The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-27
House JOINT RESOLUTION
Relative TO an Amendment ot
articles Four and Eleven of
the Constitution, Reorganiz-
ing the Judiciary of the State
of Ohio.

OIL Oh1O.
E Re IL resolrsd by the General assemble,
SiUte Cf ohio (three-fifths OF all the memhsr
elected TO each house concurrins theTin,
lhat a proposition TO amend the Consnfn.
ton of the state OfOhio, be submitted 10 the
electors OF tie state, on the second Tuesdav
OF october, A D. 1917, as follows, to-vft:
That sections one, three, 5fre SIR e,o6f t,rsJ,e
Isrteefa iVteesl, sixtee7l and eighteen OF article
loGr. De amended so as 10 read as follows and
SSe.iOn 1900. seven, OF article tour, and sections
pealed: "e IT,
ARTICLEIV.
SEc. l. The Judicial power of the stafa
ShaIl De vested in a Supreme Court in bis
trict Courts, Courts OF Common pleas ms
tlceS OF the Peace and such other courts infe-
! rior TO the Supreme Court. in one or more
counties. as the General Assembly may rom
| time to time establish The SUPERIOR TonrIs
oi cincinnati and Montgomery counties-
ShaIi continue until otherwise provided by
SEC: 3. The Court of Common Pleas shall
De holden by one Judge, who shall be electe,i
oy me voters OF the District, and Said Courf
| shall be open at all times for the transacfion
OF business, Sundays and holidays excepfed
Each county now existing or hereafter torn,-
Su,shall constitute seperate Common Pleas
| DIStlcs, ana each District shall be known by
trict. ~ us
SEC. 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
oe heiu annually, not less than three ses-
slons IN each county in the State The eg-
| stature shall divide the State into District
Court districts, not exceeding twenty in
nuinoer, and shall assign to each Common
rIeas ana District Court district, the number
ofJudgeS required to dispose of the business
therein. Each district shall be Composed of
com pact territory, bounded by county lines,
ana as nearly equal in population as practie-
aoie. A concurrence of three ffths only ef
an an tne members elected to both HousesshalI
9e rsquired for the first apportionment or to
determine the number of Judges required in
eaen District Court and Common PIeas Dis
trlci; under this amendment, but no change
shall thereafter be made without the concur
ed TO both Houses
Sections twelve and thirteen of article
eleven are hereby repealed; the repeal TO
take effect when the Legislature makes The
appoItionmentm mentioned in this section.
SIC. D. The District Court shall have like
original Jurisdiction with the Supreme
Court, and such appellate or other jniisdie-
tcn as may be provide by law.
SIC :. The General Assembly may pro-
Vide oy law for a Judge pro teLlpore to hold
any court when the Judge hereof is siisauaIi-
court. I''O'
SEC. II, The Judges of the districts and of
the courts OF Common Pleas shall, while in
Office, reside in the district in which thew
are elected, and their term OF office shall be
live years; but the Legislature may provide
by 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 9th 7 district for the court than the one
IN which he resides; and Judges of the Conn
mon Pleas may temporarily exchange dis
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 in district of that court.
&C. IA The Judges ofthe Supreme e., urt
the District Courts, and OF the Court of Com
mon Pleas shall. at stated times, receive for
QG. NAM Ncrff
provided by law, which shall not be increa
ed or diminished during their term of office
but they shall receive no fees or perquisities
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
Ior any elective ee,exee pit judicial Office,
under the authority OF this State given by
the General Assembly, or the people, shall
be void.
SIC. Is. The General Assembly NAV i'm
crease or diminish the number fthe Judges
of the Supreme Court, the mum ber Of the dis
triets, OF the District Courts. the number OF
Judges in any Common Pleas or district
Conrt district, change any District Court dis
trlct, establish other courts, abolish the Pro-
bate Court In any county. or any other Court
members elected TO each House shall concur
therein; but no such change shall vacafe tho
Office OF any Judge. The Court OF Common
Pleas proviced for in this amendment shall
be the successor of the present Probate Court
and Courts OF Common Pleas In each county.
The District Courts herein provided for shall
Courts; and all the books, records, papers
and business. In or appertaining tO said
Courts, shall be transferred to their success
sors under this amendment; the existing
Probate Court Is hereby abolished in each
county AZ the close OF the term for which the
Judge thereofwas elected, first occurring af-
ter the election of Common Pleas Judges
under this amendment,andt 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 %
nntil 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 tine General Assembly may provide,
oy law, for the election OF clerk with a Ike
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. 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 other
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 apporttonment provided for in section
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 JuC ge thereof. The first elec-
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 for 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-
meet. Section seven OF Article four is here
by repealed, and section twenty-five shall be
numbered section seven.
FORM o BALLOT.