Newark post., 1912-08-14
CONSTITUTIONAL AMEEDMrkr
Constitutional Amendo,..,

An Act proposing certain amendr,
Article ~ of the Constitution ha os s.
State, relating to the number Of T.. "a
constituting quorum in the Sns
Court, the Court of General Ssppl
and the Court of Oyer and TesN01
the sessions of said courts IN u'A.|
distribution of the business u ,h Y
respectively. e'el
Be it enacted by the Senate and rI.,,..-
resentatives OF the state OF Delaware IN - Es
Assembly met ttwo-thirdS Of all ,I, " "elcj
elected to each House agreeing therrr04 '"eirl /
Section /. That Section of Ar,;r,, -,
Constitution OF this State be- and w., ~ , o' a
hereby amended by striking ont nh f satIt
ton alter the hrst paragraph thereof and s,,I
ting therefor the following new parapra,i i,'.S
The said five Judges shall desigm.,t, ti, ~ loE
their number who shall hold the sa;I = Sn0N
the several Counties. Nomore than tIr.,o |oItl aE
shall sit together i'll any OF the said ro,,..
each OF the said Courts the Chief rt,st;na" ;"
present shall preside, and in hi. -
senior Associate Judges present shall nrS.iS'
One shall constitute quorum in the sa;d~e
respectively, except III the Court OF ,,, a,g Ia
miner, where three shall constitute. :; ,.,,'' "uu
except III the Superior Court Sittii,a rn, Jun
appeals from the Orphans Court or a D. "
Court, when two shall constitute a ,,I,a.,s resl'
except in the Court OF General Sessions s;,.l tn
try cases OF prosecution Under SeCtio,, ~
OF this Constitution or sitting to hear co... al
applications for license TO sell intox;ratG;on'T
ors, when two shall constitute a uI,or,,,,, !
one Judge may open and adjourn an, -.
Courts" ' Vi
Section ?. That Article " OF the t'ory,;..
OF the State he, and the same is h.rpI,,. ,,
by striking out all OF Section thereof a,J 1,Sg
tuting therefor the following new section
wit:
Section .. Subject to the prov;.;o,s
tion OF this Article. two or more sessions "
Superior Court, or Court of Genera, Sass;oUn
one or more sessions, OF each OF the ,aidCaI
or one Session OF the Court OF oyer and ra~,I
and one or two OF either, or one OF f,Ic, :! ~
other of the said courts may at the -,,,,s ,; o
held III the same county or in different c,,
and the business in the severa! Couu';a. >D'" -.
distributed and apportioued in such ,ramr,.
shall be provided by the rules OF the said cr
respectively"
u. W. CAMPBELL.
JNO. NJ. MENDINHALL.' ''S I"
Approved March Twentieth Nineteen r''T rss nS
and Eleven.
SIMEON S. pI:NNEWIII
/, Charles S. Richards, Secretary of Stat. \.
State OF Delaware, do hereby certify ,ha,
above and foregoing is a true and correct con-
House Bill No IS, entitled Am ACt nroo
certain Amendments to Article " of the III
tuition OF tins State, relating to the MI
OF Judges constituting a quorum in the Sur-S
Court, the Court of General Sessions AMI
Court of Oyer and Terminer the sessions nj \
courts, and the distribution of the business m,
i'll, respectively" as the same appears on IN.
rolled Bill filed i'll the Office OF the Secrear
State, and approved by the Governor. M
twentieth, A. ID. 1911, which said Bill pronoI
such Amendment to the Constitution OF thi, 4
IS published III accordance with the req,rem1
Cf the Constitution of the State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF.
hereunto set my hand and oiicial L
lL.S.J at Dover, this twenty-third ta
July, in the year of our Lord
thousand nine hundred and tweIvs
CHARLES 5. RICHARpss
Secretary OF State