Newark post., 1912-09-04
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Constitutional Amendment

An Act proposing certain amendments.
Article ~ of the Constitution &c 80. 20
State, relating TO the number of T,,daa'
constituting a quorum in tie Super;os
Court, the Court of General c.so:ao'
and the Court of Oyer and Tern;rans
the sessions of said courts. and al
distribution of the business thers;u ae
respectively. "'
BE i enacted by the Senate and House O.: Zen.
resentatives OF the State OF Delaware in ,,Il ,al,
Assembly met (two-thirds of all th,. ,,,IIal iIeIal
elected to each House agreeing thereto,: '''"'''
Section |. That Section of Article II. ,,f A.
Constitution of this State be- and the s,, ~, 'ne
hereby amended by striking ont all rf s.;i ;'iC Is
tion after the first paragraph thereof and So. 3' sS'
ting therefor the the following new paragraph to-w
their number who shall hold the said ,,N,,r, I,e ol
the several Counties. Nomore than tLrp. ,,F - IN
shall 4 81 sl t iosethdr & n in any Of the said cou, /"
present shall preside, and i'll his al,sr,,,"' th .g
senior Associate Judges present shall ,,r..;l 'le
One shall constitute quorum i'll tile said [ rourts
miner, where three shall constitute quorum, i
except in the Superior Court stt;ng t %u i'lu
appeals from the Orphans Court or a RcrjSterSss
Court When two shall constitute ,rIor,,,n 49,
except i'll the Court of General Sessions sitf;nIHp IHp
try OF prosecution under Section oT l,.Sto ~
OF this Constitution or sitting 10 hear contr!g
applications for license to sell intoxicatira' 1S fN
ors when two shall constitute uiior1,t, ''"
One Judge may open and adjourn any Of said
Courts" - ''"
Section ,. That Article " of the Cous,;,r,:
of the State be, and the same is hereby. a,,n,a
by striking out all of Section thereof and s,,it
tuting therefor the following new Section " ~
wit:
tion of this Article, two or more sessions nf ,i
Superior Court, Court of General Sessions 'ns ~
one or more sessions, of each of the said Courts
one Session OF the Court of Over and Tarr,;nan,
and one or two OF either one of each oF tSa
other OF the said courts may at the SAINT. time h
held i'll the same county or in different countias
and the business IN the several counties may he
distributed and apportioned in such rnanner ~ ~
shall be provided by the rules of the said rorrts
respectively" Ut"
d. w. CAMPBELL,
Speaker OF the House
JNO. NJ. MENDINHALL,
President of the Senate
Approved March Twentieth Nineteen Hnnirrj
SIMEON S. pENNEwIL1, .
r. Charles S. Richards. Secretary of STATE nS H.,
State OF Delaware, do, hereby certify that tbe
above and foregoing is true and correct c,,,,, ~
House Bill No 49, entitled AN Act nro,os;nn cS y,
certain Amendments to Article " of the EonsfI
tuition OF this State, relating to the u,,nhar
OF Judges constituting quorum in the Superior
Court, the Court OF General Sessions and tbs
Court OF oyer and Terniner the sessions of said
courts, and the distribution OF the business here
M respectively as the same appears on the en-
rolled Bill MED III the office OF the Secretary of
State, and approved by the Governor, March
twe1tieth, A. ID. 1911, which said Bill proDos;no
such Amendment to the Constitution of this State
is published III accordance with the requirements
OF the Constitution of the State
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, | have
hereunto set my hand and official seal
li-.s.I at Dover, this twenty-tiird day Of
July, III the year of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and twelve
CHARLES S. RICHARDS.
Secretary of State.