Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-05-28
THE NEW CONSTITUTION.
Changes Made by it in the Pres
ent Organic Law.

ventiOn has resulted in the adoption @
changes and new provisions not con
tanned in the present Constitution of tn
State, as follows:
Article 1 of the Bill of Rights j
amended in the fifth section so as to au
thorize the General Assembly to limi
the number ofa jury in Courts of recort
inferior to-the Common Pleas Court. il
civil cases where the amount in con
t1oversy does 40. -ceed one hund9et
dollars, to six perso.---
This is no change from the preSen
practice authorized by statute.
Section s of the Article relating L
suspension of the writ of habeds corplt
is amended so as to require that tn
suspension shall only take place in sucl
manner as shall be prescribed by law.
The following new section was add
ed to the Article:
''Section 20. Jurisdiction to charg'
property or to affect rights in judicia
proceedings shall not be acquired b.
publication only, unless upon or afte
making proof of such publication
shall be found by the Court that th'
residence and postoffice address of th'
party to be affected are unknown, anC
cannot he ascertained by reasonable
diligence"
LEGISLATIVE.
The following changes are proposet
in the Legislative Article:
1. Members of the General Assembly
shall be elected on the first Monday o
November, instead of the second Tues
day Of October, as now.
2. Senators and Representatives mus
continue to reside in their respective
districts during their term of service.
3. In addition to the disqualifca
tiops of the old Constitution, it is pro
vided that no person interested in any
contract with, or unadjusted claim
against the State shall be eligible to q
seat in the General Assembly.
4. Joint resolutions can be passed on.
ly on receiving The votes of a majority
of members elected, instead of major.
ity of those voting, in each House, and
must be taken by yeas and nays.
5. 1'he protest of any member against
any act or resolution of either House
shall be entered upon the journal by
the Clerk.
6. A vote authorizing or dispensing
with the first or second reading ofa bill
can be taken only by yeas and nays.
AT present the readings may be dis
pensed with by mere UiU0 UOce vote.
7. Every bill, order or resolution
passed Iby the General Assembly, to
which the concurrence of both Houses
is required, shall be presented to the
Governor. If approved, he shall sign
it, and thereupon it shall become law.
If not approved, he shall send it, with
his objections in writing, to the House
where it originated, which may then
pass it by a three-fifths vote Of the
members elected to that House, and if
it shall be passed by like vote in the
other House, it will become law not
withstanding the objections of the Gov
ernor. If bill shall not be returned
by the Governor within ten days, Sum
days excepted, after being presented to
him, it shall become law, unless the
General Assembly, by adjournment,
prevent its return. The Governor may
disapprove any item or items of appro-
priation contained in bills passed by
the General Assembly, and the item
or items so disapprOved shall be strick
ell therefrom, unless repassed in the
manner prescribed in cases of diappro-
we'd bills.
8. The manner of voting upon ap-
preparation bills is so changed that a
vote is allowed, en- the de-
mand of any member, ,on their passage,
and every item, or each item of appro-
priatiop voted on under the division,
failing to receive the necessary vote of
a majority of all the members elected
to either House, shall be stricken from
the bill. This amendment is designed
to remedy the incorporation of objec-
tionable items in the appropriation
bills by more majorities, as in the case
OF the salary grab in Congress.
8. An additional section, No. 25,
provides that no extra compensation
shall lie made to any officer, public
agent, employe or contractor, after the
service shall have Leen rendered or the
contract entered into; nor shall any
money appropriated or paid on any
claim, the subject matter of which shall
not have been provided for by pre-ex-
isting law, unless such compensation or
claim be allowed by bill, passed by
of the members elected to
each branch of the General Assembly.
No provision authorizing the eXperdi-
ture or payment of money for any
purpose not provided for by pre-
existing law shall be included in any
bill making appropriations for pur-
pose which shall have been so provi-
led for; nor shall more than one class
Of compensation or claims be included |
IN the same bill. Every appropriation |
'or the payment of such compensation
Or claim, included in an act making ap-
of different class, shall |
De void.
10. The Chief Justice, and not the |
Lieut.. Governor, shall preside in cases
Of impeachment of the Governor.
IL. The regular sessions of the Gen
nence on the first Wednesday. instead |
If the first Monday, of January, as pro-
1ided in the old Constitution.
y. Acts relating to public bridges
ire included in the list excepted from
uch acts as are not to be passed to
AXE effect upon a apopular vote or upon
he approval of any other authority
han that of the General Assembly.
13. The General Assembly is requi-
ed to provide for ratable deductions
rom the salaries of its members Oh ac-
account of unnecessary absence.
EXECUTIVE.
The following changes are proposed
n Art. 8, pertaining to the Executive
1. State officers shall be elected on
he Tuesday succeeding the first Mon
lay in November, instead of the Sec
md Tuesday of October, as now provi-
led. Elections of State officers shall
,e biennial, ,and such officers shall all be
elected at once instead of electing part
'ach year, as now.
2. In case of the impeachment, re-
# both the Governor and Lieut.. Gov
rnor, the power shall be vested in the
General Assembly to declare what Off
er shall act as Governor during the
The present Conststu-
ion indicates the President of the Sem
te as such officer