Evening journal., 1912-10-12
Constitutional Amendment

An Act proposing certain amendments a.
atncAe ~ OF the Constitution Of this
conss Sease, relating to the number Of Judges
e,onr. e,'uslns .hs a quorum in the Superior
~ tne Court Of General Sessions andxI
sne Oourt OF Oyer and Terminer, th,yI
sesslons OF said courts, and the dfstrfl|
t,ra,s yuson OF the business therein, respscl|
bs II enacted By the senate and Hous.
~ representatives Of the State of Delaware
IN IN General Assembly met (twothirds of aIIl
theraaeR members elected to each House arreeind|
section ]. That Section S OF Articls IVA
u tne constitution Of this State be and th.l
~ - hereby amended by striking out sIIN
tb.rone sestlon after the first paragraph
sneleot and substituting therefor the fol-n
lowing new paragraphs, to.wit.
me SAID five Judges shall desirnata
lnose OF their number who shall hold the
u saiu vpur's IN the several Counties. NoV
more than three Of them shall ait toretharI n
IN any Of the said Courts IN zach of the
ssl9 courts the Chief Justice when present
snal l preside, and in his absence the senior
associate Judges present shall preside.
One snail constitute a quorum in the
ssid courts respectively, except in the
court OF Oyer and Terminer where threa
sl snal constitute quorum, and except in the
9upedlor Court sitting to hear appeals from
the orphans Court or = Registers Court
when two shall constitute quorum. an6
except IN the Court Of General Sessions sit-
ung, 20 try cases Of prosecution under See
- ~ -ANtcie OF this Constitution oG
sttlnR TO hear contested applications for ~
cense 10 sell intoxicating liquors, when tive
shall constitute q quorum
Jne Judge may open and adjourn any Of
Section 2. That Article ~ of the oos.
stitution OF this State be, and tho same 10,
oereoy smended by striking out all Of Beo-
,l1h sn,il thereof and substituting therefor the
tonowing new Section 6, 10 wit:
Section g. Subject to the provisions a
section of this Article, two or moro sss.
sions OF the Superior Court or Court %
General Sessions, or one or more sessions of
eacn OF the said Courts. OF one Session Of
the Court Of Oyer and Terminer ana ons ~
Two OF either. or one Of each Of tho other Of
the said courts may at the same time be
held IN the same county or In diferent
countries, and the business in the several
counties may be distributed and apportioued
IN such manner as shall be provided By the
said courts respectively"
d. W. CAMPBELL,
Speaker Of the HousA
JNo. M. MENDINHALL,
President Of the Senats.
Approved March Twentieth, Nineteen Hun
dred 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 true and
correct copy OF House Bill No. az. entitled
An Act proposing certain Amendments 70
Article ~ Of the Constitution of this State
relating to the number Of Judges constitute
Ing quorum in the Superior Court the
court OF General Sessions and the Court Of
Oyer and Termner, the sessions Of said
courts, and the distribution Of the business
therein, respectively" as the same appears
on the enrolled Bill fled in the Office Of the
Secretary Of State, and approved by The
Governor, March twentieth, A. ID 1911, which
said Bill proposing such Amendment 10 ths
Constitution Of this State is published In
accordance with the requirements Of the
Constitution Of the State
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF. I
have hereunto set my hand ana
official seal, at Dover, this twenty
a.. So third day Of July in the year Of
our Lord one thousand nine hun
dred and twelve.
CHARLES S. RICHARDS.
Secretary Of State