The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1877-04-26

That sections 8ur, fbrer fra sir -il7Ff fr-r7re
fIurfssa fffsn sirtesl aud sf7Hfsru of rieIe fo7r
be amended 80 as to rasa as follows, and section
seven Of article fnUr and sections twelve and
thirteen Of article eleven, De repealed;
ARTICLE ".
SIC !. The Judicial power of the state SHAH be
7 vested in supreme Court. iu District Courts.
Courts of Common Pleas, Justices Of the Pence.
and such other Courts inferior 70 the Supreme
Cour, 10 one or more counties, as the General As
sembly may from time-f0 time establish. The 5I-
periOr COurts of Cincinnati and Montgomery com
ties shall continue until Otherwise provided by
sEc. 2. The Court Of Common Pieas shan be
Z hniden by one Judge, who shall be elected by The
voters Of the District and said Court sha be unen
at all times for the transaction Of business sun
DAYS aud holidays excepted. Zach county now
/ existing or hereafter foHued. shall constitute G
separate Common Pleas District, and each District
/ shall be known by the name of the county cOmpris-
. ing the District.
! SIC. S. Each District Court shsII 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 an
nualy, not less than three sessions in each county
in the State. The Legislature shall divide the
state into District Court districts, not exceed
ing twenty On number, and shall assign to each
Common Pleas and District Court district, the
number Of Judges required 70 dispose of the
business therein. Each district shall be composed
Of compact territory, bounded by county lines, and
as nearly equal IN population as practicable A
concurrence Of three-ftths only of al the members
[
1rst appOrtiouEent OF TO determine the number Of
Judges required In each District Court and Com
mon Pleas district, under this amendment but no
change shall thereafter be made without the con-
currence Of twU-thirds of all the members elected
to both Houses.
Sections twelve and thirteen Of article eleven arc
hereby repealed the repeal 10 take effect when the
Legislature makes the appOrI1Oument mentioned
iu this section.
SEC. G. The District Court shall have like origin
al jurisdiction with the Supreme Court, and such
appellate other jurisdiction Is may be provided
by law.
SEC. S. The General Assembly may provide by
law Tor Judge pro tsmp0rs, TO hold any court when
the Judge thereof is disqualified by sickness or
otherwise to hold said court.
SIC. ~. The Judges Of the districts and Of the
Courts Of Common Pleas, shalr while In Ufice, re-
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 auy Judge Of the
Common Pleas Court shall hold thut court in any
other Common Pleas district; aud 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 Peas 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 I'm district Of that court.
SEC. d. The Judges of the Supreme COurt the
District Courts, and of the Court Of Common
Pleas SHALL at stated times, receive for their ser
vices such compensation as may be provided by
law. which shall not be increased or diminished
during their term Of Office, but they shall receive
no fees or perquisites nor hold any Office of trust
profit under the authority of any State or OF the
United States. All votes for either Of them for any
esctive Office, except judicial office, under the
authority Of this State given by the General Assem-
bly,, OF the people, shall be void.
SIC. %. The General Assembly may increase or
diminish the number Of Judges Of the Supreme
Court the number of the districts, Of the District
Courts, the number Of Judges in any Common
Pleas or District Court district. change any Dis
trict Court district establish other courts, abolish
the Probate Court M any county or any other o
Court established by law, whenever tlv0-thirds Of
the members elected to each House shall concur
therein bat no such change shall vaCate the Office
of any Judge. The Court of Common Pleas pro-
vded for in this amendment shall be the successor
Of the present Probate Courts and Courts Of Com
mon Pleas in each county. The District Courts
herein provided for, shall be the successors Of the
present District Court; and ali the books, records
papers and business in or appertliuing 20 said
Courts shall be transferred To their successors IN
der this amendment; and the existing Probate Court
is hereby abolished in each county az the COse 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 inthe courts herein provided IN
til their Successors are elected and qualified; but
the Supreme Court shall appoint its own reporter.
SIC. 16. There shall be elected I'm each county by
the electors thereof, one Clerk for the Court Of
Common Pleas, who shall bold his O1lce Tor the
term Of three years, and until bis successor shall
be elected and qualified He shall, by virtue oil his
Office, be clerk of all other cou-ts OF record held
therein, but the General Assembly may provide, By
law, for the election of clerk with like term Of
Office, for each or any other courts Of record or
for the appointment by the Supreme Court Of
Clerk for that Court.
SEC. Is. The seveEal Judges Of the Supreme
Court. Of the District and Common Pleas, and Of
such other courts may De created shall respect
iyeIy have and exercise such puWer and Irrisdic-
tUu at chambers, or otherwise, as may De directed
by law.
The term Of Office Of all Judges of Common Pleas
and District Courts provided for in this amend
ment, shall commence on the first Monday In an
uary next after the making Of the appOruOument
provided for i'm section ive OF article four and the
term Of Office of all Judges Of the Courts of Com
mon Pleas in Office, who were not elected as Judg-
es under this amendment, shall then expire.
No change shall be made By this amendment in
the Supreme Court, OF in the office OF term Of any
Judge thereof The first election of Judges Of
Common Pleas and District Counts under this
for election Of State officers next after the making
Of said gpp0rtiOument for District Court districts
BY the Legislature, but nothing in this amendment
shall be construed tU change or alter the L0usIlu-
tiOu or laws until said apps rti0nmsuts Section
seven OF Article four Is hereby repealed and sec
ton twenty-five shall be numbered section sCvgD-
FORM OF BALLOT.
AtsuI eIsct1ll, the voters desiring 90 vote in
favor of the adoption nf this amendment shall
have placed upon their ballots the words, HJudi-
cial Constitutional Amendmeut-les;' the voters
who do not favor the adoption of said amendment,
shall have placed upon their ballots the words,
Judicial Constitutional AmCutment-NO.'
Adopted March 6, lsI7-
II. W. CURTIS
President Of the Senate
O. j. HODGE,
Speaker pr0 TEN. House of Bepreseutatfu