The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-08-24
FIFTH AMENDMENT.
roN THIS AMENDMENT.
ACAtMeT
AGAINST

1.-THE different paragraphs of this amendment
being necessarily interdependent, are consider
ed one amendment
Strike out paragraph OF Section L, OF Article
". and insert in place thereof the following:
Elections for members of the Senate and
general Assembly shall be held every two years
November, beginning ammo dom1n1 one thous-
ond nine hundred and ten. and every second
wear thereafter; and the two Houses shall meet
separately on the second Tuesday in January in
each year at which time of meeting the leg1sla-
tive year shall commence.
Strike out paragraph of Section II, Article
" and insert in place thereof the following:
l. The Senate shall be composed of one Sena-
tor from each county in the State, elected by the
legal voters of the counties respectively, Tor
four years.
", and insert in place thereof the following;
g. As soon as the Senate shall meet after the
first election to be held in pursuance OF this
constitution they shall be divided by the Senate
as equally as may be into two classes. Inc
seats of the Senators of the first class shall be
vacated at the expiration of the second year; OF
the second class, at the expiration of the fourth
year, 50 that one class may be elected every
second year and if vacancies happen, by resig-
nation or otherwise, the persons elected to sup
ply such vacancies shall be elected for the unex-
pired terms only; pros1ded that the senators sc
at the time of making said division shall be en-
titled to the longer terms.
Strike out paragraph of Section III, Article
W and insert in place thereof the following:
l. The general Assembly shall be composed
of members elected by the legal voters OF the
counties, respectively, every second year, pegln-
ming on the first Tuesday after the first Monday
in November, ammo dominl one thousand nine
hundred and ten, who shall be apportloned
among the said counties as nearly as may De
according to the number of their inhabitants.
The Legislature shall, in the year one thousand
nine hundred and ten, and at its hrst session
after each United States decennial Genus here
after and not oftener divide and arrange each
county of this state into district or districts
for the election therein of a member or members
Of he al AcCe Assembly
trict so constituted shall contain, as nearly as
practicable, an equal number OF inhabitants,
and shall consist OF convenient and eontlguous
territory in a compact form, but no county, OF
part thereof, shall be Joined with any other
county, part thereof, in any SUCH dlstrict;
provided, that each county SHALL at all times pc
entitled to at least one member, and the whole
number of members to be chosen shall never ex-
coed sixty.
known is hereby invested with exclusive
original jurisdiction and with full power under
such procedure as it may by rules prescribe, TO-
review any division and arrangement MADE Dy
the Legislature into Assembly districts OF the
counties of this state for the purpose OF determ-
ing whether such arrangement and division, o.. OF
any part thereof, is in accordance or IN conn1ct
with this section, and, if in conflict herewith TO
adjudge the same, or such part Thereon as may
be in conflict herewith, null and void In case
said court shall determine such arrangement
and division, any part thereof, to be null ana
void the Legislature shall proceed to make
new arrangement and division, entire OF
partial as the action of the court may require.
Strike out paragraph of Article and insert
in place thereof the following
A. The Governor shall hold his office for four
years to commence at twelve O'Clock noon on
the third Tuesday of January next ensuing the
election for Governor by the people, and to end
at twelve O'Clock noon on the third Tuesday of
January four years thereafter; and he shall be
Incapable of holding that Office for four years
next after his term of service shall have expired
and no appointment or nomination to office
shall be made by the Governor during the last
week of said term.
Strike out paragraph 6 of Section H. of Article
VII and insert in place thereof the following
6. Clerks and Surrogates of counties shall be
elected by the people of their respective counties
at the elections for the members of the general
Assembly. They shall hold their Offices for six
years.
Strike out paragraph 7 of Section II, Article
VII and insert in place thereof the following:
7. Sherifs and coroners shall be elected by the
people of their respective counties at the cleo
tons for members of the general Assembly and
shall hold their otlces for four years, after
which four years must elapse before they can be
again capable of serving. Sherifs shall annual
ly renew their bonds.
Add to Section II of Article VII three para
graphs, to be known as paragraphs IL. I3 and
a. to read as follows:
H. All elections for Governor, members of
of the Senate and general Assembly, Sherifs.
Coroners, County Clerks and Surrogates of
counties and all other officers now or hereafter
necessary to be chosen by the electors of the
whole state or of any county thereof, shall be
held every second year, on the first Monday in
November, beginning ammo domini one thous-
Is. All elections for justices of the peace and
all and any municipal officers, distinguished
from state and county officers herenbefore
provided, now or hereafter necessary to be
chosen by the electors of any city, borough
town. township, village subdivision thereof,
or any municipality of this state except coun-
ties shall be held every second year on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in November
ammo domini one thousand nine hundred and
eleven.
ID. Except as herein provided with relation
to the Office of Senators, all officers filling any
elective office at the time these amendments take
effect shall continue in the exercise of the
duties thereof according to their respective
commissions terms of Office, and until their
successors may be elected and qualified under
the provisions of these amendents and all
officers whose terms of Office would expire after
these amendments take affect and prior to the
election and qualification of their successors in
Office, at the election for the respective offices
first held under the provisions of these amend
ments, shall continue in office until their sue
cessors be elected and qualified, at the cleo
ton for such office offices to be held next after
these amendments take effect according to the
provisions hereof.
The Legislature shall pass all necessary laws
to arrange the terms of Office of all statutory
elective officers so that said terms may be in
harmony with these amendments, and to carry
into effectthe provisions hereof.
These amendments, if adopted, shall take
effect and go into operation on the first day of
February, in the year of our Lord one thousand
min ehuudred and ten.