Newark post., 1912-09-18
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Constitutional Amendment

An Act proposing certain amendments to
Article Nv of the Constitution of ,b;s
State, relating to the number OF Iudres
constituting a quorum in the Super;or
Court, the Court of General Session.
and the Court of Oyer and Teyminsr
the sessions of said courts, and tbs
distribution of the business there;r
respectively.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of p.,
resentatves OF the State of Delaware in GcnrrnI
ssembly met two-thirds of all the ,uc1nEnSt
elected to each House agreeing thereto):
Section /. That Section of Article X of tr,a
Constitution OF this State he, and the same is
hereby amended hy striking out all OF said Ser
tion after the first paragraph thcreo! ard suh,it.
ting therefor the Glowing new paragraph TO- vii.
The said five Judges shall designate thn,e oi
their number who shall hold the said Corr, ~
the several Counties. No more than three of them
shall sit together i'll any OF the said Courts. In
each of the said Courts the Chief Justice ,vhan
present shall preside, and III his absence thr
senior Associate Judges present shall preside
one shall constitute quorum in the said Courts
respectively, except i'll the Court Of oyer and Ter
miner, where three shall constitute Quorum and
except III the Superior Court sitting to hpar
appeals from the orphans Court or a Registers
Court, when two shall constitute Quorum aud
except i'll the Court OF General Sessions sitting 10
try cases of prosecution under Section of AttcI
of this Constitution or sitting to hear contested
applications for license to sell intoxicating iIl,
ors when two shall constitute quorum
One Judge may open and adjourn any Of said
Courts"
Section > That Article " Of the Constitution,
OF the state he, aud the same IS hereby amgn,Iei
by striking out all of Section thereof and sr,si
tuting .heref@r the following new Section H. ia
wit:
ton OF ti;- ttc (, twN r" :,ore sessions of the
Superio: C'"-t or Coltr. -t General Sessions nv
one or II 60. .,:ors, OF CO q If the said rr,.
or one So .o" e. thg Court i Dyerand rpr,,;nrrr
and one H~ ~ st Siine". OF Gne OF each of tI.
other OF the SAID courts may at tie same trlr he
held III the same county or III different counties
and the business i'll the several counties may Te
distributed and apportioncd in such rauur, as
shall be provided by the rules OF the said court,
+ respectively
u. W. CAAIPBELIo
Speaker Of the House:
JNO. NJ. MEND1NuALI,
President OF the Senate.
/ Approved March Twentieth Nineteen Iiuu'lred
SIMEON S. pENNEWILL.
I, Charles s. Richards Secretary Of Statp a. ri,e
! state OF Delaware, do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing is a true and correct copy Of
/ House Bill No ~, entitled An Act urot,o.ng
certain Amendments to Article " of the Cousti,
/ tuition OF THIS State, relating to tile number
/ OF Judges constituting quorum in the Superior
/ Court the Court OF General Sessions and the
Court Oi oyer and Terniuer, The sessions of said
courts, and the distribution OF the business there
/ IL reSIeciiySly,' as the same appears the ell
coI.ed Bill hlcd i'll the Office OF the Secretary Of
/ state and approved by the Governor Marc,
twer; eth, \. D. 1911, which said Bill proposing
such Amendment TO the Constitution of this STATE
/ Is published i'll accordance with the reul,ire,ueuts
| OF the Constitution of the State.
| IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF | have
| herettnto set my hand and official seal
Ll"S.l at Dover, this twenty-third day o.
July, in the year OF our Lord onl
thousand nine hundred and twelve
CHARLES 5. RICHARDS.
Secretary OF State.