The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-04-28

they shSllreceive no fees OF psrqnisites, nor
hold any other Office Of profit or trust, under
the authority Of this State, or the United
States. ALI votes for either OF them, for
any elective Office, except judicial Office,
under the authority Of this State, given BY
the General Assembly, or the people, shall
be void. aA hcY 1eif'a k%o
SEC. l5., The General Assembly may in
crease Or diminish. the number Of the Judg-
es OF the supreme court, the number Of dis
tvicts of the court OF common pleas, the
number Of Judges in any district, change the
districts. or the subdivisions thereof, or es-
tablish other courts, whenever two thirds Of
the members elected to each House shall
concur therein; but. no such change, ald.-
ton, or elimination, shall vacate the Office of
any Judge.
SEC l6. There shall be elected in each
county, by the electors thereof, one clerk Of
ftile court of1common pleas, who shall hold
his office for the term Of three years, and un-
til his successor shall be elected and quail
ed. He shall, by virtue Of his Office, be-
clerk of all other courts of record held there-
in; but, the General Assembly may provide,
by law, for the election of clerk, with a
like term Of Office, for each or any other Of
the courts of record, aud may authorize the
Judge OF the Probate court to perform the
duties of clerk for his court, under such reg
ulations 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.
SEC. II. Judges may be removed from
office, by concurrent resolution Of both
Houses of the General Assembly, if two
thirds of the members, elected to each
House, concur therein; but, no such remo-
val shall be made, except upon com plant,
the substance of which. shal. be entered on
the Journal, mol, until the party charged
shall have had notice there OF, and an oppor-
tuni ty to be beard.
SEQ. 49, The several judges of the su-
preme court, OF the common pleas, and OF
such other courts as may be created shall re-
spectively, have and exercise such power
and Jurisdiction, at chambers, or otherwise,
as may be directed by law.
Sec. l9. The General Asse embly may es-
tablish courts Of concilliation. and prescribe
their powers and duties; but such courts
shal! not render final judgment, in any case,
except upon submission, by the parties, Of
the matter in dispute, and their agreeme nj
to abide such Judgment
Sec, 20. The style of ali process shal be
"The State of Ohio;" all prosecutions shall
be carried on, in the name, and by the au.
thority, of the State of OHIO; and all indict.
meDts shall conclude, against the peace and
dignity of the State of Ohio"
ARTICLE v.
3.f .a ELECTIVE FRANCHISE.
/ SEC. l.. Every white male citizen of the
United States, of the age of twenty -ont
years, who shall have been resident of the
State one year next preceding the election
and of the couLty, township, or ward, ii
which he resides, such time as may be pro.
vided BY law, shall have the qualifications
of an elector, and be entitled TO vote at all
elections.
Sec. 2. All elections shall be by ballot.
SEC. 8. 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.
Sec. {. The General Assembly shall have
power to exclude from the privilege of vo
ing, or of being eligible to Office, any per.
son convicted Of bribery, perjury, or othel
| Infamous CRIME.
SEC. 5. No person in the Military, Naval
or Marine service Of the United States, shall
by being stationed in any garrison, or militia
iy, or naval station, within the State, be
considered resident of this State.
Sec. 6. No idiot or insane person, shal
be entitled to the privileges of an elector
ARTICLE vi.
EDUCATION.
SEC /. The principal of all funds s,arisine
from the sale, or other disposition of lands
or other property, granted or entrusted tc
this State for educational and religious pur.
poses, shall forever be preserved lnviolate
and undimnished; and, the income arising
therefrom, shall be faithfully applied TO the
specific objects Of the original grants, or ap-
propriations. 5s
SEC. 2, The General Assembly shall make
such provisions, by taxation, or otherwise,
as with .he income arising from the school
trust fund, will secure thorough and eff
cient system of common schools throughout
the State; but no religious or other sect, OF
sects, shall ever have any exclusive right to;
or control of, any part OF the school funds o.
this State.
ARTICLE VII.
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
SEC. 1. Institutions for the benefit Of the
insane, blind, and deaf and dumb, shall always
be fostered and supported by the State and b.
subject to such regulations asmay be prescribed
blythe General Assembly. ~ ~
SEC. Q. The directors of the Penitentiarl
shall be appointed or elected in such manne
as the General Assembly may direct; and tn,
! trustees of the benevolent, and other State in
stitut ions, now elected by the General Assem-
bly,, and of such other State institutions as ma,
be hereafter created, shall be appoint
ed by the Governor, by and with the ad
vice and consent Of the Senate; and, upon al
nominations made by the Governor, the ques
ton shall be taken by yeas and nays, and en-
tered upon the journals of the Senate. hS
Sec. 8. The Governor shall have power I
| fill llallvacancies that may occur in the office
aforesaid, until the next session of the Genera
Assembly, and, until successor to his ap
pointee shall be confirmed and qualified.
ARTICLE VIII,
\ rs rUBIdc DEBT AND PUBLIC works.
4 SEC. 1. The State may contract debts, I
supply casual deficits or failures in revenues
or to meet expenses not otherwise provided fol
but the aggregate amount Of such debts. diret
and contingent whether contracted by virtue
one or more acts Of the General Assembly,
at different periods Of time, shall never excee
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