THE , NEm - CONSTiTUTiON• tiskgovi COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Al ASCEND= DT THIC 001TVENTION or OPT. THOUSAND =GUT lIVIIDAED AlcD TIMITY-6VICV 11111TY-LIGUT. WE, The Poop% of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania, ordain and establish this Constitution for its Government. ARTICLE 1 section I. The legislative power of this Common wealth shall he vested in a General Assembly, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Repre sentative". Section 11. The representatives shall be chosen annually by the 'citizens of the city of Philadelphia and of each county respectively on the second Tues day of October. Section 111. Ito person shall be a representative Who shall not have attained the age of twenty-one years, and have been a citizen and inhabitant of the State three years next preceding his election, and the last year thereof an 'inhabitant of the district in and for which he shall be chosen a representative, unless he shall have been absent on the public business of the United States or of this State. Section IV. Within three years after the first meeting of the General Assembly, and within every subsequent term of seven years, an enumeration of the taxable inhabitants shall be made in such man lier as shall be directed by law. The number of representatives shall, at the several periods of mak ing such enumeration, be fixed by the Legislature, and apportioned among the city of Philadelphia and the several counties, according to the number of taxable inhabitants its each s and shall never be less than sixty nor greater than one hundred. Each county shall have at least one representative, but no county hereafter erected shall be entitled to a sepa rate representation until a sufficient number of tax able inhabitants shall be contained within it, to entitle them to one representative agreeably to the ratio which shall then be established. Section V. The senators shall be chosen for three years by the citizens of Philadelphia and of the several counties at the same time, In the time al-in ner, and at the same places where they shall vote fbr representatives. Section VI. The number of Senators shall, at the several periods of matting the enumeration before Mentioned, be fixed by the Legislature and appor tioned among the districts formed as hereinafter directed, according to the number of taxable inhabi tants in each; and shall never be less than one- fourth, nor greater than_ one-third . The senators shall be chosen in di•- triets, to be formed by the legislature ; bu! no dis 'Wet shall be so formed as to entitle it to elect mare than two senators, unless the number of taxable in habitants in any city or county shall, at aa•. , in te such as to entitle it to elect more than two, but no City or county shall be entitled to elect more than "our senators; when a district shall be composed of two or more counties, they shall be adjoining; neither the city of Philadelphia nor any county shall be divided in forming a district. Section VIII. No person shall be .enator, who shall not have attained the age twenty-five years, and have been a eitiao and inhabitant of the State four years next before his election, and the last year thereof an inhabitant of the district for which he shall be chosen, unless he shall have been absent on the public business of the United States or of this State; and no person elected as aforesaid, shall hold said office after he shall have removed from such4is trict. Section IX. The 'senators who may be elected at the first general election after the adoption of the amendments to the constitution, shall be divided by lot. into three classes. The seats of the senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of Che first year; of the second class et the expiration If the second year; and of the third class at the ex piration of the third year ; so that thereafter one third of the whole number of senators may be chosen every year. The senators elected before the amend ments to the constitution shall be adopted, shall hold their ewes during the terms for which they shall respectively hare b.en elected. Section X. The General Assembly shall meet on the first Tuesday of January, in every year, unless sooner convened by the Governor. ;iSection XI. Each house shall choose its Speaker and other officers; and the Senate shall also choose a Speaker pro tempore, when the Speaker shall ex ercise the office of Governor. Section XII. Each house shall judge of the quali fications of its members. Contested elections shall be determined by a committee to be selected, formed and regulated in such manner as shall be directed by law. A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized by law to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as may be provided. Section XIII. Each house may determine the rules of Its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behaviour, and with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member, but not a second time for the same cause ; and shall have all other powers necessary for a branch of the legislature of a free State. Section XIV. The legislature shall not have power to enact Eau , a annulling the contract of marriage in any case where, by law, the courts of this Common wealth are or may hereafter be empowered to decree a divorce. Section XV. Each house shall keep a journal ut its proceedings, and publish them weekly, except such parts as may require secrecy: and the yeas and nays of the members on any question shall, at the desire of any two of them, be entered on the journals. Section XVI. The doors of each house and of committees of the whole shall be open, unless when the business shall be such as ought to be kept extol section XVII. Neither house shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which the two houses shall be sitting. Section XVIII. The Senators and representatives shall receive a compensation for