The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-08-12

;onynals. with the yeas and nays thereon aho
reSerred to the legislature next TO De choseh'
and published for three months previous "
9 lta fret Tuesday after the first Monday OF NO,
VIC - -, ,ovt being the third day of said
Nth in at least one newspaper OF eacn
county. TO be designated by the president Oh
tSa sanate. the speaker of the house OF assem-
bIv and the secretary Of state:
n / Strike out paragraph 10 Of section ~
NJ article ", and change the numbers oI ths
following paragraphs to correspond;
I9l Change paragraph 10 Of article V, 80 is
TO read as follows:
IN The governor, or person administering
the government, the president judge oil the
eunreme court and the attorney general, oi
anv two of them, may remit fines and forfeit
ures and grant pardons and paroles aI1er CON
viction, in all cases except impeachment
(8) Change section Of article VI SO as It
road as follows:
The judicial power shall be vested IN d court
for the trial of impeachments, supreme court
n preroeative court, circuit cOurts anu suSh
inferior courts as now exist ana as may pe
hereafter established by law; the preroeatlFe
cnurt the inferior courts now existing anu
snch as NAV be hereafter established by law
NAV be altered or abolished by the legislature
as the public good shall require ,,r
IA Strike out all of section H. OF article ~
f6l Change the number Of section III, OF ar
tioie VI, TO section II.
(6) Strike out all of sections W. " and W.
of article vi, and insert the following
SECTION III.
Tho sunreme court shall consist Of such
number of Judges as the legislature shall de
fernnine Int there shall never be less than III
teen: the justices of the supreme court az
heretofore constituted, and the chancellor anu
vice chancellors in office when this provision
takes effect, shall become judges OF the court,
NrTtrp
the respective terms of office for whlch they
shall have been appointed. >,
g. The supreme court SO constituted shall
have all the jurisdiction and powers that ar.
now possessed and exercised by the court OF
errors and appeals. the present supreme e9att'
the chancellor, the court of chancery, ana the
prerogative court. which jurisdiction ano
nowers shall be exercised in divisions; such
divisions shall be:
First, Law division, in which shall be exer
cised the jurisdiction and powers OF the su
preme court now existing, except as herein
otherwise provided two or more judges SIT
ting together may have and exercise suei
jurisdiction and powers.
The clerk of the supreme court as heretofore
constituted shall be the clerk of this division
Second, Chancery division, in which shall be-
exercised the jurisdiction and powers OF the
chancellor and the court of chancery now ex
listing, except as herein otherwise provided
such jurisdiction and powers.
The clerk of the court of chancery as hereto
fore constituted shall be the clerk of this divi
sion.
Third, Appellate division, in which shall bt
exercised the jurisdiction and powers of tht
court of errors and appeals now existing ant
the jurisdiction hereby conferred; five judges
of whom four shall be quorum, may exercise
such jurisdiction and powers, and tho concur
renee Of three shall be necessary to decision
The Judge of the appellate division longes
in Office shall be president of this division ant
OF the court when sitting as q whole.
The secretary of state shall be the clerk o
this division and shall also keep the minutes
of the court when sitting as a whole.
The appellate division shall be composed Of
Judges assigned thereto by the governor t
serve therein until the expiration OF their re
spective terms, but no judge shall sit in th'
appellate division for longer period thar
seven years consecutively nor be eligible tt
reinstatement thereto until after serving for a
least three years in the law or chancery diyi
sion; provided, that during the absence oil
disability of q Judge of this division, any
Judge of the court may be temporarily assign
ed to his place by the governor; judge as
signed to this division shall not, during his
term OF service therein, sit in any other divi
sion or court.
L. The judges of the court not serving in thu
appellate division shall from time to time b'
assigned by the court sitting as whole to sery
ice in the law and ohancery divisions, respee
lively, and the Judge longest in office shall b.
the president of the division to which he is as
signed.
s. On the hearing OF n writ of error or ap
peal, Judge who has given a judicial opinion
in the cause in favor of or against the judg
ment, order or decree under review, shall no
sit as q member OF tho appellate division o
have voice in the hearing.
0. In all causes in which writ of erro
could heretofore issue out of tho supreme
court, such writ shall issue only out of tn
appellate division, and be determined therein
2. Tho court shall convene at the call of tn
president Judge, and when sitting as who'll
may prescribe rules not inconsistent will
statutes, and appoint masters and examiner
In chancery.
8. Additional jurisdiction may be conferred
on the court or on any division thereof
SECTION ".
!. One of the judges of the law or CHANGER!
division of the supreme court shall be assigned
by the court from time to time to DO the or
binary or surrogate general and judge OF tn
prerogative court.
e. The secretary of state shall be clerk to TIN
ordinary or surrogate general, and registe
of the prerogative court.
g. From any order or decree of the preroga
tive court an appeal may be taken to the up
pellate division OF the supreme court; and al
appeals now cognizablo in the prerogativ
court shall hereafter be mnde directly to tn
appellate division of the supreme court.
SECTION V.
1. Cnuses and proceedings NAV be com
menced and prosecuted either in the law O
chancery division of the supreme court &C
cordino to tho facts and may be transferre,
from one of said divisions to tho other.
q Circutt courts shall he held in every conn
ty Of this state by one or more Judges assigne,
70 the law division of the supreme court, an,
shall in all cases within the county, except II
those Of n criminal nature. have common Law
Jurisdiction concurrent with the law division
Of the supreme court: and any final judgmeu
OF the oircuit court may be docketed in the Law
division OF the supreme court. and shall oper
ate es n Judgment obtained in the suprem
court In suoh d,v,s,on from, tho t,oa ~ suc,
dociratino
n Orders rafrs,r, no,v tr,a,s IN the cirou,
conrts NAV no ravsau,aa hy an,aa, in tho nm
nellata div,sion ~ tba snnro,na conrt
A The ieo,aiatrra now yast IN tha c,rcui
.orrt cSoncan,, ,'a,'o.a 10y %a arorn,sod s,,,.
lot 10 onnoei 80 tha a,,ra,,ata d,r,sior os ~,
snnreme court
~ Chanca ,oraorooh ~ Ooo,,or TT ~ mr.
%c,e VII co nc to read no foi,o,ys.
Jrdaas - tha s,,~rau,a oo,r, ehou h,
,or,;natod h,, +ha ,ovarnor ond anno;,tad II,
tfrnx wi ~ az xi aA md 0anf Of hn