The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-08-24
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
Senate Joint Resolution.

OOAooS OOAho lAOOOluU1Ol,
Relative to an amendment of Artisle
-Four Of the Consultation relating to tie
Judiciary. fl18 lfiTs
Res0loed, By the General AssemNu of tho
State Of Ohio, tthree-ffths Of the members
elected to each House agreeing thereto that,
it be and IL hereby proposed to the electors
of this State to vote, at the next annual Oc-e
tober election, npon the approval or rejeo.;
tion of the following amendment, as addi-
tional section to Article four of the Consti.
tuition of the State of Ohio, to wit:
Section g. A commission, which shall
consist Of five members, shall be appointed
by the Governor, with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, the members of which
shall hold Office for the term of three years
from and after the first day Of February
1875, to dispose of such part of the business
then on the dockets of the Supreme Court
as shall, by arrangement between said cem-
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 members of said commits.
sion shall reoeive a like compensation for
the time being, with the judges of said court,
majority Of the members of said commits.
sion shall be necessary to form quorum or
pronounce a decision, and its decision shall
be certified, entered and enforced as the judg-,
ments of the Supreme Court, and at the ex-
piration of the term of said commission, all
business undisposed Of, shall by 1t be cersi-
fed to the Supreme Court and disposed Of ~
If said commission had never existed. The
clerk and reporter of said court shall be tho
clerk and reporter Of said commission, and
the commission shall have such other attsn.
dants, not exceeding in number those prsvi..
ded by law for said court, which attendants
said commission may appoint and remove at
its pleasure. Any vacancy occurring in said
commission shall be filed by appointment Of
the Governor, with the advice and consent Of
the Senate, If the Senate be in session, and
At the Senate be Eot in session, by the
Governor, but in such last case, such appoint.
ment shall expire at the end of the next ses.
sion of the General Assembly. The General
Assembly may, on application of the Su.
pre- me Court, duly entered on the journal Of
the court and certified, provide by Law.
whenever two-thirds of such leach] Heuse
shall concur therein, from time to time. fer
VIC oPpUiutmout III uk6, manner Oh B ike
commission with like powers. jurisdiction
and duties; provided, that the term Of any
! such commission shall not exceed two years,
nor shall it be created oftener than once in
ten years. If this amendment shall be adsp- ;
ted by majority of the electors Of the State
| of Ohio, voting at the next election holder
for the election of Senators and Representa-.
tives, it shall become section twenty-five Of
the fourth Article of the Constitution Of the
State of Ohio.
at such election the voters desiring to vste
in favor of the adoption OF this amendnsnt,
shall place upon their ballots the words, ier
"FOR THE COMMISSION"
The voters who do not favor the adoption
OF such amendment, shall place upon their
| ballots the words, 9sa.
AGAINST THE COMMISSION"
MILTON. MCCOY,
Speaker pro tenn. of the House Of Represen-
ALPHONs0 HART,
President of the Senate.
| Adopted March 80, ls75-apr6, ,75m6.