their services to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth. They shall in all cases, ex cept trenson, felony and breach or surety of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their at tendance at the session of their respective houses, and in going to and returning from the same. And for any speech or debate in either house, they shall Dot be questioned in any other place. Section XIX. No Senator or representative shall, during the time for which he shall have been elect ed, be appointed to any civil office under this Com monwealth which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been increased during such time : and uo member of Congress or other person holding any office (except of attorney at law and in the militia) under the United States or this Commonwealth, shall be a member of .either house during his continuance in Congress or in dime. Section XX. When vacancies happen in either Pause, the Speaker shall issue writs of election to MI such vacancies. Section XXI. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the house of representatives, but the Senate may propose amendments as in other bills. " Section XXII. No money shall be drawn from the treasury but in consequence of appropriations made by law. Section XXIII. Every bill whirls shall have passed both houses shall be presented to the Go vernor. If lie approve ho shall sign it, but if he shall not approve he shall return it with his objec tions to the house in whirls it shall have originated Who shall enter the objections at large upon their journals and proceed to re-consider it. If, after such re-consideration, two-thirds of that house shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent with the ob jections to the other house, by which likewiee it shall be re-considered, and if approved by two thirds of that house, it shall be a law. But in such eases the votes of both houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of persons voting tot or against the bill shall be entered on the jour- Dela of each house respectively. If any bill shall Pat be returned by the Governor within ten days (Blindly. excepted) after It shall have been pre sented to bim, it shall be a law in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the General Assembly, by their adjournment. prevent its return, in which case it *ball be a law, unless sent back within three deyi after their next meeting. I,ooon XXIV. Every order, resolution or tote to libiek, the concurrence of troth houses may be ligeheary (except on a question of adournment) * at be - preObted to the Governor, an dbefore it shall take ether p be approved by him, or being dir approved. shall be repassed by two-thirds of both twine attaoling to the rules and limitations pre ieribed In eau of a bill. Beetinn'X XV. No corporate body shall be hereafter harired et eshpird, itA Makin:: or els_ "NON! rirturn. trMaitt Sr camas meant, I'HE NEW CONSTITUTION• failic notice of the intended application for tne lame in such manner as shall be prescribed by law Nor shall any charter for the purposes aforesaid, be granted for a longer period than twenty years, and every such chatter shall contain a clause reserving to the legislature the power to alter, revoke or annul the same whenever in their opinion it may be inju rious to the citirens of the commonwealth, in such manner however that no injustice shall he done to the corporators. No law hereafter enacted, shall create, renew or extend the charter of more than one corpo ration. ARTICLE Section I. The Supreme Executive power of this Commonwealth shall he vested in a Governor. Section 11. The Governor shall be chosen on the second Tuesday of October, by the citizens of the Commonwealth, at the places where they shall re spectively vote for representatives. The returns of every election for Governor shall be sealed up and transmitted to the seat of government, directed to the Speaker of the Senate, who shall open and publish them in the presence of the members of both houses of the legislature. Tie person having the highest number of votes shall be Governor But if two or more shall be equal and highest in votes, one of them shall be chosen Governor by the joint vote of the members of both houses. Cori tested elections shall be determined by a Committee to be selected from both houses of the legislature, and formed and regulated in such MAllller as shall be directed by law. Section 111. Tire Governor shall hold his office during three year; from the third Tuesday of Janu ary next ensuing his election, and shall not he capable of holding it longer than six in any term of nine years. Section IV. Ile shall he at least thirty years of age, and have been a citizen arid an inhabitant of this State seven years next before his election ; unless he shall have been absent on the public business of the United States or of this State. Section V. No member of Congress or person holding any office under the United States or this State shall exercise the office of Governor. Section VI. The Governor shall at stated times receive for his services r: compensation, which shall be neither increased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected. Section VII. Ile shall he commander-in-chief of the army and navy of this Comm rnwealth, and of the militia, except when they shall be called into the actual service of the United States. Section VIII. Ile shall appoint a Secretary of the Commonwealth during pleasure, and he shall nomi nate and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate appoint nil judicial fliers of cnurts rj record, unless otherwise provided far in this Cons: i tution. lie shall have pryer to fill all I , lrillries that may happen in such judicial officer during th• recus.nf- by rrrrlnling commissions which =us expire at the end of their next Pro vided, that in acting on execulive norninn'irn'ts Senate slut! sit with open doors, and in ronfirtUiVg