Milford chronicle., 1918-08-30
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 3, OF
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
STATE OF DELAWARE. IN REIAA-
! TION TO THE POWER OF THE
! GOVERNOR TO REMOVE 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
/ two thirds OF all the members elected
/ to each House eoneurring therein):
Section !. That Sec. Is Of Article 8,
Of the Constitution Of the State Of Del
aware, be and the same is hereby
/ amended BY striking out all Of said sec
ton and inserting in lieu thereof a new
| lows
sec. 10. The Governor may, for any
| reasonable cause remove any officer. eN-
cept the Lieutenant Governor and mem
I bers Of the General Assembly, upon the
address Of twO-thirds Of all the mem-
/ bers Of 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
General Assembly may be about 10 pro-
coed 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-
cept the Chancellor and the five Law
Judges, Of his own vOlition, 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 a statement in writing Of the cause
or causes for which said removal was
made within ten days after the removal
as aforesaid, and, If this be not done,
said removal shall be null and void.
ha
shall have the right, within thirty days
after said removal, to appeal 70 the
Superior Court Of the County in which
he or they reside at the time Of said re-
moYal for reinstatement to said office;
and, II upon hearing in said Court, the
Court should consider that said removal
should not have been so made. then and in
that case the person so unjustly removed
shall forthwith be reinstated in said
Office If the said Court should sustain
the Governor in said removal the same
shall stand and the decision shall be
final.
HERvEY p. HALL,
Speaker of the House.
JOHN a. BARNARD,
President Pro tenn Of the Senate.
Approved March Is. 1917
JOHN C. TOWNSEND. JR.
Governor.
I, Everett c. johnson. Secretary Of
State Of the State Of Delaware. do here
by certify that the above and foregoine
Is true and correct copy Of House BIZ
No. IS, entitled An Act 10 Amend
Article 3, Of the Constitution of the State
Of Delaware, in relation 70 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 an
proved by the Governor March fifteenth,
A ID. 1917 which said bill processing
such Amendment to the Constitution OF
this State is published in accordance
with the requirements Of the Constitu-
tion of the State
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF. I have
hereunto set my hand
and official seal at Dover,
ISEALl this thirtieth day Of
July. in the year Of our
Lord, one thousand nine
hundred and eighteen.
EVERETT c. JOHNSON
Secretary Of State