Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-10-17
Proposed Amendment 10 The C0RstItu-
tiun Of Chic,
BIENNIAL. ELECTIONS.
AMENDMENT No. 4.


SECTION I. Be It resolved by the General Assem-
bly, OF the State of Ohio that propositions shall be
submtted to the electors Of this State on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1883,
to amend Section 25 of Article IL, Section IL OF Ar
ticle ILL., Sections @ g. = g. 20, I2, iS and TO- and 10
create Section II of Article ", Section II OF Ar
ticle vIII Sections and Of Article y, and Section
OF Article XVI of the Constitution of the State OF
Ohio, so they shall read as follows:
ARTICLE II.
SEC. 25. The regular session of each General AS
sembIy shall commence on the first Monday of
January next after 1t is chosen.
ARTICLE III.
SEC. 1s. Whenever the Office of Secretary of
State Auditor of State, Treasurer of State, or At
torney General becomes vacant for any CT the causes
mentioned in Section Is of this Article, tie Gov
ernor shall fill the vacancy by appointment for the
residue of the term, or until the disability is re-
moved.
ARTICLE ~.
SEC .. The Supreme court shall, until otherwise
provided by law, consist of five judges, maorltyo Oh
WHOM, competent to sit, shall be necessary to form
a Quorum or pronounce decision, except as mere
in provided. 1t shall have original juriedlct on IN
ouo yarrauto, mandamus, habess corpus, and pro-
cedende and such appellate jurisdiction as may De
provided by law. The judges OF the Supreme court
shall be elected by the electors of the State at large
and for such term of even years may be provided
by law. Whenever the number Of such judges is
increased, the General ssembly may authorize the
court to organize divisions thereof, not exceeding
| 10 cOnaist n n canal number
of Judges and such an assignment of cases shall be
made to each di fsion as majority OF all the JUDGES
NAV direct, Amaiority of each division shall be
necessary to form quorum; but wheneVes all the
Judges hearing in any division ST all not con-
cur in decision, or whenever a case Involves the
constituionay of statute, or the construction OF
the Constitution of this State or of the United
States it shall be reserved to the whole court for
decision.
SKc6 The State shall be divided into judicial
circuits of compact territory, bounded by county
lines in each of which the same number of circuit
Judges residing therein, shall be elected by the elcc
tors thereof and for such OF even years as may
be provided by law. The Circuit court shall be
composed of such number of judges as may be pro
vided by law, and shhll be held in each county a.
least once in each year; and more than one cour
may be held at the same time in any circuit cir
cult Judge may be assigned to hold court IN any CIT
cult. The Circuit court shall have the same orlgl
nal jurisdiction as the Supreme court and such ap
pellatc jurisdiction as msy be provided by law
SECT. A Probate court shall be established il
each county, which shall be court of record, ope
at all times, and held by one judge elected by tn
electors of the county, whose term of othce shau
four years, and who shall receive such compensa
ton payable out of the county treasury, or by fees
or both as may be provided by law.
o SEc9 Justices of the peace shall be elected b
the electors of each township on the first Tuesda
after the first Monday in November in the odd year
/. and their powers and duties shall be prescribed
law, Their terms of Office shall be four years, an
shall commence on the first day of January nez
after their election. Vacancies occurring in the
fee shall be filed by appointment until the fir
day of January after the next election for townsh
officers.
SEC. 10. Allirdges, other than those providedf f
in this Constitution, shall be elected by the eiecto
of the judicial district for which they may be create
but not for longer term than six years.
SEC. IL. The judges of the several courts pr
O. yded for in this constitution shall be elected in
even yeare, on the first Tuesday after the first Mo
day in November, and their terms of office, wheth
chosen for full term, or to fill vacancy, sh
" commence on the first day of January next aft
their election.
5. SEC, 12 The Judges of the Common Please coul
shall rcsae while in office in the district for whi
sd thev are elected and their term ofofce shall be
to years.
'le SEC. Is. Whenever the Office Of judge of a
r court provided for in this Constitution becomes