Civics of Ohio

Coroner, 40

Governor, powers of, 5; and legisla-
Corporations, 77-78

tive bills, 10-11; date of election
Council, municipal, 57-58; presi- of, 13; duties of, 14; succession
dent of, 60; village, 64

to office of, 14; officials appointed
Counties, early, 3-4; increase of, 5,

by, 15
33-34; judicial department of, 16-. Grand duplicate, 36
18; relation to state government,

Grand jury, 42-43
33; mininum size of new, 34 ;
capitals of, 34-35; map of early Hamilton County, 3, 20, 33, 34
and present counties, 34

Highways, 76–77, 97
County government, 33-48

House of representatives, 8; appor-
County roads, 97

tionment in, 9-10; power of im:
Courts, 16-21

peachment, 10
Crimes, III
Cuyahoga County, 3, 20

Impeachment, 10

Indiana Territory, 4
Debt, municipal, 55-57 ; state, 81- Industrial Commission, state, 76
82

Industries, state supervision of,
Deeds, 37-38, 47

74-75
Department, of public safety, 61 ; of Inheritance, rules of, 46–47
public service, 61

Initiative and referendum, 11-13,
Ditch supervisors, 30

66-67

Insolvency courts, 20
Education, 84-92

Inspectors, of schools, 85; of elec-
Educational funds, 37, 81, 84, 85, 88 tions, 104
Elections, 100-107 ; time of, 13, 103
Eminent domain, right of, 50-51, Jefferson County, 33, 34

Judicial circuits, 17-19
Equalization, boards of, 79-80 Judicial department, 15-21; of cities,
Ethics of government, 109

75

62; of villages, 66
Examiners, boards of, 89

Jurisdiction of courts, 16-21, 30-31,
Executive department, of the state, 40-42; appellate, 17-19, 20, 41,

13-15; of cities, 58-62; of villages, 113; original, 19, 20, 41
64-66

Jury, grand, 42-43, 113; petit, 43–

45; trial by, 43-45, 112-114
Fairfield County, 34

Justices' courts, 16, 30–31
Federal plan in cities, 67, 68

Justices of the peace, 30–31
Felonies, 31

Juvenile courts, 20–21
Fire department, 62, 66
Fiske, John, 78

Laws, retroactive, 10; method of

making, 10-13
General Assembly, membership of, Legislation, national vs. state, 13

8-10; duties and powers of each Legislature, see General Assembly
house, 10; rights of members, 10; Lieutenant governor, 13, 14, 15
method of passing a bill, 10-11; Lindsey, Judge, 21
amendments to constitution, 21; Local government, 26
election of United States senators,
23

Marietta, settlement of, 3, 27
Gerrymandering, 23

Marshal, village, 64, 65-66
Gist, Christopher, I

Mayor, 58-60; village, 64-65

1

Mayor's court, 62–63, 66
Militia, state, 93-95
Mortgages, 30, 37-38
Municipal courts, 16
Municipal government, 49–72

Naval militia, 93-94
Noble County, 34
Nominations, 101-102
Normal schools, 89
Northwest Territory, 3

Ohio Company, 3
Ordinance of 1787, 3, 4, 26

Paternalism, state, 74-75
Penal institutions, 74
Petit jury, 43-45
Plaintiff and defendant, 112
Police court, 62, 66
Police department, 62
Police powers and regulations, 114-

115
Population, early centers of, 3;

growth of, 5
President, of senate, as governor,

14; of city council, 60
Presidential electors, 23
Presidential preference primaries,

102-103
Primary elections, 101
Probate courts, 16-17, 45-47
Property, private, descent of, 46–47 ;

private, for public purposes, 50-
51; public, sale or lease of, 51-52;

rights of, 110
Prosecuting attorney, 35, 39, 42, 43
Public morals, 115
Public safety, department of, 61
Public service, department of, 61
Public works, 96-99

Railroads, street, 52-53
Recall, municipal, 69–70
Receivers, 20
Recorder, county, 35, 37–38
Registration, 103
Residence, laws of, 103
Rights, individual, 109-110;

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Roads, superintendent of, 30
Ross County, 33, 34
Rural schools, 85, 86, 87

St. Clair, Governor, 27, 33
School funds, 81, 88
School libraries, 89
Schools, public, 84-92
Secretary of state, 13, 15
Senate, 8; apportionment in, 9-10;

impeachment trials, 10
Senatorial districts, 33; map of, 9
Senators, United States, election of,

23
Sheriff, 35, 38–39
Sinking fund, 55-57, 81
Soldiers' claims, 95-96
Speaker of the house as governor,

14
State, the, government of, 8–23, 73–

83; in national government, 23;
institutions of, 73–74; paternalism
in, 74-75; school system of, 84-
92; public works of, 93-99; re-

medial powers of, 109-116
State corporations, 77-78
State highways, 76–77
State Industrial Commission, 76
State penitentiary, 74
State taxation, 78-82
Statutory courts, 20
Statutory enactment, 11-12
Suffrage, right of, 103
Superintendent, of roads, 300 ; of

public instruction, 84-85
Supervisor, of ditches, 30; of public

works, 96; of elections, 107
Supreme court, 19-20
Surveyor, county, 39-40

tractual, 110-111

Tax commission, state, 78–79
Taxation, township, 28–29; county,

36–37 ; municipal, 54-55; state,

78-82
Teachers, 86-88; pensions of, 85
Torts, III
Town meeting, 27-28
Township roads, 97-98
Townships, 2, 26–32; minimum size

of, 29

Treasurer, state, 13, 15; township,

30; county, 37, 38; city, 60;

village, 64, 65
Trial by jury, 43-45, 112-114
Trumbull County, 33, 34
Trustees, township, 28–29; of the

sinking fund, 60; of public affairs,

66
Turnpikes, 98-99

department of, 66; schools of,
85, 87
Virginia, claims of, i
Volunteers, 95
Voting, regulations governing, 103–

107

Universities and colleges, 88–89

Washington, General, 96
Washington County, 3, 27, 33, 34
Waterford, 27
Wayne County, 33, 34
Western territory, 1-2
Wills, 46–47
Women, voting rights of, 103
Wooster, experimental school at, 75
Wrongs, legal, 111; private, 111-112

Villages, maximum size of, 49; in-

corporation of, 63–64; legislative
power of, 64; executive power of,
64-65; officers of, 64-66; judicial

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