The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-07-05
Published by Authority.
Amendment to the Con-
stitutiOn of Ohio.
JUDICIAL.
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION No. rs.
JOINT RESOLUTION

JOINT RESOLUTION
an amendment to article four of the
constitution of the State.
SECTION 1. Be it resolped BY The General Assembly
Of tbs State Of Ohio (three. hfths of the members
e.ected to each house agreeing thereto) That =
proposition to amend the Constitution of the STATE
OF Ohio be, and the samei is hereby submitted to III
electors of the State at the election to be held OF
the second Tuesday in October, A. d. 1883, as fol-
lows.
That scctions one, two and six of article four
entitled 'judiciaI," DO amended so as to read a.
follows:
SECTION /. The judicial power of The state i
common pleas, courts of probate, justices of tn,
peace, and such other courts inferior to the SUI
preme court, as the general assembly may from tim
to time establish.
Section .. The supreme court shall, until other
wise provided by law. consist of five judges :
majority of whom competent 10 sit shall be nece'
sary to form q quorum or to pronounce a decision,
except as hereinafter proviied. Itshall have orig
inal Jurisdiction in quo ,rn'rdnto, mopddmus, hnben:
corpus and procedeHoo, and such appellate jurisdic
ton as may be provided by law. 1t shall hold al
least one term in each year at The seat of govern
ment, and such other terms, tln re or elsew here, a.
may be provided by law. The judges of tbs
supr, me court shah be elected by the electors OF
the State at large, for such term. not less than five
years, as the general assembly may prescribe, atd
they shall be elected and their official term sliai,
begin at such time as may be fixed by law. IL cas-,
the general assembly shall increase the number Of
such judges, the first term of each of such
additional judges shall be such, that in each yeaI
after their first election an equal nun Der Of .dge.
Oh Inc supreme court snail De 6ircieH, except IL
elections to ill vacanc es: and whenever the num-
Der of such judges shall he increased, the general
assembly may authorize such court to organize
divisions thereof, not exceeding three each division
to consist of an equal number of judges; for the i'd
judication of cases, a majority of each division
shall constitute a quorum, and such an assignment
Of The cases TO each division may be made n osuch
court may deem expedient, but whenever all the
judges, Of either division, bearing a case shall not
concur as to the judgment to be rendered therein,
or whe. ever q case shall involve the constitution
atty OF an act OF the general assembly or OF an 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 Jurisdiction as may he provided by
law. Such courts shall be composed of such
number OF judges as may be Trovided by
law, and shall be beld in each county, at least once
in each year. The number of ciIeuits, and the
boundar es thereof, shall be prescribed by law.
such judges shall be elected in each circuit by the
electors thereof, and at ouch time and for such
1sIm as may ssau pe Rseses eessa 1 IN l aSah a aiaen Inc i n
judge shall re competent to exercise his judicial
powers in any circuit. The general assembly
boundaries Of the circuits. The circuit courts sharl
be the successors of the district courts, and all
cases, }aasm ents, records ana proceed1ngs penaina
any district, shall be transferred to the circnit
courts in the several counties, and be proceeded in
as though said district courts had rot been abel
ished, and the district courts shall continue in OK
istence until the election and qualification of III,
judges of the circuit courts.
And be it further resolved, that at said election
the veters desiring TO vote in favor OF said amend
ment, shall have placed upon their ballots, the
words, judicial constitutional amendment-Yes,'
and the voters who do not favor the adoption O
said amendment, may place on their ballots tho
words Judicial constitutional amendment-No;'
and If q majority Of all the votes passed Icast1 al
said election shall be in favor of said amendment
then said sections one, two and six herein sci
forth, shall be and constitute the sections 81
amended in said judicial article (forr) of the con
stitu ion Of the State of Ohio, and said original sec
lions one, two and six, and also sections FIVE ant
eleven of said article, shall be repealed and an
nullcd. ]. N. HATHAWAY,
speaker pro Em. ofthe Housed Of Representative,
r Il RICHARDS,
President Of the Senate