State v. Emerson

Rodney, J.,

delivering the opinion of the Court:

We shall consider these questions in their order, as presented by the Relator. The Relator contends:

1 (a) That under Art. II, Sec. 19 of the Delaware Constitution of 1897 the Act required an affirmative vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each House of the General Assembly, and(b) That under Art. VIII, Sec. 3 of the Constitution the Act required an affirmative vote of three-fourths of all the members of each House.

The Relator contends that the Act in question did not receive either the two-thirds vote required under one provision,…