Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-06-07
!, JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment TO article four of the cor.
stitutlon Of the STATE.

sEcrosl Be k.rssOlred BY the General A.
seDaoiy OF the STATE Of 0hi0, (three hfths Of the
me moers elected 70 each house agreslng thereto
state Of Ohio, be and the same is hereby submitted
70 tee electors Of the state st the election 70 be
he'd on the second Tuesday Of October, A: D. 1888,
That sections one, two aud six Of article four, en-
lows:
SECTION I. The judicial power of the state is
vested IN asnpreme COURT circuit courts courts OF
common pleas, courts OF probate, justices of the
peace, and such other courts inferior 10 the su.
preme court, as the general assembly NAV from
time to time establish 80 !
SECTION y The supreme court shall, until 9TH
erwise PROV led BY law, consist of I'VE judges,
majority OF whom competent to sit shall be neces-
sary 70 form quorum or to pronounce a decision,
except as hsretnafter provided. Il shall have
hdbeds corpus and procedsndo, and such appellate
lurisdlction as may be provided by law. II shall
hod et least one term in each year ct the seat Of
g4vernnent, M and such other terms, there or disc
the supreme court shall be elected BY the electors Of
the state at large, for such term, not less than
nye years, as tne general assembly may prescribe,
ana tney ensl be elected and their official term
snail oegln AZ such time as mayb fixed by law. In
case me general assembly shall increase the num-
per of snch judges, the frst term of each of such
aodiuonal Judges shall be such, that in each year
Of the supreme court shall Sc elected. except in
elecuons 70 NIL vacancies; and whenever the num-
ber OF such judges shall be increased, the general
assembly may authorize such court to organize d.
VISIONS tnereoi, not exceeding three, each division
to consist OF an equal number Of Judges: for the
adJuoication OF cases, majority Of each division
! shall constitute quorum, and such an assignment
Oh tne cases 70 each division may be made as such
court may deem expedient, but whenever all the
judges, OF either division, hearing case shall not
concur as to the Judgment to be rendered therein.
or or, whenever case shall involve the constitution
an ect OF ,ne general assembly or of an act OF
1t shall be reserved to the whole court for
adludiction. The judges Of the supreme court in
once, when this amendment takes effect shall con
ssue % nod snsis Offices until their are
| SECTION 6. The circuit courts rshaH have like
original jurisdiction with the supreme court, and
such appellate Jurisdiction as may be provided by
Jaw Sueh courts shall be composed Of such num-
per OF Judges as may be provided by law, and shall
DC held In each county, at least once In each year
The number Of circuits, and boundaries thereof,
shall be prescribed by law. Such judges shall be
eectea m each circuit by the electors thereof and
at sucn time and for such term may be prescribed
by law, and the same number shall be elected in
each circuit. Each judge shall be competent to ex-
ercse MS judicial powers In any circuit. The gen.
number Of boundaries Of the circuits. The circuit
courts shall be the successors of the district courts
and all cases, judgments, records and proceedings
pending In said district courts, in the several coun
ties OF any district shall be transferred to the cir
cult courts In the several countless and be proceed
ed In as though said district courts had not been
abolished and the district courts shallcontinue in
existence until the election and qualification Of the
judges OF the Circuit courts v Y
And be 1t further resolved, that at said election,
the voters desiring to vote in favor of said amend
ment, shall have placed upon their ballots, the
words, judicial constitutional amendment, yes, v
and the voters VINO do not favor the adoption Of
| said amsndment may place on their ballots the
words "judicial constitutional amendment, no =
and If majority Of all the votes passed [oastl Al
said election shall be in favor Of said amend
ment then said sections one, two and six herein sci
forth, shall be and constitute the sections sc
amended in said judicial article (four) of the con
situation OF the state of Ohio and said original SEQ
tions one, two and six, and also sections i've ant
eleven of saidartcle shall be repealed and annulled
In. HATHAWAY.
Speaker pro tenn. of the House Of Representatives.
r. G. RICHARDS. /
President of the Senate
Adopted March 80, 1883.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, oHIo.
st OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
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