Tlouse of ni-presenfatlvcs shall be administer- I
id by one of the Judges of the Siiprera? Court I
rrofft('oiirtfi(.l'irnn:'m I'leas, h-urned in the
law. in the hull of the hi, use to which ihe imm-
bt-rs shall be ilccted.
AHTKLE VIII.
RrriTRAOw Ant ei.wctionp.
Pbttton 1. Every malp citizen tpntr-nne
J'enrs of &?t. possf-ssin;r tho following fiinlill
Oitlous, Rlinll tie entitled to voteat hII elections:
First, Hp fhall have hppn a citizen of the
Unttc;l States nt l?:st one month.
!-ocond. Heshu'.l hive resided in the State one
year (or if, hmiiiir previously been a quilined
doctor or native burn citizen of the Mute, lie
hull have removed therefrom "' returned,
then six. months) imiiicdiaifcly pricediiiK the
lection. ,
Third. Tie shall have resided In the election
district whi le lie slmll offer to vote lit I'-ast two
ui .iillij ioimediiitely preemJmjr the election.
Fourth. If twenty-two yeiirs of aire or up
ward", he sliall have raid within two years a
h!te or enmity tax, wliich shall have been as-
r-sxed at least twii mnnthi and paid ut leu.-t
ce month before the election.
Sec. 2. The ft'eral election shall be held an
nually on th- rur"day net fullnwinjf the first
Hotj'iTiy of November, but the General Assem
bly may by law fix u different day, two-thirds
of nil t'.ie members of each bouse consentinir
t'.'rrcto.
Sei 3. All elections for city, ward, borotiirh,
and township oITb-tsi-s, for regular terms of scr
i shall be held on the third Tuesday of
y.bruary.
Sec. 4. All elections by the citizens shall be
tiv ballot. I'verv ballot voted shall lie num
berv 1 in the nr.lcr in which it shall be received,
an 1 the number recorded by the election offi
cer on the list of voters, opposite the name of
fie elector who present1" the ballot. Any elec
tor may write his r.ame upon his ticket, irr
Cause the same to be written thereon and at
tested by a citizen of the district. The election
o'Bcers shnll be sworn or allirtned not to dis
close how any elector shrill have voted unless
r.-qiifred to do so as witnesses in a judicial ro
c e lin if.
eeo. ft. Electors snail in all cases except trea
son, felony, ii-.xl breach or surety of the pence.
Le pilvileired I mm arrest aurtiitf their attend-
e nee on elect bins and ia jfoins to and returning
therefrom.
Sec. 6. Whenever any or the qualified electors '
of tliit Commonwealth sh.ill be it' act ual mili- !
t.iry service, under a requisition from the
l iesident of the L'nited States or by the au
thority of this Commonwealth, such electors
lu.ty xercise the risrht of ftiitTrnire in all elec
tions by the citizens, under such regulations us
are or shall be prescribed by law, as fully as if
t'.iey were present ut their usual places of elcc
lion.
Sec 7. AH laws repulatinjr the holding: of
lections by the citizens or for te registration
of electors shall be uniform throughout the
ftate, but no elector shall lie deprived of the
iri vileire of voting by reason of his name not
bidn- registered.
Sej. 8. A ny person who shall jrive. or promise
or offer to srivo to an elccto , any money, re
v ard or other valuable consideration for his
otPt an election or fur withholding the same;
or who shall give or promise to give such con
federation to any other person or party tor
a .eh elector's vote, or tor the withholding
t. icreof. and any elector who shall receive or
trec to receive, for himself or for another,
any money, rewaid or other valuable conside
ration for his vote at an election, or for with
holding the same, shall thereby forfeit the
r ght to vote at such election, and any rlector
whose ritfht to vote shall be challenged for
s.icb cause before the election officers shall be
required to swear or atllrm that the matter of
the challenge is untrue before his vote shall
lie received.