or rejecting the nominations of the Governor, I" ? ' rote shall be taken by yeas and nays. Section IX. Ile shall have p., 0 . remit fines and f rrfeitures, and grant re, and Pa`lh" , e except in cases of Section X. He ^ require information in writing, f rom th e —ewers in the executive department upon ut ,„...onject relating to the duties of their respec live offices. Section XL Ile shall, from time to time, give to the General Assembly information of the state of the Commonwealth, and recommend to their con sideration such measures as he shall judge expedient. Section XII. Ile may, on extraordinary occasions, convene the General Assembly ; and in case of disagreement between the two houses, with respect to the time of adjournment, adjourn them to such time as be shall think proper, not exceeding four months. Section XIII. He shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed. Section XIV. In case of the death or resignation of the Governor, or of big removal from office, the Speaker of the Senate shall exercise the office of Governor, until another Governor shall be duly qualified; hot in such case another Governor shall be chosen at the next annual election of representa tives, unless such death, resignation or removal, shall occur within (Mee calendar months immedi ately preceding such next annual election, in which case a Governor shall be chosen at the second suc ceeding annual election of representatives. And if the trial of a contested election shall continue longer than until the third Monday of January next ensuing the election of Governor, the Governor of the last year or the Speaker of the Serrate who may be in the exercise of the executive authority, shall continue therein until the determination of such contested election, and until a Governor shall be duly quaMfled es aforesaid. Section XV. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall keep a fair register of all the official acts and proceedingi of the Governor, and shall, when re quired, lay the same and all papers, minutes and vouchers relative thereto, before either branch of the legislature, and shall perform such other duties as shall be enjoined hint by law. ARTICLE 111 Section I. In electrons by the citizens every white freeman of the age of twenty-one years , having re sided in this state one year, and in the election dis trict where he offers to rote, ten days immediately preceding such election, and within two years paid a State or County tar, which shall have been as sessed at least ten days bifore the elertton,shall enjoy the rights of an elector. But a citizen of the United States who had previously been a qualified voter (f . this State: and removed theref ram and returned, and who shall have resided in the election district, and paid taxes as aforesaid, shill he entitled to vote, after residing in the stale six months. Provided, that white freemen, citizens of the United States, between the ages of twenty-one and twenty-two years, and hav ing resided in the State one yew, and in the elect on district len daps as aforesaid, shall be entitled to vote, although they shill not hare paid to-res . Section 11. All cleetimii diall be by ballot, ex cept those by peii:ons ih their repteientaii ye elm citie., who shall sot. viva sore. Section HI. in all e:isc,;. •,tnl cuirtr• of th , he privilegid from arrest, during thrir ritteittlance on elections, and in going to s od returning from them. ARTICLE IV Section I. The House of Representatives shall have the sole power of impeaching. Section 11. All impeichments shall be tried by the Senate; when sitting fur that purpose, the Senators shall be upon oath or affirmation. No per son shall be convicted without the •concurrence of two-thirds of the members present. Section 111. The Governor, and all other civil officers under this Commonwealth, shall be liable to impeachment for any misdemeanour in office; but judgment, in such cases, shall not extend further than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold any office of honour, trust or profit, under this Commonwealth The party, whether convicted or acquitted, shall nevertheless be liable to indictment, trial, judgment, and punishment according to law. ARTICLE V Section T. The judicial power of this Common wealth shall be vested in a Supreme Court, in Courts of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail De livery, in a Court of Common Pleas, Orphans' Court, Register's Court, arid a Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, for each county; in Justices of the Peace, and in such other Courts as the legislature may rom time to time establish. Section 11. The judges of the Supreme Court, of the several Courts of Common Pleas, and of such other Courts of Record as are or shall be established by law, shall be nominated by the Governor, and by and with the consent of the Senate appointed and commissioned by him. The judges of the Supreme Court shall hold their offices for The term of fifteen years if they shall so long behave themselves well. The president judges if the several Courts of Common Pleas and of such other Courts of Record as are or shall be est& Usher! by law. and all other judges re quired to he le :riled in the lair, shall hold their offices for the terra of ten years if they shall so long behave themselves well. The Associate judges of the Courts of Common Pleas shall hold their offiv•es for the term of five pars if they shall so long behave themselves But for any re,tsunable cause which shall not he sufficient ground of Impeachment, the Governor niay remove any of them on the address of two-thirds qf each I ranch of the frgistature. ,The judges of the Supreme Court and the 7.wesideAts of the several Cowls of Common Pleas. shall at staled times receive for their services an .adequate compensation to be fired by 1 r ye', which shall nut be dim i nished during their continuance in office, but they shall receive no fees or