The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-24
OF OHIO.
TPUBLIsHED BY

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AN ACT
Providing for the appointment Of Com.
m~issioners. prescribing their terms OF
Office. compensation, and mode OF filing
vacancies In said commission, in pursu-
ance of the fourteenth article of the
Constitution.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly Of the State of Ohio, That
the Governor of this State be, and he is
hereby authorized and required by and
with the advice and consentof the Senate,
TO appoint three commissioners, to be sty-
led commissioners on practice and plead
ings, to perform the duties herein specified;
and it shall be the duty Of said commits
sioners to revise, reform, simplify, and
abridge the practice, pleading, forms and
proceedings of the courts Of record of this
State, and as far as practicable and expe-
dent, shall provide for the abolition Of the
distinct forms of action at law now in use,
and for the administration of justice by IA
uniform mode of proceeding, without ref
erence to any distinction between law and
equity.
SEC. Q. Said commissioners shall meet
at the city Of Columbus. on the first Mon
day of March, one thousand ifty-two, or
as soon thereafter as practicable, and pro
coed to organize and enter upon the dis
charge of The duties %enjoined upon them
BY this act,
SEQ. 3. The term OF Office Of said COM
missiQnerS shall continue until the first
Monday of March, one thousand eight
hundred and ftty-three, unless they shall
be sooner discharged by a joint resolution
of the General Assembly; and said COM
m~issioners shall from time to time, report
to the General Assembly their proceedings
under their said appointment.
Sec. 4. Each ofsaid commissioner shall
be allowed at the rate of eighteen hundred
dollars a year, for the time during which
he shall be employed in performing his du-
ties as such commissioner, to be paid by
the Treasurer of State, On a warrant Of
the Auditor, out Of moneys to be apPro-
priated for that purpose.
Sec. 5. If any vacancy shall occur, by
the death, removal, resignation, or refusal
to serve of any Of said commissioners, du-
ring the recess of the General Assembly,
the same shall be filed, by appointment
by the Governor.
Sec. 6. Said commissioners shall have
power to employ a clerk, to be paid out Of
the State Treasury, on the warrant OF the
Auditor of State, the amount due being
certified to the Auditor of State by the said
commissioners, the compensation of said
clerk to be three dollars per day, for the
time actually employed in the discharge
ofhis duties.
Sec. Z. Said commissioners shall, at all
times, make reports of their proceedings to
the General Assembly, when called upon
to do SO, by Joint resolution thereof.
SEC. 8. Said commissioners shall have
free access to the State Library, and to
any and all public records of the State, and
be permitted to examine the same free of
charge; and they may require of the clerks
OF the several courts of rccord OF this State,
any information relating to the business of
said courts, which said commissioners
may deem useful, in the discharge o ftheir
duties; for which said clerks shall receive
such fees, to be paid by the Treasurer Of
State, on the warrant Of the Auditor, as
may be allowed by the Auditor and Sec
rotary Of State.
Sec. 8. The Secretary Of State shall fur
nish the said commissioners with such sta
stionery as may be necessary for them in
the discharge of their duties.
SEC. 10. Said commissioners shall, be-
fore entering upon their duties, take the
constitutional oath Of office; and they may
be removed before the expiration Of their
term, by a concurrent resolution of both
branches of the General Assembly. for
cause or causes, to be specified in such
resolution.
SEC. II. When such commissioners
be prepared to make up q report in
whole or in part, they shall give notice to
the Governor, who is hereby authorized to
cause the same to be printed, under the
direction Of SAID commissioners; and they
shall furnish to each member of the Gen
eral Assembly a copy of such report.
Said commissioners shall have their final
made up and printed, on or before
the first day Of November, one thousand
hundred and fiji y-two, and earlierif
practicable and if the General Assembly
be not in session at The time any such re-
port may be SO prepared and printed, it
shall be the duty Of the Secretary Of State
to forward one copy Of any report or re-
ports, so printed, to each member of he
present, and those elected, OF the General
Assembly, which may next be in session,
one copy to each judge Of the different
courts Of the State, and one copy to each
clerk of every court of record, and he shall
reserve a sufficient number of copies for
the use of the General Assembly when in
session.
Sec. 12. Iffrom any sufficient cause or
causes, the work Of said commissioners
shall not b. completed on or before the
first Monday of November, one thousand
eight hundred and ffly-two, they shall
make a full report to the General Assem-
bly,, If in session, and if not, TO the Gov
ernor, Of the progress already made in
said work, and of the cause or causeswhich
prevented its completion; and the General
Assembly, if in session, shall thereupon
take said report into consideration, and
may allow such further time as may be
deemed necessary for its completion; and
ifthe General Assembly be not in session,
the Governor, by and with the advice and
consent Of other officers of the executive
department, or a majority of them, shall
be and is hereby authorized to allow said