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Oh. Const. art. II, § 34 — Article II / Section 34
OH Const., Article II, Section 34
Status: in_force

Laws may be passed fixing and regulating the hours of labor, establishing a minimum wage, and providing for the comfort, health, safety and general welfare of all employes; and no other provision of the constitution shall impair or limit this power. (Adopted Sept. 3, 1912.)
Oh. Const. art. VIII, § 13 — Article VIII / Section 13
OH Const., Article VIII, Section 13
Status: in_force

(Repealed Sept. 3, 1912.)
Oh. Const. art. IX, § 2 — Article IX / Section 2
OH Const., Article IX, Section 2
Status: in_force

Majors general, brigadiers general, colonels, lieutenant colonels, majors, captains, and subalterns, shall be elected by the persons subject to military duty, in their respective districts.
Oh. Const. art. IV, § 19 — Article IV / Section 19
OH Const., Article IV, Section 19
Status: in_force

The General Assembly may establish courts of conciliation, and prescribe their powers and duties; but such courts shall not render final judgment in any case, except upon submission, by the parties, of the matter in dispute, and their agreement to abide such judgment.
Oh. Const. art. XI, § 13 — Article XI / Section 13
OH Const., Article XI, Section 13
Status: in_force

The General Assembly shall attach any new counties, that may hereafter be erected, to such districts, or subdivisions thereof, as shall be most convenient.
Oh. Const. art. XVIII, § 11 — Article XVIII / Section 11
OH Const., Article XVIII, Section 11
Status: in_force

Suits pending in the supreme court in bank, shall be transferred to the supreme court provided for in this constitution, and be proceeded in according to law.
Oh. Const. art. XIV, § 2 — Article XIV / Section 2
OH Const., Article XIV, Section 2
Status: in_force

The said commissioners shall revise, reform, simplify, and abridge the practice, pleadings, forms, and proceedings of the courts of record of this state; and, as far as practicable and expedient, shall provide for the abolition of the distinct forms of action at law, now in use, and for the administration of justice by a uniform mode of proceeding without reference to any distinction between law and equity.
Oh. Const. art. II, § 41 — Article II / Section 41
OH Const., Article II, Section 41
Status: in_force

Laws shall be passed providing for the occupation and employment of prisoners sentenced to the several penal institutions and reformatories in the state; and no person in any such penal institution or reformatory while under sentence thereto, shall be required or allowed to work at any trade, industry or occupation, wherein or whereby his work, or the product or profit of his work, shall be sold, farmed out, contracted or given away; and goods made by persons under sentence to any penal institution or reformatory without the State of Ohio, and such goods made within the State of Ohio, excepting those disposed of to the state or any political sub-division thereof or to any public institution owned, managed or controlled by the state or any political sub-division thereof, shall not be sold within this state unless the same are conspicuously marked "prison made." Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the passage of laws providing that convicts may work for, and that the products of their labor may be disposed of to, the state or any political sub-division thereof, or for or to any public institution owned or managed and controlled by the state or any political sub-division thereof. (Adopted Sept. 3, 1912.)
Oh. Const. art. VIII, § 11 — Article VIII / Section 11
OH Const., Article VIII, Section 11
Status: in_force

The said commissioners shall, semi-annually, make a full and detailed report of their proceedings to the governor, who shall immediately, cause the same to be published, and shall also communicate the same to the General Assembly, forthwith, if it be in session, and if not, then at its first session after such report shall be made. ​
Oh. Const. art. IV, § 7 — Article IV / Section 7
OH Const., Article IV, Section 7
Status: in_force

There shall be established in each county, a probate court, which shall be a court of record, open at all times, and holden by one judge, elected by the electors of the county, who shall hold his office for the term of four years, and shall receive such compensation, payable out of the county treasury, as shall be provided by law. Whenever ten per centum of the number of the ​ electors voting for governor at the next preceding election in any county having less than sixty thousand population as determined by the next preceding federal census, shall petition the judge of the court of common pleas of any such county not less than ninety days before any general election for county officers, the judge of the court of common pleas shall submit to the electors of such county the question of combining the probate court with the court of common pleas, and such courts shall be combined and shall be known as the court of common pleas in case a majority of the electors voting upon such question vote in favor of such combination. Notice of such election shall be given in the same manner as for the election of county officers. Elections may be had in the same manner for the separation of such courts, when once combined. (Adopted Sept. 3, 1912.)
Oh. Const. art. VI, § 4 — Article VI / Section 4
OH Const., Article VI, Section 4
Status: in_force

A superintendent of public instruction to replace the state commissioner of common schools, shall be included as one of the officers of the executive department to be appointed by the governor, for the term of four years, with the powers and duties now exercised by the state commissioner of common schools until otherwise provided by law, and with such other powers as may be provided by law. (Adopted Sept. 3, 1912.)
Oh. Const. art. VIII, § 1 — Article VIII / Section 1
OH Const., Article VIII, Section 1
Status: in_force

