Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-09-18

- In testimony thereof, have hereunto sub
Seal at GSiumPas 8 the iath DAY S e april
A. ID. 1879. MILTON BARNES,
Secretary of State.
SfSATE JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMEND
iNENT TO SECTIONS THREE AND FIVE, ARTICLE
sFoi-Is. or THE coSsTITIJTIoN RE0RG AFIZTNf; THE
sUDfGIARY OF THE STATE.
BE it resolved by the General Assembly of the
eie5E 56-each house eoneurring therein). That
Ili,oYa5sifiops to amend the Constituti0n of the
State en- the second Tuesday of October, A. ID.
lese 81 toIloWs, 9o-w103 Lhat ~ Sec5lons three anu
sfsT1oS 8. The State shall be divided into nine
common pleas districts, of which the county of
Hamilton shall constitute one. which districts
iaes and sad isTict theT ta5 8yamiltaS ~
shatl without division of counties, be further di
vifed into subdivisions in each Of which. and in
said eollnty of Hamilton, there shall be elected by
Y11slssssf the Court Of CommOn Pleas for the dis
t1ict; and residing therein. Courts of Common
in every county of the district as often as may be
pr04ided by law, and more than one court or sit
ting thereof may be held at the same time in each
SEcTION 5. In each district there shall be elected
by electors at large of such district one Judge
oI sis D5seFlet Court ny Wnom the DistT1ef courts
such compensation as may be provided by law.
District Courts shall be held in each county at
least ance every year. The General Assembly
may Increase the number of District Court Judges
to three in any district districts, and may pro-
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court whenever necessary by reason of the failure
disqualification, absence or sickness of any Judge
andsthe amount of pay allowed Judge pro tenn
pore may be deducted from the salary of any
Judge whose default causes the necessity of haT-
ing the pro tenpore Judge. The times OF holding
Common Pleas and District Courts shall be fixed
by Law, but the General Assembly 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, Judicial Constitutional
Amendment, Yes;' and the voters who do not
favor the adoption of said amendment may have
placed upon their ballots the words, s. Judicial
Constitutional Amendment, No" And if a ma
jorlty of all the votes cast at said election be IN
favor of said amendment, then said sections three
and five, herein specified, shall be and constitute
the sections numbered in the said judicial ar
tcle of the Constitution of the State of Ohio; and
said original sections three and i've SHAH be re-
pealed JAMES E. NEAL
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JABEZ w. FITCH,
President of the Senate.
Passed April 10, 1879.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 0HIo,l
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE. I
/, Milton Barnes, Secretary OF state OF the State
of Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing is a
true copy of an act passed by the General Assem-
bly, o. the State of Ohio the 10th day OF April,
A. D. 1873 taken from the original rolls fied IN
/ this ofice.
| - In testimony thereof have hereunto sub.
| \, 4 scribed my name and affixed my oIhelai
| (17' seal, at Columbus, the 10th day OF April
| - a. d. 1879. MILTON BARNES,
| Secretary OF State.
Given under my hand officially, as Sheriff Of
Favette county. State of Ohio, this Sth day ol
| Sepsspaber, A. ID. 1879 OSWELL SMITH,
A-5W Sheriff of Fayette County, Ohio.