3628 - 55 Urge General Asssembly to adopt Res. 5 - Wheeler Resolution

Home Browse Search

RESOLUTION NO. 3628 BY--- IMr~. Chockley Mr. Fahrenbach Fairgrieve ~ Gottermeyer (Mr. Rozek WHEREAS, Cuyahoga County is represented at the General Assembly of Ohio by seventeen (17) Representatives and six (6) Senators, all of whom are elected at large; and WHEREAS, the system of electing such a large number of Repre- sentatives and Senators at-large is mndesirable in that some homo- geneous sections of the County have t®o few representatives and ethers have too many, in that the County should be divided into homogeneous sections for representation in the General Assembly and in that it is impossible te know or intelligently select from thirty-four (3~ candi- dates for State Representative and Twelve (12) candidates for State Senator for election to the General Assembly; and WHEREAS, the Comnty is already divided into four homogeneous sections for representation in the Congress of the United Sta~es, namely, the Twentieth, Twenty-First, Twenty-SecOnd and Twenty Third Congressional Districts, whiah districts would be suitable for rePre- sentation in the General Assembly; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Lakewood memorialize and respectfully urge that the General Assembly of OhiO give favorable consideration to the Wheeler Resolution, being House Joint Resolution No. 5: and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED~ that the Clerk of Comncil be directed to send copies of this Resolution to the Hon. Stanley Mechem, Speaker Pro Tom of the Ohio Senate~ Hon. Roger Cloud, Speaker of the Ohio House and Hon. Kenneth Berry, Chairman of the Ohio Rouse Committee on Elections. Adopted: March 21, 19~~ Wm. Ro Fairgri~ve Presiden~ Approved: March 22~ 1955 .H.A. Rees Clerk A. I. Kauffman v Mayor