The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-30
The Jackson Plan.

Senator Jackson of Perry has offered the |
following joint resolution in the senate |
an amendment to the constitu.
tion as regards the Judiciary. The resolu-
tion embraces the features of the law, which
were declared unconstitutional by the su-
preme court last summer. The resolution
has been referred to the committee on the
judiciary! 1t is as follows!
Be it resolved by the General Assembly
of the State of Ohio, (three fifths of all the
members elected to each house coneurring
therein). That proposition to amend the
constitution of the state of Ohio be SUBJ
mitted to the electors of the state. on the
second Tuesday of October. A. D. 1879, as
follows, to wit: that section 8 and 5 of arti-
ticle 4, entitled judicial" be il amended
so as to be and read as follows:
Section 8. The state shall be divided
into nine common pleas districts, of which
the county of Homilton shall constitute
one, which district shall be Of compact ter.
ritorys, other than said county of Hamil.
ton, shall, without division of counties, be
further divided into sub-divisions,. in
each of which, and in said county of Ham
ilton, there shall be elected by electors
thereof. respectively, at least one judge of
common pleas for the district, and resid-
ing therein. Courts of common pleas shall
be held by one or more of these judges in
every county ofthe 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"
Section 5. In each district, one of the
elected common pleas judges shall be des-
isnated asjudge Of the district court there
In. He shall hold the district courts in
said districts, and shall not hold cannon
pleas courts, and shall not, during the
term for which he was originally elected,
be removed from his said Office of district
court judge, except for cause, or upon
change of the boundaries of his district
and shall, for said services as district court
judge, receive such additie nal compensa-
tion as may be provided by law District
courts shall be held in each county at least
once every year. The general assembly
shall provide for the designation, by ap-
pointment or other wise. of such judge of
the district court, and may increase the
number of district court judges to three, in
any district or districts, and may provide
for having judge pro tempore, to hold
any court whenever necessary, by reason Of
the failure, disqualification. absence, or
sickness Of any judge, and the amount of
pay allowed a judge pro tempore may be re-
ducsd 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, and the general assembly
may authorize the judges of said court,
to fix the times of the said courts. At such
elections the voters desiring to vote in ia
vor 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 npon
the ballots the words, judicial constitu
tional amendmedt, No" and If Q majority
Of all the votes cast at said election be in
favor at said amendment, then said sect
tiens and s herein specified, shall be and
continue the sections 30 numbered in the
said judicial article Of the constitution of
the state of Ohio.