The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-10-27
of Section III of Article vi to Section II, and
insert the following section in Article vi:

insert the IOllOWlng BectlOn IN ArLlcle VI.
SECTION III.
Any judge of any of the Courts of the STATE
| may be removed for disa bility continuing for
one year, or for refusal to perform the duties
OF his office, by vote of two-thirds of all the
members of the Senate and of two-thirds of all
| the members of the House of Assembly voting
separately, after hearing before both Houses
| In joint session.
| SECTION ".
ell 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
Chief Justice a Presiding Justice of the Law
! Division who shall be styled the President JUS
/ t1ce, and a Presiding Justice of the Chancery
! Division, who shall be styled the Chancellor,
and eighteen Associate Justices, which mber
may be increased by law.
2. The Appeals Division shall consist of the
Chief Justice, and six other Justices OF the
Supreme Court to be assigned by the Gov
ernor. A Justice Of the Supreme Court as
signed by the Governor to the Appeals Diyi-
sion shall serve in said Division until the end
OF his term.
The remaining Justices shall be assigned by
| the Supreme Court to the Law or Chancery
| Division. as the business of the Court may re-
quire.
! 8. 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-
! thOriZed by statute, temporarily assign five of
the Justices of the other Divisions to sit in the
Appeals Division, which shall thereupon sit
/
OF causes pending at the time of such assign
ment,
stitute a quorum on the final hearing of any
cause in the Appeals Division, but the SUI
preme Court may provide by rule for the
making of interlocutory 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 cause in the Appeals
Division, no Justice who has given a judicial
opinion in the cause in favor of or 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
s. majority of all the members of the SUI
preme Court to be presided over by the Chief
Justice, shall constitute 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
SECTION v,
| l. 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 writ of error, and
the jurisdiction heretofore possessed by the
Prerogative Court on appeal, and by the Ordi-
nary on appeal, and such further appellate
Jurisdiction as may be conferred upon it by
W.
as may be incident to the complete deter
mination OF any cause on review, saving, how
ever, the right of trial by jury,
2. The Jurisdiction heretofore possessed by
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
nv IA N
With rules of practice and procedure prescrib-
ed by statute, or In the absence of statute, by
the Supreme Court
8. The Jurisdiction heretofore possessed by
the Prerogative 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 rjustices of said Division in &C.
cordance withsules of practice and procedure
prescribed by tatute, or. in the absence of
tees of that Division shall be under such con- |
troll and supervision by the Chancellor as
shall be provided by the Supreme Court
4. Terms of the Supreme Court presided |
over by 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 snail 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 D1v1s- |
ion of the Supreme Court, and from the |
County Court to tue 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 it may be pending.
o. 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 comforting upon
any inferior Court which may hereafter be
estaL nshed such power or jurisdiction was
exercised by or which may now be conferred
upon the inferior Courts mentioned in Section
l of Article vi of the Constitution of 1874.
SECTION VI
The County Courts snan have and exercise,
in all cases within the county such original
common law Jurisdiction concurrent with the
Supreme Court and such other Jurisdiction
heretofore exercised by courts inferior to the
Supreme Court and the Prerogative Court as
may be provided by law The final judg-
ments of the County Courts may be brought
for review before the Supreme Court in the
Appeals Division. Until otherwise provided,
the Jurisdiction heretofore exercised by the
Courts of Common Pleas, Orphans Courts,
Courts of Oyer and Terminer, Courts of Quar-
ter Sessions, or by the Judges thereof, shall be
exercised by the County Courts pursuant to
rules prescribed Dy the supreme court. The
justices of the Law Division of the Supreme
Court shall be ex officio Judges of the County
Courts All other Jurisdiction or authority
now vested in any Court Judge, or magistrate
with jurisdiction inferior to the Courts in this
section mentioned, and not superseded by i,
this article, shall continue to be exercised by
such Court, Judge or magistrate until the I
shall otherwise provide.
SECTION VII
This amendment to the Constitution shall
not cause the abatement of any suit pro-
ceeding pending when it takes effect. The :
Supreme Court shall make such general and I
special rules and orders as may be necessary
for the transfer of all suits and proceedings
TO the appropriate Division Court created r
by this amendment. Matters pending when I
this amendment takes effect shall he decided +
by the judge or judges to whom they were !
and the order, Judgment or decree
made advised by said judge shall be
entered as that of the Division or Court to
which the suit or proceeding shall have been
:
Fifth-Strike out Paragraphs l, 2, 5 and of l
section ii of Article VII: and substitute the
ollowing paragrap hS in place of Paragraphs
and 2, and change the numbers of the para ::
IRA phs following to correspond:
he President Justice of the Law Division, I
he Chancellor and the Associate Justices
If the Supreme Court shall be nominated by
he Governor and appointed by him, with the
Idvice and consent Of the Senate. They shall