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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1912
Page
6
Official list of amendments passed by the Constitutional Convention outlines submission method and ballot form. The amendments adopted are to be presented to Ohio electors for adoption or rejection on September 3, 1912, with the president and secretary directed to certify to the secretary of state for lawful submission.
Article 1 section 5 and Article II section 5 propose changes to trial by jury. Civil cases would allow a verdict with three fourths majority of jurors. The proposal aims to modify the current unanimity or lesser required agreement. It frames the right to trial by jury as inviolate except for the specified civil verdict mechanism.
The section states all persons shall be bailable by sufficient sureties except those charged with first degree murder where proof is evident. It forbids excessive bail fines cruel and unusual punishment and death as punishment. It notes past death penalties, replaced by life imprisonment in penitentiary.
The text outlines protections in criminal trials including right to defense, confrontation of witnesses, compulsory process, speedy public trial by impartial county jury, and depositions. forbids self incrimination and double jeopardy except as law provides. It specifies eligibility of grand juries and indictments and allows deposition use under certain conditions.
The article states Section 16 of Article 1 guaranteeing open courts and remedies for injuries to land goods person or reputation. It notes suits may be brought against the state in courts and manner provided by law.
Article I Section 19a declares damages for death caused by wrongful act neglect or default shall not be limited by law. The measure clarifies that civil actions may pursue full compensation without statutory cap.
The text sets forth Article II Section 1 detailing state legislative power vested in the general assembly with reserved powers for the people to propose laws and constitutional amendments. It notes referendum rights, power to approve or reject laws or appropriations, and a ten percent petition threshold to initiate constitutional amendments. It references filing and verification steps with the secretary of state.
The text outlines procedures for initiative petitions to propose laws or constitutional amendments, including required signatures, submission to the general assembly, and referenda. It covers direct submission to electors, emergency laws, tax limitations, municipal powers, petition formatting, signatures, affidavits, and ballot design. It preserves governor veto limits and sets timing for referendums and effective dates.
The text outlines that each house may choose officers and set rules, may discipline or expel members with two thirds approval, and has broad powers to ensure safe, undisturbed business. It authorizes committees to seek information and compel witness attendance and production of records.
The text outlines Ballot Subject No 8 Article 2 Section 16 limiting the governors veto power and details Article U Section 18 on reading bills on three days, subjects per bill, and passage rules. It covers governor approval, objections, and potential repassage by three-fifths votes, with timelines for action and final law status.
Article 2 Section 33 grants laws to secure to mechanics artisans laborers subcontractors and material men their just dues by direct lien upon property where they labored or furnished material. No other constitution provision shall impair this power.
Section 34 grants laws to fix hours of labor set minimum wage and provide for the comfort health safety and general welfare of all employes and no other constitutional provision shall impair or limit this power.
Ballot text outlines establishing a state fund funded by compulsory employer contributions to compensate workers and dependents for death injury or disease earned in employment. It allows laws creating a board to classify occupations and set contribution rates, collect and administer funds, and determine eligibility while preserving worker rights when employer negligence causes harm.
Section 36 grants authority to pass laws promoting forestry with possible partial tax exemptions for forestry areas. It allows converting forfeited lands into forest reserves and acquiring more lands for this purpose, plus conservation of natural resources, water power development, drainage districts, and regulation of mining and mineral markets.
Ballot subject details Article 2 Section 37 eight hour day on public work. Section 87 allows exceptions only in extraordinary emergencies and sets a maximum of eight hours per day and forty eight hours per week for state or subdivision public work.
Section 38 proposes laws to remove from office any officers including state officers judges and general assembly members after complaint and hearing for moral turpitude or other lawful causes. This method supplements impeachment and other constitutional removal processes.
Ballot Subject 15 cites Article 2 Section 39 allowing laws to regulate expert witnesses and testimony in criminal trials and proceedings.
Ballot Topic 16 proposes laws to establish a state or county system for registering and insuring land titles, settling adverse claims, and creating guaranty funds funded by fees. It allows for judicial powers with appeal rights to county records or other officers in related matters.
