The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1901-11-06
ARTICLE VI

L Tie Court Of Errors and Appeals shall
consist of a Chief Judge and four Associate
Judges or any four of them.
. In ease any Judge OF said Court shall be
disqualified to sit IN any cause, or shall be UNI
able iur I he 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 Il
lastirG of the supreme Court, the Chancellor
OF Nice Chancellor 10 discharge such duties
until the disqualification or inability shall
B The Secretary Of State shall De the Clerk
Of tins Court
4 When n writ of error shall be brought
my iudiclul opinion in the cause, IN favor of
OF aeniust nny error complained of, 5hall he
assigned TO the Court in writing. When an
appeal shall be taken from nm order or de-
cree Of the Court OF Chancery, the Chancellor
or Vice Chancellor making such decree OF
order shnll inform the Court IN writing of his
reasons therefor.
p The jurisdiction heretofore exercised by
The Supreme Court by writ of error shall be
exclusively vested in the Court of Errora and
Appenls; but any writ of error pending in
the supreme Court at the time Of the adopt
ION Of this amendment shall be proceeded
upon rs II no change had takcn place
SECTION "
Insert in lieu of Paragraph /, new para
graph ms follows:
The Court of Chancery shall consist of q
Chancellor and uch number of Wee Chan
eelers as shall hc provided by law, each ,o
whom may exercise the jurisdiction of the
Court The Court shall mai Sc rules govern
ing the hearing of causes and the practice O
the Court where the sNme ~ not regulated hl
statute
SECTION I
At the end of Paragraph I, add the follow
The Court may ait in divisions at the sam,
or different times and places
Strike ont Paragraph
Section ~
Insert in lien of Paragraphs land =, the fol
Ihe Court of Common Pleas shall be con
stituted and held in each county in sucl
manner Ns may he provided by law
ARTICLE VII
cIvn OFFICERS
Section H.
Insert IN lieu Of Paragraph /, II new parn
Judges eff the Court of Errors and Ap-
peals Justices of the supreme Court, the
chancellor, the Vice Chancollors 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 adj
vice and consent of the senate. All persons
now holding amy office IN this paragraph
named, except the Judges of the Court OF
Errors and Appeals "a heretofore existing
shall continue in the exercise of the duties OF
their respective offices according 70 their re-
epectiNe commissions or appointments The
Judges of the Court of Errors and Appeals
except those first appointed; the Justices ul
the supreme Court, tho Chancellor and tht
Vice Chancollors shall hold their offices fol
the term of seven Ne trs, and shall nj STATED
times receive for their services compensa
ton which shall not be diminished during the
term of their appointment; and they shall
hold no other Office under the government III
this state OF the United states
The Judgcs of the Court of Errors and Ap
peals first appointed shall be appointed on
for three years, two for five years and tw,
for seven years. Judges Of the Court OF Com
mon Pleas shall hold their offices Tor tn,
term of five years.
Strike out Paragraph
/ Heeoired tthe House of Assembly con
eurrnrl, Tint the following amendments t,
the constitution Of this state be and the sam,
are hereby proposed, and when the Same ehal
be agreed 90 by n majority Of the member
elected to the senate and house Of assembly
the said amendments shall be entered OF
their Journals, with the yeas and nays tRkel
thereon, and referred To the legislature mex
to be chosen aud published for three month
previous To the first Tuesday after the frs
Monday of November next, being the iiftl
day Of said month, in AZ least ono newspape
81 each county, II any he published therein
the said newspaper TO be designated By tn,
president of the senate, the speaker OF th'
house Of assembly and the secretary Of state
l. Amend Paragraph Of Section J., o
Article ~, 30 as to read rs follows:
Members OF the senate and general as
sembly shall be elected on the first Tuesds,
after Che first Monday in November: IN tn,
year nineteen hundred and three, members o.
the general assembly shall be elected for the
term of one year, and IN the year nineteen
hundred and four, and every second veal
thereafter, they shall be elected FOR the tern
Of two years; 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 foI
holding such elections may be altered by the
legislature
of Article ~, SO as to read ms follows
/ The senate shall he composed of one soma
tor from each county in the state, elected by
the legal voters of the counties respectively
Tor four years except as provided in the fol
lowing paragraph;
> The terms of-the senator's elected in tn,
year nineteen hundred and two shall be ex
tended to four years from the commence
1nent of their terms; rs soon as the senate
shall meet after the election - be he'll
senators elected in that year shall be divide,
by lot under the direction of the senate int
two classes, rs nearly equal as may be- tn
Gated at the expiration of three years, and o
the other class at the expiration of five years
the seats Of the senators elected in the yea
nineteen hundredand four, aud of all senator
elected thereafter, shall be vacated at the expi
ration OF four years from the commencement
of their terms SO that one-half the number o
senators, as nearly as may be, shall be electe,
every second year. at the same time tina
memhers of the general assembly are elected
and all vacancies caused by resignation O
otherwise shall be filed for the unexpire
terms only.
3. Amend Section III, of article ~, by stril
ing ont the word Annually"
/ Amend Paragraph 4 Of Section Nv 9
Article ", SO as to read as follows:
2 Members of the senate and general ~
semhly shall each receive the sum of tiv
hundred dollars for each year of their tern
and no other allowance or emolument, direotl
or indirectly, for any purpose whatever; tn
president of the senate and the speaker of tn
house OF assembly shall, in virtue Of thei
Offices, receive an additional compensate
equal TO one-thrd of their allowance q
members.
8. Amend Paragraph $, of Article V, so as I
read Ms follows
g. The term Of the Governor elected in til
year nineteen hundred and four shall be el
tended 10 four years from the commencement
OF his term, and he shall hold his office unit
the third Tuesday of January, ninetee
hundred and nine thereafter the Governo
shall hold his office for four years, 10 con
menee on the third Tuesday of January mex
ensuing his election, and 20 end on the Nor
day preceding the third Tuesday Of Januar
four years thereafter, and he shall be IL
capable of holding that office for four year
next after his term of service shall have eS
PRED. and no appointment or nomination {
office shall be made by the Governor dun
ing the last week of his said term.