Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-09-18
October Election.
SHERIF1E'9
PROCLAMATION

ANA IA n AO&1
/ osWELL SMITH, sheriff of Fayette county,
State of Ohio, hereby proclaim and give notice 70
the qualified electors of said county to assemble
at their usual places of holding elections, IN their
respective townships and precincts, on
TUESDAY, the 18th Day of October,
A. d. 1879,
1t being the second Tuesday of said month. be-
tween the hours of s O'Clock A. NJ. and O'Clock
p. NJ and then and there elect by ballot, accord
ing to the Constitution and laws Of Ohio:
One Governor for the State of Ohio.
One Leutenant-G Governor for the state OF ONO
One Treasurer for the State Of Ohio.
One Auditor for the State of Ohio.
One Supreme Judge for the State of Ohio.
one Attorney General for the State of Ohio.
One member of the Board of Public Works for
the State of Ohio
One State senator for the counties of Clinton,
one Representative for Fayette county to the
one PTosecuting Attorney for Fayette county.
One Treasurer for Fayette county.
One Commissioner for Fayette county.
One Infrmary Director for Fayette county.
each township viii proceed to elect an Appraiser
And notice is hereby given that the following is
the number of Jurors apportioned to each town
ship of said Fayette county. for the Court OF Com
mon Pleas and the District Court to be selected
by the Trustees of each township, and returned
with the pol-bOoks of the election to the Clerk OF
said Court:
Paint .l3
Jasper ....-....--.
Madison ................... -....... 8
Perry ........................... ..-.........
Concord ..........-. ......-.-...-.-.
Marion .......-..-....-.
You viii also cast your ballots for or against the
adoption of the following proposed amendments
to the Constitution of Ohio:
JOINT RESOLUTION SUBMITTING PROPOSITIONS TO
AMEND SECTION TWO OF ARTICLE TWO, SECTION
cNE OF ARTICLE THREE, AND SECTION -FOUR OF
ARTICLE TEN OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
Pc resolvad Inv tho A,,o,,,ll,- 4I,.
State of Ohio (three-fifths of all the members
elected to each house coneurring therein), That
State of Ohio be submitted to the electors of the
State on the second Tuesday of October, A. d.
That Section two of Article two, Section one of
Article three and Section four of Article ten be SO
amended as to read as follows:
ARTICLE II.
SECTIONS 2. Senators and Representatives shall
be elected biennially by the electors in the re-
speetive counties or districts at time prescribed
by law their terms so. OF on 9fiee & shall commence on
airy thereafter, and continue two years.
SECTION l. The Executive Department shall
retary of State Auditor treasurer and AtfoneS
the State at the place of voting for members of the
General Assembly, and at the time prescribed by
law.
SECTION 4. Township officers shall be elected on
the first Monday of April, annually, by the quali-
fed electors of their respective townships and
shall hold their offices for year from the Mon
day next succeeding their election. and until their
/ successors qualified, except Township Trust
ees, who shall be elected by the qualified electors
in the several townships of the State on the first
Monday of April, A. d. 1880, to serve for the
term of one year, one for two years and one for
| three years; and on the first Monday of April in
each year thereafter one Trustee shall be elected
| to hold the office for three years from the Monday
next succeeding his election, and until his sue
cessor is qualified.
| FORM OF BALLOT.
At said election the voters in favor of the adop-
/ ton of the amendment to Section two Article
| two, shall have placed upon their ballots the
/ words, Z" Amendment to Section two Article two
of Constitution, Ges; and those who do not favor
the adoption of said amendment shall have placed
/ upon their ballots the words, Amendment to
Section two, Article two, of Constitution, No:''
/ those who favor the adoption of Section one. Ar
tce three shall have placed upon their ballots the
words, s. Amendment to Section one, Article three
of Constitution, Yes;' and those who do favor
| the adoption of said amendment shall have placed
upon their ballots the words, g Amendment to
Section one, Article three of Constitution, No;'
and those who favor the adoption of Section four.
Article ten, shall have placed upon their ballots
| the words, s Amendment to Section FOUR Article
ten, of Constitution, Yes;'' and those who do not
| favor the adoption of said amendment shall have
placed upon their ballots the words. Is Amendment
to section four, Article ten of Constitution, No.
| JAMES E. NEAL.
| Speaker of the House of Representatives.
/ JABEZ w. FITCH.
President of the Senate.
Passed April II, 1879.