The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-05-26
S OF OHIO
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
AN ACT
To establish the Superior Court of Gin

To establish the Superior Court oil Cm@
cnnati. ad oMO
Src. |. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly ofthe State Of Ohio, That there
shall be, and hereby is established within
the city of Cincinnati, in the county Of
Hamilton, court of record, which skalT
be styled, "Tbe Superior Cour. Of Gins
cinnati,n and which shall consist Of three
judges ..,,sts ,.s,,.. ~
SEC 9. The said judges shall be eleci-
ed by the electors Of the city Of CinciH-
natl. They shall be voted for on one
ballot. The first election for said judges
shall be held in TINT city on the first Mon
day of May, A. D. 1854. The judges Of
said superior court shall, Immediately afc
ter the first election under this act, be
classified, by LOT, so that one shall boiG
for the term of three years, one foi foul
years, and one for five years; and at oil
subsequent elections the term of each Of
said Judges slalI be for FIVE years Elcc-
lions shall be held for The SUCCESSORS Of
said Judges, on lhe first Monday Of April
of each year in which the term Of any
such Judge may expire; and in case the
office OF said judges shall become vacant
before the expiration Of the regular term
for which he was elected, the vacancy
shall be filed by appointment by the Coy
ernor, until a successor is elected and
qualfcd; and such successor shall be
elected for the unexpred term, on tue,
first Monday Of April that occurs more.
than thirty days after the vacancy shall
have hrppcne.l. ..aa :. saoI14
SIC 8. The elections for said judges
shall be held within the city Of Ciacin-
natl, and the poll books returned, and alb.
s,rac,s and certificates Of election made
out as provided for municipal elections
in cities and incorporated villages, and
said certificates shall be transmitted, by
the clerk or recorder making the same,to
the Governor, who shall issue commits
sions to the persons elected.
SEC d. The said Judges shall take
the same oath, and he removed for the
same causes, as judges Of the court OF
common pleas.
SEC. 5. The said court shal have
seal, to be provided by the Secretary Of
Slate, at the expense Of The State. hav-
inc the same device as ,he seal or the
court Of common pleas, except ,hatihere
shall be engraved around the margin
.hereor.thc words "Superior Court of Gin
ciunali," instead Of The words "Common
Pleas ofihe county Of" s.gse-
SEC 6. The clerk Of The court of COM
mon pleas of Hamilton county ;hal! be
the clelk of said court. The county COM
missoners Of Hamilton county may re-
quirc said clerk, in addition TO the bond
now required by law, an additional bond,
in no, less than Ten thousand dollars, nor
more than fifty thousand dollars, conol>
toned that he will truly aud faithfully pay
over all moneys that may be by him re-
ceved in bis official capacity as clerk of
the superior court Of Cincinnati. and that
he will enter and record all the orders,
DEGREES, judgments ana proceedings OF
said court, which he may BY law be re-
quired to enter and record, and faithfully
and impar'ially discharge and perform all
the duties Of said Office.
Sic \. Sheriifs, coroners,a ,and consta-
bles, shall be bound to attend said coutt,
prcscrve order and execute and return
It's process, as they are required 10 do in
the courts of common pleas; and all laws
now in force, or which may be enacted,
prescribing the duties and liabilities of
such officers, and the mode of proceeds
ing against them, or either of them for
any neglect of official duty, allowing fees
and providing Cor the collection thereof
in the court of common pleas, shall be
held and deemed 10 extend 10 The snpe-
rior Court of Cincinnati, unless the same
are or shall be plainly inapplicoble.
SEC. s. The said Superior Court Of
Cincinnati, shall be held at the court
house, in the city of Cincinna'i,or at such
oiher conycnien, place in the said cliy,as
the Commissioners OF Hamilton county
shall provide.
SEC. 9. The terms Of said court shall
commence on the first Monday Of every
month, except the months Of July, Au~
gust and September, in which months.
Terms may be held, if directed BY said
cour,,ot general term ;and the terms there
of shall be respectively called after tho
different months in which they are held,
and they may be continued and held from
the time of their commcncemant every
day, Sundays excepted, until and inclp-
ding The last Saturday before The first
Mondoy Of The next month.
SEC. 10. The Judges Of said court
NAV adjourn the same on any day preyi-
ous to the expiration Of the term, for
which The same may be held, and also
iiom any one day in term, over TO any
other day in the samo term, if in their
opinion the business Of the court Wl!lsd-
mil thereof. S x AAd0
SEQ. III. In case said court shall not
be formed at any lime,or aGy term here
Of shall be interrupted BY reason Of the
non-aiiendance Of all OF any Of the juds
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