Milford chronicle., 1918-09-06
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 3. OF
STATE OF DELAWARE, IN RElaA-
TION TO THE POWER OF THE
b. GOVERNOR To REMOVE CERTAIN
OFFICERS UNDER CERTAIN con-
Be II 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 coneurrlns 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
tlon and inserting In lieu thereof a new
section TO be styled Section lS. as fol-
lows;
"Sec. l3. The Governor may. for any
reasonable cause remove any officer eX-
cept the Lieutenant Governor and mem
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
House The person against whom the
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-
cept the Chancellor and the five Law
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 oi 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
The person or persons so removed
shall have the right, within thirty days
after said removal, to appeal to the
Superior Court Of the County in which
he or they reside at the time OF said re-
moyal for reinstatement TO said once;
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. II the said Court should sustain
the Governor in said removal, the same
shall stand and the decision shall be
HERVEY p. HALL,
Speaker Of the House.
JOHN A. BARNARD,
President Pro TEN Of the Senate.
Approved March Is. 1917.
JOHN G. TOWNSEND, JR.
Governor.
l. 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. IS, entitled An Act 10 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. d. 1917. which said bill proposing
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.
[SEALl this thirtieth day Of
July. in the year OF our
Lord, one thousand nine
hundred and eighteen.
EVERETT c. JOHNSON
Secretary Of State