The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-10-06
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SECTION Nv.
l. The Supreme Court shall be organized in
three divisions namely: the Appeals Division, il,
the Law Division, and the Chancery Division.
1t shall consist Of Presiding Justice Of the
Appeals Division who shall be styled the
Chief Justice, a 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
may be increased by law.
g 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.
g. 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 nve 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 interlocutory orders by lesser
number or justices, or by one Justice; such
orders to be subject to revision by the APP
On the hearing of a cause in the Appeals
! opinion in the cause in favor of or against the
| Judgment, order or decree under review
ment order or decree, but the reasons for such
| opinion shall be assigned to the Court In writ
g. 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.
| l. The ppeaIs Division Snail haveand exer
| else the appellate Jurisdiction heretofore pos
sessed by the Court of Errors and Appeals,
the jurisdiction heretofore possessed by the
l Supreme Court Oh writ OF error, and
the jurisdiction heretofore possessed by the
| Prerogative Court on appeal, and by the Ordt-
| nary on appeal, and such further appellate
| Jurisdiction may be conferred upon 1t by
| law, together with such original Jurisdiction
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 prescr1b-
| 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
1 may be conferred by statute and such further
original Jurisdiction as is now comfortable on
the Prerogat1ve 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
statute, by the Supreme Court, but the JUS
tices of that Division shall be under such con-
troll and supervision by the Chancellor as
shall be provided by the Sup. eme Court.
| 4. Terms of the Supreme Court presided
over by a 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 all be held at the places and
times now fixed by law for the holding of
the Courts of Common Pleas IN the several
counties.
3. 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 tue Law Division of the
Chancery Division of the Supreme Court, and
for the giving of com plete legal and equitable
relief in any cause in the Court or Division
| where it may be pending.
| 8 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 lished 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.