SEC.ii. Any person who shall, while a candi
date for otlieo. be guilty of briliery, fraud, or
willful violation of any election law, shall be
forever disqualified from holding any office of
trust or profit in this Co-nmonwealth ; and any
person convicted of willful violation of the
election laws, shnll, in addition to any penal
ties provided by law. be deprived ot the right
cf suffrage absolutely for a term c f four years.
cec- iu. in tnais ot contested elections, and
In proceedings for the investigation of elec
tions, no person shall be permitted to withhold
his testimony on the ground that it may crim
inate himself or subject him to public infamy;
b't such testimony shall not afterwards be
used ngaiust him in any judicial proceeding,
except for perjury in givinir such testimony.
Sec. 11. Tuwti-hips and wards of cities or bor
oughsshall form or be divided into election dis
tricts of compact and coutiguous territory, in
tuch manner as the Court of Quarter Sessions
of the city or county in which the same are lo
cated may oirect; but district in cities ot over
(tie hundred t housund inhabitants shall be di
vided by the Courts of Quarter Sessions having
Jurisdiction therein whenever at the next pre
ceding election more than two hundred and
tifty votes shall have been polled therein ; and
other ejection districts whenever the court of
the proper county shall be of opinion that the
convenience of the electors and the public in
terests will be promoted thereby.
St:c. 1. All elections by persons In a repre
sentative capacity shall be viva voc.
Sec. 13. For the purpose of voting, no person
ahull be deemed to have gained a residence by
reason of his presence, or lost it by reason of
lo absence while employed in the service, ei
ther civil or military, of this State or of the
I. uited States, nor while engaged in the navi
gation of i.he waters 'if the State orof the l'ni
ted Slates, or on the hijh sea, nor while a stu
dent of any institution of learning, nor while
k.-pt in any poor house or cither asylum at piib
1 c expense, tior wliileconCned in public prison.
Sec. 11. District election boards shall consist
of a judge and two inspectors, who shall be
c hosen annually by the citizens. Kach elector
fhall have the rteht to vote for the judge and
u" inspector, arid each inspector shall appoint
one clerk. The first election board for any new
ilistriet shall bo selected, and vacancies iii elec
tion boards filled .is si all be provided bv law.
Election officers kIk'.II be privileged from arrest
upon days of election and while engaged in
making up and transmitting returns, except
upon warrant of a court or record or judge
thereof for an election f rami, for felon v, or for
w mton hreach of the peace. In cities they
r:av claim exemption from jury tiuty during
t Iieir tet ins of service.
Sec. l."i. No peron shall be qualified to serve
as an election nfiieer who shall hold, or shall
vithin two month havo held any fifioe, ap
pointment, or employment in or under the
Oovernment of the Toiled States, or of this
State, or or any city or county, or of any mu
nicipal hoard, commission, or trust in any city,
f ive only justices or the peace and aldermen,
notaries public, and persons in the militia ser
vice oi the State; nor shall nnv elecMon officer
be eligible to any civil ofriee to be filled nt an
f lection at which he shnll serve, save only io
ruch subordinate municipal or Iocs! offices' be
low the grade of city or county offices as hull
be designated by general law.
Sec l'J. The Courts of Common Tleas of trw
several counties of thi? Commonwealth shall
have power within their respective jurisdic
tions to appoint overseers of elect'on to super
vise the proceedings of election officers, and to
make report to the court as may be required
t-ueh appointments to be made for any district
In a city or county, upon petition of' five eiti-B-ns,
lawful voters of such election district,
ctt.ng forth that such appointment is a rea
tollable precaution to secure the pu-ity nd
I in ties of elections; overseers shall be two in
number ior an election district, shall bo resi
dents therein, and ttiail be persons qualified to
berve upon election boards, and in each case
loeinovrs or different political parties; when
ever the members of an election board shall
.UTer in opinion, the overseers, if thev shall be
agreed thereon, s'anll decide the question of
. Uerence; in appointing overseers of election,
bli the law Judges or the proper court, able to
act at the time, shall coucur in the oppoint-ini-nts
mu lt!. '
Sec. 17. The trial and determination of con
t!?,e' elections of electors of President and
Ice President, members of the Ceneral As
sembly and ol all public officers, whether
Mute, Judicial, municipal, or local, shall he by
tiie courts or law. or by one or more of the law
Judtres thereof ; the General Assembly shall, by
general law. desirnite the courts and judues
by "horn the several ehtsse of election ton
lit , - i ''-' J-Hiid reirulate the manner or
I, el. in 1" ."li't'c-ps1 incident thereto; but no
fts vere.rs:t-rn',,?e i'i!'i?,i:c,io"' "r regulating
Its exercise, shall apply to any contest arising
out of an election held before its passage
AKTU'I.K IX.
