Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-05-27

! iuiuenlul puTpuSeS, Wlt0ln SAID district.
until at a subsequent submission of such
| question n majority of votes shall be cast
| in said district for license. Whenever a
majority of all the members elected 10
| each House of the General Assembly by
the qualified electors in any district named
in Section 2 of this Article shall request
| the submission of the question of license
| or no license to vote Of the qualified cleo
| tors in said district, the General ASSEM-
bly, shall provide for the submission of
such question to the qualified electors in
| such district at the next general election
| thereafter.
Section 2. Under the provisions of this
1 Article, Sussex County shall comprise one
district, Kent County one district. the City
OF wilmington, as its corporate limits now
are or may hereafter be extended, one dis
trict, and the remaining part of New
Castle County one district.
Section 3. The General Assembly shall
provide necessary laws to carry out and
enforce the provisions of this Article, en-
act laws governing the manufacture and
| sale OF intoxicating liquors under the lmi-
tations of this Article, and provide such
| penalties as may be necessary to enforce
| the same.
ARTICLE xIv-oATH OF OFFICE.
Members of the General Assembly and
| all public officers, executive and judicial
except such inferior officers as shall he nv
law exempted shall before they enter
| upon the duties of their respective Offices.
take and subscribe the following oath or
/ affirmation:
| II do solemnly swear Tor affirm that I
Will support the Constitution of the United
states, and the Constitution of the State
| OF Delaware, and that I will faithfully
1 lis. llg-t 4, ID
| -, according to the best of nv abil-
lty; and all such officers, except as afore-
| said, who shall have been chosen at any
election. shall, before they enter upon the
duties Of their respective offices. take and
subscribe the oath or affirmation above
| prescribed, together with the following
addition thereto, as part thereof:
And l do further solemnly swear (oJ
afhrml that j have not directly or indi-
rectly paid, offered or promised to nav.
contributed, or offered or promised to con-
| tribute, any money or other valuable
| thing as consideration or reward for the
giving or Withholding vote at the cleo
| tlon at which L was elected to said Office
| NO other oath, declaration or test shall
be required as qualification for any of
fee of public trust.
| ARTICLE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. /,
Section l. The Chancellor, Judges and /
| Acknowledgement shall be conservators Of
the peace throughout the State; and the
Sheriffs and Coroners shall be conserya-
tors of the peace within the counties re.
| spectiyely in which they reside,
Section 2 No public officer shall re-
ceive any fees without giving to the per-
son paying the same receipt thereof. if
required, therein specifying every item
| and charge.
| Section 3. No costs shall be paid by
person accused, on a bill being returned
ignoramus, nor on acquittal.
Section 4. No law shall extend the term
OF any public officer or diminish his salary
or emouments after his election or an
| pointment.
Section D. All public officers shall hold
| their respective offices until their success
sors shall be duly qualified, except in cases
| herein otherwise provided. i5ea
Section q. All public officers shall hold
their offices on condition that they behave
| themselves well. The Governor shall re-
move from Office any public officer convict
cd of misbehaving while in office or of any
| infamous crime.
Section {. The matters within Section
10 of Article ~ and Sections and s Of
Article are excepted from the provision
| OF the Constitution that mo person shall
for any indictable offense be proceeded
against eriminally by information" and
also from tho provisions of the Constitu-
| ton concerning trial by jury,
Section g. This Constitution shall be
pref1Xed to every codification of the laws
| of this State.
ARTICLE XVI - AMENDMENTS AND CON-
MENTIONS.
Section 1. Any amendment or amend
ments TO this Constitution may he pro-
posed in the Senate or House of Rcpre-
sentatives: and if the same shall be agreed
to by two-thirds of all the members elect
ed to each House, such proposed amend
inent or amendments shall be entered ON
their Journals, with the yeas and nays
taken thereon, and the Secretary of State
shall cause such proposed amendment or
amendments to be published three months
before the next general election in at least
three newspapers in each county in which
such newspapers shall be published; and
If in the General Assembly next after the
said election such proposed amendment or
amendments shall. by Il yea and nay vote.
be agreed to by two-thirds of all the mem
hers elected to each House, the same shall
thereupon bevome part of the Constitu-
ton.
Section .. The General Assembly, by 10
Two thirds vote OF all the members elected Z
to each House, may from time to
time provide for the submission to the
qualified electors of the State at the
general election next thereafter the
question, shall there be Convention to
revise the Constitution and amend the
sume?'; and upon such submission. If
majority of those voting on said question
shall decide in favor of Convention for
such purpose. the General Assembly at
its next session shall provide for the cleo
ton of delegates TO such Convention at
the next general election. Such Conven-
ticn shall he composed of forty-one dele
gates. one of whom shall be chosen from
each Representative District by the quail
tici electors thereof, and two of whom
shall he chosen from New Castle county,
two from Kent county and two from
Sussex county by the qualified eIec-
tors thereof respectively. The delegates
so chosen shall convene at the Capital of
the State on the first Tuesday in September
fed electors thereof. The delegates so
chosen shall convene at the Capitol of the
State on the first Tuesday in September
next after their election. Every delegate
shall receive for his services such compen-
sation as shall he provided by law. A
ma iority of tho Convention shall ponsti-