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SEC. 10. There shall be a special term of the Supreme Court Records, &c., of held at Columbus, to commence on the first Monday of March, court. 1852; and the records and files of the late Supreme Court in Bank, shall be transferred to the present Supreme Court, and be under the control of the latter court, in the same manner that its own records and files may be.

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SEC. 11. For the purposes of the District Courts, the nine District Courts common pleas districts shall be apportioned into five Judicial cuits. Circuits, as follows: The second and third common pleas districts, composed of the counties of Butler, Preble, Darke, First circuit. Montgomery, Miami, Champaign, Warren, Clinton, Greene, Clark, Shelby, Auglaize, Allen, Hardin, Logan, Union, Marion, Mercer, Van Wert, Putnam, Paulding, Defiance, Williams, Henry, Fulton, Wood, Seneca, Hancock, Wyandot and Second. Crawford, shall constitute the first circuit. The fourth and sixth districts, composed of the counties of Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Erie, Huron, Lorain, Medina, Summit, Cuyahoga, Wayne, Ashland, Richland, Morrow, Knox, Delaware, Licking, Coshocton and Holmes, shall constitnte the second cir cuit. The fifth and seventh districts, composed of the counties Third. of Clermont, Brown, Adams, Highland, Ross, Fayette, Pickaway, Franklin, Madison, Fairfield, Perry, Hocking, Jackson, Vinton, Pike, Scioto, Lawrence, Gallia, Meigs, Athens and Washington, shall constitute the third circuit. The eighth and Fourth. ninth districts, composed of the counties of Muskingum, Morgan, Guernsey, Belmont, Monroe, Jefferson, Harrison, Tuscarawas, Stark, Carroll, Columbiana, Trumbull, Portage, Mahoning, Geauga, Lake and Ashtabula, to which is hereby added the county of Noble, shall constitute the fourth circuit. And the county of Hamilton shall constitute the fifth circuit.

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SEC. 12. At the sessions of the district court, a judge of Who shall prethe supreme court shall preside; but in case no judge of the supreme court shall be present, the judge of the court of common pleas in whose subdivision such court may be, shall preside; Provided, that the judges of the district court in any district, may, at their first session, in their said district, prescribe by a rule of court, entered upon the record, which one of judges shall, in the absence or disability of the judge of said supreme court, preside in any county or counties of said district.

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SEC. 13. The district court, in addition to the original juris- Writs and jurisdiction conferred upon it by article 4, section 6, of the constitution, shall have power, on good cause shown, to issue writs of error, certiorari, supersedeas, ne exeat, and all other writs not specially provided for by statute, whenever such writs may be necessary for the exercise of its jurisdiction, in the due administration of right and justice throughout the State; and the said district court shall have appellate jurisdiction, under such regulations as may be prescribed by law, from the court of common pleas, in all civil cases, in which the court of common pleas has original jurisdiction.

Seals.

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SEC. 14. The secretary of state shall procure, at the expense of the state, for each of the several counties, a seal for the district court, to be surrounded by these words, "The district court of the state of Ohio;" and also one seal for the supreme court, surrounded with these words, "The supreme court of the state of Ohio." And the seals of the court of common pleas, under the former constitution, shall be the seals of the courts of common pleas under the present constitution, in the proper counties respectively.

SEC. 15. The court of common pleas shall have origiCommon Pleas nal jurisdiction in all civil cases, in law and equity, where the sum or matter in dispute exceeds the jurisdiction of justices of the peace, and appellate jurisdiction from the decisions of county commissioners, justices of the peace, and other inferior courts, in the proper county, in all civil cases, subject to the regulations provided by law. It shall have original jurisdiction of all crimes and offences, except in cases of minor offences, the exclusive jurisdiction of which is possessed by justices of the peace, or that may be vested in courts inferior to the common pleas, and shall have the same power to issue remedial and other process, writs of error, quo warranto and mandamus excepted, as the district court has; and any of the judges of the courts of common pleas within their respective districts, shall, on good cause shown, have power to allow writs of certiorari, directed to justices of the peace, probate courts, or county commissioners, to cause their proceedings to be brought before the court of common pleas of the county in which such proceedings may have been commenced, in order that right and justice may be done.

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Same subject.

SEC. 16. Whenever a judge of the court of common pleas shall be interested in the event of any cause or matter pending before said court, in any county of his district, it shall be the duty of the other judges of the district, or one of them, to attend, and hold the court wherein such cause or matter is pending, for the trial of the same; and if all three of the common pleas judges shall be interested in the event of any cause or matter pending in their district, the same shall be removed for trial into the nearest county in an adjacent district, under the order of the court wherein the same was instituted.

SEC. 17. If in any cause or matter pending in the district. court, any two or more of the judges holding said court, are interested in the event thereof, such cause or matter shall be removed, under the order of the court, to the district court in the nearest county of an adjacent district, for trial, and shall be proceeded in to trial and judgment, in all respects as if the same had originated in the county to which the same shall have been removed; and whenever any cause shall have been removed from the county in which the same originated, either under this or the preceding section, a duly certified copy of the final judgment rendered therein, may be taken by the party

recovering the same, and presented to the clerk of the court of the county from which the cause was removed; and said clerk shall forthwith record the same in the journal of said last mentioned court; and from the time of such entry upon record, said judgment shall operate as a lien upon the real estate of the debtor, as fully as though the same had been on that day rendered in said last mentioned county.

