The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-06-18

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or shall vote for more than three can
didates.
Sec. 4. The judges of the presen
supreme court, in Office when tn
| judges of the supreme court first elect
| ed under this constitution shall b.
! qualified, ARE hereby constituted a com
mission to dispose of such part OF tn,
| business then on the docket, as shal
not, by arrangement between the Com
mission and the new court, be trans
ferred to the latter which commission
| shall have like Jurisdiction and pow
ers in respect thereto, as are or may
be vested in said court. The mem
bers of the commission shall be paid
the same compensation as the judges
of the supreme court for the time be-
ing.
SEC. 3. Said commission shall con-
sist of five members, majority o.
whom shall be necessary to form a
quorum or pronounce decision. Any
vacancy occurring in the commission
shall be filled by appointment of the
governor, with the advice and consent
of the senate or, if the general assem-
bly, be not..in session, by the governor
but in such case the appointment shall
expire at the end of the next session
of the general assembly. The COM
missioners may appoint and remove
such attendants as may be necessary
The clerk and reporter of the supreme
court shall be clerk and reporter OF
the commission. The decisions of the
commission shall be certified, entered
and enforced as the judgments of the
supreme court. The commission shall
continue until the cases committed to
it are determined, but not exceeding
three years and all cases then unde'
termined shall be disposed of by the
supreme court.
SEC. 6. The general assembly may,
on application of the supreme court
duly entered on its journal and certi-
fed, provide by law from time to time
for the appointment by the governor,
with the advice and consent of the
senate, of like commission; provid-
ed that the term of any such commits
sion shall not exceed two years; nor
shall it be created -oftener- -than-once
in ten years.
SEC. Z. The state shall be divided
into seven judicial circuits of COM
pact territory, and bounded by county
lines, in each of which. three judges,
residing therein, shall be elected by
the electors thereof. The circuit court
shall consist of three of the judges so
elected, two of whom shall be necessa-
ry to form a quorum, or pronounce a
decision; and shall be held in each
county at least twice in each year
The Judges may be allotted for that
purpose to the several circuits, in sneh
mode and order, and under such reg
ulations as may be prescribed by law ;
and their term of office shall be eight
years. More than one court may be
held at the same time in any circuit.
Sec. 8. The circuit court shall have
like original jurisdiction with the su-
preme court, and such appellate juris-
diction, inferior to that of the supreme
court, as may be provided by law.
Sec. 8. The state shall be divided
into twelve common pleas districts of
compact territory, bounded by county
lines. Each district composed of two
or more counties shall be divided into
subdivisions, not exceeding the num-
Der of judges 10 be chosen therein, of
compact territory. bounded by county
lines, and as nearly equal in popula-
ton as practicable, having due regard
DuElDESSa L
as the case may be, such
number of common please judges re-
siding therein as is provided in this
shall be elected by the
electors thereof, who shall be judges
of their respective districts. In each
quarter of the judicial year, which
shall commence on the first day of
January, and in each county of the
several districts, term of the COM
mon pleas court shall be held by one
or more of these judges; and more
than one court may be held at the same
time in any district or subdivision.
The judicial service of each district
shall be apportiened to the several
thereof, according to popula-
tion and business. Not less than sew
days of open session, in the
first, second and fourth quarters res
pectively, and twenty-four days in the
third quarter, shall be held by each
Judge, unless all the business assigned
to him be sooner disposed of; pro-
vided, that in districts composed of
single county, no judge shall be re-
quired to hold such session more than
ten days in the third quarter. The
general assembly may provide by law
for assigning a judge or judges of any
district, to hold court in any other dis
trict, when necessary.
SEC. To- The jurisdiction of the
courts of common pleas, and of the
judges thereof, shall be fixed by law,
but shall be inferior to that of the cir
cult court. s# ~. .G4Isef
SEC. IL. The judges of the courts of
common pleas, while in office, shall re-
side in the district for which they are
elected and their term of Office shall
be six years. So ai5ia83 - lsf3ais
Sec. u. The general assembly may
fix by law the times of holding the
several courts of record, or may au-
thofize the judges thereof, respective
ly, to fix the same. a. Eta5
SEC. 13. The general assembly may
increase or diminish the number of the
Judges of the circuit courts and of the
courts ef common pleas, the nHmber
of circuits and districts; and may
change the circuits, districts and sub
divisions, and establish other courts,
whenever tWo-thirds of the members
elected to each house shall concur
therein but no such change shall va
cate the Office of judge. No member
of the general assembly creating an
additional judgeship, Shall be eligible
to snch Office for one year after the
creation thereof, nor until after the
first general election thereafter.
Sec. IA. The several judges of the
supreme court, circuit courts, courts
of common pleas, and such other
courts as may be created, respectively,
shall have such jurisdiction at. cham
bers or otherwise, as may be confer
red by law. -
q SEC. 15. There shall be established
in each county, a probate court. which
shall be court OF record, open at all
times and held by one judge, elected
by the electors of the county; and
whose term of Office shall be four
years. ifan aala
Sec. 16. The probate court shall
have Jurisdiction in probate and testa-
mentary matters, the appointment of
administrators and guardians, the set
Element of the accounts of executors,
administrators and guardians, and such
jurisdiction in -habeas corpus, the issu-