Former Provisions of the Constitution of the State of Ohio, 1851 Former Art. XVI, § 1

Either branch of the general assembly may propose amendments to this constitution;  and, if the same shall be agreed to by three-fifths of the members elected to each house, such proposed amendments shall be entered on the journals, with the yeas and nays, and shall be submitted to the electors, for their approval or rejection, on a separate ballot without party designation of any kind, at either a special or a general election as the general assembly may prescribe.  Such proposed amendments shall be published once a week for five consecutive weeks preceding such election, in at least one newspaper in each county of the state, where a newspaper is published.  If the majority of the electors voting on the same shall adopt such amendments the same shall become a part of the constitution.  When more than one amendment shall be submitted at the same time, they shall be so submitted as to enable the electors to vote on each amendment, separately.