Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-08-28

BE 1t ResO50ed by the General Assemble of
the State of Ohio (Ghree-fifths of ALI the
members elected to each House concurring
therein). That propositions to amend the
Constitution of the State of Ohio he sinh
mitted to the electors of the State on the
second Tuesday of October, A. d. 1879, as
follows, tO-Wit: That Sections and 5 of
article 4, entitled "Judicial,f be amend
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 bv one or
more of these judges in every county OF
the districts as often as may be provided
ny law, and more than one court or sit
ting thereof may be held at the same time
in each district.
SEC. 8. In each district there shall be
elected, by the electors at large Ofsuch dis
trlct, one Judge of the district court, by
whom the district courts in such districts
snail De helda and he shall receive such
compensation as may be provided bV law
District courts shall be held in each conn
ty at least once every year. The General
Assembly may increase the number Of
district courtjudges to three, in any dis
trlct or districts, and may provide for
having a judge pro tenspore, to hold any
court whenever necessary bV reason Of
the failure, disqualification, absence or
sickness of any Judge, and the amount of
pay allowed judge pro tempOre NAV be
deducted from the salary of anv nudge
whose default causes the necessity of hay-
ing the pro tenlpOre 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 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
have placed upon their ballots the words
Judicial Constitutional Amendment.
Hesi and the voters who do not favor
the adoption of said amendment. NAV
nave placed upon their ballots the words.
= Judicial Constitutional Amendment
NO;" and If a majority of all the votes cast
at said election be in favor of said amend
ment, then said sections three and five
herein specified, shall be and constitute
the sections so numbered in the said iudi-
clal article of the Constitution of the State
OF Ohio; and said original sections three
and tive shall be repealed.
JAMES E. NEAL.
speaker OF the House of Representatives.
JABEZ w. FITCH,
President of the Senate.
Passed April 10, 1879.
OSaTED NaaaO ofALEs ~ aie :, OF AMERICA, OHIo,l
Oi1e u Ihe secretary of State.
I, Milton Barnes, Secretary of State of
the State of Ohio, do hereby eertifv thst
the foregoing is a true COPY Of a. : act act
passed by the General AssembIv oF tbe nc
State of Ohio, on the 10th dav Of Anil 0
A. ID. 1879, taken from the original rpiIs'
filed in this office. i''
In testimony thereof, 1 have
heTeunto subscribed my name and
[sEALl affixed my official seal, at Colum-
bus, the 10th day of April, A. d,
1879. MILTON BARNES.
ap14mo6 Secretary of State.