The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-11-03
If Section III of Ar ticle VI to Section II, and
insert the following section in Article vi:

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
may be removed for disability continuing for
one year, or for refusal to perform the duties
of his office by a vote of two-thirds OF all the
members of the Senate and oftwo-thirds OF all
the members of the House of Assem- bly, voting
separately, after hearing before both Houses
in joint session.
SECTION Nv.
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
I Chief Justice, a Presiding Justice of the Law
Division who shall be styled the President JUS
t1ce, and Presiding Justice of the Chancery
Division, who shall be styled the Chancellor,
and eig hteen Associate Justices, which mum Der
may be increased by law.
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 D1vi-
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.
/ 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
| in two Divisions for the hearing and decision
of causes pending at the time of such assign
ment.
| 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 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 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
5. majority of all the members of the SUI
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
porters shall hold Office for five years, subject
however, to removal at the discretion of the
Court.
SECTION v.
/. 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
e ey u9e
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
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
by the several justices thereof. in accordance
with rules Of practice and procedure prescrib-
ed by statute, or in the absence of statute, by
3. 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 trerogative Court shall be exercised by
the Chancery Division and by the Chancellor
and the sever rjusttces of said Division in ac-
cordance withsules of practice and procedure
Statute, by the Supreme Court but the Jus
tees of that Division shall be under such con-
shall be provided by the SUPP eme 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 sLall be held at the places and
times now fixed by law for the holding of
the Courts of Common Pleas IN the several
counties.
5. 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 Divis- |
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.
6 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 |
forty-four, and nothing herein contained shall
prevent the Legislature from 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 |
of Article VI of the Constitution of 1874