Newark post., 1912-10-16
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Constitutional Amendment

An Act proposing certain amendment :.
Article iV OF the Constitution of ~
State, relating to the number Of .grLgas
constituting a quorum in the Suner;or
Court, the Court cf General Session.
and the Court of Oyer and Tcrrc;rsr
the sessions of said courts, and tb,'
distribution of the business ihersn
respectively.
Be ii enacted by the Senate and I1ousr,f r,..
resentativcs OF the State of Delaware in ,,.,,riI,
Assembly met uwo-thirds of all the. mr,,r @ ,.I
elected TO each House agreeing therctol. >'H
Section |. That Section of Article lvot H.,
Constitution OF this state he, and the sam. -
hereby amended by striking out all Of sa;I 49,
ton after the first paragraph thereof ard .'.r
ting therefor the following new paragraph r ,,.t ,
The said five Judges shall designate th,.-,,nJ
their number who shall hold the said Corr, ~
the several Counties. No more than three NJ , IN
shall sit together i'll any of the SAT-, rou,i '"Sia
each of the said Courts the Chief justice When m
present shall preside, and in his nhs,,,. "y" ,S
senior Associate Judges present shall nrrsii '"e
one shall constitute quorum in the said ronr,.
respectively, except in the Court of Overland Tr
miner where three shall constitute a uuorrtm and
except i'll the Superior Court sitting 70 hrar
appeals from the Orphans Court or n REQ. trI,
Court, when two shall constitute a unorli,r ", 49,
except i'll the Court of General Sessions 81, "'
try cases OF prosecution under Section Of ArtiE,
Y OF this Constitution or sitting to hear cortr.,.i
applications Tor license TO sell iutoXic4tiuo r,,,
ors, when two shall constitute quorum. '''''
one Judge may open and adjourn ar, nI -,;l
Courts" '' W ~'''
Section ,. That Article " of the Constitutes,
Of the State be- and the same is hereby ar,'
by striking out an OF Section thereof and .u,,ti
tuting therefor the following new Section " ~,
wit: ~
Section (. Subject 10 the provisions ,f So.
lioh "l ms Ar''cIe 'Wo or more sessions OF lI.
Superior Court. o. Curt of General Session, "r w
one or more SESSIONS, Of each of th.sa;,1 ,',," ="
or one Session ci me Court OF pyvrand Trrininrr
and one or lw 9! either, or one OF each rT tr
other OF the said courts NAV at the sam t:,, S
held i'll the SIil:c county or in different c,,,,;
and the business III the several connie. %
distributed and appOrioncd in such rnaI,,,'r W.
snail he provided by the rules of the said l,,,rI
respectively 'N
u. W. CAMPBELL,
Speaker Of TN, Tr,,.,..
JNo. NJ. .MENDINHAIT, ''.'''>'
President of the G,.rq,.
Approved March Twentieth Nineteen IrIMrgi IIn(FCgi
and Eleven. '''.'',''
SIMEON s. plGNNEWGLI.
/, Charles S. Richards, Secretary of Stat, ,,| H.,
State OF Delaware, do hereby Ccrtif, ti,a, tI
above and foregoing is true and correct cory Of
House Bill No IS, entitled AN Act ,,rr,,.;r,
certain Amendments TO Article " of the tnr.,;
tuition OF this State, relating to the nr,,'I.r
OF Judges constituting quorum in the ,,r,,ri,r
court the Court OF General Sessions and ,ba
Court oi oyer and fermincr, the sessions of .,;i
courts, and the distribution of the business ihr
m resrectiyeiy, as the same appears on the Ell
rolled lili h!ed III the office Of the Sccretur, Of
state. and approved by the Governor NfG~.i,
twentieth. y. d. l9ll. which said Bill pro,,.,.,-
such Amendment to the Constitution Of this St9,,
Is published in accordance with The ie,II;irrii,f
OF the Constitution of the State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF n.,..
.hereunto set my hand and official seal
Ll..S.J at Dover, this twenty third ,l,t, of
JnE, III the year OF our LorL one
thousand nlne hundred and Twelve
ftIIARLES 5. RICHARDS
secretary OF State