Smyrna times., 1912-08-28
AMENDMENT

An act proposing certain amendments to
article ! v Of TIE Constitution Of thtS
State, relating To tie number IF JUd9es
constituting a quorum IN the Superior
Court, the CO1trt Of General Sessions and
tie Court Of Oyer and IermiRer, the
sessions Ct said courts, and the diSty7
hutton IF the business therein, respect
toeLy.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the State Of Delaware in General
Assembly met Qwo-thirds of all the members
elected to each house agreeing thereto:
Section /. That section of Article ~ OF the
Constitution of this State be, and the same IS,
hereby amended by stricking out all of said Sec
tiOn afier the first paragraph thereof and subst-
tuting therefor the following new paragraphs,
to-wit
The said five Judges shall designate those Of
their number who shall hold the said Courts ia
the several Counties. No more than three Of
them shall sit together in any of the said Courts
In each of the said Courts the Chief Justice " hen
present shall preside, and IN his absence the sen
iOr Associate Judges present shall preside.
One shall constitute a quorum in the said
Courts respectively, except in the Court of oyer
and Terminer, where three shall constitute 3
quorum, ana except in the Superior Court sitting
| to hear appeals from the Orphans Court or h
| Registers Court, when two shall constitute
| quorum, and except in the Court of General Ses-
/ sions sitting to try cases of prosecution under
! Section of Article V of this Constitution or sit
ting to hear contested applications for license TO
sell intoxicating liquors, when two shall eOnsti-
| tute quorum.
One Judge may open and adjourn any of said
| Courts"
Section p That Article " of the Constitution
OF this stale be, and the same is, hereby amended
by striking out all of Section thereof and substi
| tuting therefore the following new Section q,
to,wit; e...
| OF this Article, two or more sessions of the Su-
peTlor Court, or Court of General Sessions OF one
or more sessions of each of the said Courts or one
Session of the Court of Oyer and Terminer and
one or TWO of either, or one of each of the other
| oI me sald courts may at the same time be held
| IN the same county or in different counties and
| the business in the several counties may be dis
tributeo and apportioned in such manner as
snail De provided by the rules of the said courts
@ D. W. CAMPBELL
Speaker of the House
JNO NJ. MENDINHALL.
| President of the Senate.
| and Eleven.
SIMEON S. PENNEwILL,
Governor
l, Charles S. Richards Secretary of State of the
state OF Delaware, do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing is a true and correct copy Of
House bill No. As, entitled An Act proposing
certain Amendments to Article " of the COnsti-
tuition OF this State, relating to the number of
Judges constituting quorum in the Superior
Court the Court of General Sessions and the
Court OF Oyer and Terminer the sessions of said
courts, and the distribution of the business
tnereln, respectively" as the same appears on
the enronedBill filed in the Office of the Secretary
OF state and approved by the Governor March
twentieth, A d. 1911, which said Bill propos ing
such Amendment TO the Constitution of this State
Is published in accordance with the requirements
OF the Constitution of the State
l IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, l have
hereunto set my hand and official
| ~. 81 seal, at Dover this twenty-third day
of July in the year of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and twelve.
CHARLES S. RICHARDS,
Secretary of State.