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Oh. Const. art. XI, § 12 — Article XI / Section 12
OH Const., Article XI, Section 12
Status: in_force

For judicial purposes, the state shall be apportioned as follows: The county of Hamilton shall constitute the first district, which shall not be subdivided; and the judges therein, may hold separate courts or separate sittings of the same court, at the same time. The counties of Butler, Preble and Darke shall constitute the first subdivision; Montgomery, Miami and Champaign, the second; and Warren, Clinton, Greene and Clark, the third subdivision, of the second district; and, together, shall form such district. The counties of Shelby, Auglaize, Allen, Hardin, Logan, Union, and Marion, shall constitute the first subdivision; Mercer, Van Wert, Putnam, Paulding, Defiance, William, Henry, and Fulton, the second; and Wood, Seneca, Hancock, Wyandot, and Crawford, the third subdivision of the third district; and, together, shall form such district. ​ The counties of Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Erie and Huron, shall constitute the first subdivision; Lorain, Medina and Summit, the second; and the county of Cuyahoga, the third subdivision, of the fourth district; and, together, shall form such district. The counties of Clermont, Brown and Adams, shall constitute the first subdivision; Highland, Ross and Fayette, the second; and Pickaway, Franklin and Madison, the third subdivision, of the fifth district; and, together, shall form such district. The counties of Licking, Knox, and Delaware, shall constitute the first subdivision; Morrow, Richland, and Ashland, the second; and Wayne, Holmes, and Coshocton, the third subdivision, of the sixth district; and, together, shall form such district. The counties of Fairfield, Perry, and Hocking, shall constitute the first subdivision; Jackson, Vinton, Pike, Scioto, and Lawrence, the second; and Gallia, Meigs, Athens, and Washington, the third subdivision of the seventh district; and, together, shall form such district. The counties of Muskingum, and Morgan, shall constitute the first subdivision; Guernsey, Belmont, and Monroe, the second; and Jefferson, Harrison, and Tuscarawas, the third subdivision, of the eighth district; and, together, shall form such district. The counties of Stark, Carroll, and Columbiana, shall constitute the first subdivision; Trumbull, Portage, and Mahoning, the second; and Geauga, Lake, and Ashtabula, the third subdivision, of the ninth district; and, together, shall form such district.
Oh. Const. art. XVIII, § 18 — Article XVIII / Section 18
OH Const., Article XVIII, Section 18
Status: in_force

At the time when the votes of the electors shall be taken for the adoption or rejection of this constitution, the additional section, in the words following, to-wit: "No license to traffic in intoxicating liquors shall hereafter be granted in this state; but the General Assembly may, by law, provide against evils resulting therefrom," shall be separately submitted to the electors for adoption or rejection, in form following, to-wit: A separate ballot may be given by every elector and deposited in a separate box. Upon the ballots given for said separate amendment shall be written or printed, or partly written and partly printed, the words: "License to sell intoxicating liquors, Yes;" and upon the ballots giyen against said amendment, in like manner, the words: "License to sell intoxicating liquors, No." If, at the said election, a majority of all the votes given for and against said amendment, shall contain the words: "License to sell intoxicating liquors, No," then the said amendment shall be a separate section of article fifteen of the constitution.
Oh. Const. art. XI, § 5 — Article XI / Section 5
OH Const., Article XI, Section 5
Status: in_force

If, in fixing any subsequent ratio, a county, previously entitled to separate representation, shall have less than the number required by the new ratio for a representative, such county shall be attached to the county adjoining it, having the least number of inhabitants; and the representation of the district, so formed, shall be determined as herein provided.
Oh. Const. art. IV, § 20 — Article IV / Section 20
OH Const., Article IV, Section 20
Status: in_force

The style of all process shall be "The State of Ohio;" all prosecutions shall be carried on, in the name, and by the authority, of the State of Ohio; and all indictments shall conclude, "against the peace and dignity of the State of Ohio."
Oh. Const. art. III, § 6 — Article III / Section 6
OH Const., Article III, Section 6
Status: in_force

He may require information, in writing, from the officers in the executive department, upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices, and shall see that the laws are faithfully executed .
Oh. Const. art. XVI, § 3 — Article XVI / Section 3
OH Const., Article XVI, Section 3
Status: in_force

At the general election to be held in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two, and in each twentieth year thereafter, the question: "Shall there be a convention to revise, alter, or amend the constitution," shall be submitted to the electors of the state; and in case a majority of the electors, voting for and against the calling of a convention, shall decide in favor of a convention, the general assembly, at its next session, shall provide, by law, for the election of delegates, and the assembling of such convention, as is provided in the preceding section; but no amendment of this constitution, agreed upon by any convention assembled in pursuance of this article, shall take effect, until the same shall have been submitted to the electors of the state, and adopted by a majority of those voting thereon. (Adopted Sept. 3, 1912.)
Oh. Const. art. XII, § 8 — Article XII / Section 8
OH Const., Article XII, Section 8
Status: in_force

