WILLIAM T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 603
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bly, when a successor shall be elected, whose term
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of office shall be the same as hereinbefore provided ;
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and upon the expiration of the term of fifteen years
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for which any judge may be elected to fill a vacancy,
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an election for his successor shall take place at the
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next general election for members of the General
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Assembly to occur upon or after the expiration of
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his said term ; and the Governor shall appoint a
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person duly qualified to hold said office from the
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expiration of such term of fifteen years until the
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election and qualification of his successor.
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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the author-
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ity aforesaid, That the said foregoing section here-
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by proposed as an amendment to the constitution
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shall be, at the next general election to be held in
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this State, submitted to the legal and qualified voters
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thereof for their adoption or rejection, in pursuance
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of the directions contained in article fourteen of the
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constitution of this State ; and at the said general
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Submitted to
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election the vote on said proposed amendment to
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legal voters.
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the constitution shall be by ballot, and upon each
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ballot there shall be written or printed the words
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"for the constitutional amendment," or "against
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the constitutional amendment," as the voter shall
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elect, and immediately after said election due re-
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turn shall be made to the Governor of the vote for
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and against said proposed amendment, as directed
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by the said fourteenth article of the constitution.
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Approved April 10, 1880.
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