The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-10-14
[ Proposed amendments To the COnsti-
tuition Of the State of NeaU Jersey.]


RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES
Insert as paragraph 49, new paragraph as follows;
19 No county, city. borough town, township or VIII
lage shall hereafter give any money or property Or loan
its money credit in aid of any individual asso-
citation corporation, become security for, or be d
recty or indirectly the owner Of any stock or bonds OF
any association corporation"
Insert as paragraph 20 new paragraph as follows:
NO donation Of land or appropriation OF money shall
for the use of any society association or corporation
whatever.
ARTICLE II.
RIGHT SUFFRAGE.
Section T.
Strike out the word awlte" between the word
every" and the word male y in the FIRST line
Add to the paragraph the following:
And provided further that in time Of war no eector
in the actual military service of the state or of the
United States in the navy thereof shall be de-
priycd of his vote by OF his absence from such
election district; and the legislature shall have power
to provide the in which, and the time and place
at which, such absent electors may vote and for the
turn and Of their votes in the election districts
In which they respectively reside
Section H.
Strike out ali of the second section after the word
ARTICLE ".
LEGISLATIVE.
Section
Paragraph 9sriko out the words esecond Tuesday of
October and insert in lieu thereof the words first
Tuesday after the first Monday in November
Section ".
Paragraph Strike out the following words:
compensation FOR their services to be ascertaned
by law and paid ont OF the treasury Of the state which
compensation shall not exceed the sum of three dollars
day for the period of forty days from the commences
ment Of the session, and shall not exceed the OF
dollar and fly cents per day for the remainder of the
they shall receive such shall be fixed for the
first forty days of the ordinary session. They shall also
receive the sum of dollar for every ten miles they
shall travel in going and returning from their place
of meeting on the most usual route
and insert in lieu thereof the following:
Annually the of Ave hundred dollars during the
the time for which they shall have been elected, and
while they shall hold their Office and other allowance
or emolumsnt directly or indirectly for any purpose
Also strike out the words per ai2mn
Section III
Paragraph Aid to The paragraph the following;
No law shall be revived or aienaed by reference to
tions amended shall be inserted at length No general
law shall embrace any provision of private special or
vide that any existing law any part thereof shall be
made deemed part of the act, Or which shah enact
plicahle, except by INSERTING il in such act"
Paragraph 6--insert the word Free between the
word public and thc word schools" and add to the
paragraph the following.
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 stale between the ages of five and eighteen years"
Strike out paragraph as foliows
"sThe assent Of three-ths ef the members elected to
each house shall be requisite to the passage of every law
Tor granting, continuing, altering, amending or renew
ing charters for banks m6ney corporations and all
such charters shall be lied to term not exceeding
twenty years.
Change the number of present paragraph 0 to 8.
Insert as paragraph 9, new paragraph, as follows;
20 No private, special local bill shall be passed
unless public notice OF the intention apply therefor
and of the general object thereof shall have been pre-
viousy given The legislature at 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 shalt 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
that is to say
Laying out opening, altering and working roads or
highways.
'vacating any road town plot street alley public
grounds
Regulating the informal affairs of towns and coun-
ties appointing local Offices commissions to regulate
municipal affairs
Selecting drawing summoning or empaneling grand
Creating incrasn; or decreasing the per centage or
allowances of puill officers during the term or which
said officers elected or appointed.
Changing the law of descent
"Gantng to any corporation, association individu-
al any exclusive privilege immunity or franchise what
ever.
"Grauting any corporation association or individual
the right today down railroad tracks
Providing for changes OF venue in civil or criminal
Providing FOR the management and support Of free
public schools
The legislature shall pass general laws providing for
the enumerated in this paragraph and for all other
cases which, in its Judgment, may be provided for by
general laws. The legislature shall pass special act
comforting corporate powers but they shall pis general
laws in3 II which corporations may be organized and
corporate powers of every nature Obtained, subject
theles 70 repeal alteration at the will of the egsla-
ture,n
Insert rs narsg~aii, r. now paragraph IN follows;
~ Properly shall he assessed for taxes under gene
raj laws, and by uniform rules according to its
value.n