shall be vested in a Governor, Legislative Coun cil, and General Affembly.

II. That the Legislative Council and General Affembly shall be chofen, for the first time, on the fecond Tuesday in Auguft next; the Members whereof fhall be the fame in number and qualifications as is herein after mentioned; and shall be and remain vefted with all the powers and authority to be held by any future Legislative Council and Affembly of this Colony, until the second Tuesday in October which shall be in the year of our Lord one thousand feven hundred and feventy-seven.

III. That on the fecond Tuefday in October yearly, and every year forever (with the privilege of adjourning from day to day, as occafion may require) the counties fhall feverally choose one perfon to be a Member of the Legislative Council of this Colony, who shall be and have been for one whole year next before the election, an inhabitant and freeholder. in the county in which he is chofen, and worth at least one thousand pounds, proclamation money, of real and personal estate within the fame county that, at the fame time, each county fhall also choose three Members of Affembly; provided, that no perfon fhall be entitled to a

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feat in the faid Affembly, unless he be and have been for one whole year next before the elec tion, an inhabitant of the county he is to represent, and worth five hundred pounds, proclamation money, in real and perfonal estate, in the fame county: that on the second Tuesday next after the day of election, the Council and Affembly fhall feparately meet; and that the consent of both Houfes fhall be neceffary to every law; provided, that feven fhall be a Quorum of the Council for doing business, and that no law fhall pafs, unless there be a majority of all the Representatives of each body perfonally prefent, and agreeing thereto, Provided always, that if a majority of the Reprefentatives of this Province, in Council and General Affembly convened, fhall, at any time or times hereafter, judge it equitable and proper to add to or diminish the number or proportion of the Members of Affembly for any county or counties in this Colony, then, and in such case, the fame may, on the principles of more equal representation, be lawfully done, any thing in this charter to the contrary notwithstanding, fo that the whole number of Reprefentatives in Affembly fhall not at any time be less than thirty-nine.

IV. That

IV. That all inhabitants of this Colony of full age, who are worth fifty pounds, proclamation money, clear eftate in the fame, and have refided within the county in which they claim a vote, for twelve months immediately preceding the election, fhall be entitled to vote for Reprefentatives in Council and Affembly; and alfo for all other public officers that shall be elected by the people of the county at large.

V. That the Affembly, when met, shall have power to choose a Speaker, and other their officers; to be judges of the qualifications and elections of their own Members; fit upon their own adjournments; prepare bills to be paffed into laws; and to empower their Speaker to convene them, whenever any extraordinary occurrence shall render it neceffary.

VI. That the Council fhall have power to prepare bills to pafs into laws, and have other like powers as the Affembly, and in all refpects to be a free and independent branch of the legislature of this Colony; fave only, that they fhall not prepare or alter any money bill, which shall be the privilege of the Affembly. That the Council shall from time to time

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be convened by the Governor or Vice-President, but must be convened at all times when the Affembly fits; for which purpose the Speaker of the House of Affembly fhall always immediately after an adjournment give notice to the Governor or Vice-Prefident of the time and place to which the House is adjourned.

VII. That the Council and Affembly jointly, at their first meeting after each annual election fhall, by a majority of votes, elect fome fit perfon within the Colony to be Governor for one year, who fhall be conftant Prefident of the Council, and have a cafting vote in their proceedings, and that the Council themselves fhall choose a Vice-Prefident, who shall act as fuch in the absence of the Governor.

VIII. That the Governor, or, in his abfence, the Vice-prefident of the Council, fhall have the fupreme executive power, be Chancellor of the Colony, and act as Captaingeneral and Commander in Chief of all the militia and other military force in this Colony; and that any three or more of the Council shall, at all times, be a Privy-council to confult them; and that the Governor be Ordinary, or Surrogate-general.

IX. That

IX. That the Governor and Council (seven whereof fhall be a Quorum) be the Court of Appeals in the laft refort in all cafes of law, as heretofore; and that they poffefs the power of granting pardons to criminals after condemnation, in all cafes of treason, felony, or other offences.

X. That Captains, and all other inferior officers of the militia, fhall be chofen by the companies in the respective counties; but Field and General Officers by the Council and Affembly.

XI. That the Council and Affembly shall have feal of this Copower to make the great lony, which shall be kept by the Governor, or, in his abfence, by the Vice-prefident of the Council, to be used by them as occafion may require; and it fhall be called, The Great Seal of the Colony of New-Jersey.

XII. That the Judges of the Supreme Court fhall continue in office for seven

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Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in the feveral counties, Juftices of the Peace, Clerks of the Supreme Court, Clerks of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Seffions, the Attorney-general, and Provincial Secretary, fhall continue in office

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