Milford chronicle., 1918-09-27
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

| ! AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 3, or
| sTArE OFT OF DELAWARE. VAR II RELA- a
II TIOS TO THE POWER OF THE
| / GOVERNOR To RE1iOVE CERTAIN
| OFFICERS UNDER CERTAIN CON
Be It enacted BY the Senate and the
House OF Representatives Of the state
Of Delaware in General Assembly met
(twe-thirds Of all the members elected
TO each House coneurring therein);
Section /. That Sec. l3 Of Article 3.
Of the Constitution Of the State Of Del
aware. be and the same is hereby
amended by striking out all Of said sec
tion and inserting in lieu thereof a new
section 10 be styled Section lS, as fol-
Sec I3. The Governor may, for any
/ reasonable cause remove any officer. eX-
| cept the Lieutenant Governor and mem
/ bers Of the General Assembly. upon the
| oers q each house Of the General |
! Assembly. Whenever the General /
Assembly shall so address the Gov |
ernor, The cause Of removal shall /
/ be entered on the journals Of each |
/ House The person against whom the I
General Assembly may be about 10 pro- /
coed shan receive notice thereof. accom-
/ panied by the cause alleged for his re-
.noval AZ least ten days before the day
on which either House Of the General
Assembly shall act thereon.
The Governor shall have power 10 re-
move any officer appointed by him, eI-
cept the Chancellor and the five Law
Judges, Of his own volit0n, 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 thc Gov
ernor statement in writing Of the cause
'r 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. 4
Ihe person or persons so removed
nan have the right, within thirty days
after said removal, 20 appeal to the 1
superior Court Of Ae County in which !
ne or they reside az the time OF said re-
'noyai for reinstatement 20 said ofIice
ana. i upon hearing .u said Court the
Court should consider that said removal
mould no. have been SO made. then and in
NAT cas- person SO urjustly removed ?
snal forthwith be -e.Bstated iu said I
oihce. Il the said Court should sustain I
ne Governor ia said removal. the same .
saal stand and the decision shall be
HERyEY p. HALL.
Speaker Of tae House q
JOHN A. BARNARD y
President Pro TEN OF the Senate ,
Approved March %. 1917.
JOHN 6. TOWNSEND. JR 7
Governor :
l. Everett G.. Johnson. Secretary ot n
state Of the state Of Delaware 90 here
by certify that the aDovs and f.r-Lo.ns
s a true and correct copy or House ~,
Article 3. OF the Constitution OF the State a
y Delaware, .u relation 10 the power OF
ne Governor 70 remove certain officers
lnder certain conditions. as the same
lppears on the enrolled bill filed in the s
liilce OF the Secretary Of State ana an b-
proved by the Governor March fifteenth, IS
A. D. 1917. which said bill proposing y
uCh Amendment 20 the Constitution OF ti
his State is published in accordance Of
with the requirements OF the Constitu- II
ion Of the State pe
TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have of
hereunto set my hand pr
and official seal at Dover, A
LSEALl this thirtieth day OF Al
July. in the year Of our 81
Lord. one thousand nine n
hundred and eighteen. IN
EVERETT c. JOHNSON IN
Secretary Of State