Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-08-21
A AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
OF NEW JERSEY, PROPOSED By
THE LEGISLATURE or 1900

BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate (the House OF
assembly concurring 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 q majority
OF 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 legislature next Ia
be chosen, and shall be published for three
months previous to the first Tuesday after the
nrst Monday OF November next (being the
fourth day OF said month";, in at least one news
paper OF each county, if any be published there
IN, the said newspapers to be designated by the
House OF Assembly and the Secretary of State.
ARTICLE "
EXECUTIVE.
l, Insert in lieu Of paragraph 10, a new para
graph, as follows:
TO- The governor, or person administering the
government, the chancellor and the attorney
general. or two of them of whom the governor,
or person administering the government, shall
be one, may remit fines and forfeitures and
grant pardons, after conviction 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 con-
sist OF chief judge and four associate judges,
or any four of them.
2. In case any judge of said court shall be dis
qualified to sit in any cause, or shall be unable
Tor the 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 justice OF the
supreme court, the chancellor or vice-chan-
ceilor, TO discharge such duties until the dis
qualification or inability shall cease.
o. Inc secretary OF state shall be the clerk 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 he a.
signed to the court in writing: when an anneaI
shall be taken from an order or decree Of the
court OF ehancery, the chancellor or vice-chan-
c et 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 he ex-
clusively 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 had taken place.
Section ".
l. Insert in lieu of paragraph 1, new para
graph, as follows:
/. The court of chancery shall consist of a
chancellor and such number of vice-chancelIors
as shall be provided by law, each of whom MAY
exercise the jurisdiction of the court the court
shall make rules governing the hearing o.
causes and the practice of the court where the
same is not regulated by statute.
Section r.
l. At the end of paragraph /, add the follow
ing:
The court may sit in divisions at the same O,
different times and places
strike out paragraph g.
Section vi
II I; Insert in lieu of paragraphs 1 and 2, tn,
The court OF common pleas shall he con
stituted and held in each county in such mamie
as may be provided by law.
ARTICLE VII.
CIVIL OFFICERS
Section II
l. Insert in lieu of paragraph /, new para
graph, as follows:
l. Judges OF the court of errors and appeals
justices OF the supreme court, the chancellor
the vice-chancellors and the judges of the Gil
cult court and OF the court of common plea
shall be nominated by the governor and al
pointed by him with the advice and consent q
the Senate; all persons now holding any offic
IN this paragraph named, except the Judges q
the court of errors and appeals as heretofor
existing, shall continue in the exercise of tn
duties OF their respective offices according t
their respective commissions appointments
the judges OF the court of errors and appeals
except those first appointed; the justices of tn
supreme court, the chancellor and the vice
chancellors shall hold their offices for the teri
OF seven years, and SHALL at stated times r.
ceive for their services a CONDENSATION vhic
shall not be diminished during the term of thei
appointments and they shall hold no othe
once under the government of this state or tn
United States the judges of the court of error
| and appeals first appointed shall be appointe
one Tor three years, two for five years and tw
for seven years; judges of the court of commo
pleas snail hold their offices for the term of fiv
years.
Strike out paragraph q