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

So long as this state shall have public works which require superintendence, a superintendent of public works shall be appointed by the governor for the term of one year, with the powers and duties now exercised by the board of public works until otherwise provided by law, and with such other powers as may be provided by law. (Adopted Sept. 3 , 1912.)
Oh. Const. art. I, § 3 — Article I / Section 3
OH Const., Article I, Section 3
Status: in_force

The people have the right to assemble together, in a peaceable manner, to consult for their common good; to instruct their representatives; and to petition the General Assembly for the redress of grievances.
Oh. Const. art. XVIII, § 15 — Article XVIII / Section 15
OH Const., Article XVIII, Section 15
Status: in_force

Until otherwise provided by law, elections for judges and clerks shall be held, and the poll-books returned, as is provided for governor, and the abstract therefrom, certified to the secretary of state, shall be by him opened, in the presence of the governor, who shall declare the result, and issue commissions to the persons elected.
Oh. Const. art. II, § 1f — Article II / Section 1f
OH Const., Article II, Section 1f
Status: in_force

The initiative and referendum powers are hereby reserved to the people of each municipality on all questions which such municipalities may now or hereafter be authorized by law to control by legislative action; such powers shall be exercised in the manner now or hereafter provided by law. (Adopted Sept. 3, 1912.)
Oh. Const. art. IX, § 1 — Article IX / Section 1
OH Const., Article IX, Section 1
Status: in_force

All white male citizens, residents of this state, being eighteen years of age, and under the age of forty-five years, shall be enrolled in the militia, and perform military duty, in such manner, not incompatible with the constitution and laws of the United States, as may be prescribed by law.
Oh. Const. art. IV, § 15 — Article IV / Section 15
OH Const., Article IV, Section 15
Status: in_force

Laws may be passed to increase or diminish the number of judges of the supreme court, to increase beyond one or diminish to one the number of judges of the court of common pleas in any county, and to establish other courts, whenever two-thirds of the members elected to each house shall concur therein; but no such change, addition or diminution shall vacate the office of any judge; and any existing court heretofore created by law shall continue in existence until otherwise provided. (Adopted Sept. 3 , 1912.)
Oh. Const. art. II, § 16 — Article II / Section 16
OH Const., Article II, Section 16
Status: in_force

Every bill shall be fully and distinctly read on three different days, unless in case of urgency three-fourths of the house in which it shall be pending, shall dispense with the rule. No bill shall contain more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title, and no law shall be revived, or amended unless the new act contains the entire act revived, or the section or sections amended, and the section or sections so amended shall be repealed. Every bill passed by the general assembly shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the governor for his approval. If he approves, he shall sign it and thereupon it shall become a law and be filed with the secretary of state. If he does not approve it, he shall return it with his objections in writing, to the house in which it originated, which shall enter the objections at large upon its journal, and may then reconsider the vote on its passage. If three-fifths of the members elected to that house vote to repass the bill, it shall be sent, with the objections of the governor, to the other house, which may also reconsider the vote on its passage. If three-fifths of the members elected to that house vote to repass it, it shall become a law notwithstanding the objections of the governor, except that in no case shall a bill be repassed by a smaller vote than is required by the constitution on its original passage. In all such cases the vote of each house shall be determined by yeas and nays and the names of the members voting for and against the bill shall be entered upon the journal. If a bill shall not be returned by the governor within ten days, Sundays excepted, after being presented to him, it shall become a law in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the general assembly by adjournment prevents its return; in which case, it shall become a law unless, within ten days after such adjournment, it shall be filed by him, with his objections in writing, in the office of the secretary of state. The governor may disapprove any item or items in any bill making an appropriation of money and the item or items, so disapproved, shall be void, unless repassed in the manner herein prescribed for the repassage of a bill. (Adopted Sept. 3, 1912.)
Oh. Const. art. I, § 5 — Article I / Section 5
OH Const., Article I, Section 5
Status: in_force

