Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1876-04-20

without giving At large the reasons which \
commend them.
ARr1oLE 1.-THE Bl1.zi or RIGHTS.
Except in sections fye, eight and ten,
this Article IS Substantially unchanged. R
These ,seetions are 80 amended that in 4
suits for less than one hundred dollars the 7
Jury need not consist Of more than six 4
persons; the writ of habeas corpus can be !
suspended only in such manner a. shall +
be prescribed by law; and suits cannot be /
brought 81 publication unless the Court !
shall be satisfied that the residence and
posEomee address Of the party cannot be
found, 40 that be shall have actual notice.
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The amendments proposed in this Arti-
E.elerWili have sli1lQst decides etect upon
the future legiAlhti0a1of the State.
/. Biennial Elections ~ AoUember.--As
no State officer ia elected for term less
than two years, 1t was detsrnined, to save
the great expense and inconyepience of
annual elenfi6ns, that the election Of all
Estate, gconnty and Legislative officers be
hsld 5iennially, on the Tuesday after the
inst Monday5in November, being the day
fixed f6r-tha electiOR of President, and,b by
a htd.elaNt Ofithea o uited States, for The
election of members Of Congress after this
.
T. 2.aLegislatips PBritys- isl provided in
ssdtionlfo thatanol person inteFested 40
a.cdntraet,Or unhdiustod claim, against The
aiState shall hold la seat. in the General
Assembly, .leatJby eonsideratfons OF per
,lsonal proftihe be influenced 10 do q pub
n Tic Nsongnsdi s4IoH 54rI hns b4hW8osd
& Ha b. EEH. 4 DiS1n y 3,-uT he cost Of
1rlegislatiaa session, other than the cqmpen-
g gallon of members, isshrge, its magnitude
depending onits durRiouii Absepteeiam,
u resulting from railroad faeilities and per
& diem paguahnsq has often heretofore re-
anltad iniprotracting the sessions. > II is
= theEefore provided fSec. 3S that msmBers
agilall besacOnpen ensated only by lhxed
! annual.aalaty. vsdf .9nnL NJ f9udg
1fiH4. Anasaal lSessiOasrf7B Biennial SESSIONS
I Of the Genefalri Assembly, asiprOyideRr ir
81 thsGoRatibltioni of olS5l ahaRel AQ5 been.
uaObaerKedLrdTh 4 he necessity foFs annual ees-
iosibninea StaHs Of blchifaats wealth. bust
ness andiropulationrh rha Ohio haTing been
demonstrated by experience, 3 tretnEn to
1a that SYSTEM is proYided!9 tSee.l 2s,) =
.aao 5.uThe Vet0.a-Haety, inconsiderate, and
sometimes partisan legislatiOn is incident
to an unrestrained legislative body; and
where large sums are tosbe expended, and
the purposes of fnonopolies and powerful
corporations to be promoted, its delfbera-
tiohs are not always free from the in
auence Of the lobby. Tomore effeetually
guard against these abuses, the COnVen-
utton. after much discussion, concluded to
follow the example of nearly all the other
gtatea, and clothe the Governor with a
qualified veto. (Sec. 49, The differences
Between threeifths, required by this sec
tiongto ipess a bill over a veto, and 'sthS
mere majofity, which law must obtain
ii any case, is only tenH in the House o
REPRESENTATIVES, and four in the Senate
II was thought that ten dayslof delibera
tion bv the Governor, free from the e1C
saSitemeht.and influences which sometime
control popular bodies, might often pre-
vent great mischief. iliw 3oFiq 5sit 40
aadi b sAppr85SrSattoh Bits.4 e. change Q
na The qreate5t importance is the PROPOSE
limitation on the passage Of aPpro onrla
~ ton bills Under the existing 0onstltu
7ri ton, the general appropriation bih,a Lib
Tl the general appropriatio bin In Congress
-a7 has been made the vehicle for the CROSSES
'ill -i,ectlationR IA the public funds. Al
sehteefsfn often reddces the attendance
iamers unofdm. "a bare majority Of tn
ddorhhi can Incorporate Ia the general al
6ropriati6f bill, BY amepdmeht or ride
any scheme for depicting the treasur
M On the final passage Of the bill, It mu
be voted on as an entirety; and unless
receive the vote Of majority Of all Il
mem IL elected to each h6use it is loi
ADMINISTRATIONS necessary 70 carry on Il
ah 1zovernr6eht are thus cSupIsd With, al
~ made to abide Ia fate Of, schemes of me
becdIati6n and pluhdef..a Members a
dompeiied against their convictions,
foi vote for the bin including these Obnoxio
items. or suffer a stoppage of the wheels
governEents To prevent this Is the pr
pose. Of the new proyisions in sectio
tWentythree and twenty-five, Each itt
Of apprOpriation must stand on its o.
merits and be.Voted eniseparately, by "
and nayso on the demand of any naemb
Fit fail 70 receive the constitptlopal n
~ jerity.ia IS TO hsstyickeA ont, hassS ca
member isimade personal J, Fss poralo pie
his constituents for the vote he may CO
BE can no longer have the pretense u
unless. he vote, for the bill inelpding
obnoxious item, Il must fsil, and the g
iernment suspend for want ot funds.
~ Another check and safeguard Is
~, flp0weu, vested in the Governor 70 veto 8
Joisieeua iRa thai sppropT atiQn bib and
prove the residue. isis beliyed that tn
prOyisipHs. vi result in an annual ui say
d to the treasury Of many thousands
idolarsssR sgslsoS - s7ln1 sdi 5asi
al'at 1Rt450IE rIf.5rHr FxEcpTrVE.
The e.only, changes Of ANY ipPortanc'
this Article are in the bTst5 tourtee
and dfieenth sectionssv n 4aQdA.
,,tI The time of electing the State officer
changed from October to NoyemheE, b
~ nia5lyE for the reason already explal
under the foregoing article. 5eetlon fc
"a yateen reuuiress the, General, Assembly
provide by law for the case Of vacancy
aaa curing a.. The same time lathe ONO
Governor and 1.iautenant 9qyernor
der the existing Copstitptions an act
abeyance Of the Executive Is By no me
an unlikely event. As the existing po
of the Lieutenant Governor. TO- y
when the Senate is equally divided"
becaaie q sub 5eot 1ofs cohtsntion, It Is
modifGd by yisentiOBa ffteeRs as to rem
any fair gE1o0dT fdr. Jealousy Of his
troll hereafternbnnd sao io ahii<is
~ IkrIoI.s ". v..lo-ooR eoJRfs.
Chief among thelpurpoaes for which
Convention Waa called. was the reorg
sation Of the Judiciary. The aconm
a tion OF Judicial business had blocka
lIniGhe courts. fom Onaito tWe years
brsqhiFad t0 reach the hearing OF . CT
1ins the. Common Pleasf and from NV
3dinssyen years inspaaching an end in the
preme Court. This was q virtual de
Of Justice, often working the bankrul
Of htigants even when successf, ,ul.
causes were obvious The practices
second trials duplicated the labors of