The Iola register., 1886-09-24
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONsTl
TUITION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 4.
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 4. For the SUBJ
mission of a proposition to amend the con-
stitutiOn Of the State of Kansas
Kansas. tro-thirds Of the members elected to
each house thereof concurring therein:
SECTION l. The following proposition to
amend the constitution Of this state is hereby
submitted to the qualified electors of the state
for their approval or rejection, namely: The
constitution of the state of Kansas is hereby
amended by striking out the whole of section
two, article three, of the constitution, and
amending section thirteen, article three, of the
constitution, and inserting In lieu of said sec
tiOn two, and as amendatOry to said section
thirteen, the following, which shall constitute
section two, Of article three Of the constitution:
Section2 The supreme court shall consist of
five justices, who shall be chosen by the elect
| Ors Of the state, three Of whom shall constitute
| a quorum, and o concurrence OF three shall be
| necessary to every decision Of the court. Pro-
vision may be made by law for the increase of
| the number of justices Of the supreme court to
| seven, whenever two-thirtls of the members of
| four Justices shall constitute . quorum, and a
concurrence of four shall be necessary to every
decision of the court. The Justice holding the
oldest commission by virtue of an election,
shall be chief justice, and in case two or more
justices hold commissions of the same date,
older than the commissions of any other of the
justices, they shall determine by lot who shall
be chief Justice. All qualified electors of the
| state, thirty-five years Of age and upward, who
have been admitted as attorneys of the supreme
court, and no others, shall be eligible to cleo
tiOn or appointment to the Office of Justice of the
supreme court. The term of Office of Justice of
the supreme court shall be ten years, one JUS
tce to be elected at the general election every
two years, whose term Of Office shall commence
on the second Monday Of January next after his
election. The justices elected at prior to the
time of the adoption of this amendment shall
hold their offices during the term for which they
were elected. On the adoption Of this amend
ment, the two additional justices first provided
for by this amendment shall be appointed by
the governor, and shall hold their Offices until
the next general election in eighteen hundred
and eighty -seven, when their successors shall
be elected, one to serve until the second Mon
day Of January, eighteen hundred and ninety
five, and the other to serve until the second
ninety seven. Whenever provision shall be
made by law for the increase Of the number Of
justices of the supreme court to seven, as here
in provided, such two additional justices shall
be appointed by the governor, and shall hold
their Offices until the second Monday of Janua-
ry succeeding the general election next there
after at which members of the house of repre-
sentatives of the legislature shall he electet at
which said general election their successors
shall he elected-One for the term of eight years,
and the other for the term of ten years, from
the second Monday of January next after their
election; and their successors shall be elected
every ten years thereafter. The salary of each
justice shall be not less than five thousand dol
SKc. 9. This proposition shall be submitted
to the electors of this state ut the general cleo
tiOn for the election of representatives to the
legislature in the year A. ID. eighteen hundred
and eighty-siX, for their approval or rejection.
Those voting In favor of this proposition to
amend the constitution shall have written or
amendment to the constitution - Those voting |
against this proposition to amend the cOnstitu-
tiOn shall have written or printed on their bal |
lots, Against the judicial amendment to the |
constitution Said ballots shall be- received, |
and said vote shall he taken, counted ,canyassed
and returned, and returns thereof made, in the |
same manner and in all respects as is provided /
by law in cases of the election OF representa- |
tives 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 6, 1855.
hereby certify that the foregoing is a true
and correct copy of the original enrolled joint
resolution now on file in my Office, and that the
same was published in the Session Laws of
Kansas of 1855.
4. Il. ALLEN, Secretary of State.