Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-09-03

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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, ", 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 ".
1. The Supreme Court shall be organ-
ized in three divisions. namely, the APP
peals 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, a
Presiding Justice of the LEW Division,
who shall be styled the President Justice.
and a 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
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 bushes of
the Court may require.
3. Whenever the number OF causes be-
fore fha ANNALS DiViai0u shall ho 80
great that the Division eannot promptly
hear and determine them, the Governor
shall, when authorized by statute, tenn
porarily assign hve of the justices of the
other divisions to sit In the Appeals Div
sion, which shall thereupon sit in two
divisions for the hearing and decision of
causes pending at the time of such as
Dignment.
l. Four justices shall be necessary to
constitute a quorum on the final hearing
of any cause in the Appeals Division, but
the Supreme Court may provide by rule
for the making of interlocutory orders by
a 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 APP
peals Division, 40 justice who has given
a 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.
5. A majority of all the members of
the Supreme Court, to be presided over
by tho Chief Justice, shall constitute a
quorum for the assignment of justices,
and for 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 this Court, and
shall by rule define his or their duties
and powers. The reporters shall hold
ONCE for five years, subject. however, to
removal at the discretion of the Court.
SECTION v.
1. The Appeals Division shall have and
exercise tho appellate Jurisdiction hereto
fore possessed 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 P~rerogative Court on
appeal. n by the Ordinary ON appeal,
and such further appellate Jurisdiction as
may b conferred upon It by law, togeth-
~ with such original Jurisdiction rs may
BE- ncidant 10 the complete determination