The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-11-05
ARTICLE VII.
CIVIL OFFICERS.

Section II
Insert in lieu of Paragraph l, new paragraph
as follows:
/. Judges of the Court of Errors and Ap
peals, Justices of the Supreme Court, the
] Chancellor, the Vice Chancelors and the
Judges of the Circuit Court and of the Court
| of Common Pleas shall be nominated by the
Governor and appointed by him with the ad
vice and consent of the Senate. All persons
now holding any office in this paragraph
named except the Judges of the Court of Er
| rors and Appeals as heretofore existing, shall
continue in the exercise OF the duties OF the1l
respective offices according to their respective
| com missions or appointments. The Judges
of the Court of Errors and Appeals, except
| those first appointed; the justices of the Su
preme Court, the Chancellor and the Vice
Chancellors shall hold their offices tor the tern
of seven years and shall at stated times re
| ceive tor their services q compensation which
shall not be diminished during the term 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
| for three years, two for I'VE years ana Two FOL
seven years. Judges of the Court OF Common
Pleas shall hold their offices tor the term o.
| five years.
Strike out Paragraph 2.
l. Resolved 1.-THE House of Assembly con
curring), That the following amendments &c
| the constitution of this stale 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 mouse OF assembly
| the said amendments shall be entered on the11
| Journals with the yeas and nays taken there
| on and referred to the legislature next to be
| chosen, and published for three months pre-
| vious 10 the first Tuesday after the first Mon
| daV OF November next, being the fifth day Of
| said month IN ut least one newspaper OF each
county, if any be published therein, the saio
| 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 8, OF Section l, OF Ar
| ticle Nv, so as to read as follows:
| g. Members of the senate and general as
sembly shall be elected on the first Tuesday
/ a aIO.a1s.
year nineteen hundred and three members Of
| the general assembly shall be elected for the
term of one year, ana In the year nineteen
hundred and four, and every second veal
| thereafter they shall be elected tor the tern
| of two wears; each house OF the Legislature
shall meet separately on the second Tuesday
| in January next after each election for mem
bers of The general assembly; the time fol
holding such elections may be altered by the
| legislature.
3 Amend Paragraphs and 3 of SectionII
off Article ", so as to read as follows:
| l. The senate shall be composed of one sen
ator from each county in The state, elected BY
| the legal voters of the counties respectively
! or four years. except as provided in the fol
| lowing paragraph:
| year nineteen hundred and two shall be ex
! tended to tour years from the commencement
OF their terms; as soon as the senate shal
meet after the election to be held in the veal
nineteen hundred and three, the senator:
elected in that year shall be divided By
| lot under the direction OF the senate into
| two classes, as nearly equal as may be
the seats of the senators of one class
shall be vacated at the expiration OF three
years, and of the other class at the eX piratlor
of five years: the seats OF the senators elected
in the year nineteen hundred and Jour- anC
of all senators elected thereafter. shall be
vacated at the expiration OF four years from
the commencement of their terms, so thai
one-half the number of senators, as nearly as
may be, shall be elected every second year. al
the same time that members of the genera
assembly are elected; and all vacancies caused
by resignation or otherwise shall be filled fol
the unexpired terms only.
3. Amend section III, OF Article ~,
striking out the word "annually."
A. Amend Paragraph Z, of Section ~. Of
Article w. so as to read as follows:
7. Members OF the senate and general as
sembly shall each receive the sum OF five hun
dred dollars for each year of their term. and
no other allowance or emolument, directly OF
indirectly, for any purpose whatever; the
president OF the senate and the speaker of the
house of assembly shall, in virture OF theiI
offices, receive an additional compensation
equal to one-third of their allowance as mem
beers.
5. Amend Paragraph 3, of Article " 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 tour years from the commencement
of his term and he shall hold his office until
the third Tuesday OF January, nineteen hun
1red and Mines thereafter the Governor shall
hold his office for four years, to commence on
the third Tuesday OF January next ensuing
his election ana to end on the Monday pre-
ceding the third Tuesday of January toul
wears thereafter, and he shall be incapable OF
his term of service shall have expired, and nc
appointment or nomination to Office shall be
made by the Govern or during the last week
of his said term