The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-09-23
Proposed Amendments to the consts
tuition of the State of Near JerseD.]


RIcmTs AND PRIVILEGES.
Insert as paragraph 10, new paragraph as foiiows
40 No county city, borough, town, township or VII
lage shall hereafter give any money or property or loan
its money or credit in aid of any individual aso
citation or corporation or become security for be d
reety indirectly the owner Of any stock or oonds Oh
insert as ragranh ao new paragraph follows
No donation of land or appropriation OF money sha
the of any so;;ty association or corporation
whatever. -
Change the number of present paragraph 10 to num-
Der u.
RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE.
Section
Strike out the word white" between the word
"eyery" and the word male in the first line
Add to the paragraph the following:
"And provided further that in time of eeetor
in the actual military service of the state or OF the
United States in the army OF navy thereof shall be de-
priyed of his vote of his absence from such
election district and the legislature shall have power
provide the in which and the time and place
at which, such absent electors may vote ana Tor e re-
turn and Of their votes in the election districts
in which they respectively reside.
Section III
Strike out all of the second section after the word
ARTICLE ".
LEGISLATIVE.
Section L.
Paragraph 3-stre out the words "second Tuesday of
Ocober and insert In lieu thereof the words first
Tuesday after the first Monday in November"
Section ".
Paragraph Strike out the following words:
a compensation for their services to be ascertained
by law and paid out Of the treasury the state; which
Compensation shall not exceed the sum three dollars
per day for the period of forty days from the commence
mcnt of the session. and shall not exceed the sum OF one
dollar and fifty ceDts per day for the remainder of the
session When convened in extra session by the Cover
they shall receive such shall b. Tx ID for the
receive the of dollar for every ten miles they
shall travel in going to aud returning from their place
of meeting On The most usual route,
and insert in lieu thereof the following:
Annually the sum five hundred dollars during the
the time for whieh they shall have been elected, and
while they shall hold their office aud no other allowance
emolm mt, directly or Indirectly for any purpose
whatever"
Also strike out the words per diem.s
Section vi.
Paragraph Add to the paragraph the following
No law shall be revived or amended by reference TO
its title only but the act revived the section or see,
lions amended shall be inserted at length No general
is chaeer Ne c shall i be passed which shall
vi that any existing law any part thereof shall be
made deemed part of the act which shall enact
That any existing law or any part thereof shall be APP
plicable, except by inserting it in such act"
Paragraph G--lnsert the word :" free" between the
word "publie and the word schools" and add to the
PARAGRAPH the following:
1.-THE legislature shall provide for the maintenance
and support of thorough and efficient system of free
public schools for the instruction of all the children in
this state between the ages Of five and eighteen years.
Strike out paragraph as follows:
"sThe assent of tireciths the members elected to
each house shall be requisite to the passage of every law
for granting, continuing, altering, amending or renew
ing charters for banks money corporations; and all
such charters shall be limited to term not exceeding
twenty years"
Change tha number Of present paragraph 10 s.
Insert as paragraph a new paragraph, as follows;
80 No private, special, local bill shall be passed
nnlss public notice Of the intention to apply therefor
and Of the general obj thereof shah have been pre-
viously given The legislature ut the next session after
the adoption thereof and from time to time thereafter
shall prescribe the time and mode of giving such notice.
the evidence thereof and how such evidence shall be pre-
served"
Insert as paragraph II, paragraph, as follows;
"ii The legislature shall not pass private. local or
special laws in any of the following enumerated cases,
s;et apanins altering and working roads
highways.
"vacating any road town plot, street, alley public
grounds.
ties; appointing ,r1i Offices commissions to regulate
municipal affairs
selecting, diawiHy. summouing or cmpaueling grand
eCreating increasing decreasing the per ccntage
allowance of public oecrs during the term for which
said officers were olactel or appointed.
"thanging the law Of descent
Granting any corporation association or indiyiu-
al any exclusive privilege immunity or franchise what
ever.
"Grantin to any corporation association individual
the right to lay down railroad tracks.
Providing for changes Of venue in civil OF criminal
Providing for the management and support of free
public schools.
the enumerated in this paragraph and for all other
with IN its Judgment, may be provided for by
general laws The legislature shall pass no special act
comforting corporate powers, but they shall pass gene
laws urltr which corporations may be organized and
corporate powers of every obtained subject
thees to repeal or alteration a, the will of the legisa
ture,"
Insert rs pqrag~aph 70. new paragraph as follows
r. Properly shall he assessed for taxes under gene
value"
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