TAXATION AND FINANCE.
SECTION I. All taxes shall i.o umfr.n open
tb.- same elisor sul j-.-s ithin the terriioYiul .
1. nuts or the nuthov fv levying the tax i! .l i
.hflll he levied ,.r.d, llce,cd under 4 " !
laws: but ihi inui a r -'
. i "i"i mav. ov gen
eral laws exempt from taxation piibhe pro
).erty used for public purposes, actual places
f rc-l.glous worship, places or burial not used
or hel l for privateor corporate prctit.und in
s;itut:oos of purely public eharitv.
Sec 2. AH laws exempting property from
taxation, ruber than the property above euu-
tini hil-u, 2 1 1 :i ii i.c mi
brc 3. J he power lo tax corporations
vuif'urnie properly saa u not no surienJe
puspenue.i n nny contract or grant to
tin State shall be a party.
Mil.'. 4. No debt s!;;;ll be create ! bv or on be
half of the Srnte, except to supply casual defi
ciencies of revec.jo. repel Invasion, suppress
Insurrection, defend the State in wr.r, or t. ;i-i y
Jtistinrr debt, and the debt created to supply
rSeneieneles in revenue shall never exceed iii
"KregMte at one time one million of dol-
rSC"i" U hxln ""'horlzlng the borrowing
or m -n -y by a.i h,-i,:,f of the Scit. )!!
.'.. V.'t lno P""""-' ''T which the money is to
tlH? borrowed Blmll be
new debt, or Increase its indebtedness to an amount
exceeding to per centum upon such assessed vl
tnilion "f property without th.: assent of the elect
ors thereof, at a public election, in such manner as
eh:i!l be provided by law.but any cily, the debt of ,
which now exceeds seven per centum of Filch as- :
eatsed valuation, may be aut honied hy law to in
crease the same three per centum in the aggregate
at any tins time upon such valuation. j
Sec. 9. The Commonwealth shall not assume the ,
debt, or any pnrt thereof, of any citv, countv, bur- 1
ou2h or township, unless su lulebt s"liall have been' ,
contracted to enable the State to repel invasion,
suppress domestic Insurrection, defend itself in
time of war, or to assist the State in the discharge
of any portion of its present indebtedness.
Sec. 10. Any countv, township, school district, or
other municipality incurring nnv indebtedness, !
shall. At or before the time of so doing, provide for ;
the collection ef an annual tax sufficient to pay the
interest and also the principal thereof within thiry ,
years. I
Stc. 11. To provide for the payment of the pres-
cnt State debt and any additional debt contracted
as aforesaid, the (lene'rnl Assembly shall continue j
and main'ain the sinking fund sufficient to pay the ;
' the aceiuing interest on such debt, and annually to i
I reiiuee the priueipal thereof by a sum not less than
' ttfo hundred and fifty thousand dollars; the said
. sinking fund shall eonsist of the proceeds of the ;
1 gales of the public works or any part thereof, and j
j of the income or proceeds of the sale of any s ocks :
owned by the Commonwealth, together with other
i fun !s and resources that mav be designated by
! law. and shall tie increased from time to time bv
j assigning to it any part of the tuxes or other rcve
I nues of t lie tUate not required for the ordinary and
I current expenses of government ; anil unless in cas i
j of war. invasion, or insurrection, no part of the sai l
' s:nk:cgfund shall be used or applied otherwise than
in the extinguishment of the public debt.
