PROPOSAL TO HOLD A CONSTITUTIONAL

CONVENTION, 1898

Proposed by joint resolution of the General Assembly, April 16, 1896. Not submitted to the electors of the state because the Supreme Court decided it was defective in construction."

RESOLVED by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, two-thirds of the members elected to each branch concurring, that it is necessary to call a convention to revise, amend or change the Constitution of this state, and we recommend to the electors to vote at the next election for members of the general assembly, to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, A.D. 1897, for or against such a convention, to be convened in the year 1898. The deputy state supervisors of election are authorized to have printed on all official ballots under each party emblem the words "Constitutional convention - Yes," and the words "Constitutional convention - No." When the words above are printed upon the official ballot, the choice of the elector in the affirmative may be expressed by a cross mark in the circular space above the name of the party, in the manner of voting a straight ticket, and all tickets having a cross mark in such space shall be counted in the affirmative, or such affirmative vote may be expressed by a cross mark opposite the line containing the word "Yes;" and the choice of an elector in the negative may be expressed by a cross mark opposite the line con55 Ohio State Reports, vol. lvi, 721. — ED.

taining the word "No." If in any county the deputy supervisors decide not to print the words above on the official ballot, the vote shall be by separate ballot, and deposited in a separate ballot box, as is provided in section 18 in the election laws. And the state supervisors of elections are hereby authorized to do such acts as are necessary to provide for the submission and determination of the questions as aforesaid. Said convention shall not sit more than ninety days; and the pay of the members elected to the same shall not exceed five ($5) dollars per day each."

56 Laws of Ohio, vol. xcii, 787.- ED.

AMENDMENT GIVING EACH COUNTY AT

LEAST ONE REPRESENTATIVE, 1903

Proposed by joint resolution of the General Assembly, May 6, 1902. Submitted to the electors, November 3, 1903.

SECTION 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: (three-fifths of all the members elected to each house concurring therein), that a proposition shall be submitted to the electors of the state of Ohio, on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November, 1903, to amend section 2, article XI, of the Constitution of the state, so that it shall read as follows:

SEC. 2, ARTICLE XI - Every county having a population equal to one-half of said ratio, shall be entitled to one representative; every county, containing said ratio, and three-fourths over, shall be entitled to two representatives; every county containing three times said. ratio, shall be entitled to three representatives; and so on, requiring after the first two an entire ratio for each additional representative. Provided, however, that each county shall have one representative.

SECTION 2. At said election the voters in favor of the adoption of the amendment to section 2, article XI, shall have placed upon their ballots the words, "Amendment to section 2, article XI, of Constitution - Yes," and those who do not favor the adoption of said amendment shall have placed upon their ballots the words, "Amendment to section 2, article XI, of Constitution - No." 57

SINGLE LIABILITY OF STOCKHOLDERS

AMENDMENT, 1903

Proposed by joint resolution of the General Assembly, April 29, 1902. Submitted to the electors, November 3, 1903.

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:

SECTION 1. That a proposition shall be submitted to the electors of this state, on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1903, to amend section 3 of article XIII, of the Constitution of the state of Ohio, so it shall read as follows:

ARTICLE XIII

SEC. 3. Dues from private corporations shall be secured by such means as may be prescribed by law, but in no case shall any stockholder be individually liable otherwise than for the unpaid stock owned by him or her.

SECTION 2. At such election those electors desiring to vote for such amendment may have placed upon their ballots the words, "For single liability amendment,' and those opposed to such amendment may have placed on their ballots the words, "Against single liability amendment." 58

68 Laws of Ohio, vol. xcv, 961. - ED.

PROPOSED TAXATION AMENDMENT, 1903

Proposed by joint resolution of the General Assembly, April

29, 1902. Submitted to the electors, November 3, 1903.

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: that a proposition shall be submitted to the electors of this state, on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1903, to amend section 2 of article XII, of the Constitution of the state of Ohio, so that it shall read as follows:

ARTICLE XII

SEC. 2. The general assembly shall provide for the raising of revenue for all state and local purposes in such manner as it shall deem proper. The subjects of taxation for state and local purposes shall be classified, and the taxation shall be uniform on all subjects of the same class, and shall be just to the subject taxed. On burying grounds, public schoolhouses, houses used exclusively for public worship, institutions of purely public charity, public property used exclusively for any public purpose, and personal property to an amount not exceeding in value two hundred dollars for each. individual, may, by general laws, be exempted from taxation; and the value of all property so exempted shall, from time to time, be ascertained and published, as may be directed by law."

59 Laws of Ohio, vol. xcv, 962. — ED.