Daily Republican., 1883-03-13
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.


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Both Houses Of the General Assem-
bly, entered upon the eleventh week {
the session TINS afternoon. The onl
important business Transacted in tn
senate was the kl1llng OF the bill glvin
owners OF hotels at watering places, tn
privilege OF taking ont half yearly Ii
crhse at nall the nsual rates (s".W)
ne Dill was reported adversely ~ tn
committee, VINO deeme, 1t very impro
per, as the biil was manly Cotton III
tor the Denef1t OF hotel Keepers at keho
both anu II allowed TO pass would thro,
the door wide open Tor other hotel KEEP
ers al tlc various watering places alon!
Delaware shores, I" procure hal
yearly license and keep open all til
year. In view OF TINS iact further con
sideratlon OF the Dill was ihdef1nitel.
postponed.
THE BAR ASSOCIATION BILL
was introduced in the House this after
noon by Speaker Bates, and read b,
the clerk. The bill is II lengthy docu
ment and embraces numerous amend
ments to Article vi of the State Consti
tuition, in substance as follows:
SECTION 9 of the above mentioned ar
ticle is stricken ont and the following
inserted in lieu thereof:
There shall be five judges in tn,
State, who shall be appointed for twelv'
years and may be re-appointcd for an,
number of like terms. One of then
shall he Chancellor and another Chic
Justice, who may respectively be ap
pointed from any resident in any par,
of the State. The other Judges shal
BE- A ssociate Judges, who may be takcI
from any part of the State, but afte
appointment each shall reside, during
his term, in the county for which he i,
appointed.
The persons in Office at the time of thu
ratification hereof shall hold their seve
raj Offices without re-appointment fol
the term Of twelve years thereafter
and the associate Jud ge then residin,
in any county shall be the resident
judge of that county.
SECTION 3 of the article is amended
by striking out the first paragraph t.
the word business " inclusive and in
serts: "Thc Superior Court in eacl
county shall consist Of the Associate
Judge residing in that county. He
shall hold court therein during sucl
terms as NAV be provided by law, but
not fewer than two terms each year
and may make all rules necessary toI
expediting business. "
SECTION I is amended by making
the Court Of General Sessions of the
Peace and Jail Delivery similar to the
Superior Court.
SECTION q is amended by making
the Court of Oyer and Terminer similar
to the others and further amends by ad.
ding in lieu of the last period in said
section the following:
No Judge in any Courts of this State
shall charge juries with respect to mat.
ters of fact but shall only declare the
law. In all capita] felonies and in such
other criminal cases as the General As
sembly shall provide. the accused, after
conviction and sentence, shall have the
right to a writ of error. to be issued out
of the court of error and appeals, as in
other cases, but such writ shall be emade
returnable to the next session of said
court to be held after such sentence and
shall have priority in said court ovel
all causes of a civil nature. and shall be
heard and determined at said session,
unless the said court, for cause shown,
shall deem that substantial Justice re-
uuires its continuance.
In ease any Judge, whose duty it
shall be to hold the said Superior Court,
Court of General Session, or Court of
Over and Teruiner. shall be unable 10
through interest or otherwise
to sit at any time or in any cause, the
Chief Justice shall 81, in his stead. In
the absence of the Judge, the clerks
of either of the Courts of Chancery,
Superior Court Court Of Over and
Trrminrr, Court of General Sessions
and Orphans Court, may, upon his or
der, open and adjourn the same.
SECTION I is amended by inserting in
lieu of the first paragraph to the word alb
sence. the following: The Court of er-
rors and Appeals shall have iurisdic-
ton to issue writs of error to the three
lower courts, in all cases where such
writ il riypn by this Constitution or
by the General Assembly, and
to determine finally all matters in er-
ror in the judgments and proceedings Of
said courts. and to receive appeals from
the Court of Chauccry and to determine
finally all matters of appcal in the intr-
lorurory of final decrers and proceed
inps in Chanc.ry. The court of Errors
and Appeals upon a writ of error shall
ronsis ST Of the chancellor. Chief Justice,
and Assmiatc Judges who did not sit in
tn, Cont below Ifthe resident Judge
who ought to have tried the cause be-
low did NOT there sit. he shall sit in tn @
said cause in the Court of Errors an d
Appeals. unless there be legal execution
to him,
i'm. Chief ,Justic, sat in the cause
below. h. shall NOT sit in such cause in
the Court of Errors and Appeals. Upon
a writ of error the Chancellor shall pre-
side. but in case Of his absence or dis
th. Chi.f Justice shall nre
side. or shnuld he he absent or tlisu,lali.
fed the senior assoriute present shall
Uuon aupeal from the Court
Of Chanrerv. thr Court Of Errors and