The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-11-01

Resolved, That the required publ
cation OF the said proposed amend
ment shall be made and the form of
ballot TO be used in said election for
the submission thereof shall be pre-
pared by the secretary of state Of the
state of Ohio in conformity with the
above provisions. Ii a MAJ ority of the
electors voting on said amendment
shall be declared according to law, to
nave 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 10 amend section OF Ar
ticle II. section I of Article xI. and
10 adopt supplemental section ga OF
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
ifths of the members of each house
concurring therein, that there .hall be
-ubmitted to tine electors of the state,
in the manner prescribed by law. at
che general election TO he held on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday
in November, 1856, a proposition TO
am n d section ? of Article II,
supplemental section Ga of Article XI
of the Constitution of the state OF
Ohio as follows:
ARTICLE II
Sec. 2. go Representatives shall be
elected biennially by the electors or
the respective counties "'s: their term
of Office shall commence on the first
day of January next thereafter. ana
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 a term
Of four years commencing on the first
day of January. 1853. 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 Xl,
Ohio Constitution, shall be two years
In senatorial districts having two or
more senators, dppi oSLlllGltiS
shall be elected for 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.
1859.
In single member senatorial dis
trictS, the senator in the lowest num-
bered senatorial district shall be
elected for term OF four years COM
mencing on the first day of January,
1859; the senator in the next highest
numbered senatorial district shall be
elected for term of two years CON-
mencing on the first day of January.
1853; and the remainder shall be
elected SO that every other one, nu-
merically, shall be elected for a term
Of four years to commence on the t1rst
day of January, 1859
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
shall be elected to four year terms
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 TO January l. 1889. shall be
two years.
ARTICLE Xl
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 fifty-one, In the
following manner: The whole popuia-
ton of the state, as aScertained bY
the federal census, or in such other
no Cnnnra1 Assembly
direct, shall be divided by the mum
Der One Hundred" and rhe quotient
shall be the ratio of representation in
the House of Representatives. for ten
years next succeeding such apportion-
ment.
tor shall affect the election or term OF
office of any member of the General
Assembly chosen before it was made.
Sec. Ga. When any Senatorial dis
trict shall have fraction above the
ratio, SO large, that being multiplied
by five. the result VIII be e9uai TO
tors shall be elected for two year
terms and shall be apportioned for
such ratios. among the several ses-
sions Of the decennial period. in the
following manner: if there be only
one ratio a Senator shall be allotted
to the fifth session of the decenniai
period; if there are two ratios. a Sena-
tor shall pe allotted TO the fourth ard
third sessions, respectively: if three.
to the third, second. and first sessions.
respectively: If four. to the fourth.
third, second, and first sessions, re,
spectively provided that no additional
senator mentioned herein shall be
elected if his election would result in
MS senatorial district having as mem
ners of the next following general
assembly a number of senators in
excess Of its number of full ratios
plus or@
SCHEDULE