perquisites if office, nor hold any other office of profit under this Commonwcai.'ll. Section 111. Until otherwise directed by low, th e Courts of Conanni: Pleas shall continue as at present est ibiLdud. rint sire than - live ',main s h a lt a t any time be included in one judicial district urganizea for said Cow to. IV. The indsdiellon of the Supreme t unit shall extend river the State t and the judges thereof, s.ltall I r virtue of their etiii:es, he ju•tices of r and Tettniner and GClici JAI Delivery, in 1,114 , several a•ar.tics, THE NEW CONSTITUTION Section V. The judges of the Court of Common Pleas, is each county, shall by virtue of their offices, be justices of Oyer and Terminer and Gene ral Jail Delivery, for the trial of capital and other offenders therein ; any two of the said judges, the president being one, shall be a quorum s but they shall not hold a court of oyer and terminer, or jail delivery, in any county, when the judges of the Supreme Court, or any of them, shall be sitting in the same county. The party accused, as well as the Commonwealth, may, under such regulations as shall be prescribed by law, remove the indictment and proceedings, or a transcript thereof, into the Supreme Court. Section VI. The Supreme Court, and the several courts of common pleas, .shall, beside the powers heretofore usually exercised by them, have the rower of a court of Chancery, so far as relates to the perpetuating of testimony, the obtaining of evidence from places not within the State, and the care of the persons and estates of those who are non compotes -nentis. And the legislature shall vest in the said courts such other powers . to grant relief in equity, as shall be found necessary I and may, from time to time, enlarge or diminish those powers or vest them in such other courts as they shall judge proper, for the due administration of justice. Section VII. The judges of the court of common pleas of each county, any two of whom shall he a quorum, shall compose the court of Quarter Ses sions o: the peace, and orphans' court thereof; and the register of wills, together with the said judges, or any two of them, shall compose the register's court of each county. Section VIII. The judges of the courts of common pies shall, within their respective counties, have the like powers with the judges of the Supreme Court, to issue writs of certiorari to the justices of the peace, and to cause their proceedings to be brought before them, and the like right and justice to he done. Section IX. The president of the court in each circuit within such circuit, and the judges of the court of common pleas within their respective counties, shall be justices of the peace, so far as relates to criminal matters. Section X. A register's office, for the probate of wills and granting letters if administration, and an office for the recording of deeds, shall be kept in each county. Section XI. The style of all process shall be " The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania." All prose cutions shall be carried on in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and conclude " against the peace and dignity of the same." ARTICLE VI Section 1. Sheriffs and coroners shall, at the times and places of election of representatives, be I chosen by the citizens of each county. One person shall be chosen for each office, mho shall be commis sioned by the Governor. They shall hold their offices for three years, if they shall so long behave themselves well, and until a successor be duly qualified ; but no person shall be twice chosen or appointed sheriff, in any teem of six years. Vacate eles in either of the said offices shall be filled ty an appointment, to be made by the Governor, m comae ce until the next general election, rind mill a succes'Stesr, shall be chosen and qualified as afire said. Section If. Tate freemen of this commonwealth shall be armed, or e „ : "lnnized and disciplined for its defence, when and in i ' , lt manner as may be direted by law. Those who cfn;..!.ientiously scruple to bear arms, shall not be compelle,.l.- 'v_ do so, but shall ply an equivalent fur personal service:.-. Section In. ProMonotaries of SuP,r eme Court shall be appointed by the said .t.i7Ou" for the term q . three years if they so long bei l uT ,hemselvcs well. Prothonotaries and clerks of the: several other courts, Recorders of deeds, and Rt. Osiers of wills, shall at the times and places of election if representatives, be elected by the quoli fied electors of each county, or the districts over which the jurisdiction of said courts extends, and shall be commissioned by the Governor. 7h ey shall hold their ekes Az- three years if they shall so long behave them.qelves well, and until /foil successors shall be duly qualified. The legisla ture shall provide by law. the number of persons in cads county who shall hold said qfices, and how many and which of said offices shall be held by one person. Vacancies in any of the said of fees Shall be filled by appointmosts_to b e made by the Governor. to continue anti/ the nest gene ral election, and until successors shall be elated and qualified as aforesaid. Section IV. Proffionotaries, clerks of the peace and orphans' courts, recorders of deeds, registers of wills, and sheriffs, shall keep their offices in the county town of the county in which they, respec tively, shall be officers, unless when the Governor shall, for special reasons, dispense therewith, for any term not exceeding five years after the county shall have been erected. Section V. All 'commissions shall be in the name and by Use authority of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania, and be sealed with the State seal, and sign ed by the Governor. Section VI. A State Treasurer shall he elected annually, by joint vote of both brandies of the legis lature. Section VII. Justices of the peace or aldermen shall be elected in the several wards, .boroughs, and