The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-04-26
Published by Authority.
Proposed Amendment to the Con-
stitution Of Chic.
JUoICIAn
HOUSE JOINT REVOLUTION No. 20
JOINT RESOLUTION

JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment 10 article four OF the
constitution If The State.
SECTION /. BE il resolved by The Gestral Assrnb'.
= ect.d TO each honse agreeing 'hereto) That :
proposition 10 arlesd The , OF sIitutio # tn. S,a:,
# OHIO he, and the same is hsreb, submitted to tn.
elcctor. Of the State at the election to be held o.
he second Tuesday in October, A. d. 1873, as i"l
lows:
That ~scctions one. two and six of article foui
entitled judicial" be amended SO as to read a
follows:
ShcrIos i. The judicial power of the state
vested in a supre me court circuit courts, courts c
common pleas, courts of probate, justices of TIL
peace, and such other courts inferior to the su-
% time establish.
Section .. The supreme court shall, until other
wise provided ty law. consist of five judges :
majority of whom competent TO sit shall be nee.
.ary to form q quorum or 10 pronounce a decision
except as hereinafter prOvi I'd. itshsll have orig
inal Jurisdiction in 9uO trai rn'to, nannddmns,h atr
corpus aid peocedendo, AMI such appellate jur'sdt
tion as may be provided by law: 1t shall hold a
least one term, in each wear at the sest of govern
may be provided by law. The Judges Uf tn
,upr' me court shall be elected by the electors o:
the Slate at large, for such term, not less than iiy,
years, as the general assembly may prescribe. ard
they S all be elected and their official term shai
hegin at such time as mag he fixed bv law. III cas-
the general assembly shall increase the number G
such urges, the first term of cEch of smrt
additional judges shall be such, that in each year
after their first c'cctiUn an equal nun Der of r:.g"
! Oh Tue supreme court Snail lie erected, eNcGp j.
cleo ions to fill vacane es: and whenever the NUM-
Der of such judge, shall be increased /, the gencia'
assembly may authorize .uch court to orgsuiz,
d visions thereof, not exceeding three, each divisicfi
TO consist of an equal number Of judges; tor the ad.
judication of cases, q uajority of each division
shall constitute a Quorum, aud such al asIignn;en'
OF he cases to each division may be made rs .uc;
court may deem e1pedient, but whenever all tho
judges, of either division, hearing a case shall no.
concur as to the Judgment 20 be rendered therein
or whe ever a case shall involve the constitution
Atty OF an act OF the general ass, mbly or of an sci
of cong ess, it shall BE- re>erved to the whole couri
for adjudication. The juisTs of the supreme cour'
in office, when this amendment takes ell, ct, sEal
continue to hold their Offices Unit their successor:
are elected and qualified.
Section 6. The circuit courts shall have lik.
original jurisdiction with the supreme court, anc
such appellate Jun; dictiGn IS may be pre- vidcd BY
law. Such courts shall be coInp' sed OF suet
number of judges as may be provided b.
law, and shall be held in e. ch county, at least one,
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 this
electors thereof, and ut such time and for such
term as may be prescribed By law, and the sam,
number shall be elected in each circuit: Eael
judge shall De competent TO exercise his judicia
powers in any circuit. The general assembly
may change, from time TO time, the number o
boundaries of the circuits. The circuit courts shall
be the successors of the district courts, and al
cases, juaements, records and proceedings pendint
in said district courts, in the several count es o
any district, shall be transferred to the circui
courts in the several counties, and be proceeded il
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 tn
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, tn
words, "iudiclal constitutional amendment-Yes,'
and the voters who do not favor the adoption q
said amendment, may place on their ballots tn,
words judicial constitutional mendment-No;'
and if a majority of all the votes passed least a
said election shall be in favor of said amendment
then sad sections one, Two and six herein Sc
forth, shall be and constitute the sections s.
amended in said judicial article lfour) of the con
tions one, two and six, and also sections five an
eleven of said article, shall be repealed and an
nulled. 1. N. HATHAWAY,
fpeaker pro ten. Of fhe House # Representative
R. Il RICHARDS,
PTcsident Of the Senate