The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-07-31
Passed April 12, 1879.
Senate Joint Resolution.
Proposing an Amendment to Sections Thr ee
and Five, Article Four, of the Constitu
tion, Reorganizing the judiciary of the
State.

Be ii ResolUed6y the General Assembly Of the
State of Ohio Uhree- fifths of all the members
elected to each house concurring therein), That
+" proposition to amend the Constitution of the
Of Ohio be submitted to the electors of the
State, on the second Tuesday of October, A. D..
1879, as follows, ta-Wit; That sections and of
article A. entitled "Jua y be amended so as
to be and read as follows:
SECTION 8. The State shall be divided fnte
nine common pleas districts, of which the
county of Hamilton shall constitute one, which
districts shall be of compact territory, bounded
by county lines, and said districts, other than
said county of Hamilton, shall, without dYis-
ion of counties, be further divided into sub
of Hamilton, there shall be elected by the
electors thereof respectively, at least one Judge
and residing therein. Courts of common pleas
shall be held by one more of these judges in
every county of the district, as often 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 such district shall be held, and he
shall receive such compensation as may be pro-
vided by law. District courts shall be held in
each county at least once every year. The Cen
eral Assembly may increase the number of dis
trict court judges to three, in any district or
districts, and may provide for having a judge
pro tempore, to hold any court whenever neces-
sary by reason of the failure, disqualification,
absence, 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 having
the pro tempore judge. The times OF holding
common pleas and district courts shall be fixed
by law, but the General Assembly may author
iZe the judges of said courts, respectively, to fl
the times of the holding of said courts.
AT said election the voters desiring to vote in
favor of this amendment, shall have placed up
on their ballots the words, Judicial constitu-
tional amendment, Yes" and the voters who
do not favor the adoption OF said amendment,
may have placed upon their ballots the words,
"Judicial constitutional amendment, No ~
and if a majority 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 number
ed in the said judicial article ofthe 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.
JABEZ w. FITCH,
President of the Senate.
Adopted April 10. 1879
UNITED STATES OF AMERlCA OHIO,
Office of the Secretary of State, I
1, Milton Barnes, Secretary of State of the
State of Ohio, do hereby certify, that the fore
going isa true copy of a joint resolution passed
by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio,
on the 10th day of April, A. d. lS79 taken from
the original rolls filed in this office.
In testimony whereof have hereun-
to subscribed my name and affixed
lsEAL. my official seal, at Columbus, the lIth
day of April, A ID. 1879.
MILTON BARNES,
Aprl4 ltaW 6m. Secretary of State.