The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1909-08-12

(The different paragraphs of this amend
ment being necessarily interdependent.
are considered as one amendment.)
Change Section / of Article vi so as
to read as follows:
SECTION T.
The judicial power shall be vested In .
court for the trial of impeachments, 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.
Strike out all of Sections II, w, v, vi
and VII of Article VI, change the number
of Section III of Article VI to Section II,
and insert the following sections in Ar
ticle 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 the
Senate and of two-thirds of all the MEM
bers OF the House of Assembly voting
separately. after a hearing before both
Houses In joint session.
SECTION w.
l. The Supreme Court shall be organ
lied in three divisions, namely. the APP
peRls Division, the Law Division and the
Chancery Division. 1t shall consist OF a
Presiding Justice of the Appeals Division
who shall be styled the Chief Justice, q
Presiding Justice OF the Law Division,
who shall be styled the President Justice
and Presiding Justice of the Chancery
Division, who shall be styled the Chan
cellor, 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
A Of he Gre .
Court assigned by the Governor to the
Appeals Division shall serve in said diyf.
sion until the end of his term.
The remaining justices shall be assign
ed by the Supreme Court to the Law OF
Chancery Division, as the business OF
the Court may require
3. Whenever the number of causes be.
fore the Appeals Division shall be SO
great that the Division cannot promptly
hear and determine them, the Governor
shall, when authorized by statute, tenn
poraN;ly assign five of the justices of the
other divisions to sit in the Appeals Diyi.
sion, which shall thereupon sit in tive
divisions for the hearing and decision OF
causes pending at the time of such as.
signment.
A. Four justices shall be necessary ia
constitute quorum on the final hearins
of any cause in the Appeals Division, but
the Supreme Court may provide by rule
lesser number of justices or by one
justice; such orders to be subject to re.
vision by the Appeals Division.
On the hearing of a cause In the AID.
peals Division, no justice who has giyer
judicial opinion in the cause In fayo,
| of or against the judgment, order or de.
| cree under review shall sit at the hearins
| TO review such Judgment, order or de.
| cree. but the reasons for such opinior
| shall be assigned to the Court in writing
| 5. majority of all the members M
| the Supreme Court to be presided owe,
] by the Chief Justice, shall constitute )
! quorum for the assignment of Justices
| and for the appointment of officers. snd
| the enactment of rules
| s. The Supreme Court shall annoirt o,e
or more reporters not exceeding three tn
| report the decisions of the Court ana
shah by rule define his or their duties
and powers. The reporters shall hold
office for five years subject however ~
removsi at the discretion of the Court.
SECTION ".
| l. The Appeals Division shall hava and
eTerosse the appellate Jurisdiction hereto.
fore possessed by the Court Of Errors
and Appeals. the Jurisdiction heretofors
| possessed by the Supreme Court on writ
OF error, and the Jurisdiction Heretofore
possessed by the Prerogatiye Court on
appeal, and by the Ordinary an annAal
ana such further appellate jurisdiction a.
may be conferred upon 1t by law. toeetb.
81 with such original Jurisdiction as NAV
| b incident 10 the oompIets determtnafion