The state may contract debts to supply casual deficits or failures in revenues, or to meet expenses not otherwise provided for; but the aggregate amount of such debts, direct and contingent, whether contracted by virtue of one or more acts of the General Assembly, or at different periods of time, shall never exceed seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and the money, arising from the creation of such debts, shall be applied to the purpose for which it was obtained, or to repay the debts so contracted, and to no other purpose whatever.
Oh. Const. art. XIV, § 3 — Article XIV / Section 3
OH Const., Article XIV, Section 3
Status: in_force

The proceedings of the commissioners shall, from time to time, be reported to the General Assembly, and be subject to the action of that body. ​
Oh. Const. art. XVIII, § 10 — Article XVIII / Section 10
OH Const., Article XVIII, Section 10
Status: in_force

All officers shall continue in office, until their successors shall be chosen and qualified.
Oh. Const. art. I, § 4 — Article I / Section 4
OH Const., Article I, Section 4
Status: in_force

The people have the right to bear arms for their defense and security; but standing armies, in time of peace, are dangerous to liberty, and shall not be kept up; and the military shall be in strict subordination to the civil power.
Oh. Const. art. VIII, § 10 — Article VIII / Section 10
OH Const., Article VIII, Section 10
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the said commissioners faithfully to apply said fund, together with all moneys that may be, by the General Assembly, appropriated to that object, to the payment of the interest, as it becomes due, and the redemption of the principal of the public debt of the state, excepting only, the school and trust funds held by the state.
Oh. Const. art. I, § 0 — Article I / Section 0
OH Const., Article I
Status: in_force

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Oh. Const. art. I, § 15 — Article I / Section 15
OH Const., Article I, Section 15
Status: in_force

No person shall be imprisoned for debt in any civil action, on mesne or final process, unless in cases of fraud.
Oh. Const. art. I, § 14 — Article I / Section 14
OH Const., Article I, Section 14
Status: in_force

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and possessions against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated; and no warrant shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by ​ oath or affirmation, particularly describing the place to be searched and the person and things to be seized.
Oh. Const. art. III, § 2 — Article III / Section 2
OH Const., Article III, Section 2
Status: in_force

The governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, treasurer, and attorney general shall hold their offices for two years; and the auditor for four years. Their terms of office shall commence on the second Monday of January next after their election, and continue until their successors are elected and qualified.
Oh. Const. art. XI, § 7 — Article XI / Section 7
OH Const., Article XI, Section 7
Status: in_force

The state is hereby divided into thirty-three senatorial districts, as follows: The county of Hamilton shall constitute the first senatorial district; the counties of Butler and Warren, the second; Montgomery and Preble, the third; Clermont and Brown, the fourth; Green, Clinton, and Fayette, the fifth; Ross, and Highland, the sixth; Adams, Pike, Scioto, and Jackson, the seventh; Lawrence, Gallia, Meigs, and Vinton, the eighth; Athens, Hocking, and Fairfield, the ninth; Franklin and Pickaway, the tenth; Clark, Champaign, and Madison, the eleventh; Miami, Darke, and Shelby, the twelfth; Logan, Union, Marion, and Hardin, the thirteenth; Washington and Morgan, the fourteenth; Muskingum, and Perry, the fifteenth; Delaware and Licking, the sixteenth; Knox and ​ Morrow, the seventeenth; Coshocton, and Tuscarawas, the eighteenth; Guernsey, and Monroe, the nineteenth; Belmont, and Harrison, the twentieth; Carroll and Stark, the twenty-first; Jefferson and Columbiana, the twenty-second; Trumbull and Mahoning, the twenty-third; Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga, the twenty-fourth; Cuyahoga, the twenty-fifth; Portage and Summit, the twenty-sixth; Medina and Lorain, the twenty-seventh; Wayne and Holmes, the twenty-eighth; Ashland and Richland, the twenty-ninth; Huron, Erie, Sandusky and Ottawa, the thirtieth; Seneca, Crawford and Wyandot, the thirty-first; Mercer, Auglaize, Allen, Van Wert, Paulding, Defiance and Williams, the twenty-second ; and Hancock, Wood, Lucas, Fulton, Henry and Putnam, the thirty-third. For the first decennial period, after the adoption of this constitution, each of said districts shall be entitled to one senator, except the first district, which shall be entitled to three senators.
Oh. Const. art. IV, § 4 — Article IV / Section 4
OH Const., Article IV, Section 4
Status: in_force

The jurisdiction of the courts of common pleas, and of the judges thereof, shall be fixed by law.
Oh. Const. art. II, § 39 — Article II / Section 39
OH Const., Article II, Section 39
Status: in_force

