Smyrna times., 1884-09-17
CHAPTER II

| ''---'"4l'>IS 10 THE CONSTITUTION PROPOSED
al "a, ncs proposing Amendments to the ,opstitu.
~ t'ou l"I lhe purpose Of Increasing The rii1,i,r
| Assembly. N' III 'le General
! BE il enacted by the c..,.,,...,,.., ?,
'I' Is OI lIle state OF Delaware i'm 5;..It.r,I
| ANScuoly met 'tWo-thrls OF each hnuso 60 az
| Nl'a 'ie APPRECIATION Of the tiovcIuor'. - '''''
! 81 iiDN ]. That the folloyyiu., nI1n1+I,,.
S %,,S tiig same are hereby proposed to the Srr,
! Constitution Of this State. 0i0 vi tHe
! lHSt' StrIke out the third clause of tba s,i.1
s,, CD',T T. lcs''ol reading thus: There shall 49,
Nh II rrsi CHOSEN in each county nm
H. " 5tN"lei number Of Representative, SIs'Ii ~.
tne General Assembly De Judged nrr,,s,t Ia, oG
- Us oi each branch Of the I soi.i,
rIr ili tney may by law make Provision
SUBSTITUTE and adopt the fllln,vin,, CdSoI
Iouse oI representatives shall consist nf fy,,. e
r'c members eleven of whom shall be c}','''!s
MI g, ''''le 'puhty, seven from Kent con,tt,,
% ,llu ven Ifom Sussex county pr,vi,.d tbat'Is
,I,t,. ~ ~ representatives from New C4etIo
In! "ui snail be CHOSEN bV the citizape r.eS
ing III the city Of Wilmington and So, ~ , ~ IL
i'i@Cls itSluiHg III the residue OF said cn,nt,, t
Al cdch biennial session of the TIN, W, ND1lIhly
SGulaliFeN TIE person who was ~ue1ler - liie
mouse Ol Representatives al the tii,,s f III; VI lHe
E aI,y'.ri7 ",JI4TIihent sine die shall preside or
l,..,is,.r mr., =" l'>luAiueG the person who was
tI"NSi Iio tehlpore al the time of said adionr,,
n!vA' ana give casting vote if The Errrt 80 ~
uivS oG equally divided, until its spetcr a''i
"tI oAlcerS snail be duly chosen .ni 1,,Ii,;'
second, Strk out the third claus, % iGt''t'leu
iHi!H section reading thus: Their I'm "a ~
,lI,,f,.r 49, ,'S UIlyssn IN each county. When
k't"leT number Of Senators shall by Tho G,TI ,i q
assembly be judged necessary f,,.I,tli.t;i t;ielat
T~NM DIdnCh cohcurring, they NAV by II,,. 1roIM. Va
i,, tsio ioI increasing their number: but fbe
'N'i"ci "I senators shall never be prp9tnr NJ |
"ii1 iiiIl' nor less than Onc-hird of 3L, ,,, ,il
ana i iie,G"ttuVeS and IN lieu thereof substitute
Gi,r 60, Ss,"i' sne iOIIoWIns, viz There shall be
I4I' senators chosen from each colInf,- p,.;Ie ~
& ea tnaI ol Tie four Senators from New t,n.tI
gpulity' Two snail be chosen by the citize,,y i,S
citizens nc Sigi,! gii,! QI Wilmington and TWO by the
A. 80 tGsrtI!S III the residue Of said coiuf,,
.ni c"cH biennial session of the senate lie 49,!
WI. was speaker Of the Senate at the fine ~ ~
~ preceding adjournment sine die sLSll -. -
SIde or II absent or Disqualified the nor' i Ply
WAS speaker pro tempOrC at the Time nf s,il w 10
w ,TIIt ana give casting vote if the Sei,afn-
DC cfuaI;y divided, until its Speaker AMI ~
oHceIS snail be duly chosen and 0noiif"lj - "'4cI
=, -; -, nat Ihe Offices OfSuch as NAV he soma
roti c Sseh'atiFcS at the time of the rsfifi
';,.,,I u VI lile foregoing amendments TO the C,r
shall not be vacated bv any 0f fb In @
' 5N'oils OF sald amendments. nor Othar,ris, r.,
a. a. inc ilISt election for Represeut9tv,.S ,,,,3
the Constitution as amended Ll 500 ~ ,eS u!lutr
siIlIl @ nc heiu al the general election M T,itlS,
,.eN. & "L!er me hrSt Monday of November in fbs
and eirbtv.lir bl r''G one thousand eight hundred i
'iaii De three Senators elected for aacL ~ iJIe @
5u.lCS ol thlS state, by the citizens of said com
", ~ ..eslectVely, under the provisions of a. |
.93hsutuuom so amended as aforesaid o1. 'ilG ne
r ! , sum pe so selected to serve as a Senator
of TWO years from the dav OF his elerfi6 IN ~ -ol M
frr- In " NJ
iuths ihe nll term of four years from tbe , 81
eII ', e'ecll, II and no longer provided Thar "f U
ne lHTte senators for New Castle county, 90 ~ "a I
,Iec!ea one snail he chosen BY the citizsns i oS Ge
s s ~ ,. .ne elty OF Wilmington to serve as Senator
@ ~, lUur @ SSaIS as aforesaid, and two by the Gift
S'N ISSlullS IN the residue of said coI,rt,- -.
hereof 10 serve as Senator for two vnsrs O,s ae
ioIeNald and the other for four wears SS - a. n
aiI' i anu Two senators shall be elected from, 81
acn cn county biennially thereafter The frst .,
lieetng OF the General Assembly under the CoH
tuition 80 amended, as aforesaid shall IL I In 5
ne Iir>t Tuesday in January i'm the vear ~ Te @ On 90
.ora !ia one thousand eight hundred and eiabfr. .
s.Gll, onu me meetings of subsequent bieHni3I
econd year thereafter Ill every
9EC. l.. .. Ihat the Secretary of this State be md
hereoy directed, after the Governor sboiI LHi. 80
pproved Of the above proposed amendn,nittSe my .,
~ uT ~ 70 P%uonSh pup the above prOpo ed amendments q
t ot "a - a. III TWO or more newspapers of This =
ale Ior the consideration of the pe6nIe et loost
rec re. ana not more than six months before tbe -
st sAt general election Of Senators and Represenia
FaN>ed at Dover, March 30 ISS3