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SEC. 18. All process and remedies authorized by the laws of Process, reme this State, when the present constitution took effect, may be under the old had, and resorted to, in the courts of the proper jurisdiction, titutions. under the present constitution; and all the laws regulating the practice of, and imposing duties upon, or granting powers to the supreme court, or any judge thereof, and the courts of common pleas respectively under the former constitution, except as to matters of probate jurisdiction, in force when the present constitution took effect, shall govern the practice of, and impose the like duties upon the district courts, and courts of common pleas respectively, created by the present constitution, so far as such process, remedies and laws may be applicable to said courts and judges respectively, or any judge thereof.

SEC. 19. Each judge of the supreme court, and of the ath. courts of common pleas, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take an oath or affirmation, pursuant to the seventh section of the fifteenth article of the constitution, to support the constitution of the United States, and the constitution of the State of Ohio, to administer justice without respect to persons, and faithfully and impartially to discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon him as such judge, according to the best of his ability and understanding; and the said oath, with the certificate of the officer administering the same, shall be endorsed on the commission of such judge.

JAMES C. JOHNSON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
WILLIAM MEDILL,

President of the Senate.

February 19, 1852.

AN ACT

Fixing and providing for the terms of the District Courts of the State of Ohio.

Terms of Dis

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State trict Courts. of Ohio, That the terms of the District Courts shall be holden in the several counties of the State, commencing as follows:

2d Common

Pleas District.

3d Common

Pleas District.

6th Common Pleas District.

FIRST CIRCUIT.

Second Common Pleas District.

In the county of Butler on the tenth day of May.
In the county of Preble on the seventeenth day of May.
In the county of Darke on the twenty-fourth day of May.
In the county of Miami on the thirty-first day of May.
In the county of Champaign on the seventh day of June.
In the county of Clark on the fourteenth day of June.
In the county of Greene on the twenty-fourth day of June.
In the county of Clinton on the twenty-eighth day of June.
In the county of Warren on the fifth day of July.
In the county of Montgomery on the twelfth day of July.

Third Common Pleas District.

In the county of Shelby on the second day of August.
In the county of Mercer on the fifth day August.
In the county of Auglaize on the ninth day of August.
In the county of Allen on the eleventh day of August.
In the county of Hardin, on the thirteenth day of August.
In the county of Logan, on the sixteenth day of August.
In the county of Union, on the twentieth day of August.
In the county of Marion, on the twenty-third day of August.
In the county of Crawford, on the twenty-sixth day of
August.

In the county of Wyandot, on the thirtieth day of August.
In the county of Seneca, on the first day of September.
In the county of Hancock, on the sixth day of September.
In the county of Putnam, on the eighth day of September.
In the county of Vanwert, on the tenth day of September.
In the county of Paulding, on the thirteenth day of Sep-

tember.

In the county of Defiance, on the fifteenth day of September.

In the county of Williams, on the seventeenth day of September.

In the county of Fulton, on the twentieth day of September.

In the county of Henry, on the twenty-second day of September.

In the county of Wood, on the twenty-fourth duy of September.

SECOND CIRCUIT.

Sixth Common Pleas District.

In the county of Wayne, on the third day of May.
In the county of Holmes, on the twelfth day of May.

In the county of Coshocton, on the seventeenth day of May.
In the county of Licking, on the twenty-first day of May.
In the county of Delaware, on the twenty-eighth day of May.
In the county of Morrow, on the thirty-first day of May.
In the county of Knox, on the fourth day of June.

In the county of Richland, on the eleventh day of June.
In the county of Ashland, on the twenty-first day of June.
Fourth Common Pleas District.

In the county of Lucas, on the second day of August
In the county of Ottawa, on the ninth day of August.
In the county of Sandusky, on the eleventh day of August.
In the county of Erie, on the sixteenth day of August.
In the county of Huron, on the twenty-third day of August.
In the county of Lorain, on the thirtieth day of August.
In the county of Medina, on the second day of September.
In the county of Summit, on the sixth day of September.
In the county of Cuyahoga, on the thirteenth day of Sep-

tember.

THIRD CIRCUIT.

Fifth Common Pleas District.

In the county of Clermont, on the third day of May.
In the county of Brown, on the tenth day of May.
In the county of Adams, on the seventeenth day of May.
In the county of Highland, on the twenty-first day of May.
In the county of Ross, on the twenty-seventh day of May.
In the county of Fayette, on the third day of June.
In the county of Madison, on the ninth day of June.
In the county of Franklin, on the fourteenth day of June.
In the county of Pickaway, on the twenty-first day of June.
Seventh Common Pleas District.

4th Common Pleas District.

5th Common Pleas District

7th Commen

In the county of Perry, on the twelfth day of August. In the county of Fairfield, on the sixteenth day of August. Pleas District. In the county of Hocking, on the twenty-third day of August. In the county of Athens, on the twenty-fifth day of August. In the county of Vinton, on the twenty-eighth day of August. In the county of Jackson, on the thirty-first day of August. In the county of Pike, on the second day of September. In the county of Scioto, on the fourth day of September. In the county of Lawrence, on the eighth day of September. In the county of Gallia, on the eleventh day of September. In the county of Meigs, on the fourteenth day of September. In the county of Washington, on the seventeenth day of September.

FOURTH CIRCUIT.

Ninth Common Pleas District.

In the county of Geauga, on the fifteenth day of April.
In the county of Lake, on the nineteenth day of April.

9th Common Pleas District.

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