townships at the time of the election of con stables by Me qualified voters thereef, in such number as shall be directed by law, and shall be commissioned by the Governor for a term of five years; but no township, ward or borough shall elect more titan two justices of the peace or alder men without the consent of a majority of the qua lified electors within such lownslup, ward or bo rough. Section VIII. All officers whose election or ap pointment is not provided fin. in Chit constitution, shall be elected or appointed as shall be directed by law. No person sha ll be appointed to any of fice within any county who shall not hare been a citizen and an inhabitant therein one year before his appointment, if the county shall hare been so long erected ; but if it shall not have been so long !reeled, then within the Emits ef the county or counties out of which it shall have been taken. Ni) member of Congress from this stale, or any person holding or exercising any office or appointment (f trust or profit under Me United States, shall at the same time hold or exercise any office in this slate, to which a salary is, w fees or perquisites are by law, annexed ; and the legisla ture may by law declare what Stale offices are in compatible. No member of the Senate or of the house if reprerentalires shall be appointed by the Governor to any office during the term jiff which lie shall have been elected. :section IX. All officers for a term of . years shall hold their (Sias for the terms respectively specified, only on the condition that they so long behave themselves ; and shall be removed 071 conviction of misbehaviour in office or of any in finnous crime. Section X. Any person who shall, after the adoption of the amendments proposed by this Conrention to the Constitution, fight a duel or send a challenge for that purpose, or be aider or abettor in fighting a duel, shall be deprived of the right (f holding any (jice of honour or profs in this State, and shall be punished otherwise in such manner as is, or may be prescribed by law ; but the executive may remit the said offence and all its disquabficalions. =ME! Section I. The legislature shall, us soon as con veniently may be, provide by law, for the establish ment of schools throughout the State, in such manner that the poor may be taught gratis. Section 11. The arts and sciences shall be pro moted in one or,more seminaries of learning. Section M. The rights, privileges, immunities and estates of religious societies and corporate bo dies, shalt remain as if the constitution of this State had not been altered or amended. Section IV. The legislaturrshall not invest any corporate body or individual with the privilege I f faking private properly for public use, without requiring such corporation or individual to make compensation to the owners of said property, or give adequate security therefor, before such pro perty shall be takim A itTicL F. VIII Members of the General Assembly, and all offi cers, executive and judicial, sliall be bound by oath or affirmation, to support the constitution of this Commonwealth, and to perform the duties of their respective offices with fidelity. ARTICLE IX That the general, great and essential principles of liberty and free goverionent may be recognised :aid unalterably established, WE DECLARE, TuAT ;Section I. All men .tie born equally free and in. enilent, and have certain inherent and indefeasible rights, among which are those of enjoying and de. feitilinz life and film of ro*sessin‘ THE NEW CONS'T'ITUTION. and protecting property and reputation, and of pur suing their own happiness. Section 11. All power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their au thority, and instituted fur their peace, safety and happiness ; For the advancement of these ends, they have, at all times, an unalienable and indefeasible right to alter, reform or abolish their government, in such manner as they may think proper. Section 111. All men have a natural and indefea sible right to worship Almighty God, according to the dictates of their own consciences ; no man can, of right, be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent ; no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of COnScienCe ; and no preference shall ever be given, by law, to any religious establishments or modes of worship. Section IV. No person who acknowledges the be ing of a God and a future state of rewards and pu nishments, shall on account of his religious senti ments be disqualified to hold any office or place of trust w profit under this Commonwealth. Section V. Elections shall be free and equal. Section VI. Trial by jury shall be as heretofore, and the fight thereof remain inviolate. Sectim 'VII. The printing presses shall be free to every wrson who undertakes to examine the pro ; ceedinip of the legislature, or any branch of go -1 vernmmt : And no law shall ever be made to re strain the tight thereof. 'Cite fuse communication of thelights and opinions is one of the invaluable rightstof man; and every citizen troy freely spetils, write and print on any subject, being responsible for f o r abuse of that liberty. In prosecutions fir the publication of papers investi4:ting the atheist conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is muper f or pone in formation, the troth thereof miy be gives in defier : And in all indictments for libel , the jury shall have a right to determine the law aid the facts, under the direction of the court, as in Alter cases. Section VIII. The people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers and pussessons, from unrea• sonahlt searches and seizures: Aid no warrant to I search any place, or to seize nn' person or things, shall issue, without devi Odin , them as nearly as may be, nor without probate cause supported by oath hr affirmation. Sitttion IX. In all criminal prosecutions, the ac cuse! bath a right to be ilea sal by himself and his comsel, to