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pleas, shall be appointed by joint ballot of both houses of 

 the general assembly, and shall hold their offices for seven 

 years, if so long they behave well; and whereas the first gen- 

 eral assembly of this state did appoint judges of the supreme 

 court, presidents and associate judges of the court of com- 

 mon pleas, many of whose offices have become vacant at dif- 

 ferent times, and elections have been had to fill vacancies; 

 and whereas the original term of office is about to expire, and 

 it becomes necessary, for the general assembly ^br to provide 

 for that event: 



Therefore, Resolved, by the general assembly of the state of 

 Ohio, That the constitution of the state having limited and 

 defined the term of office, which the judges of the supreme 

 court, the presidents and judges of the court of common pleas, 

 the secretary of state, the auditor and treasurer of state ; and 

 also the mode of filling vacaucies by the legislature, it can- 

 not of right, be construed to extend beyond the end of the 

 original terra for which the first officers were appointed." 



In the house, the vote stood twenty-seven to eighteen. 

 Those who voted in the affirmative were, Corwin, G. Clark, 

 Crumbacker, J. Dunlap, S. Dunlap, Dillon, Ellis, Ford, Mur- 

 ray, Gosset, Gardner, Gass, Heaton, Hughs, Humphrey, Ijams, 

 Johnson, Marvin, Pritchard, Pollock, Purviance, Shopard, 

 Sharp, Swearengen, Tatman, Vore and Edward Tiffin, speaker. 



In the negative, voted, Blair, Elliot, Harbaugh, Jackson, 

 Looker, Lowry, Ludlow, Marple, McColloch, McKinney, New- 

 port, Putnam, Pool, Shields, SpafTord, Shelby and Wheedon. 



When passed, the resolution was sent to the senate, through 

 v.hich it finally passed, on the 18th January 1810. 



In that body, the vote stood fourteen for it, and ten against 

 it, as fallows, viz : In the affirmative. Abbot, Barrere, Bryan, 

 Burton, Cadwell, Cone, Elliot, Irvin, Kinney, Kirker, McLaugh- 

 lin, Price, Smith and Wood. 



In the negative, voted. Bigger, Bureau, Cooper, Curry, 

 Foos, Jewett, Henry Massie, McConnel, Schofield, and McAr- 

 thur. 



Thus, by a mere resolution, the general assembly, swept off" 



