Milford chronicle., 1942-07-24
SENATE BILL 112

| AN ACT PROPOSING A CERTAIN
AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V OF
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
| STATE OF DELAWARE RELAT.
ING TO ELECTIONS.
BE IT ENACTED by the Senate an6
House of Representatives of the State
Of Delaware in General Assembly met
two-thirds of all the members elected
to each House agreeing thereto):
Section 1. That Article v of the
Constitution of the State of Delaware
be amended by adding Immediately
after Section 4 thereof, a new Section
to be styled Section "A as follows:
Section "A. The General Assembly
shall enact general laws providing
that any qualified elector of this State,
duly registered, who shall be unable
to appear to cast his or her ballot at
any. general election at the regular
polling place of the election district in
which he or she is registered, either
because Of being in the public service
of the United States or of this State,
or because of the nature of his or her
business or occupation, or because of
his or her sickness or physical dis
ability, may cast a ballot at such
general election to be counted in such
election district.
SENATE BILL 113
AN ACT PROPOSING IAN AMEND
MENT TO SECTION Is OF AR
TICLE Q OF THE CONSTITUTION
OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
RELATING TO THE COMPENSA-
PRESIDING OFFICERS OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND FIX
ING THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF
EMPLOYEES THEREOF.
g, BE 1T ENACTED by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State
of Delaware in General Assembly met
(two-thirds of all the members elected
to each House concurring therein):
Section /. That Section Is of Ar
ticle 2 of the Constitution of the State
of Delaware, as amended by Chapter
Is Volume 80, Laws of Delaware, be
first paragraph of the said Section is
of Article 2, and inserting in lieu
thereof the following;,
The members of the General AS
sembly, except the presiding officers of
the respective Houses, shall receive as
compensation for their services a per
diem allowance of Fifteen Dollars
($15.00), and the presiding officers a
per diem allowance of Seventeen Dol
lars (s17.OOl. for each day of the
and should they remain longer in Ses-
sion they shall serve without COM
pensation.. In case special or extra
session of the General Assembly be
called. the members and presiding Off
GERS shall receive like compensation
for a period not exceeding thirty days. |
In addition to the per diem compen-
sation next hereinabove provided for.
each Member living within a radius of |
twenty miles Of the corporate limits of |
he City of Dover shall receive One |
Dollars ($100O0) to cover
such Members travelling expenses in
'ull. and each Member living more than
.wenty miles from the corporate linn
han forty miles therefrom, shall re-
,eive Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00)
% cover such Members travelling eX-
,enses in full, and each Member living
It a greater distance than forty miles
rom the corporate limits of the said
,ity of Dover, shall receive Three
Hundred Dollars ($300.00) to cover
uch Members travelling expenses in
ull.
Except as in this Section Is. ex-
'ressly provided, the members of the
General Assembly shall receive no al
owance or payment for services, trav-
ling expenses, supplies or other ex-
lenses while attending or in connec-
ion with Sessions of the General
assembly.
The maximum number of employees
the General Assembly shall be I
orty-eight (48), to be equally divided !
etween the two Houses. Such maxi {
1um number of employees shall not
e altered, except by a vote of three /
ourths of all the members elected to :
ach House of the General Assembly.
HOUSE BILL 419
N ACT PROPOSING AN AMEND
MENT TO SECTION 5 OF AR s
TICLE 2 OF THE CONSTITUTION !
OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE. L
RELATING TO PLACE WHERE {
THE GENERAL A S S e M B L Y n
SHALL MEET AND SIT. +
BE 1T ENACTED by the Senate and
rouse of Representatives of the State
I Delaware in General Assembly met
of all the members elected
each House thereof concurring
Section 1. That Section 5 of Article :
of the Constitution of the State of
elaware be and the same is hereby C
mended, by adding to the end thereof :
le following.
Provided further. however. the Gov o
nor shall call a special or extra ses- N
on of the General Assembly, to meet =
lch year in the Old State House in
e City of New Castle, for the pur- b
Dse of commemorating Colonial AS p
mblies that met there in former v
,ars; and any such session shall be ST
nited to one day, and no legislation =
any kind shall be enacted other :,
an such as pertains to such meeting. y
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