Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-05
CIVIL OFFICERS
Cacl;on IL

Insert in lieu of Paragraph l, a new paragraph
as follows:
l. Judges of the Court of Errors and Appeals
Justices of the Supreme Court, the Chancellor
the Vice ChancellOrs and the Judges of the Cir
cult Court and of the Court of Common Plea:
shall be nominated by the Governor and ap
pointed by him with the advice and consent OF
the Senate. All persons now holding any Office
in this paragraph named except the Judges OF
the Court of Errors and Appeals as heretofore
existing, shall continue in the exercise OF the
duties of their respective offices according tt
their respective commissions or appoint
| ments. The Judges of the Court of Error
and Appeals, except those first appointed; the
Justices of the Supreme Court, the Chaneellol
and the Vice Chancellors shall hold their offices
for the term of seven years, and shall at stated
times receive for their services compensation
which shall not be diminished during the tern
of their appointment; and they shall hold nC
| other office under the government of this State
or the United States.
The Judges of the Court of Errors and APP
peals first appointed shall be appointed one FOL
three years, two for five years and two for seven
years. Judges of the Couit of Common Pleas
shall hold their Offices for Tie term of five years
Strike out Paragraph 2
l. Resolved 1.-THE House of Assembly concur
ring). That the following amendments to the
constitution of this state be and the same are
hereby proposed, and when the same shall 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 re-
published for three months previous to the first
Tuesday after the first Monday of November
next, being the fifth day of said month, in at
least one newspaper OF each county, II any be
published therein, the said newspaper to be
designated by the president of the senate, the
speaker of the house OF assembly and the secre
tary of state.
l. Amend Paragraph 3, of Section l, of Article
| W 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 nine
| teen hundred and three members of the general
assembly shall be elected for the term of one
year, and in the year nineteen hundred and
| four and every second year thereafter, they
shall be elected for the term of two years; each
house of the legislature shall meet separately OF
the second Tuesday in January next after eacf
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, o.
Article ", SO as to read as follows:
/. The senate shall be composed of one sena
tor from each county in the state, elected by the
legal voters of the counties respectively for fou
years, except as provided in the following para
graph
2. The terms of the senators elected in thu
| year nineteen hundred and two shallbe extended
| to four years from the commencement of thei
| the election to be held in the year nineteer
hundred and three the senators elected il
| that year shall be divided by lot under tn,
direction of the senate into two classes, a.
senators of one class shall be vacated at tn,
expiration of three years. and of the other elias
at the expiration of five years; the seats OF thu
senators elected in the year nineteen hundred
and three, and of all senators elected thereafter
shall be vacated at the expiration of four year
| from the commencement of their terms, SO tina
one half the number of senators, as nearly al
may be- shall be elected every second year, a
the same time that members of the genera
assembly elected; and all vacancies caused
/ by resignation otherwise shall be filled TO
| the unexpired terms only.
| 3. Amend Section III, of article Nv, by strik
1 ing out the word ANNUALLY"
| 4. Amend Paragraph z, of Section w, o
| Article ~, 50 as to read as follows:
z. Members of the senate and general assem-
| bly, shall each receive the sum of five hundred
] allowance emolument, directly or indirectly
| for any purpose whatever; the president of thu
senate and the speaker of the house OF assembl,
1 shall in virtue of their offices, receive an ad
ditional compensation equal to one third o
/ their allowance as members
| 5. Amend Paragraph 8, of Article V, SO a
| to read as follows:
| g. The term of the Governor elected in TIN
| year nineteen hundred and four shall be ex
1 tended to four years from the commencement
| of his term, and he shall hold his office unit
| the third Tuesday of january, nineteen hun
bred and nine;thereafter the Governor shall hole
/ his Office for four years, to commence on thu
/ third Tuesday of January next ensuing hi
election and to end on the Monday precedin,
/ the third Tuesday of January four years there
/ after and he shall be incapable of holding tina
office for four years next after his term of ser
| vice shall have expired, and no appointment o
/ Governor during the last week of his said term
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