Laws may be passed providing for the taxation of incomes, and such taxation may be either uniform or graduated, and may be applied to such incomes as may be designated by law; but a part of each annual income not exceeding three thousand dollars may be exempt from such taxation. (Adopted Sept. 3, 1912.)
Oh. Const. art. II, § 32 — Article II / Section 32
OH Const., Article II, Section 32
Status: in_force

The General Assembly shall grant no divorce, nor exercise any judicial power not herein expressly conferred.
Oh. Const. art. XVIII, § 17 — Article XVIII / Section 17
OH Const., Article XVIII, Section 17
Status: in_force

The foregoing constitution shall be submitted to the electors of the state, at an election to be held on the third Tuesday of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, in the several election districts of this state. The ballots at such election shall be written or printed as follows: Those in favor of the constitution, "New constitution, Yes;" those against the constitution, "New constitution, No." The polls at said election shall be opened between the hours of eight and ten o'clock A. M., and closed at six o'clock P. M.; and the said election shall be conducted, and the returns thereof made and certified, to the secretary of state, as provided by law for annual elections of state and county officers. Within twenty days after such election, the secretary of state shall open the returns thereof, in the presence of the governor; and, if it shall appear that a majority of all the votes, cast at such election, are in favor of the constitution, the governor shall issue his proclamation, stating that fact, and said constitution shall be the constitution of the state of Ohio, and not otherwise.
Oh. Const. art. XII, § 6 — Article XII / Section 6
OH Const., Article XII, Section 6
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this constitution the state shall never contract any debt for purposes of internal improvement. (Adopted Sept. 3, 1912.)
Oh. Const. art. VIII, § 2 — Article VIII / Section 2
OH Const., Article VIII, Section 2
Status: in_force

In addition to the above limited power, the state may contract debts to repel invasion, suppress insurrection, defend the state in war, or to redeem the present outstanding indebtedness of the state; but the money, arising from the contracting of such debts, shall be applied to the purpose for which it was raised, or to repay such debts, and to no other purpose whatever; and all debts, incurred to redeem the present outstanding indebtedness of the state, shall be so contracted as to be payable by the sinking fund, hereinafter provided for, as the same shall accumulate. ​
Oh. Const. art. II, § 31 — Article II / Section 31
OH Const., Article II, Section 31
Status: in_force

The members and officers of the General Assembly shall receive a fixed compensation, to be prescribed by law, and no other allowance or perquisite, either in the payment of postage or otherwise; and no change in their compensation shall take effect during their term of office.
Oh. Const. art. XIII, § 4 — Article XIII / Section 4
OH Const., Article XIII, Section 4
Status: in_force

The property of corporations, now existing or hereafter created, shall forever be subject to taxation, the same as the property of individuals.
Oh. Const. art. IV, § 13 — Article IV / Section 13
OH Const., Article IV, Section 13
Status: in_force

In case the office of any judge shall become vacant, before the expiration of the regular term for which he was elected, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the governor, until a successor is elected and qualified; and such successor shall be elected for the unexpired term, at the first annual election that occurs more than thirty days after the vacancy shall have happened.
Oh. Const. art. XIII, § 2 — Article XIII / Section 2
OH Const., Article XIII, Section 2
Status: in_force

Corporations may be formed under general laws; but all such laws may, from time to time, be altered or repealed. Corporations may be classified and there may be conferred upon proper boards, commissions or officers, such supervisory and regulatory powers over their organization, business and issue and sale of stocks and securities, and over the business and sale of the stocks and securities of foreign corporations and joint stock companies in this state, as may be prescribed by law. Laws may be passed regulating the sale and conveyance of ​ other personal property, whether owned by a corporation, joint stock company or individual. (Adopted Sept. 3, 1912.)
Oh. Const. art. X, § 7 — Article X / Section 7
OH Const., Article X, Section 7
Status: in_force

The commissioners of counties, the trustees of townships, and similar boards, shall have such power of local taxation, for police purposes, as may be prescribed by law. ​
Oh. Const. art. III, § 13 — Article III / Section 13
OH Const., Article III, Section 13
Status: in_force

All grants and commissions shall be issued in the name and by the authority of the state of Ohio; sealed with the great seal; signed by the governor, and countersigned by the secretary of state.
Oh. Const. art. XI, § 2 — Article XI / Section 2
OH Const., Article XI, Section 2
Status: in_force