demand the stature and cause of the ac custtion against him, ti meet the witnesses face to face, to hove compulsay process fur obtaining wit nesses in his favour,and, in prosecutions by indict ; matt or informatioi, a speedy public trial, by an iripartial jury of tbe vicinage; he cannot be corn riled to give evienee against himself, nor can he le deprived of Its life, liberty, or property, unless by the j u d g meit of his peers or the law of the land. Section No person shall, for any indictable offence, be p oceeded against criminally by informa tion, except in eases arising in the land or no val f or ces , or i• the militia when in actual service in time of wsr or public danger, or by leave of the court, for,ppressiun and misdemeanour in office. Nu p , ,„ 1,•, the same olli nee, he twice put in i m ,,, r y of life or limb; our shall any man's pro perty,e Liken or applied hi politic use, without the cons oit of his representative:, acOl without just c o npOnsatioil !wing mode. action XI. All combs shall he open, and every tPn for an injury done him in his lands, per on or lentil:lkon, shall hare remedy by the (hie ;nurse of law, and right find justice administered, without sale, denial or delay. Suits may be brought against the Commonwealth in such manner, in such courts, andin such cases as the legislature miry by la iv direct. Section XII. No power of suspending laws shall -vercised, unless by the legislature, of its au be thority;„ .7 '!”. Excessive bail shall not he re- Section 2 "` I • , ve fines imposed, nor cruel pu (piked, nor excesstv.. nishments inflicted. 'I be bailable by Secti.in NIV. All prisoners shaf— , ,T e n e e•i, when sufficient sureties, unless for capital 01. i... an.l the the proof is evident or presumption privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall” suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or in vasion, the public safety may require it. Section XV. No commission of Oyer and.Terminer ( qCCtfgK.VI. The person of a debtor, where there is not strong presumption of fraud, shall not be continued in prison, after delivering tip his estate for the benefit of his creditors, in such manner ns shall be prescribed by law. Section XVII. No ex post facto law, nor any law impairing contracts shall he filmic. Section XVIII. No person shall be attainted cf treason or felony by the legislature. Section XIX. Nn attainder shall work corruption of blood, nor, except during the life of the offender, forfeiture of estate to the commonwealili • the es tates of such persons as shall destroy their own lives, shall descend or vest as in case of noted death ; and if any person shall be killed by casualty, there shall be no forfeiture by reason thereof. Section XX. The citizens have a right, in a peace able maim° to assemble together, for their common good, :Old to apply to thase invested iviih the pow , :S of government for robes, of grievallenS, or other proper purposes, by petition, address ur remon strance. Section XXI. The right of citizens to bear arms, in defence of themselves and the State, shall not be questioned. Section XXII. No standing army shall, in time of peace, be kept up without the con rent of the Le gislature; and the military sh ;11, in all and at all times, be in strict subordinatho to the civil power. Section XXIII. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. Section XXIV. The legislature shall not grant any title of nobility or hereditary distinction, nor create any office the appointment to which shall be for a longer term than during good behaviour. Section XXV. Emigration from the State shall not be prohibited. Section XXVI. To guard against transgressions of the high powers which we have delegated, WE DUI, .1 RE, that every thing in this article is ex cepted out of the general pawers of government, and shall fur ever remain inviolate. ARTICLE X. Any amendment or amendmen s to this constitu tion may be proposed in the Senate or house of Re presentatires, and if the same shall he agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each !louse, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals, with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and the Secretary ,ff the t'onotionwealth shall cause the same to be published three months before the next election, in at least one newspaper in every county in which a newspaper shall be published ; and if in the legislature next afterwards chosen such pro posed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each house, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall cause the same again to be published in manner aforesaid, and such proposed amendment or amendments shall be submitted to the people in such manner and at such time, at least three months, after being so agreed to by the two houses as the legislature shall prescribe; and if the people shall approve and ratify such amendment or amendments by a majority of the qua lified voters of this Stale voting thereon, such amend ment or amendments shall become a part of the con stitution; but no amendment or amendments shall be submitted to the people oftener than once in five years ; Provided, that if' more than one amendment be submitted, they shall be submitted in . such manner and form, that the people may rote for or against each amendment separately and distinctly. SCHEDULE That no inconvenience may arise from the altera tions and amendments in the Constitution of this Commonwealth, and in order to carry the same Into complete operation, it is hereby declared and ordain ed, That, Section I. All laws of this Commonwealth in force at the time when the said alterations and amend ments in the said Constitution shall take effect, and not inconsistent therewith, and all rights, actions, prosecutions, claims, and contracts as well of indi viduals as of bodies corporate, shall continue as if the said alterations and amendments had not been made. Section 11. The