The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-08-17
AN ACT

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To amend Sections Seven, Eight, Nine and
the District Courts, and to give, greater ef-
fcency to the Judicial System Of the
State, passed April IL, 1858.
Section l. Be IL enacted by tie Genera
Assembly Of The State of Ohio, That section
seven Of ap act1 entitled an act to re-.
4ieve the District Courts, and to give greater
efficiency to the Judicial System Of the
State, passed April l2th, 1858 be SO amend.
ed as to read as follows: Section 4. That
the Judges Of the Court of Common Pleas
in each and every Common Pleas District
in this State are hereby authorized, and it
shall be their duty, to fix permanently the
time for holding the Courts OF Common
Pleas and District Court, in each and all OF
the counties in their respective districts, in
the manner following: The said Judges,
or majority OF them, in each common pleas
district, on or before the first day of Novem.
Der 10 every year, shall issue their written
order to the clerk Of the court Of common
pleas of each and every county in their said
district, specifying precisely the commence.
ment Of the term OF the district court, and
of the several terms of the court of common
pleas in sold county, and in all the counties
in said district: Provided, that not less than
three terms of the common pleas court shall
be appointed for any county for which three
terms are now by law provided.
Sec. 2. That section eight Of the above
recited law be so amended US to read as fol.
lows: Section 8. That Immediately after
the times of the terms Of the common pleas
and district courts have been fixed as afore.
said, an accurate list of the same shall be
furnished to the Secretary OF State, and the
Secretary of State shall forthwith thereaf.
ter cause copies Of the list of the times OF
holding the common pleas and district courts
so fixed for each judicial district to be made
cut, and one copy thereof 10 be forwarded to
each Judge OF the court of common pleas Of
the district.
Sec. 3. That section nine of said act be
so amended to read as follows: Section 9.
That the Judges of the court of common
pleas or majority Of them in each common
pleas district, on or before the second Mon.
day in January of each year, shall issue
their written order TO the clerk OF the court
of common pleas, Of each and every county
in their said district specifying precisely the
commencement of the terms of the common
pleas and district courts.
Sec. 4. Thot section ten of said act be so
amended as to read as follows: Section 10.
Whenever said order so issued shall have
been received by the clerk of the court of
common pleas in any county, he shall i'm.
mediately enter the same upon the journals
OF the court Of common pleas and district
courts in his suid county in the same manner
as other entries when required are made,
upon said journals during vacations of said
courts, nnd said entries shall be full andisuf.
icient evidence as to the legal terms for
holding said courts as therein ordered. The
said. clerk shall also cause q copy of said
order certified by him, 10 be published for
four consecutive weeks in one or more news. !
papers of general circulation in his said
county. The first publication Of the same
shall be in the first week in the month next
ensuing the date Of said order.
Sec. 5. That on or before the first Mon
day Of Octocer OF each year, the judges of
the Supreme Court shall divide the State
into five districts, and assign to each men,
ber of the court one of said districts, in
which district so assigned, it shall be the
luty oI tue JuuHe u WEom the same Is as.
signed, to attend at the sessions of the dis.
trct court therein.
Sec. 6. That the said original sections
seven, eight, nine and ten OF sad act, ore
hereby repealed, and this act shall take eff.
fect upon its passage.
WILLIAM B. WOODS,
Speaker OF the House of Representatives.
MARTIN WELKER,
President of the Senate.
Anil 1910