Evening journal., 1912-09-07
Constitutional Amendment


An Act proposing certain amendments 70
Article ~ Of the Constitution OF this
state, relating to the number Of Judges
constituting quorum IN the Superior
OourL the Court Of Gensrai Sessions and
the Court OF oyer and Terminer the
sessions Of said courts ana the distri.
lively.
b it enacted by the Senate and Houss
OF Representatives of tho State OF Delaware.
in General Assembly met ft~n.thirds Of an
the members elected TO each House agreeing
theretol:
Section That Section Of Ar,icls ~
Of the Constitution Of this State be- and the
same is hereby amended by striking out ali
or said Section after the FIRST paragraph
tnereot and substituting therefor the fol-
loving new paragraphs to-wit'
'Ihe said five Judges shall desicnate
those Of their number who shali hold the
said Courts in the several Counties No
more than three Of them shall SIT together
IN any Of the said Courts IN each Of the
said Courts the Chief Justice when present
shall preside, and IN his absence tho senior
Associate Judges present shall preside.
One shall constitute quorum in the
said Courts. respectively except IN thu
Court Of Oyer and Tsrminer where three
superior Court sitting 20 hear appeals from
the orphans Court or q ReEister's Court
when two shall constitute a quorum uno
except in the Court Of General Sessions Sit.
NlNh To NIN cases OF prosecution under sec
tion Of Article Of this Constitution or
sitting 20 hear contested applications for b.
oense to sell Intoxicating liquors, when tive
shall constitute a quorum.
One judge may open and adjourn any OF
Section ?. That Article " Of the Con-
stitution Of this State be, and the same is.
hereby amended by striking out all Of Sec
tion thereof and substituting therefor tho
following new Section g. to wit:
tfSecfion & Cubierf fo fha nrovieione ~
Section Of this Article, two or more ses.
sions Of the Superior Court, OF Court Of
General Sessions, or one or more sessions Of
each Of the said Courts OF one Session Of
the Court Of Oyer and Terminer and one or
two Of either. or one Of each Of the other Of
the said courts may at the same time be
held in the same county or in differcnt
counties and the business in the several
counties may be distributed and apportioned
In such manner as shall be provided by the
said courts respectively"
d. W. CAMPBELL,
Speaker Of the House.
JNO. NJ MENDINHALL.
President Of the Senate.
Approved March Twentieth, Nineteen Hun
dred and Eleven
SIMEON S. PENNEw1LL. Governor.
I, Charles s. Richards. Secretary Of stats
Of the State Of Delaware, do hereby certify
that the above and foregoing is a true and
correct copy Of House Bill No. 4s. entitled
An Act proposing certain Amendments "a
Article ~ OF the Constitution Of this State,
relating 20 the number Of Judges constitut.
| ing = quorum in the Superior Court. thu
/ Court Of General Sessions and the Court OF
( Oyer and Terminer, the sessions Of said
courts and the distribution Of the business
/ therein, respectively as the same appears
on the enrolled Bill filed in the Office Of the
Secretary Of State. and approved by ths
Governor March twentieth, A. d. 1911, which
said Bill proposing such Amendment TO the
Constitution Of this State is published in
accordance with the requirements Of the
Constitution Of the State
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF. /
have hereunto set my hand anc
Official seal. at Dover this twenty
( IL. So third day Of July. in the year Of
Lord one thousand nine hun
dred and twelve.
CHARLES S. RICHARDS
Secretary OF State.