The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-06-21
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be repealed:
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SEC. l. The Judicial power of the State
Shall be vested in a Supreme Court, in Dis
trict Courts, Courts of Common Pleas, JUS
tices of the Peace, Il such other Courts in
ferior to the Supreme Court, in one or more
counties, as the General Assembly may from
time to time establish. The Superior Courts
of Cincinnati and Montgomery counties shall
continue 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 ali times for the transaction
of business, Sundays and holidays excepted.
Each county now existing or hereafter
mon Pleas District, and each District shall
be known by the name of the county COM
posing the District.
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 be held annually, 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 " each Common
Pleas and District Court district, 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 practi-
cable. A concurrence of tlree-ffths only
of all the members elected to both Houses,
shall be required for the first a~pportionnent,
or to determine the number of Judges re-
CURED 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eleven are hereby repealed the repeal to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 effect when The Legislature makes the
a~pportionmcnt mentioned in this section.
SEC. g.. The District COurt shall nave like
original jurisdiction with the Supreme Court
and such appellate or other jurisdiction as
max be provided by law.
SEC. 8. The General Assembly may pro-
vide by law for a Judge pro tcDlDOre 10 hold
any court when the Judge thereof is dis
qualified By SICKNESS or otherwise to hold
SEC. u. The judges of the districts and of
tIe Courts Of Common Pleas, shall, while in
Office, reside il the district in which they are
elected, and their Term OF Office shall be five
years; hut the legislature may provide by
law that any Judge of the Common Pleas
Court shall hold that court in GnyOther COm-
moi 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 Com
mon Pleas may temporarily exchange dis
tricts with each other; and two or more
Common Pleas Courts may be held ct the
sGIae fine in the same district, and two or
more District Courts may be held ut the same
time in n district OF that court.
SEC. IA. The Judges OF the Supreme Court,
the District Courts, and of the Courts of Com
mon Pleas shall, at stated times, receive for
their services such compensation as may be
provided by law, which shall. not be in
creased or diminished during their term of
Office, but they shall receive nc fees or per-
quisites, nor hold any other Office of trust or
profit under the authority of State or of
the United States. All votes for either of
them for any elective office, except n judicial
office, under the authority of this Stale given
by the General Assembly, OF the people, shall
be void. -
SEC. ID. The General Assembly may in
crease ordiminish the number of b. Judges of
the Supreme Court, the number of the dis
tr1cts, OF the District Courts, the number OF
Judges in any Common Pleas or District
Court district, change any District Court dis
trict, establish other courts, abolish the Pro-
bate Court in any county, or IN other Court
established by law, whenever two-thirds of
the members elected to each House shall con-
cur therein, but no such change shall vacate
the Office of any Judge. The Court OF Com
mon Pleas provided for in this amendment
shall be the successor of the present PIobate
Court and Courts of Common Pleas in each
county. The District Courts herein provided
trict Courts; and all the books, records,
papers and business in or appertaining to said
Courts, shall be transferred other 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 occurring after 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.
SEC. I6. 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, n I'M
til 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 provide, by law,
for the election of a Clerk with a like term OF
office, for each or any other of the courts of
record, or for the appointment by the SUI
preme Court of a Clerk for that Court.
SEC. Is. The several Judges of the Supreme
Court of the District and Commo Pleas, and
of such other courts as may be created, shall
respectively have and exercise such power
and jurisdiction at chambers, or otherwise, as
may be directed by aw.
The term of office of all Judges of Commo
Pleas and District Courts provided for i'll this
amendment, shall m OF the first
Monday in January next after the making of
five of article four, II the term of Office Of
all Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas, in
office, who were not elected Us Judges undeI
this amendment, shall then expire.
No change shall be made by this amend
ment in the Supreme Court, or in the office 81
term of any Judge thereof. The first election
OF Judges of Common Pleas and Iistric
Courts under this amendment, shall be helC
at the general election for the election o
State officers next after the making Of sale
appOrtiOnment for District Court districts by
the Legislature, but. nothing in this amend
ment shall be construed to change or altel
the Constitution or laws until said appOrtiOn
ment is made. Section seven of Article foul
is hereby repealed, and section twenty-five
shall be numbered section seven.
FORM OF BALLOT.
AT said election, the voters desiring TO volt
in favor of the adoption of this amendment
shall ave placed upon their ballots thu
words judicial constitutional Amendment
-Yes:" the voters who do not favor tht
adoption of said amendment, shall haYt
placed upon their ballots the words, "Judi
cial Constitutions Amendment-No-"
Adopted April t, 1871.
O. !. HODGE
Speaker pro TEN House of Representatives
II. W. CURTISS,
President OF the Senate
THE STATE OF OHIO.
OFFICE or THE SECRETARY OF A
], Milton Barnes, Secretary of State of tn,
State of OHIO, DO hereby certify that the fore
going is a true cOpy OF an act therein named