The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-06-05
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pealed.
SEC. 9. The official term of all
Judges whose offices are created by
the Constitution, and Of all elective
State offices shall begin on the Sec
ond Tuesday Of January next sue
ceeding their election.
SRc. 3. The Probate Courts pro
vided for in this Constitution shall
be the successors Of the present
Probate Courts; the Courts Of Com,
mon Pleas the successors of the
present Courts Of Common Pleas
and the Circuit Courts the the sue
cessors Of the present District
Courts; and all business pending in
either of said Courts shall be trans
ferred to its successor and pro
coed as though no change had been
made; and all business pending IN
the General terms Of the Superior
Courts of Cincinnati and Cleveland
on the second Tuesday Of January,
1875 shall then be transferred to
and proceed in the proper Circuit
Courts. and such general terms shall
tbenceforth be abolished.
Sro. 4 The Superior Courts fol
the counties OF Greene and Mont
qomery shall cease to exist on the
second Tuesday Of January, 1875,
unless sooner abolished by law; and
the business Of said Courts shall
thereupon be transferred to and pro
ceed in the Courts of Common Pleas
ofthe proper counties. The Superior
Courts Of Cincinnati and Cleveland
shall continue until otherwise pro-
vided by law.
SEC. 5. All officers shall continue
in Office until their successors are
elected or appointed and qualified
and all vacancies occurring after the
first day Of October, 1874, shall be
filed in the manner prescribed by
law, until officers are elected or ap-
pointed and qualified under the Con
stitution. Until the election and
qualification of the Superintendent
of Public Works shall continue to
discharge the duties of their Office
and receive the compensation pro-
vided by law; and, until otherwise
prescribed by Law, the said Superin-
tendent shall have the powers and
perform the duties of said Board.
SEC. 6. The Governor and all 9th
er State and County officers, and
members of the General Assembly
whose successors are by existing
laws required to be elected in the
year 1876, shall continue in Office
during the terms now established by
law, and until their successors are
elected and qualified. The success
sors to such State and County Off
GERS, and the first General Assembly
under this Constitution shall be elect
ed st q special election, to be held on
the Tuesday succeeding the first
Monday in November, 1875, and
shall serve for one year and until
their successors are elected and quail
iied; but such General Assembly
shall not be counted to affect the al
lotment of additional members to
the House of Representatives or the
Senate, as provided for in this Con-
stitution. Such successors shall be
elected on the Tuesday succeeding
the first Monday in November, 1876.
But this section shall not prevent
the General Assembly from abolish
ing or changing the term or duties
Of any Office not created by the Con
stitution.
SEC. z. The first election for
judges of the Supreme, Circuit and
Common Pleas Courts, and for all
elective State and County officers
whose successors, by existing law,
would be elected in the present year,
and to ell vacancies in the General
Assembly, shall be held on the Sec
ond Tuesday of October, 1874, and
shall be conducted and the returns
made, and the officers 50 elected
commissioned in the manner now
provided by law for the election and
commissioning of like officers. The
first election for Judges Of the Courts
of Probate shall be held at the cleo
ton for Governor, in the year 1876;
and all Probate Judges in Office on
the first day of October, 1874, shall
continue in Office until the second
Tuesday of January, 1877; and all
Common Pleas Judges in Office on
the first day of October, 1874, shall
continue to serve in their respective
Districts as now constituted until
the second Tuesday in January,
1875.
SEC. 6. Where two ormore Coun-
ties are Joined in the same election
district, the returns of elections shall
be sent to the County having, by the
latest Federal census, the largest
population.
SEC. 9. The Governor shall i'm
mediately upon the taking effect of
this Constitution, appoint a Commis-
sionto consist Of three persons, whose
duty it shall be to revise, re-arrange,
simplify and abridge the general
laws of the State, so that there shall
be but one law upon any one subject,
and as far as practicable, prepare
notes of the decisions of the Supreme
Court upon eack law. Their pro-
ceedings shall, from time to time be
reported to the General Assembly,
and be subject to the action Of that
body. The copensation, tenure of
Office and mode of filing vacancies,
shall be prescribed by law.
SIC. 10. This Constitution shall
be submitted to the electors of the
State on Tuesday, the 18th day of
August, 1874 and at the same time
there shall be separately submitted
70 said electors the following prop
ositIon:
PROPOSITION NUMBER oNE-NuNORITY
REPRESENTATION.
''In every election for Judges Of
the Supreme and Circuit Courts,
where three or more are to be chos-
en- Of the same Court and for the
same term of service, no elector shall
vote for a greater number of candi-
dates than a majority Of the Judges
Of such Court and term then to be
chosen" If this proposition be
adopted it shall take the place of
section three Of article four of the
Constitution, and section 20 of said
article shall thereupon read as fol-
lows: