Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-08-05
Proposed Amendment to the Consti
tuition Of the State of Kansas.
HoUsF JoINT REsOIUTIoy NO.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION No. l.
House JOINT REsoLUnos No; T. For the submission
of proposition to amend the constitution OF the
Be it Resolved 81 the Legislature Of the State Of Kan
sas t,yo-thirds Of the members elected to each
house thereof concurring therein
onstirion Of tis sare s herebs sunmiftd to the
qualified electors OF the for their approval
Kansas is hereby amended by striking out the whole
OF section two, articie three of The constitution
and amending section thirteen article three of the
constitution aad inserting IN lieu of said section two
and anendatory 10 said section thirteen. the foi
lowing which shall constitute section Two, OF article
three OF the constitution. Section 2. The supreme
court shall consist of five Justices, who shall be
chosen by the electors OF the state three of whom
shall constitute quorum aud concurrence OF tnrse
shall be necessary TO every decislon OF the court IT,
number of justices OF the supreme court to seven.
whenever two-thirds Of the members of e house oi
the legislature shall concur, when four juSees shall
constitute quorum. and concurrence OF four snab
be necessary 10 every decision OF the court The Jus
electo0 shall be chief justice. and In case two or
more justices hold commissions OF the same date
tees. they shall determine BY lot who shall be chef
years OF age and upward who have been admitted
attorneys OF the supreme court ana no others, snai
OF justice OF the supreme court Inc term 81 once OF
justice Of the supreme court shall be ten years, one
years W hose term Of Office shall commence on the
second Monday of January next, ate.
or priar 70 the time OF the Adoption OF
this amendment shall hold their offices during the
this amendment. the additional justices first
provided for BY this amendment shall be appointed
by the governor and shall mold their offices until the
next general election in eighteen hundred ana eighty
when their snail be elected. one 10
until the second Monday of January, eighteen
hundred and ninety five. and the other to serve until
the second Monday of January eighteen hundred and
ninety seven. Whenever provision shall be made Dy
law for the increase of the number OF Jsticesof the
supreme court 10 herein provided. such TWO
additional justices shall be appointed by the governor
and shall hold their offices until the second Monday
of January succeeding the general election next
thereafter, at which members OF the house OF the rep
resentaiiyes of the legislature shall be elected at
which said general election their shall be
elected-one for the term of eight years, and the
other for the term of years. from the second Mon
day of January next after their election: and their
successors shall be elected ten thereafter
The saery OF each Justice shall be not less than nve
thousand dollars for each year.
SEC. 2. This proposition shall be submitted TO the
electors OF this state at the general election for the
election of representatives TO the legislature in the
year A D. eighteen hundred and eighty six, for their
approval rejection. Those voting in favor Of this
written printed their ballots, For the judicial
amendment to the constitution. Those voting
against this proposition to amend the constitution
shall have written or printed on their ballots
Against the Judicial amendment to the CONSTITUTION
Said ballots shall be received and said vote shall De
taken counted canvassed and, returned and returns
thereof made in the manner and all respects as
provided by law in of the election Of represen
tatives in the legislature.
SEC. 3. This resolution shall take effect and be In
force from and after its publication In the statute
book.
Approved March g. 1885.
hereby certify that the foregoing is true and
rect copy OF the original enrolled joint resolution
file in Office, and that the same was pnb-
lished in the Session Laws of Kansas of 1885.
dos -w2Dl5t T.. b. ALLEN Secretary of State.