The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-06-05

House Joint Resolution
Relutiue to on. amendment f articles
-Four and Eleven of the Consultations
Reorgaaizing the Judiciary Of tie
State Of Ohio. :
BE ii Tesoloed By the General Assen,5Ey of tie
State of Ohio, (three-ffths of all the members
elected to each house conourring therein.)
That proposition to amend the Constitution
of the State Of Ohio, be submitted to the
electors of the state. on the second Tuesday
of October, A. D. 1877. as follows, to wit x
That sections one, three. foe, sir, eight.tueloe.
fourteen, fifteen, sirteen and eighteen, of article
four. be amended 80 as to read as TO llows,
and section seven, of article four, and eco.
tions twelve and thirteen Of article eleven
be reps aled. 20 's9>
ARTIcLB1y. .aga6l1
SEC. l. The Judicial power of the State
shall be vested in a Supreme Court, in Dis
triet Courts, Courts of Common Pleas, Justi. 4
ces of the Peace and such other courts infs-
rior to the Supreme Court, in one or more
counties. as the General Assembly may from
time to time establish. The Superior Courts.
of Cincinnati apd Montgomery counties. hall
continue until Otherwise provided by law, y
SEC, 3, The court of Common Pleas shall
be holden by one Judge, whe 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 exeepted.-
Bach county now existing or hereafter form
ed, shall constitute separate Common Pleas
District, and each District shall be known, by
the name of the county comprising the Dis.
trict. t.,..,-q .....
/ SEC. S. Zach 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 held annually not less than
three sessions in each county in the State.
The Legislature shall divide the State inte
District Count districts, not exceeding twenty
lin number.and shall assign to each Common
Pleas and District Court districts, the number
/ of judges required to dispose of the business
therein. Each district shall be composed of
compact territory, bounded BY county lines.
and as nearly equal in population as pfaSsi.
cable. "A concurrence of three, ,ffths only of
all the members elected to both Houses shall,
be required for the first apportionment, or to
determine the number of gudges required ii,
each District Court and Common Pleas dis,
trict, under this amendment, but no change
shall thereafter be made without the con-
ourrence of two.thirds Of all the members
elected to both Houses, 72ss5 iiAi!ft
3Seetlons twelve and thirteen Of aftiols
eleven are hereby repealed, the repeal 10
take effect when the Legislature makes the
apportionment mentioned in this section. z
sEc.is. The District Court shall have like
original jurisdiction with the Supreme Court.
and such appellate. or other jurisdiction as
may be provided by law. ~ fJ2s9c 3 h99
SEC s. The General Assembly may provide
by law for Judge pra tempore, to hold any
Court when the Judge thereof is disqualified
by sickness or otherwise to hold said court..
SIC. L. The Judges of the districts and
Of the Courts of Common Pleas, shall, hils
in Office, reside in the district in which they
are elected, and their term Of office shall b.
i've years; but the Legislature may provide
by law that any Judge aof 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 other district for that court than
the one in which he resides; and Judges Of
the Common Pleas may temporarily ex.
| change 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 district Of that court.
Sso. IA. The Judges of the Suprsn,e Court.
the District Courts, and of the Court of Com.
mon Pleas shall, at stated times, receive for
their services such compensation as NAV be
provided by law W hich shall not be increased
or diminished during their term Of Office
but they shall receive no fees or psrauisites
nor hold any other office of trust or profl
under the authority ofrany State, or Of The
United States All votes for either oof them
for any elective office. except judicial Office
under the authority OF this State given by the
General Assembly, or the people, shall be void
| SEC. To- The General Assent bly, NAV increase
or diminish the number of the Judges of tbe
Supreme Court, the number of the districts. oj
the District Courts, the number Of judges II
any Common Pleas or District Court district
change any District Court district, establish
other courts. abolish the Probate Court in an
county, or any other Court established iby law
whenever two=thirds of the members elected 10
each House shall concur therein; but no suob
change shali'vacate the Office of any JuSi a.
The Court of Common Pleas provided for in
this amendment shall be the successor Of the
pfesent Probate Court and Courts Of Common
Pleas in 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 appertaininq
to said Courts shall be transferred to their sue
cessors 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 aftsr
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 courts herein provided until
\ their Successors are elected and qualified: but
the Supreme Court shall appoint its own re-
porter.d e3.'9ili.sl snh sess uaE sssii
Sec. 16 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 qualified. He shall, by
virtue of his Office, beiclerk of all other courts
of record held therein. but the General Assem-
bly, may provide, by law, for the election Of a
clerk with "a iike term of Office, for each Or any
other of the courts of record, or for the an
pointment by the Supreme Court of a clerk for
| that court.
isEo. 81 The several Judges oi 'shs Supreme
Court, of the District ana Common Pleas and
of such other courts as may be created shall
respectively have and exercise such powers and
idrisdictioAta at ehambers,p OF otherwise, as may
be directed by law. ,,.y ,,,,s
The moi office of all Judges Of Common Common