Smyrna times., 1884-09-24
CHAprEp IL

AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION PROPOSED
An Act proposing Amendments 10 the IoDstitu-
non Tor The purpose of Increasing the uunILrr
oI senators ana Representatives in the General
assembly.
Re il enacted by the Senate and House of Repra
ScntatiEcs of the state of Delaware i'm General
Assembly met, ltWO-thrds ui each house deem,
lnE 81 necessary and cuucurrIug. and nv aUd
VITA the APPRECIATION OF the Governor:
SECTION ]. That the following amendments he
ani NE same are hereby proposed 10 the second
ana hlru sections uf the second Article of the
Constitution of this state:
u trs,, Strike ont the third clause of the said
second section rtudng thus: There Shall he
seven Representatives chosen i'm each county mn
III G'edteI number of Representatives shall by
ne. Uie ,tner9l Assembly be judged necessary and
tHeh t"o-thrds Of each branch OF the Ltcf,ia-
lure cohcurrlng, they may by law make cprovisiou
Tor increasing their number and i'm lien tbnrnnr
substitute and adopt the following viz. .5'Tha
House of Representatives shall consist of twertv
i've members. eleven OF whom shall be chosen
lioGl new castle county, seven from Kent county
alid seven from Sussex county. Provided. thatOf
uic tleEeh Representatives from New Castle
county, four shall be chosen by the citizens rpsid
ing III the city OF Wilmington and seven nv tha
citizens residing in the residue OF said cOilnty
AT each bicnniul session Of the House OF ReDre.
SGhlallNcS the person who was Speaker of the
House of Representatives at the time of its next
preceding adjournment sine die shall preside or
u aJSchl or disqualified, the person who was
speaker pro tcnpOre at the time of said adjourn
lneiit ana give casting vote If the Representa-
uVcS be equally divided. until its sneaker and
second strike out the third clause Of the said
lA:u section reading thus: There shall ha
three senators chosen in each county When a
greater number OF senators shall by the General
Assembly be judged necessary, two.thirds Of
tuch Oranch concurrlng, they may by law make
provision Tor increasing their number: but the
number OF senators shall never be greater tI,ou
uuc-hali, nor less than une-thiri Of the number
of Representatives, and i'm lieu thereof Substit1te
ana adopt the following viz: There shall be
iour senators chosen from each county Prnvid-
ed, that of tie four Senators from New Castle
county two shall be chosen by the citizens rpsid-
ing ia lhe city of Wilmington and two bv the
citizens residing in the residue of said conntv
AT each biennial session Of the Senate the person
who was Speaker of the Senate at the time Of its
next preceding adjournment sine die shall pre-
SIDE or II absent or disqualified, the person who
was speaker pro tempOre at the time of said adj
lournment and give Il casting vote if the Senators
be equally divided. until its speaker. and other
officers shall be duly chosen aud qualified"
SEC. , That the offices of such as NAV be Sena-
tors and Representatives at the time of the ratii-
cation OF the foregoing amendments 10 the Con
SutuJlOn' Shal not be vacated by any of the pro-
visions OF said amendments, nor otherwise ah'ect.
ed The first election for Representatives under
the constitution as amend, q bv said rrovi.innS
shall be held at the gene raj election on Tuesday
next after the first Monday of November i'm The
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and elglty-siX AT the said general election there
SHail DC Ihrec senators elected for each of the
counties of this State, by the citizens Of said conn.
IeS respectively, under the provisions Of the
Constitution so amended as aforesaid ora of
for two years from the day OF his election ana M
iuu@cr anu lhe others - serve as Senators for and
during the full term OF four years from the duy Of
iheir e!ccti' and no longer; provided that of
the three Senators for New Castle countv SO to b.
elec.ri one shall Be chosen by the citizens resid.
llS IN the city of Wilmington to serve as Senator
for tour years as aforesaid, and two by the citi-
lenS residing in the residue of said countv one
thereof To serve as a Senator for two years as
aiotcsaid, and the other for four years rs afore-
said: and two Senators shall be elected frnn,
each county biennially thereafter The first
meeting of the General Assembly under The Con
stitutiOn SO amended, as aforesaid Shall be on
the first Tuesday in January, in the year Of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty
seven. and the meetings of subsequent biennial
sessions on the first Tuesday in january in every
second year thereafter
SEC 3. That the Secretary of this State be and
is hereby directed, after the Governor shall have
approved of the above proposed amendments
duly to publish the above prOiO ed amendments
ana TINS act in two or more newspapers of this
state, for the consideration of the pe6ple at least
three and not more than six months before the
next general election of Senators and Renrpsrnta-
tivcs in this State.
Passed at Dover. March 50 lSS3