The Morris County chronicle., 1901-08-16

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low four, the Governor shall designate JUS
| tice of the Supreme Court, the Chancellor or a
| Vice Chancellor, to discharge such duties un-
til the disqualification or inability shall cease.
| of this Court
4. When q writ of error shall be brought any
| judicial opinion in the cause. in favor of or
| against any error complained of, shall be
signed to the Court in writing. When an APP
| 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.
| 5. 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;
l. The Court OF Chancery shall consist of
Chancellor md such number of Vice Chancel-
| lors as shall be provided by law, each of whom
| may exercise the Jurisdiction of the Court.
| The Court shall make rules governing the
| hearing Of causes and the practice of the
Court, where the same is not regulated by
| statute.
SECTION V.
At the end of Paragraph add the following:
| The Court may sit In divisions at the same
| or different times and places.
| strike out Paragraph 8.
SECTION VI
Insert in lieu of Paragraph and 2, the fol-
ing:
| 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 !, q new para
| graph as follows.
/. Judges Of the Court of Errors and Ap-
| peals, Justices of the Supreme Court, the
Chancellor, the Vice Chancellors 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 cont ent of the Senate. All persons
now holding any office in this paragraph nam
| 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
the Court of Errors and Appeals, except those
first appointed; the Justices of the Supreme
| Court, the Chancellor and the Vice Chancel-
| lors 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 term of their ap-
pointmeni; 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-
peas first appointed shall be appointed one for
| three years, two for five years and two for
seven years. Judges of the Court of Common
| Pleas shall hold their offices for the term of
five years.
! Strike out Paragraph. 2.
| l.. Resolved dhe House of Assembly con-
curring), 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 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
| said month, in at least one ewspaper of each
| 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.
l. Amend Paragraph g. of Section /, of Ar
ticle ", so as to read as follows:
| g. Members of the senate and general assem-
| bly, shall be elected on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in November; in the year
general assembly shall be elected for the term
of one year, and in the year nineteen hundred
and three and every second year thereafter,
they shall be elected for the term of two
years; eachahouse of the Legislature shall meet
separately on the second Tuesday in January
next after each election for members of the
general Aassembly; the time for holding such
elections may be altered by the legislature.
2. Amend paragraphs and 2, of Section II,
of Article lV, 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
| four years, except as provided in the following
paragraph.
2. The terms of the senators elected in the
1 year nineteen hundred and one shall be ex-
tended to four years from the commencement
of their terms; soon as the senate shall
meet after the first election to be held after
the adoption of this amendment, the senators
| elected in the year nineteen hundred and two
/ shall be divided by lot under the direction of
| the senate into two classes, as nearly as quail
as may be; the seats of the senators OF one
| class shall be vacated at the expiration OF
threeyears and of the otter class at the expira-
| tion of five years; the seats of tht senators
elected in the year nineteen hundred and
| three, and of all senators elected thereafter
| shall be vacated at the eXplral ion Of four
years from the commencement of their terms,
| so that onehalf the number of senators. as
nearly as may be, shall be elected Every sec
| Ond year, at the same time that members OF
| the general assembly are elected; and all va
shall be filed for the unexpired term only.
8. Amend Section III, of article ~. by
striking OF the word annually"
| 4. Amend Paragraph 7, of Section IN OF
| Article IV, so as to read as follows;
| Z, Members of the senate and general as
sembly shall each receive the sum of five huI-
dred dollars for each ear of their teTm and
no other allowance or emolument, directly or
| indirectly. for any purpose whatever, the
president of the senate and the speaker of the
house OF assembly shall. IN virtue OF their OF
| fees receive all additional compensation equal
to one-third Of their allowance as members
| 5. Amend Paragraph s. of Article Y, so as
3, The term of the Governor elected in the
year nineteen hundred and one shall be ex-
| tenueu 10 Lour ears lrom tne comulsnSSinonSS
of his term, and he shall hold his office until
the bird Tuesday of January nineteen hun:
dred and six; thereafter the Governor shall
hold his offit for four ears to commence on
| the third Tuesday of January next ensuing
his election, al to end on the Monday preced-
| ing the third Tuesday of January four ears
thereafter and he shall be incapable Of hold
| ing that Office for four years next after his
term of service shall have expired. and no ap-
pointment or nomination to office shall ee
| his said term 30e0wl3