The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-10-02

day OF September. Ig4I. ~
Secretary of State
PROPOSED AMENDlMEENT TO THE
Proposing 10 amend section Of article !
~ and section 2 OF article XVII of the
constitution relating 20 the term OF
Office and the compensation OF the
Judge of the probate court. /
Be a resolsFd BY the General dssc'noIy OF
the State OF Ohio. three hfths of the mem
bers elected 10 each House concurring
therein, That there shall be submitted TO
the electors of the state on the first Tues
day after the FIRST Monday in November,
Io47, a proposal TO amend section 2 ot
article ~ and section 2. Of s,sts article e HH one
to read as ARTICLE lRTii ~ |
Sec. 2. There shah be established IN each
county, a probate court, which shah be
court of record, open at all times, and holden
by Or Judge elected By the electors OF the
anty, who shall bold bis Office for the!
term Of six pears, ans shah receive such
compensation as shall DC provided by
Law. Whenever ten per eentum OF the mum
beT Of electors voting for governor az the
next preceding election IN any county having
less than sixty thousand population as de-
termined by the next preceding federal een:
Gus, shall petition the Judge OF the court OF
common pleas Of any such county not less
than ninety days before any general election
of common pleas shall submit to the electors
of such county the question of combining
the probate court with the court OF common
pleas, and such courts shall be combined and
shall be known as the court of common pleas
in case . majority of the electors voting
upon such question vote m favor OF such
combination. Notice of such election shall
b. given IN the same manner as tor the
election of county officers Elections may
be bad IN the same manner for the separa-
tion OF such courts, when once combined
ARTICLE XVII
Sec q The term of the Office OF the
Governor Lieutenant Governor, Attorney
General. Secretary VI State and Treasurer
of State shall be two years, and that OF
the Auditor Of State shah Se touI years:
Court and Courts OF Appeals shall be
such even number of years not less than
si~ t6l years as may be prescribed by the
OF the Common Pleas Court SIX t6l years
and of the Judges of the Probate Court.
six t61 years. and that Of other Judges
sha.. be such even number of years not ex.
ceedinR SIX t6D years as may be prescribed
by the General assembly. The term OF
Office OF the Justices of Peace shah be such
even number of wears not exceeding four
a. years. as may be prescribed by the
of all elective county, township, munictpal
and school officers shah be such even number
of years not exceeding four ~ years IS
And the General Assembly shah have
power TO so extend existing terms OF othee
as to effect the purpose Of Section OF this
Article.
Any vacancy which may occur IN any
elective state office other than that ct q
member OF the Genegal Assembly or OF
Governor shall be filed by appointment by
the Governor until TT disability Is removed.
or a successor elected and qualified. Every
such vacancy shall be 8hlled by election at
the first general election for the Office which
is vacant that -ccurs more than thirty t3O)
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The person elected shall all the Office for the
unexpired term. All vacancies in other
elective Offices shall be filled for the unex.
pired term in such maaner as may be pre-
SCHEDULE
The above proposal shall be placed on the
official ballot in such form a. the secretary
OF state may prescribe. II the votes for the
amendment shall take Ffect and existing
article XVII of the constitution of the
state OF Ohio shall Be repealed and an
UNItED sTATEsIoF AMERICA
| NoVtdS'OF, + f9El s4a$E SECRETARY
I. EDWARD }. HUMMEl., Secretary of
State of the State OF Ohio. do hereby Ger.
tifv that the foregoing IS an exempiihed
copy carefully es0mPsrea oy & me w With b the the
found tc be true and correct. of Joint Res
olution adopted BY the Ninety seventh Cen
eral Assembly of the State Of Ohio ON the
Office OF the secretary of State on the 18th
d. Of lune. I947. proposing 20 amend Arti-
Gle ~ Section q and Article XVII, Sec.
ton z, Of the Constitution Of the State OF
Ohio. relative to term q Office and compen.
sation Of the Judge Of the probate court
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, l have
hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my
ohhcial seal at Columbus. Ohio. tins sth
EDWARD J. HUMMEIs
Secretary of State
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