State ex rel. McNamara v. Campbell

Citations

• 94 Ohio St. 403
• 115 N.E. 29
• 1916 Ohio LEXIS 131

Syllabus

<p>JConstitutional law — Date amendments effective — Not postponed by joint resolution of legislature, when — Section i, Article XVI, Constitution, controls — Eligibility of women to office — 'Amended Section 4, Article XV, Constitution — Effective when adopted by electors — Term of office — Section 20, Article II, Constitution■ — Includes appointive officers — Chief matron of girls’ industrial school — Section 2101-1, General Code (103 O. L., 881) — Appointed by board of administration — Section 1842, General Code (102 O. L., 214) —Entitled to complete term — Civil service laws inapplicable, when — Approval of salary voucher by commission.</p> <p>1. A provision in a joint resolution of the general assembly of Ohio, submitting to the electors of the state a proposed amendment to the constitution, that the same shall not go into effect until a time later than that fixed by Section 1 of Article XVI of the Constitution, is inoperative and void, unless the proposition to postpone the taking effect of such proposed amendment beyond the time named in the constitution is also submitted to the electors of the state and adopted by a majority of those voting on the proposition.</p> <p>2. The amendment to Section 4, Article XIV of the Constitution, making women eligible to appointment as members of boards or officers of departments or institutions affecting or caring for women and children, became a part of the constitution when a majority of the electors of the state voting thereon adopted it, and was in full force and effect on the 23d day of December, 1913.</p> <p>3. The term “officers,” as used in Section 20, Article II of the Constitution, includes both appointive and elective officers.</p> <p>4. Where a valid and lawful appointment was made by the Ohio board of administration, under the provisions of Section 2101-1, General Code (103 O. L., 881), and Section 1842, General Code (102 O. L., 214), before the civil service laws of the state went into operation, the person ap