the complete protection of all citizens in the free enjoyment of all their constitutional rights; and, WHEREAS, The said president has foreshadowed his policy by his letter of acceptance, and has declared in his inaugural address that he still adheres to the policy thus foreshadowed, and will endeavor to carry the principles thus enunciated into full force and practical effect; therefore, be it Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That our views are in accord with the sentiments thus expressed by the president of the United States, in regard to the pacification of the country, and that we heartily approve and endorse the principles and measures in regard thereto, enunciated in his letter of acceptance and reiterated in his inaugural address. Resolved, That we have full confidence in the patriotism, honor and honesty of Rutherford B. Hayes, president of the United States, and believe that he will in good faith adhere to his former declarations, and will, as fast as within his power, carry them out in the practical administration of the government. Resolved, That we pledge our co-operation, and will use every means within the power of the state, to give endorsement, aid and assistance in carrying into practical effect this, the one great object in our public affairs, to wit, the pacification of the country, by doing away with all animosities and sectional hate. C. H. GROSVENOR, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate. Adopted March 30, 1877. JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for the treatment and restraint of Erastus Sinkler. WHEREAS, Erastus Sinkler, an insane person, now resides and has resided in the township of Trumbull, Ashtabula county, Ohio, ever since December, A.D. 1875, and it is the opinion of physicians, and the belief' of friends that with proper treatment he can be restored to reason and fully cured; but said Sinkler became insane within two years last past, in the state of New York, and under the laws of this state he can not be admitted into either of the hospitals for the insane; therefore, Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the superintendent of the Cleveland hospital for the insane be, and he is hereby instructed to receive said Erastus Sinkler for treatment and restraint. C. H. GROSVENOR, Speaker of the House of Representatives. H. W. CURTISS, President of the Senate. Adopted March 30, 1877. JOINT RESOLUTION Requesting the board of public works to report forthwith the rates of tolls and exemptions on the Western Reserve and Maumee road. WHEREAS, The rates of toll authorized under the several acts incorporating many of the plank-road and turnpike companies of this state, are regulated by the rates which are authorized by the board of public works to be charged upon the Western Reserve and Maumee road; therefore, Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the board of public works are hereby requested forthwith to report to the general as sembly what rates of tolls, and what exemptions are now authorized by them upon said Western Reserve and Maumee road Resolved, That the board of public works cause said report to be recorded in their office as well as any changes which may hereafter be made by them in said rates or exemptions, for the benefit of whom it may con cern. C. H. GROSVENOR, Adopted March 30, 1877. Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for the printing of two thousand additional copies of the report and accompanying documents of the Ashtabula bridge disaster. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That there be printed two thousand extra copies of the report and accompanying documents of the joint committee to investigate the Ashtabula bridge disaster, to be distributed as follows: Five hundred to the commissioner of railroads and telegraphs, and the residue to the members of the general assembly. C. H. GROSVENOR, Speaker of the House of Representatives. H. W. CURTISS, President of the Senate. Adopted March 30, 1877. JOINT RESOLUTION Relating to the death of Abner Haines, senator from Preble county. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the sudden and unexpected death of the Hon. Abner Haines, senator from Preble county, calls for such action of the general assembly as shall testify to our esteem for the man, as well as respect for the position he occupies. Resolved, That meeting death as did the deceased, at the post of duty, the state properly assumes the charge and expenses of transmitting his remains to his late residence at Eaton, Ohio. Resolved, That three members of the senate and five members of the house be selected as pall-bearers, to take charge of and accompany the remains, they to select one of their number to take the chief direction. Resolved, That the members of the senate and house of representatives be requested to act in a body, under the direction of the sergeants-at-arms of the senate and house, as a funeral escort, from East State street, number 116, to the railroad depot, at three o'clock P.M., to-day. Resolved, That the sergeant-at-arms of the senate accompany the committee of escort with the remains to Eaton. Resolved, That the sergeant-at-arms of the senate be instructed to appropriately trim in mourning for the remainder of this session, the desk of the deceased senator. Resolved, That the general assembly, in honor of the deceased, and as a mark of respect, adjourn at half-past twelve, to-day. Adopted March 30, 1877. C. H. GROSVENOR, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate. JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to an amendment of articles four and eleven of the constitution, reorganizing the judiciary of the state of Ohio. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio (three-fifths of all the members elected to each house concurring therein), That a proposition to amend the constitution of the state of Ohio be submitted to the electors of the state, on the second Tuesday of October, A.D. 1877, as follows, to wit: That sections one, three, five, six, eight, twelve, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen and eighteen, of article four, be amended so as to read as follows, and section seven of article four, and sections twelve and thirteen of article eleven be repealed. ARTICLE IV. Section 1. The judicial power of the state shall be vested in a supreme court, in district courts, courts of common pleas, justices of the peace, and such other courts inferior to the supreme court in one or more counties as the general assembly may from time to time establish. The superior courts of Cincinnati and Montgomery county shall continue until otherwise provided by law. Section 3.. The court of common pleas shall be holden by one judge, who shall be elected by the voters of the district, and said court shall be open at all times for the transaction of business, Sundays and holidays excepted. Each county now existing, or hereafter formed, shall constitute a separate common pleas district, and each district shall be known by the name of the county composing the district. Section 5. Each district court shall consist of one judge, who shall be elected by the voters of the district. There shall be elected one or more judges in each district, and there shall be held annually, not less than three sessions in each county in the state. The