The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-10-18

| nc anu the same are hereby proposed and when
| ehe same snail be agreed to by majority Of
| the members elected to the Senate and House
OF assembly, the said amendments shall be
entered on their journals, with the yeas and
nays taken thereon, and referred to the legis-
: : iature next to be chosen, and shall be pub
l 1Ished for three months previous to the first
next (being the fifth day of said month"; in at
least one newspaper of each county, If any be
published therein, the said newspapers to be
| designated by the president of the Senate the
| speaker of the House of Assembly and fbe
secretary of State
ARTICLE v.
EXECUTIVE,
insert In lieu of Paragraph 10, q new para
| graph as follows,
10. The Governor. or person administering
tne government, the Chancellor and the At
torney- General, or two of them of whom the
Governor e or person administering the govern
ment snail be one, may remit fines and for
textures and grant pardons, after conviction,
In all cases except Impeachment.
ARTICLE vi.
JUDICIARY.
Insert in lieu of Section III, a new section az
l. The Court of Errors and Appeals shall
consist OF Chief Judge and four Associate
Judges or any four of them.
=. In case any Judge of said Court shall he
disqualified to sit in any cause, or shall be mn
able for the time being to discharge the duties
OF his office, whereby the whole number Of
judges capable of sitting shall be reduced be-
low -FOUR, the Governor shall designate a JUS
tice OF the Supreme Court, the Chancellor or q
Vice Chancellor, to discharge such duties nm
I'll the disqualification or inability shall cease
of this Court
4. When a writ of error shall be brought.any
Judicial opinion In the cause, In favor of or
against any error complained of, shall be as
signed to the Court in writing. When an ap-
peal shall be taken from an order or decree of
the Court OF Chancery, the Chancellor or Vice
chancellor making such decree or order shall
inform the Court in writing of his reasons
therefor.
3. The jurisdiction heretofore exercised by
the supreme Court by writ of error shall be
exclusively vested in the Court of Errors and
Appeals; but any writ of error pending in the
supreme Court at the time of the adoption of
this amendment shall be proceeded upon as If
no change mad taken place.
SECTION w.
Insert in lieu of Paragraph l, a new para
graph as follows;
!. The Court of Chancery shall consist of a
chancellor md such number of Vice Chancel-
Tors as shall be provided by law, each of whom
may exercise the jurisdiction of the Court
The Court shall make rules governing the
nearing or causes and the practice of the
Court, where the same Is not regulated by
statute.
SECTION "
At the end of Paragraph add the following:
The Court may sit in divisions at the same
or different times and places
Strlke out Paragraph 3.
SECTION VI
Insert in lieu of Paragraph and 2, the fol-
ing:
The Court of Common Pleas shall be consti-
tuted and held in each county in such manner
as may be provided by law.
ARTICLE VII,
CIVIL OFFICERS,
SECTION II.
Insert in lieu of Paragraph /, a. new paray
graph as follows
l.. Judges of The Court of Errors and APP
peals, Justices of the Supreme Court, the
Chancellor the Vice Chancellors and The
Judges of the Circuit Court and of the Courf
OF Common Pleas shall be nominated by the
Governor and appointed by him with the ad
vice and cons ent of the Senate All persons
now holding any office in this paragraph mann
ed except the Judges of the Court of Errors
and Appeals as heretofore existing shall con-
tinue In the exercise of the duties of their re-
spectiye offices according to their respective
commissions or appointments The Judges of
tue Court OF Errors and Appeals, except those
first appointed; the Justices of the Supreme
Court, the Chancellor and the Vice Chancel-
Tors shall hold their offices for the term of
seven years, and shall at stated times receive
Tor Their services compensation which shall
MT be diminished during the term of their an
pointment; and they shall hold no other office
under the government of this State or the
United States.
The Judges of the Court of Errors and Ap-
peals first appointed shall be appointed one for
seven years. Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas SHALL hold their offices for the term of
five years.
/. Resolved (the House of Assembly con-
CURING, That the following amendments to
the constitution of this state be and the same
are hereby proposed, and when the same shall
De agreed TO by majority of the members
elected to The senate and house of assembly,
| the said amendments shall be entered on their
Journals, with the yeas aud nays taken there
| on, and referred to the legislature next to be
/ chosen, and published for three months pre-
| vious to the first Tuesday after the first Mon
day OF November next, being the fifth days of
| month. "a M of oh
county, If any be published therein. the said
newspaper to be designated by the president
| of the senate, the speaker of the house Of as
sembly and the secretary of state
| /. Amend Paragraph 3. of Section /, of Ar
| ticle ", so as to read as follows:
3. Members of the senate and general assem-
| bly, shall be elected on the first Tuesday after
| the first Monday in November; in the year
| nineteen hundred and three members of the
general assembly shall be elected for the term
of one year. and in the year nineteen hundred
| they shall be elected for the term of two
| years; eachshouse of the legislature shall meet
separately on the second Tuesday in January
| next after each election for members of the
general assembly; the time for holding such
elections may be altered by the legislature.
| 2. Amend paragraphs and 2, of Section II,
\ of Article Nv, so as TO read as follows:
/. The senate shall be composed of one sena-
I tor from each county in the state elected by
the legal voters of the counties respectively for
| four years, except as provided in the following
| paragraph.
| z. The terms of the senators elected in the
| year nineteen hundred and two shall be ex-
| tended to four years from the commencement
| of their terms; soon as the senate shall
meet after the election to be held in the year
nineteen hundred and three the senators elect
| ed in that year shall be divided by lot under
| the direction of the senate into two Ielasses
| as nearly as equal as may be the seats of thu
senators of one class shall be vacated
at the expiration of three years, and of
the other class at the expiration of five years;
| the seats of the senators elected in the
| year nineteen hundred and four, and of
| all senators elected thereafter. shall be
vacated at the expiration of four years
| from the commencement of their terms, so
| that one-half the number of senators. as
nearly as may be- shall be elected every sec
ond year, at the same time that me mbers of
the general assembly are elected; and all va
cancies caused by resignation or otherwise
| shall be nled for the uDeXpired terms only.
8. Amend Section III, of article Nv. by
| striking ont the word "annually.n
| 4. Amend Paragraph 7, of Section ~ of
| Article Nv, so as to read follows:
| 7, Members of the senate and general as
semhly shall each receive the sum of five hun
| bred dollars for each year OF their terra and
no other allowance or emolument, directly or
| indirectly, for any purpose whatever, the
| house of assembly shall. in virtue of their of
| does, receive an additional compensation equal
| TO one-tbird of their allowance as members
| 5. Amend Paragraph 5, of Article V, so as
| to read as follows;
8, The term of the Governor elected in the
| year nineteen hundred and four shall be ex-
| tended to four years from the commencement
OF his term, and he shall hold his office until
| the bird Tuesday of January, nineteen hun
| bred and nine; thereafter the Governor shall
| hold his office for four wears, TO commence on
| the third Tuesday of January next ensuing
/ bis election ard to end on the Monday proceed
| ing the third Tuesday Of January four years
thereafter, and he shall be Incapable Of holds
| ing that office for four years next after hi