The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-09-29
re-. to III. control of the state

such expenditures to the control of the stats
Board of Charities. .
designed 70 remedy the existing evils, arising
from the overcrovding OF the trial, calendars,
especially ia the large cities, and OF the calendar
of 1.-THE Court Of Appeals. IL seeks 20 accomplish
the former by consolidating the Superior CITY
Courts with the supreme, Courts, thus securing
greater economy Of judicial force, and by a
moderate increase in the number OF Justices,
not, however, making the number as great In
proportion to the population OF tho state. as. IL
was at the time OF the last increase, which the
people approved IN 1882. We expect to Obviate
pesls calendar is est, blishing more Ell
fective and satisfactory courts OF ntermediate
appeal. and enlarging their power and turisdic-
ttOn. In place of tho nine General Terms now
existing, FIVE In the supreme Court aud four In
the superior Courts, we provide that the state
In each there shall lie a tribunal CONFUSED ~
five Justices of the supreme Court, who shall
perform substantially no other duties and shall
he the court of last resort for that department up
on all questions OF Tact aud upon all tnterlocutory
proceedings. The Court OF APPEALS Is United 10
law believing that under the operation Of the
proposed appellate division OF the, supreme
court, and with the distribution OF, duties and
jurisdiction abOve indicated strictly observed,
the Court Of Appeals will have no difficulty IN
away With the makeshiit OF a second division,
and have prohibited the imposition OF ~ money
limit upon the right of appeal to the Court OF
w have also abrugntcd the provision for
judicial pensions, done away with tue Justices
" GtNFlbllFs htlll~lftl III 7 Jul " E'FNElblNs hlh
conferred their jurisdiction upon the. County
Courts; abolished Courts Of oyer and Termincr
and Circuit Courts and conferred their jurtsdic-
tiOn upon the supreme Court, enlarged and de-
fined the jurisdiction Of the County Courts, pro-
hibitrd county Judges and Surrogates In COun-
ties of over 40. 900 inhabitants from practising
law forbidden the Legislature to further enlarge
tho Jurisdiction of local and inferior courts of its
own creation, and in various other ways simpli-
fled and strengthened the judiciary system.
THE general object OF the Judiciary article
as proposed Is to secure the more speedy uniform
and effective administration Of justice through
out the state.
40. We have so amended the present Consti-
tuition regarding the militia as To provide for u
naval as well as n land force, and that the mi
litia shall not be reduced below 10000 men;
also making IL compulsory on the Legislature to
provide for their support.
"1G. In order to allow every voter TO exercise
a choice In voting ON some of the important pro-
posed amendments, we have provided that the
revised Constitution should be submitted To the
people in three parts. viz: First. that making
an npportionmcnt OF Senators and members OF
Improvement of the canals: third, all the re-
mainder OF the proposed amendments as a
whole.
We submit our work to the people. confident
that II ratified by them experience of its opera
ton will show that II will be a safe and efficient
organic law. competent for the present needs OF
this great commonwealth. and sufficient for the
demands of that expanding civilization which
the ensuing twenty years will witness.
HI. C~ooKINHAM, DANIEL III. MCMILLAN,
ELIHu RooT. VI. II. ~HERsCHBERG,
u II. BROWN. JOSEPH II. CHoArE,
e. Is. MCLAUGHLrN, MILO VI. ACKER."