The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-05-29
WHOLE NO. 2244.
Senate Joint Resolution,
Proposingau an AmsHdmsut to Sections Three and
Fire, article F0ty, Of The Constitution, Re-
organizing he judiciary Of The State.

Be it Resol1ad by the General Assembly Of The
State Of Ohio threedfths of all the members elect
ed TO each house cOncurring therein That prop
OsitiOn to amend the Constitution Of the State Of
Ohio be submitted to the electors Of the State on
the second Tuesday Of October A. ID. 1879, as tOl-
lows, tO-wit: That sections and Of article 4,
entitled Judicial" be amended go as to beread IS
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 Lnea5
and said districts other than said county OF haul-
itOn, shall without division of counties, be turtn-
er divided into Subdivisions, in each Of which,
and in said county Of Hamilton, there shall be
elected by the electors thereof, respectively 90
least one judge Of the court of common pleas for
the district and residing therein. Courts Of COM
mon pleas shall be held BY one or more Of these
Judges In every county Of the district as Orlen as
may be provided BY law, and more than one court
or sitting thereof may be held at the same time in
each district.
SIC S. In each district there shall be elected, by
the electors at large OF such district Judge Of
the district court, by whom the district courts in
/ such district shall be held, and he shall receive
such compensation as may pc provided Dy law.
District courts shall be held in each county &C
] least once every year. The General Assem-
bly, may increase the number of district court
Judges to three, in any district or districts, and
may provide for having Judge pro teHp0rsi 70
hold any court whenever necessary by reason OF
the failure disqualification, absence or 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 necessi-
I ty 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 authorize the Judges of said courts respective
ly, to fix 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, Judicial constitutional
l Amendment, Yes and the voters who do not tay-
| or the adoption Of said amendment may have
placed upon their ballots the words, "JauiCal Con-
stitutional Amendment, NO;'' and If q majority Of
the votes cast at said election be in favor Of said
amendment, then said sections three and 17e here
I in specified, shall be and constitute the sections 90
numbered in the said Judicial article Of the Con
stituton of the State Of Ohio; and the original sec
/ tiOns three and i've shall be repealed.
JAMES Z. NEAL,
| Speaker Of the House Of Representative
JABEZ ". FITCH,
President Of the Senate.
Adopted April 10, 1873.
UNITED STATES or AMERICA, OHIO,
Office Of the Secretary of State.
L Milton Barnes, Secretary of State Of the State
of Ohio, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Is
a true copy Of a joint resolution passed By the
General Assembly Of the State of Ohio, on the 10th
day of April A. d. 1873, taken from the original
rolls filed in this office.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto
subscribed my name and affixed ny ON
[sEALl cial seal at Columbus the 18th day Of April,
A. D., 1879. MILTON BARNES,
aD1 41taw6m Secretary Of Stale.