EXECUTIVE. The Governor is elected for three years, and cannot be reelected until three years shall have elapsed. lle can convene extra sessions of the Legislature or of the Senate alone. The Gov ernor's veto of hills or items of appropriation bills is overridden by a majority vote of the whole number elected to each House. In con junction with the six judges of errors and ap peals and the Chancellor, the Governor grants pardons, etc. The president of the Senate and the Speaker of the House respectively succeed to the Governorship in case of a vacancy. The State Treasurer and Controller are appointed for three years by the Senate and General Assem bly in joint meeting. The Attorney-General, prosecutors of the pleas, clerk of Supreme Court. clerk of the Court of Chancery, Secretary of State, and keeper of the State prison are ap pointed for five years—by the Governor and Senate.
JuntetAar. The distinction between courts of law and courts of equity is still maintained in New Jersey. The judges are appointed by the
Governor, the judges of the Supreme Court and Chancellor for seven years, others for five years —all subject to confirmation by the Senate. The first or lower courts are the county courts of common pleas and Oyer and terminer, presided over by a single judge; an orphan's court: and court of general quarter sessions of the peace. Next above is the Supreme Court, which makes the circuit of the State, and is composed of it Chief Justice and eight associates. A preroga tive court is presided over by the Chancellor alone. The Court of Errors and Appeals in the last resort is composed of the Chancellor, the justices of the Supreme Court, and six judges specially appointed. The Senate acts as a court for the trial of cases of impeaehment.