Ballot item No 17 Article 2 Section 41 proposes laws to regulate prison labor in Ohio penal institutions reformatories. It bans work for convicts in trades whose outputs are sold or contracted and requires prison made goods be marked. It allows convicts to work for state or political subdivisions and restricts marking for public institutions.
Ballot Subject No 18 Article 3 Section 8 sets the governor’s power to convene the General Assembly for extraordinary sessions by proclamation with a defined purpose. No other business may be transacted unless named in the proclamation or later public proclamation or message. The General Assembly may arrange for session excuses and related matters.
Ballot text outlines Article IV sections creating a judiciary structure general powers of the supreme court and lower courts. It specifies composition terms of justices and executive election timing, jurisdiction in habeas corpus and mandamus, and potential certification to the supreme court from appellate decisions.
A proposed constitutional plan would merge circuit courts into state wide courts of appeals organized into compact districts. Each district would have three judges with six year terms and vacancies filled by district electors. The plan includes jurisdiction rules and a path to certify records to the supreme court.
The passage details election and organization rules for the courts of common pleas and probate courts by county, including temporary presiding authority, joint courts in counties, and procedures for combining or separating probate and common pleas courts. It specifies terms, compensation, residency, and future legislative powers to adjust judge numbers.
The text outlines Ballot Subject No. 21 Article 4 Section 9 proposing abolition of Justices of the Peace. It details township electors, four year terms, powers regulated by law, and exceptions where a mayor's court exists or is established. It notes potential repeal if constitutional amendments pass.
Ballot subject references Article 4 Section 21 Contempt Proceedings and Injunctions and related rules for conduct of cases and business in the court of the state. The text discusses posting laws and prescribing rules for court operation and compliance.
A historical rule states no injunction shall issue in labor employment disputes except to protect physical property. Contempt defendants may demand a jury trial as in criminal cases.
Ballot Subject No 23 Article 5 Section 1 outlines qualifying voters for electors. It states that any United States citizen aged 21 or older, who has resided in the state for one year preceding the election and in the county township or ward as required by law, is entitled to vote.
Ballot Subject No 24 proposes omitting the word White from Article 5 Section 1. It discusses voter qualifications and residency requirements for male citizens and cautions that if Woman's Suffrage amendment passes, the preceding amendment becomes void.
Ballot Subject No 25 outlines Article 5 Section 2 requiring elections to be by ballot, mechanical device, or both while preserving vote secrecy. It authorizes laws to regulate ballot preparation and the use of mechanical devices.
Section 7 requires direct primaries for most offices and petitions for others. It provides a preferential vote for U S Senator and allows township or small municipal races only by petition. Delegates to national party conventions are chosen by direct vote with presidential preferences printed under each candidate’s name.
Ballot Subject No 27 for Article 6 Section 3 describes how state funded public schools are organized and controlled. It allows each city contained district to use a referendum to decide its district board size and structure. Laws will define the exercise of this power by school districts.
Ballot text outlines amending the constitution to create a Superintendent of Public Construction replacing the state commissioner of common schools as an executive officer appointed by the governor for a four year term. It states the powers stay until law changes and takes effect the second Monday of July 1913.
Ballot Subject 29 proposes Article 8 Section 1 allowing state debts up to fifty million dollars for building and maintaining intercounty wagon roads. Annual bond issues capped at ten million, with taxes to cover interest and a sinking fund. State funds and general laws determine road projects and costs.
The text outlines prohibitions on cities towns or townships becoming stockholders or lending credit to joint stock companies or mutual insurers. It allows public buildings or property to be issued in mutual insurance associations and enables possible regulation of insurance rates by state law. The proposal was referred to the Committee on Arrangement Phraseology.
Ballot subject No 31 outlines repeal of the Board of Public Works in Article VIII. It details appointing a superintendent of public works by the overseer for a one year term and defines duties by law. The schedule and related sections are proposed for repeal as part of Article VIII.
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