The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-09-01
SECTION ".

three divisions, namely: the Appeals Division,
It 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 thePresident 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. Justice of the Supreme Court as
signed by the Governor to the Appeals Divi-
sion shall serve in said Division until the end
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.
3. whenever the number of causes before
the Appeals Division shall be SO great that
termine them, the Governor shall, when au-
thorized by statute, temporarily assign i've 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.
4. 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, by one justice; such
peals Division.
on the hearing of a 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
ing.
S. A majority of all the members Of the su,
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
dot I'M DC or moi Int md -
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
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 1t by
law, together with such original jurisdiction
as may be incident to the complete deter
mlnatfOn 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 Ltrcu1t 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.
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 several justices of said Division In ac-
cordance with rules of practice and procedure
prescribed by statute, 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 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 stall 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
ion of the Supreme Court, and from the
County Court to tue Law Division of the
Chancery Division OF the supreme Court, and
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 fro fu comforting pom
any inferior Court which may hereafter pc
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 snail have and exercise,
in all cases within the county such original
common law Jurisdiction concurrent with the
supreme Court, ana such otner Jurlsolct ion
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 by the Supreme Court. The
justices of the Law Division of the Supreme
Court shall be ex of1icio 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
such Court, Judge or magistrate until the
Legislature shall otherwise provide.
SECTION VII.
This amendment to the Constitution shall
not cause the abatement of any suit or pro-
ceeding pending when it takes effect. The
Supreme Court shall make such general nd
special rules and orders as may be necessary
for the transfer of all suits and proceedings
to the appropriate Division or Court created
by this amendment Matters pending when
this amendment takes effect shall be decided
by the judge or judges to whom they were
submitted, and the order, judgment or decree
made or advised by said judge shall be
entered as that of the Division or Court to
which the suit or proceeding shall have been
transferred.
Fifth-strike out Paragraphs l, 2, and s of
Section ii of Article VII; and substitute the
following paragraphs in place of Paragraphs
/ and q and change the numbers of the para
graphs following to correspond:
l. The Chief Justice OF the Supreme Court,
the President Justice of the Law Division,
the Chancellor and the Associate Justices
of the Supreme Court shall be nominated by
the Governor and appointed by him, with the
advice and consent of the Senate They shall
not be less than thirty-five years OF age and
shall have been practicing attorneys in the
State for at least ten years. They shall mold
Office for the term of seven years; shall, at
stated times, receive for their services a COM
pensation which shall not be diminished
during their term of office, and they shall
hold no other office under the Government
of the state, or of the United States, and shall
not engage in the practice of law during their
term OF office. The Chancellor and the Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court, and the Vice
Chancellors and Associate Justices of the
Supreme Court, in office when this amend
ment takes effect, shall be Justices OF the
Supreme Court until the expiration of their
respective terms.
The Circuit Court Judges in office when this
amendment takes effect shall be continued
in office with the powers of the Justices OF
the Supreme Court at the Circuit until the
expiration of their respective terms. They
may hold the County Courts, subject TO
assignment by the Law Division of the
Supreme Court.
q The Governor, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, shall appoint one
Judge of the County Court in eacn county,
and such additional County Judge or Judges
The County Judges may hold court in any
county subject to the control OF the Supreme
Court. The County Judges shall not be less
than thirty years of age. and shall have been
practicing attorneys in this State for at least
five years. They shall hold office for the
term of five years; shall at stated times re-
ceive for their services such compensation,
which shall not be diminished during their
term of office, as the Legislature In its dis
erection shall fl for each county, ana they snail
hold no office under the Government OF the
State or of the United States, and shall not
engage in practice of the law In the courts of
the county where they hold court during their
term of office. The Judges of the Common |
Pleas. in office when this amendment takes |
effect shall be the judges of the County Courts l
until the expiration OF their present terms.
g. This amendment shall take effect on the |
first Monday in February, In the year next
following its adoption by the people.
A. The Legislature shall pass all laws neces- |
sary to carry into effect the provisions of the |
and this amendment thereof.