Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-09-13
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October Election 1877.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER Q.

WHEREAS, by the laws OF Ohio regulating
w elections. it is required of the Sheriff Of
holding general election, by proclamation
throughout the county, of the time at which
such election shall be holden:
In pursuance Of such reQuisitiOn 1, WIN. u.
KINNEY, Sheriff OF Belmont county, Ohio, do
hereby proclaim and make known that the
SECOND TUESDAY,
Being the 9th day of October A. ID. 1877,
is, by the Constitution and laws of Ohio, ap.
pointed the day on which the qualified cleo
tors of the said Belmont county, Ohio, shall
m eet in their respective townships, at their
usual or proper place of holding elections, be-
Q. M, and proceed to vote by ballot for
State Officers.
One person for Governor of the State of Ohio.
One person for Lieutenant Governor Of the
One person for Judge of the Supreme Court of
One person fofAttorney ,ieneral of the State
of Ohio;
One person for Clerk of the Supreme Court of
the State of Ohio;
One person for Treasurer of the State Of Ohio;
One person for School Commissioner for the
State Of Ohio;
One person for member of the Board Of Public
Works for the State of Ohio.
District Officers.
One person toI Senator in the General Assem-
bly, OF the State of Ohio for the Twentieth
Senatorial District, composed of the coun-
ties OF Belmont and Harrison.
County Officers.
mont ounty in the General Assembly of
the State of Ohio
One person for Clerk of the Courts ofthe coun-
One S person pc for Auditor of the county of Bel
mont;
One person for Treasurer of the county of Bel
mont;
One person for Prosecuting Attorney for the
county of Belmont
One person for Recorder OF the county of Bel
One person for Commissioner of the county Of
Belmont;
One person for Infirmary Director of the
county of Belmont.
You will also proceed TO vote for or against
Constitution of the State of Ohio, 10 wit:
Constitutional Amendments.
Be it resolved by the General Assembly OF
the State of Ohio (three-f ffths of all the MEM
bers elected to each house concurring there
in), That proposition to amend the Consti-
tuition of the State of Ohio, be submitted to
the electors of the State, on the second Tues
day of October, A. d. 1877, as follows to-wit:
That sections, one. three, fre, sic, eight,
keoetUe. fourteen, fifteen, sixteen and eighteen,
OF article four, be amended so as to read as
follows, and section seven. Of article four, and
sections twelve and thirteen of article eleven.
be repealed:
ARTICLE ".
SEC. 1. The Judicial power of the State
shall be vested in a Supreme Court, in District
Courts, Courts of Common Pleas, Justices of
the Peace and such other Courts inferior to
the supreme Court, in one or more counties
as the General Assembly may from time to
time establish. The Superior Courts of Gin
cinnati and Montgomery county, shall con.
tnue 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 business, Sundays and holidays excepted |
Each county now eXistingOr hereafter form. |
ed, shall constitute separate Common Pleas |
District, and each District shall be known BY |
the name of the county composing the Dis |
trict.
SEC. 5. Each District Court shall consist Of |
one Judge, who shall be elected ty the voters
of the district. There shall be elected one or
moi Judges in each district, and there shall
be held annually, not less than three sessions
in each county in the State. The Legislature
shall divide the State into District Court dis
tricts, not exceeding twenty in number, and
shall assign to each Common Pleas and Dis
trict Court district, the number of Judges re-
quired to dispose of the business therein.
Each district shall be composed of compact
irr.tory, bounded by county lines, and as
nearly equal in population as practicable A
of three-fifths only of all the men,
hers elected to both Houses, shall be required
for the first appOrtionment, or to determined
the number of Judges required in each Dis
trict Court and Common Pleas District, un .er
this amendment, but no change shall ihereaf-
ter be made without the concurrence of two r
thirds of all the members elected TO both :
Houses.
Sections twelve and thirteen of article eleven
A q hy ala6. t.,I-, o.sI
when the Legislature makes the apportion-
nent mentioned in this section.
SEC. &. The District Court shall have like
original jurisdiction with the Supreme Court, 9
md such appellate or other jurisdiction as may
,e provided by law.
SEC. 8. The General Assembly may provide
)y law FOR Judge pro tcmpOre, to bold any \
ourt when the Judge thereof is disqualified
~ sickness or otherwise to hold said court.
SEC II. The Judges of the dist ricts andof
he Courts Of Common Pleas, shall. while in
tfce, reside in the district in which they are
lected, and their term Of office shall be five
ears; but the Legislature m,y provide by law o.
hat any Judge of the Common Pleas Court al
hall hold that Court in anv other Comm .on y,
Teas district; and that any Judge of the Dis. Sc
rict Court shall hold that court In any other
istrict for that court than the one in which
e resides; and Judges Of the Common Pleas
lay temporarily exchange districts with each
ther; and two or more Common Pleas Courts
lay be held at the same time in the same dis
'ict, and two or more District Court may be
eic at the1same time in district OF that :
,urt.
SEC. IA. The Judges Of the Supreme .,ourt,
le District Courts, and OF the Courts OF CON-
on Pleas shall, at stated times, receive for
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