I Sac. li The moneys of the State, over and above
the noccfsary reserve, shall bo used in the payment
of the debt of the State, either directly or through
the- sinking iund, and the moneys of' the sinking
fund shall never be invested in or loaned upon the
security of anything except the bonds of the l'nited
States or of this S;ate.
Ski:. 13. The moneys held as necessary reserve
shall be limited by luw to the amount rcq'uired for
current expenses, and shall be secured and kept
as may be provided by law. Monthly statements
snail be published showing the amount of such
inon yi, where the same are deposited, and how
cured.
Sec 14. The making of profit out of the public
moneys, or using the same for any purpose not au
thorized by law, by any officer of the State or mem
br or officer of the Oeneral Assembly, shall be a
misdemeanor, and shall be punished as may be pr
vided by law, but part of such punislununt shall be
a disoualilieution to hold office for a period of not
less than five years.
A1JT1CL.K X.
KDl'CATIOX
Section 1. The Oeneral Assembly shall provide
for the maintenance and support of a thorough
and efficient system of public schools, wherein all
the children of this Commonwealth, above the age
of six years, may be educated, and shall appro
priate nt least one million dollars each year for
that purpose.
Sue. 2. No money raised for the support of the
public schools of the Commonwealth shall be ap-
fice wlicn this constitution shall take effect shall
continue until their commissions severally expire.
Two judge!? in addition to the number now coiuo
sing the said court shall be elected atthe first gen
eral election after the adoption of this constitution.
Sec. 11. All courts of record and all existing
Courts which are not specified in this constitution
shall continue in existence until the first day of
lieccmbcr, lu the yearone thousand eight hundred
and seventy-five, without abridgement of their pre
sent jtrr'.s lirtljn, Lut nr longer. The Court of
First Criminal Jurisdiction for the counties of
Schuylkill, Lebanon and Dauphin is hereby iibol
lsheu"; anil all causes and proceedings pending
therein in the county of Schuylkill shall be tried
and disposed of in the Courts" of ( (ver an 1 Term
iner and (Quarter Sessions of the 'Peace of said
county.
Sec. 12. The registers' courts now in existence
shall be aliolished on the first day of January next
succeeding the adoption of this constitution.
Sec. 13. The Oeneral Assembly shall, at the
next session after the adoption of this constitution,
designate the several judicial districts as required
by this constitution. The judges in commission
, 11. No corporate body to possess banking ' when such designation shall be made shall con
scounting privileges shall be created or or- j tinue during their unexpired terms judges of the
new uisincisiu wuie-ji mey resioe. Jiui wiien mere
propriated to or used for the support of any sect a- j officers.
shiU be paid or secured bcioresuch taking, injury,
or d strnetion. Tho t.eneral Assembly is hereby
prohibited from depriving any person ol an appeal
f r m any freliminary assessment of damages
against any such cu"fMirationsor individuals, madf;
tv viewers or otherwise: and tho amount of sueh
damages, in all cases of appeal, shrill, on the de- ;
niand of either party, be determined by a jury ae- ,
cording to the course of the common law. " j
Skc. 9. Every banking law sliall provide for the
reiristrv and counters:iru!ng bv an officer of the '
State, of all notes or bills designed for circulation,
and that ample security to the felt a mount thereof
shall be dejwisitcd with the Auditor Oeneral for ,
the redemption of such notes or bills.
Sec. 10. The Oeneral Assembly shall have the
power to alter, revoke, or annul any eharter of in-
corporation now existing, and revocable at the
adoption of this cons' itution. or any that may here-
nficr be createtf. wherever in their opinion "it my
i be injurious to the citirens of this Commonwealth,
! in such manner, however, that no injustice shall lie
done to the corjiorat ors. No law hereafter enacted
shall create, renew, or extend the charter of more
I than one corporation.
; s EC.
', ami di
, ganized in pursuance of any law without three
mouths' previous public notice at the place of the
i intended location, of the intention to apply for sueh
irivilcges, in such manner as shall be prescribed
iy law. nor shall a charter for such privilege be
granted for a longer period than twenty years.
