Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-09-10
THIRD AMENDMENT.


Change Section / OF Article VI 80 as
to read as follows:
SECTION I.
The judicial power shall be vested In a
court for the trial of im-peachments, 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 III, ", 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 a 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 ".
i. The Supreme Court shall be organ
fzed In three divisions, namely. the APP
psals Division, the Law Division and the
Chancery Division. 1t shall consist of a
Presiding Justice of the Appeals Division
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Presiding Justice of the Law Division,
who shall be styled the President Justice,
n a Presiding Justice of the Chancery
Division, who shall be styled the Chan
celior, and eighteen Associate Justices,
which lumber 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 Governor. A Justice of the Supreme
Court assigned by the Governor to the
Appeals Division shall serve In said divi-
sion until the end of his term.
The remaining justices shall be assign
ed by the Supreme Court to the Law or
Chancery Division, as the business of
the Court may require.
3. Whenever the number OF causes be-
fore the Anpeals DIVISION shall be 80
great that the Division oanno promptly
hear and determine them. the Governor
shall, when authorized by statute, tenn
porariiy assign five of the justices OF the
other divisions to sit In the Appeals Il
sion, which shall thereupon sit In TIVE.
divisions for the hearing and decisieps~of
causes pending at the time Of sch as
signment.
& Four justices shall be necsssary to
constitute a quorum on ms nned hearing
OF any cause In h Appeals division, but
for tbe1haking OF intsriocutory orders by
afesser 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 APP
peais Division, no Justice who has given
q judicial opinion in the cause in favor
Of or against the Judgment, order or de-
cree under review shall sit at the hearing
to review such Judgment, order or de-
cree. but the reasons for such opinion
shall be assigned to the Court in writing.
s. A majority Of all the member of
the Supreme Court, to be presided over
by the Chief Justice, shall constitute a
quorum for the assignment of Justices.
and for the appointment OF officers. and
the enactment OF rules.
8. 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. Thu reporters shall hold
of1cs for ave years, subject, however, TO
removal at the discretion of the Court.
SECTION v.
1. The Appeals Division shall have and
exercise the appellate Jurisdiction hereto
fore possessed by the Court OF Errors
SAD Appeals. the jurisdiction heretofore
possessed by the Supreme Court on writ
81 error. and the Jurisdiction heretofore
possessed by the P~rsrogatiys Court ON
appeal. and by the Ordinary on appeal.
and suoA further appellate jurisdiction as
may be eonferred Xnon It By Law. togeth-
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