The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-05-17
ARTICLE ~.

| SEC l. The Judicial power Of the State shall
| be vested in supreme Court, IN District Courts,
| and such other Courts inferior TO the Suprem"
Court, ln one or more counties, as the General
| The Superior Courts of Cincinnati and Mont
| somery counties, shall continue until otherwise
SIC 3. The Court Of Common Pleas shall be
| holden bv 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 bust
| ness, Sundays aud holidays excepted. Each
| consttutea ;. parnte Common Pleas district,
| ind each District shall be known by the name
| pf the county compri ing the District.
| SIC 5. Each District Court shall consist of
| one Judge, who shall be elected by the voters
II the district. There shall be elected one or
| more Judges i'm each district, and there shall be
beld annually, not less than tlree sessions in
| each county i'm the State. The legislature shall
| iivide the state into District Court districts,
| not exceeding twenty in number, and shall as
| Sign to each Common Pleas and District Court
| district, the number OF Judges required to dis
| pose OF the business therein. Each district
shall be com posed OF com pact territory, bound
| ed by county lines, and as nearly equal i'm Dop-
ulaiion practicable. a concurrence OF three
/ dfths only Of all the members elected To both
Houses, shall be required Tor the first appor-
| tiOnment, or TO determine the number of
| Judges required I'm each District Court and
Common Pleas district, under this amendment,
but no change shall thereafter be made without
| the concurrence of twO-thirds of all the mcm-
| beTs elected to both Houses.
| Sections twelve and thirteen OF article eleven
are hereby repealed; the repeal to take effect
| when the Legislature makes the apportion-
/ IN.
| SEC o. The District Court shall have like
! original Jurisdiction with the Supreme Court,
and such appellate or other jurisdiction may
SEc. s. The General Assembly may provide
by law for Judge pro tempore, to hold any
sickness or otherwise to hold said court.
SEC. l.. The Judges OF the districts and OF the
| Courts of Common Pleas. shall. while in ofica,
| reside in the district i'm which they are elected
and their term of Office shall be five years; but
| the Legislature may provide by law that any
1 al he nFf ghn hold
that court I'm any other Common Pleas district;
and that any Judge Of the District Court shall
| court than the one I'm which he resides; and
Judges Of the Common Pleas may temporarily
| exchange districts with each other; and two or
more Common Pleas Courts may be held at the
same time in the same district. and two or
| more District Courts may be held at the same
| time in a district OF that court.
/ SEC. IA. The Judges OF the Supreme Court,
| the District Courts. and the Court OF Common
Pleas shall, at stated times. receive for their
| services such compensation as may be provid-
| ed by law, whlch snail not oe increased or d.
| minished during their term Of office, but they
| shall receive no fees perquisites nor hold
any other Office OF trust or profit under the au-
thority Of any state, or OF the United States.
| All votes for either Of them for any elective
Office, except judicial Office, under the au-
thoriiy OF this State given by the General AS
| sembly, or the people, shall be void.
| SEC. l5 The General Assembly may increase
| or diminish the number of the Judges OF the
Supreme Court, the number OF the districts,
OF the District Courts, the number OF Judges In
cnange any district Court district, estabilsh
| Other courts, abolish the Probate Court in any
| county, or any other Court established by law,
| whenever two-thirds Of the members elected 20
each House shall concur therein; but no such
change shall vacate the office OF any Judge The
Court OF Common Pleas provided for in this
| amendment shall be the successor of the pres
ent Probate Court and Courts OF Common Pleas
| In each county. The District Courts herein
provided for, shall be the of the pres
ent District Courts; and all the BOOKS records,
papers and business, In or appertaining to said
Courts. shall be transferred to their successors
under this amendment; the existing Probate
Court is hereby abolished in each county at the
close of the term for which the Judge thereof
was elected, first occurring after the election OF
Common Pleas Pudges under this amendment,
and The Clerks In the Courts of Common Pleas
| and District Courts, shall be the clerks in the
courts herein provided 'until their successors
are elected and qualified; but the Supreme
Court shall appoint its own reporter.
| SEC. 10. There shall be elected in each county
by the electors thereof, one Clerk OF the Court
| of Common Pleas, who shall hold his Office for
the term OF three years. and until his successor
virtue OF his Office. be clerk OF all other cour 5
| Of record held therein, but the General Assem-
bly, may provide, by law for the election OF a
| clerk with ike term OF Office, for each or any
other Of the courts of record, for the appoint
ment by the supreme Court of a Clerk for ulat
| Court.
SIC. IS. The several Judges OF the Supreme
| Court OF the District and Common Pleas, and
| respectively have and exercise such power and
Jurisdiction at CHAMBERS, or otherwise, as may
The term OF Office of all Judges Of Common
| Pleas and Distiict Courts provided for i'm this
amendment, shall commence on the nrSt Mon
day i'm January next after the making OF the
appointment provided for in section five oi
article four, and the term OF office Of all Judges
of the Courts OF Common Pleas, in office, who
were not elected as Judges under this amend
ment, shall then Xpire.
| Nochange shall be made by this amendment
| Iva the Supreme Court, or in the Office or term
| OF any Judge thereof. The first election Ol
Judges of Common Pleas and district Courts
| under this amendment, shall be held at the
general election for the election of slate officer
| next after the making OF said appOTtiOnmeni
| for District Court districts by the Legislature
but nothing in this amendment shall be- con
| strued To change or alter the Constitution OF
laws until said appOriionment. Section sever
OF Article four Is hereby repealed. and section
twenty-five shall be numbered section seven.
FoRM OF BALLOT.
| At said election, the voters desiring To vote IN
favor OF the adoption Of this amendment. shal
have placed upon their ballots the words
Judicial Constitutional Amendmcnt-Ycs;
the voters who do not favor the adoption o
said amendments shall have placed upon thei
ballots the words, "Judicial Constitutions
| Amendment-No."
Adopted March 9, 1877. -
| II. w. CURTIS,
President of the Senate
o. j. HODGE,
Speaker pro tenn. House Of Representatives