Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-03-22
.'ss LAWS OF OHIO. ~ .,
PUDLYsHED nv AUTHORITY.
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I SEC. L. Be itenacted III the Genera
!, Assembly Of the State Of ohio, That i
I shall be the du.y Of the Judges of the Su
preme Court of the State Of Ohio to NEE
i annually hereafter, nthe city of Columbus
on the first Monday of'January, tohold 1
term of the Supreme Couft. - ''-'l = 's''s
Sec. Q. The Judge Of the Supreme
i Court having the shortest time to serve
not holding his Office by appointment OF
election to fiji a vacancy, shall be -tht
Chief Justice, and as such shah preside a
I all terms of the Supreme Court; and il
fcasetof his absence, the Judge having ii
like manner thesaext shortest time toserve
shall preside in his stead..e ss7.''. . @tta
| Sec. 8. Ifo quorum Of said court shall
not be in attendance on the first day Of The
term, the clerk shall enter such fact or
record, and the court shall stand adjourned
till the succeeding day, and 50 from day to
day for ten days; and il the court shall MOI
be opened within ten days, all m1itefs
pending in snd court shall sand continued
unlilthe nextserm, and.no action or matter
shall abate or be Discontinued thereby. "a
E Sec. a. The Supreme Court, when'in
session, shdll nave power, inaddition to the
original jurisdistion conferred by section 2,
arlicle a, of The Constitution, on good eau se
| shown, TO issue writs Of error, ceftiorari,
Isupersedeas, ne-exeaf, and all other writs
not specially provided for by statute, which
may be necessary TO enforce the due ad>
miristralion right and cethrougbou
the State; and either of the Judges OF the
| IN
cause shown, have power to grant wrns oil
error, supersedeas, and certiorari, and also
to grant wriis OF habeas corpus; and the
wrts of error or certiorari, directed to the
cour. .sof Common Pleas, may in The dis
cretion of the Supreme Court, or Judge al.
lowing the same, be Understandable to- the
District Court Of the proper county, orto
the Supreme Court IA JessJl,s sai
r. Sec. 5. Whensany important sor .diffii>
cult question shall arise in any proceeding
pending before the District Court in any
county, the Judges of the District Court, or
the Judge of the Supreme ourtssitiing in
said District Court, may,',nna motion Of
either party, cause the same to be reserved
and sent TO the Supreme Court for is de,
cision; and all other questions ms to which
the Judges of the District Court may be
equally divided in, opinion, shall, on motion
of either party, in like manner be reserved
and sent to the Supreme Court for dster,
minalion.n ssa4 e9Ya.is q lNa.= Is
Sec. 6. s. The Supreme Court sbalbhaye
power to'prescribe such rules for the regl.
la,ionlof its practice, the reservation oiraif
questions, and the Transmission Of cases
from ths District Court or Court of Cons
mon Pleas, toths Supreme Court, and re-
manding the same ms may not be inconsiss
tent with the laws Of this State. slaq :
Sec. 7.sa lnzall cases pending in :he .Su-
preme Court, oral arguments shall be heard
when either party shall lrequest IL; but the
arguments of counsel may be transmitted
10 the Court, in which case they shall be
placed on file with the papers, ard read by
the court in the investigation Of the cause.
Sec. 8. The Supreme court, shall ap-
point Reporter, whose term ofoifice shall
continue three years, whose duty il shall be
to attend the sessions Of said court, and to
reoort under the direction OF the court, its
decisions, together with such other decisions
as The court may direct him to report, and
to cause the same TO be published MS soon
as may be conveniently done; Provided,
that no arguments of counsel shall be pub
lished with said reports, other than q brief
containing a reference tothe points made
and authorities cited and relied on by such
counsel, unless specially directed by the
court. The. reporter shall receive such
compensation as may be providedzby law;
and the judges ofsaid court shall have pow.
er to remove said reporter from Office al
any time, for such cause or causes as they
may deem sufficient, TO be entered ofsrecord
in the journals of The court, tendavs' notice
of such intention to remove being given to
said reporter. a,ge# ~
Sec. 9. The records and papers per>
tanning 10 the business of the supreme c1urt,
shall be kept at the seat Of government, in.
suitable room to be provided for the ac-
commodation of the court, and moi be re-
moved ,herefrom, unless by the special d.
rection of the court, and then only SO long
as the business of the court may necessarily
require; and the supreme court shall appoint
crier, whose duty it shall be to attend on
the sessions Of the court, and take charge
of. the room provided for the use of the
court, d gss ,.zse.,as.s .,z.Lzlyt -..s5
Sec. 10. There shall be special term
of the supreme court held at Columbus, to
commence nthe first Monday Of March,
1852, and the records and files Of the late
Supreme Court in Bank. shall be transfer.
red to the present Supreme Court, and be
under the controhof the latter court, in the,
same manner that IFS own records and files,
may DO. i3.E ~ s3ift. s ss.ial 6iae -.
Sec. H.. For the purposes Of; the: Dis;
trict Courts, the nine comm 9ns pleas dis
tricts shall be apportioned into Eve judicial
Circuits, as follows: Thes second aad rthird
common pieas districts, composed of the
counties Of Butler, Preble, Darke, Mont
,gomery, Miami, Champaign Warren,
Clinton, Greene, Clark, Shelby, Auglaize,
Allen, Hardin, Logan, Unien,s Marion
Mercer, Van w ert, Putnam. Paulding,
Defiance, Williams, II Henry,F Fulton, Wood,
Seneca, Honcock, Wyandet and Crawford,
shall constitute the first circuit The, fourth
and SIKH districts, composed Of the coun>
ties of Lucas, Oapwa, Sandusky, Erie,