Smyrna times., 1912-10-09
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

An act proposing certain amendments to
Article " Of the Constitution of this
State, relating to the number Of Judges
constituting a quorum IN the Superior
Court, the Court Of General Sessions and
tile Court Of Oyer and 7erminer, the
sessions Of SAID courts, and tile distTi-
hutton Of the business therein respect
tUely
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives Of the Stale of Delaware in General
Assembly met (twO-thirds of all the members
eiected to each house agreeing thereto):
Section !. That section If Article " Of the
Constitution of this state be- and rhe same is,
nereOy amended by Strlckiug out al of said Sec
tUn al er the first pa agra ph thereof and subst
tO-wit
The said five Idges shall designate those of
their number who shall hold the said Courts ia
the several Counties NJ more than three of
them shel sit together III any Of the said Courts.
In each OF the said Courts the Chief Justice when
present shall preside. and IN his absence the sen
iOr Associate judges present shall preside.
One shall constitute quorum in the said
courts. respectively, except in the Court of Oyer
aud Terminer where three shall constitute a
quorum, anu ex' ept in the Superior Court sitting
to hear appeals from the Orphans Court a
Registers Court when two shall constitute a
quorum, and except in the Court of General 5es-
siOns sitting to try cases of prosecution under
Section of Article V of this Constitution or sit
thug to hear contested applications for license 10
sell Intoxicating liquors, when two shall consti-
tute quorum.
One judge may open and adjourn any of said
Courts"
Secton2. That Article " of the Constitution
OF this State be. and the same is, hereby amended
by striking out al1 of Section thereof and SubSti-
tuting therefore the following new section 6,
tO-wit:
Section 6. Subject to the provisions of Section
of this Article, two or more sessions of the Su-
pertOT Court, or Court of General Sessions or one
or more sessions of each of the said Courts or one
session of the Court of Oyer and Terminer and
one or two of either, or one of each OF the other
of the sai1 courts may at the same time be held
in the same county or in different counties, and
the business in the several counties may be dis
tributed and appOrlioned in such manner as
shall be provided by the rules of the said courts
D. W. CAMPBELL,
Speaker of The House.
JNO NJ. MENDINHALL
President of the Senate.
Approved March Twentieth Nineteen Hundred
and Eleven.
SIMEON S. PENNEwILL,
l. Charles S. Richards. Secretary of state of the
State of Delaware DO hereby certify that the
above and foregoing is true and correct copy OF
House Bill No. As, entitled An Act proposing
certain Amendments to Article " of the C0nsti-
tuition OF this State. relating to the number Of
judges constituting a quorum in the Superior
Court, the 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 enrOedBill filed in the office OF the secretary
| of sta e and approved by the 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 and official
IL. S seal, at Dover this twenty-third day
of July in the year of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and twelve.
CHARLES S. RICHARDS,
Secretary of State.