The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-06-21

a proposition TO amend the Constitution of tht
state OF Ohio; be submitted TO the electors o
ID: 1877, as follows, to wit:
Ihat sections one, three, fire, sir, eight, tICelUe
yoIteeI, VteeIi, saIteen ana etghteen, OF article
section seven, of article four, and sections
pealed:
ARTICLE Nv.
SEC. l.. The judicial power OF the State shall
De vested in a Supreme Court, in District Courts,
% S%o9Its q common Plets, Justices OF the Peace
and such other Courts inferior to the Suprems
Court, in one or more counties, as the General
assembly ass may from time to time establish.
golnery counties, shall continue until otherwise
provided by law.
SEC. 3. 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 busi-
ness, Sundays and holidays excepted. Each
county now existing or hereafter formed, shall
constitute separate Common Pleas District,
ana each District shall be known by the name
OF the county cOmpu ing the District.
SIC 5; Each District Court shall consist Of
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
each county in the State. The Legislature shall
divide the State into District Court districts
not exceeding twenty In number, and shall as
sign 10 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 compact territory, bound
ed by county lines, and as nearly equal in oop-
ulation as practicable. A concurrence OF three
ntths only of all the members elected TO both
Houses, shall be required for the first appOr-
llonment, or 10 determine the number OF
Judges required In 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 men,
oers 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are hereby repealed; the repeal to take effect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-
ment mentioned in this section.
SIC 9. The District Court shall have like
oIlslnhi " JURISDICTION win the supreme Court,
ana such appellate or other jurisdiction as may
be provided by law.
SEC. 8. The General Assembly may provide
Dy law Tor Judge pro tenfpOre, to hold any
court when the Judge thereof is disqualified by
sickness or otherwise to hold said court.
SEC. Il. The Judges OF the districts aud OF the
Courts of Common Pleas shall while in Office,
reside in the district In which they are elected,
ana their term of office shall be five years; but
the Legislature may provide by law that any
Judge of the Common Pleas Court shall hold
lhat court In any other Common Pleas district;
hold that court in any other district for that
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 a. 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, which shall not be increased or d.
minished during their term of Office, but they
shall receive no fees or perduisiTes. nor hold
any other Office OF trust or pr"ht under the au-
tnOrity or any State, or of the United States
All votes for either Of them for any elective
office, except judicial Office, under the au-
thor1ty 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
change any district Court district, establish
other courts, abolish the Probate Court in any
county, or any other Court established by law,
whenever two-thirds OF the members elected TO
each House shall concur therein; but no such
change shall Yacate 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
provided for, Shall be the successors OF The pres
ent District Courts; and all the books, records
papers and business, in or appertaining TO said
Courts. shall be transferred 10 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 Cerks In the Courts of Common Pleas
and District Courts, shall be the clerks i'm the
courts herein provided until their SUCCESSORS
are elected and qualified; but the Supreme
Court shall appoint its own reporter.
SEC. l6 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 un il his successor
shall be elected and qualified. He shall, by
virtue of his Office be clerk of all other cour =
of record held therein, but the General Assem-
bly, may provide, by law for the election of a
clerk with ike term OF office, tor each or any
other OF the courts OF record or for the appoint
ment by the Supreme Court of Clerk for that
Court.
SEC. IS. The several Judges of the Supreme
Court OF the District and Common Pleas, and
of such other courts as may be created, shall
respectively have and exercise such power and
Jurisdiction at chambers, or otherwise, as may
be directed by law.
The term OF office OF all Judges OF Common
Pleas and Distiict Courts provided for in this
amendment, shall commence on the first Mon
day in January next after the making OF the
appointment provided for in section five of
of the Courts of Common Pleas, in Office, who
were n OF elected as Judges under this amend
ment, shall then expire.
No change shall be made by this amendment
In the Supreme Court, or in the Office or term
of any Judge thereof. The first election of
Judges of Common Pleas and district Courts
under this amendment, shall be held at the
general election for the election OF state officers
next after the making OF said appOrtiOnment
for District Court districts by the Legislature,
strued To change or alter the Constitution or
laws until said appOr ionment. Section seven
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. shall
have placed upon their ballots the words,
Judicial Constitutional Amendment-Ies;
the voters who do not favor the adoption OF
said amendments, shall have placed upon their
ballots the words. Judicial Constitutional
Amendment-No."
Adopted March 6, 1877. -
IL W. CURTIS,
President of the Senate
%. j. HODGE,
Speaker pro TEN. House OF Representatives