Newark post., 1912-08-07
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Constitutional Amendman,

An Act proposing certain anendne,,,
Article ~ of the Constitution of ~: .
State, relating to the number of Jndaas
constituting quorum in the Sures;s
Court, the Court OF General Sess;.s
and the Court of Oyer and Ternn.~
the sessions of said courts, and ~
distribution of the business the,s;S
respectively.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House or D..
resentatives OF the State of Delaware in Gens.p,,
Assembly met ttwo-thirds of all the. r,an,L'a
elected to each House agreeing theretoN: 'e'S
Section 1. That Section of Article ~ os :,
Constitution OF this State be, and the san,aYs Ys
hereby amended by striking out all OF said sa ~
ton after the first paragraph thereof and suhstt.
ting therefor the following new paragraph to ~
The said five Judges shall designate thos"ti;
their number who shall hold the said Courts ~ ~
the several Counties. No more than three of tLa
shall sit together in any of the said C0Irfs a
each of the said Courts the Chief Justice ,,.n ~
present shall preside, and in his alsenc, ISn tS
senior Associate Judges present shall preside '"S
one shall constitute quorum in the said 9,r,
respectively, except i'll the Court OF oyer and IT,
miner where three shall constitute Quorum l
except in the Superior Coiirt sitting f., b.
appca!s from the Orphans Court or "A k..,r:.,.sl
Court. when two shall constitute q ulorrr, s,I
except III the Court OF General Sessions S;rf;rat
try cases Of prosecution under Section of Ariir
OF this Constitution or sitting TO hear clr4,tai
applications tor license to sell Intoxicating Iigr
ors, when two shall constitute a quorum. ~"
One Judge may open and adjourn any Of said
Courts
Section , That Article " of the ,o,i.,i,,,,:,.
OF the State be. and the same i. hereby amend
by striking ont all OF Section thereof aud s,.
tuting therefor the following new Section n. IN
wit
ton OF this Article, two or more sessiou OF ,Sa
Superior Court, Court OF General Sessions M
one more sessions, OF each Of the said Court.
or one Session OF the Court OF over and rcrr,at
and one OF Two OF either. one OF eaCl, N III.
other of The said courts may AT the same tim. H.
held in the same county or i'll different Cs,1,,;a.
and the business III the several counties mac Is
distributed and apportioncd in such ,na,Ir.r. AZ.
shall he provided by the rules OF the said c5urt
| respectively"
u. W. CAMPBELL.
Speaker o. the ,f..,.a.
JE;O. NJ. MESDINHAIL
| President of the Selg,s
Approved March Twentieth Nineteen nnirsi
| and Eleven.
SIMEON 5. PENNEWIII,.
| l. Charles s. Richards Secretary of St..-. ,5 H.,
| State Of Delaware, do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing is true and correct cCuy oi
| House Bill No is, entitled Am Act Iroros;to
| certain Amendments to Article " Of the ror.t1
| tuition OF this State. relating 10 the uutrler
| 81 Judges constituting quorum in the Sl,4ri1r
| Court, the Court OF General Sessions and The
| Court Of oyer and Termiuer the sessions Of said
courts, and the distribution OF the b,tsinr. there
III. respeclively.' a. the appears on the Ell
rolled Bill filed i'll the Office OF the Secretary NJ
state, and approved by the Governor Marc
| twentieth. \. ID. l9il, which said Bill pron1sipg
srch Amendment to the Constitution OF this Stat
: published in accordance with the Te0,,fr,r7rrt
| Of the Constitution OF the State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF. have
hcrelllto set my hand and oiTicjl, -es4'
LIS! al Dover, this twcnty-lhird tlv o.
| July, III the year OF Our Lord 1rt
thousand nine hundred and twr'v,
CHARLES ). RICHARDS.
| Secretary of State.