Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-09-04

Proposing an Amendment TO Sections
Three and Five, Article Four, of
she COnHtItuttOn, ReOrRanizinG the
Judiciary of the stats,
Be it ResolUed By the General Assembly of
the State of Ohio (three-1fChs of all the
members elected to each House concurring
therein). That propositions 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-wft: That Sections and of
article 4, entitled "JHdiciaI," be amend
ed so as to be and read as follows:
SECTION 3. The State shall be divided
into nine common pleas districts, of which
the county of Hamilton shall constitute
one, which districts shall be of compact
territory, hnunded 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, aud 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 sit
ting 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 dis
tricG, one judge of the district court, by
whom the district courts in such districts
shall be held, and he shall receive such
compensation as may be provided by law.
District courts shall be heldin each cOun-
ty at least once every year. The General
Assembly may increase the number of
district eourtjudges to three, in any dis
trict or districts, and may provide for
having a judge pro tenpOTe, to hold any
"A o.r.rr ENry IS
the failure, disqualification, absence, or
sickness of any judge. and the amount of
pay allowed judge pro ten1pOre may be
deducted from the salary of any Judge
whose default causes the necessity of hav-
ing the pro teTspore 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
1tJudioial Constitutional Amendment
Yes;" and the voters who do not favor
the adoption of said amendment NAV
have placed upon their ballots the words
Judicial Constitutional Amendment
MOI" and If a majority of all the votes cast
at said election be in favor of said amend.
ment, then said sections three and five
herein specified, shall be and constitute
the sections so numbered in the said judi
cial article of the Constitution of the State
Of Ohio; and said original sections three
and five shall be repealed.
JAMES E. NEAL,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
JAREz w. FITCH,
President of the Senate.
Passed April 10, 1879.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. OHIo.)
once OF the Secretary of State.
l, Milton Barnes, Secretary Of State o
the State of Ohio, do hereby certify. ina
the foregoing is true copv of an ac
passed by the General Assembly of tn,
A. D. 1879, taken from the original rolls
filed in this office.
In testimony thereof, 1 hav
hereunto subscribed my name an,
[sEAL1 affixed my official seal, at Colum
bus, the 10th day of April, A. L
1879. MILTON BARNES,
apl4mo6 Secretary of State.