The Iola register., 1886-09-10
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO.THE CONSTI.
TUITION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS.
HOUSE JOINT RES0LuTION NO 4

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 4, For the sub
mission of a proposition to amend the con
stitution Of the State Of Kansas.
| Be 1T resolved by The Legislature of the STATE o.
Kansas. fro-fhirds Of the members elected Il
each house thereof concurring therein:
SECTION I. The following proposition t.
| amend the constitution Of this state Is hereby
| submitted to the Iualiiiet electors of the STATE
| for their approval or rejection, namely: Thu
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 amen'latory to said section
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 u concurrence Of three shall Ie
| 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-thirls of the members OF
each house of the Legislature shall concur, when
four justices shall constitute y quorum, and %
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-iive years Of aye and upward, who
have been admitted as attorneys OF the supreme
court, and no others, shall be eligible to elec-
tiOn 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
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
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 be elected at
which said general election their successors
shall beelected-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 lie not less than five thousand dol
lars for each year.
SEC. 2. This proposition shall be submitted
to the electors of this state at the general elec
tion for the election of Representatives to the |
and eighty-siX, for their approval or rejection
Those voting in favor of this proposition to |
amend the constitution shall have written or /
printed on their ballots, ''FOr the judicial /
to the constitution - Those voting |
against this proposition to amend the constitu-I
tiOn shall have written or printed on their bal
lots, Against the judicial amendment to the /
said ballots shall be..received, |
and said yOte shall be taken, counted ,canyassed
and returned, and returDs thereof made, In the i
same manner and in all respects as is provided |
by law in cases Of the election of represented
lives in the legislature.
SEC. 3. This resolution shalt take elTeet and
DC In force from and after its publication in the
statute book.
Approved, March 6, 1SSj.
l hereby certify that the foregoing is true
md correct copy of the original enrolled Joint
now on file in my Office, and that the
'cmc was published in the Session Laws of
Kansas Of less.
E. Is. ALLEs, Secretary of State.