Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-03-17

may suspend The execution oil the sentence, !
and report the case to the General Assem-.
bly, at its next meeting, when the General
Assembly shall either pardon, commute
the sentence, direct its execution, or grant
further reprieve. He shall communicate
to the General Assembly, at every regu.
lar session, each case Of reprieve, commu-
,a,ion, or pardon granted, Stating the name
and crime of the convict, the sentence, its
date, and the date OF the Communication, par
don or reprie.e, with his reasons therefor.
Sec. IL. There shall be seal Of the
State, which shall be kept by the Govern
or and used by him officially, and shall be
called 'The Great Seal of the State of 0.
hio." E.e-
Sec. l3. All grants and commissions
shall be issued in the name, and by the au.
thority of the State of Ohio, sealed with the
Great Seal, signed by the Governor, and
countersigned by the Secretary ofState.
Sec. II. No member Of Congress, or
other person holding Office under the au-
thority Of this State, or Of the UnitedStates,
shall execute the office OF Governor, except
as herein provided.
Sec. Is. In case of the death, ,impeach-
ment, resignation, removal, or other disa.
bility Of the Governor, the powers and du.
ties of the Office for the residue of the
term, or until he shall be acquitted, or the
disability removed, shall devolve upon the
Lieutenant Governor.
Sec. 16. The Lieutenant Governor
shall be President of the Senate, but shall
vote only when the Senate is equally divi-
ded; and in case Of his absence or impeach.
ment, or when he shall exercise the Office
Of Governor, the Senate shall chose pres.
ident pro tempore. ...-.
Sec. II. Ifthe Lieutenant Governor,
while executing the office Of Governor,
shall be impeached, displaced, resign, or
die, or otherwise become incapable Of per-
forming the duties Of the office, the Presi.
dent of the Senate shall act as Governor
until the vacancy is filled, or the disability
removed; and if the President of the Sen.
ale, for any Of the above causes, shall be
rendered incapable Of performing the du.
ties pertaining 10 the Office Of Governor, the
same shall devolve upon the Speaker of the
House of Representatives.
Sec. l6. Should the Office of Auditor,
Treasurer, Secretary,or Attorney General
become vacant for any of the causes speci.
fled in the fifteenth section of this article,
the Governor shall fill the vacancy until
the disability is removed, or successor
elected and qualified. Every such vacan.
cy shall be filled by election at the first
general election that occurs more that thir-
ty 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. 10. The officers mentioned in this
article, shall at stated times receive for
their services compensation to be estab.
lished by law, which shall neither be in
creased nor diminished, during the period
for which they shall have been elected.
Sec. 90. The officers of the executive
department, and ofthe public State insttu-
lions, shall at least five days preceding
each regular session of theGeneral Assem-.
bly,, seyerally report to the Governor, who
shall transmit such reports with his mes
sage to the General Assembly. --
ARTICLE w.
Sec. l. The judicial power Of the State
shall be vested in Supreme Court, in
Distric, Courts, Courts of Common Pleas,
Courts of Probate, Justices OF the Peace,
and in such other Courts inferior 10 the Su-
preme Court, in one or more counties, as
the General Assembly may from time to
time establish.
Sec. 2. The Supreme Court shall con-
sist Of five Judges, a majority of whom
shall be necessary TO form quorum, or to
pronounce decision. 1t shall have orig gi-
nal jurisdiction in quo warranto, ,mandamus,
habeas corpus, and procedendo, and such
appellate jurisdiction as may be provided
by law. 1t shall hold at least one term,
in each year at the seat of government,
and such other terms, at the seat of gov.
ernment or elsewhere, as may be provided
by law. The Judges of the Supreme
Court shall be elected by the electors OF the
State at large. .... ......
Sec. 8. The State shall be divided in.
to 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 subdvi.
dej into three parts of compact territory,
bounded by county lines, and as nearly e.
quail in population as practicable, in each
OF which oneJudge of the court Of common
pleas for said district, and residing therein,
shall be elected by the electors of said sub
division. Courts Of common pleas shall
held by one or more of these Judges, in
every county in the district, as often as
may be provided by law, and more than
one court on 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.
Sec S. District courts shall be compo-
sed of the Judges Of the court of common
pleas Of the respective districts, and one Of
the Judges of the supreme court, any three
of whom stall be quorum, and shall be
held in each county therein, at least once
in each year; but if it shall be found mex
pedient to hold such court annually in each
county Of any district, the General Assem-
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