LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE PASSED AT THE NINETY-SEVENTH SESSION OF THE COMMENCED AND HELD AT DOVER ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 7th, A. D. 1919 AND IN THE YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES THE ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-THIRD VOLUME XXX-PART II LAWS OF DELAWARE TITLE ONE Construction of Statutes CHAPTER 15. AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION. AN ACT agreeing to the proposed amendment of Section 15 of Article II of the Constitution of the State of Delaware relating to the compensation of the members and presiding officers of the General Assembly proposed in the Senate and agreed to by two-thirds of all the members elected to each House of the ninety-sixth General Assembly. WHEREAS, an Amendment to the Constitution of the State of Dalaware was proposed in the Senate in the Ninety-sixth session of the General Assembly, as follows: "An Act Proposing an Amendment to Section 15, of Article II, of the Constitution of the State of Delaware, Relating to the Compensation of the Members and Presiding Officers of the General Assembly. Be it 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 cach House concurring therein): Section 1. That Section 15 of Article II of the Constitution of the State of Delaware be amended by striking out all of the first paragraph of the said Section 15 of Article II, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "The members of the General Assembly, except the presiding officers of the respective Houses, shall receive as compensation for their services a per diem allowance of ten dollars, and the presiding officers a per diem allowance of twelve dollars for AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION. each day of the session, not exceeding sixty days; and should they remain longer in session they shall serve without compensation. In case a special or extra session of the General Assembly be called, the members and presiding officers shall receive like compensation for a period not exceeding thirty days." AND WHEREAS the said proposed amendment was agreed to by two-thirds of all the members elected to each House in the said Ninety-sixth session of the General Assembly; AND WHEREAS the said proposed amendment was published by the Secretary of State three months before the then next general election to wit: the general election of 1918, in three newspapers in each County in the State of Delaware; NOW THEREFORE, be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met (two-thirds of all members elected to cach House of the General Assembly agreeing in reto): Section 1. That the said proposed amendment be and it is hereby agreed to and adopted and that the same shall forthwith become and be a part of the Constitution. Approved February 6, A. D. 1919. AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION. CHAPTER 16. AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION. AN ACT to Amend Section 17 of Article 4 of the Constitution of the State of Delaware, permitting the Chief Justice or any Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Delaware, to grant restraining orders and preliminary injunctions pursuant to the Rules of the Court of Chancery, during the absence from the State or temporary disability of the Chancellor. Be it 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 1. That Section 17 of Article 4, of the Constitution of the State of Delaware be, and the samy amended, by striking out said section and inserting in lieu thereof a new Section, to be known as Section 17, as follows: Section 17. The Chief Justice or any Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Delaware shall have power, in the absence of the Chancellor from the County where any suit in equity may be instituted, or during the temporary disability of the Chancellor, to grant restraining orders, and the Chief Justice or any Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Delaware shall have power, during the absence of the Chancellor from the State or his temporary disability, to grant preliminary injunctions, pursuant to the rules of the Court of Chancery; provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to confer general jurisdiction over the case. Approved April 10, A. D. 1919. |