The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-08-30

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! A AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
IA OF NEW JERSEY. PROPOSED nv
The LEGISLATURE OF 1901.
BE 1T RESOLVED by the Senate (the House
OF Assembly concurring), That the following
amendments to the constitution of fbjs 81 te
be and the same are hereby proposed and yvhen
the same shall be agreed to by a majority If
the members elected to the Senate and House
OF Assembly, the said amendments shall he
entered on their journals, with the yeas and
nays taken thereon, and referred to the legis-
I lature next to be chosen, and shall be pub
| lished for three months previous to the first
| tuesday after the first Monday of November
next (befng the fifth day of said month"; IN at
least one newspaper of each county, if any he
designated by tie president of the Senate the
speaker or the House of Assembly and the
| secretary of State.
ARTICLE v.
| EXECUTIVE,
insert IN lieu of Paragraph 10, new para
H. The Governor, or person administering
| the government the Chancellor and the At
5orney -General, or two OF them of whom the
Governor 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.
| q Spnfinn "a g
| follows %
| l. The Court of Errors and Appeals shall
consist of Chief Judge and four Associate
judges or any four of them.
z. In case any Judge of said Court shall be
disqual1f1ed to sit In any cause, or shall be I'M
| able for the time being to discharge the duties
OF MS ONCE. whereby the whole number of
Judges capable of sitting shall be reduced be-
low four, the Governor shall designate JUS
t1ce OF the Supreme Court, the Chancellor or a
VICE Cnancellor, to discharge such duties I'M
til the disqualification or inability shall cease
of this Court.
4. When 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 APP
peal snail 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.
D. 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 ~.
Insert in lieu of Paragraph l. new para
l.. The Court of Chancery shall consist of
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
hearing of causes and the practice Of the
Court, where the same is not regulated by
statute.
SECTION v.
At the end of Paragraph i 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:
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 H..
Insert in lieu of Paragraph l, new para
l. 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 cons ent of the Senate. All persons
now holding any office in this paragraph nam
cd 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-
Tors shall hold their offices for the term of
seven years. and shall at stated times receive
| IOf Ilblr SERVICES u compensation WHICH snail
not be diminished during the term of their APP
pointment; and they shall hold no other Office
under the government of this State or the
| United States.
peals 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 (the 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 hall
| be agreed to by a 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 newspaper 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.
| /. 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 two members of the
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 ASSEMBLY; the time for holding such
elections may be altered by the legislature
2. Amend paragraphs and 2, of Section ii,
| of 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
| four years, except as provided in the following
paragraph.
| 2. The terms of the senators elected in the
| year nineteen hundred and one shall be ex-
| tended to four years from the commencement
of their terms; as 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 equal
as may be; the seats of the senators OF one
| class shall be vacated at the expiration of
| threeyears, and of the other class at the expira
| ton 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
years from the commencement or their term6s
| 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 members of
| the general assembly are elected; and all va
cancies caused by resignation or otherwise
shall be filled for the unexpired term only.
| 8. Amend Section III, of article ~. by
striking o. the word Annually"
4. Amend Paragraph 7, of section ~ Of
Article ~, so as to read a. follows
Z, Members Of the senate and general as
sembly shall each receive the sum Of i've huE-
dred dollars for each year of their term, and
| no other allowance or emolument, directly or
indirectly, for any purpose whatever. the
| president of the senate and the speaker or the
| house of assembly shall in virtue of their OF
| fees receive an additional compensation equal
10 one-third Of their allowance as members
i I, 1891 NaIn an n .