The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-10-20

of Section III of Article VI to Section II, and
insert the following section In Article VI:
SECTION III.
ANY Judge of any of the Courts of the State
NAV be removed for disability continuing for
one year, or for refusal to perform the duties
of his office, by vote of two-thirds OF all the
the members of the House of Assembly voting
separately, after hearing before both Houses
in joint session.
SECTION ~.
l. The Supreme Court shall be organized in
three divisions, namely the Appeals Division,
the Law Division, and the Chancery Division.
1t shall consist of Presiding Justice of the
Appeals Division who shall be styled the
Chief Justice, Presiding Justice OF the Law
Division who shall be styled the President JUS
tice, and a Presiding Justice of the Chancery
Division, who shall be styled the Chancellor,
and eighteen Associate Justices, which number
z The Appeals Division shall consist of the
Chief Justice, and six other Justices of the
Supreme Court to be assigned by the Coy
signed by the Governor to the Appeals Divi-
sion shall serve In said Division until the end
The remaining Justices shall be assigned by
/ the Supreme Court to the Law or Chancery
Division, as the business of the Court may re-
s. Whenever the number of causes before
| the Appeals Division shall be SO great that
the Division cannot promptly hear and de-
termine them, the Governor shall, when au-
thor1zed by statute, temporarily assign five of
the Justices Of the other Divisions to sit in the
Appeals Division, which shall thereupon sit
in two Divisions for the hearing and decision
of causes pending at the time of such assign
A. Four Justices shall be necessary to con
stitute quorum on the final hearing of any
cause in the Appeals Division, but the Su-
preme Court may provide BY rule for the
making of tnterlocutory orders by lesser
number or Justices, or by one JUSTICE such
orders to be subject to revision by the APP
peals Division.
On the hearing of a cause in the Appeals
Division, no Justice who has given a judicial
ODini0n in the in favor of against the
| Judgment, order or decree under review
shall sit at the hearing to review such judg-
ment, order or decree, but the reasons for such
opinion shall be assigned to the Court in writ
| ing.
preme Court to be presided over by the Chief
Justice, shall constitute a quorum for the
assignment Of justices, and for the appoint
ment of officers, and the enactment Ofrules.
| 6. The Supreme Court shall appoint one or
| more reporters, not exceeding three, to report
| the decisions of the Court, and shall by rule
| define his or their duties and powers The re-
pOrters shall hold Office for five years, subject
| however, to removal at the discretion of the
Court
| 1. The Appeals Division shall haveand exer
else the appellate jurisdiction heretofore pos
sessed by the Court OF Errors and Appeals,
the Jurisdiction heretofore possessed BY the
Supreme Court on writ of error. and
the jurisdiction heretofore possessed by the
Prerogat1ve Court on appeal, and by the Ord1-
nary on appeal, and such further appellate
Jurisdiction as may be conferred upon it by
/ law, JOReLQer WIN SQCQ original JurlSQlcL1OQ
as may be incident to the complete deter
mination of any cause on review, saving, how
ever the right Of trial by jury.
| the Supreme Court and the Justices thereof
not hereby conferred on the Appeals Division
and the jurisdiction heretofore possessed by
| the Circuit Courts and the Judges thereof,
and such further original Jurisdiction not OF
an equitable nature, and such further appel
| late Jurisdiction from inferior courts, as may
be conferred by statute, shall be exercised by
the Law Division of the supreme Court and
| by the several justices thereof in accordance
with rules of practice and procedure prescrtb-
| ed by statute, or in the absence OF statute, by
| the Supreme Court.
8. The Jurisdiction heretofore possessed by
the Prerogat1ve Court and the Ordinary, not
hereby conferred on the Appeals Division,
and the Jurisdiction heretofore possessed by
the Court of Chancery and the Chancellor. and
such further original equity jurisdiction as
may be conferred by statute, and such further
original Jurisdiction as is now comfortable on
| the Prerogative Court shall be exercised by
the Chancery Division and by the Chancellor
and the sever rjusttces of said Division in &C
| cordance withsules of practice and procedure
prescribed by tatute, or. in the absence OF
statute, by the supreme court. put the Jus
troll and supervision by the Chancellor as
shall be provided by the Supreme Court.
| A. Terms of the Supreme Court presided
over by q single Justice of the Law Division
| for the trial OF issues Joined in or brought to
| the Law Division of the Supreme Court shall
be held in the several counties at times fixed
| by the Supreme Court. Until SO fixed, such
trial terms shall be held at the places and
times now fixed by law for the holding of
the Courts of Common Pleas IN the several
counties.
| s. The Supreme Court may provide by rule
| for the transfer of any cause or issue from the
Law Division to the Chancery Division, or
from the Chancery division to the Law Dlvis-
ion of the Supreme Court, and from the
| County Court to the Law Division of the
Chancery Division of the supreme Court, and
for the giving of complete legal and equitable
relief in any cause In the Court or Division
where 1t may be pending.
| Nothing herein contained shall prevent
| the alteration, by law, of any statutory power
or jurisdiction conferred upon any Court or
Judge since the adoption of the Constitution
in the year one thousand eight hundred and
forty-four and nothing herein contained shall
prevent the Legislature fro N comforting upon
any inferior Court which may hereafter be
estal lished such power or Jurisdiction as was
exercised by or which may now be conferred
upon the inferior Courts mentioned in Section
l of Article vi of the Constitution of IS44.