The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-16
stitutlon q lsIaid. sac as tollows. I.

stitutlon Of said State as follows, to
wit; " & Z.
First Proposed Amendment.
1 Section, four OF artic ole four to be \,
amended SO as to read as follpwB.
"Sec. a. No person except a Citizen
entitled toSyote shall. except Us here
matter provided, be elected or ap;
pointed to any State, county, OF;
municipal office but the governor and
Judges must have + stunned the
age OF thirty. and the attorney gen.
eral and senator's the age Of twenty
1--WE years at the beginning OF their
Irrespective terms OF service and must
have been a citizen OF the Suite for
live years next preceding their cleo
ton or appointment, or be citizen
I at the time this consti tuition goes into
|. operation; provided, however, that a
female citizen of the State who has
ATTAINED the age, of twenty ole years
and who has resided In the State for
the period Of not less than five years
next preceding her appoin trlent. niily
4 be appointed "a imembe sof the atonEd
of regents or other administrators
body, OF any educational, humane or
penal institutions of the State. where:
In female persons are educated, cared
flor or confined, and may be com:
missioned notary public, and may be
appointed inspector OF labor deputy
! clerk OF the supreme court of appeals
! and of the Circuit. county or other
/ courts of this State.s
n Gold ufnaffdrnnntl
I designated Qualification Amend
ment,r and on the ballot will be print
2 ed: ss u ~ v, > q
"(1) Qualification Amendment"
Amending section four Of article
! four. IS . rs
I For Ratification. 1i;.iSit
! For Rejection. III =. tCt. ~. ~
4 Those fayoring the ratification OF
said amendment will vote. q For Ratl.
ication;" those opposing Will vote.
d "For Rejection
; Second Proposed Amendment.
"a Amending the constitution lin rela:
ton to the supreme court so MS to reae
as follows: 81 ~
n 81. The supreme court OF appeals
j shall consist OF seven Judges the
: Judges Of said court In office when
q this amendment shall take eject. shall
continue In office until their terms
.: shall expire, and The legislature shall
provide for the election OF two addi.i
4 tional judges thereof at the first gem
:, eral election held after the adoption
a. thereof, whose terms OF Office shall be-
20 gin on the first day OF January, one
Ia thousand nine hundred and thirteen
!. and the governor shall, as for O. <
Al cancy appoint two III judges of said
- court to hold eftice until the first day
y y OF January, one thousand nine hundred
81 and thirteen. Two additional judgea3
10 elected in the year one thousand nine;
81 hundred and twelve shall hold their
"a respective Offices. for the period OF
20 eight years, and thereafter their sue
' cessors shall be elected for terms of
" twelve years. -
os 2. The judges thereof shall anuns
l2 ally elect from their number q chief
- Justice. The court may sit en- !banc
% or in not more than. two divisions, TO
g be designated as part ono and part
two, andiif In divisions, the chief Jus.
a, tice shall assign three OF the judges
80 in each part. The Judges shall he com:
~ petent to sit in either division and the
i, chief Justice shall annually assign
s,lthrec of them to each part, and at the
~ expiration of each year, so re-asslen
81 them, and not more than two of those
90 who sat In one part, shall sit in, Of
% participate, In the work of that tliyi
NJ sion In the succeeding year; provided
4, however, in the absence OF one OF
~ more OF the judges of either part tho
~ chief Justice may temporarily trans
.. fer to 1t, a member OF the other part
20 Each part shall have power under
az such rules, regulations and limitation
I, as the whole court may prescribe, Il
~ hear cases and render decisions al
'os efiectual and binding In all respects
on as II rendered BIZ the entire court;
90, provided, that no decision shall bs
= rendered without concurrence thereii
~ OF three Judges. The chief iustic,
,.e shall apportion the business of iii
Court between the parts, and may il
!. his discretion, order any cause pend
y ing before the court to be heard ar,
decided by the court en- bancl and, ii
~ any case heard en- banc, the concur
Do renee Of four judges shall be- .neces
sary to decision. The chief iustic
IA may sit and act In either part. an
shall prescribe when SO sitting but III
/ Judges assigned TO each part shall 81
lect one OF their number as ipresidin
p Judge" = =
Said second proposed amendmen
Is designated as Supreme cnuE
Ameidment,r and on the ballot Wi
be printed: ii.lfial