The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-13
House JOINT RESOLUTION.
s.eiasire 10 an Amendment of
articles Eour and Eleven OF
."e constitution, Reorsapfz-
tHs me Judiciary orshe Stale
of Ohio.

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Si.,;- Of OHIO (JhIee-fifthS OF an me n,s0h.-
,.vejed 10 each house corcurrirg theii,,,
Lat a proposition 10 amend the CorSfif1y
leH ci TIE state ofOhio, be submitted 10 the
e.=ciOFS OF TIE state, on the second Tuesday
vi Ocsober, a u. 1877, as follows, to-wft:
That sections one, tisree, Hre. sir escht tlcsi,s
i'''r;es. Fteel, sl1tee1I ana eighteen OF article
!1~r. oe amended so as TO read as follows and
section seven, of article four, and Sections
pealed: W
ARTICLEIv.
SEC- The judicial povvsr of the S,o,,-
shSL be vested in Supreme Court in Ms
tricS Courts. Courts OF Common Pleas fns-
tices Oi me Peace and such other courtsinfe-
rior 70 the Supreme Court. in one or more
cs'dEtleS. as the General Assembly NAV nom
tine TO time establish. The Superior COurfs
o. Sihelnnau ana Montgomery counties,
law. W
Sc 3. The Court OF Common Pleas shall
o@ '.oluelt oy one Judge, who shall be elected
" tnS voters OF the District, and Said Court
snail be open at all times for The transacfion
oi business, sundays and HOLIDAYS excepted
t-aoi county now existing or hereafter form
Ell siiaIl constitute a seperate Common pleas
biStTic-, and each District shall be known nv
ne name OF ihe county comprising the Dis
triet. Wv ~
SIC, 5. Each District Court shall consist OF
| crs. 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 he'd annually. not less than three ses-
sIOns IN each county in the State The e.
Is!aiture SHAH divide the State into Distriet
court districts, not exceeding twenty in
| number, and shall assign to each Common
Pleas and District Court district, the number
nfJud3es required to dispose of the business
therein. Each district shall be composed of
compact territory, bounded by county lines
aud as nearly equal in population as praciic-
aoe concurrence of three-fitths only Sf
ali The members elected to both Houses shall
be re Quired for the first appOrtioument or 10
dei iernline the number of j Judges required in
each District Court and Common PIeas Dis
trici, under this amendment, but no change
shall thereafter be made without the concur
renee OF TWO thirds of all the members elect
ell TO both Houses.
SECTIONS twelve and thiFteen of article
eleven are hereby repealed; the repeal To
take effect when the Legislature makes the
app1i ilon me Mt mentioned in this section.
SIC g. fhe District Court shall have Ike
.,r'ginai Jurisdiction with the Supreme
CouIt, ami such appellate or other iuIisdic-
ton IS may be provide q by law.
SIC 5. The General Assembly NAV pTo-
vide by law for a Judge pro teIapore TO hold
;tiiy court when the Judge hereofi is disuuali-
hr't cy SckGess or otherwise to hOlt said
oOIrt-
SIC y, The Judges of the districts and OF
the OuTtS OF Common Pleas shall, while in
"iiiee, TesiGe in The district IN which they
Az elected, and tGeir term OF Office shell he
Il - years; but the Legislature may provide
BY iaw that any Judgs OF the Common Pleas
S1uTi snail hold tnat court in any other
Common Pleas district; and that any Judge
Oi il-- District Court shall hold that court IN
any th ? district for the court than the one
Ia which he resides: and Judges of the Com
mon Pleas may temporarily exchange dis
tTicfs with each other; and two or more Com
mon 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 IL a district of that court
Sc. IA The Judges ofihe Supreme G., uTI,
the District Courts, and OF the Court of Com
mon fleas snail. at stated times, receive for
their services such compensation as may be
provided by law, which shall not be increa
ed or diminished during their term of office.
q fns.C fsFf4
nor hold any other office of trust or profit TN
der the authority of any State, or of the
United States. All votes for either of them
Tor any elective Ofnce, exec pt judicial office,
under the authority OF this State given by
The General Assembly, or The. people, shall
be void.
SEC. Is. The General Assembly NAV in
Crease or diminish the number OfIhe Judges
OF the Supreme Court, the number Ofthe dis.
tr:ctS, of the District Courts, the number OF
judges in any Common Pleas or District
COart 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 of the
members elected to 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 present Probate Court
and Courts of Common Pleas ia each county.
The District Courts herein provided for shall
be the successors of the present District
Courts; and all the books. records, papers
and business, in or appertaining to said
courts, snail De 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 Pleas Judges
under this amendment, 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
electors thereof a
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
flied. He shall, by virtue of his office, be
clerk of all other courts of record held there
in, but the 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 a Clerk for that Court.
SIC. IS. The several j. Judges of the Supreme
Court. OF the District and Common Pleas
and of such other courts as may be createi
shall respectively have and exercise such
power and Jurisdiction at chambers or Othe--
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
cf the superintendent provided for in section
Ave 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
this amendment, shall then expire.
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 eIec-
tiOn Of Judges OF Common Pleas and District
Courts under this amendment, shall be held
at the general election for election OF State
officers EeXt after the making of said appOr-
ticnment 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 adopt. on of this amendment.
shall have placed upon their ballets the
words. Judicial Constitutional Amendment
Yes" the voters who do not favor The adOp-
tion OF said amendment. s. all have placed
upon their ballots the words, Judicial Con-
StitutiOn Amendment-NO-"
Adopted March ., 1877.
II. W. CURTIS,
President of the Senate.
D. j. HODGE,
Speaker pro tenn. House eofRepresenfatives. of
THE STATE OF OHIO.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Oh STATE.
1 Milton Barnes, Secretary of State of the
State of ohio, do hereby certify that the fore
going is a true copy OF an act therein named,
passed by the General Assembly OF The State
of Ohio. on the 6th day of april, A. ID. IS77.
taken from the original rolls on file In this
Office.
in Witness Whereof. have hereunto sub
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