The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13
JOINT RESOLUTION

JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to article four of The
constitution of the State.
SECTION /. BE it resolped by the General Assembly
# the Stale Of Ohio Qhree hfths of the members
: ected to EACH house agreeing ihereto) That .
proposition TO amend the I onstitulio If the STAT,
of Ohio be, and Inc same is hsreb, submitted to tn.
electors OF the State at the election to be held o:
the second Tuesday in October, a. d. lSt3, as toI-
lows:
That scctions one, two and six of article -four
entitled judicial" be amended so as 10 READ 4
follows:
SECTION /. The Judicial power Of the srate i
vested in a suprcE" court circuit courts, courts 9
common pleas, cour:s of probate, Justices OF thu
peace, and such other courts inferior to the SUI.
prene court, as the general assembly may from lin
to time establish.
Sertion . The supreme court shall, until other.
wise provided by law, consist of five judges
msjority Of whom competent 10 sit shall be ncces
sary to form a quorum or 10 pronounce n decision
except as hereinafter provi I'D. Itshall have orig
inal jurisdiction in quo trm' 'u'to, .ndnda'nns, h'6s:
corpus and procedendo, and such appellate jur SdiC
ton as may be provided by law. 1t shall hold .
least one term in each year at the seat of govern
ment, and such other tcrms, the re or elsewhere, a.
may be provided by law. The judges Of tn,
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 all be elected and their Official Term shai
the general assembly shall increase the number q
such judges, the first term of each OF sucI
additional judges shall be such, that in each y'ar
after their first election an equal number Of j-dg's
of the supreme court shall be elected, except il
elections to fill vacanc Cs; and whenever the NUM-
Der of such judges shall be increased, the general
assembly may authorize such court to organize
d visions thereof, not exceeding three, each di risior
to consist of an equal number Of judges; for the ad-
publication of cases, n n ajority of each division
shall constitute q quorum, and such an assignment
of The cases to eacn division may be made rs surh
court may deem expedient, but whenever all the
judges, OF either division, hearing q case shall moi
concur as to the judgment to be rendered therein,
or whe ever a case shall involve the constitution
atty of an act of the general ass. mbly or uf an act
Of cong eSS- il shall he rasprynI tn the whDla rDnrt
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.
Section 6. The circuit courts shall have like
such appellate Jurisdiction IS may be provided b,
law. such courts shall be composed of suci
number of judges as msy lie provided BY
law, and shall be held in each county, at least once
in each wear. The number of ciicuits. and the
boundar es thereof, shall DO prescribed by law.
-uch judges shall be elected in each circuit by the
term as may be prescribed by law, and the same
number shall lie elected in each circuit. Each
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 all
cases, JUDI ments, records End proceedings pending
in said district courts, in the 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 not been abol-
ished, and the district courts shall continue in ex-
istence until the election and qualification Of the
jud es 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 of
said amendment, may place on their ballots the
words Judicial constitutional amendment-No;''
and if a majority of all the votes passed [cast] at
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 SO
amended in said judicial article -FOUR of the con-
stiturion of the State of Ohio. and said original sec
tons one, two and six, and also sections five and
eleven of said article, shall be repealed and an
nulled. /. N. HATHAWAY,
speaker pro tom. efthe House Of representatives
r. q RICHARDS,
President Of the Senate.
ASopte0 March 80, 1889,