The Lambertville record., 1902-08-13
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
A OF NEW JERSEY, PROPOSED BY THE
u I.EGISI .AnIfnE OLE 1902

A OF NEW JERSEY, PROPOSED BY THE
- LEGISLATURE OF 1902.
BE 1T RESOLVED by the Senate (the House of
Assembly concurring), That the following
be and the same are hereby, proposed, and
when the same shall be agreed to by major
i,ty 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
published for three months previous to the
first Tuesday after the first Monday Of
November next tbeing the fourth day of said
nSnntT Sn y at least st Gms Of each
said newspapers to be designated by the
president of the Senate, the speaker of
the House of Assembly and the secretary of
state;
ARTICLE V.
EXECUTIVE.
/. Insert in lien of Paragraph 10, n new para
graph as follows
10 The Governor, or person administering
or anH two "a tham ana @
Governor or person administering the govern
meent shall be one, may, remit. fines and for
FIXTURES and grant pardons after conviction
IN all cases except Impeachment.
ARTICLE VI
JUDICIARY.
!, Insert in lieu of Section ii, new section
/. The Court of Errors and Appeals shall
consist of Chief Judge and four Associate
Judges or any four of them.
?. In case any Judge of said Court shall be
disqualified to sit in any cause, or shall be I'M
able for the time being to discharge the duties
Of his office, Whereby the whole number Of
below four, the Governor shall designate a
Justice of the Supreme Court, the Chancellor
or Vice Chancellor, to discharge such duties
cease.
3, The Secretary of State shall be the Clerk
of this Court.
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 de-
cree of the Court of Chancery, the Chancellor
or Vice, Chancellor making such decree or
order shall inform the Court in writing of his
8. 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 adopt
ion of this amendment. shall be proceeded
upon as il no change had taken place.
Section "
l. Insert in lieu of Paragraph |, a new para
graph as follows
l. The Court of Chancery shall consist of a
Chancellor and such number of Vice Cham
cellors as shall be provided by law, each of
Court. The Court shall make rules govern
ing the hearing of causes and the practice of
the Court, where the same is not regulated by
statute.
Section v
|. At the end of Paragraph /, add the follow
The Court may sit in divisions at the same
or different times and places.
Strike out Paragraph 3.
Section VI
|; Insert in lieu of Paragraphs and 9, the
folowng
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.
Section H.
/. Insert in lieu of Paragraph /, a new para
graph as follows: Is
!, Judges of the. Court of Errors and APP
peals, Justices Of the Supreme Court, 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 ad
now holding any Office in this paragraph;
named, except the Judges of the Court or
Errors and Appeals as heretofore eSis.ingsl
shall continue in the exercise of the duties az
their respective offices according to their re-
spective commissions or appointments. The
Judges Of the Court of Errors, and Appeals,
the supreme. Court, the Chancellor and the
Vice Chanceilors shall hold their offices for
the term Of seven years, and shall at stated
times receive for their services a eempensa-
ton which shall not be diminished during the
term OF their appointment; and they shall
hold no other office under the government Of
this State or the United States.
The Judges of the Court of Errors and Ap-
peals first appointed shall be appointed one
for three years, two for five years and two
mon Pleas shall hold their Offices for the
term OF 1--WE years.
STRIKE out Paragraphs. ..