The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-20
HOUSE joint RESOLUTION.
s<eia'tSe 10 an Amendment OF
articles Four and Eleven of
fEe Constitution, Reorgan;z-
ing the judiciary or the State
Of Ohio.

he "a rss1Iretl ~ the General Asses,b!,,
SiOts II Ohio (three-dftkS OF all the nnsrnhs,
iecied 10 each house concurring therirl
d nat = proposition TO amend The ConsiItu-
tion fthe state ofOhio, be submitted 10 ~.
electors of tie state, on Tue second Tuesday
OF October, A. ID. lS77, as follows. to-wft:
That sections one, three, yius. eight tlreite
hour. be amended so as TO read as follows ana
section seven. OF article four, and sections
t~esFe and thirteen OF article eleven, be re-
ARTCLEIv.
SEr. !. The Judicial power or the s,,t.
SHAH be vested IN a Supreme Court in IL
trict Courts. Courts OF Common Pleas, jus
tees OF the Peace and such other courts tn-e-
rlOr TO the Supreme Court in one or more
c"unties. as tfeGeneral Assembly NAV from
time 10 time establish. The Superior Courts
OF Cincinnati and Montgomery counties
shlll continue until Otherwise provided by
SIC; 5. The Court OF Common Pleas shall
oe holCen oy one Judge, who shall be elected
by the voters OF The District aud Said Conn
shitl be open at all times for ths. trausarfion
OF business. sundays aud iholidaysexcepted.
eG.shah eoDstifufe e seperate Cornmon Pleas
Distrlc-, aud each District sra u be known by
me name OF ofthe'eounsy comp prisfrg the Dis
SEC, 5. Each District Court slia n eopsis,o of
ore Jndge. who sinai be elected by the voters
/ OF The District. There shall be elected one or
more JudgesIn each District. and fhsre shall
bS he'd annually, not less than three ses-
sloDSfn each county in the Stare The Leg
stature shall divide the State into District
court districts, not exceeding fvyenfv in
number, and shall assign to each Common
Pleas and District Court district. the number
ofJudseS required to dispose of the business
therein. la h district shall be comp0sed OF
compact territory, boundeS: by county lines
and as nearly equal in population as practie-
able A concurrence of three fiftls only s-f
All the IneInb beTs elected 70 both Houses shall
De r. quired for the first appOrtiOnment or To
determine The number of Judges required in
each District Court and Common Pleas Dis
tries. under this amendment, but no change
shalI thereafter be made without the concur
renee of two thirds of all the members eject
Sections twelve aud thirteen OF article
"irSen are hereby repealed; the repeal To
lake elect when the Legislature makes the
aPportionme Mt mentioned In this section
spC- 8. The District Court shall have like
original Jurisdiction with the Supreme
Eoul anu such appellate or other juiisdic-
tiOn as may be provide by law.
SIC. 5. The General Assembly may pro-
vide by law for Judge pro telnpore TO hold
any court when the Judge hereof is disquali-.
court.
SIC l., The Judges of the districts ana of
me Coutis OF Common Pleas, shall, while in
office, Ttsioe in The district in which they
rre elected, and their term of office shell he.
i've years; but The Legislature may provide
hy law that any Judge OF the Common Pleas
Court shall hold that court in any other
Common Pleas district; and that any Judge
of the District Court shall hold that court in
any In q district for the court than the one
in which he resides; and Judges of the Conn
mon Pleas may temporarily exchange dis
tricts with each other; and two or more Conn
mon Pleas Courts may be held AZ the same
time in the same district, and two or mOr..
District Courts may be held at the same
lme in n district of that court.
sac IA The Judges of he Supreme e, urt.
the district Courts, and of the Court of Com
mon Pleas shall. at stated times, receive for
their services such Compensation as may be
provided by law, which shall not be increa
ed ulInlnlkle1 6uriDO fbQlr tar Of off
but hey shall receive no fees or perquisiLieS,
nor hold any other Office OF trust or profit un-
der the authority of any State, or OF the
United States. All votes for either OF them
for any elective office, exec pit a judicial Office
under the authority of this Slate given by
me General Assembly, or the people, shall
Sac. Is. The General Assembly may in
crease or diminish the number Ofthe Judges
ofthe Supreme Court, the number Ofthe dis
tricts, of the District Courts. the numberof
Judges in any Common Pleas or District
Conrt district, change any District Court dis
trict. establish other courts, abolish the Pro-
bate Court in any county or any other Court
established by law, ,wheneve twO-thirds ofthe
mem hefs elected to each House shall concur
Office of any Judge. The Court OF Common
Peas provided for IN this amendment shall
be the successor ofthe present Probate Court
andC0urts OF Common Pleas la each county.
The District Courts herein provided for shall
be the successors of the present District
Courts; and all the books. records. papers
Courts, shall be transferred TO their success
sors under this amendment; the existing
Probate Court is hereby abolished in each
county at the close OF the term for which the
Judge thereofwas elected, first occurring af-
ter the election OF Common Fleas Judges
under this amendment,aD and the Clerks In the
Courts of Common Pleas and District Courts,
shall be the clerks In the IN the courts herein
provided until their successors are elected
and qualified; but the Supreme Court shall
appoint its own reporter.
SEC. IS. 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 shall be elected and quail
ified. He shall, by virtue of his Office be
clerk Of all other courts of record held there
in, but tue General Assembly may provide,
by law, for the election OF a clerk with like
term of office, for each or any other of the
courts of record, or for the appointment by
the Supreme Court CT Clerk for that Court
SEC. Is. Theseveral 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
power and jurisdiction at chambers or ether.
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 first
Monday In January next after the making
Of the superintendent provided for In section
I'VE OF 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
III is amendment, shall then expirs.
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
tion of Judges of Common Pleas and District
Courts under this amendment, shall be held
at the general election for election OF State
officers next after the making of said appor-
tionment Tor District Court districts by the
Legislature, but nothing in this amendment
shall be construed to change or alter the
Constitution or laws until said apportion-
inert. Section seven Of Article four is here
by repealed, and section twenty-five shall be
numbered section seven.
FORM o BALLOT.
At said election, the voters desiring To vote
in favor of the adoption of this amendment
shall have placed upon their ballets the
words. Judicial Constitutional Amendment
Yes" the voters who do not favorthe adop-
tion Of said amendment, s all have placed
upon their ballots the words, Judicial Con-
stitution Amendment-No."
Adopted March Q, 1871.
II. W. CURTIS,
President of the Senate.
o. j. HODGE
Speaker pro tem- House of ofRepresentatives.