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Delaware Statutes § 7717 Certification of results

⤴ Up to Chapter 77: Convention to Act Upon Amendments to Federal Constitution

Statute Text

(a) After the sense of the majority of the total number of delegates composing the convention is taken upon the question of the ratification of the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States, the convention shall certify a resolution of its vote over the hand of the president, attested by the secretary and signed by all of the members of the convention. Such resolution shall be so certified in duplicate originals. The duplicate originals shall then be delivered by the convention to the Secretary of State together with the journal and any other records of the convention.
(b) If it appears from the resolutions so certified to the Secretary of State that the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States has been ratified by the convention, the Secretary of State of Delaware shall send to the Secretary of State of the United States 1 of the duplicate originals certified under the Delaware Secretary of State's hand and the seal of the State. The remaining duplicate original shall be proclaimed by publication and shall be deposited together with the journal and any other records of the convention in the Delaware Public Archives. If it appears from the resolutions so certified to the Secretary of State that the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States has not been ratified, the resolution shall be proclaimed by publication and the duplicate originals of the resolution together with the journal and any other record of the convention shall be deposited in the Delaware Public Archives.

History

38 Del. Laws, c. 5, § 16; Code 1935, § 6221; 15 Del. C. 1953, § 7717; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186 , § 1 ; 72 Del. Laws, c. 91 , § 9 .;

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