The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-10-10


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STATE ttiis elaInation an
nnupclr the voters Of ne STATE
81 that on TuesdRy
drst Monday IN NoVenn-
be year one Thousand Nine
l9ar md Teh, At the general cleo.
that day there Wall be
65F atlhcation or rejection
afaendrnepts TO the. Com
Olosed Amendment.
fSr 81 article FOUR TO be-
10 read as follows:
3 person except citizen
siaafL except as here
rcVfted, be elected or ap-
VI any state, county or
oftfEes but the governor and
have attained the age OF
me attorney general and
ge OF twenty-five years
tuning OF their respective
re " service and must have been
IS of the state for i've years
teeed4r their election or ap-
ilient or be a citizen at the time
II titntIOn goes into operation;
ID idad however, that female cit-
the st1lte who has attained the
,9 q eRtY- one years and who has
srS ifled ia the state for the period Of
MOT than flye years next preceding
her ointment, may be appointed
& a. 6ffibsr OF the board OF regents or
other adn4inistrative body. of any ed
t1eat i0naI, humane or penal institu-
lions 6f the state, wherein female per
sons are educated, cared for or con.
lined, and may be commissioned no.
public. and may be appointed in
spest0r Of labor, deputy clerk of the
niiTrelne court OF appeals and of the
cifeEi county or other courts OF this
gstates
SAM hrst proposed amendment Is
desfsnated Qualification Amend
Iaeiits. and on the ballot Will be print
ed
'C11 Qualification Amendment"
Amending section four OF article
For ratification.
IS6 Rejection.
Those favoring the ratification OF
said amendment will vote, For Ratf- !
GcatIon:" those opposing will vote
slsor Rejection"
i second Proposed Amendment.
Amending the constitution in rela-
ton Is the supreme court so as to read
&c follows:
The supreme court of appeals
shall consist of seven judges. the
Judges Of said court In Office when
this amendment shall take effect. shall
continue IN ONCE until their terms
shall expire, and the legislature shall
provide for tie election OF two addi-
ti0naf judges thereof at the first gen-I
erai election held after the adoption
thereof, whose terms OF office shall be-
gin on the first day of January. one
thousand nIne hundred and thirteen.
ana the governor shall. as. for va
cancy appoint two judges of said
court % hold office until the first day
OF January one thousand nine hun !
dren and thirteen. Two additional
judges elected in the year one thous-
ana nine hundred and twelve shall
hold their respective offices for the
period OF eight yaars, and thereafter
their successors shall be elected forl
terms Of Twelve years.
"a. The judges thereof shall annu- |
any elect from their number chief
Justice. The court may sit en- bancI
or ia not more than two divisions, to |
be designated Us part one and part
two. and II In divisions. the chief JUS
tIce siiail assign three of the judges
IN each part. The judges shall be COM
petent TO sit in either division and the
chief Justice shall annually assign
three Of them to each part, and at the
expiration of each year, so re-assisn
them that not more than two of those
Who sat in ono part, shall sit in. or
paftfcfpate IN the work of that divt-
sion in the succeeding year; provided.
however in the absence Of one orI
more OF the judges of either part, the
chief Justice may temporarily trans
Ter to 1t, q member OF the other part
zach part shall have power under
such rules, regulations and limitations
a. the whole court may prescribe, toI
near eases and render decisions as
effeetuai ana binding in all respects.
"a Il rendered by the entire court;
provided. that no decision shall be
rend cred without concurrence therein
,of three judges. The chief justice
sha II apportion tie business of the
court Between the parts, and may in
his dfscretion, order any cause pend.
ing before the court to be heard ana
decided by the court en- banc. and, an
anv case heard en- banc, the concur
r4ncS OF four Judges shall be neces-
gary 10 decision. The chief justice
may, alt and act In either part ano