The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-06
Published BY Authority.
Amendment to the Con.
stitutiOn of Chic.
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 20
JOINT RESOLUTION

JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment 10 article four of the
constitution of the State.
SECTION l. BE ii resotred by the Central Assemb'.
Of the STATE Of Ohio (three hfIhs of the member.
c ected to each house agreeing Ihereto) That a
proposition TO amend the { orsiitutiot If the State
Of Ohio be, and the same is hereby submitted to til.
electors of the State at the election to be held OIL
he second Tuesday in October, A. D.. 1888, as toll
lows:
That sections one, two and six Of article four
entitled judicial" be amended SO as to read Il
follows:
SECTION ]. The %juJi"ial power of the state i
vested In a suprcm4 court 81. cult courts, courts q
common pleas, cour.s of probate, Justices of III,
peace, and such other courts inferior to the SUI.
10 time establish.
Section 2. The supreme court shall, until other
wise provided by law, consist of five judges !:
majority of whom competent 10 sit shall be necc.
eary to form a quorum or to pronounce a decision
except as hereinafter proviGtd. Itshall have orig
inal Jurisdiction in quo trarrnnto, m~andamus, habsG.
corpns and procedendo, and such appellate jurisdic
tion as may be provided by law. 1t shall hold a.
least one term in each year at The seat of govern
may be provided by law. The Judges Of tn.
'upr 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, and
they shall be elected and their official term shal.
tegin at such time as may be fixed by law. In cas-,
such judges, the first term of each of suclr
additional judges shall be such, that in each yea,
after their first election an equal number Of judge,
OIL the supreme court snail he elected, except H.
elections to fill vacanc es: and whenever the num-
Der of such judges shall be increased, the general
assembly may authorize such court to organic,
d visions thereof, not exceeding three each division
to consist of an equal number of judges; for the ad-
judication OF cases, o majority of each division
shall constitute a quorum, and such an assignment
OF The cases to eacn 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.
or whe: ever a case shall involve the constitution
aIity OF an act OF the general ass -mbly or of an act
Of cong ess, it shall be reserved To the whole 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 SUI court, and
such appellate juri. diction as may be provided b,
law such courts shall be compes ed of suci
number of judges as may be provided by
law, and shall be held in each county, at least once
in each year. The number of circuits, and the
boundar es thereof, shall be prescribed by law.
>uch judges shall be elected in each circuit BY the
electors thereof, and at such time and for such
term as may be prescribed by law, and the same
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 al
cases, juas ments, records and proceedings pendina
in said district courts, in tho several count es OF
any district, shall be transferred to the circuit
courts in the several counties, and be proceeded in
as though said district courts had rot been shol
lsneu, ana the d1strlct courts snail continue IN eN'
istence until the election and qualification Of tn,
JUG, les 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, judicial constitutional amendment-Yes,'
and the voters who do not favor the adoption d
said amendment, may place on their ballots thu
words judicial constitutional amendmcnt-No;''
and if a majority of all the votes passed [castl al
said election shall be in favor of said amendment,
then sad sections one, Two and six herein SET
forth, shall be and constitute the sections sc
amended in said judicial aeicle -FOUR of the con
stitu'ion of the State of Ohio and said original sec.
tons one, two and six, and also sections five ant
eleven of said article, shall be repealed and an
nulled. I. N. HATHAWAY,
speaker pro tom. Qthe House, # Representative
r. u
P,esident Of The Senate