The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-10-03
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
n OF NEW JERSEY PROPOSED BY THE


BE 1T RESOLVED by the Senate Qhe 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 ma
FORTY oflmembers elected to the Senate and
House of Assembly, the 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
be, published for three months previous to the
first Tuesday after the first Monday of No
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
newspapers to be- DESIGNATED by the president
Assembly and the secretary of state.
ARTICLE ".
EXECUTIVE,
l. Inser. 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
forfeitures and grant pardons after convic-
ton, in all cases except impeachment.
ARTICLE vi.
JUDICIARY.
/. Insert in lieu of Section II. new section,
as follows:
l. The court of errors and appeals shall
consist of chief judge and four associate
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 num-
Der of judges capable of sitting shall be re-
du ed below four, the Governor shall desig-
pate Justice of the Supreme Court, the Chan
cellor or Vice-Chancellor. to discharge such
duties until the disqualification or inability
g.. 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
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 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 Nv.
l. Insert In lieu of paragraph /. new para.
/. The Court of Chancery shall consist of q
chancellor and such number Of vicechancel
lors as shall be provided by law, each of whom
may ext rcise 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 regulated by statute.
Section V.
lowing:
The court may sit in divisions at the same OF
different times and places.
Strike out paragraph 3.
Section vi.
/. Insert in lieu of paragraphs and 2, thu
following:
The Cou,t 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.
/. Insert in lieu of paragraph /. a new para
graph, as follows;
l. Judges of the Court of Errors and Ap
cellor, the Vicechancellors and the Judges u
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
| office in this paragraph named, excep
and Appeals as heretofore existing, shall
continue in the exercise of tn
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 tn
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 diminished during the term of their az
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 ears, two for five years and twi
| 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