The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-10-12
House JOINT RESOLUTION,
Relative 10 an amendment of
Articles Four and Eleven of
the Constitution, ReOTganiZ-
ing the judiciary Of the Stale
of OiifO.


ing the judiciary Of the stale
Of OhiO.
Re IL resplued by the General Assembly
!Stute Of Ohio lthIee-fiitLs OF all the member
/ erected 10 each house cOucurring theTiuD
| that a proposition to amend the ConsJItu-
| ton of The stale OF Ohio, be submitted TO the
| electors of tie State, Oh tine second Tuesday
OF October, A. ID. ls77, a. follows. to-wii:
Thai sections one three, tiCe, siI, eight ticelUe
fourteen, fIeen StJteefl ana eighteen o article
| Iour. he amended 30 as 10 reau Is follows and
| section seven, of article four, and sections
| twelve and thirteen OF article eleven, be re-
pealed: -,,.,
| SEC ]. The Judicial power of the State
| shall be vested i'll a Supreme Court. in Dis
trict Courts. Courts oil Common Z leas, Us
tIces OF the Peace aud such other courts Infe-
| rior 10 the Supreme court in one or more
| COUNTIES as The G-neral Assembly may from
| time 10 time establish. The superior Courts
| of Cincinnati ami Montgomery couniir>,
| shall continue until otherwise provided bN
! law.
| be holden by one Judg'. whO shall be elected
| by the voters Of the DlsiTici, AID said Court
| hail be open AT ali Times Tor The transaction
| OF bus uess, sundays ana holidays excepted.
| Each county now existing or hereafter form
1 ed shall const Iuie a SeptraIe OmmOu Pleas
| DisIric end each District shall be known by
| the name Of he county comprising the DIS
| tricI.
| SEC. ). Each District Court snail consist OF
| one Judge. VINO shall be elecieG by the yUIeIs
| OF the District. There shall be elected one or
more Judges IN each District. and the lie shall
De he'd annually not less Than three seS-
sionS in each county In the State The Leg
| iSlatGrs shall divide the State into District
| OurJ districts, not exceeding TIVE niy /"
number. and shall do len 10 each Common
Pleas and District court district, tie numb,
'fJud es required To dispose OF The business
| therein. Ia IA district Shall be COMPOSED of
compact territory, bOunden by county lines,
aud as nearly equal i'll population as practic-
able. A concurrence OF three h'ihs only Fl
all the memDe elSCicd 10 both HOu>ts shall
he required for tie first apuOrtion ment or TO
determine he number Judges required in
each District Court and Common Peas Dis
jTici, under his amendment but no change
shall thereafter be made without the concur
renee of two thirds of all the members elect
cd 10 both HOG~eg.
Sections twelve and thirteen OF article
eleven are hereby repealed; tine repeal To
AXE effect when The Legislature makes the
appoItionmt DI mentioned In this section.
SEC q. rhe District Court shall have like
| original jurisdiction with the Supreme
Court, anu such appellate or other juIisdic-
tiOn ~ may be proyid' u b. law
SIC .. The General Assembly may pro-
vide by law for Judge pro teIIsD0Te, 10 hold
any court when the Judge hereOfis disqUali-
fed by sickness or otherwise 70 holn said
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 shall be
five 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 tnat any Judge
of the District Court shall hold that court in
any 9th J district for the 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 COM
mon 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
SIC. IA The Judges OF the SunfeIQe Cd urT-
the District courts, and OF the Court of Com
mon Pleas shall, al stated uIn6s, receive for
their services such co upensatiOn as may he
prov ided by law, winch shall not be incraa
ed or dimin ished during their term of Office,
but they shall receive no ices or perquisiIIeS,
nor no any other Office of trust or profit un-
der tire authority of any State, or of the
United States All votes for either of them
for any elective oiiice, exec pit judicial Office
under the authority oi tEiS stale gwen by
the General Assembly, or the people, shah !
be void.
SIC Is. The General Assembly NAV in |
crease or diminish the number Ofthe Judges !
ofthe Supreme Ourt, the number fIhe dis I
Iricts, of the District Courts. the numb OF !
Jud=es N any Common Pleas or District |
Co1rt district, change any District Court dis !
trlct, establish other c"n1t>, abolish the Pro- !
bate Court in any county OF any other Court !
established by law, ,wheneve iwO-thiFds of the |
mem bel elected 10 each House shall concur |
therein: but no such change shall vacate the |
Office Of any Judge The Court OF Common |
Pleas pToyi, ed for IN this amendment shall !
be the successor Ofthe present Probate Curt |
and Courts vi Ommon Pleas II. earn county. /
the District Courts herein provided for shall !
he the successors of the pr-s-nt District 1
Courts, and all the books. records, papers /
and business, in or appertaining to said I
Courts, shall be transferred 10 their success |
snrs under this amendment; the eEislii e
Probate Court Is hereby abolished in each /
county at the c!Ose OF the term for which the {
Judge theTeO1 was elected first occurring af- I
ter the election OF Common leas Judges /
under tuis amendment, ,and the Clerks in the /
Courts ofCommon Pleas and District Courts. I
shall be the clerks in the IN the courts hertin .
provided until their successors are elected
and qualified; but the supreme Court shall /
i'll own reporter
SEC. l6 There slIaiI be elected in each .
county 10y the electors thereof. o = { ERIK OF
the COu'Iof Common Peas, who shall hold
his office toy th- term of thr c yesTs aid
nntii mis- successor snail be elected and quail
fled He shan, by viItue OF his office. be
clei K of all other courts OF re ord held there
in, but e General Assembly may pr vide,
by law, for the election a cleTk with a like
term OF Office, for each or any other Of e. e
courts o1 Iecr I'd. or for the appointment by
tie Supreme Court Cf Clerk for that Court.
&c IS IheSsveral Judges Of the Supreme
Court. OF the District and Common Pleas,
and OF sach o'Eer courts a. may be created,
shall respectively have and exercise sucn
power and Jurisdiction at chambers or OIL her.
wise as may be directed By laE-
The term OF Office Of all Judges OF Common
Pleas and District Courts provided fO7 in This
a III -ndmeut, shall commence on the frat
IN IaLu nary Eexr after the making
~ the apporiion ''I'-nt provided for IN section
i've OF article four. and the term -of Office Of
: Judges OF the CouTt> Of Common Pleas in
ofhce, who were no elected a Judges under
thlS amendment. shall then txpIre
80 Grange shall be made By this amend
meni in the Suprt NE Court. Or in the Cfice
or term OF Judge thereof The fiTst elec-
ton of Judges OF Common Pleas and District
Courts unCer this amendment. shall be held
al the general election fOT election OF State
officers nexi after the making OF said apPor-
tor District Court districts by the
legislature, but nothing in this amendment
hall Gs construed to change or alter the
o. laws until said apportion-
me {. Section seven OF Article four il here
ly repealed. and section twenty-five shall be
lum bered section seven.
FORM D BALLOT. Il
At said election, the voter drsiring to vote
n favor OF the adoption Of this amendment.
ihall have placed upon their balieis the
words. Judicial Constitut onal Amendment
Yes" the voters who do lot favor the Rdop-
ion OF said amendment, s all have placed
ipon their ballots the words, Judicial Con-
titution Amendmept-No."
Adopted March 6, lsTT.
81. W. CURTIS,
President of the Senate.
o J. 81 DGE,
speaker pro tenn. House OF Representatives.