The right of trial by jury shall be inviolate, except that, in civil cases, laws may be passed to authorize the rendering of a verdict by the concurrence of not less than three-fourths of the jury. (Adopted Sept. 3, 1912.)
Oh. Const. art. III, § 18 — Article III / Section 18
OH Const., Article III, Section 18
Status: in_force

Should the office of auditor, treasurer, secretary, or attorney general become vacant, for any of the causes specified in the fifteenth section of this article, the governor shall fill the vacancy until the disability is removed, or a successor elected and qualified. Every such vacancy shall be filled by election, at the first general election that occurs more than thirty days after it shall have happened; and the person chosen shall hold the office for the full term fixed in the second section of this article.
Oh. Const. art. IV, § 16 — Article IV / Section 16
OH Const., Article IV, Section 16
Status: in_force

There shall be elected in each county by the electors thereof one clerk of the court of common pleas, who shall hold his office for the term of three years, and until his successor shall be elected and qualified. He shall, ​ by virtue of his office, be clerk of all other courts of record held therein; but, the General Assembly may provide, by law, for the election of a clerk, with a like term of office, for each or any other of the courts of record, and may authorize the judge of the probate court to perform the duties of clerk for his court, under such regulations as may be directed by law. Clerks of courts shall be removable for such cause and in such manner as shall be prescribed by law.
Oh. Const. art. VIII, § 8 — Article VIII / Section 8
OH Const., Article VIII, Section 8
Status: in_force

The auditor of state, secretary of state, and attorney general, are hereby created a board of commissioners, to be styled, "The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund."
Oh. Const. art. V, § 7 — Article V / Section 7
OH Const., Article V, Section 7
Status: in_force

All nominations for elective state, district, county and municipal offices shall be made at direct primary elections or by petition as provided by law, and provision shall be made by law for a preferential vote for United States senator; but direct primaries shall not be held for the nomination of township officers or for the officers of municipalities of less than two thousand population, unless petitioned for by a majority of the electors of such township or municipality. All delegates from this state to the national convention of political parties shall be chosen by direct vote of the electors. Each candidate for such delegate shall state his first and second choices for the presidency, which preferences shall be printed upon the primary ballot below the name of such candidate, but the name of no candidate for the presidency shall be so used without his written authority. (Adopted Sept. 3 , 1912.)
Oh. Const. art. II, § 33 — Article II / Section 33
OH Const., Article II, Section 33
Status: in_force

Laws may be passed to secure to mechanics, artisans, laborers, sub-contractors and material men, their just dues by direct lien upon the property, upon which they have bestowed labor or for which they have furnished material. No other provision of the constitution shall impair or limit this power. (Adopted Sept. 3, 1912.)
Oh. Const. art. XVIII, § 16 — Article XVIII / Section 16
OH Const., Article XVIII, Section 16
Status: in_force

Where two or more counties are joined in a senatorial, representative, or judicial district, the returns of election shall be sent to the county having the largest population.
Oh. Const. art. XII, § 7 — Article XII / Section 7
OH Const., Article XII, Section 7
Status: in_force

Laws may be passed providing for the taxation of the right to receive, or to succeed to, estates, and such taxation may be uniform or it may be so graduated as to tax at a higher rate the right to receive, or to succeed to, estates of larger value than to estates of smaller value. Such tax may also be levied at different rates upon collateral and direct inheritances, and a portion of each estate not exceeding twenty thousand dollars may be exempt from such taxation. (Adopted Sept. 3, 1912.)
Oh. Const. art. II, § 1d — Article II / Section 1d
OH Const., Article II, Section 1d
Status: in_force

