The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-07-26
Published BY Authority.
Proposed Amendment to tho Con-
stitutiOn of Chic.
JUDICHAI.
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 7a.
JOINT
JUDICIAL

JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to article four of the
constitution OF the State.
SECTION 1. Be IL resolved by the General Assembly
II tbs State Of OhSo Qhree-hfrhs of the members
= ected to each house agreeing ihereto) That =
.roposition TO omend the torstitutio-tf III" Stat"
4 0aio be, and the same Is hereby Submitted Ia ,h'
electors of the State ut the election to be Eed o.
he second Tuesday in October, a. D. 1853, rs I'D
lows.
That ~roctions one, two and six of article four
Untitled Judicial" be amended 50 as 10 read a
follows:
SECTION l.. The Judicial power of the sta,o i.
vested in n supreme court. circuit courts, courts u
common pleas, courts of probate, justices N III.
peace, and such other courts inferior to The SIT
IRENE court, as the general assembly mny from tim
to time establish.
Section 2. The supreme court shall, until ot!sr
wise provided by law, consist of five judges d
majority of whom competent to sit shall be ne cs-
sary TO form q quorum or to pronounce a decision
except as hereinafter provided. Itshall have orig.
inal jurisdiction in quo ndrTdhio, 1aonddnus, hrt->4
corpus and procedesdo, and such appellate jnr stS.
tion as may be provided by law. II shall hold ~
least ono term In each year at lhe eeat of govern
ment, aud such other terms, there or elsewhere. q
may be provided by law. The judges Il til,
supr, me court shall be elected by the electors Of
the State at large, for such term, not less than five
years, as the general assembly may prescribe, ard
they shall be elected and their official term al,al
tegin at such time as may be fixed by law. In cas
the general assembly shall increase the number VI
such judges, tho first term of each OF such
additional judges shall be such, that in eacl, ycai
after their first election m equal number of judges
Of the supreme court shall be elected, excerpt In
Der of such Judge. shall he increased, tho genera
assembly may authorize such court TO ~orgauizt
divisions Thereof, not exceeding THREE, each division
to consist of an equal number Of judges, for the ad.
judication Of cases, a majority of each division
shall constitute q quorum, and such an assignment
Of The cases to each division may be mule as >ucf
court may deem expedient, bat whenever all TIT
judges, of either division, hearing a case shall MOI
concur as to the judgment to be rendered therein
or whichever a case shall involve the constitution
alifv Of an Qrt nf tha oanaral pSaanllly or of m uI
Of congress, it shall be reserved to the whole cour
for adjudication. The judges of the supreme cour
in office, when this amendment takes effect, shal
continue to hold their offices until their successor
are elected and qualified.
Section 6. The circuit courts shall have liz,
originel jurisdiction With the supreme court, an
law such courts shall be comps sed of suc
number Of judges ms may be provided b
in each year. The number of circuits, and III
| boundar es thereof, shall be prescribed by law
>uch judges shall be elected in each circuit by u,
term as may be prescribed by law. and the sam
number shall be elected in each circuit. Fac
judge shall he competent TO exercise his judici'
powers In any circuit. The general asse:nbl
may change, from time TO time, the number c
boundaries Of the circuits. The circuit courts sha
be the successors of the district courts, and a
cases, JUDGEMENTS, records and proceedings pendin
in said district courts, IN the several count es
any district, shall be transferred TO the ciIr.u
courts in the several counties, and be proceeded
as though said district courts had lot been tsO
ished, and the district courts shall continue in c,
istence until the election aud qualification Ct /!
judges of the circuit courts.
And be it further resolved, that at said election
the voters desiring TO vote In favor of said amend
ment, shall have placed upon their ballots. II
words, ~"judicIal constitutionala meudment-fes
:. and the voters who do not favor the adoption
said amendment, may place on their balintS IT
words judicial constitutional amendmeni-No;
and If a majority of all the votes passed lcastl
said election shall be in favor Of said amendmt1I
then said sections one, TWO and ak herein 81
forth, shall be and constitute tho sections
amended in said judicial article Qour1 of the CO
s~titutiou of the State of Ohio, and said original Sc
tfons one. two and six. and also sections Ave al
eleven Of said article, shall be repealed and nj
nulLd. I. N. HATHAWAY
speaker pro ton. Vfhe Uou:e3 Represeitatio
Il. u RICHARDS,
P,csident Of The ScRa
Adopteo March 30. 1884