The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-27
4 MENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITU-
~ TION OF NEW JERSEY, PRO-
4 a POSED BY THE LEGISLATURE
Of 1901

4 MENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITU-
~ TION OF NEW JERSEY, PRO-
4 = POSED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF 1901.
BE II RESOLVED by the Senate tthe House of
Assembly concurring), 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 a majority of the
members elected TO the Senate and House of As
semb1y, the said amendments shall be entered on
their Journals, with the yeas and nays taken
thereon and referred to the Legislature next to be
chosen, and shall be published for three months
previous the first Tuesday after the first Mon
day of November 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 the
secretary of state
ARTICLE v
EXECUTIVE.
Insert in lieu of Paragraph 10. new paragraph
as follows
government, the Chancellor and the Attorney
General or two of them whom the Governor or
person administering the government shall be
pardons after conviction, in all cases except inn
ARTICLE VI
JUDICIARY.
Insert in lieu of Section II, a new section as
l. The Court of Errors and Appeals shall con
sist of Chief Judge and four Associate Judges
or any four of them.
q In case any Judge of said Court shall be di4
qualified to sit in any cause, shall be un3b4e
for the time being to discharge the duties of his
office, whereby the whole number of Judges
capable of sitting shall be reduced below four
| the Governor shall designate Justice of the Su-
preme Court, the Chancellor or Vice Chancellor
to discharge such duties uutil the disqualification
or inability shall cease.
| 3 The Secretary of State shall be the Clerk Of
this Court
a. When writ of error shall be brought, any
judicial opinion in the cause in favor of OF
against any error complained of, sha1fbe assign
ed to the Court in writing. When an appeal shall
be taken from an order or decree of the Court Of
Chancery, the Chancellor or Vice Chancellor
making such decree order shall inform the
| Court in writing of his reasons therefor.
| 5. The jurisdiction heretofore exercised by the
| Supreme Court by writ of error shall be exclus
lively 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 amend
ment shall be proceeded upon as if no change ha6
taken place
Insert in lieu of Paragraph 1, paragraph
as follows
l. The Court of Chancery shall consist of Z
Chancellor and such number of Vice Chancellors
as shall be provided by law, each of whom may
exercise the jurisdiction of the Court. The Cour
shall make rules governing the hearing of cause:
and the practice OF the Court, where the same i
not regulated by statute
| Section Y.
| AT the end of Paragr graph 1, add the following !:
The Court may sit in divisions at the same Of
| different times and places
Strike out Paragraph 3.
Section VI
Insert in lieu of Paragraphs l and 2. the fol
| lowing:
The Court of Common Pleas shall be consti
tuted and held in each county in such manner al
may be provided by law.
ARTICLE VII.
CIVIL OFFICERS.
| Section II
Insert in lieu of Paragraph l, a new paragraph
! as follows:
l. Judges of the Court of Errors and APP
peals. Justices Of the Supreme Court tn
| Judges of the Circuit Court and of the Cour
of Common Pleas shall be nominated by the
Governor and appointed by him with the ad
vice and consent of the Senate All person.
now holding any office in this paragraph
named except the Judges of the Court of En-
rors and Appeals as heretofore existing, tshal
continue in the exercise OF the duties of theil
respective offices according to their respective
commissions or appointments. The Judges
of the Court of Errors and Appeals, exoep
those first appointed; the Justices of the Su
preme Court, the Chancellor ana the Vic,
Chancellors shall hold their offices for the tern
of seven years and shall at stated times re
ceive tor their services a compensation which
shall not be diminished during the term 0
their appointment; and they shall hold NJ
other Office under the government OF thi
State or the United States.
The Judges of the Coart OF Errors and APP
pea1s first appointed shall be appointed on
for three years, two tor five years and two to
seven years. judges of the Court OF Common
Pleas shall hold their offices tor the term o
five years.
Strike out Paragraph g.
l. Res0LVed (the House of Assembly con
the constitution of this state be and the sam
are hereby proposed. and when the same shall
be agreed to by majority OF the member
elected to the senate and house of assembly
the said amendments shall be enJered on thei
Journals, with the yeas ana nays taken there
on, and referred to the legislature next To b
chosen, and published for three months pre-
vious to the first Tuesday after the first Mon
day OF November next, being the fifth day @
county, if any be published therein, the sal
newspaper to be designated by the presiden
OF the senate, the speaker of the house of as
sembly and the secretary Of state
l. Amend Paragraph 8, OF Section l, OF Al
ticle ~ so as to read as follows
g. Members of the senate and general as
} sembly shall be elected on the first Tuesda
after the first Monday in November; in tn
year nineteen hundred and two members O
the general assembly shall be elected tor tn
term of one year, and in the year ninetee
hundred and three, and every second yea
thereafter, they shall be elected for the terri
, of two years. each house OF the legislator
| shall meet separately on the second Tuesda
in January next after each election for men
bers of the general assembly; the time TO
holding such elections may be altered by Tn
legislature.
E. Amend Paragraphs and 2, of Section Il
of Article ~, so as to read as follows:
l. The senate shall be composed of one ser
ator from each county in the state, elected b
the legal voters OF the counties respecJlvel
for four years, except as provided in the TO
2. The terms of the senators elected in tn
: | year nineteen hundred and one shall be 81
, tended to tour years from the commencement
i OF their terms; as soon as the senate sha
!; | meet after the first election to be held afte
+ the adoption of this amendment, the senator
elected in the year nineteen hundred ana tW
shall be divided by lot under the direction {
the senate into two classes, as nearly equal
may be; the seats of the senators of one elias
shall be vacated at the expiration OF thre
years, and of the other class at the expiratlo
of FIVE years. the seats OF the senators electe
in the year nineteen hundred ana three, an
! of all senators elected thereafter, shall b
vacated at the expiration of four years trOI
the commencement of their terms, so tha
one-half the number of senators, as nearly a
may be, shall be elected every second year, q
the same time that members OF the geners
assembly are elected; and all vacancies cause
by resignation or otherwise shall be filled fO
the unexpiredt erms only
i g. Amend Section Ill, OF Article ~, b
/ striking out the word s'annually.'
4. Amend Paragraph 7, OF Section ~, {
Article ~, so as to read as follows:
Il 2. Members OF the senate and general al
t sembly shall each receive the sum OF five hui
dred dollars for each year of their term, an
no other allowance or emolument, directly Q
indirectly, for any purpose whatever; tn
house of assembly shall, in virture of thei
, offices, receive an additional compensate
equal to onethird of their allowance as men
Ders.
s. Amend Paragraph 8. of Article v, so a
| to read as follows:
8. The term of the Governor elected in tn
year nineteen hundred and one shall be e1
tended to four years from the commencement
of his term, and he shall hold his office unit
the third Tuesday of January, nineteen huI
dred and six; thereafter the Governor sha
hold his office for four years, to commence o.
the third Tuesday of January next ensuin
his election and to end on the Monday pre-
ceding the third Tuesday of January fou
years thereafter, and he shall be incapable c
holding that office for four years next ate
his term of service shall have expired, and n
appointment or nomination to office shall b
made by the Governor during the last wee
of his said term.
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