The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-13
JUDICIARY ARTICLE PASSED
Constitutional Convention Com
pletes an Important Work.
Laughter Over Bills OF Expense for
Contested Seats.
by Associated Press.l

ALBANY, Sept. bat the opening Of
the Constitutional Convention this morn
ing, Mr.. Nostrand presented a bill. the
contents Of which caused much laughter
and confusion. 1t detailed an expense of
$6,542 for counsel fees for the contests of
Messrs. Kinkel, Kurth. Pashley, Deter
ling and Nostrand. of Kings County.
Each mans bill for counsel fees was
fixed at $500, and this caused the
laughter. Laid over.
The Judiciary article came UP. and
Mr.. Peck. of Troy. wanted 1t amended
so that the appellate division of the Su-
preme Court should be elected. like the
Court of Appeals. Lost.
A. II. Green offered an amendment
reducing the terms of Judges to eight
instead of fourteen years, and it was de-
feated.
E. r. Brown offered an amendment to
correct the phraseoloogy; Adopted. The
bill was then put on final passage.
Mr.. Bow ers, explaining his vote, said
that he believed the number of Judges
in the Court Of Appeals should be nine.
but outside of that he believed that the
bill was good one.
Mr. Hirschberg was Of the opinion
that Kings County should have more
than three Judges. However. he be
bill. because he did not believe that the
Court Of Appeals should have larger
numbers or leave a provision for the
/. S. johnson believed that the pro-
posed general term would be a great
dea! harder to reach under this new
MIR. Mcmillan believed that the Court
OF Appeals section OF the bill was en-
tirely Inadequate to relieve the digest
ed condition of that court. He believed
| that 1t should be increased and he vot-
ed aye. SO that he could move a recon-
sideration tomorrow.
The bill was passed by ITO yeas, SO
The bill includes these provisions: The
Supreme Court to consist Of the justices
now in office and of twelve additional
chosen by the electors of the several
existing judicial districts, three in the
First. three in the Second and one in
each of the others, the apportionment to
be altered by the Legislature once after
every enumeration, under the Consttu-
ton of the inhabitants of the State.
There, are to be. four departments:
| shall be counted by county lines, and
compact and equal in population as
nearly as may be. There shall be an
d ~ OF the tb
| department and OF Ave justices in each
Of the other departments.
From and after the last day. Of De-
have the jurisdiction now exercised by
the Supreme Court at Its general terms
and by the general terms of the Court
OF Common Pleas for the city and
county OF New York, the Superior Court
| of the city of New York, the Superior
Court Of Buffalo and the City Court OF
Brooklyn, which are abolished.
| Circuit Courts and Courts of oyer and
| Terminer are abolished from and after
the last day of December 1895. All their
jurisdiction shall be vested in the SUI
preme Court.
In the county of Kings there shall be
| two county il dyes, and the additional
county Judge shall be chosen at the
ntXt general election after the adoption
several county judges shall be chosen
| for terms of six years.
The existing surrogates courts are
continued and the surrogates now in
office shall hold their offices until the
expiration OF their terms. Their sue
cessors shall be chosen by the electors
Of their counties and their terms shall
| County, where they shall continue to
be fourteen years.
| In counties having a population ex.
| ceeding 10000, wherein there Is no sepa-
rate surrogate, the Legislature may pro-
| vide for the election OF a separate OFF,
Ger to be surrogate. whose term shall
At 1890 the Convention went into
Committee OF the Whole on the Niagara
matter. which was again left undis-
The contest of Samuel Gompers 10,
the seat OF Police Justice Koch, who
never took his seat. was presented
med because he was an ofiiceholder.