The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-09-22

VI and VII, of Article VI, change the number
of Section Ill of Article vi to Section IL, and
insert the following section in Article VI:
SECTION Ill.
Any judge of any of the Courts of the State
may be removed for disability continuing for
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 ".
/. 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 Presiding Justice OF the Chancery
Division, who shall be styled the Chancellor,
and eighteen Associate Justices, which number
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 Divi-
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-
thorized by statute, tenn orarily 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
ment
stitute quorum on the final hearing of any
cause in the Appeals Division but the Su-
preme Court may provide by rule for the
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 judicial
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. A majority of all the members of the SUI
preme Court. to be presided over by the Chief
Justice, shall constitute a quorum for the
assign ment of justices, and for the appoint
ment of officers, and the enactment ofrules.
g. 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 exert
else the appellate Jurisdiction heretofore pos
sessed by the Court of Errors and Appeals,
the jurisdiction heretofore possessed by the
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
law, together with such original Jurisdiction
as may be incident to the complete deter
m1nation 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
by the several justices thereof, In accordance
with rules of practice and procedure prescrib-
ed by statute, or in the absence of statute, by
the Supreme Court.
s. 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 ofChancery 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 Provocative Court shall be exercised by |
the Chancery Division and by the Chancellor
and the sever rJustices of said Division in ac- |
cordance w1thsules of practice and procedure
Statute, by the Supreme Court, but the Jus. |
t1ces of that Division shall be under such con- |
troll and supervision by the Chancellor as |
shall be provided by the Supreme Court.
A. 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 1
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.
8. The Supreme Court may provide by rule |
for the transfer of any cause or issue from the |
Law Law. Division to the Chancery Division; or
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 it 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 from comforting upon
any inferior Court which may hereafter be
estaL ished such power or Jurisdiction as was
by or which may now be conferred
upon the inferior Courts mentioned in Section
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
may be provided by law. The final judg-
ments of the County Courts may be brought
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 by the supreme Court. The
Justices of the Law Division of the Supreme
Court shall be ex otficio 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
his article shall continue to be exercised by
such Court, Judge or magistrate until the
Legislature shall otherwise provide.
SECTION VII.
This amendment to the Constitution shall
lot cause the abatement of any suit or pro-
,eeding pending when it takes effect. The
supreme Court shall make such general nd
pecial rules and orders as may be necessary
or the transfer of all suits and proceedings
o the appropriate Division or Court created
~ this amendment Matters pending when |
his amendment takes effect shall be decided {
and the order, judgment or decree
made or advised by said judge shall be I
inferred as that of the Division or Court to
which the suit or proceeding shall have been
IL
Fifth-Strike out Paragraphs !, q and of
lection II of Article VII; and substitute the |
blowing paragra phs in place of Paragraphs
and z, and change the numbers of the para .
raphs following to correspond: .
!. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,
he President Justice of the Law Division,
be Chancellor and the Associate Justices a
be Governor and appointed by him, with the /
dvice and consent of the Senate They shall
OF be less than thirty five years of age and
hall have been prRcticing attorneys in the
tate for at least ten years. They shall hold