The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-03
Published by Authority.
Proposed Amendment to the Con.
stitutiOn of Ohio.
JUDICIAL.
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 20
JOINT

JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to article four Of the
constitution of the State.
SECTION 1. Be Il resolved by the General Asse1abiy
Of The STATE of Ohio (three- fifths of the members
e ected to each house agreeing iheretol That a
proposition to amend the Constitution If the State
Of Ohio be, and the same is hereby submitted to the
electors of the State at the election to be held Oh
the second Tuesday in October, a. D. 1ss3, rs fol
lows:
That sections one, two and six of article four.
entitled judicial" be amended SO as to read n,
follows:
SECTION /. The judicial power of the state Is
vested in q supreme court circuit courts, courts o
common pleas, courts of probate, justices of the
peace, and such other courts inferior to the SUI
preme court, as the general assembly may from TIM
Section 2. The supreme court shall, until other
wise provided by law, consist of five judges -
majority Of whom competent to sit shall be neces-
sary to form a quorum or to pronounce a decision
except as hereinafter provi:ed. Itshall have orig
inal jurisdiction in quo trnrru,fo, nsnpddmns, ha6ea.
corpuy and procedendo, and such appellate jurtsdic.
ton as may be provided by law. 1t shall hold al
least Que term in each year at The seat of govern
m men h and rs soeS e5he nv @i IaM 'n IRE re or in eIses mere of ;h h.
-upr, me court shall be elected by the electors OF
the State at large, for such term, not less than fiv,.
years, as the general assembly may prescribe. aid
they s all be elected and their official Term snail
tegin at such time a. may be fixed by law. In cast
the general assembly shall increase the number nj
such JUICES, the first term of each OF such
additional judges shall be such, that in each yeai
after their first election an equal number Of judges
OF the supreme court shall be elected, except in
elections to fill vacanc es: and whenever the num-
Der of such judges shall be increased, the general
assembly may authorize tuch court to organize
d visions thereof, not exceeding three, each division
to consist of an equal number of judges; for the adj
judication of cases, n majority of each division
shall constitute a quorum, and such an assignment
of the cases to eaca division may be made as such
court may deem expedient, but whenever all the
judges, of either division, hearing a case shall not
concur as to the Judgment to be rendered therein
ality Of an act of the general assembly or of m act
of cong ess, it shall be reserved to the whole court
for adjudication. The judges of the supreme court
in office, when this amendment takes effect, shall
continue to hold their Offices until their successors
are elected and qualified.
original jurisdiction with the supreme court, and
such appellate iurisdiction as may be provided b,
law such courts shall be composed of suct
number Of judges as may be provided b!
law, and shall be held in each county, at least once
in each year. The number Of circuits, aud the
beundar es thereof, shall bo prescribed by law
,uch judges shall be elected in each circuit by tbs
electors thereof, and at such time and for such
term as may be prescribed by law, and the sam!
number shall be elected in each circuit. Eacl
judge shall ne competent to exercise his judicis
powers in any circuit. The general assembly
may change, from time to time, the number o
bound 'ries Of the circuits. The circuit courts shall
be the successors of the district courts. and al
cases, juas ments, records and proceedings pendini
in said district courts, in the several count es o
any district, shall be transferred to the circui
courts in the several counties, and be proceeded il
as though said district courts had rot been abol
ished, and the district courts shall continue in cx
istence until the election and qualification Of tn
jud, es of the circuit courts.
and be it further resolved, that at said election
the voters desiring 10 vote in favor of said amend.
ment, shall have placed upon their ballots. tn,
words, judicial constitutional amendment-Yes,'
and the voters who do not favor the adoption o
said amendment, may place on their ballots tn,
words. judicial constitutional amendmcnt-No;'
and if a majority of all the votes passed least a
said election shall be in favor of said amendment
then sad sections one, two and six herein Sc
forth, shall be and constitute tho sections s
amended in said judicial article (four) of the con
stitu ion of the State of Ohio and said original gee
tons one, two and six, and also sections five an
eleven Of said article, shall be repealed and an
nulled. 1. N. HATHAWAY,
fpeaker pro tcn. G he House C Representative
R. q RICHARDS,
President Of the Senate
Adopted March 80, 1888.