VIII. NEW JERSEY. GOVERNMENT. Salary. Governor, and ex officio $2,000 3.50 a day. 200 and fees. DANIEL HAINES, of Sussex Co., Chancellor of State, (term of office expires, Jan. 1845,) James Patterson, of Monmouth Co. do. Alexander Boyles, of Sussex Co. V. Pres. of Leg. Council, Speaker of Ho. of Assembly, 3.50 a day. do. Clerk of Leg. Council, do. JUDICIARY. 3.50 a day. 3.50 a day. 1,000 Fees. Court of Errors and Appeals.· This Court is composed of the Chancellor, the judges of the Supreme Court, and six other judges, appointed by the Governor, with the consent of the Senate, who hold office for six years, one judge vacating his seat each year, in rotation. Court of Chancery.— The Chancellor is appointed by the Governor, with the consent of the Senate, and holds his office for seven years. This Court holds four terms annually at Trenton, on the 3d Tuesday in January, 1st Tuesday in April, 2d Tuesday in July, and 2d Tuesday in October. James Wilson, Robert E. Spencer, of Mount Holly, The Judges are appointed by the Governor, with the consent of the Senate, and hold office for seven years. The Supreme Court holds four terms each year at Trenton; on the last Tuesday in February, 2d in May, 1st in September, and 2d in November; and the judges of this court hold Circuit Courts and Courts of Oyer and Terminer four times a year in each county, except the counties of Atlantic and Cape May, in which two terms only are held. Inferior Courts of Common Pleas are held four times in a year in each county, by judges appointed by the Legislature, for five years, who receive fees, but no salary, and the number of whom is limited to five in each county. The compensation of a judge is not to be diminished during his term. New Constitution. A Convention of delegates, chosen by the people, assembled at Trenton, May 14th, 1844, and prepared the draft of a new Constitution, which was submitted to the people on the 13th of August, was accepted by a great majority, and went into operation Sept. 2, 1844. The right of suffrage is given to every white male citizen of the United States, who has resided in the State one year, and in the county where he claims to vote five months; paupers, idiots, insane persons, criminals, being excluded. and Members of the Senate and of the General Assembly are elected yearly, on the second Tuesday of October, and meet on the second Tuesday in the next January, when the legislative year commences. The Senate consists of one Senator from each county, elected for three years, one third going out each year. The General Assembly shall consist of not more than 60, chosen annually, by apportionment under the census. The Legislature shall not create any debts or liabilities, which shall singly, or in the aggregate with any previous debts, exceed one hundred thousand dollars, except for purposes of war, or to repel invasion, or to suppress insurrection, unless the same shall be authorized by a law, for some single object, or work, to be distinctly specified therein; which law shall provide the ways and means, exclusive of loans, to pay the interest of such debt, and also to pay and discharge the principal of such debt or liability within thirty-five years from the time of the contracting thereof, and shall be irrepealable until such debt be fully paid; and no such law shall take effect until it shall have been submitted to the people, and have received a majority of all the votes cast for and against it; and all money to be so raised shall be applied only to the specific object stated, and to the payment of the debt created. The fund for the support of free schools, and all money added to it, shall remain a permanent fund, and shall not be used for any other purpose. Charters for banks and money corporations require the assent of three fifths of the members of each House, and are limited to twenty years. The Governor holds office for three years, and receives a salary not to be altered during his continuance in office. He has a veto on the laws, but a majority of both houses may pass the law again, after reconsideration, and it shall go into effect, in spite of the veto. In case of his death, resignation, or removal, the President of the Senate takes his place. Amendments to the Constitution must be passed by two Legislatures in succession, and then be referred to the people, and if accepted by a majority of the people, shall go into effect. But amendments shall not be proposed oftener than once in five years. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS. 1. Cumberland, Gloucester, Atlantic, Salem, and Cape May counties. 2. Burlington and Monmouth. 3. Hunterdon, Mercer, Somerset, and Middlesex. 4. Warren, Sussex, and Morris. 5. Essex, Hudson, Bergen, and Passaic. The sum of $30,000 was duly distributed to the several county collectors from the income of the State Fund. The whole amount of moneys paid by the township collectors to the trustees of districts in townships, from which reports have been received, is $60,330.55. FINANCES. [From the Treasurer's Report for the year ending Oct. 10, 1843.] Treasurer, U. S. pub. lands, 14,657.17 Loans and interest, 50,204.25 10,000.00 Bal. in Treas., Oct. 15,1843, 15,706.32 Total amount received in 1843, from ordinary sources, $103,091.42 10,871.54 $92,219.88 Total amount paid, (exclusive of loans,) 61,838.02 Amount of fund for the support of Com. Schools, Oct. 1842, 344,495.63 Receipts of Revenue. Bank Tax, $17,821.67 Dividends in Bank and Railroad Stock, 1,428.50 16,539.40 35,789.57 $380,285.20 Paid. Contingent expenses, 227.18 Distributed to the different counties, 30,000.00 30,227.18 Amount of the fund, Oct. 1843, $350,058.02 Of this amount, $11,090.85 is unproductive, and of doubtful value. IX. PENNSYLVANIA. GOVERNMENT. Salary. DAVID R. PORTER, Governor, (term of office expires on the 3d After the 3d Tuesday in January, 1845, the salary of the Governor will be $3,000. The Judges of the Supreme Court receive, in addition to their salaries, $4.00 a day, "while on the circuits, as a full allowance for travelling expenses." By a law passed in 1843, the salaries of those who succeed the present incumbents will be as follows: Chief Justice, $1,800, Associate Justices, $1,600; and, in addition, $3 a day while on the circuits. West do. do. Middle do. do. They hold court in bank, once a year, in four several districts;-1st, for the Eastern District, at Philadelphia; 2d, for the Middle District, at Harrisburg; 3d, for the Northern District, at Sunbury; 4th, for the Western District, at Pittsburg. District Courts.· There are four District Courts, which are invested with the civil jurisdiction of the Common Pleas, in their respective Districts, in all cases exceeding a certain amount. District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia. District Court for the City and County of Lancaster. Salary. $2,000 2,000 2,000 Salary. 1,600 Salary. 2,000 District Court for Erie, Crawford, Venango, Warren, and Mercer. James Thompson, Courts of Common Pleas. The State is divided into 20 Districts, for the sessions of the Court of Common Pleas. The President Judge of the District of Philadelphia and the Associate Judges have each a salary of $2,600. The President Judges, in all the other districts, have each a salary of $2,000, and their Associates $120. Districts. 1. Philadelphia, President Judges. Judges, James Campbell, John R. Jones, Anson V. Parsons. 10. Westmoreland, Indiana, Armstrong, and Cambria, Thomas White. 11. Susquehanna, Munroe, Wyoming, Wayne, Pike, William Jessup. |