Former Provisions of the Constitution of the State of Ohio, 1851 Former Art. XI, § 4

Any county, forming with another county or counties, a representative district, during one decennial period, if it have acquired sufficient population at the next decennial period, shall be entitled to a separate representation, if there shall be left, in the district from which it shall have been separated, a population sufficient for a representative;  but no such change shall be made, except at the regular decennial period for the apportionment of representatives.