The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-07-11
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
n OF NEW JERSEY PROPOSED BY THE
- LEGISLATURE OF 1902

n OF NEW JERSEY PROPOSED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF 1902.
BE IT REsoLvAD 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 ma
?lrity ofimembers elected to the Senate and
House of Assembly, tn said amendments
shall be enter ed on their Journals with the
yeas and nays taken thereon, and referred to
the Legislature next to be chosen, and shall
first Tuesday after the first Monday of No
vember next (being the fourth day of said
mon nd, 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 V.
EXECUTIVE.
/. Inser in lieu of paragraph 10, new par
agraph, as follows:
IL. 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, a new section,
as follows:
/. The court of errors and appeals shall
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
unable for the time being to discharge the
duties of his office, whereby the whole mum,
Der of judges capable of sitting shall be re-
du ed below four, the Governor shall desig-
pate a Justice of the Supreme Court, the Chan
cellor or vice-Chancellor, to discharge such
duties until the disqualification or inability
shall cease.
s, The Secretary of State shall be the clerk
A. 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 10 the court IN writing; when an
appeal 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 vestediI the Court of Errors and
Appeals; but any rit 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 a new para,
/. The Court of Chancery shall consist of a
chancellor and such number of Vice-chancel-
lors as shall be provided by law, each of whom
may exercise the jurisdiction of the court; the
court snail make rules governing the hearing
of causes and the practise of the court where
the same Is not reRulHleu DJ SldIuIt.
Section V.
l. At the end of paragraph l, add the fol
The court may sit in divisions at the same or
different times and places.
Strike out paragraph ..
Section vi.
l. Insert in lieu of paragraphs and 2, the
following
The Court 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 II.
l. Insert in lieu of paragraph /. new para
l. Judges of the Court of Errors and Ap
ueals 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 co lsent
| of the Senate; all persons now holding am
office in this paragraph named, excep
| the Judges of the Court of Errors
continue in the exercise of the
duties of their respective offices according Il
| their respective commissions or appointments
| the Judges of the Court of Errors and Appeals
except those first appointed; the Justices of thu
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 compensation which shall
| not be dimished during the term of their a D
pointments; 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 tive
| 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. 35l