Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1959-10-15

ed amendment at the election
to be held on the first Tues
day after the first Monday
in November, 1859, adopt the
same, 1t shall be part of the
Constitution of the state of
Ohio and existing section 6 of
Article XVIII shall thereup-
on be repealed.
2. ADDITIONAL JUDGES IN
COURTS OF APPEALS
Proposing to amend section 6
of Article Nv of the constitu-
tion of the state of Ohio is au-
thorize the legislature to
provide for additional judg-
es in courts of appeals.
Be 1t resolved by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of
Ohio, Three fifths of t h e
members of each house con-
curing therein, that t h e r G
shall be submitted to the elec-
tors of the state, in the man
ner prescribed by law, at the
general election to be held on
the first Tuesday after { h e
first Monday In November,
1859, a proposition to amend
section 6 of Article Nv Of the
constitution Of the state of
Ohio as follows:
ARTICLE N
Sec. s. The state shah be
divided into appellate dis :
tricts OF compact territory
bounded by county lines, in
each of which there shall be
a court of appeals consisting
OF three judges. Laws may be
passed increasing the num-
ber Of judges In any district
wherein the volume of busi-
ness may require such addi-
tional judge or judges. In
districts having additional
Judges, three judges s h a
participate in the hearing and
disposition of each case. Va.
cancies caused by the expir-
alton of the terms of office
of the judges of the courts OF
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 oi
such election and the qualifi
cations of such judges, anc
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 sea
in the district as the judges
may determine upon, a n d
the county commissioners o
any county in which IN e
court of appeals shall h o {
sessions shall make proper
and convenient provisions 70,
the holding of such court b.
its judges and officers. Eacl
Judge shall be competent Il
exercise judicial powers IL
any appellate district of tn
state.
The courts of appeals shal
have original jurisdiction Il
quo warranto mandamus, ha
beas corpus, prohibition ant
procedendo, and such juris
diction as may be provides
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, excep
cases involving questions ar
Using under the constitution
of the United States or of thi
state, cases of felony, case
of which it has original juris
diction, and cases of public o.
great general interest il
which the supreme court ma,
direct any court of appeal
to certify its record to tina
court. No judgment of any
court of record entered OF
the verdict of the jury shal
be set aside or reversed OF
the weight OF the evidence
except by the concurrence o
all three judges of a court o
appeals. Only a majority Q
such court of appeals shal
be necessary to pronounc,
a decision, make an order o.
enter judgment, upon all
other questions; and whe n
ever the judges of a court o
appeals find that a judgmen
upon which they have agreed
is in conflict with a judg
ment pronounced upon t h
same question by any othe,
court of appeals of the state
the judges shall certify tn,
record of the case to the Su
preme court for review ant
final determination. The de
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