The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-10-25

the same shall be agreed to by a majority IF
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 thereon, and referred to the legis-
lature next TO be chosen, and shall be pub
! mshed for three months previous to the first
| Tuesday after the first Monday of November
next (being the fifth day of said month"; in at
| least one newspaper of each county, If anv he
| published therein, the said newspapers to be
| designated by the president of the Senate the
| speaker OF the House of Assembly and the
ARTICLE V.
EXECUTIVE
Insert in lieu of Paragraph TO- a new nara
graph as follows.
10. The Governor, or person administering
the government the Chancellor and the Al.
torney- General, or two OF them of whom the
Governor or person administering the govern
e nent snail be one, may remit fines and for
tettures and grant pardons, after conviction
IN all cases except Impeachment.
ARTICLE VI.
JUDICIARY
Insert in lieu of section Ii, new section as
follows: -
l. The Court of Errors and Appeals shall
consist of a Chief Judge and four Associate
Judges or any four of them.
=. In case any Judge of said Court shall be
disquali1ed to sit in any cause, or shall be I'M
able for the time being to discharge the duties
9t his office, whereby the whole number Of
Judges capable of sitting shall be reduced be-
low four, the Governor shall designate Jus
ice OF the supreme Court the Chancellor or a
Vice Chancellor, to discharge such duties I'M
al the disqualification or inability shall cease.
" The Secretary of State shall be the Clerk
of this Court.
4. When a writ of error shall be brought, any
Judicial opinion in the eause, in favor of or
AGAINST any error complained Of shall be as
-igned TO the Court in writing. When an ap-
zeal shall De 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
s. The Jurisdiction heretofore exercised Nv
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
nochange mad taken place.
SECTION w.
Insert in lien of Paragraph l, new para
|. The Court of Chancery shall consist of a
JhaneelorAnd 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
curt, where the same is not regulated by
statute.
SECTION v
At the end of Paragraph i add the folIowing
The Court may sit in divisions at the same
or different times and places.
strike out Paragraph 3.
SECTION VIZ
Insert In lieu of Paragraph and 2, the fol-
ing:
Qnnafi-
tuted and held in each county in such manner
as may be provided by law.
ARTICLE VII.
OWL OFFICERS,
SECTION IT.
~. Insert is N I'll lieu Of Paragraph I, new para
/. Judges of rhe Court of Errors and A..
peals, Justices of the Supreme Court. the
Judges of the Circuit Court and OF the Court
IF Common Pleas shall be nominated nv fhe
,doeern9r ana appointed by him with the ad
vice ana COM ent of the Senate. All persons
now holding any office in this paragraph mann
ca except the Judges of the Court of Errors
ana Appeals rs heretofore existing shall con-
tinue in the exercise of the duties Of their re-
speetive offices according to their respecfive
com I missions or appointments. The Judges Of
first appointed; the Justices of the Supreme
| Court, the Chancellor and the Vice ChaneeI-
Tors snail hold their offices for the term of
seven years, and shall at stated times receive
Tor their services a compensation which shall
net be diminished during the term OF their an
pointment; and they shall hold no other office
United States.
The Judges of the Court of Errors and An
peals hrst appointed shall be appointed one for
seven years Judges of the Court OF Common
sless snail hold their offices for the term of
i've years.
Strike out Paragraph
l. Resolved Cthe House of Assembly com
enrrlng)i That the following amendments 10
the constitution of this state be and the same
are hereby proposed, and when the same hall
| pe 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 thera-
on. and referred TO the legislature next 10 be
chosen, and published for three months pre-
| yious to the first Tuesday after the first Mon
| uhy OF November next, being the fifth DAYS of
| said month. in at least one newspaper Of each
county II any be published therein. the said
neeW T. 70 be DESIGNATED By the president
semnly ana the secretary of state.
| l. Amend Paragraph g. 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 wear
| nineteen hundred and three members OF the
| general assembly shall be elected for the term
| of one year, and in the year nineteen hundred
| aud -FOUR, and every second year thereafter
| they shall be elected for the term of two
years; lighthouse 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 H.
| OF Article ~, so as 70 read as follows:
1 l. Ine senate shall be composed of one sena-
tor from each county in the state elected by
the legal voters of the counties respectively for
| tour years except as provided in the following
| paragraph.
| 2. The terms of the senators elected in the
| year nineteen hundred and two shall be ex-
| tended to four years from the commencement
| or their terms; as soon as the senate shall
| meet after the election to be held in the year
nineteen hundred and three the senators elect.
ed in that year shall be divided by lot under
| the direction of the senate into two Iclasses.
| as nearly as equal as may be; the seats of the
senators of one class shall be vacated
at the expiration of three years, and Of
| the otherclass at the expiration of five years;
| the seats of the senator's elected IN the
year nineteen hundred and four, and of
all senators elected thereafter, shall be
vacated at the expiration of four years
from the commencement of their terms SO
that one-halt the number of senator's as
nearly AS may be- shall be elected every Sec
ond year, at the same time that me mbers Of
the general assembly are elected; and ali va
eaneies caused by resignation or otherwise
shall be filed for the unexpired terms only
3. Amend section III, of article W bv
striking ort the word annually"
4. Amend Paragraph Z of Section w of
Article Nv, so as to read a. 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 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 an additional compensation equal
to one-third of their allowance as members
3. Amend Paragraph 5, of Article v, so as
to read as follows:
3. The term of the Governor elected in the
year nineteen hundred and four shall be ex-
tended to four years from the commencement
IF his term, and he shall hold his office until
the bird Tuesday of January, nineteen hun
dred and nine; thereafter the Governor shall
hold his office for four wears, to commence on
the third Tuesday of January next ensuing
his election, arc TO end on the Monday proceed
ing the third Tuesday of January four wears
tharaafter and he shall he fncanahIa nf ho1do