Smyrna times., 1912-09-11
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

An Act proposing certain amendments e.
-Arttcle " Of Me Constitution of tbs
State, relating 70 tile number Of ,Judces
constituting a quorum IN the Superior
Court, tile Court Of General Sessions eDsd
the Court Of Oyer and Termiaer, The
6utt0R Of tie business therefg, respect
i0eLy.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Rep
resentatives of the State Of Delaware in General
Assembly met (two-thrds of all the members
elected to each house agreeing theretOG
Section /. That section 5 of Article " Of the
Constitution of this State be, and the same is
hereby amended by strcking out all of said Sec
tiOn after the first paragraph thereof and. substi-
to-wit
The said five Judges shall designate those Of
their number who shall hold the said Courts in
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 " ne
present shall preside, and IN his absence the sen
ior Associate Judges present shall preside.
one shall constitute quorum in the said
courts, respectively except in the Court of Over
ana Ierminer where three shall constitute a
quorum, ana except in the Superior Court sitting
70 near appeals from the Orphans Court or q
Registers Court, when two shall constitute .
quorum, and except in the Court of General ses-
slons sitting to try cases of prosecution undpr
secuoh OF Article of this Constitution or sit
lng TO hear contested applications for license, 20
tute quorum 9-''''i OO'''''
~ One Jndge may open and adjourn any Of said
Secton2. That Article " of the Constitution
OF this State be, and the same is hereby amended
Dy strlklng out all OF Section thereof and slhs-
tuung therefore the following new Section E.
Section 6. Subject to the provisions of Section
OF thls Article, two or more sessions of the Su-
PeIloI court, OF Court Of General Sessions, or one
or more sessions OF each of the said Conrts or on
session OF the Court of Oyer and Terminer and
one or TWO OF either, or one of each of the other
OF lne sald courts mily at the same time he held
u, ~ 'he same county OF in different counties, and
@ @.nS business IN the several counties NAV be dis
tlDuteu ana appo1tiOned in such manner as
respectively"
DIV. CAMPBELL.
Speaker Of the HOuse
JNO. NJ. MENDINHALL
-, President of the Senate.
approved ye March Twentieth, Nineteen Hundre6
SIMEON s. PENNEwILL.
Charles S. Richards, Secretary of STATE Of tbt.
osate OF delaware, DO hereby certify that the
above and foregoing is true and eorrsct coDy ri
hOuse Bill No. As, entitled IAN Act prOp0siDe
eeItalh Amendments 10 Article " of the COnsti-
1r.on I,d oi thls state, relating TO the number Of
STuuees constituting quorum in the Superior
SSouIt' me Court CT General Sessions and the
OouIt t oi oyer and Terminer the sessions Of said
tbSuaS, tberein, ana the distribution of the business
w hheieln respeSu uyeiy, as the same appears on
tne enroedBill fled in the office of the Seeretary
tll. y. eutse ana approved by the Governor March
smeanueth, a A. ID. 1911 which said Bill proposing
IL % the Constitution OF this State
Vi 'he constitution Of the State
! IN TEsIlMONY WHEREOF have
ne, herennto set my hand and Official
'A'0 q sea-, AZ Dover. this twenty-thrd day
Of July, in the year of our Lord one
thoosand nine hundred and tw tlYe-
CHARLES s. RICHARDS
Secretary Of Stale.