Article XV, Delaware Constitution

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Article XV of the Delaware Constitution is labeled Miscellaneous. It has ten sections.

Section 1

	Text of Section 1: Conservators of the Peace The Chancellor, Judges and Attorney-General shall be conservators of the peace throughout the State; and the Sheriffs shall be conservators of the peace within the counties respectively in which they reside.

Section 2

	Text of Section 2: Receipt for Fees No public officer shall receive any fees without giving to the person paying the same a receipt therefor, if required, therein specifying every item and charge.

Section 3

	Text of Section 3: Costs on Bill Returned Ignoramus, or on Acquittal No costs shall be paid by a person accused, on a bill returned ignoramus, nor on acquittal.

Section 4

Text of Section 4: Extension of Term of Public Officer; Diminution of Salary or Emoluments No law shall extend the term of any public officer or diminish the salary or emoluments after his or her election or appointment. The term "salary or emoluments" as used herein refers to the actual salary or emoluments being provided an officer at any time during his or her tenure in office and shall not be construed to mean increases in salary or emoluments scheduled by statute for a future date and not yet received by the officer.

Amendments

• Amended in 1979.

Section 5

	Text of Section 5: Officers to Hold Office until Successors Qualify All public officers shall hold their respective offices until their successors shall be duly qualified, except in cases herein otherwise provided.

Section 6

	Text of Section 6: Behavior of Officers; Removal for Misbehavior or Infamous Crime All public officers shall hold their offices on condition that they behave themselves well. The Governor shall remove from office any public officer convicted of misbehavior in office or of any infamous crime.

Section 7

Text of Section 7: Offenses Excepted from Prohibition Against Prosecuting by Information, and Jury Trial The matters within Section 28 of Article IV and Sections 7 and 8 of Article V are excepted from the provision of the Constitution that "No person shall for any indictable offense be proceeded against criminally by information," and also from the provisions of the Constitution concerning trial by jury.

Section 8

Text of Section 8: Contracts for Supplies or Services for Government Departments; Interest of Member or Officer of Department No member or officer of any department of the government shall be in any way interested in any contract for the furnishing of stationery, printing, paper and fuel used in the legislative and other departments of government; or for the printing, binding and distributing of the laws, journals, official reports, and all other printing and binding, and the repairing and furnishing the halls and rooms used for the meetings of the General Assembly and its committees, when such contract is awarded to or by any such member, officer or department.

Section 9

	Text of Section 9: Prefixing Constitution to Codification of Laws This Constitution shall be prefixed to every codification of the Laws of this State.

Section 10

	Text of Section 10: Disqualification to Hold Office by Reason of Sex No citizen of the State of Delaware shall be disqualified to hold and enjoy any office, or public trust, under the laws of this State, by reason of sex.

See also

• State constitution
• Constitutional article
• Constitutional amendment
• Constitutional revision
• Constitutional convention
• Amendments
  • Initiated constitutional amendment
  • Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment
  • Publication requirements for proposed state constitutional amendments
  • Rules about constitutional conventions in state constitutions
  • State constitutional articles governing state legislatures

External links

Suggest a link

• Current Delaware Constitution
• Delaware Constitution of 1897
• Delaware Constitution of 1776
• Delaware Constitution of 1792
• Delaware Constitution of 1831

Additional reading

• Hoffecker, Carol E. (2004). Democracy in Delaware, Wilmington, Delaware: Cedar Tree Books
• Holland, Randy J.(2002). The Delaware State Constitution: A Reference Guide, Westport, Connecticut: Westport Press
• Martin, Roger A. (1984). A History of Delaware Through its Governors, Wilmington, Delaware: McClafferty Press
• Munroe, John A. (1993). History of Delaware, University of Delaware Press
• Scharf, John Thomas. (1888). History of Delaware 1609-1888, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: L. J. Richards & Co