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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Constitutional Araendmer,

An Act proposing certain aIrendns,,.,
Article ~ Of the Constitution NJ ~ |
State, relating to the number OF ~"
constituting a quorum in tic C,,nes
Court, the Court or General sos.:pf
and the Court of Oyer and Tarrn;.ssn
the sessions of said courts. srI e
distribution of the business there's
respectively.
BE it enacted by the Senate and rIous. r, u
resentatiyes OF the State OF Delaware i, " ~ Nth
Assembly met itwo-thrds OF all the ,,,.,f a..,efl
elected to each House agreeing thcretoi. 'Ss
Section l. That Section OF Article ~ oft
Constitution OF this State be, and the sam ~
hereby amended by striking out all of sa;d
ton after the first paragraph thereof and SnbS sSs
ting therefor the following new paragranh t 1.& M
'rhe said five Judges shall designate tbos%" b,o,%t
their number who shall hold the said Courts p
the several Counties. No omore than three nf ~. 70
shall sit together i'll any of the said to,,rt "'tn
each Of the said Courts the Chief Iusticn% -, 10
present shall preside, and in his al,srnc." "'T1 y.
senior Associate Judges present shall nras;G "t
One shall constitute quorum in the sa;,1 vs. -
respectively. except in the Court of over and u
miner, where three shall constitute u,,or,, ~
except in the Superior Court sitting tn ,' "a a4l
appeals from the Orphans Court or a Rco;s,H .eH
Court when two shall constitute a u,,ornn, Is
except i'll the Court OF General Sessions .;tt;,sa sa
try cases OF prosecution under Section of AZ
4 OF this Constitution sitting TO hear ,1.,. .v
applications for license TO sell ntoxiCgrira i
ors when two shall constitute a Quorum "'l
one Judge may open and adjourn any Of a,
( Courts"
Section ;. That Article " OF the Cors,;,...
OF the state be. and the same is hereby a,r
by striking out all OF Section thereof and sd =
titiug therefor the following new Section ~
wit:
ton OF this Article, two or more sessions .. ~
Superior Court, or Court of General Sessions ~. u
4 one or more sessions, OF each OF the said C5r-
or one Session of the Court OF Oyeraud r.rr,;a
4 and one or two OF either, or one OF each nj A.
other Of the said courts may at the same Tim. t.
held III the same county or in different c1nrt,
I and the business in the several CourtirS nav T.
distributed and apportioued in such lu3nn.~ y,
shall be provided by the rules oi the said Coma,
respectively"
ID. W. CAMPBELL.
Speaker OF the Hons.
i JNO. NJ. MENDINHALI,.
Approved March Twentieth Nineteen u9nirS
and Ie!en.
/ sIMEoN S. PENNEWI1I.
l. Charles 5. * Rcharis. Secretart OF State niti.
State of Delaware do hereby certify tL9t n
above and foregoing IS true and correct COW
! House Bill No Is, entitled An Act r,-1,,os;
certain Amendments to Article " OF the Cons.
i tuition OF this State, relating to the nr,ml@
of Judges constituting quorum i'll the Suner,'
Court, the Court OF General Sessions and ii
Court of oyer and Termiucr. the sessions Of a.
courts, and the distribution OF the business then
III, respectively" as the same appears on the =,
rolled Bill filed in the Office OF the Secretary
State, and approved by the Governor, Mirr
twentieth, A. ID. I5ii, which said Bill proposir
such Amendment TO the Constitution Of this Sta
is published in accordance with the RECURRENCE
OF the Constitution of the State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF | hg
heret,ntO set my hand and official sej
LIS. al Dover, this twentv-third day
July, in the year OF our Lord Of
thousand nine hundred and twelve
CHARLES ). RICHARDS
Secretary OF State.