The Lambertville record., 1926-09-23
WALTER III. DEMASS
Electrical Contractor
81 Perry Street
PRONE 309
LAMBERTvILLE. N. J..
AMENDMENT PROPOSED TO THE CON
SfiruTIoN OF THE STATE OF
NEW JERSEY RY THE
LEGisLATuRE OF 1926.
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SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR
ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESnIu


TONS: Nos; II; Y. 10 AND Is
/; BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SEN
ATE 9TH, House of Assembly eencurring5
The following amendment to the consti.
tuition of the state Of New Jersey is here
by proposed, and when the same shall be
s,so,ei sErsed to by majority Of the members
scmhiy, the said amendment shall be
entered upon their journals, with the yeas
and nays taken thereon, and referred to
the Legislature then next to be chosen
and published for three months previous to
the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
November next, in at least one newspaper
such newspapers TO be designated by the
President of the Senate. the Speaker of the
General Assembly and the Secretary Of
State.
Amend paragraph three, section one, Ar
ticle ". OF the Constitution OF the State
of New Jersey, to read as follows:
3, Members Of the senate and general
assembly shall he elected every second year
beginning with the year one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-cight, the frat Tues
day after the first Monday in November .
and the two houses shall meet separately in
regular session the second Tuesday in
January next after the said day of election,
year shall commence and at other times
the two houses may meet separately
in special session upon the Joint call of the
the general assembly for the purpose of
acting upon only such matters as are desig.
mated in the call.
Amend Paragraph one and two OF section
II OF Article ~, To read follows;
l. The senate shall he composed of one
senator from each county In the state, elect
ed by the legal voters Of the counties.
spectively, for -four years provided, how
ever, the term of senators elected in the
year one thousand nine hundred and TWEEN
ty-siS shall be extended to four years from
the commencement of their terms. The
term of senators elected in the year one
thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven
shall he extended to five years from the
nnanN Nnng Mt of th.sfH A
the senate shnll meet after the election to
he held in the year thousand nine hun.
dred and twenty-seven there shall he selected by
lot, under the direction of the senate three
counties of those counties the term Of
whose senators expires in the year one
thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine and
at the election to be held in the year
one thousand nine hundred and twenty
eight the senators from these three counties
shall be elected for two years and the
manning -four senators shall he elected for
term OF four years. II vacancies hap
pen. by resignation or otherwise the per.
sons elected TO supply such vacancies shall
Amend paragraph one, section III. Ar.
ticle ", OF the Constitution OF the State
of New Jersey. to rcad as follows;
l. The general assembly shall be com
posed OF members binnnually elected by the
legal voters of the counties respectively
who shall be apportioned among the said
the number OF their inhabitants. The prcs.
ent apportionment shall continue until the
next census Of the United States shall
have been taken. and an apportionmcnt Of
members OF the general assembly shall b.
made by the Legislature at it's frat
sion after the next and every subseaueni
remain unaItered until another enumcrp
tion shall have been taken; provided. tina
each county shall at all times he entitlc
to member; and the whole number
members shall never exceed sixty,
Amend paragraph three of Article v o.
the Constitution OF the State of New Jcr