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FORMERLY
SENATE BILL NO. 298
AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE IV, SECTION 29 OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION OF 1897, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE TERM OF OFFICE OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (Two-thirds of all members elected to each house thereof concurring therein):
Section 1. Amend Article IV, Section 29 of the Delaware Constitution of 1897, as amended, by deleting the Section 29 in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof:
"Section 29. There shall be appointed, as hereinafter provided, such number of persons to the Office of the Justice of the Peace as directed by law, who shall be commissioned as follows:
(a) upon first appointment and confirmation, a Justice of the Peace shall be commissioned for four (4) years:
(b) upon second and subsequent appointments and confirmation, a Justice of the Peace shall be commissioned for six (6) years."