The Lambertville record., 1909-09-08
THIRD AMENDMENT.
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AGAINST

(The different paragraphs of this amend
ment being necessarily tnterdependent,
are considered as one amendment9
Change Section l OF Article vi so as
to read as follows:
SECTION l.
The judicial power shall be vested In
court for the trial of impeachments,
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, ". v, vi
and VII OF Article W. change the number
Of Section i'll of Article VI to Section III.
and insert the following sections I'm 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 n 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 hearing before both
Houses In joint session.
SECTION ~.
!. The Supreme Court shall be organ
ized In three divisions, namely, the APP
peals Division. the Law Division and the
Chancery Division. II shall consist OF a
Presiding Justice OF the Appeals Division
who shall be styled the Chief Justice. a
Presiding Justice OF the Law Division.
who shall be styled the President Justice,
and Presiding Justice OF tho 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
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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
cd by the Supreme Court to the Law or
Chancery Division, A. the business OF
the Court may require.
,. Whenever the number of causes be-
fore the Appeals Division shall be no
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 Divi-
sion, which shall thereupon sit In two
divisions for the hearing and decision OF
causes pending at tho time of such as
signment.
T. Four justices shall be necessary TO
constitute 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
lesser number of justices or by one
Justice. such orders to be subject to re-
vision by the Appeals Division.
On the hearing of n cause In the Ap-
peals Division. no Justice who has given
judicial opinion In tho 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
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8. majority of all the members 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.
6. The SApreme 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 fve years subject however, to
removal at the discretion of the Court.
SECTION V.
l. The Appeals Division shall have and
exercise the appellate jurisdiction hereto
fore possessed by the Court OF Errors
and Appeals, tho Jurisdiction heretofore
possessed by the Supreme Court on writ
" error. and the jurisdiction heretofore
possessed BY the Prerogatfve Court on
appeal. and by the Ordinary on appeal,
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may be conferred upon 1t by law togeth-
er with such original jurisdiction AS may
b incident to the complete determination
Of any cause on review, saving. however
the right of trial by Jury.
2 The jurisdiction heretofore possessed
by the Supreme Court and the Justices
thereof not hereby conferred on the Ap-
peals Division. and the Jurisdiction here
tofore possessed by the Circuit Courts
and the judges thereof and such further
original jurisdiction not OF an equitable
nature and such further appellate juris-
diction from inferior courts as may be
conferred by statute. shall be exercised
by the Law Division Of the Supreme
Court and by the several Justices there
OF. in accordance with rules Of practice
and procedure prescribed by statute, or In
the absence OF statute by the Supreme
Court.
s. The jurisdiction heretofore possessed
by the Prerogative Court and the Ordi-
nary. not hereby conferred on the Ap-
peals Division, and the jurisdiction here
tofore possessed by the Court OF Chan
Gerry and tho Chancellor, and such fur
ther original equity Jurisdiction as may
be conferred by statute, and such fur
ther original jurisdiction a. II now con-
ferable on the Prerogative Court shall be
exercised by the Chancery Division and
by the Chancellor and the several Justices
OF said division In accordance with rules
OF practice and procedure prescribed by
statute. or, in the absence Of statute, by
the Supreme Court, but the justices OF
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