Laws may be passed for the regulation of the use of expert witnesses and expert testimony in criminal trials and proceedings. (Adopted Sept. 3, 1912.)
Oh. Const. art. XI, § 3 — Article XI / Section 3
OH Const., Article XI, Section 3
Status: in_force

When any county shall have a fraction above the ratio, so large, that being multiplied by five, the result will be equal to one or more ratios, additional representatives shall be apportioned for such ratios, among the several sessions of the decennial period, in the following manner: If there be only one ratio, a representative shall be allotted to the fifth session of the decennial period; if there are two ratios, a representative shall be allotted to the fourth and third sessions, respectively; if three, to the third, second, and first sessions, respectively; if four, to the fourth, third, second, and first sessions respectively.
Oh. Const. art. IV, § 17 — Article IV / Section 17
OH Const., Article IV, Section 17
Status: in_force

Judges may be removed from office, by concurrent resolutions of both houses of the General Assembly, if two-thirds of the members, elected to each house, concur therein; but no such removal shall be made, except upon complaint, the substance of which shall be entered on the journal, nor, until the party charged shall have had notice thereof, and an opportunity to be heard.
Oh. Const. art. III, § 16 — Article III / Section 16
OH Const., Article III, Section 16
Status: in_force

The lieutenant governor shall be president of the senate, but shall vote only when the senate is equally divided; and in case of his absence, or impeachment, or when he shall exercise the office of governor, the senate shall choose a president pro tempore.
Oh. Const. art. II, § 3 — Article II / Section 3
OH Const., Article II, Section 3
Status: in_force

Senators and representatives shall have resided in their respective counties, or districts, one year next preceding their election, unless they shall have been absent on the public business of the United States, or of this state.
Oh. Const. art. II, § 35 — Article II / Section 35
OH Const., Article II, Section 35
Status: in_force

For the purpose of providing compensation to workmen and their dependents, for death, injuries or occupational diseases, occasioned in the course of such workmen's employment, laws may be passed establishing a state fund to be created by compulsory contribution thereto by employers, and administered by the state, determining the terms and conditions upon which payment shall be made therefrom, and taking away any or all rights of action or defenses from employees and employers; but no right of action shall be taken away from any employe when the injury, disease or death arises from failure of the employer to comply with any lawful requirement for the protection of the lives, health and safety of employes. Laws may be passed establishing a board which may be empowered to classify all occupations, according to their degree of hazard, to fix rates of contribution to such fund according to such classification, and to collect, administer and distribute such fund, and to determine all rights of claimants thereto. (Adopted Sept. 3, 1912.)
Oh. Const. art. II, § 19 — Article II / Section 19
OH Const., Article II, Section 19
Status: in_force

No senator or representative shall, during the term for which he shall have been elected, or for one year thereafter, be appointed to any civil office under this state, which shall be created or the emoluments of which shall have been increased, during the term for which he shall have been elected.
Oh. Const. art. XVIII, § 13 — Article XVIII / Section 13
OH Const., Article XVIII, Section 13
Status: in_force

The said courts of common pleas, shall be the successors of the present courts of common pleas in the several counties, except as to probate jurisdiction; and all suits, prosecutions, proceedings, records and judgments, pending or being in said last mentioned courts, except as aforesaid, shall be transferred ​ to the courts of common pleas created by this constitution, and proceeded in, as though the same had been therein instituted.
Oh. Const. art. II, § 20 — Article II / Section 20
OH Const., Article II, Section 20
Status: in_force

The General Assembly, in cases not provided for in this constitution, shall fix the term of office and the compensation of all officers; but no change therein shall effect the salary of any officer during his existing term, unless the office be abolished.
Oh. Const. art. II, § 1c — Article II / Section 1c
OH Const., Article II, Section 1c
Status: in_force

The second aforestated power reserved by the people is designated the referendum, and the signatures of six per centum of the electors shall be required upon a petition to order the submission to the electors of the state for their approval or rejection, of any law, section of any law or any item in any law appropriating money passed by the general assembly. No law passed by the general assembly shall go into effect until ninety days after it shall have been filed by the governor in the office of the secretary of state, except as herein provided. When a petition, signed by six per centum of the electors of the state and verified as herein provided, shall have been filed with the secretary of state within ninety days after any law shall have been filed by the governor in the office of the secretary of state, ordering that such law, section of such law or any item in such law appropriating money be submitted to the electors of the state for their approval or rejection, the secretary of state shall submit to the electors of the state for their approval or rejection such law, section, or item, in the manner herein provided, at the next succeeding regular or general election in any year occurring subsequent to sixty days after the filing of such petition, and no such law, section or item shall go into effect until and unless approved by a majority of those voting upon the same. If, however, a referendum petition is filed against any such section or item, the remainder of the law shall not thereby be prevented or delayed from going into effect. (Adopted Sept. 3, 1912.)
Oh. Const. art. XVIII, § 14 — Article XVIII / Section 14
OH Const., Article XVIII, Section 14
Status: in_force

