The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-09-18
WHOLE NO. 220O.
Senate Joint Resolution,


BE Il Res0Igs5 By The General Assembly Of tho
STATE Or ono ,three-dfths Of all the members elect
ed % each house COncurrng therein > That prop
OsifiOu to amend the Constitution 81 the State Of
Ohio be submitted TO the electors of the State on
Jne second tuesday of October a. ID. 1879, as fol-
follows:
SECTION 8. The Slate shall be divided into nine
common pleas districts, of which the county of
Hamilton shall constitute onewhfch districts shall
be OF compact territory, bounded by county lines,
and said districts, other than said county of Ham
utouY s1as without division Of counties be furtL-
er divided INTO subdivisions, i'm each of which,
and 10 said county Of Hamilton, there shall be
elected Dy eselectors thereof, respectively, at
least one Judge of the court Of common pleas for
the district and residing therein Courts of COM
mon pleas shall be held by one or more of. these
judges n every county Of the district, as often az
may be provided by laT5 and more than one court
or sitting thereof may be held at the same time in
each district.
SEC. s. In each district there shall be elected By
the electors at large of ST. Ch district one Judge Of
the district court, by whom the district courts in
such district shall be held, and he shall receive
sucn compensation as may be provided by law.
District courts shall be held in each county at
!easL once every year. The General Assem-
bly, may increase the number Of district court
Judges to three in any district or districts, and
may provide for having Judge pro temD0Ts, 70
hold any court whenever necessary by reason OF
the failure Disqualification absence or sickness OF
any Judge, and the amount Of pav SLOWED a Judge
pro pore may De QeQ4eL9Q from the salary OF
any judge whose default causes the necessi-
ty of having the pro tempOre Judge The
times OF hOldinE common pleas and district courts
shall be liked by law, bat the General Assembly
may authorize the judges Of said courts respective
ly, 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 fav-
or the adoption of said amendment, may have
placed upon their ballots the words, "JadiCial Con-
sututlOnal Amendment, Mo-" and IF a majority Of
the votes cast at said election be in favor of said
amendment, then said sections three and five here
In specified shall be and constitute the sections so
numbered in the said Judicial article of the Con-
sutut1On of the State Of Ohio and the original sec
tlJus three and i've shall be repealed.
JAMES e. NEAL,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
JABEL w. FITCH,
President Of the Senate.
Adopted April 10, 1s79-
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Ou1o,1
Office Of the Secretary Of State.
7, Milton Barnes. Secretary of State Of the State
Of Ohio, do hereby certify, that the foregoing is
a true COPY Of a los resolution passed by the
General Assembly of tn state Of Ohio5 on the l0-h
day Of April, A. ID. 1879, aSen from the original
rolls fled in this office.
In testimony whereof nave nereunLO
subscribed my name and aff1 Cd my one
SEAL clal seal at Columbus the IZrh dav OF april
A D. 1879. MILTON BARNE-
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