I Sec. 12. Any association or corporation organ
I ized for the purose. or any individual, sliall have
the right to consrruet anil maintain lines of tele
' graph within this State, end to connect the same
with other lines ; and the Oeneral Assembly shall.
, by ceneral law of uniform operation, provide rea
sonable regulations to give full effect to this sec
tion. Xo telegraph company shall consolidate
with or hold a controlling interest iii the sfock or
bonds of any other telegraph cfunpany owning a
competing line, or acquire, by purchase or other
wise, any other cometing line of telegraph.
Sec. 13. The term '"corporations " as used in this
article, shall tie construed to include all joint stock
companies or associations having any of the powers
or privileges rf corporations not possessed by indi
viduals or partnerships.
AKTICI.E XVI t
KAILROADS AND CANALS.
Section 1. All railroads and cana's shall be
public highways, ai d all railroad and canal com-
i pairies slic.it be common carriers. Any association
i cr corporation organized ior the purpose shall have
the right to construct and operate a rauroau oc
tween any points within this State and to connect
at the State line with railroads of other States.
Every railroad company shall have the right with
its road to intersect, connect with, or cross any
other railroad, and sliall receive and transport each
the others' passengers, tonnage, and cars, loaded
or empty, without delay or discrimination.
Sec. i Every railroad and canal corjMiration or
ganized in this State shall maintain an office
therein, where transfers of its stock shall be made,
j and wher? its books shall be kept for inspection by
! r.ny stockholder or creditor of such corporation, in
i which shall be recorded the amount of capital
' s-ock subscribed or paid in, and by whom, the
! names of the owners of its stock and the amount
j owned by them, respectively, the transfers of said
s.ock, ami tne names anu piecs oi rcsiucnce oi us
nan school
Sec. 3. Women twenty-one years of age and up
wards shall be eligible io any office of" control or
ummigcuicnt under the school laws of this State.
ARTICLE XI.
MILITIA.
Pectiox 1. The freemen of this Common wealth
shall be armed, organized and disciplined for its de
fense when uud in such manner as mav be directed
by law. The General Assembly shall provide for
niaiiilaing the militia by appropriations from the
Treasury of te.e Commonwealth, anil mav exempt :
from military service persons having conscientious
scruples against bearing arms.
ARTICLE XIL
rt l-.LIf OFFICERS.
Sections 1. All officers whose selection is not pro
vided lor in this constitution shall be elected or ap
pointed as may be directed by law.
Sec 2. No member of C-ongrcss from this State,
nor any person holding or exercising any office or
apiMiiniiuent of trust or profit under tlie l'nited
States, shall at the same time hold or exercise anv
otliee in Hiis State to which a salary, fees, or perqui
sites shall be attached. The General Assembly mav
by law declare wh it offices are incompatible.
Sec. 3. Any person who shall fight a duel er send
a challenge for that purpose, or be aider or abettor
in fighting a duel, shall be deprived of the right cf
holding any office of honor or profK In this State,
and n.ny be otherwise punished as shall he pre
scribed by law.
ARTICLE XIII.
SEW COUNTIES.
Section 1. No new county shall be established
wh.eh shall reduce any county to less than lour
hundred suuare miles, or to less than twenty tlion-
sjnJ inhabitants ; nor shall any coun'y be formed
oi icss area, or contain.ng a less population, nor
Sec. S. All Individuals, associations, and cor
porations shall have equal right to have persons
and property transjiorted over railroads and ca
nals, and no undue or unreasonable discrimination
hail be made in charges for or in facilities for
transportation of freight or passengers within the
S;ate, or coming from or going to any other State.
I'ers-ir.s and property tran?xrted ovcrany railroad
shall be delivered at any station at charges not ex
ceeding the charges for transiortation of persons
li nd properly ot the same class in the same direc
tion to any more distant station: but excursion
and commutation tickets may be isrued at sjiecial
ra'-cs.
