The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-08-17

I he 1T TeSD(ced on Lte General ASScnlOfy
| State Of Ohio (lhIee-fitths of all the member
elected to each house cOncuTriEg therint
That proposition to amend the Constltu.
ton of the State ofOhio, De submitted to the
electors of the state, on tue second Tuesday
OF October, A. u. 1877, as follows, to-wit:
That sections one three, fire, SIR, eight tlOeiUe
fourteen, HfteeH SiItee1l and eighteen, OF article
four. be amended so as to read as follows and
| twelve and thirteen of article eleven, be re.
pealed: -
SEC. !. The Judicial power of the state
4 shall be vested in Supreme Court, In Dis
| trict Courts. Courts OF Common Pleas, JUS
| tices of the Peace and such other courts infe-
riOr to the Supreme Court in one or more
| counties. as the General Assembly may from
time to time establish. The Superior Courts
/ of Cincinnati and Montgomery counties,
shall continue until otherwise provided by
/ law.
SEC B. The Court OF Common Pleas shall
| be holden by one Judge, who shall be elected
| by the voters of the District, and said Court
| shall be open at all times for the transaction
| of business, Sundays and holidays excepted.
Each county now existing or hereafter torm-
/ ed shall constitute a seperate Common Pleas
Districi, and each District shall be known by
/ the name of he county comprising the Dis
| trici.
| one Judge. who shall be elected by the voters
| of the District. There shall be elected one or
more Judges IN each District, and there shall
be heid annually. not less than three ses-
sions in each county in the State. The Leg
islature shall divide the State into District
Court districts, not exceeding twenty in
number, and shall assign to each Common
Pleas and District Court district, the numb, r
ofJudgeS required to dispose OF the business
therein. Ea district shall be composed of
compact territory, bounded by county lines,
and as nearly equal in population as practic-
able. concurrence OF three -fifths only of
| ali the members elected TO both Houses, shall
be r. quired for the first apportionmeEt or to
determine he number Of Judges required in
eacn District Court and Common Pieas Dis
tricL, under this amendment, but no change
shall thereafter De made without the concur
renee OF two thirds of all the members elect
ed TO both Houses.
eleven are hereby repealed; the repeal TO
take effect when the Legislature makes the
appoItionment mentioned in this section
SEC. 8. fhe District Court shall have Ike
original iur.Sdiction with the Supreme
Court, and such appellate or other juIisdic-
tiOn a. may be provide by law.
SIC 5. The General Assembly may pro
vide by law for Judge pro tenpore TO hold
any court when the Judge hereof Is dlsquali-
fed by sickness or otherwise 10 hoh sald
court.
SIC. Y, The Judges OF the districts and Of
/ the Courts of Common Pleas, shall, while In
Office resiGe in the district IL which they
are elected. and their term OF Office snail DC
| i've years; but the Legislature may provide
/ by Law that any Judge of the Common Pleas
Court shall hold that court in any other
Common Pleas district; and tina: any Judge
l
any other district for the court than the one
! in which he resides; and Judges OF The Com
mon Pleas may temporarily exchange dis
trc.s with each other, and two or more Com
/ non Pleas Courts may be held al the same
| time IN the same district, and two or more
| District Courts may be held at the same
| lime in a district Of that court
| sac. II. The Judges OF the SupreIneC. urts
! the District Courts, and OF the Court Of Com
| mon Pleas shall. at stated times, receive for
their services such co npensation as may be
! provided by law, which shall not be incTea =
| ed or dimini ished during their term OF Office.
but they shall receive no ices or peTquisitles,
| nor hold any other office OF trust or p:Oiit un-
der tine authority of any State, or OF the
/ United States. All votes for either OF them
for any elective Office, exec pit Judicial once
| under the authority of this state given by
| the General Assembly, or the people, shaIi
| SIC. is. The General Assembly may in
| crease or diminish the number Ofthe Judges
ofthe Supreme Court, the number II ne dis
| triets, of the District Courts. the iaInbsr oil
| Judges in any Common Pleas or District
Court district, change any District Court dis
| trict, establish other courts, abolish the Pro-
| bate Court in any county or any other Court
| esfabIished by law wheneye tWO-thiTds of the
| members elected to each House snail cOncuE
/ therein; but no such change shall yac2te the
| office OF any Judge. The Court oiCOmmon
Peas provided for IN this amendment shall
! be the successor of the present Probate Court
| and Courts Of Common Pleas il each county
Tie District Courts herein provided for snail
/ he the successors OF the present District
1
/ Courts, and all the books, records. papers
! and business, in or appertaintDg To said
4 Courts shall be transferred to their success
| sors under this amendment; the exisIir 2
| Probate Court Is hereby aoolisned N each
| county at the close of the term for which the
Judge thereof was elected, nTst occurring ar
| ter the election OF Common Pleas Judges
| under tuls amendment, and the Clerks IN the
| Courts Of Common Pleas and District Courts,
shall be the clerks in the In the courts nereln
provided until their successors are elected
| and qualified; but the Supreme Court shall
| appoint it, own reporter.
! sc. I6 There snail be elected IN each
/ county by the electors thereof, one C-erk oi
/ the Court OF Common Pleas, who shall hold
| his office for the term of thrte years, and
untiI his successor shall be elected and quail
| flied. He shall, by virtue Of his Office, be
clerk of all other courts of record held there.
| in. but toe General Assembly may provide
! by law, for the election OF a clerk with a like
| courts of record. or for the appointment by
! the Supreme Court Cf Clerk for that Court.
SIC is. The several Judges ofthe supreme
Court. OF the District and Common Pleas,
and OF such other courts as may be created
/ shall respectively have and exercise such
I power and Jurisdiction at chambers or o. her.
l wise as may be directed by law.
/ The term OF Office of all Judges of Common
Pleas and District Courts provided for in This
/ amendment, shall commence on the firsi
/ Monday in January next AFTER the making
| cfthe superintendent provided for in section
| five OF article four. and the term OF ONCE oi
/ all Judges of the Courts OF Common Pleas. In
office, who were no; elected as Judges under
| this amendment, shall then expire.
i No change shall be made by this amend
/ ment in the Supreme Court. or in the Office
/ or term OF any Judge thereof. The first cleo
/ ton of Judges OF Common Pleas and District
/ Courts under this amendment, shall be held
l at the general election for election OF State
/ officers next after the making of said appoT-
tionment tor District Court districts oy the
i LEGISLATURE but nothing in this amendment
I shall be construed to change or alter The
1 Constitution or laws until said apportion
/ merit Section seven Of Article four IL here
by repealed, and section twenty-five shall bs
\ numbered section seven.
Il FORM o BALLOT.
At said election, the voters desiring 70 vot,
4 In favor OF the adoption OF this amendment
4 shall have placed upon their ballets In.
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