The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1874-01-22
Letter from Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, january 9, 1874.


Article. which is not yet completed.
Thinking perhaps the readers of the
STANDARD would like to know what has
been done by the Convention up to the
present time. send you the following:
Proposition to amend Section Article
XIV of the Constitution.
ResoZred, That Section of Article XIV
of the present Constitution be SO amend
ed as to read as follows:
SECTION 4. No person shall be elected
to any office, nor appointed to fill va
cancy in any elective Office in this State,
who shall not possess the qualifications
| of an elector.
Substitute for Article VII of the Con-
stitution of the State of Ohio.
SECTION l. Institutions for the benefit
of the durable and incurable insane, the
blind, deaf and dumb, shall always be
supported by the state.
The punitive and reformatory institu-
tions of the state at large shall be re-
form school for boys, house of disci-
| pline, and a penitentiary. An asylum
| for idiotic and imbecile youth, a home
| for soldiers and sailors orphans, and a
/ so long as the General Assembly shall
| tions shall be subject to such regulations
as may be prescribed by law.
Proposition to amend Article XIV of
| the Constitution. To amend Article XIV
| by adding tie following thereto:
SECTION 1. No person elected to the
General Assembly, or to any convention
or commission for revising, altering or
amending the Constitution of the State,
or being elected or appointed to
and accepting any judicial or lu-
crative state and county office, under
the constitution and laws of this
state, shall from the time of his election
or appointment, and until the end of his
term of Office, knowingly accept or re-
ceive any free pass, gift or gratuitious or
commuted service of any exceptional or
unusual character, from any railroad or
transportation company, not offered to
the public at large.
A substitute for article III of the Con-
stitution.
SECTION l. The executive department
shall consist of a Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer
of State, Auditor of State, and an Attor-
ney General, who shall be chosen by the
electors of the state at large, on the
| Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of
November, and at the places of voting
for members of the General Assembly.
SEC 9 The GOV ernor Lieutenant
Governor, Secretary Of State, Treasurer,
and Attorney General shall hold their
offices for two years; and the Auditor
for four years Their terms of office shall
commence on the second Monday of JAN
uary next after their election, and con-
tinue until their successors are elected
and qualified.
SEC 3. The returns of every election
for the officers named in the foregoing
section, shall be sealed up and transmit
ted to the seat of government, by the
returning officers, directed to the Presi-
dent of the Senate, who, during the first
week of the session, shall open and pub
lish them and declare the result in the
presence of a majority of the members
of each house of the General Assembly.
The person having the highest number of
votes shall be declared duly elected; but
if any two or more shall be highest and
equal in votes for the same office, one of
them shall be chosen by the joint vote of
both houses.
SEC T. Should there be no session of
the General Assembly in January next
after an election for any of the officers
aforesaid, the returns of such election
shall be made to the Secretary of State,
and opened, and the result declared by
the Governor in such manner as may be
provided by law.
SEC s. The supreme executive power
of this state shall be vested in the Cover
nor.
Sec. 6. He may require information, in
writing, from the officers in the execu-
tive department., upon any subject relat-
ing to the duties of their respective offices;
and shall see that the laws are faithfully
executed.
SEC T. He shall communicate at every
session, by message, to the General AS
sembly, the condition of the state, and
recommend such measures as he shall
deem expedient.
Sec. s. He may, on extraordinary occa-
sions, convene the General Assembly by
proclamation, and shall state to both
houses when assembled, the purpose for
which they have been convened.
SEC. 9. In case of disagreement between
the two houses in respect to the time of
adjournment, he shall have power to ad-
journ the General Assembly to such time
as he may think proper, but not beyond
the regular meetings thereof.
Sec. 10. He shall be commander-in-
chief of the military and naval forces of
the state, except when they shall be
called into the service of the United
States.
Sec. IL. He shall have power, after con-
viction, to grant reprieves, combinations,
and pardons for all crimes and offenses,
except treason and cases of impeachment,
upon such conditions as he may think
proper; subject, however, to such regu-
lations, as to the manner of applying for
pardons, as may be prescribed by law
Upon conviction for treason, he may sus-
pend the execution of the sentence, and
report the case to the General Assembly
at its next meeting, when the General
Assembly shall either pardon, commute
the sentence, direct its execution, or
grant further reprieve He shall com
municate to the General Assembly, at
every regular session, each case of re-
prieve, communication or pardon granted,
stating the name and crime of the con-
vict, the sentence, its date and the date
of the cOmmutation, pardon, or reprieve,
with his reasons therefor.
SEC. II There shall be a seal of the
state, which shall be kept by the Cover
nor, and used by him officially; and
shall be called the "The Great Seal of the
State of Ohio"
SEC. l3. All grants and commissions
shall be issued in the name and by the
authority of the State of Ohio sealed
with the great seal, signed by the Gov
ernor, and countersigned by the Secre-
tary of STATE.
SEC. IA. No member of Congress, or
other person holding office under the au-
thority of this state. or of the United
States, shall execute the office of Cover
nor, except as herein provided.
Sec. 10. In case of the death, impeach-
ment resignation, removal, or other disa-
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