Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1959-10-29

Ohio, Three fifths of / h e
members of each house con.
curing therein, that there
shall be submitted to the elec.
tors Of the state, in the man
ner prescribed by law, at the
general election TO be held or
the first Tuesday after t h {
first Monday In November,
1859, a proposition to amend
section 6 of Article Nv of the
constitution of the state oi
Ohio as follows:
ARTICLE Nv
Sec. 6. The state shah bt
divided into appellate dis :
tricts Of compact territory
bounded by county lines, in
each of which there shall bs
a court OF appeals CONSISTING
of three judges. Laws may be
passed increasing the mum,
ber of judges in any district
wherein the volume of bust.
ness may require such addi
tional judge or judges. Ir
districts having additional
judges, three judges S hall
participate in the hearing ano
disposition of each case. Va.
cancies caused by the expir.
alton OF the terms of office
of the judges of the courts o1
appeals shall be filled by the
electors of the respective ap.
pellate districts in whic h
such vacancies shall arise :.
Until otherwise provided by
law the term OF office of such
judges shall be six years.
Laws may be passed to pre-.
scribe the time and mode OF
such election and the qualifi.
cations Of such judges, and
to alter the number of dis .
tricts or the boundaries there.
Of, but no such change shall
abridge the term of any Judge
then in office. The court of ap.
peals shall hold at least one
term annually In each coun.
ty in the district and such
other terms at a county seat
in the district as the judges
may determine upon, and
the county commissioners oi
any county In which the
court Of appeals shall h O ] d
sessions shall make proper
and convenient provisions for
the holding Of such court by
its judges and officers. Each
judge shall be competent te
exercise judicial powers In
any appellate district of the
state.
The courts Of appeais shall
have original jurisdiction ir
quo warranto mandamus, ha,
beas corpus, prohibition ano
procedsndo, and such juris
diction as may be provided
by law to review, affirm, mo,
dify, set aside, or reverse
judgments or final orders
of boards, commissions, of
ficers, or tribunals, and o.
courts Of record inferior to
the court Of appeals within
the district, and judgments
Of the courts of appeals shall
be final in all cases, except
cases involving questions ar
ising under the constitution
of the United States or of thi.
state, cases of felony, case.
Of which 1t has original juris
diction, and cases of public OF
great general interest II
which the supreme court may
direct any court of appeals
to certify its record to thai
court. No judgment of any
court of record entered or
the verdict of the jury shall
be set aside or reversed or
the weight of the evidence
except by the concurrence o1
all three judges of a court o.
appeals. Only a majority oi
such court of appeals shall
be necessary to pronounce
a decision, make an order OF
enter judgment, upon all
other questions; and whe n
ever the judges of a court oi
appeals find that a judgment
upon which they have agreed
is in conflict with a judg
ment pronounced upon t h G
same question by any other
court of appeals of the state
the judges shall certify the
record of the case to the su.
preme court for review an6
final determination. The de
cisions in all cases in the su.
preme court shall be report.
ed, together with the reasons
therefor, and laws may be
passed providing for the re.
porting of cases in the courts
of appeals. The chief justice
Of The supreme court of the
state may assign any judge
of the court of appeals to
any county to hold court. The
chief justice of the supreme
court shall determine the dis
ability or disqualification OF
any judge of the court of ap-
pealS. MA
SCHEDULE
If a majority of the electors
voting on the foregoing pro-
poSed amendm emf aft the gem