The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1913-09-25
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CON.
STITUTION OF OHIO.
SHORT BALLOT FOR STATE OFFICERS.

Be IL resolved by the General Assembly Of
tie State of Ohio, three-iifths of the members
elected to each house concurring therein
SECTION /. That, for the purpose Of pro-
curing a short ballot for state officers, there
shall be submitted to the electors OF this state
in the manner provided by law, on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in November,
1918, a proposal to amend sections /, 2 and
Is of article III of the constitution to read as
follows:
"SEc. 1. The executive department shall
consist of a governor, lieutenant governor,
secretary Of state. auditor of state, treasurer
of state and attorney general. The govern.
or and lieutenant governor shall be elected
on the first Tuesday after the first Monday
in November, by the electors of the state,
the general assembly.
CSC. g.. The governor and lieutenant gov.
srnor shall hold their Offices for two years.
Their terms of office shall commence on the
second Monday of January next after their
election, and continue until their successors
are elected and qualified.
SEC. 18. The governor shall appoint the
secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer
| of state and attorney general, and shall have
authority, to remove. any Of said officials so
appointed. Every officer holding Office by elec.
ton when this amendment is adopted shall
continue to hold such Office for the full term
Tor which he was elected and until his sue;
cessor shall have been elected appointed
and has qualified as provided by law.'
SECTION 2. AT such election this amend
ment shall be placed or, the official ballot in the
gaHnneT az nsE pTescrbed by law as ARTICLE III,
BALLOT FOR STATE OFFICERS", or in
other language sufficient to designate it clearly,
| and if a majority of the electors voting on the
same shall adopt such amendment, sections /,
| 2 and 18 hereinabove set forth shall on and
| after the first day of January, 1914, become
and constitute the sections so amended of
article III of the constitution of the state of
| Ohio and said original sections l. and 19
shall be repealed and annulled
c. L. SWAIN,
Speaker of the House of Representatives..
HucH L. NICHOLS,
President of the Sonata.
Adopted April 18th, 1918.
| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
STATE OF OHIO.
Office of the Secretary of State.
I, CHAS. H. GRAVES, Secretary Of State
Of the State of Ohio do hereby certify that the
foregoing is an exempihed copy, carefully
compared by me with the original rolls now
On file in this office and in my official custody
as Secretary of State and found to be true
and correct, of joint resolution, adopted by
the General Assembly of the State OF Ohio
on De 18th day of April, A. D. 1913, and
| A. D. 1918, entitled "Joint resolution propos
| ing an amendment to sections /, 2 and l8 oi
article III of the constitution of the State oil
Ohio, relative to the selection of governor
and other state officers"
| In TESTIMONY WHEREOF, l have hereuntt
subscribed my name, and affixed my offcia
seal at the City of Columbus, Ohio, this 18th
day of June, A. D. 1918.
CHAs. H. GRAVES,
| Secretary of State