Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1851-05-03

Sec II. No member of Congress, or other
person holding ofice under the authority of
this State, or of the United States, shall exc
cute the Office of Governor, except as herein
provided. $780, M
i Sec. Is. In case of the. death, impeaeh-
ment, resignation, removal or other disability
of the Governor. the powers and duties of the
Office, for the residue of the term, or until be
shall be acquitted, or the disability removed,
shall devolve upon the Lieutenant Governor
! Sec. 16. The Lieutenat Governor shall be
i 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 President pro tempore.
i Sec. II. 1fthe Lieutenant Governor, while
executing the Office of Governor, shall be i'm
I peached, displaced, resign or die, or otherwise
become Incapable Of performing the duties Of
the Office, the President of the Senate shall
act as Governor, until the vacancy is filed, or
the disability removed; and if the Presi-
dent of the Senate. for any of the above caus-
es, shall be rendered incapable of performing
the duties pertaining to the Office of Governor,
the same shall deyolye upon the Speaker of
/, the House of Representatives
Sec. Is. 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 Gov
Iernor shall Gil the vacancy until the disability
IS removed, or a successor elected and quail
j fed. Every such vacancy shall be filed by
election, at the first general election that &C.
ours 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
Sec. I9. The officers mentioned in this arr
ticle shall, at stated times, receive, for their
services, a condensation to be established BY
law, which shall neither be increased nor di-
ninished during the period for which they
shall have been elected.
Sec. 20. The officers Of the executive de-
lpartment, and of the public State Institutions,
shall, at least Eve days preceding each regular
session of the General Assembly, seyerally
report to the Governor. who shall transmit
such reports, with bis message, to the General
Assembly.
4 E ARTICLE w.
JUDICIAL
! Sec, l. The judicial power of the State
shall be vested in a supreme court, in district
courts. courts of common pleas, courts of pro
bate, justices of the peace, and in such other
courts,inferior to the supreme court, in one or
more counties, as the General Assembly may,
from time 10 time establish
! Sec. O.. The supreme court shall consist
OF fiFe judges, majority of whom shall be
necessary to form quorum, to pronounce
a decision. Itshall have original jurisdiction
IN quo warranto, mandamus, habeas corpus,
and procedendo, and such appellate iufisdic-
tion as may be provided BY law. IL shall
hold at least one term in each year, at the
seat of government, and such other terms, at
the scat of government, or elsewhere, as NAV
be provided by law. The Judges of the sl-
preme court shall be elected, By the electors
of the State at large.
Sec. 3. The State shall be divided into
nine common pleas districts of which the
county of Hamilton shall constitute one. Of
compact territory, and bounded by county
lines; and each of said districts, consisting OF
three or more counties, shall be subdiylded
into three partsof compact territory, bound
ed BY county lines,and as nearly equal in pop.
ulation as practicable; in each of which. one
Judge the court of common pleas for said
district and residing therein, shall be elected
by the electors of said subdivision. Courts of
common pleas shall be held, by one or more
OF these Judges, IN every county in the dis
triet as often as may be provided by law
and more than one court, or sitting thereof
may be held at the same time in each district
] Sec. 4. The jurisdiction of the courts of
common pleas. and of the Judges thereof,
shall be fixed by law. $3.50
Sec. 5. District court shall be composed
of the Judges of the court of common pleas of
the respective district, and one of the Judges of
the supreme court any three of whom shall
be quorum, and shall be held in each county
therein. at least once in each year, but if it
shall be found inexpedient to hold such court
annually, in each county, of any district the
General Assembly may, for such district, pro.
vide that said court shall hold at least three
annual sessions therein, in not less than three
places: Provided, that the General Assembly
may, by law, authorize the Judges of each
district to fix the times ofholding the courts
therein.
Sec. 6. Tie district court shall have like
original jurisdiction with the supreme court,
and such appellate jurisdiction as may be
provided by law.
i Sec. Z. There shall be established in each
county, a Probate court, which shall be a
court OF record, open at alltmes, and holden
by one Judge, elected by the voters of the
county, who shall hold his office for the term of
three years, and shall receive such compensa-
ton, payable out of the county treasury, or by
fees, or both, as shall be provided BY law. :
+ Sec. s. The Probate court shall have iur-
isdiction in probate and testamentary matters
the appointment Of administrators an9 guar
dians the settlement of the accounts ef exc
cutors, administrators ard ggar ians,
and such jurisdiction in habeas corpus, the
issuing Of marriage licenses. and for the sale
of land by executors, administrators and guar
dians. and such other jurisdiction.in any coun-
lly or counties. as nay provided hr law