Sec. 4. To railroad, canal, or other corporation,
or the lessees, purchasers, or managers ol any rail
road or canal corporation, shall consolidate the
siock, propersy, or franchises of such corporation
with, or lease or purchase the works or franchises
of. or in any way control any other railroad or ca
nal corporation owning or hiving under its control
a parallel or competing line, nor shall any officer
of such railroad or canal corporation act as an offi
cer of any other railroad or canal corporation own
ing or having the control of a parallel or com
peting lin- and the question whether railroads or
canals arc parallel or competing lines shall, when
demanded by the party complainant, be decided by
a jury as in other civil issues.
Sec. 5. No incorporated compsny doingthe busi
ness of a common carrier shall, directly or indirect
ly, prosecute or engage in mining or manufacturing
urticlcs for traiisx.rta ion over its works, nr shall
such company, oircctly or indirectly, engage in
any other business than that of common carriers,
or hold or acquire lands, freehold or leasehold, di
rectly or indirectly, except such as shall be neces
sary for Carrying on its business; but any mining
or manufacturing company may carry the products
of its mines and manufactories on its railroad or
can il not exceeding tifty miles in length.
rKr. o. o president, director, officer, agent, or
shall any line thereof puss within ten miles of the employee of any railroad or canal company shall
ne interested, directly or fn lirectlv, in the lurnish
ing of material or supplies to such company, or in
tne ousmcss oi transportation as ti common carrier
I
county seat of any county promised to he divided.
ARTICLE XIV.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Section 1. Count v officers shall coTs'Bt nf sVier.
ills, coroners. proiho"notar;es. registers or wills, re- 1
cor lers of deeds, commissioners, treasurers, sur
veyors, auditors, or controllers, clerks of the
district attorneys, ond sueh others as mav from
time to time be established bv law ; and no'shcriff
or treasurer shall be eligible for the term next bu !
ceu.ling the one for which he mav he elected. j
Sec. 2. County officers shall "be elected at the '
general elections, anil shall hold their offices for
the term of three years, b'inning on the first '
Monday of January next after their elect ion. and
until their successors shall be duly qualified; all '
vacancies not otherwise provided for shall be filled
in sueh manlier ss may be provided by law. !
Sec. 3. No person shall beapK)in!cJ to any office
withiu any county who shall not have been a citizen 1
and an inhabitant therein one vear next before his
appointment, if the countv shnll have been so long
ereeted, but if it sliall not" have been so long erect- I
ed. then with;n t he limits of the count v or counties
out of which it sliall have been taken." i
Sec. 4. Prothonoiaries, clerks or the courts, re- I
cordcrs of deeds, registers of wills, coiinlv survey-
ors. and sh-erifls shall keep their offices inthecouii- i
tv town of the county in which thev respective v
shnll be officers.
Sec 5. The compensation of count v officers shall
be regu:-tcd by law, and all countv dicers who
are or maybe salaried sliall pay all ie'es hich they
may be authorized to receive "into the treasury of
the county or State, as may be directed bv law. " In
counties containing over one hundred and fifty
thousand inhabitants ail countv ottiecrs shall be
paid by salary, and the salary cf anv such otficer
and his clerks, heretofore paid bv fees, shall not
exceed the aggregate amount of fees earned dur
ing his term and collected bv or for him.
Sec. 6. The General Assembly shall provide bv
law f.,r the s.rict accountability of all countv,
township and borough officers, as well fur the fees
which may be collected bv them as for all public
or municipal moneys which may be paid to them.
Ssr. 7. Three county commissioners and three
county auditors shiill be elected in each county
where sueh officers are chosen, in the year one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, and every
third year thereabcr: and in thc'elect ion of said
oh-icers each qualified elector shall vote for no more
than two persons, and the three persons havin' the
higest number of votes shall be elected: anv cas
ual vae-anoy in the office of countv commissioner or
county auditor sliall be filled bv ihe Court of Com
mon I'leas of thn count v in whieh sueh vacancy
shall occur, by the appointment or.m elcctorolth'e
proper county who sliall have voted for the com
missioner or auditor whose place is to be filled.
ARTICLE XV.
cities amo citv chartktts,
Pttr-rios i. Cities may be chartered whenever a
""j '-'-.' " electors oi any town or toroiir!i
ill
I-. , ---- - iw'imi r l irviUIIX
laviiig a population of at least ten thousand sha
-. onaaio in nivor oi tne same.
