Milford chronicle., 1918-08-23
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE ;. Ol
THE CONSTITUTION OF TIL
STATE OF DELAWARE. IN RELA
TlQN TO THE POWER OF TIL
GOVERNOR TO REMOVE CERTAIe
| OFFICERS UNDER CERTAIN CON
| DITIONS
Be it enacted BY the Senate and tn
\ House Of Representatives Of the Stat
/ OF Delaware IN General Assembly me
| two thirds Of all the members elected
TO each House eoneurrlns thereln);
! Section ]. That See l3 Of Article 3
of the Constitution Of the State Of Del
amended by striking out all Of said sec
tion and inserting In lieu thereof a new
section 10 be styled Section i3, as fol-
! lows.
''sec. 13. The Governor may. for any
reasonable cause remove any officer. ex-
cept the Lieutenant Governor and mem
/ bers pf the General Assembly, upon the
address Of two-t thirds Of all the men,
ners Of each house Of the General
Assembly Whenever the General
Assembly shall SO address the Cow
SSe"os, s,,ssS Ihe cause Of removal shas
General Assembly may be about to pro-
ceed shall receive notice thereof. accom-
panied by the cause alleged for his re-
moval, at least ten days before the day
on which either House Of the General
Assembly shall act thereon.
The Governor shall have power to re-
move any officer appointed by him, eX-
eept the Chancellor and the five Law
Judges. Of his own volitiou, when the
General Assembly is not In session. In
such case, however, SUCH removal shall
only be made FOR cause, and the person
SO removed shall receive from the Gov
ernor statement in writing OF the cause
or causes for which said removal was
made within ten days after the removal
as aforesaid. and. II this be not done
said removal shall be null and void.
shall have the right. within thirty days
after said removal. 20 appeal to the
Superior Court OF the County in which
he or they reside "a the time Of said re-
moval for reinstatement to said office:
and, If upon hearing I'm said Court. the
Court should consider that said removal
should not have been so made then and I'm
that case the person so unjustly removed
shall forthwith be reinstated in said
office. II the said Court should sustain
the Governor IN said removal the same
shall stand and the decision shall be
final
HERVEY T. HALL.
Speaker Of the House
JOHN A. BARNARD,
President Pro TEN Of the Senate.
Approved March 10. 1917
JOHN G.. TOWNSEND, JR
Governor.
I. Everett C. Johnson, Secretary Of
State Of the State Of Delaware, do here
by certify that the above and foregoing
IS a true and correct copy Of House Bin
No. -, entitled An Act to Amend
Article 3, Of the Constitution Of the State
Of Delaware. In relation TO the power OF
the Governor TO remove certain officers
under certain conditions. as the same
appears on the enrolled bill filed in the
office Of the Secretary OF State and ap-
proved by the Governor March fifteenth,
A ID. 1917 which said bin proposing
such amendment to the Constitution OF
this State is published in accordance
with the requirements Of the COnstitu-
lion Of the State
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand
and official seal at Dover,
lSEALl this thirtieth day OF
July, in the year Of our
Lord, one thousand nine !
hundred and eighteen.
EVERETT c.. JOHNSON.
Secretary Of State /