The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-10-10
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
n OF NEW JERSEY PROPOSED BY TIKI

H OF NEW JERSEY PROPOSED BY THE
- LEGISLATURE OF 1909.
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate Qhe House
Of Assembly concurring) that the following
be. and the same are hereby proposed, and
when the same shall be agreed to by a ma
Yority oftmembers elected to the Senate and
House of Assembly, the said amendments
shall be entes ed on their Journals, with the
yeas and nays taken thereon, and referred to
the Legislature next to be chosen, and shall
after the st T.
vember next (being the fourth day of said
mon'h), in at least one newspaper of each
county. if any be published, therein, the said
of the Senate, the speaker Of the House OF
Assembly and the secretary of state.
ARTICLE ".
EXECUTIVE.
l. Insert in lieu of paragraph 10, a new par
agraph, as follows:
10. The governor, or person administering
the government, the chancellor and the at
torney- general, or two of them of whom the
governor. or person administering the gov
eminent shall be one. may remit fines and
forfeitures and grant pardons, after cOnvic
ton, in all cases except Impeachment.
ARTICLE vi.
JUDICIARY.
l. Insert in lieu of Section II. new section
as follows:
/. The court of errors and appeals shall
cODBlSb Oh u Culcl JuuBc anu IOuT ABbOC1AIe
Judges, or any four of them.
2. In case any judge of said court shall be
disqualified to SIT in any cause, or shall be
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Der of judges capable of sitting shall be re-
du ed below four, the Governor shall desig
cellor or vice-Chancellor. to discharge such
duties until the disqualification or inability
shall cease.
g., The Secretary of State shall be the clerk
4. When a writ of error shall be brought
any judicial opinion In the cause. in favor of
or against any error complained of, shall be
assigned TO the court In writing; when an
appeal shall be taken from an order or decree
of the Court of Chancery, the Chancellor OF
Vice-Chancellor making such decree or order
shall inform the court In writing of his
reasons therefor.
s. The Jurisdiction heretofore exercised by
the Supreme Court by writ of error shall be
exclusively vestedin 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 had taken PLACE.
Section ~.
l. Insert in lieu of paragraph l. new para.
graph, as follows:
/. The Coart of Chaucery shall consist of a
chancellor and such number of yice-chancel
lors as shall be provided by law. each of whom
may exercise The jurisdiction of the court; the
of causes and the practise of the court, where
the same is not regul ated by statute.
Section V.
/. AT the end of paragraph l, add the fol
lowing:
'Che court may sit in divisions at the same OF
different times and places.
strike out paragraph y.
Section vi.
|. Insert in lieu of paragraphs and 2, the
following:
The Cou 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 III.
/. Insert in lieu of paragraph !. a new para
graph, as follows
peals, Justices of the supreme Court, the Chan
cellor, the Vice chancellors and the Judges d
the Circuit Court and of the Court of Common
Pleas shall BE- nominated by the Governor ant
appointed by him with the advice and co SEN
of the Senate; all persons now holding an,
the Judges Of the Court of Error
and Appeals as heretofore existing, shall
continue in the exercise of thu
duties of their respective offices according Il
the Judges of the Court of Errors and Appeals
except those first appointed; theJ Justices OF tn
Supreme Court. the Chancellor, the Vice Chan
cellors shall hold their offices for the term o
seven years. and shall at stated times, receive
| for their services a compensation which sinai
| not be dimished during the term of their a.
| pointmeuts; and they shall hold no other offic
| under the government of this state or the Uni
| ted States; the Judges of the Court OF Error
| and Appeals first appointed shall be appointed
one for three years, two for five years and tw'
| for seven Years; Judges of the Court of Com
mon Pleas shall hold their offices for the tern
| of five years.
Strike out paragraph 2. Dol