The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-30
Published BY Authority.
Amendment 10 tho Con-
stitutiOn Of Chic.
JUDICIAL.
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 20.


JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to article four of the
constitution Of the State.
SECTION l. Be Il resolved by the General Ass~mbiy
IF he State Of Ohio three iifihs of the member
. ected to each house agreeing iheTeto) That $
proposition TO amend the { oustituiiou If the State
of Ohio be, and The same is hereb, submitted tn the
electors Of the State at the election to be held on
the second Tuesday In October, A. d. 1888, as toll
lows:
That sections one. two and six of article four,
follows:
SECTION /. The judicial power of the statc /.
vested in a supreme court circuit courts, courts ~
common pleas, cOur's of probate, justices of the
peace, aud such other courts inferior to the SUI
10 time establish.
Section 2. Tho supreme court sha1, until other
majority Of whom competent to sit shall he hence ncccs :
sary to form a quorum CT 10 pronounce a decision
except as hereinafter provi,ed. Itshall have orig
inal jurisdiction in quo tcasrnnt1, npdndnnnus, hobs,.
corpus and procedcndo, and such appellate jurisdic
ton as may be provided by law. 1t shall hold n:
Least, Least one net term aIn, in n, each year at .he sea. Of govern
,uprm mo court shall be elected by the electors Of
years, as the general assembly may prescribe, ard
they shall be elected and their official term sial
begin at such time As may be Fixed by law. In Gas.
the general assembly shall increase the number ui
such judges, the first term of each OF such
additional judges shall be such, that in each yea,
after their first election an equal number of judge.
of the supreme court shall be elected, except il
elections TO fnI vacancies; and whenever tho mum
Der of such judges shall be increased, the general
assembly may authorize euch court to organize
divisions thereof, not exceeding three each division
to consist Of an equal number Of judges; for the ad-
judieation of cases, a majority Of each division
shall constitute a quorum, and such an assignment
of The cases to each division may be made rs sucL
court may deem expedient, but whenever all the
judges, of either division, hearing q case shall not
or whoever a case shall involve the constitutions
ality of an act of the general assembly or of an act
4 n hnnraa ~ shall n raenrrnd IN tho zhnIa n1rtrf
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.
Section 6. The circuit courts shall have like
original jurisdiction with the supreme court, and
such appellate iuri:dfction as may be provided By
law. such courts shall be compoeed of sucl
number Of judges as may be provided by
law, and shall be held in esch county. at least once
boundar es thereof, shall be prescribed by law.
-uch judges shall be elected In each circuit by the
term as may be prescribed by law, and the same
number shall he elected in each circuit. Each
judge shall be competent to exercise his judicial
powers in any circuit. The general assembly
may change, from time to time, the number OF
boundaries of the circuits. The circuit courts shall
be the SUCCESSORS of the district courts, and all
in said district courts, in the several counties OF
any district, shall be transferred to the circui,
courts in the several counties, aud be proceeded in
as though said district courts had not been aboI.
ished, and the district courts shall continue in OK.
istence until the election and qualification OF the
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, the
words, s.judiclal constitutional auendment-Yes,"
and the voters who do not favor the adoption al
said amendment, may place on their ballots the
words judicial constitutional amendmant-No;''
and IL a majority of all the votes passed [cast] al
said ~electton shall be in favor of said amendment,
then sad sections one, two and six herein sci
forth, shall be and constitute tho sections SC
amended in said Judicial article -FOUR of the con
stituIion of the State of Ohio. and said original ser.
tons one, two and six, and also sections five an1
eleven OF said article, shall be repealed and an
nulled. /. N. WAY,
speaker pro tea- qfthe House Of representative
R q RICHARDS,
Prcsidczt Of the Senate
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