
Sec. sa. When any Senatorial dis
trict shall have fraction above the
ratio, Sc large, that being multiplied
BIZ five, the result win be equal to
one or more ratios. additional Sena-
tors shall be elected for two year
terms and shall os ar, ,sp2ortaoneSd sr,.oneS sss Tor
siops cf The decennial period. in the
following manner: If there be only
one ratio a Senator shall be allotted
to the fifth session of the decennial
tor shah ne allotted to the fourth and
third sessions, respectively: If three,
TO the third, second, and first sessions,
respectively: i: four, to the fourth,
third. second, and first sessions, re-
spectively provided tnat no additional
senator mentioned herein shall be
elected IL his election would result in
MS senatorial district having as MEM
oers Of the next following general
assembly. number OF senator's IN
plus one.
SCHEDULE
II a majority of the electors voting
Gu the foregoing proposed amendment
at the general election to be held on
the firsf Tuesday after the first Mon
day in November. 1876, adopt the
sane, il shall become part Of the Con-
stitu.ion of the state of Ohio, and
existing. section Of Article y and
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF OHIO
OFFICE OF SECRETARY
OF STATE
l. TED W. BROWN, Secretary of
state OF the State of Ohio, do hereby
certify that the foregoing is a true
COPY of Amended Senate Joint Reso-
luton ne. s anc Amended Substitute
Senst mt Resolution No. 4 filed in
the o. - OF the Secretary of State
and proposing to amend the above
sections OF the Constitution of Ohio.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, have
hereunto subscribed my name and
affixed my official seal at Columbus
this 23rd day of August. 1856.
TED W. BROWl
Secretary of State
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