CHAPTER 342
FORMERLY
SENATE BILL NO. 464
AS AMENDED BY SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1
AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES III AND IV OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT BY THE SUPERIOR COURT OF A PROTHONOTARY IN EACH COUNTY.
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 I. Amend Article III, Section 22 of the Delaware Constitution by deleting the word "Prothonotaries," as the same shall appear therein.
Section 2. Amend Article IV, Section 26 of the Delaware Constitution by adding the following sentence as the first sentence of said Section 26:
The Superior Court shall appoint a Prothonotary in each county to hold office at the pleasure of the said Court."
Section 3. Any person elected and commissioned as a Prothonotary as of the effective date of this bill shall continue to hold the respective office for the full term for which said person was elected; provided, however, that a vacancy in said office prior to the expiration of the full term by reason of ineligibility, death, resignation, or otherwise shall be filled by appointment of the Superior Court.
Approved June 30, 1988.