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NEW JERSEY - LoveToKnow Article on NEW JERSEY |
 | | In dyeing and finishing textiles New Jersey was first among the states of the Union in 1900 (value, $10,488,963, being 23.3% of the total for the country) and in 1905 (value, $11,979,947, being 23.6 % of the total for the country); Paterson is the centre of this industry in New Jersey. |
 | | New Jersey has a court of pardons composed of the governor, chancellor and the six lay judges of the court of errors and appeals, and the concurrence of a majority of its members, of whom the governor shall be one, is necessary to grant a pardon, commute a sentence or remit a fine. |
 | | The judges of the several New Jersey courts are appointed by the governor with the consent of the Senate for a term of years, usually five to seven. |
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