The Omaha guide., 1935-01-26

Attorney John Adams, Jr., State
Representative from the ninth Dis
trict, Douglas County, introduced the
following bill in the Fiftieth Session
of the Legislature of Nebraska:
A BILL
FOR AN ACT for a Joint and Con-
current Resolution to amend Sections
4, S, 7 and 10 and 81, Article v. Con-
s~tituton of the State of Nebraska,
1875, and the several amendments
thereto, including the amendments
proposed BIZ the Constitutional Con-
v~enton, 1919-1920, and adopted at the
special election held on the 21st day
of September, 1920, and all other
sections and articles and parts Of
sections and articles in conflict here
with, relating to the selection of the
chief justice and judges Of the SUI
preme court and judges of the district
court by appointment.
BE 1T ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE
OF THE STATE OF NEBRASKA:
Section l.. That Sections 4, 5, Z and
10 and Fl, Article V, Constitution of
the State of Nebraska, 1875, and the
several amendments thereto, including
the amendments proposed by the Con-
stitutional Convention, 1919 920, and
adopted at the special election held on
the twenty-irst day Of September,
1920, and all other sections and arti-
cles and parts of sections and articles
in conflict herewith, relating to the
selection of the chief justice and
judges Of the supreme court and
judges Of the district court by appoint
ment, be amended to read as follows:
"Sec. A.. The Chief Justice Of the
supreme court and the judges of the
supreme court, other than the Chief
Justice, shall be nominated and ap-
pointed by the Governor, by and with
the advce and consent of the legisIa-
ture; and every such nomination shall
be made by the Governor, and made at
least seven days prior to such appoint
ment; and the persons so appointed
shall enter upon the discharge of the
duties of their respective offices upon
taking the oath of office. The Judges
OF the supreme court, other than the
Chief Justice, shall be elected bv the
electors nominated and appointed by
the Governor, one from each of the
districts as herein provided. The
judges of the supreme court during
their term of office shall reside at the
place where the court is holden; but
no judge Of the supreme court now
in office or hereafter shall be deemed
thereby to have lost his residence at
the place from which he was elected.
The judges of the supreme court shall
hold office for a period of twelve years
unless sooner removed by impeach-
ment-, at the expiration of which term.
if they have behaved themselves we'll.
they may be reappointed, or others
appointed, as the public interest NAV
require"
"Sec. 5. THE Legislature shall di-
vide the state along COUNT lines into
six compact districts, Of approximate
ly equal population, which shall be
numbered from one to six, consecu-
tive numbers to be given adjacent dis
trlcts. Such districts shall CORE
spond, as nearly as may be practic-
able, in location and numbers with
the present six Congressional Dis
tricts of the state. Such districts
shall not be changed except upon the
concurrence of two-thirds of the mem
bers of the Legislature, nor shall any
such change vacate the office of any
judge. Until such districts are estab-
1ished, the six Congressional Districts
OF h state as now constituted and
numbered shall be the supreme court
Judicial districts. A chief Justice
shall be appointed in the month of
January in the year of 1889 and each
twelve (12) years thereafter, there
shall be appointed from each of the
three even numbered districts one
judge of the supreme court; and the
judges so appointed shall be the sue
cessors of the judges whose terms of
office expire in January, of 1941: in
the month of January of 1943, and
each twelve years thereafter. there
shall be appointed from each of the
judge of the supreme court, and the
Judges so appointed shall be the sue
eessors of the judges whose terms of
office expire in J~anuary,of 1943. All
judges of the supreme court shall hold
office until their successors are an.
pointed but for no longer time thar
one month after the expiration OF
their terms"
"Sec. z. No person shall be eligible
to the office of chief justice or Judge
OF the supreme court unless he shall
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