386 APPENDIX. 



Court and the Presidents of the Courts of Common Pleaf, sbill 

 at stated times, receive for their services an adequate compen- 

 sation, to be fixed by law, which sh ill not be diminished du- 

 ring their continuance in office; but they shall receive no fees 

 or perquisites of office, nor hold any other office of profit or 

 trust under the authority of this state or the United States. 



Sec. 9. Each Court shill appoint its own clerk for the term 

 of seven year?; but no person shill be appointed clerk, except 

 pro tempore, whi sbill not produce to the Co;irt appointing 

 him, a certificate from a majority of the Judges of the Supreme 

 Court, th it they j idge him to be well qualified to execute the 

 duties of the office of clerk to any court of the same dignity 

 with that for which he offers himself. They shall be remova- 

 ble for breach of good behavior, at any time, by the Judges of 

 the respective Courts. 



Sec. 10. The S'lpreme Court shall be held once a year, in 

 each county, and the Courts of Common Pleas shall be holden 

 in each county, at such times, and places as shall be prescribed 

 by law. 



Sec. 11. a complete number of Justices of the Peace shall 

 be elected bv the qualified electors in each township in the 

 several counties, and shall continue in office three years whose 

 powers and duties shall, from time to time, be regulated and 

 defined by law. 



Sec. 12. The style of all process shall be, " The State of 

 Ohio:^'' all prosecutions shall be carried on in the name and by 

 the authority of the State of Ohio; and all indictments shall 

 conclude against the peace and dignity of the same. 



ARTICLE IV. 



Sec. 1. In all elections, all white male inhabitants above 

 the age of twenty-one years, having resided in the State one 

 year next preceding the election, and who have paid, or are 

 charged, with a state or county tax, shall enjoy the right of 

 an elector; but no person shall be entitled to vote, except in 



