The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-09-02
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THH
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE
OF KANSAS.
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 4

mlssion of a proposition to amend the cOnsti-
tuition of the State Of Kansas.
Be 1T resOLUed 6y the Legislature of the
= State of Kansas, tloO thirds of the mem
6ers elected to each house thereof concur
ring therein:
SECTION l. The following proposition to
amend the constitution of this state Is hereby
submitted to the qualified electors OF the state
tor their approval or rejection, namely: The
constitution of the state of Kansas i 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 sid sec
thirteen, the follow wing, which shall constitute
section tive; of article three Of the constttI;
consist OF five justices, VINO shall be chosen by
| the electors of the state, three of whom shall
three shall be nect ssary to every decision Of
the court. Provis ion may be made by law for
supreme court to seven. whenever tWo-thirds
| Of the members Of each house of the legisIa
| tn . shall concur. when fC ur justices shall con
| stitute quorum. and concurrence OF our
shall be necessary to every decision OF the
sion bY virtue of an election. shall be chief
justice and in case two or more justices h0ld
commissions OF the same date, older than the
| c mmissions q any 9th of the justices they
| shall de leI mtEe by lot who shall be chief JUS
ace All ~ SIN sHd TnEap ~ ho hs1s ben
aSmtte1 as attorneys OF the supreme court.
and 20 Others shS o Ss eisiSs slee aS , or
| pre- court. The term Of once OF Justice OF
| the supreme court shall be ten years, one jus
tice TO be elected at tue general election every
| two years, whose tenn Of ONCE shall commence
on the second Monday Of January next after
to the time OF the Of the adoption Of this amend
| ment shall hold their Offices during the tenn
of this arnendrn mt the two additional Justice
hrsE provided for by this amendment shall be
appointed by the governor. and shall hold their
offices until the next general GlCC@
ton in eighteen huodred and
shall be e'ected one to serve until the second
Monday of January. eighteen hundred and
ond Monday Of January, eighteen hundred and
nfnety-seven. whenever provision shall be
made BY law for the increase of the number OF
IN provided, such two addIt o 81 Justices snail
be apISnted y ne aaa sga
~ succeeding the general election next there
after at which N. mbers OF the pouss o. repre-.
| which said general election their succesSors
| shall be eIected-one for the term OF eight
| from the eecond Monday Of January next after
| their election; and their successors shat be
Of each justice shah not be less than Eve thous-
and dollars for each year
SIG. 2;a This proposition shall al, be sub.
at the general election for the
election of REPRESENTATIVES. T. The legisia-
eiehty-six. for their approval or rJeetiOn.
Those voting IN FAVOR OF thls pFoi'o-ittoE %
amend the coGs1itui ion shall have written or
printed on their ballots For the Judicial
amendment TO the constitution I" hose VottnR
az ainst this proposition 20 amend the constifu-
ton shall have written or printe on :heir bal
lots "a gsinSt the judicial amendment to the
eonstitution-" SAID ballots sha De ssfvsi
and said vote shall be taken. cruDtrd, can-
yassed and returned, and returns thereof made,
in the same n amer auf IN ali RESPECTS - is
proVide1 bylaw in cases OF the election OF rep
resentatives Ia the leRjsla ure.
SEC Ibis resolution shall take eject and
audi he In . and E1tEF 1ts EuDtlGHflCn
in the statute book.
Approxed March 6. 1875.
! hereby Ger IGy that the fsTeRoiDg is true
and correct copy of the original enrolled JOINT
Tes oiution now on Gle in my Once, and that the
same was published in the Session laws Of
Kansas Of 1855. 49, =. = L u -;