Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-10-30
PROPOSED AMENDMENT
To THE
CONSTITUTION OF MISSOURI
To ne Submitted ~ the Qualified Voters
ut the General Election to De Held
i'm This State ON November
ith. 1890.

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION sub
mitting to the qualified voters OF
Missouri an amendment to the Con-
stitutinn thereof, concerning the ju-
dicial department..
Be it res0Ired by the House Of Repre-
sentdtiUes, the Senate cOncurring
therein:
That ar the general election to be
held on the Tuesday next following
the first Monday in November, A. D.
1890, the following amendment to the
censtitution of Missouri, concerning
! the jttkeial department., shall be- sub
I'm mittsssM the qualified voters of said
stat-SSAvit:
SECTION l. The supreme court shall
consist of seven judges, and, after the
first Monday In January, 1891, shall be
divided it,to two divisions, as follows:
One division to consist OF four judges of
the court and to he known as division
number one, the other to consist of the
remaining judges and to he known as
division number two. The divisions
shall sit separately for the hearing and
Gispusit ton of ca uses and matters per-
tanning thereto, and shall have concur
rent jurisdiction of all matters and
causes in the supreme court, except
exclusive cognizance of all criminal
cases pending in sail court: Provided,
that a cause therein may be transferred
to the court as provided in section four
OF this amendment. The division of
business of which said divisions have
concurrent Jurisdiction shall be made
as the supreme court may determine.
\ majority Of the judges OF division
shall constitute quorum thereof, and
all criers, judgments and DEGREES Of
either division, as to causes and mat
ters pending before it, shall have the
force and effect of those of the court.
SEC. ?. Upon the adoption of this
amendment. the governor shall ap-
point two additional judges of the su-
prene court, who shall hold their Of
fees until the first Monday in January,
1898, and at the general election i'll the
wear 1892 their successors shall be elect
ed. who shall hold their offices for the
term of ten years, as other judges of
the supreme court. The two judges
appointed by the governor, together
with the Judge elected at the general
election in the year 1890, shall cOnsti-
tute division number two, and the re-
naming Judges shall constitute divis-
ion number one. The court shall elect
its chief Justice and each division pre-
siding Judge thereof.
SEC. 8. The supreme court shall as
sign to each division the causes and
matters to be heard by ii, of which as
sjpnment due public notice shall be
pjyeu. and all laws relating to practice
in the supreme court, as well as the
rules of the supreme court, shall apply
TO each division so far as they may be
annlicahle thereto. The opinion OF
each division shall be in writing, aud
shall be flied in the causes in which
they shall he respectively made during
the term at which the cause is Submit
ted and such opinions shall b. a part
of the records of the supreme court.
Each division shall have authority to
issue the original wrIts and exercise the
movers enumerated IL section three of
article six of the Constitution.
SIC. /. When the judges of a divis-
ionare equally divided in opinion in q
cau.e or where judge Of division
dissents from the opinion therein, or
where a federal question Is involved,
the cause, on the Application oi the
losing marty, shall be transferred to the
court for its decision; or where dlVls-
ion in which a cause is pending shall
so order. the cause shall be transferred
to the court for its decision.
SEC. ). Whenever in the opinion OF
the supreme court the state ufIts deck
ct with reference to speedy disposition
of the business of the court Will justify
disnensing with the divisions herein
before provided, the court shall dis
mems. herewith, and the court shall
thereafter hear aud determine all
causes pending in il: Provided, how
ever. that the court shall have the
power TO again divide itself into TWO
divisions. in like manner and with like
nower and effect as hereinbetore proVin-
ed whenever in the opinion of six Judg-
es thereof. entered of record, the condi-
lion of its docket with reference 10 tie
sneedv disposition of the business OF the
court shall so require, and in such divls-
ion the fourjudges oldestin commission
shall constitute division number one,
and the remaining judges division
mum her two,
SEC. :. All provisions of the eonsti-
tuition Of the state. aud all laws there
Of not consistent with this amendment
shall upon is adoption be forever rt-
scinded and of 40 effect
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