Year: 1859

To amend Sections, Seven, Eight, Nine and
Ten of an act entitled an act to Relieve
the District Courts, and to give greater
Efficiency to the Judicial System of the


State, passed April u, 1853.


Section |. Belt enacted by the General
Assembly of The STATE Of Ohio, That section
seven of an [act] entitled an act to relieve
the District Courts, and to give greater efi-
cheney to the Judicial System Of the State,
passed April 18th, 1853, be so amended as to
read as follows. Section 7. That the Judges
of the Court of Common Pleas ia each and
every Common Pleas District in this State
are hereby authorized and it shall be their
duty to fix permanently the times for holding
the Couts of Common Pleas and District
Courts, in each and all Of the counties in
their respective districts, in the manner fol-
lowing; The said Judges or "a majority of
them, in each common pleas district, on or
before the first day of November in every
year, shall issue their written order TO the
clerk OF the Court of Common Pleas in each
aud every county in their said district, speCi-
flying precisely the commencement Of the
term of the District Court, and ofthe several
terms of the Court Of Common Pleas in said
county, and in all the counties in said dis
trct. Provided, that not less than three terms
OF the Common Pleas Court shall enppolut-
ed for any county for which three terms are
now by law provided.


Sec. 2. That section eight Of the above
reCited law be so amended as to read as fol-
lows. Section 8, That Immediately after
the times of the terms of the Common pleas
and district Courts have been fixed as alUre-
said, an accurate list of the same shall be
furnished to the Secretary of State, and the
Secretary Of State shall lOrhWiLh thereafter
cause copies of the list of the times Of hold
ing the Common Pleas and District Courts
so fixed for each judicial district to be made
out, and one copy thereof 10 be forwarded to
each Judge Of the Court of Common Pleas OF
the district


Sec. 3. That section nine Of said act be so
amended as to read as follows: Section 9.
That the judges of The court ofcommon pleas
or majority Of them in each common pleas
district, on or before the second Monday in
January of each year, shall issue their writ
ten order 10 the clerk of the court Of common
pleas, of each and every county in their said
district, specifying precisely the commence
lnent Of the terms of the common pleas and
district courts


Sec, 4. That section ten Of said act be 60
amended os to read as follows: Section 10.
Whenever said order so issued shall have
been received by the clerk of the court Of
common pleas in any county, he shall i'm
mediateIy enter the same upon the journals
of the court OF common pleas and district
courts in his said county in the same manner
us other entries when required are made up
on said journals during vacations OF said
courts, and said entries shall be full and sufii
cient evidence as to the legal terms for hold
ing said courts as therein ordered. The said
clerk shall also cause a copy Of said order
certified by him, to be published for four con.
secutive weeks in one or more newspapers
of general circulation in his said county
The first publication Of the same shall be in
the first week in the month next ensuing the
date of said order.


Sec. 5. That on or before the first Monday
of October in each year, the Judges of The
supreme court shall divide the state into five
districts and assign to each member of the
court one Of said districts, in which district
SO assigned, it shall be the duty of the judge
to whom the same is assigned, to attend at
the sessions of the district court therein.


Sec. 6. That the said original sections sev-
en-, eight, nine and ten Of said act are hereby
repealed, and this act shall take effect upon
its passage.


WILLIAM B. WOODS,
Sneaker of the House of Representatives.


MARTIN WElKER,


President Of the Senate.


AnriI &. 1859