Every county having a population equal to one-half of said ratio, shall be entitled to one representative; every county, containing said ratio, and three-fourths over, shall be entitled to two representatives; every county containing three times said ratio, shall be entitled to three representatives; and so on, requiring after the first two, an entire ratio for each additional representative. Provided, however, that each county shall have one representative. [As amended November 3, 1913.]
Oh. Const. art. XVIII, § 3 — Article XVIII / Section 3
OH Const., Article XVIII, Section 3
Status: in_force

The first election for governor, lieutenant governor, auditor, treasurer, and secretary of state and attorney general, shall be held on the second Tuesday of October, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. The persons, holding said offices on the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, shall continue therein, until the second Monday of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two.
Oh. Const. art. IX, § 3 — Article IX / Section 3
OH Const., Article IX, Section 3
Status: in_force

The governor shall appoint the adjutant general, quartermaster general, and such other staff officers, as may be provided for by law. Majors general, brigadiers general, colonels, or commandants of regiments, battalions, or squadrons, shall, severally, appoint their staff, and captains shall appoint their non-commissioned officers and musicians.
Oh. Const. art. VII, § 2 — Article VII / Section 2
OH Const., Article VII, Section 2
Status: in_force

The directors of the penitentiary shall be appointed or elected in such manner as the General Assembly may direct; and the trustees of the benevolent, and other state institutions, now elected by the General Assembly, and of such other state institutions, as may be hereafter created, shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate; and upon all nominations made by the governor, the question shall be taken by yeas and nays, and entered upon the journals of the senate.
Oh. Const. art. XI, § 4 — Article XI / Section 4
OH Const., Article XI, Section 4
Status: in_force

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.
Oh. Const. art. XI, § 6 — Article XI / Section 6
OH Const., Article XI, Section 6
Status: in_force

The ratio for a senator shall forever, hereafter, be ascertained by dividing the whole population of the state by the number thirty-five.
Oh. Const. art. XI, § 1 — Article XI / Section 1
OH Const., Article XI, Section 1
Status: in_force

The apportionment of this state for members of the General Assembly shall be made every ten years, after the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, in the following manner: The whole population of the state, as ascertained by the federal census, or in such other mode as the General Assembly may direct, shall be divided by the number "one hundred," and the quotient shall be the ratio of representation in the house of representatives, for ten years next succeeding such apportionment.
Oh. Const. art. XV, § 2 — Article XV / Section 2
OH Const., Article XV, Section 2
Status: in_force

The printing of the laws, journals, bills, legislative documents and papers for each branch of the general assembly, with the printing required for the executive and other departments of state, shall be let, on contract, to the lowest responsible bidder, or done directly by the state in such manner as shall be prescribed by law. All stationery and supplies shall be purchased as may be provided by law. (Adopted Sept. 3, 1912.)
Oh. Const. art. XVI, § 1 — Article XVI / Section 1
OH Const., Article XVI, Section 1
Status: in_force

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. (Adopted Sept. 3, 1912.)
Oh. Const. art. I, § 12 — Article I / Section 12
OH Const., Article I, Section 12
Status: in_force

No person shall be transported out of the state, for any offense committed within the same; and no conviction shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture of estate.
Oh. Const. art. II, § 40 — Article II / Section 40
OH Const., Article II, Section 40
Status: in_force

Laws may be passed providing for a system of registering, transferring, insuring and guaranteeing land titles by the state or by the counties thereof, and for settling and determining adverse or other claims to and interests in, lands the titles to which are so registered, insured or guaranteed, and for the creation and collection of guaranty funds by fees to be assessed against lands, the titles to which are registered; and judicial powers with right of appeal may by law be conferred upon records or other officers in matters arising under the operation of such system. (Adopted Sept. 3, 1912.)
Oh. Const. art. XIII, § 7 — Article XIII / Section 7
OH Const., Article XIII, Section 7
Status: in_force

No act of the General Assembly, authorizing associations with banking powers, shall take effect until it shall be submitted to the people, at the general election next succeeding the passage thereof, and be approved by a majority of all the electors, voting at such election.
Oh. Const. art. XV, § 7 — Article XV / Section 7
OH Const., Article XV, Section 7
Status: in_force

Every person chosen or appointed to any office under this state, before entering upon the discharge of its duties, shall take an oath or affirmation, to support the Constitution of the United States, and of this state, and also an oath of office.
Oh. Const. art. I, § 13 — Article I / Section 13
OH Const., Article I, Section 13
Status: in_force

No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner; nor in time of war, except in the manner prescribed by law.
Oh. Const. art. I, § 16 — Article I / Section 16
OH Const., Article I, Section 16
Status: in_force

All courts shall be open, and every person, for an injury done him in his land, goods, person, or reputation, shall have remedy by due course of law, and shall have justice administered without denial or delay. Suits may be brought against the state, in such courts and in such manner, as may be provided by law. (Adopted Sept. 3, 1912.)
Oh. Const. art. III, § 8 — Article III / Section 8
OH Const., Article III, Section 8
Status: in_force

