Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-10-16
PROPOSED A1EEED1LEEr TO TIKI
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE
or KANSAS.
HOUSE Joint RosoIution No. !.

HOUSE JOHN RESOLUTION No. 1, For the Fuh-
mission e proposition TO amend the cOnsd-
tution OF the State OF Kansas.
Be ttres0sged bzl the legislature Of the STATE Of
each house Thereof cOltclsFTfHg therein.
SECTION /. The following proposition to
amend the constellation OF tins state IS hereby
submltted TO the qualihsd elzebOr5 Of the state
Tor their approval OF F5js tons namely: The
constitution OF the State Of Kansas is hereby
amended by striking ont the whole Of scotch
two, Ertiel8 three OF tho constellation and aulend-
ing section thirteen. article thee Of the CouEri-
tuition and inserting ia lieu of ead ssCtion two
AND as anendatGFy to said section thirteen, the
following which shall constitute section two Of
article three OF the constitutions Se2tiOn 2 The
Supreme court shall consist of five Justices who
shall be chosen By the electors OF the state three
CT WHOM shan constitute q qEo-u and con-
cisiou Of the court. Provision may be made BIZ
law for the 1ncrea5e Of the nulEost OF jusreCs Of
OF tie members Of each house Of the legislature
shall concur when four justices shall constitute
necessary To every decision Of the court The
justice holdin- the oldest commission by virtue
Of un election. shall be chief Justice, and
sions of the same Gssta, older than the commits
sons of any other of 5ls justices, they shall de
qualified electors of che state thirty-EVa years OF
age and upward, who have been admitted as at
torncys Of the supreme court, and no others.
shall he eligible 70 election or appointment to
the Office Of Justice Of the supreme court The
snail be ten years. one justice 70 be elected at the
general election every two yaars, whose term OF
etiiae shall coinn1enca on tho second Monday Of
January next after his election. The Justices
elected at OF prior to the time of the adoption of
this HEz27neuaeng snail holt their Offices during
the tsFln for Whieh they were elected. On the
adoption OF this a-aandlnouT The two additional
Justices hrEL provided Tor by this amendment
hClI their offices until the next general election
in aizhteen hundred end eighty-sevrn, when thair
successors shall be elected, TO serve until the
second Monday OF January eighteen hundred
and uinoty-tive, and the other to servo ultH the
% r|s
and ninaty-saVen. Whenever provision shall be
TGda Iv law or the incrsass of the mum Ser Of
justices of the zupr5ns court to seven, as herein
provided, such two additional justices shall BE-
appointed BY the EuYeTnor- and snail hold their
coediug the general election next thereafter, e.
which members of the house OF representative OF
general election their s1eaessurs shall be elected
-CEe for the term Of eight years, and the other
day of January next after th=iF election; and
their Successors shall be elected every ten years
not les than five thousand dollars for each year.
SEQ 2 This proposition shall. be suamittad to
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the legislature in the gesr a. D. eigh-
teen hun.,red and clsflsy-sl1l, Tor their aplT?-
Proposition to amend tho constitution shall have
written or prints! on their ballots, For the
judicial aIusndEnent t. tla constitution" Those
voting pcaiust this proposition TO Amend the
constitution shall have written or printed on their
constitution" Said ballots shall be To-
caiVel. and SAID vote shall De taken.
counted, canvas5ed and, returned, and re-
turns thereof made, in tine same manner and in
G respects as is provided by law in cases OF the
eiactiOn of representatives, IL the legislature.
SIC. g. This resolution shall take effect and be
In force from and after its publication IN the
Etatuts book.
Approved March G. 1885
hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and
correct copy OF the original enrolled joint rsso-
luton now on ils IN my Office, and that tbs same
was published in tho Session 4laWs Of Kansas q
EB. ALLEg, Secretary Qf ssats.