Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-09-13
Proposed Amendment to
the Constitution Of Ohio.
j U DICT "A l.
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION No. ss.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing amendment to article four of the con-
stitution Of the State.

stitutlou VI thc os1e0.
sEcrIoSI /. Be H.rssoIred by the General As
seDably OF the State or Ohio, three hfths OF the
members elected to each house agreeing thereto,l
That proposition to amend the constitution OF the
state of Ohio, be and the is hereby submitted
to the electors Of the state at the election to De
held on the second Tuesday Of October, A. ID. 1888,
as follows:
That sections one, two aud six of article four en-
titled judicial" be amended so as to read as fol-
lows:
SECTION /. The judicial power of the state is
vested in supreme court, circuit courts, courts OF
common pleas, courts of probate, justices OF the
peace, aud such other courts inferior to the su-
preme court, as the general assembly may from
time 10 time establish.
SECTION .. The supreme court shall, until 9TH
erwise provi ed by law, consist of hve Judges q
majority Of whom competent to sit shall be neces-
sary to form quorum or to pronounce decision,
except as hereinafter provided. II shall have
original Jurisdiction in quo trarrdnt0, Hndnddnus,
hdbeds corpus and procedsndO, and such appellate
Jurisdiction as may be provided by law. Ii snail
hold OF least one term in each year at the seat OF
government, and such other terms, there or else
where, as may be provided by law. The judges OF
the supreme 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 prescrloe,
and they chall be elected and their official term
shall begin at such time may be tixed by law. In
case the general assembly shall increase the num-
Der of such Judges the first term OF each oil such
additional judges shall be such, that in each year
after their first election an equal number OF judges
| of the supreme court shall be elected. except In
elections to fill vacancies; and whenever the mum.
ber of such judges shall be increased, the general
assembly may authorize such court to organize di-
visions thereof not exceeding three, each division
| to consist of an equal number of judges; for the
| adjudication of cases. maj aiority of each division
shall constitute quorum, and such an assignment
of the cases to each division may be made as such
court may deem eXpedient, but whenever all the
judges, of either division, hearing case shall not
concur to the Judgment to be rendered therein,
or whenever case shall involve the constitution
ty of act of the general assembly or OF an act OF
congress- it shall be reserved to the whole court for
adludicton. The Judges of the supreme court in
office, when this amendment takes effect, shall con-
tnue 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 jurisdiction as may be provided by
law. Such courts shall be composed of such num-
Der ofjudges as may be provided by law, and shall
be held in each county, at least once in each year
The number of circuits, and boundaries thereof,
shall he prescribed by law. Such judges shall be
elected In each circuit by the electors thereof, and
at such 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-
ercise his judicial powers in any circuit. The gen.
eral assembly may change, from time to time, ths
number of boundaries of the circuits. The circuit
courts shall be the 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 counties and be proceed
ed in as though said district courts had not been
existence until the election and qualification of the
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, the
words, judicial constitutional amendment, yes,
and the voters do not favor the adoption OF
said amendment, may place their ballots the
words "jHdicial constitutional amendment, no;
and if a majority of all the votes passed least 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 &c
amended in said judicial article (four) of the con
sttution of the state of Ohio and said original sec
! tions one, two and six, and also sections five an(
eleven of said article, shall be repealed and annulled
IN. HATHAWAY.
Speaker pro tenn. OfHe House Of Representatives
r. G.. RICHARDS.
President of the Senate
Adopted March 80, 1883.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ONO.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
IJAMEs W. NEWMAN, Secretary of State of tn
State of Ohio, do hereby certify that the foregoin
' is true COPY of Joint Resolution adopted by tn
' General Assembly of the State of Ohio, the S0t
day of March, A. D. 1SS3 as taken from the orig
" nal rolls filed in this Office
'' In TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto sui
, scribed my name. and affixed the great seal of tn
State of Ohio, at Columbus, the 30th day of Marct
. A. D. 1888. JAMES W. NEWMAN,
. [sEAL.l Secretary of State.