Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-09-24
STATE OF NEW JERSEY.

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tary OF STATE:
l. StriAs OUT parasrapn " See.io'.
l, Article ", and insert IN place thereoi
the followlnR,
Eiections Tor members OF tne pen.
ate and General Assembly shaii % helu
every TWO years on the nrse iuesuay
after the first Monday IN november De
ginning ammo oomlni one thousahu Hihs
hundred and ten, and every second year
thereafter; and the two Houses snail
meet separately on the second iuesoay'
in January in each year, at which time
of meeting the legislative year shall COM
mence.
4 Strike out paragraph /. of section
II, Article w, and insert In place
thereof the following:
]. The Senate shall be composed or
one Senator from each county in the
State elected by the legal voters OF the
counties respectively. for four years.
g. Strike out paragraph of section
IL Article w, and insert In place
thereof the following:
4. AS soon as the Senate shall meet
after the first election to be held in pur-
suance of this constitution they shall be
divided by the Senate as equally as may
be into two classes The seats OF the
Senators of the first class shall be va
Gated at the expiration OF the second
year of the second class, at the expira-
ton of the fourth year, so that one class
may be elected every second year and If
vacancies happen, by resignation or
otherwise. the persons elected to supply
such vacancies shall be elected for the
unexpired terms only: provided, that the
Senators having the longest period OF
time still to serve at the time of making
said division shall be entitled to the
longer terms
L. Strike out paragraph I OF section III
article w, and insert in place thereof the
following:
/. The General Assembly shall be COM
posed of members elected by the legal
voters of the counties, respectively, every
second year, beginning on the first Tues
day after the first Monday in Noven Der
ammo domini one thousand nine hundred
and ten, who shall be apportioned among
the said counties as nearly as may be ac-
cording to the number OF their lnnap-
itants The Legislature shall, in the
year one thousand nine hundred and ten
and at its first session after each United
States decennial census hereafter. and not
oftener, divide and arrange each county
Of this State into district or districts
for the election therein of a member or
members of the General Assembly. Each
Assembly district SO constituted snail
contain, as nearly as practlcaoie, an
equal number OF inhabitants, and snail
consist of convenient and contiguous ter
rttory in compact form, but no county
or part thereof. shall be joined with any
other county, or part thereof, in any
such district; prorided that each county
shall, at all times, be entitled to at least
one member, and the whole number OF
members TO be chosen shall never exceed
sixty.
The Court of Last Resort, by whatever
name known, is hereby invested with ex-
elusive original jurisdiction ana with fuil
power, under such procedure as 1t may
by rules prescribe, to review any division
and arrangement made by the Legisla-
ture into Assembly districts of the coun-
ties of this State for the purpose of de-
termining whether such arrangement and
division, or any part thereof, is in ac-
cordance or in conflict with this section.
and, IL In conflict herewith to adjudge
the same, or such part thereof as may be
III conflict herewith, null and void. In
case said court shall determine such ar
rangement and division, or any part
thereof, to be null and void the Legisla-
ture shall proceed to make new ar
rangement and division entire or partial
as the action of the court may require.
S. Strike out paragraph of Article V
and insert in place thereof the following
8. The Governor shall hold his office for
four years, to commence at twelve O'Clock
noon on the third Tuesday of January
next ensuing the election for Governor
by the people. and to end at twelve
o'clock noon on the third Tuesday Of jan
uary four wears thereafter: and he shall
be incapable of holding that office for
four wears next after his term of service
shall have expired. and no appointment
or termination to ONCE shall be made bv
tha coyarnor d,r;ng tbs last ,vsaL ~ hi.
said term.
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