Laws providing for tax levies, appropriations for the current expenses of the state government and state institutions, and emergency laws necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety, shall go into immediate effect. Such emergency laws upon a yea and nay vote must receive the vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each branch of the general assembly, and the reasons for such necessity shall be set forth in one section of the law, which section shall be passed only upon yea and nay vote, upon a separate roll call thereon. The laws mentioned in this section shall not be subject to the referendum. (Adopted Sept. 3, 1912.)
Oh. Const. art. XV, § 5 — Article XV / Section 5
OH Const., Article XV, Section 5
Status: in_force

No person who shall hereafter fight a duel, assist in the same as second, or send, accept, or knowingly carry, a challenge therefor, shall hold any office in this state.
Oh. Const. art. I, § 19 — Article I / Section 19
OH Const., Article I, Section 19
Status: in_force

a. The amount of damages recoverable by civil action in the courts for death caused by the wrongful act, neglect, or default of another, shall not be limited by law. (Adopted Sept. 3, 1912.)
Oh. Const. art. II, § 5 — Article II / Section 5
OH Const., Article II, Section 5
Status: in_force

No person hereafter convicted of an embezzlement of the public funds shall hold any office in this state; nor shall any person, holding public money for disbursement, or otherwise, have a seat in the General Assembly until he shall have accounted for, and paid such money into the treasury.
Oh. Const. art. IV, § 1 — Article IV / Section 1
OH Const., Article IV, Section 1
Status: in_force

The judicial power of the state is vested in a supreme court, courts of appeals, courts of common pleas, courts of probate, and such other courts inferior to the courts of appeals as may from time to time be established by law. (Adopted Sept. 3, 1912.) ​
Oh. Const. art. XV, § 8 — Article XV / Section 8
OH Const., Article XV, Section 8
Status: in_force

There may be established, in the secretary of state's office, a bureau of statistics, under such regulations as may be prescribed by law.
Oh. Const. art. XVIII, § 7 — Article XVIII / Section 7
OH Const., Article XVIII, Section 7
Status: in_force

All county and township officers and justices of the peace, in office on the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, shall continue in office until their terms expire, respectively.
Oh. Const. art. IX, § 5 — Article IX / Section 5
OH Const., Article IX, Section 5
Status: in_force

The General Assembly shall provide, by law, for the protection and safekeeping of the public arms.
Oh. Const. art. XI, § 9 — Article XI / Section 9
OH Const., Article XI, Section 9
Status: in_force

Any county forming part of a senatorial district, having acquired a population equal to a full senatorial ratio, shall be made a separate senatorial district, at any regular decennial apportionment, if a full senatorial ratio shall be left in the district from which it shall be taken.
Oh. Const. art. II, § 7 — Article II / Section 7
OH Const., Article II, Section 7
Status: in_force

The mode of organizing the house of representatives at the commencement of each regular session, shall be prescribed by law.
Oh. Const. art. I, § 1 — Article I / Section 1
OH Const., Article I, Section 1
Status: in_force

All men are, by nature, free and independent, and have certain inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing, and protecting property, and seeking and obtaining happiness and safety.
Oh. Const. art. X, § 2 — Article X / Section 2
OH Const., Article X, Section 2
Status: in_force

County officers shall be elected on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, by the electors of each county in such manner, and for such term, not exceeding three years, as may be provided by law. [As amended October 13, 1885; 82 v . 446.]
Oh. Const. art. II, § 1e — Article II / Section 1e
OH Const., Article II, Section 1e
Status: in_force

The powers defined herein as the "initiative" and "referendum" shall not be used to pass a law authorizing any classification of property for the purpose of levying different rates of taxation thereon or of authorizing the levy of any single tax or land or land values or land sites at a higher rate or by a different rule than is or may be applied to improvements thereon or to personal property. (Adopted Sept. 3, 1912.)
Oh. Const. art. II, § 37 — Article II / Section 37
OH Const., Article II, Section 37
Status: in_force

