Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-06-10
Constitutional Convention.
COLUMBUS, June l.

COLUMBUS, June l.
Mr.. Morris, from the standing commit.
tee on Corporations, other than Corpora.
tious for Banking, submitted the following
report:
Report No. l. of the standing commit.
tee on "Corporations, other than Corpora.
tions for Banking"
SEC. l. The Legislature shall pass no
special act confering corporate powers.
SEC Q. Corporations may be formed
under general laws; but oil general laws
passed pursuant to this section may bo al
tired from time to time, or repealed; Pro-
vide on such repeal the property or credits
legally acquired by any corporation shall
rest in the individual corporasors, subject
10 the liability of the corporations.
SEC. 3 Dues from corporations shall be
secured by such individual liability Of the
corporaiors and other means as may be
prescribed by law; Provided the liability
Of each corporator or shareholder, shall
never be less than the amount of stock in
any corporation by him or her subscribed
Sec. 4. The property of corporations
shall forever be subject to taxation, the
same rs the properly Of individuals.
Sec. 5. The right Of way be granted by
general laws TO corporations, provided the
same shall not be appropriated to the use
of any incorporation until full compensa.
ton therefor be made in money, irrespec.
tive of any benefit or adv antage to the
owner from any improvement proposed by
such corporation; and provided further,
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tanned by jury oftwel.e men in Court
of Record, as shall be prescribed by law.
Sec. 6. 1t shall be the duty of the Leg
islature to provide for the organization Of
cities, and incorporated villages, by gene
raj laws, and to restrict their power oftax.
alton, assessment, borrowing meney. con-
tracing debts and loaning their credit 90
as to prevent abuses in assessment and to
contracting debts by such municipal corpo-
rations.
The Columbus correspondent of the Cleve.
land Herald in letter of the Sd inst says:
@Ths committee on the Judiciary Depart
ment have unanimously agreed upon the
outlines Of the Judiciary system. They
propose, aa.
1st. Justices Of the Peace as at present.
I'd. A County Court to consist of SIM
gle Judge in each county, who shall have
jurisdiction of all probate and testamentary
matters; and such other jurisdiction as may
be prescribed by law.
1t is understood that the reason why the
jurisdiction was left so much to the Legis-
lature, was because the committee could
not agree.
Sd. Divide the State into nine districts,
in each Of which three Judges of the Com
mon Pleas shall be elected.
One Judge ofthe Court of Common Pleas,
to hold Court in each county in the State
at least twice a year. This Court is to
have original jurisdiction in all civil and
criminal cases, both at law and in equity
above the jurisdiction of the County Court,
and appellate jurisdiction from the County
Court in all cases. The three Judges of the
Common Pleas in each district with one
Judge of the Supreme Court, or any three
to hold Court of Errors and Appeals at
such times and places in each district as
the Legislature may prescribe; not less
than twice in each year.
4th. The SUPREME Court Three of
the Judicial Districts TO be thrown together,
and thus make three districts, in each Of
which one Judge Of the Supreme Court is to
be elected. One to be elected by the peo-
pie of the whole State. These four Judges
in addition to the district courts to be held
by them in connection with the Judges of
the common pleas, are to hold Court in
Bank once a year in Columbus. Judges
of the common pleas to hold for the term Of
six years, one in each district to 60 out ev-
cry TWO years. The number of Judges in
any district, and the number of districts to
be increased at the pleasure of the Legisla-
ture. 1t is understood that the committee
a.e unanimous, and the proba bility is that
this project will not be essentially changed
by the convention. Judges Of the supreme
court to hold eight years.
On the Sd inst, the Convention in COM
mittee of the whole, had under considera-
ton the report Of the committee on the Leg
lative Department. Sec. 35 was amend
ed by striking out the last three words and
inserting clause giving the Legislature
power to amend or repesl all charters.
Sec. 3s, which provides board of select
men in each county, composed Of one from
each township in the county, to whom sho'd
be entrusted the business oS local legisla-
ton, &C., was stricken out We regret
this, for we had regarded that as the best
provision embodied in the report of that
committee, and as measure well calculat-
ed to remedy the great and universally ac-
knowledged evils of too much local legisla-
ton, and which would have tendency to
break up the corrupt system Of Legislative
"log-rolling" which has too long been suf-
fersd and endured by the people. au
CONGRESSIONAL.
WAsHINGToN, June 5.
SENATE.-Mr. Yules moved TO take up
tho Presidents Cuba Message, for the