The probate courts provided for in this constitution, as to all matters within the jurisdiction conferred upon said courts, shall be the successors, in the several counties, of the present courts of common pleas; and the records, files and papers, business and proceedings, appertaining to said jurisdiction, shall be transferred to said courts of probate, and be there proceeded in, according to law.
Oh. Const. art. VIII, § 7 — Article VIII / Section 7
OH Const., Article VIII, Section 7
Status: in_force

The faith of the state being pledged for the payment of its public debt, in order to provide therefor, there shall be created a sinking fund, which shall be sufficient to pay the accruing interest on such debt, and, annually, to reduce the principal thereof, by a sum not less than one hundred thousand dollars, increased yearly, and each and every year, by compounding, at the rate of six per cent. per annum. The said sinking fund shall consist, of the net annual income of the public works and stocks owned by the state, or of any other funds or resources that are, or may be, provided by law, and of such further sum, to be raised by taxation, as may be required for the purposes aforesaid.
Oh. Const. art. I, § 18 — Article I / Section 18
OH Const., Article I, Section 18
Status: in_force

No power of suspending laws shall ever be exercised, except by the General Assembly.
Oh. Const. art. XIII, § 3 — Article XIII / Section 3
OH Const., Article XIII, Section 3
Status: in_force

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; except that stockholders of corporations authorized to receive money on deposit shall be held individually responsible, equally and ratably, and not one for another, for all contracts, debts, and engagements of such corporations, to the extent of the amount of their stock therein, at the par value thereof, in addition to the amount invested in such shares. No corporation not organized under the laws of this state, or of the United States, or person, partnership or association shall use the word "bank," "banker" or "banking," or words of similar meaning in any foreign language, as a designation or name under which business may be conducted in this state unless such corporation, person, partnership or association shall submit to inspection, examination and regulation as may hereafter be provided by the laws of this state. (Adopted Sept. 3, 1912.)
Oh. Const. art. II, § 12 — Article II / Section 12
OH Const., Article II, Section 12
Status: in_force

Senators and representatives, during the session of the General Assembly, and in going to and returning from the same, shall be privileged from arrest, in all cases, except treason, felony or breach of the peace; and for any speech, or debate, in either house, they shall not be questioned elsewhere.
Oh. Const. art. IV, § 22 — Article IV / Section 22
OH Const., Article IV, Section 22
Status: in_force

(21) A commission, which shall consist of five members, shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, the members of which shall hold office for the term of three years from and after the first day of February, 1876, to dispose of such part of the business then on the dockets of the supreme court, as shall, by arrangement between said commission and said court, be transferred to such commission; and said commission shall have like jurisdiction and power in respect to such business as are or may be vested in said court; and the members of said commission shall receive a like compensation for the time being with the judges of said court. A majority of the members of said commission shall be necessary to form a quorum or pronounce a decision, and its decision shall be certified, entered, and enforced as the judgments of the supreme court, and at the expiration of the term of said commission, all business undisposed of, shall by it be certified to the supreme court and disposed of as if said commission had never existed. The clerk and reporter of said court shall be the clerk and reporter of said commission, and the commission shall have such other attendants not exceeding in number those provided by law for said court, which attendants said commission may appoint and remove at its pleasure. Any vacancy occurring in said commission, shall be filled by appointment of the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, if the senate be in session, and if the senate be not in session, by the governor, but in such last case, such appointment shall expire at the end of the next session of the General Assembly. The General Assembly may, on application of the supreme court duly entered on the journal of the court and certified, provide by law, whenever two-thirds of such [each] house shall concur therein, from time to time, for the appointment, in like manner, of ​ a like commission with like powers, jurisdiction and duties; provided, that the term of any such commission shall not exceed two years, nor shall it be created oftener than once in ten years. [As adopted October 12, 1875; 72 v. 269.]
Oh. Const. art. X, § 3 — Article X / Section 3
OH Const., Article X, Section 3
Status: in_force

No person shall be eligible to the office of sheriff, or county treasurer, for more than four years, in any period of six years.
Oh. Const. art. II, § 26 — Article II / Section 26
OH Const., Article II, Section 26
Status: in_force

All laws, of a general nature, shall have a uniform operation throughout the state; nor, shall any act, except such as relates to public schools, be passed, to take effect upon the approval of any other authority than the General Assembly, except, as otherwise provided in this constitution.
Oh. Const. art. II, § 10 — Article II / Section 10
OH Const., Article II, Section 10
Status: in_force

Any member of either house shall have the right to protest against any act, or resolution thereof; and such protest, and the reasons therefor, shall, without alteration, commitment, or delay, be entered upon the journal.