OFFENSES AGAINST THE LIVES AND PERSONS OF INDIVIDUALS 4717, Sec. 21. ATTEMPT TO ROB; PENALTY:-If any person shall attempt to commit a robbery, or shall with violence assault another with intent to commit a robbery, he shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall be whipped at the County jail with forty lashes, and shall be fined not less than three hundred dollars, and imprisoned for not less than five years. Approved February 16, A. D. 1921. RESOLUTIONS CHAPTER 217 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 1.. Be it resolved by the Senate, the House concurring therein that the President Pro Tempore appoint a Committee of Two on the part of the Senate and the Speaker of the House appoint a Committee of three on the part of the House, to serve as a Joint Committee to notify the Governor that both houses of the General Assembly are duly organized and will be ready to receive any communications from the Governor at twelve o'clock noon on Thursday, January 6, 1921. Approved January 13, A. D. 1921. RESOLUTIONS CHAPTER 218 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing joint rules for the government of the two Houses. Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met, the Senate concurring therein: That the following are and shall be the joint rules governing the two Houses of the General Assembly of the State of Dela. ware: Rule 1. Messages from one House of the General Assembly to the other shall be conveyed by such persons as a sense of propriety in each House may determine. Announcement shall be made by the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House to which the message is being conveyed and the message shall be respectfully communicated to the presiding officer by the person or persons conveying the same. Rule 2. Every bill and resolution upon being messaged from one House to the other shall be receipted for by the chief clerk of the House receiving the same and all papers on which the said bill or resolution may be based, shall be transmitted at the same time. Rule 3. Every bill and resolution, to which the concurrence of both Houses of the General Assembly may be necessary, shall, upon its final passage in both Houses, be delivered by the chief clerk of the House in which such bill or resolution originated into the custody of the Bill Clerk of said House, and it shall be the duty of the Bill Clerk of the Senate and the Bill Clerk of the House of Representatives jointly to see that such bill or resolu RESOLUTIONS tion has attached to it a proper parchment backing, and that each and every page of the said bill or resolution has been properly initialed, sealed or stamped, and upon being assured that such is the case, shall immediately, if the House be in session, and, if not, at the earliest opportunity, present the said bill or resolution to the presiding officer of each House for his signature, the presiding officer of the House in which the bill or resolution originated signing first. Said Bill Clerks shall then certify with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House on the backing of said bill or resolution that such bill or resolution is the same as that which passed both Houses of the General Assembly and the said bill or resolution shall then be delivered by the Bill Clerk of the House in which such bill or resolution originated to the Chairman of the Committee on Passed Bills of said House. Rule 4. Disagreement between the two Houses in the substitution for, or amendment to, a bill or resolution, or over any other matter, shall be made subject for conference at the request of either House. A Committee, composed of members who voted in the majority on the point or points of difference, shall be appointed in each House, and, at a convenient hour agreed on by their Chairman, shall meet in the conference chamber and state to each other, verbally or in writing, the reasons of their respective Houses for and against the substitution, amendment or other matter of disagreement and confer freely thereon. Conferees shall not have power or control over any part of the bill or resolution, or other matter save such point or points over which the Houses disagree. Rule 5. Every bill and resolution which shall have passed one House and been rejected by the other, shall be returned to the House which had approved it, and notice given of its rejection and the same entered on the Journal. Approved January 25, A. D. 1921. RESOLUTIONS CHAPTER 219 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION to carry into effect an Act entitled, “An Act providing for a method of recording, filing, and certifying all Acts and Resolutions passed by the General Assembly." Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: That Robert L. Armstrong be and he is hereby appointed and authorized to act as Bill Clerk of the Senate and Thomas E. Cahall be and he is hereby appointed and authorized to act as Bill Clerk of the House for the present session of the General Assembly. Approved January 13, A. D. 1921. |