The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-09-06


ton Of the state Of Ohio towt:
Be q ResOlved By the General assembly Of ne Sat
Of Ohio uhree.ffths Of all the members electeu 70
each house ConCurring thereinl. IhaL q ptoposlI
tion 10 amend the Constitution OF the State Of
Ohio be submitted 10 the electors OF the stAte' on
the second Tuesday Of October, A. d. lST'' as iol'
That Sections One, Three, Nvs, Sir, Eight ItSelye,
Fourteen, Fifteen Sirteen and Eighteen OF Article
-Four, be amended 80 as TO read as follows, ano
Section Seven, of article Four, and Sectona
Twelve and Thirteen Of article Eleven DO repea'
ed
ARTICLEIv.
sEcF1oNl. The Judicial power Of the State
shall be vested IN Supreme Court, In DBtrlct
Courts, Courts Of Common Pleas, Justices OF Lne
Peace and such other Courts Inferior 70 the Su'
preme Court IN one or more counties, az the Gem
erAl Assembly may from time 10 time establlsh.-
The SupeOior Courts Of Cincinnati and Montg0m'
cry counties, shall continue until otherwise pro-
SIC. & The Court Of Common Pleas shall DO
holden by one Judge, who shall be elected by the
voters of the District, and said Court shall DO open
at all times for the transaction OF business, sum
days and holidays excepted. Each county now
existing or hereafter formed, Bhall constitute
separate Common Pleas District, and each District
shall be known by the name OF the county COM
priBing the District.
SRC. s. 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 Jud'
ges In each District and there shall be held annu'
slly not less than three sessions In each county
In the State. The Legislature shall divide the
State into District Court districts not exceeding
twenty In number and shall assign To each Com
mon Pleas and District Court district the number
Of Judges required to dispose OF all the business
therein. Each district shall be composed OF COM
pact territory, bounded by county lines, and az
nearly equal In population as pracncaDle.
~ aftha nnlU NJ all the
bers elected to both House, shall be required foI
the hrst appOrtionment or 10 determine the mum.
ber Of Judges required In each District Court and
Common Pleas district, under this amendment,
but no change shall thereafter be made without
the concurrence of two thirds Of all the members,
elected to both Houses.
Sections twelve and thirteen Of article eleven
are hereby repealed; the repeal to take ehectwhen
the Legislature makes the apportonment men
toned In this section.
SEC. 6. The District Court shall have like org.
inal jurisdiction with the Supreme Court. ana
such appellate or other Jurisdiction as may 20
provided by law.
SEC. 8. The General Assembly may provide by
law for Judge pro tempors TO hold any court when
the Judge thereof iB disqualified by sickness or
otherwise TO hold said court.
SEC. r. The Judges Of the districts and Of the
Courts of Common Pleas shall, while In otice, 70:
side in the district in which they are elected and
their term of Office shall be FIVE years. but the Leg.
islature may provide by law that any Judge Of
the Common Pleas Court shall hold that court in
any other Con mon 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 exchange districts with
each other; and TWO or more Common Pleas Courh
may be held at the same time in the same district
and two or more District Courts may be held h
the same time IN district Of that court.
SEC. IA. The Judges OF the Supreme Court, the
District Courts, and Of the Court Of Common Plesa
shall at stated times receive for their services
ucn ccrnpenBation as may be provided by law,
hich ehsll not 'be increased or diminished dur
ng their term of office but they shall receive no
ees or perguisites, nor hold any other office OF
trust or profit under the authority of any State OF
Of the Uniteu States. All votes for either Of them
for any elective office except Judicial office. un'
der the authority of this State given by the GEN
Oral Assembly. or the people, shall be void.
~, 40. UeueTAl AssenlUIy ndy niDlShbe VI
diminish the humber of Judges Of the supreme
CourlSthe number Of the districts OF me DsIrlcI
Courts, the number of Judges in any common
Pleaso- District Court district, change any DistrcI
Court district establish other courts, abolish tne
Probate Court In any county, or any other ConlI
established by law, whenever tWothlrds OF the
members elected to each House sha concur there
IN: but no such change shall vacate the ofiee Of
| any Judge. The Court OF CommoI Pleas proVldeq
| for in this amendment shall be the successor Oh
the present Probate Court and Court OF Common
| Pleas in each county. The Dlslrict CourB hereIh
| putSSnoSAp fNSN~---
District courts; and all the books, records, papeIa
| and business, in or appertaining to said Courn
shall be transferred to their successors 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 oc-
| curing after the election OF Common Pleas Juu'
| ges under this amendment, and the CLERKS OF the
! Courts Of Common Pleas and District Couru
shall be the clerks in the courts herein PROVIDED
until their successors are elected and qualihedi
but the Supreme Court shall appoint It's own re-
porter.
oy 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, be clerk of all other courts OF record
held therein, but the General Assembly may pro-
vide, by law, for the election Of clerk with
| like term Of Office for each or any other Of the
courts Of record, or for the appointment BY the
Supreme Court OF 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 re-
spectively have and exercise such power and ~
risdiction at chamber Or otherwise, as may be
! directed BY law. ~
/ The term Of once 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 appor-
tionment provided for in section five OF article
| four, and the term Of Office Of all Judges Of the
| Courtg of Common Pleas IN office, who were moi
elected o. Judges under this amendment, shall
! then expire. =
No change shall be made by this amendment In
the Supreme Court, OF in the Office or term Of any
Judge thereof The first election Of Judges Of
! Common Pleas and District Courts under this
amendment, shall be held atthe general election
fot election of State officers next after the making
Of said appointment for District Court districts BY
the Legislature, but nothing In this amendment
shall be construed to change or alter the C0nstitu
ton or laws until said apportionment. Section
seven of Article four is hereby repealed, and sec
ton twenty two shall be numbered section seven
FORM OF BALLOT.
Atsaid election, the voters desiring 10 vote IN
| favor of the adoption Of this amendment, shall
have placed upon their ballots the words, Judi
cal Constitutional AmendmentoYes' the voter
shall have placed upon their ballots the words
judicial Constitutional Amendment-No."
Adopted April 8, 1877.
And in accordance with the provisions Of AN
act relating to certain proposed c0LstltutOnal
amendments and publication thereof passed
April 90 1877. "The Judges and clerks OF the
election in each township, ward and preCinct,
shall in addition TO the re urns PROVIDED Dy law,
at the same time make return to the clerk Of
the county, of the vote cast for and against said
proposed amendments.
The following is the Rpportionment Of Jurors TO
be returned by the Trustees Of the several town.
ships for the year 1877 with the poll books to the
Clerk Of Of the Common Pleas Court, on or before
the 18th day of October, 1877.
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