Former Provisions of the Constitution of the State of Ohio, 1851 Former Art. IV, § 3

The state shall be divided into nine common pleas districts, of which the county of Hamilton shall constitute one, of compact territory, and bounded by county lines;  and each of said districts, consisting of three or more counties, shall be subdivided into three parts, of compact territory, bounded by county lines, and as nearly equal in population as practicable;  in each of which, one judge of the court of common pleas for said district, and residing therein, shall be elected by the electors of said subdivision.  Courts of common pleas shall be held, by one or more of these judges, in every county in the district, as often as may be provided by law;  and more than one court, or sitting thereof, may be held at the same time in each district.