Generally one councillor was charged by the president to hear the case as a judge-commissioner in evidentiary hearings, called the enqueste, while another councillor (rapporteur) reported the case to the full court for its deliberations (a quorum of seven councillors was required for a valid deliberation).

We will not judge Commissioners on the basis of the national preferences of one or other party or group inside this Chamber.

David Pringle, the Trenton lobbyist for the New Jersey Environmental Federation, said he was willing to wait before judging Commissioner Campbell and the administration.

And as it is part of the American temperament to foresee everything in business, even failure, the Honorable Harry Trolloppe, judge commissioner, and Francis Drayton, magistrate, were nominated beforehand!