Evening journal., 1912-07-27
Constitutional Amendment


An Act proposing certain amendment 70
Article ~ OF the conf''.uton of tua
state, relating TO the nunibsr Of Ju1eea
constituting quorrw il the superb 1r
Court the Court Of GeraFal ssssaas "a
tho Court Of over and Tcr1n'u fha
sessions OF said cour's ana iae diatri-
baion OF tho business Ncrais. rtspec-
lively.
BE Il enacted bs ur ,goato aud ilmss
OF Representative OF the state OF Delaware
30 General Assembly met ttwo-thirds OF N
the members elected TO cac. house .ugrecins
thereto):
Section i rdat Section 3 OF Atir. N.
of the Constitution OF this State bc. ai % fha.
Of said Section after the irst paragraph
thereof and substitutiag therefor the fol-
lowing new paragraphs, to-Dit.
.'lhe said live Judges shall designate
thtsa OF their nulDer aln shall hold the
said Courts IN the several Counties 70
moro than three of them siai $50 to- lhcr'
n any of the said Courts. tn each u go
said Courts tho Chief Justice when nres.nt
shall preside and in his nbscnce iIe senior
Asscrinte Judges present shall preside.
''One shall constitute O. quorum u ihs
said Courts, respectively. except 90 tie
J Court OF Oyer and TorHiiner whore three
shall constitute quorum. and except iu ihs
superior Court sitting to hear appeal, irnu
ihc Orphans Court or Register Court
when two shall constitute quorum. uud
except in Che Court of General Sessions sit.
I liii- TO ". cases OF prosecution unNnf ~ncr
tion Of Article OF this Constitution or
sitting TO hear contested applications for h.
ccnse 10 sell Intoxicating liquors. when two
shall constitute quorum
Ono judge. may open and adjourn any Of
I Section -. That Article ~ OF thc Com.
stitution OF this State be. and Tao same p,
| hereby amended by striking ont an of Scc-
tion thereof and substituting therefor tho
/ following now Section G. 10 Wit:
section 8. Subject to the provisions OF
/ Section Of this Article two or more ses-
sions Of the Superior Court. or Court q
General Sessions. or one or more sessions n
each OF the said Courts. or one Session ~
/ The Court OF Oyer and Tcruincr aud one or
/ two Of either. or one Of each Of the other. ot
! the said courts may at the same TING he
! held IN tho same county or in di9cronl
! counties, and the business in the -creral
/ counties ma, be distributed aud apportioned
1 I'm such mauuer as shall be provided hr The
said courts respectively
d. w. CAMPBELL
Speaker Of tho Hon
JNO. 81. MENDINHALf,
President OF the Senate
Approved March Twentieth Nmetecn Huu.
dred and Eleven.
SIMEON s. PENNEWILL Governor
J. Charles S. Richards. Secretary Of stats
/ Of ihc State Of Delaware. do hereby certify
/ that She above and foregoing is true and
correct copy Of House Bill No. ts entitled
| AN Act proposing certain Amendments IA
Article ~ Of the Constitution OF this State
relating 70 The number Of Judges constitut.
/ ing a quorum In the Superior Court the
Court Of General Sessions and the Court OF
oyer and Ierminer. the sessions Of said
courts. and The distribution Of the business
| therein, respectively, as the same appear
on the enrolled Bill fed in tho Office Of the
Secretary Of State. and approved by the
Governor, March twentieth, A. d 1911. which
said Bill proposing such Amendment 20 che
Constitution Of this State is published in
accordance with the requirements Of N,
Constitution Of the State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF.
have hereunto set my hand anc
official seal az Dover, this twenty
a.. So third day Of july. in tho year Of
Lord one thousand nine hun
dred and twelve
CHARLES S. RICHARDS.
Secretary Of State.