Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-03-18


and of beginning the terms of JUS
, tices of the peace, officers of town
ship, villages and cities and to the
election and term of office of su-
perior court judges.
BE it enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of the State of Ohio:
Section /. That sections 4S3, 567,
ISL and 1442 of the Revised Statutes
of Ohio, and sections 222 and 223 of
an act entitled AN act to provide for
the organiZa ton of cities and incor-
porated villages, and to restrict their
powers of taxation, assessment, bor-
rowing money, contracting debts
and loaning their credit so as to pre-
Vent the abuses of such powers, as
required by the constitution of Ohio,
and to repeal all sections of the Re-
wised Statutes inconsistent herewith"
passed October %, 1902, be amended
so as to read as follows:
Sec 4s3. The judges of the superior
court shall scverally hold their office
for five years, and shall be elected
by the electors of the city of Cincin-
matt on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday of November of each
year preceding that in which the term
of any of said judges expires, y =
and the terms of said judges shall be-
gin on the first Monday III January
following said election; and in case
the office of any one of the judges
becomes vacant before the expiration
of the regular term for which he was
elected, or in case vacancy shall
,nappen by any change now or here
inter made by law in the date of
.electing such judges, the vacancy
shall be filed by appointment by the
governor, and the judge so appointed
shall hold his Office until his success
=sor, elected at the next regular cleo
1ion occurring more than thirty days
thereafter, shall qualify; provided,
however, that the judge of said SUI
perior court elected at the November
election in 1904 shall hold his office
until the first Monday in January,
1909: the judge elected on the first
Monday in April, 1902, shall hold his
Office until the first Monday in Janu-
sary, 1907; and the judge elected on
the first Monday in April, 1903, shall
hold his Office until the first Monday
an January, 1908.
See. 567. When a vacancy occurs in
the office of justice of the peace in
any township in the state, either by
death, removal, absence at any one
time for the space of six months
resignation, refusal to serve, or 9th.
arwise, the trustees, having notice
thereof, shall, within ten days from
and after such notice, fill any such va.
.cancy by appointing suitable and
qualified resident of the township who
shall serve as justice until the next
regular election for justice OF the
peace, and until his successor is slect
Sed and qualified; and a majority vote
Af the trustees shall be sufficient tC
appoint. At the next regular ele .tion
some suitable person shall be e!Cctet
justice in the manner provided by
law, for the term of three years; an(
the clerk of the court of common
pleas, in certifying to the secretary
of state the appointment o.
-S justice of the peace TO fill any va
cancy, as aforesaid, shall specify il
his certificate, the name or the JUS
tice Of the peace whose place is sup
piled by the person whose appoint
1nent is certified to, and also the dat,
when such vacancy occurred: and t,
enable the clerk of the court to com
ply with so much of this section n
relates to his duties, the trustee
shall notify him of any vacancy. a
aforesaid, and the date when it oc
cured; and in case the election o
an additional justice of the peace i
amy otwnship is authorized by tn
proper authority, the clerk of tn
court, in certifying his election t
the secretary of state, shall state i
his certificate that he is such add
-tional justice of the peace, so author
lied and elected.
Sec. 5sl. Every justice of the peace
when commissioned, shall, in thirt
days thereafter, transmit the dat
thereof to the clerk of the towr
ship, who shall make an entry there
of in % book by him to be provide
for that purpose, and before the frs
day OF September of each year, tn
clerk shall give "A written notice t
the trustees of all commissions e,
piring within twelve months after tn
first day of November following, G
which may have expired theretofor
and the date when each such justice
commission expired, or will expir
and the trustees, on receiving sue
notice, shall notify the electors
such township to elect at the ne,
regular November election therea
ter, justice of the peace to fill eac
y vacancy, in the manner poin
ed out in section five hundred an
.sixty-seven (56D y
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