alterations and amendments in the said Constitution shall take effect from the first day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine. Section 111. The clauses, sections, and articles of the said Constitution, which remain unaltered, shall etintinue to be construed and have effect as, if the Said Constitution bad not been amended. Section IV. The General Assembly which shall convene in December, eighteen hundred and thirty eight, shall continue its session, as heretofore, not withstanding the provision in the • eleventh section of the first article, and shill at all times be regarded as the first General Assembly under the amended Constitution. - Section V. The Governor who shall be elected in October, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, shall be in3uxurated cn the third 'Nem, iy in January ME NEW CONSTITUTION. eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, to which time .he present executive tern, is hereby extended. -section VI. The commissions of the judges of the sopreme Court, who maybe in office on the firstday o(January next, shall expire in the following man ner: The commission which bears the earliest date shall expire on the first day of January, Anno Do mini one thousand eight hundred and forty-two; the commission next dated shall expire on the first day of January, Anno Dornini one thousand eight hun dred and forty-five; the commission next dated shall expire on the fist day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred anti forty-eight; the commission next dated shall expire on the last day January, Ann. Domini one thousand eight bun lied and fifty-one; and the commission last dated shall expire on the first day of January, Anno Do mini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. Section VII. The commissions of the President judges of the several judicial districts and of the associate law judges of the first judicial district shall ex,iire es follows : The eertunissiuns of one-half of those who shall have held their offices 'en years or 'note at the adoption of the amendments to the consti tution, shall expire on the twenty-seventh day of one thousand eight hundred and third'-nine; the commissions of the other half of those who shall hire held their offices ten years or more at the adop tion of the amendments to the constitution, shall expire on the twenty-seventh 41.ty of February, one thousand eight hundred awl forty-two ; the first hall to embrace those whose commis..ions s halt d ear th e oldest date. The commissions of all the remaining 'judges who shall not hat e held their offices for ten years at the adoption of the amendments t. the con .dirtnion shall expire on the twenty-seveiith day of February next after the end of ten years floin the Lrli ,if their commissions. xrction VIII. The Recorders of the sever - .I rv -I%' Courts, and other criminal courts in thi: Com monwealth, shall be appointed fir the stone lime, to the rite manner, the pie•i !cot jai Iges f seteral judicial diarists; of those now in mice. the commission oldest in date shall expire un lie twenty-F..% milli day of Fela miry, enc. thousand fight hundred and forty-one, and the others every two yens thereafter artst,iaii,,, to their respective d,,te.;. Those oldest in d'ite expiring rust. si.ction IX. The legislature its first session on der the amended eoe,titution, shall divide the other associate judge; c 4 the State into f iur classes. The commissions of those of the first class shall expire on the twenty-seventh day of February, eighteen hundred and forty; of those of the 6ccond class on the twenty-seventh day of February, eighteen hun dred and forty-one ; of those of the third class on the twenty-seventh day of Februmy, eighteen hun dred and fully-two; and of those of the fourth class on the twenty-seventh day of February, eighteen hundred and forty-three. The said classes from the first to the fourth shall be arranged according to the senimity of the commissions of the sev ora t judges. Section N. Prothonotaties, clerks of the several courts (except of the Supreme Court) recorders of deeds and registers of wills, slut I he llrst elected under the amended Constitution, at the election of repre sent:dives in the year eighteen hundred and thirty nine, in such manner as near be prescribed by law. Section XI. 'the appointing power shall remain as heretofore, and all otlicersi in the appointment of the exc. - Mice department shall contione in the exercise of the duties of their respective idlicei until the legislature shall pass such laws as in it be required by the eighth section of the sixth article of the amend e d constitution, and until appointments sh be :mole under such lams; unless their commissions chatl lie superseded by new appointments, or shell sooner expire by their own limitations, or the s hl rlliees shall become vacant by death or resignati-e, and such laws shall be enacted by the first legish lure under the amended constitution. Section XII. The first election for aldermen aid j•istires of the peace shall be held in the 3 car eight een hundred and forty, at the time fixed for the election of constables. The legisl.itale at its session under the amended constitution pio x ide for the said election and for suli,equent elections. The aldermen and justice , of the peace now in commission, or who rimy in the int i• 11111 he .Ippointed, shall continue to discharge Ihe dune; or •hoil respective offices, until Oven days :iner the , v which shall he fixed by law for the lq , l111 , 1.! of commissions, at the expiration of which time. , mmi.,sions shall expire. .heir , foregoing is the amended In testimony thatm,....