Smyrna times., 1962-08-02

AN. ACT PROPOSING AN AMEND
CONSTITUTIONS Ht)Fs THE STATE
OF DELAWARE, RELATING TO
THE COMPOSITION OF THE
HOUSE AND SENATE, BY PRO
VID1NG FOR EXPANSION AND
REAPPoRT1ONMENT
ssg;Bsait enaetsd by TIE General As
ssnislY ef sheT Ss,tses ef Delaware
ttwoztliFds sf AH Members elected
to each House thereof eoneurring
.thereint Il, III ;.
session Paragraphs / and 2
of Section 4 sqf Article FL of the
sConsfituffsn are hereby amended to
read
The House of Representative shall
be composed of thirtyVfipe members,
plug such additional members as
shall bee,provided pursuant to Sec
tion IA of this Article. who shall
be s.chosen for two years. The SEN
ate shah be composed of twenty
one members, who shall be chosen
for four7years. ~ 81 y. y
The lSfate Is hereby divided into
fhirtyzfve Representative Districts.
There shail be such additional Rep
,resentatiye Districts as shall be pro-
Vid&d pursuant to Section IA of
this Artieie. From each Represen-
statiye District there shall be chos-
en-, BY The qualified electors thereof.
one Representative. The State is
also hereby divided into twenty-one
Senatorial Districts. from each of
which shall be chosen. by the quail
~ akTs,x., fssss,tt f,,,s,,,4.,fg fha,.a ahaIi
be seven SemaforiaI Districts, mum
bsrxa from sore 10 seven Inclusive
In Kent aC9xlnty i. seven Senatorial
pistbicts = Haaahered from one fto
seven cIlisigs$ and in Sussex Coun-
ty. seven Senatorial DistGicts from
qAe ~ seeers Haelusips x. 4. "
sSecAiofl he z faflowine words
are hereby addeds after the words;
Number Fives The EIGHTH and
Tenth sRepreRerf fat1HeA Dis stricts. ''t in
Of the Constitution dsaaing with the
ssses ess' 'iss1 sali9s M sssEa sF5 esqnty !.
n 4 II J: 'Ss. sffe 4
r ,fsf sisrusfi. ii f1Ak seventh and
6sHbt Reaises eaeatise Districts. n
Nuspbsr .Sevess At Large. The
third &u1zgt u ii K la ninth and
fsteiisft teg5eess We Districts. N
seeaasaa IS 1hs foilqwine words
are added feli6mihes fhe words eNun-
Representative Districts in that
part of Article II. Section ? of the
Constitution dealing with the Sem
atorial Districts IN Sussex County:
Nambar Six, At Large. The \.
first. second. fhird fourth and
Fifth aepEesentative Districts.
Number Seven, AT Large. The
sixth seventh. eighth, ninth and
telith REPRESENTATIVE Districts.
settior 4. THE following words
are added it1medi ately following the
words added by Sestionl above: .
4 The first Senators elected from the
Sixth Senatorial Districts of Kent
and Sussex Counties shall serve for
a two year term only thereafter
their successors shall serve for a
full four year term. 49,
Seetion S. The following new
Section "a III added TO Article ii of
the Constitnticn inmediately follow
ing Section, 2:
Section 2A.s, In addition to the
existing IS Representative Districts
as set forth in Section 2 of this
Article. there shall be additional
Representative Distriets as hereafter
provided. s5t .
Each existing Representative Dis
trict as set forth in Section 2 of
this Article. with population re-
siding therein in excess of $4,000,
as shown BY thes last official federal
deeenrial census shall be entitled to
one additional Representative for
each additional 15. .e00 population or
major fraction thereof residing with
in the District, a
Upon amy Representative District,
as set forth in Section of this
Articie.i being entitled 10 more than
one Representative, ii shall be SUBJ
divided into new Representative Dis
tricts for each additional Represen-
tative tD wnch it Is entitled. from
which ashalt be chosen by the quail
ifed electors thereof a Representa-
tives q
!, After each Official federal dscen-
NAL census the new Representative
Districts created pursuant to this
Section shall hessabolished and the
Represent ntative Districts set forth i'm
Section 2 of this Article shall again
be re-disiaed as set forth herein.
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