The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-22
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTI
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.
Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State al
Kansas. fco-fhirds of the members elected 10
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 ont the whole Of section
amending section thirteen, article three, of the
constitution, and inserting In lieu of said Sec
ton two, and as amendatory to said section
section two, Of article three Of the constitution
Section The supreme court shall consist of
five justices, who shall be chosen by the elect
ors Of the state, three Of whom shall constitute
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
each house Of the legislature shall concur, when
four justices shall constitute . quorum, snd o
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
be chief justice. All qualified electors Of the
state, thirty-fve 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 Justice of the
supreme court. The term Of Office Of justice of
the supreme court shall be ten years, one JUS
tice 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 or 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
Monday of January, eighteen hundred and
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-
~ succeeding the general election next there
after at which members OF the house Of repre-
sentatiyes OF the legislature shall be elected at
which said general election their successors
shall be 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