Article VI.

Section 6. Circuit courts and courts of oyer and terminer abolished

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Circuit courts and courts of oyer and terminer abolished

Summary:

Election Date: November 3, 1925

Votes For Ratification: 1090632

Votes Against Ratification: 711018

Percent for Ratification: 61%

Percent Against Ratification: 39%

Notes:

Amendment Source: 1925 C R Amendment No 4

Effective Date Source:

Circuit courts and courts of oyer and terminer abolished

Circuit Courts and Courts of Oyer and Terminer are abolished from and after the last day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety five. All their jurisdiction shall thereupon be vested in the Supreme Court, and all actions and proceedings then pending in such courts shall be transferred to the Supreme Court for hearing and determination. Any Justice of the Supreme Court, except as otherwise provided in this article, may hold court in any county.

Summary: New section; reorganizing state judicial system (supreme court appellate divisions created, jurisdiction of the court of appeals limited to certain cases, some lower courts eliminated and their jurisdiction conferred on the supreme court)

Election Date: November 6, 1894

Votes For Ratification: 410097

Votes Against Ratification: 327402

Percent for Ratification: 56%

Percent Against Ratification: 44%

Notes:

Amendment Source: 1894 CR 2

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