The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-05-01
Senate Joint Resolution
Proposing an Amendment to Sections
Three and Five, Article Four, of the
Constitution, ReOrganizing the Ju-
dietary of the State.

Be 1t RESOLVED by the General Assembly, o
the State of OhiO (three hfths of all tn e
members elected to each house concurrin g
therein), That proposition to amend the
Constitution of the State of Ohio be sub
mitted to the electors of the State, on the
Second Tuesday of October; A. D. 1879. as
follows, to wit: That sections and 5 of
of Article 4 entitled Judicial" be amen
ded SO as to read as follows:
SECTION 8. The State shall be divided
into nine common please districts, of which
the county of Hamilton shall constitute
one, which dirtricts shall be of compact
territory, bounded by county lines, and
said districts, other than said county of
Hamilton, shall, without division of coun
ties, be further divided into subdivisions,
in each of which, and in said county of
Hamilton, there shall be elected by the
electors thereof, respectively, at least one
judge Of the court of common pleas for
the district, and residing therein. Courts
Of common pleas shall be held by one or
more of these judges in every county of
the district, as often as may be provided
by law, and more than one court or sitting
thereof may be held at the same time in
each district.
SEC. 5. In each district there shall be
elected, by the electors at large of such
district, one Judge of the district court
by whom the district courts in said dis.
trict shall be held, and he shall receive
such compensation as may be provided by
| law. District court shall be held in each
county at least once in every year. The
General Assembly may increase the num-
Der of district court judges to three, in
any district or districts, and may provide
for having judge pro te,npore, to hold
any court whenever necessary byreason of
the failure, disqualification, absence, or
sickness of any judge and the amount OF
pay allowed Judge pro tempore may be
deducted from the salary of any judge
whose default causes the necessity of hav-
ing the pro tempore judge. The times OF
holding common pleas and district courts
shall be fixed by law, but the General As
sembly may authorize the judges of said
courts. respectively, to fix the times of the
holding Of said courts.
At said election the voters desiring to
vote in favor of this amendment, shall have
placed upon their ballots the words, "Ju-
dicial constitutional amendment, Yes"
and the voters who do not favor the adop.
ton of said amendment, may haye rlaced
upon their ballots the words, Judicial
constitutional amendment, No' and if a
| majority OF all the votes cast at SAID eIec-
ton be in favor of said amendment, then
said sections three and FIVE herein specified
shall be and constitute the sections sc
mum bered in the said judicial article Of
Constitution of the State of Ohio, and said
original sections three and FIVE shall be re
pealed.
JAMES E. NEAL,
Speaker of House of Representatives
JABEZ w. FITCH,
President of the Senate
Adopted April 10, 1879.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ONO, !
Office of the Secretary of State.
i /, Milton Barnes, Secretary of the State
of Ohio, do hereby certify, that the fore
going is true copy of joint resolution
passed by the General Assembly of the
State Of Ohio, on the 10th day of April
A. d. 1879, taken from the original roll,
filed in this office.
In testimony whereof, l have
hereunto su Inscribed my name and
| [sEAL1 aft xed my official seal, at Colum.
bus, the 11th day of April, A. D. 1879.
MILTON BARNES,
Secretary of State.
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