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follows: uao,s sh,u nom.
sist of a Chief Judge and four Associate ouuEeS
or any four OF them, uu ,,au no
disqualified TO SIT ~ any cause or shsh . ut Im
able Tor the time being to discharge the duties
, OF his office, whereby the Wilole h,llD9r oi
Judges capable of sitting shall be reduced pc
low four, the Governor shall designated .IuStlce
Of The supreme Court, the Chancellor or a vice
Chancellor, to discharge such duties untll the
disqualification or inability shall cease, ,uor,
8. The Secretary OF State shall De the CiefA
when a writ of error shall be brought, any
judicial opinion in the cause, IN favor Oi ui
against any error complained OF. shall De as
signed to the Court in writing. When an ap,,
peal shall be taken from an order or decree VI
the Court of Chaneery, the Chancellor OF hoH
Chancellor making such decree or order s'lall
inform the Court in writing OF his reasonsther;
for. oa n,
the Supreme Court by writ OF error shall ne eH-
cInsiyeIy vested in the Court OF FL r0rs and Ap
peals but any writ OF error penGlngln lhe ~ ~
preme Court at the time of the adoption OF TINS
amendment shall be proceeded upon as IL no
change had taken place.
Section ".
Insert in lieu OF Paragraph /, new paragraph
as follows:
/. The Court of ChanceIy shall consist of q
Chancellor and such number of Vice Chancei-
Tors as shall be provided by law, each OF whom
may exercise the jurisdiction OF the Court. The
Court shall make rules governing the hearing
I III Ndl1t nv Alb D ihNhi'S - eht SNhhh "N
the same is not regulated by statute.
Section Y.
At the end of Paragraph l, add the following;
The Court may sit in divisions at the same OF
different times and places.
Strike out Paragraph 3.
Section ".
Insert In lieu of Paragraphs and 2, the fol
The Court of Common Pleas shall be %constitu-
ted and held IN each county In such manner as
may be provided by law.
ARTICLE VII.
CIVIL OFFICERS.
Section II.
Insert III lieu OF Paragraph, ], a new para
graph as follows:
Justices of the Supreme Court, the Chancellor,
the Vice ChancellOrs and the Judges of the Cir.
cult Court and Of The Court OF Common Pleas
pointed by him with the advice and consent OF
the Senate. All persons now holding any Of
fee in this paragraph named except the Judges
OF the Court Of Errors and Appeals as hereto
fore existing, shall continue in the exercise
OF the duties of their respective offices nc
cOrding to their respective commissions or ap-
continents. The Judges OF the Court Of Errors
and Appeals, except those first appointed; the
Justices OF the Supreme Court, the Chancellor
and the Vice Ciancellors shall hold their Offices
for the term of seven years, and shall at stated
times receive for their services IA compensation
which shall not be diminished during the term
| VI tlHlI appointments hti bitty SHdh NUN hu
other office under the government oil this State
OF the United States.
The Judges OF the Court OF Errors and Appeals
first appointed shall be appointed one Tor three
years, two for five years and two for seven
years. Judges of .he Court of Common Pleas
shall hold their offices foI the TEN OF five years.
Strike out Paragraph 2.
l. RESOLVED 1.-THE House OF Assembly con
c%uTring). That the following amendments to the
constitution OF this state be and the same are
hereby proposed, and when the same shall be
agreed to by ii majority of the members elected
to the senate and house Of assembly. the said
amendments shall be entered on their journals,
with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and re,
ferred to the legislature next to be chosen, and
published for three months previous to the first
Tuesday after the first Monday of November
next, being the NTH days of said month, in at
least one newspaper of each county, If any be
published therein, the said newspaper to be
designated by the president OF the senate, the
speaker of the the house OF assembly and the
secretary Of state.
!. Amend Paragraph 3, oil Section |, OF AT
ticle w, so as to read as follows:
3. Members OF the senate and general assem-
bly, shall be elected on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in November; in the year nine
teen hundred and two members of the genera
assembly shall be elected for the term OF one
year, and In the year nineteen hundred and
three, and every second year thereafter, they
shall be elected for the term OF two years eacf
house OF the legislature shall meet separately
on the second Tuesday in January next aftel
each election for members of the general as
senbly the time for holding such elections MAJ
be altered by the legislature.
2. Amend Paragraphs | and z, oil Section ii
Of Article w, so as to read as follows:
l. The senate shall be composed OF one sena
tor from each county in the state, elected by
the legal voters OF the counties respectively i0
four year, except as provided in the following
paragraph:
2. The terms of the senators elected in thu
year nineteen hundred and one shall be extend
ed to four years from the commencement o
their terms; as soon as the senate shall meet af
ter the first election to be held after the adOp
taan nF tlIa at..a .,A a. N Nl4a Aan IL
the year ~nileteen hundred and two shall be di
vlded by lot under the direction OF the senate
into two classes, as nearly equal as may be
the seas Of the senators OF one class shall b,
vacated at the expiration of three years, and o
the other class at the expiration OF. 1--WE years
the seats OF the senators elected In the yea
nineteen hundred and three, and OF all senators
elected thereafter, shall be vacated at the ex
piration OF four years from the commencement
OF their terms, so that One-half the number o
senators, as nearly as may be, Shall be elected
every second year, at the same time that mem
bers OF the general assembly are elected ant
all vacancies caused By resignation or other
wise shall be filled for the unexpifed terms on
8. Amend Section III, of article ", by strik
ing out the word annually"
4. Amend Paragraph 7, OF Section Nv OF Ar
tcle ~, so as to read as follows:
7. Members of the senate and general assem-
bly, shall each receive the sum OF hye hundre'
dollars for each year Of their term, and no othe
allowance or emoIument; the president OF thu
senate and the speaker OF the house OF assem-
bly, shall, ia virtue OF their offices, receive al
additional compensation equal to one-third o
their allowance as members.
g.. Amend Paragraph 8, of Article V, so as u
read as follows:
3. The term OF the Governor elected in TIN
year nine teen hundred and one shall be extend
ed to four years from the commencement Of hi
term, and he shall hold his office until the thlrl
Tuesday OF January, nineteen hundred and six
thereafter the Governor shall hold his office TO
four years, to commence on the third Tuesda,
OF January next ensuing his election and to en-
on the Monday proceeding the third Tuesday o
January four years thereafter, and he shall b
incapable of holding that Office Tor four years
next after his term of service shall have expiI
ed, and no appointment or nomination TO ollie
shall be made by the Governor during the las
week of his said term.