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Proposed Amendment to the
Constitution of Ohio.
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House Joint Resolution No. 7s.
JOINT RESOLUTION

JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to article four OF the
constitution Of the state.
SECTION l. Be tt enacted be- tile General As
sein6Ly Of tie State of Ohio, (three tfths of the
members elected to each house agreeing there
to-, That proposition to amend the cOnstitu-
ton OF the state of Ohio be, and the same is
hereby submitted to the electors of the state
at the election to be held on the second Tues
OF October, A. ID. 1888, as follows:
That sections one, two and six of article four,
entitled judicial" be amended so as to read
AS follows:
Section 1. The judicial power of the state is
vested in a supreme court, circuit courts,
courts of commol pleas, courts of probate,
justices of the peace, and such other courts
inferior to the supreme court, as the general
assembly may from time to time establish.
Section 2. The supreme court shall, until
otherwise provided by law, consist of five
judges, a majority of whom competent to sit
shall be necessary to form quorum Ut to pro-
nOunce a decision, except as hereinafter pro-
vided. 1t shall have original jurisdiction in
9uO lrGrrGntO, DlaRdGmus, hG6eds corpus and
prOcedendO, and such appellate jurisdiction AS
may be provided by law. 1t snail hold at
least one term in each year at the seat of gOv>
ernment, 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 prescribe, and they shall be
elected and their official term shall begin at
such time as may be fixed by law. In case
the general assembly shall increase the NUM-
Der of such judges, the first term of each of
sech additional judges shall be such, that in
number of judges of the supreme court shall
be elected, except in elections 10 1ll vacancies;
and Whenever tue number of such judges shall
be increased, the general assembly may su-
thOrize such court 70 organize divisions there-
of, not exceeding three, each division to con-
sist Of an equal number of judges; for the ad-
judicatiOn of cases, a ma jnrlJy of each division
shall constitute quorum, and Snch an assign
ment of the cases to each division may be
made rs such court may deem expedient, but
whenever all the judges, of either division,
hearing d Case shall not concur as to the judg-
ment to be rendered therein, or whenever II
case shall involve the constitutionaliLy of an
act of the general assembly or of an act f
congress, it shall be reserved to the whole
court for adjudication he judges of the
supreme court in office, when this amendment
takes effect, shall continue to hold their
qualified.
Section 6. The circuit courts shall have like
original jurisdiction with the supreme court,
and such appellate iurisdition as may be pros
vided by law. Such courts shall be composed
of such number of judges as may he provided
by law, and shall be held in each county, at
least once in each year, The number of cir
cults, and the boundaries thereof, shall he
prescribed by law. Such judges shall be elccl>
ed in each circuit by the electors thereof, and
ii such time and for such term as may be pre-
scribed by law, and the same number shall be
elected in each circuit Each judge shall he
competent TO exercise his judicial powers in
any circuit. The general assembly may change
from time to time, the number Hr boundaries
of the circuits The circuit courts shall be
the successors of the district courts, and all
cases, judgments, records, and proceedings
pending in said district courts, in the several
counties of any district, shall be transferred
10 the circuit courts in the several counties.
and be proceeded in as though said district
courts had not been abolished, and the district
courts shall continue in existence until the
election and qualification of the judges OF the
circuit courts
And be it further resolved, that at said elec
tiOn, the voters desiring to vote in favor of
said amendment. shall have placed upon their
ballots, the words, Judicial constitutional
amendment, yes" and the voters who do not
favor the adoption of said amendment, may
place on their ballots the words judicial con
stitutional amendment. no." and if a majority
of all the votes passed [castl at said election,
shall be in favor of said amendment, then
said sections one, two and six herein set forth,
shall be and constitute the selection so amen
ded in said judicial article (four) of the con-
stitution of the state of Ohio. and said original
sections one, two, and six, and also sections
five and eleven of said article. shall be repeal>
ed and annnlled. |. n. HATHAWAY,
Speaker pro tenn Of the House Of Representatives..
Il q. RICHARDS.
President Of the Senate
Adopted March 30, 1888.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Quo.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
|, JAMES W. NEWMAN, Secretary of State of
the State of Ohio, do hereby certify, that the
foregoing is a true copy of Joint Resolution
adopted by the General Assembly of the State
of Ohio, on the 30th day of March, A. d. 1888,
as taken from the original rolls filed in this
office.
In TESTIMONY WHEREOF, have 'hereuntO
subscribed my name, and affixed the great
seal of the State of Ohio, at Columbus, the
Both day of March, A. ID. 1888.
JAMES w. NEWMAN,
lseAI- Secseta1y of State
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