Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-09-30
COUNTY OFFICERS: +:

One person to serve as Representative in
the General Assembly of Ohio;
One person to serve as Auditor of Gal
liza County;
One person TO serve rs Sheriff of Gallia
County;
One person to serve as Treasurer of
Gallia County;
One person to serve as Probate Judge of
Gallia county;
One person to serve as Recorder of Gal
lia County;
One person 10 serve as Prosecuting At
torney of Gallla County;
One person to serve rs Commissioner of
Gallia County;
One person TO serve rs Infirmary Direc-
tor of Gallia County;
One person to serve rs Coroner of Gallia
County.
You will also, proceed to vote for or
against the following proposed Amend
ments to the Constitution of the State of
Ohio, to-wit:
Relative to an amendment of Article
Four of the Constitution relating to the
judiciary.
Resolred, BY the General Assembly
vi biiC DtdtC vi CuiOs NluH vi lllC
House agreeing thereto,) that it be and
is hereby proposed to the electors of
this State to vote, at the next annual
October election, upon the approval or
rejection of the following amendment,
as an additional section TO article Four
of the Constitution of the State of Ohio,
tO-wit:
SEC. p. A commission, which shall
consist of five members, shall be ap-
pointed by the Governor, with the ad-
vice and consent of the Senate, the
members of which shall hold office for
the term of three years from and after
the first of February, 1876, to dispose
of such part of the business then oil
the docket of the Supreme Court as
shall by arrangement between said COM
mission and said Court, be transferred to
such commission, and said commission
shall have like jurisdiction and power
in respect to such business as are or may
be vested in said court; and the MEM
bers of said commission shall receive
like compensation for the time beingSl
with the Judges of said court. A ma
jority of the members of said commits
sion shall be necessary to form Il quo
rum or pronounce decision, and its de-
cision shall be certified, entered and en-
forced as the judgments of the Supreme
Court, and at the expiration of the
term of said commission, all business
undisposed of, shall by it be certified to
the Supreme Court, and disposed of as
If said commission had never existed. |
The clerk and reporter of said court |
shall be the clerk and reporter of said |
commission, and the commission shall |
have such other attendants, not exceed |
ing in number those provided by law for |
said court, which attendants said COM
mission may appoint and remove at its |
pleasure. Any vacancy occurring In |
said commission shall be filled by ap-
pointment of the Governor, with the !
advice and consent Of the Senate, If the
Senate be in session, and if the Senate |
be not in session, by the Governor, but
in such last case, each appointment |
shall expire at the end of the next ses-
sion of the General Assembly. The
General Assembly may, on application,
of the Supreme Court, duly entered on
the Journal of the court and certified.
provide by law, whenever twO-thirds of
such (each) House concur therein, from
time to time, for the appointment in
like manner of like commission with
hhc powers, JurlsuicIioi anu u"1icS,
provided that the term of any such conf
mission shall not exceed two years, nor I
shall it be created Oftener than once in
ten years. If this amendment shall be
adopted by majority of the electors OF
the State of Ohio, voting at the next
holden for the election Of Sena-
tors and Representatives it shall become
section twenty-five of the Fourth Arti-
Gle of the Constitution of the State of
Ohio.
At such election the voters desiring
70 vote in favor of the adoption OF the :
amendment, shall place upon their bal
OTIS the words
"FOR THE COMMISSION"
The voters who do not favor the
ldoptiOn of such amendment, shall ,r
,lace upon their ballots the words b
"AGAINST THE COMMISSION"
III
Proposing an Amendment to the Con- a.
titution of the State of Ohio.
Resoived, BY the General Assembly
f the State of Ohio, that an amend
nent to the Constitution of the State OF
)hio be proposed In the following
words, to-wit: Notwithstanding the Z
PROVISIONS of the second section OF TINS VII