The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-06-13
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A writ of error in any case Is hereby

THE OF CHANCERY.
Amend same article, Section ", by strik-
ing out all of Paragraphs l, 2, 3 and 4 and
substituting for Paragraphs l and 2, two
new paragraphs, to read as follows:-
/. The Court of Chancery shall consist Of
a Chancellor and two more Vice Chancellors,
to be appointed by the Chancellor, but the
Chancellor alone shall have power to make
rules governing the practice Of the court.
The number Of Vice Chancellors may be in
creased or decreased by law, but shall never
be less than two.
2. The clerk of this court shall be elected
by the legal voters of the State.
Amend same article, sSection v, by
striking out Paragraphs l, 2 and B and sub
shutting a new paragraph, to be No. l, to
read as folloWs:-
/. Circuit Courts shall be held in each
county of the State by judges appointed for
hat purpose, and one of whom may hold
such court. The judges of the several Cir
cult Courts shall have all common law
jurisdiction in any civil action or criminal
prosecution within the county which is now
vested in the supreme Court, or any justice
thereof, or the judge or judges of any OF the
inferior courts now established by law.
Amend same article by striking out para
graphs l and 2 OF Section VI, and substitute
ing a new paragraph. to be paragraph l, to
read as follows:-
1. The Legislature may provide by law for
the election of justices OF the peace or like
inferior judges or magistrates in local NUM-
cipalities, with limited civil or criminal
jurisdiction, to be defined by statute, and
alter or abolish the same as the public good
may require.
Amend the same article by striking out all
of Section VII.
Amend Article VII, Section IL, Para
graph l, to read as foilows:-
l.. Judges of the Court of Appeals, Chan
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by the Governor, and appointed by him with
the advice and consent of the Senate.
The judges Of the Court of Appeals, the
Chancellor and Vice Chancellor and the
Circuit judges shall at stated times receive
for their services a compensation which shall
not be diminished during the term Of their
appointment, and they shall hold no other
Office under the government of this State or
the United States.
TERMS OF THE JUDGES
The judges of the Court of Appeals shall
hold their Office for the term of twelve years,
but in making the first appointments of
judges of the Court of Appeals hereunder
one shall be appointed for two, one for four;
one for six, one for eight, one for ten and
and one for twelve years, and thereafter
each appointment shall be for a full term of
twelve years, except to i'll a vacancy, which
shall be for the unexpired term only.
The Chancellor, Vice Chancellors and
Circuit judges shall hold their Office for the
term of seven years.
Amend Article VII, Section IL, by strik-
ing out Paragraph 2 of said section.
EYoND TEE POWERS.
Judge Fort also submitted these changes
to the Constitution:
Resolved, That Article VII, Section H.,
Paragraph 2, be amended to read as fol
lows:
2. The State Treasurer and Comptroller
shall be elected by the legal voters of the
State, and shall hold their office for the term
of three years,
Resolved, That Article VII, Section IL,
Paragraph 3, be amended to read as fol-
lows:
5. The Attorney General, Secretary of
State and the Keeper of the State Prison
shall be elected by the legal voters of the
State, and shall hold their offices for the
term of five years.
Prosecutor of the Pleas shall he elected by
the legal voters of the counties: they shall
hold their offices for the term Of five years.
Resolved, That Article l., Paragraph z,
be amended to read as follows:
Z. The right of trial by jury shall remain
inviolate, but the Legislature may authorize
the trial of civil suits when the matter in
dispute does not exceed two hundred dollars
by a jury of six men, and the Legislature
may also provide that questions OF fact in
civil actions may be tried before the judge
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action demands a trial by jury before the
actual submission Of the cause, and in such
cases the finding of the judge shall be treated
as the verdict of q jury both in the trial
court and on appeal.
Resolved, That Paragraph 8 of Article |,
be amended to read as follows:-
8. No person shall be held to answer for a
criminal offence, unless on the indictment of
a grand jury, except in cases of impeach-
ment, or in cases made cognizable by statute
before Justices of the peace or like inferior
judges or magistrates in local municipal-
ties, or arising in the army or navy, or in
the militia, when in actual service in time of
war or public danger.
Resolved, That Article l., paragraph II,
be amended to read as follows:-
II. No person shall be imprisoned for debt
in any action, nor shall any person be i'm
prisoned for a militia fine in time of peace.
It was the first part of this proposition
which caused Mr.. McDermott to ask in yes
terday's meeting if the Commission had the
power to interfere with the election or APP
pointment of State officers. The matter
will be considered at Mondays meeting.