„s agreed to in c•nistittiti in of Penns'i • '-,tors of the. convention, We the °dicers and , convention hare hereunto signed our Daum.. Philadelphia, the twenty-second day of Felon nry, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, and of the Independence of the t toted States of America the sixty-second. JOHN SERGEANT, President. Daniel Agnew, Ezra S. Hayhurst, \A tn. Anus, Writ. NI W. It dd win, Alm). IfellTenstein Vadiraiin Banks, NI I I entlerson, Jahn V. Barclay, in. I lenderson, .1 wob II ndolar, Wm 'Lester, ch is. A. liarnitz, High, 1,411. m Bedford, Jos. I lopkitism, 11 S. Bell, John Muni, J ones Cowell Biddle, Jabez Hyde, bens 1.. ltiget.,w, C11:1110, Jaied Ingersoll, ...411111. C. 16111i1i111, Ph.. ,11.111“., I 11:1 , . fire„ 11, Ge.ing, NI. Kenn, Jetemi James Kennedy, V. MI un Mown, A a,on Kent . , ,'iv.en. Butler, IConigmacher, ti.ifflllel CAtey, J c.,h Krebs, Jelin Cummin, It. G. Long, Thomas S. Cunningham, David Lyons, William Curl], Alex. M nree, Wm. Darlington, Joel K. Mann, George Chambers, \V. M. Meredith, John Chandler, James Merrill, Joe. R. Chandler, Levi Merkel, Ch. Chauncey, Wm. L. Miller, Nathaniel Clapp, James Montgomery, James Clarke, Christian Meyers John Clarke, D. Nevin, William Clark, Win. Overfield, A. J. Cline, Ilit am Payne, Lindley Coates, MitthisS Pennypacker, R. K. Cochran, James Porter, Thos. P. Cope, James Madison Porter, Jusnua F. Cox, Saml. A. Purviance, Walter Craig, E. C. Reigart, Richd. M. Crain, A. H. Read, Gco. T. Crawford, Geo. W. Ricer, Cornelius Crum, Jno. Ritter, Betijn. Martin, 11. Gold Rogers, John J. 111‘Cahen, Samuel Royer, E. T. M'Dowell, James M. Russell, James Nl•Sherry Daniel Saeger, Mark Darrah, John Morin Scott, Harmar Dennv, Tobias Sellers, John Dickey, • G. Seltzer. Joshua Dickerson, Gco. Serrill, Jacob Dillinger, !fumy Scheetz, Jas. Donvin, George Shilleto, J. It. Donnell, Thomas H. Sill, Joseph M. Doran, Geo. Smith, James Dunlop, Wm. Smyth. Thomas Earle, Joseph Snively, D. M. Farrelly, Jno. 11. Stcrigere, Robt. Fleming, Jacob Stickel, Walter Forwarn, Ebenezer W. Stuidevant John Foulkrod, Thomas Taggart, Joseph Fry, Jr. Morgan J. Thomas, John Fuller, James Todd, John A. Gamble, Thomas Weaver, William Gearhart, Jacob B. Weidman David Gilmore, IL G. NVliite, Virgil Grencll, Geo. W. Woodward, William L. Harris, R. Young. Thomas Hastings, (Attest,) S. Stiocit, Secretary. G. L. Kum ? J. WILLIAM ' S, S Assistant Secretaries. SECRETARY'S OFFICE, llminununc, FEIIRUAILV 28, 1838.1 I certify, that the foregoing is an exact and ultra copy of " the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as amended by the Convention of one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven-thirty eight," deposited in this office on the 26th day 0. February, 1833 t the amendments being in italic, and the retained o qtions of- the present Constitu tion in roman letter. TIM. If. HURROWES, Sec'y of the Commonwealth. March 27,1838. to-52 W ANTED, on the Gettysburg Exton. . V V Sion of the Pennsylvania Rail Road, #45'2,000 Hands! To whom CONSTANT WORK and the BEST OF WAGES will be given. (0 - The Gettysburg Rail Road runs thro' the most healthy part of this country. Apply to M. C. CLARKSON, Sup't. Gettysburg, Pa.; May 19, 1839. tf-9 PUBLIC NOTICES NO'lrleVi. ALL persons indebted to the Estate of WILLIAM LL A N date of Ham iltonban township, Adams county, deceased, are desired to call with the Subscribers, at. make immediate payment, and those who have claimsagainst said Estate,are requested to present thorn, properly authenticated for settlement. The Administrators reside in Hanmilton• ban township. SAMUEL M'Ml MAN, ? Adm , rB. VIVID NPIULLAN. ( AtJoust 21, 1,334 Encampment of Policia cerse I,IIIIIIERE will be an Encampment of Vol} jta- unteers formed at Gettysburg, in Ad mq County, Pa. commencing on Thursday the 13th of September next, nod to continuer tot three days. The Encampment will be brined by the "A merman Union Hat talion,'' but the ditl;.rent Volunteer Conmanieq with in the Wends a Adamm and thi• "io,horin g Countieg, are all invited to attend: .0, al4o the Commissioned aril Stuff Aker.: of \llk tut, ()law 2tl Bri! , atle, 5111Dctrio,,i1 Til Tents, fuel, lc:C. ".1!1 :I" 1!I quartntio , !r• T. C. ',1`1!,1,1 . 1t. (;.,,. S \I A. B KIM& l'Z, B. F. NIeCONALJG %VAL KING, Commttiee of Arrangement. Gettysburg, July 3, Is3t3. to-14 NOIPICE. rival Subscriber, desirous that the affairs IL of his deceased son, CH A R LES F. HIM ES, should be settled up as soon as pos. sible, gives notice to those indebted to his Estate, either by Note, Book Account, or otherwise, to settle the same on or in fore the Est of October next; and to ntliird a con venient opportunity fur such settlements, he will attend at the hotel of llr %Vita M'Clel Gettysburg,every Tuesday afternoon, until that time. Those who have any claims against said deceased, are requested to pre sent the same, properly authenticated, for settlement. GEORGE 11111 ES, Adsn'r. August 14.1 , 188. 61-20 Temperance Convention. IN pursuance of a resolution of IPtl ja• May last, a convention of Delegates from the difleront Temperance Societies of Franklin Co. will be held in Chambersburg, on Friday the 7th day of September next. The Sociekics are respectfully requested to take timely measures to he represent ed by six or more Delegates from each, and furnish such information, as may be calcu lated to advance Temperance effort and re limn within our hounds.----Temperance, Societies of neighboring Counties aro res pectfully invited to favor us with a repre sentation. FRED. SMITH, g "LAMP BERLIN, RICHARD BOND, a JAMES NIOR ROW, I g JOHN SMITH, J August 7, IQ3B. tul-P4 TEACHER WANTED. rirtHE subscribers having determined to M- establish an additional School in the Borough of Gettysburg, are desirous of em ploying a TEACHER, competent to leach the following branches—namely: Reading, Writing, Arethmetir, English Grammar, Geography, Book-Keeping, Surveying, Algebra and Geonicry. To such an one, employment and a liberal salary will be giv en. Apply to the subscribets,in the Borough of Gettysburg. T. STEVENS, rn n G. CHRITZM AN, I g: WM. N. IRVINE, JAMES COOPER, 5 - 1 - A. B. KURTZ, W. 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