Milford chronicle., 1912-09-27
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

An Act proposing certain amendments to
Article lV 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 the Court Of Oyer and Terminer,
the sessions Of said courts, and the dis
tribution of the business therein, re-
spectively.
Be II enacted By the Senate and House Of Repre-
sernatives OF the State Of Delaware in General AS
seH1bly met two thirds Of all the members elected
to each House agreeing theretol:
Seetion /. hat Section OF Article w Of the
Constitution OF this State be and the same is, hereby
amended BY striking out all OF said Section afterthe
FIRST paragraph thereof and substituting therefor the
following new paragraphs TO wit;
he said hve Judges shall designate those Of
their number who shall hold the said Courts in the
several Counties. No more than three Of them shall
cit together in any of the said Courts In each of
the said Courts the Chief Justice when present shall
preside, and in his absence the senior Associate
Judges present shall preside.
One shall constitute quorum in the said Courts
respectively, except in the Court Of Oyer and Ter
miner, where three shall constitute quorum, and
except in the Superior Court sitting to hear appe ais
from the Orphans Court or a Registers Court
when two shall constitute quorum and EXCEPT in
the Court OF General Sessions sitting to try Of
prosecution under Section ol Article of this
Constitution sitting TO hear contested applications
Tor license to sell Intoxicating liquors. when two
shall constitute quorum.
One Judge may open and adjourn any Of said
Courts"
Section . Tha, Article " Of the Constitution Of
this State be, and the same is hereby amended BY
striking out all OF Section thereof and substituting
therefor the following new Section O. to wit;
Section Subject 70 the provisions Of Section
ol this Article two Or more sessions ofthe super
ior Court, Court Of General Sessions. one or
more sessions of ea-h OF the said Courts or one /
Session Of the Court OF Oyer and ermner and one
or two of either or OF each Of the other Of the
said courts may at the same time be held in the /
same county or in different counties. and the bust
ness in the several counties may be distributed and
suportioned in such manner as shall be provided /
BY the rules of the said courts respectively.
D W. CAMPBELL.
Speaker Of the House.
mo NJ MENDlNHALL,
President of the Senste.
Approved March Twentieth Nineteen Hundred
SIMEON s. PENNEWILL,
!. Charles S Richards Secretary Of State ct the
State Of Delaware, do hereby certify that the above
nd foregoing is a true and correct copy of House
Bill No. As. entitled AN Act proposing certain
Amendments to Article w Of the Constitution Of
this State relating to the number of Judges consti-
tlEtng quorum in the Superior Court the Court of
General Sessions and the Court OF Oyer and ermi
ner, the sessions OF said courts, and the distribution
OF the business therein respectively as the same
appears on the enrolled Bill hied in the office OF the
March twentieth, A. D., 1911 which said Bill pro
posing such Amendment to the Constitution OF this
State is published in accordance with the require
rnents Of the Constitution OF the State
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, have
hereunto set my hand and official
isl seal, at Dover this twenty third day
Of July, in the year OF our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and twelve |
CHARLES RICHARDS,
Secretary Of State