The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-05-22
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The committee on schedule of the
Constitutional Convention has made
its report. It's province is to pro-
vide for the manner of submitting
the Constitution to a vote of the
people, and to determine the time of
the expiration of a number Of Off
ces.
According to this schedule the
new convention will be submitted to
vote of the people on Tuesday, ,Au-
gust 18th, and 90 into effect on the
1st of October, 1874. All laws then
in force, not inconsistent with the
constitution will continue in force
until amended or repealed. The Of
fetal term of all judges whose Off
ces are created by the constitution,
and OF all elective officers, will be-
gin on the second Tuesday of Janu-
ary succeeding their election. 1t is
provided that the courts which are
to be destroyed by the operation of
the new constitution will transfer
their business regularly 90 the tribu-
nails created by the new instrument.
The Probate and Common Pleas
Court become the successors of the
present courts, and the Circuit court
will be the successors of the present
District courts. All business pend
ing in either is to be transferred to
its successor as though no change
had been made. 1t provides that
all business pending in the general
terms of the Superior Courts of Gin
Ginnati and Cleveland on the second
Tuesday in January, 1875, shall then
be transferred to and proceed in the
proper Circuit Courts, and such gen
eral terms shall thenceforth be abol-
ished. The Superior Courts of
Green and Montgomery counties
are abolished and those of Cincin-
natl and Cleveland remain until 9TH
erwise provided by law.
All officers now in public positions
shall hold their offices until their
successors are elected and qualified,
and all vacancies occurring after the
first day of October, 1874, shall be
filed in the manner prescribed by
law until the officers are elected or
appointed under the new constitu
tion.
The section regulating State off
GERS, provides that the Governor and
all other State and county officers,
and members of the General Assem-
bly,, whose successors are, by exist
ing laws, required to be elected in
the year 1875, shall serve in their re-
spective offices during the terms
thereof now established by law, and
until their successors are elected and
qualified. Their successors shall be
elected at a special election to be
held on the Tuesday after the first
Monday in November, 1875, and
shall serve for one year and until
their successors are elected and
qualified. Such successors shall be
elected on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November, 1876.
The first election for Supreme
judges is to be held on the Tuesday
next succeeding the first Monday Of
November, 1874, and the Probate
and Common Pleas Judges in Office
on the lst of October, 1874, shall
continue in Office till the end of their
respective terms.
The other sections provide that
where several counties are Joined in
one elective district, the election re-
turns shall be sent to the county hav-
ing the largest population; for the
appointment of three commissioners
to revise the general laws of the
State, so that there shall be but one
law on any subject, and for the sep
arate submission of the question Of
minority representation, of railroad
aid and of a liquor license.