Except in cases of extraordinary emergencies, not to exceed eight hours shall constitute a day's work, and not to exceed forty-eight hours a week's work, for workmen engaged on any public work carried on or aided by the state, or any political sub-division thereof, whether done by contract, or otherwise. (Adopted Sept. 3, 1912.)
Oh. Const. art. VIII, § 5 — Article VIII / Section 5
OH Const., Article VIII, Section 5
Status: in_force

The state shall never assume the debts of any county, city, town, or township, or of any corporation whatever, unless such debts shall have been created to repel invasion, suppress insurrection, or defend the state in war.
Oh. Const. art. III, § 1 — Article III / Section 1
OH Const., Article III, Section 1
Status: in_force

The executive department shall consist of a governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, and an attorney general, who shall be elected on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in ​ November, by the electors of the state, and at the places for voting for members of the General Assembly. [As amended October 13 , 1885; 82 v. 446.]
Oh. Const. art. XV, § 10 — Article XV / Section 10
OH Const., Article XV, Section 10
Status: in_force

Appointments and promotions in the civil service of the state, the several counties, and cities, shall be made according to merit and fitness, to be ascertained, as far as practicable, by competitive examinations. Laws shall be passed providing for the enforcement of this provision. (Adopted Sept. 3, 1912.)
Oh. Const. art. II, § 29 — Article II / Section 29
OH Const., Article II, Section 29
Status: in_force

No extra compensation shall be made to any officer, public agent, or contractor, after the service shall have been rendered, or the contract entered into; nor shall any money be paid, on any claim, the subject matter of which ​ shall not have been provided for by pre-existing law, unless such compensation, or claim, be allowed by two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the General Assembly.
Oh. Const. art. XI, § 8 — Article XI / Section 8
OH Const., Article XI, Section 8
Status: in_force

The same rules shall be applied, in apportioning the fractions of senatorial districts, and in annexing districts, which may hereafter have less than three-fourths of a senatorial ratio, as are applied to representative districts.
Oh. Const. art. XII, § 11 — Article XII / Section 11
OH Const., Article XII, Section 11
Status: in_force

No bonded indebtedness of the state, or any political subdivisions thereof, shall be incurred or renewed, unless, in the legislation under which such indebtedness is incurred or renewed, provision is made for levying and collecting annually by taxation an amount sufficient to pay the interest on said bonds, and to provide a sinking fund for their final redemption at maturity. (Adopted Sept. 3, 1912.)
Oh. Const. art. II, § 6 — Article II / Section 6
OH Const., Article II, Section 6
Status: in_force

Each house shall be judge of the election, returns and qualifications of its own members; a majority of all the members elected to each house shall be a quorum to do business; but a less number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties, as shall be prescribed by law.
Oh. Const. art. I, § 17 — Article I / Section 17
OH Const., Article I, Section 17
Status: in_force

No hereditary emoluments, honors, or privileges, shall ever be granted or conferred by this state.
Oh. Const. art. X, § 1 — Article X / Section 1
OH Const., Article X, Section 1
Status: in_force

The General Assembly shall provide, by law, for the election of such county and township officers as may be necessary.
Oh. Const. art. XVIII, § 9 — Article XVIII / Section 9
OH Const., Article XVIII, Section 9
Status: in_force

This constitution shall take effect on the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one.
Oh. Const. art. XI, § 10 — Article XI / Section 10
OH Const., Article XI, Section 10
Status: in_force

For the first ten years, after the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, the apportionment of representatives shall be as provided in the schedule, and no change shall ever be made in the principles of representation, as herein established, or, in the senatorial districts, except as above provided. All territory, belonging to a county at the time of any apportionment, shall, as to the right of representation and suffrage, remain an integral part thereof, during the decennial period.
Oh. Const. art. II, § 21 — Article II / Section 21
OH Const., Article II, Section 21
Status: in_force

The General Assembly shall determine, by law, before what authority, and in what manner, the trial of contested elections shall be conducted.
Oh. Const. art. I, § 2 — Article I / Section 2
OH Const., Article I, Section 2
Status: in_force