The governor on extraordinary occasions may convene the general assembly by proclamation and shall state in the proclamation the purpose for which such special session is called, and no other business shall be transacted at such special session except that named in the proclamation, or in a subsequent public proclamation or message to the general assembly issued by the governor during the special session, but the general assembly may provide for the expenses of the session and other matter incidental thereto. (Adopted Sept. 3, 1912.)
Oh. Const. art. III, § 4 — Article III / Section 4
OH Const., Article III, Section 4
Status: in_force

Should there be no session of the General Assembly in January next after an election for any of the officers aforesaid, the returns of such election shall be made to the secretary of state and opened and the result declared by the governor, in such manner as may be provided by law.
Oh. Const. art. XIII, § 1 — Article XIII / Section 1
OH Const., Article XIII, Section 1
Status: in_force

The General Aseembly shall pass no special act conferring corporate powers.
Oh. Const. art. III, § 19 — Article III / Section 19
OH Const., Article III, Section 19
Status: in_force

The officers mentioned in this article shall, at stated times receive for their services, a compensation to be established by law which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the period for which they have been elected.
Oh. Const. art. III, § 10 — Article III / Section 10
OH Const., Article III, Section 10
Status: in_force

He shall be commander-in-chief of the military and naval forces of the state, except when they shall be called into the service of the United States.
Oh. Const. art. V, § 5 — Article V / Section 5
OH Const., Article V, Section 5
Status: in_force

No person in the military, naval, or marine service of the United States, shall, by being stationed in any garrison, or military, or naval station, within the state, be considered a resident of this state.
Oh. Const. art. XVI, § 2 — Article XVI / Section 2
OH Const., Article XVI, Section 2
Status: in_force

Whenever two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the general assembly shall think it necessary to call a convention, to revise, amend, or change this constitution, they shall recommend to the electors to vote on a separate ballot without party designation of any kind at the next election for members to the general assembly, for or against a convention; and if a majority of all the electors, voting for and against the calling of a convention, shall have voted ​ for a convention, the general assembly shall, at their next session, provide, by law, for calling the same. Candidates for members of the constitutional convention shall be nominated by nominating petitions only and shall be voted for upon one independent and separate ballot without any emblem or party designation whatever. The convention shall consist of as many members as the house of representatives, who shall be chosen as provided by law, and shall meet within three months after their election, for the purpose, aforesaid. (Adopted, Sept. 3, 1912.)
Oh. Const. art. XII, § 10 — Article XII / Section 10
OH Const., Article XII, Section 10
Status: in_force

Laws may be passed providing for exercise and franchise taxes and for the imposition of taxes upon the production of coal, oil, gas and other minerals. (Adopted Sept. 3, 1912.)
Oh. Const. art. II, § 17 — Article II / Section 17
OH Const., Article II, Section 17
Status: in_force

The presiding officer of each house shall sign, publicly in the presence of the house over which he presides, while the same is in session and capable of transacting business, all bills, and joint resolutions passed by the General Assembly. ​
Oh. Const. art. XII, § 9 — Article XII / Section 9
OH Const., Article XII, Section 9
Status: in_force

Not less than fifty per centum of the income and inheritance taxes that may be collected by the state shall be returned to the city, village or township in which said income and inheritance tax originate. (Adopted Sept. 3, 1912.)
Oh. Const. art. XV, § 6 — Article XV / Section 6
OH Const., Article XV, Section 6
Status: in_force

Lotteries, and the sale of lottery tickets, for any purpose whatever, shall forever be prohibited in this state.
Oh. Const. art. III, § 20 — Article III / Section 20
OH Const., Article III, Section 20
Status: in_force

The officers of the executive department, and of the public state institutions shall, at least five days preceding each regular session of the General Assembly, severally report to the governor, who shall transmit such reports, with his message, to the General Assembly.
Oh. Const. art. XI, § 11 — Article XI / Section 11
OH Const., Article XI, Section 11
Status: in_force

The governor, auditor, and secretary of state, or any two of them, shall at least six months prior to the October election, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, and, at each decennial period thereafter, ascertain and determine the ratio of representation, according to the decennial census, the number of representatives and senators each county or district shall be entitled to elect, and for what years, within the next ensuing ten years, and the governor shall cause the same to be published, in such manner as shall be directed by law. Judicial Apportionment.
Oh. Const. art. III, § 9 — Article III / Section 9
OH Const., Article III, Section 9
Status: in_force

In case of a disagreement between the two houses, in respect to the time of adjournment, he shall have power to adjourn the General Assembly to such time as he may think proper, but not beyond the regular meetings thereof.