The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-08-05
A MEHDMENTS TO THE CONSTITU-
IN TON OF NEW JERSEY, PROPOSED
BY THE LEGISLATURE OF 1902.


BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate (the touse OF
Assembly concurring) that the following
amendments to the constitution of this site
be, and the same are hereby proposed and
when the same shall be agreed to by d major
ity 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 to be chosen, and shall be
first Tuesday after the first Monday OF No
vember next (Deing the fourth day of said
month";, in at least one newspaper of each
county, If any be published therein, the said
newspapers to be desfgna ted by the president
of the Senate, the speaker OF the House of
Assembly and the secre airy OF state.
ARTICLE V.
EXECUTIVE.
l. Insert in lieu OF paragraph 10, 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
forfeituresi and grant pardons, after convic-
ARTICLE vi.
JUDICIARY.
l.. Insert in lieu OF Section H. a new section.
as follows:
l. The court OF errors and appeals shall
consist OF chief judge and four associate
judges, or any tour of them
2. In case any judge of said court shall be
disqualified to sit in any cause, or shall be
unable for the time being to discharge the
duties OF his office, hereby the whole num-
Der OF Judges capable OF sitting shall be re-
duced below four, the governor shall desig-
nate Justice OF the supreme court, the chan
cellor or II vice-cnancellor, to discharge such
duties until the disqualification or inability
shall cease.
3. The 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 be
assigned to the court in writing; when an APP
peal shall 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.
5. 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 had taken place.
Section ~.
!. Insert in lieu OF paragraph l, a new para
graph, as follows.
l. The court of chancery shall consist OF q
chancellor and 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 p.
l. At the end OF paragraph |, add the follow
ing:
1ne court may SlJ In divisions at the same
or different times and places
Strike out paragraph 8.
Section W.
l: Insert in lieu of paragraphs and 2, the
following:
The court OF common pleas shall be con-
stituted and held in each county in such
manner as may be provided by law.
ARTICLE VII.
CIVIL OFFICERS.
2onfina, TT
l. Insert in lieu of paragraph /. a new para
graph, as follows:
l. Judges of the court of errors and an
peals, justices of the supreme court, the chan
cellor, 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 advice and con-
sent OF the Senate; all persons now holding
any office in this paragraph named, except the
heretofore existing. shall continue in the ex-
ercise of the duties OF their respective offices
according to their respective commissions or
appointments; the judges of the court OF er-
rors and appeals, except those first appointed;
the Justices of the supreme court, the chan
cellor and the vice-chancellOrs shall hold their
offices for the term of seven years, and shall
at stated times, receive for their services a
compensation which shall not be diminished
during the term of their appointments: and
they shall mold no other office under the gov
eminent of this state or the United States:
the Judges OF the court of errors and appeals
first appointed shall be appointed one for
seven years; judges of the court of common
pleas shall hold their offices for the term of
five years.
Strike out paragraphs.