All political power is inherent in the people. Government is instituted for their equal protection and benefit, and they have the right to alter, reform, or abolish the same, whenever they may deem it necessary; and no special privileges or immunities shall ever be granted, that may not be altered, revoked, or repealed by the General Assembly.
Oh. Const. art. XV, § 3 — Article XV / Section 3
OH Const., Article XV, Section 3
Status: in_force

An accurate and detailed statement of the receipts and expenditures of the public money, the several amounts paid, to whom, and on what account, shall, from time to time, be published, as shall be prescribed by law.
Oh. Const. art. IV, § 18 — Article IV / Section 18
OH Const., Article IV, Section 18
Status: in_force

The several judges of the supreme court, of the common pleas, and of such other courts as may be created, shall, respectively, have and exercise such power and jurisdiction, at chambers, or otherwise, as may be directed by law.
Oh. Const. art. XV, § 9 — Article XV / Section 9
OH Const., Article XV, Section 9
Status: in_force

License to traffic in intoxicating liquors shall be granted in this state, and license laws operative throughout the state shall be passed with such restrictions and regulations as may be provided by law, and municipal corporations shall be authorized by general laws to provide for the limitation of the number of saloons. Laws shall not be passed authorizing more than one saloon in each township or municipality of less than five hundred population, or more than one saloon for each five hundred population in other townships and municipalities. Where the traffic is or may be prohibited under laws applying to counties, municipalities, townships, residence districts, or other districts now prescribed by law, the traffic shall not be licensed in any such local subdivision while any prohibitory law is operative therein, and nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to repeal, modify or suspend any such prohibitory laws, or any regulatory laws now in force or hereafter enacted, or to prevent the future enactment, modification or repeal of any prohibitory or regulatory laws. License to traffic in intoxicating liquors shall not be granted to any person who at the time of making application therefor is not a citizen of the United States and of good moral character. License shall not be granted to any applicant who is in any way interested in the business conducted at any other place where intoxicating liquors are sold or kept for sale ​ as a beverage nor shall such license be granted unless the applicant or applicants are the only persons in any way pecuniarily interested in the business for which the license is sought and no other person shall be in any way interested therein during the continuance of the license; if such interest of such person shall appear, the license shall be deemed revoked. If any licensee is more than once convicted for a violation of the laws in force to regulate the traffic in intoxicating liquors, his license shall be deemed revoked, and no license shall thereafter be granted to him. License to traffic in intoxicating liquors shall not be granted unless the place of traffic under such license shall be located in the county in which the person or persons reside whose duty it is to grant such license, or in a county adjoining thereto. The word "saloon" as used in this section is defined to be a place where intoxicating liquors are sold, or kept for sale, as a beverage in quantities less than one gallon. (Adopted Sept. 3, 1912.)
Oh. Const. art. V, § 3 — Article V / Section 3
OH Const., Article V, Section 3
Status: in_force

Electors, during their attendance at elections, and in going to, and returning therefrom, shall be privileged from arrest, in all cases, except treason, felony, and breach of the peace.
Oh. Const. art. V, § 2 — Article V / Section 2
OH Const., Article V, Section 2
Status: in_force

All elections shall be by ballot.
Oh. Const. art. XVIII, § 6 — Article XVIII / Section 6
OH Const., Article XVIII, Section 6
Status: in_force

The superior and commercial courts of Cincinnati, and the superior court of Cleveland, shall remain, until otherwise provided by law, with their present powers and jurisdiction; and the judges and clerks of said courts, in office on the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one shall continue in office, until the expiration of their terms of office, respectively, or, until otherwise provided by law; but neither of said courts shall continue after the second Monday of February, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three; and no suits shall be commenced in said two first mentioned courts, after the second Monday in February, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two; nor in said last mentioned court, after the second Monday in August, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two; and all business in either of said courts, not disposed of within the time limited for their continuance as aforesaid, shall be transferred to the court of common pleas.