Newark post., 1912-07-31
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT,
Constitutional Amendmer.

An Act proposing certain amendms,
Article ~ of the Constitution of ~
State, relating to the number of ,hda
constituting a quorum in the SUNS
Court, the Court of General Ses.;'N
and the Court of Oyer and Terr,;rp
the sessions of said courts, and q
distribution of the business tbs,a:
respectively.
BE it enacted by the Senate and lIonseor,
resentatives of the State Of Delaware in GN@ N@
Assembly met ttwo-thirds of all the nne,i@s
elected to each House agreeing thcret oJ. ''U
Section l. That Section ; of Article 10
Constitution of this State be, and the s,,. -, G
hereby amended by striking out all Of said y
ton after the first paragraph thereof and srhsi%
ting therefor the following new paragranh to% 10
''rhe said five Judges shall designate thOsN"A hoNA
their number who shall hold the said Comrte&
the several Counties. Nomore than three of Az
shall sit together in any of the said Courts 'T,
each OF the said Courts the Chief Justice ,,,
present shall preside, and in his absencs ~ "
senior Associate Judges present shall pres;de |
One shall constitute a quorum in the said Con-
respectively, except i'll the Court of Over and T
miner, where three shall constitute u,lort,,n 5
EXCEPT in the Superior Court sitting tn h
appeals from the Orphans Court or a Rep;s,s
Court, when two shall constitute Quorum sl
except in the Court OF General Sessions sittinas
try cases of prosecution under Section OF Az ~
of this Constitution or sitting to hear conteS
applications for license to sell Intoxicating T
ors, when two shall constitute q Quorum, "'~
one judge may open and adjourn any Of ,,g
Courts"
Section p That Article IL of the Consti,,,,
of the State he, and the same is. hereI,, amend
by striking ont all OF Section thereof and s,I.t
| uutng therefor the following new Section - p,
wit: .,
! ton of this Article, two or more sessions nj n
/ Superior Court, or Court OF General Sessions
| one or more sessions, of each of the said Cor-
! or one Session of the Court of Over aud rar,r;.
! and one or two of either. or one of each nf =,
other of the said courts may at the same time
! held in the same county or i'll different Court;a
and the business i'll the several counties NAV
/ distributed and apportioned in such manner
shall he provided by the rules Of the said cgu-
| respectively"
u. w. CAMPBELL,
Speaker OF the Hon
! JNO. NJ. MENDINHALI
President Of the Sem,
Approved March Twentieth Nineteen Hagjr
and Eleven.
SIMEON s. pENNEWGLI.,
Governor
! |, Charles S. Richards. Secretary of Stat nj +
State of Delaware, do hereby certify that ,
above and foregoing Is true and correct copy
| House Bill No rs, entitled An Act proposi
| certain Amendments to Article " OF the Com
tuition OF this State, relating to the mum
Of Judges constituting quorum in the Surer
Court, the Court oil General Sessions and
Court of oyer and Terminer, the sessions Of )
courts, and the distribution of the business lhp
III, respectively" as the same appears on the
rolled Bill flied i'll the office OF the Secretary
State, and approved by the Governor, Ma
twentieth, \. ID. lpll, which said Bill propos
such Amendment to the Constitution OF this St
is published i'll accordance with the reuuireme
of the Constitution OF the State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF. h
hereunto set my hand and official q
| LIS al Bower, this twenty-third da,.
July, in the year of our Lord
, thousand nine hundred and twelve
CHARLES ). RICHARDS
Secretary OF State.