legislature shall divide the state into district court districts, not exceeding twenty in number, and shall assign to each common pleas and district court district, the number of judges required to dispose of the business therein. Each district shall be composed of compact territory, bounded by county lines, and as nearly equal in population as practicable. A concurrence of threefifths only of all the members elected to both houses, shall be required for the first apportionment, or to determine the number of judges required in each district court and common pleas district, under this amendment, but no change shall thereafter be made without the concurrence of two-thirds of all the members elected to both houses. Sections twelve and thirteen of article eleven are hereby repealed; the repeal to take effect when the legislature makes the apportionment mentioned in this section. Section 6. The district court shall have like original jurisdiction with the supreme court, and such appellate or other jurisdiction as may be provided by law. Section 8. The general assembly may provide by law for a judge pro tempore, to hold any court when the judge thereof is disqualified by sickness or otherwise to hold said court. Section 12. The judges of the district, and of the courts of common pleas, shall, while in office, reside in the district in which they are elected, and their term of office shall be five years; but the legislature may provide by law that any judge of the common pleas court shall hold that court in any other common pleas district; and that any judge of the district court shall hold that court in any other district for that court than the one in which he resides; and judges of the common pleas may temporarily exchange districts with each other; and two or more common pleas courts may be held at the same time in the same district, and two or more district courts may be held at the same time in a district of that court. Section 14. The judges of the supreme court, the district courts, and of the courts of common pleas shall, at stated times, receive for their services such compensation as may be provided by law, which shall not be increased or diminished during their term of office, but they shall receive no fees or perquisites, nor hold any other office of trust or profit under the authority of any state, or of the United States. All votes for either of them for any elective office, except a judicial office, under the authority of this state, given by the general assembly, or the people, shall be void. Section 15. The general assembly may increase or diminish the number of the judges of the supreme court, the number of the districts of the district courts, the number of judges in any common pleas or district court district, change any district court district. establish other courts, abolish the probate court in any county, or any other court established by law, whenever two-thirds of the members elected to each house shall concur therein; but no such change shall vacate the office of any judge. The court of common pleas provided for in this amendment, shall be the suc cessor of the present probate court, and courts of common pleas in each county. The district courts herein provided for, shall be the successors of the present district courts; and all the books, records, papers and business, in or appertaining to said courts, shall be transferred to their successors under this amendment. The existing probate court is hereby abolished in each county, at the close of the term for which the judge thereof was elected, first occurring after the election of common pleas judges under this amendment and the clerks in the courts of common pleas and district courts, shall be the clerks in the courts herein provided until their successors are elected and qualified; but the supreme court shall appoint its own reporter. Section 16. There shall be elected in each county by the electors thereof, one clerk of the court of common pleas, who shall hold his office for the term of three years, and until his successor shall be elected and qualified. He shall, by virtue of his office, be clerk of all other courts of record held therein, but the general assembly may provide by law for the election of a clerk with a like term of office, for each or any other of the courts of record, or for the appointment by the supreme court of a clerk for that court. Section 18. The several judges of the supreme court, of the district and common pleas, and of such other courts as may be created, shall respectively have and exercise such power and jurisdiction at chambers, or otherwise, as may be directed by law. The term of office of all judges of common pleas and district courts provided for in this amendment, shall commence on the first Monday in January next after the making of the apportionment provided for in section five of article four; and the term of office of all judges of the courts of common pleas, in office, who were not elected as judges under this amendment, shall then expire. No change shall be made by this amendment in the supreme court, or in the office or term of any judge thereof. The first election of judges of common pleas and district courts under this amendment shall be held at the general election for the election of state officers next after making said apportionment for district court districts by the legislature, but nothing in this amendment shall be construed to change or alter the constitution or laws until said apportionment is made. Section seven of article four is hereby repealed, and section twenty-two shall be numbered section seven. FORM OF BALLOT. At said election, the voters desiring to vote in favor of the adoption of this amendment, shall have placed upon their ballots the words, "Judicial constitutional amendment, yes;" the voters who do not favor the adoption of said amendment, shall have placed upon their ballots the words, "Judicial constitutional amendment, no." O. J. HODGE, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. Adopted April 6, 1877. JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for the safe keeping of the Centennial Album. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the state treasurer be and he is hereby authorized and required to receive and safely keep in the vault of the treasury, a small package, encased in tin, containing the centennial album of the celebration at Columbus, Ohio, July 4, 1876, and such package shall be delivered by the state treasurer in the year 1976, to any committee having charge, at that place, of the second centennial celebration. Adopted April 11, 1877. C. H. GROSVENOR, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate. JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to the printing and distribution of the report of the Ohio Board of Centennial Managers. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That fifteen thousand copies of the report of the Ohio board of centennial managers be, with as little delay as possible, printed, in book form, and bound in muslin; and that seventy dollars be paid from the fund for state printing to procure the additional engravings necessary to the proper completion of the work. Resolved, That the volumes be equally distributed, as follows: Two hundred (200) copies to the state board of centennial managers; six hun |