The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-05-04
House joint RESOLUTION,
Relative TO an Amendment Of
Articles Four and Eleven of
the Constitution, ReOrganiz-
ing fhe Judiciary of the Stale
of Ohio.

Be 1T res9lUed 6y The General AsseIssIIy Of thc
Si0fe Of Ohio (LhTee-fiiths OF all the members
elected TO each house coucurring therip)
That "a proposition to amend the Consiltu-
ton OF the state OF Ohio, De submitted to the
OF OCTOBER, A. ID. 1877, as follows. to-wit:
That sections one, three free, sir, eight tlceiJ 9,
fourteen, Hfteel, SiLteelt uIid eighteen artIc o
ionr. he amended so as TO read as follows and
section seven, OF article four, and sections
twelve ami thirteen OF article eleven, be re-
pealed:
ARTIOLEIV.
SEc. Tie Judicial power of the Sia.e 4
shall be vested in a Supreme Court. in lis
lrict Courts. Courts of Common Pleas Ju>-
tIcCs OF the Peace aud such other courts in -
rior To the Supreme Court. in one OF more
c"Gnties. las the General Assembly may from
tire 10 time establish. The Superior Courts
of Cincinnati aud Montgomery counties,
snaii continue until otherwise provided by
law.
SEC. ;. The Court OF Common Pleas shall
be holden by one Judgs, wbO shall De 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 FORM
ed shall constitute "A seperate Ommon Pleas
DisIric,, aud each District shall he known by
the name OF he county comprising the Dis
iricl.
SEC, S. Each District Court shall consist OF
one Judge. who shall b. elected by the voters
of tho District. There shall be elected one or
be held annually. not less than three ses-
sions In each county in the State The Leg
islature shall divide the State into District
Court districts, not exceeding twenty in
number. and shall as ign TO each Common
Pleas and District Court districI the numbs I
Judges required TO dispose of the business
therein. Ea h district shall be com posed oi
com pact territory, bouEdeh by county lines,
ana as nearly equal in population as praciic.
abe concurrence OF three fitths only eff
all the memb bers elected to both Houses shall II
be required for the first apportionment or 10
determine he number Of Judges required IN
each DisLric: Court and Common Peas Dis
iricf. under this amendment, but no change
shall thereafter be made without the concur
renee OF two thirds of all the members elect
ed 10 both Houses.
Sections twelve and thirteen of article
eleven are hereby repealed; the repeal To
take elect when the Legislature makes the
appoItiOnme mt mentioned in this section.
SEC o. The Dis;rics Court shall have like
original Jurl>dictlOn with the Supreme
Conrt, anu such appellate or other juIisdic
tion SIS may be prOVidt ii by law.
SEC 3. The General Assembly may pro-
Vids oy law Tor Judge pro IemD0Te, to hold
any court when the Judge hereof is disquali-
court.
SEC. Il. The Judges OF the districts and of
the Courts of Common Pleas, shall, while in
Office, reside in the district In which they
are elected, and their term of office she'll be
hve 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 Y district for the court than the one
IN which he resides. ana Judges OF the Com
mon Pleas may temporarily exchange dis
tricts with each other; and two or more Com
mon tIeas Courts may be held at the same
time in the same distfict, and two or more
District Courts may be held at the same
timein district OF that court
) c. IA The Judges offhe SupremeC urf
the District Courts, and OF the Court OF Com
mon Pleas shall. az stated times. receive for
their services such co npeDsation as may be
prov ided by law, which shall not be increa =
I'd or diminished during their term of office,
but they shall receive no lees or perquisitieS.
nor no d any other Office Of trust or profit un-
United States. All votes for either of them
for any elective office, ,excf pt judicial Office
ander The authority OF This State given by !
The General Assembly, or the people, shah
be void
SEC. Is. The General Assembly may Ia !
crease or diminish the number ofthe Judges Z
Jfthe Supreme Court, the mum ber n he dis /
tricts, OF the District Courts. the Iumb. OF /
Judges IN any sCOmInon Pleas or District 1
IO1rf district. change any District Court dis (
rtc.- ,estShli-h other c1u9t~, abolish the Pro- I
bate Court In any county or any other Court !
by Law, wheneye twO-thirds ofthe I
n eB beIs elected tO each House shall concur 4
berein: but no such change shall vacate the 4
Dffiee of any Judge. The Court OF Common |
ests provided for IN this amendment shall 1
De the successor OF the present Probate Court /
md Courts oi Common Pleas il. each county, |
De the successors OF the present District 4
courts, and all the books. records, papers
tnd business, In or apperfainlng 10 said /
Courts. shall De transferred 10 their succss !
'ors under this amendment: the existir z ]
Probate Court Is hereby abolished in each 1
county at the Close OF the term for which he !
Judge thereby was elected. first occurring ar |
er the election OF Common FISas Judges j
InGer tnis amendment and the Clerks In fhe /
cOurts OfCommon Pleas and District Courts |
haii be the clerks in thei1 the courts herein I
PROVIDED nntll tneir SUCCESSORS are elected 4
Ind qualified; but the Supreme Court shall |
appoint it, own reporter.
SEC. lo There shall be elected in e.rh
,ounty by the electors thereof ose q srl. OF 4
he Col't"i Common Pleas, who sltalI hold !
liz ONCE for the term Of thr' yesrs and /
lDlii his successor shall be elected and qlai-
fled. He shaii. By vntus of his office. be
'lerk OF all other court OF re ord held there
n, but tue General Assembly may provide
y law, tor the election OF a clerk with a like /
erIn OF Office, for each or any other of fHe
he Supreme Court CT Clerk for that Court.
sc lS- The several Judges Ofthe Supreme
,Ourt. o; the District and Common Pleas
nd Of such other courts a. may be created,
hall respectively have and exercise sucii
'ower aud Jurisdiction at chambers or other-
wise, as may be directed by law
Tie term of Office of all Judges of Common
Pleas and District Courts provided for In bis
ioBdsy IN January next after the making
fthe apportton'neDt provided for IN section
I've OF article four. and the Term OF once OF
u Judges Of the Courts Of Com mon Pleas. N
flee, who were no; elected as Judges under
his smendmePt. shall then expire
No change shall be made by this amend
lent in the Supreme Court, or In me once
r term OF ary Judge thereof The nrst eiec.
on of Judges of Common Pleas and Olstrlet
ourtz under this amendm ent, shall De ne!o
I the general election for election OF state
fficers next after the making OF said aPPof-
onnent tor Dtstricf Court districts oy the
legislature, but nothing IN inls ei,sn IN
hail be construed to change or alter the
institution or laws until laid spportion-
le1 4 S.csion seven Of Article four is here
y repealed and section tEenty-two shai oe
c IN bersd sectiOp seven !
FORM OF BALLOT.
AT said ei- ction, the vo;sr> DESIRING 70 vote
! favor Of ne Adoption Of tbs amendment
rail- have placed upon their baliets the
ords "Juficial Constituti onai Anne ndment
Yes" the voters who do not favor the adop- =
on Of said amendment, all have placed
pom their ballots the WORDS, Judicial Con- 4
Adopted March 6, 1877.
Il. W. CURTIS
President Of the senate.
U. J. II DGE, s
peaksr pro tenn. House of Representatives.
TINE STATE oF OHIO,
OFFICE OF THE sEcKErAKr or STATE.
I Milton Barnes, Secretary of State of the
late of ohio. do herebr certify that the fore
,ing "a n true copy of an act therein named
aSsed by the General Assembly Of he State
Ohio. on lac sih day. OF pEii. A. ID 1871 Z