The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-07-10
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION,
Proposing an Amendment to Sections
Three and Five, Article Four, of the
Constitution, Reorganizing the Jul
dietary OF the State.

Be it Resolred Jy the General Assembly Of
the State of Ohio lthree-ffths of all the
members elected to each house concurring
thereinl That q proposition 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 wit: That sections 3 and 5 of
article 4, entitled Judicial" be 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 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 oun
lies, 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 n 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 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 dis
trict shall be held, and he shall receive
such compensation as may be provided by
law. District courts shall be held in each
county at least once every year. The
General Assembly may increase the num-
Der of district court judges to three, in
any district or districts, and may provide
for having a judge pro tempore, to hold
of the failure, disqualification, absence, or
sickness of any judge, and the amour of
pay allowed a judge pro tempore may be
deducted from the salary of any judge
whose default causes the necessity of hay-
ing the pro tempore judge. The times of
holding common pleas and district courts
shall be fixed by law, but the General As
sembly may authorize the judges of said
courts, respectively, to nix 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, "Ju-
dicial constitutional amendment, Yes"
and the voters who do not favor the adop-
ton 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 cleo
ton be in favor of said amendment, then
said sections three and five herein speci-
fed, shall be and constitute the sections
so numbered in the said judicial 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..
JABEZ w. FITCH,
President of the Senate.
Adopted April 10, 1879.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ONO,
Office of the Secretary of State.
1, Milton Barnes, Secretary of State of
the State of Ohio, do hereby certify, that
the foregoing is a true copyof a joint res
olution passed by the General Assembly of
the State of Ohio, on the 10th day of April,
A. D. 1879, taken from the original rolls
filed in this Office.
In testimony whereof, / have
hereunto subscribed my name and
TsEALl affixed my official seal, at Column
bus, the 18th day of April, A. D.
1879. MILTON BARNES,
Secretary of State.