The Lambertville record., 1926-09-09
AMENDMENT PROPOSED TO THE CON-
STITuTl0N OF THE STATE OF
NEW JERSEY by THE
LEGISLATURES OF 1925.
SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR

AoSEmpLt CoNIuRRENT RESOLU-
TIoNS. Nos. IL. ~, Is AND Is
l. RE 1T RESOLVED BY THE SEN
Ar ttSe House of Assembly concurring).
Iss ig'lowing amendment TO the Consti-
tut n ot the State of New Jersey is here
by pror 3D. and when the same shall be
'g ed - by majority of the members
etss 81 10 the Senate and General As
scmhly. 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
of each county, If any be published therein,
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
tiele ~. 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-eight, on the first Tues
day after the first Monday in November /;
and the two houses shall meet separately in
regular 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 Mt other times
in special session upon the joint call of the
president of the senate and the speaker Of
the general assembly for the purpose of
acting upon only such matters as are desig-
mated in the call.
Amend paragraphs one and two of section
IL Of Article Nv. TO read follows:
|. The senate shall he composed of one
senator from each county in the state, elect
ed by the legal voters OF the counties, re-
speetivcly, for four years; provided, how
ever, the term of senators elected in the
ty-siX shall he extended to four years from
the commencement of their terms The
term of senators elected in the year one
thousand nine hundred and twenty
extended ~
commencement of their terms As soon as
the senate shall meet after the election to
be held in the year one thousand nine hun
dred and tweuty-scven there shall be aelected by
lot. under the direction of the senate. three
counties of those countiCa the term OF
whose scnntors expires In the year one
thousand nine hundred and twenty-ninP and
at the election To be held In the year
one thoueand nine hundred and twenty
eight the senators from these three counties
shall he elected for two years and the re-
naming four senators shall be elected for
term OF four years, II vacancies hap
pen, by resignation or otherwise, the per.
sons elected to supply such vacancies shall
he elected for the uncNprcd term only.
Amend paragraph one, section ILL., Ar
ticle ~ of the Constitution of the State
of New Jersey to read follows;
!, The general assembly shal be com
posed of members hiannunly elected by the
legal voters Of the oo0nties. respectively.
who shall be apportioned among the said
counties as nearly as may he according TO
the number of their inhabitants, The prce-
ent apportionment shall continue until the
next census of the United States shall
have been taken, and mn apportionment OF
members OF the general assembly shall he
made by the Legislature nj its first SEES
sion after the next and every subsequent I
enumeration census, and when made shall
remain unHltered until another enumera-
tion shall have been taken; provided. that
each county shall at all times be cntitle' !
TO one member; and the whole number of
members shall never exceed sixty,
Amend paragraph three of Article v OF