Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-08-21


Judiciary of the state.
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Be IL ResolUed By the General Assembly of
the State Of Ohio (three-ffths of all the
members elected to each House concurring
thereby. That propositions to amend the
Constitution of the State of Ohio be sub
mlTCed to the electors of the State on the
second Tuesday of October, A. ID. 1879, as
follows, tO-wit: That Sections 3 and of
article 4, entitled judicial, be amends
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, bounded 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, and 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. 3. In each district there shall be
elected, by the electors at large ofsuch dis
trict, one judge of the district court, by
WAiOiA bhC uiSbIlGb COuEBS III StlCn districts
shall be held, and he shall receive such
compensation as may be provided by law
District courts shall be held i'm each conn
ty at least once every year. The General
Assembly may increase the number of
district court judges to three, in any dis
trlct or districts, and may provide for
having judge pro tempOre, to hold anv
court whenever necessary BY reason Of
the failure, disqualification, absence. or
sickness of any judge, and the amount of
pay allowed a judge pro tenepore NAV be
deducted from the salary of any Judge
whose default causes the necessity of haV-
ing the pro teDlpOre Judge. The times of
noldlng 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
nave placed upon their ballots the words.
judicial Constitutional Amendment
4esi" and the voters who do not favor
Vhe adoption of said amendment NAV
have placed upon their ballots the words
judicial Constitutional Amendment
No" aud it "A majority of all the votes cast
At said election be in favor of said amend
ment, then said sections three and five
nereln specified, shall be and constitute
the sections so numbered in the said iudi-
elal article of the Constitution of the State
OF Onto; aud said original sections three
and five shall be repealed.
JAMES E. NEAL,
Speaker of the House of Renresen ntativae
JABEZ w. FITCH,
President of the Senate.
Passed April 10, 1879.
r4Ge Of3ce Of 4heS The soerataERIcA oc AMERIcA, ONO,
l, Milton Barnes, Secretary of State of
the foregoing is a true COW Of Sr'S2 s2 ',rt act
passed by the General Assembly Of tbo
State of Ohio, on the 10th day Of AnriI
A. D. 1879, taken from the original rolls
filed in this office.
In testimony thereof, l have
hereunto subscribed my name and
IsEALl affixed my official seal, at Colum-
bus, the 10th day Of April, A. D.
1879. MILTON BARNES,
ap14mo6 Secretary of State.