The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-08-08
Proposed Amendment 70 the Constitution
Of Ohio.
BIENNIAL ELECTIONS.
AMENDMENT A NO. 4.

AMENDMENT NO. 4.
SECTION I: Be II resolved by the General
tions shall be submitted TO the electors Of this
e 9 the ss after hs first Mon
Article II section is Of Article III, Sectionss,
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Ohio, 80 they shall read as follows:
TtT ARTICLE II.
sEo. q. The regular session of each General
Assembly shall commence on the first Monday
Of January next after It IL chosen.
ARTICLE III.
SEQ. i6 Whenever tho ofice Of Secretary Of
State Auditor OF State, Treasurer Of State, or
Attorney General becomes vacant for any Of
Article, the Governor Governor shall hi the vacancy BY
appointment for the residue Of the term, or un.
"a ne disability 10 removed.
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0nO .. The Supreme court shall, until other
wise provided BY law, consist Of ave judges, q
majority Of whom, competent TO sit, shall be
necessary to form quorum or pronounce dc:
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divisions thereof, not exceeding. three, each
division 70 consist Of an equal number Of Judges;
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may direct. A majority Of each division shall
be necessary to form quorum; but whenever
q: the Judges hearing n g.,.1s case In any division
oase involves the constitutionality OF o statute,
Or the construction OF the Constitution Of this
State or Of the United States. II shall be re.
served to tho whole court for decision.
SEC O. The State shall bc divided into judi
cial circuits OF compact territory, bounded by
county lines, In each OF whic, the same mum.
Der Of circuit judges residing therein, shall De
elected by tho electors thereof, and for such
term OF even years as may be provided by law.
The circuit court shall be composed OF such
number OF judges as may be provided by law,
and shall be held In each county at least once
in each year; and more than one court may be
held at the same time in any circuit A circuit
Judge may be assigned to hold court in any cir
cult. The circuit court shall have the same
original jurisdiction as the Supreme Court, and
such appellate jurisdiction as may be provided
Scot A Probate courtshall be established
in each county, which shall be court OF rec
ord, open ut all times, and held by one Judge,
elected by the electors OF the county, whose
term OF ofice shall be four years, and who shall
receive such compensation, payable out OF the
county treasury, or by fees, or both, as may be
SEC. O. Justices of the peace shall be elected
by the electors in each township, on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in November in
the odd years, and their powers and duties
shall be prescribed by law. Their terms OF
Office shall be four years, and shall commence
on the first day OF January next after their
election. Vacancies occurring in the office
shall be filled by appointment until the first
day OF January after the next election for town.
Seq 10. All judges, other than those pro.
vided for in this Constitution, shall bo elected
by the electors OF the judicial district for which
they may be created, but not for longer tel
SEC. II. The judges OF the several courts pro.
vided for in this Constitution, shall be elected
In the even years, on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November, and their terms OF
ONCE whether chosen for full term, or to I'LL
o vacancy, shall commence on the first day Of
january next after their election.
SEQ. IL. The judges OF tho Common Pleas
courts shall reside. while in office, in the dis
trict for which they are elected, and their term
OF ONCE shall be six years.
SEC. IS. Whenever the office Of o Judge Of
any court provided for in this Constitution be.
comes vacant before the expiration OF the term
for which he was elected, the Governor shall
sor is elected and qualified; and such successor
shall be chosen for the unexpired term at the
first election for members OF the General AS
sen.bly held more than thirty days after the
SEC. 16 The clerk of the Common Pleas
court OF each county shall, by virtue OF his Of
except the Supreme court; but the General
Assembly may authorize the judges Of the Pro-
bate court to perform the duties OF clerk Of
such court tSee Art X sal
ARTICLE VIII.
SEC. 12. So long as the STATE shall have pub.
lie works which require superintendence, there
shall be board OF public works. to consist Of
three members, and whose term OF Office shall
be for such number OF even years as may
be provided by law.
ARTICLE x.
SEC. 2. County officers shall be elected in
the even years, on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November, by the electors Of
each county, In such manner, and for such
term Of even years. Us may be provided by law.
When vacancy occurs In county office It
shall DO filled by appointment for the remain.
SEQ Z. Township oficers, and elective mum.
cipal officers, shall be elected In the odd years,
on the first Tuesday after the first Monday In
November, by the electors Of each township or
municipality, In such manner, and for such
term Of even years, as may be providedby law.
When q vacancy occurs In o township or NUM-
Opal ofice It shall be filled by appointment
for the remainder OF the term.
ARTICLE XVI.
SEC. g. At the general election to be held In
the year one thousand eight hundred and nine
ty-two, and In each twentieth year thereafter,
the question Shall there be o convention to
revise, alter or amend the Constitution" shall
be submitted to the electors Of the State, and,
In case majority Of all the electors voting at
such election decide In favor OF convention
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provide, by law, for the election OF delegates,
and the assembling OF such convention, as Is
provided In the preceding sections. but no
amendment OF this Constitution agreed upon by
any convention assembled In pursuance Of this
article shall take effect until the same shall
have been submitted to the electors OF the
State, and adopted by Q majority OF those vot.
ing thereon.
SCHEDULE.
SECTION 2. The Governor, Lieutenant Gov
ernor, Treasurer OF State, and Attorney Gen
era, chosen on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November 1889, shall hold their
offices until the second Monday in January,
1893; and the members of the sixty-ninth Gen.
eral Assembly shall hold their offlces until the
first day Of January, 1893 The term Of office Of
the Auditor of State In office when this amend.
ment takes effect shall terminate on the second
Monday in January, 1893
SECTION g. The terms OF ONCE of the judges OF
the Supreme court which would, but for this
amendment, have terminated on the ninth day
OF ofFebruaryn the years 1891, 1892 1893 1884, 1895,
1895, 1897 and 1893, SHALL respectively, terminate
on the first day Of january in the years 1884, 1893,
1895, 1897, 1892 1901, 1908 and 1906 and their re-
spective SUCCESSORS shall be chosen on the first