Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-08-20
AMENDMENTS PROPOSED TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE
OF NEW JERSEY BY THE Legs
LATuRE OF 1908.
ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT REsoLUTIo.
NO. /.
STATE OF NEW JERSEY.

BE 1T RESOLVED, che Senate concur
ring) That the following amendment tc
Abe Constitution of this State be and
the same is hereby proposed, and when
the same shall be agreed to by major
ity of the members elected to the Senate
and to the House of Assembly, the said
amendment shall be entered on their
journals, with the yeas and nays taken
thereon. and referred to the Legislature
next to be chosen and published for
three months previous to the first Tues
day after the first Monday of November
next. in at least one newspaper of each
county to be designated by the Presi-
House Of Assembly and the Secretary
of State, payment for such publication
to be made by the Treasurer on the
warrant of the Comptroller.
First Strike out Paragraph 10 Of
Section VII of Article W and change
the numbers of the following para
graphs to correspond.
Second = Change Paragraph 10 of
Article v so as to read as follows:
TO- The Governor or person administer
ing the government. and four citizens Of
the State appointed by the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, shall constitute the Board of Par
dons. The members of said Board, or any
three of them. of whom the Governor or
person administering the government
shall be one, may remit fines and for
FIXTURES, and grant reprieves, commuta-
TONS pardons and paroles, after convic-
ton in all cases except impeachment.
The four members specially appointed
shall hold office for five years, and re-
ceive for their services a compensation
which shall not be diminished during the
term of their appointment.
Third-Change Section l of Article VI
Sc, as to read as follows:
SECTION T.
The judicial power shall be vested in
Court for the trial of inpeachments, a
Supreme Court, County Courts, and such
other Courts, inferior to the Supreme
Court. as may be established by law
which inferior Courts the Legislature may
alter or abolish as the public good shall
require.
Fourth strike out all Of Sections Il.
", Il, VI and VII, Of Article VI, change
the number of Section III of Article VI
to Section II, and insert the following
sections in Article VI
SECTION III
Any judge of any of the Courts of the
State may be removed for disability con-
tinuing for one year or for refusal to
perform the duties of his Office. by vote
of two-thirds of all the members of tho.
Senate and Of twe-thirds of all the mem
bers of the House of Assembly voting
SSJ1ldtG dAktf q AO1Ol6 0ptu
Houses in joint session.
SECTION ".
!. The Supreme Court shall tie organ
lied in three divisions, namely: the APP
peais Division the Law Division and
the Ghancery Division. 1t shall consist
of a Presiding Justice of the appeals Di-
vision who shall be styled the Chief JUS
tice, Presiding Justice Of the Law Divi-
sion who shall be styled the President
Justice, 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 Jus
tees Of the Supreme Court to be as
signed By the Governor A Justice Ut
the Supreme Court assigned by the Gov
ernor TO the Appeals Division shall serve
in said Division until the end of his term
The remaining Justices shall be as
signed by the Supreme Court co the Law
or Chancerys Division, as the business OF
the Court may require.
g. Whenever the number of causes Be
fore the Appeals Division shall be 50
great that the Division cannot promptly
hear and determine them, the Governor
Shall when authorized by Statute tenn
porarily assign five Of the Justices Of
the other Divisions to sit in the Appeals
Division which shall therelpon sit in
two Divisions for the hearing and deci-
sion of causes pending at the time of
such assignment.
A. -Four justices shall be necessary to-
constitute 4 quorum on the final hearing
Of any cause in the Appeals Division,
but the Supreme Court may provide by
rule for the making of iuterlocutory
orders by a lesser number of justices. or
by one justice: such orders TO be subject
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On the hearing of a cause in the APP.
peals 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 judgment. order
or decree but the reasons for such
opinion shall be assigned to the Court in
writing.
5. A majority of all the members Of
the Supreme Court, to be presided over
by the Chief Justice. shall constitute
quorum for the assignment of justices.
and fer the appointment of officers, and
the enactment of rules.
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 reporters
shall hold office for five years. subject
however, to removal at the discretion of
the Court.
SECTION v.
|. The Appeals Division shall have
and exercise the appellate jurisdiction
heretofore possessed by the Court of
Errors and Appeals, the Jurisdiction
heretofore possessed by the Supreme
Court on writ of error. and the jurisdic-
ton heretofore possessed by the Preroga-
tive Court on appeal, and by the Ordi-
nary on appeal, and such further ap.
peIIate jurisdiction as may De conIerreo
upon it by law together with such
original Jurisdiction as may be incident
to The complete determination of any
cause on review, saving, however, the
right of trial by jury
2. The jurisdiction heretofore pos
sessed by The Supreme Court and the
Justices thereof NJ hereby conferred on
the Appeals DIVISION, and the jurisdic-
ton heretofore possessed by the Circuit
Courts and the JUDGES thereof. and such
further original jurisdiction not of an