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directly or indirectly, give, promise or bestow, any such re- 

 ward to be elected, shall thereby be rendered incapable, for two 

 years, to serve in the office for which he was elected, and be 

 subject to such other punishment as shall be directed by law. 

 Sec. 3. No new county shall be established by the general 

 assembly, which shall reduce the county or counties, or either 

 of them, from which it shall be taken, to less contents than 

 four hundred square miles; nor shall any county be laid off, of 

 less contents. Every new county, as to the right of suffrage 

 and representation, shall be considered as a part of the county 

 or counties from which it was taken, until entitled by numbers 

 to the right of representation. 



Sbc. 4. Chillicothe shall be the seat of government until 

 the year one thousand eight hundred and eight. No money 

 shall be raised until the year one thousand eight hundred and 

 nine, by the legislature of this state, for the purpose of erect- 

 ing public buildings for the accommodation of the legislature. 



Sec. 5. That after the year one thousand eight hundred and 

 six, whenever two thirds of the general assembly shall think it 

 necessary to amend or change this constitution, they shall re- 

 commend to the electors, at the next election for members to 

 the general assembly, to vote for or against a convention ; and 

 if it shall appear that a majority of the citizens of the state, 

 votingfor representatives have voted for a convention, the gen- 

 eral assembly shall, at their next session, call a convention, to 

 consist of as many members as there be in the general assem- 

 bly; to be chosen in the same manner at the same place, and 

 by the same electors that choose the general assembly; who 

 shall meet within three months after the said election, for the 

 purpose of revising, amending or changing the constitution. 

 Bat no alteration of this constitution shall ever take place, so 

 as to introduce slavery or involuntary servitude into this state. 



Sec. 6. That the limits and boundaries of this state be as- 

 certained, it is declared, that they are as hereafter mention- 

 ed; that it is to say: bounded on the east by the Pennsylvania 

 line, on the south by the Ohio river to the mouth of the Great 

 Miami river, on the west by the line drawn due north from the 



