The Lambertville record., 1926-08-12
AMEsNTpMENT sTI4IIINSdT PROPOSED TO THE CON.
NrW IloN OF THE STATE OF
LEGISLATURE OF 1925
AssEMpNS MENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR
IsSnMBLY TInR.LY CONCURRENT RESoI11.

ASSEMBLY TIas CONCURRENT REsoIu-
l. Re BoN9; r. Nqs; sssdI II, VIZ, L, ls AND is
ri tthe , House Of Assembly eoncurringI
t,tinr Ieeiowlng 10 amendment to the Consti
b, luton , Oh the State of New Jersey is here
ny proposed and when the same sbau -
ain aereed to by majority of the members rs
s,9eo eoect9a TO the Senate and General AS
snpapcS srmpg; the the said amendment shall be
ad and nays taken thereon. and referred e,'o ao
me enS Legisiature then next to he chosen
ana so published for three months preyions 70
November St iuesaay nesi after the first Monday in
ol each county. if any be published therein
pran;i 9%cn newspapers to be designated by the
cann.nI cTuent ot the Senate the Speaker of the
State '"e secretary OF
Amend paragraph three. section one, Ar.
~ ~ OF the Constitution of the State
oi new Jersey, to read as follows;
g. Members Of the senate and ea,sr.l
assembly shall be elected every second vesr
bIg bpusiIlnlng with the year thousand nine
5uhdred and twenty-eight, on the first Tues
Gay after the first Monday in November :.
ana the two houses shall meet separatelv in
T Teeuiar session on the second Tuesday in
January next after the said day of election
at which time of meeting the Legislative
year shall commence; and at other times
.ne Two houses may meet separately
IN special session upcn the ioipf cali az a.
president of the senate and the sneaker Of
the general assembly for the purpose of
acting upon only such matters as are desir-
mated in the call
Amend paragraphs one and two of so.,;o,
IL OF Article ". to read as follows:
/. The senate shall be composed of one
senator from each county in the state elect
eu ny the legal voters of the counties re-
spectively, for four years; provided, how.
ever the term of senators elected in the
year one thousand nine hundred and twen-
ty-sN snail be extended to four years from
the commencement of their terms. The
term of senator's elected in the year one
Thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven
lAH 70, A.
commencement of their terms. As soon as
the senate shall meet after the election to
oe heid IN the year one thousand nine hum
dred and twenty-seven there shall be selected by
lot, under the direction of the senate three
counties of those counties the term of
whose senator's 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 re-
naming four senators shall be elected for
term of four years. If vacancies hap
pen, by resignation or otherwise. the per-
sons elected to supply such vacancies shall
be elected for the unexpired term only
Amend paragraph one, section III, Ar
ticle Nv, of the Constitution of the State
of New Jersey. to read follows:
l.. The general assembly shall be COM
posed of members biannually elected by the
legal voters of the counties, respectively
who shall be apportioned among the said
counties as nearly may be according to
the number of their inhabitants. The pres
ent apportionment shall continue until the
next census of the United States shall
have been taken, and an apportionment of
members of the general assembly shall be
made by the Legislature at its first ses-
sion after the next and every subsequent
enumeration or census, and when made shall
remain unaltered until another enumera-
tion shall have been taken; provided that
each county shall at all times he entitled
to one member; and the whole number of
members shall never exceed sixty.
Almond paragraph three of Article V of
tn Constitution of the State of New Jer-
sey to read as follows;
3 Each governor elected after the adop-
ton of this amendment shall hold office
for -four years. to on the third
Tuc7day of January next ensuing the
election for governor by the people. and
to end the Monday preceding the third
Trasday of January, four years there
after and he shall be incapable of holding
that office for four years next after his
ten of service shall have expired and
VI vacancy happen. by resignation or
otl erwise. the person elected to supply
such vacancy shall be elected for the un-
expred term only and no appointment
or nomination to office shall be made by
the governor during the last week of his
said term.