Stic. - No debt .shall be contracied or liability
incurred by any municipal commission, except iii
pur.-uancc of an appropriation previously made
therefor by the municipal government
iW' Y;KT? cil v "i'-H create a sinking fund.
ARTICLK XVI.
PRIVATE CORPOIlATlON-fl.
SncTiox 1. All existing charters, or grants of
special or exclusive priviirg, s, under whieh a Ikuui
tr.e organization shall not have taken place and
business been commenced in good faith at the time
of the adoption or this eonsLuuaon, shall thereaf
ter havo no validity.
.KSrr-r"' The r,L"nor'11 Assembly shall not remit
the forfeiture of the chir'er of anv corporation now
ex.stmg. or alter or amend the same, or pass anv
other general or spochil law for the benefit of such
i y'Toi."iou. except uiN.n the condition that such
; corporation shall thereaucr hold its charter subject
to the provisions of thi? constitution
i m.Tithn !'e ex,;""l-i" ,,f, ,,,e r!'t eminent do
or r .r i . "" be "bYMK-' "" construed as to
Toier'v , ',1 A"-r-"1" t"m taking the
exercise of,-ht
sa construed t ' . "...i V"'' "V1 VT.."K '"'ridged or
US and ; tU-ir l.us nln sueh man nr as to'?,, ric"''
Sec. 4. In :
of freight or passengers over the works owned,
leased, con. rolled or worked by sueh company.
Sec. 7. No discrimination in "charges or fieiiitics
for transportation shall be made between transpor
tation companies and individuals, or in favor of
either, by abatement, drawback, or otherwise, and
no railroad or canal company, or any lessee, mana
ger, or employee thereof, snail make any prefer
ences in furnishing cars or mt4ive power.
Sec. 8. Xo railroad, railway or other transporta
tion company shall grant free passes or passes at a
discount, to any persons except otficers or employ
ees of the company.
Sec. 9. Xo street passenger railway sliall be con
structed within the limits of r.ny citv, borough or
township without the consent of" its local authori
ties. Sec. 10. Xo railroad, canal or other transporta
tion company, in existence at the time of the adop
tion of this article, shall have the benefit of any fu
! turc legislation by general or special laws, except
i on condition of complete acceptance of all the pro
visions of this article.
I Sec. li. The existing powerand duties of the
; Auditor General in regard to railroads, canals, and
' ot her transportation companies, except as to their
: accounts, are hereby transferred to the Secretary
j of Internal Affairs", who shall have a general su
i pervision over them, subject to such regulations
( and alterations as shall lie provided by law: and
in addition to the annual reiorts now required to
be ma le, s.iid Secretary mav require special re
; iKirts at any time upon any subject relating to the
, business of said companies from any olUcer or ffi
; ccrs thereof.
Sec. 12. The General AssemWv shall enforce bv
appropriatc Kg slation the provisions of this ar
! tide.
j ARTICLE -XV IF!.
I Tt-TXKE AMENDMENTS.
I Section 1. Any amendment or amendments toJ
, nun i onsi muion may be proposed in the Senate or
i House of Representatives and if the same sliall be
agreed to by a majority of the members elected to
each house, such proposed amendment or amend
: ments shall be entered on th;ir journals, with the
1 yeas and nays taken thereon, and the Secretary of
t he Common wealth luill cause the same to be pub-
lished three months before the next general elec
; tion in at least two newspapers in cverv countv in
, which such newspapers sliall be published ; an.'i jff
in the General Assembly next afterwards chosen-
such proposed amendment or amendments shall be
agreed to by a majority of the members, elected to
each house, the Secretary of the Commonwealth
' shall cause tho same again to be published in the
manner a foresaid, and sueh proposed ninen i tnent
or amendments shall be submitted to the qualified
electors of the State in such manner and at such
time, at least three months after being so agreed
to by the two houses, as the General Assembly
shall prescribe ; and if such amendment or amend
ments shall he approved by a majority of those
voting thereon, such amcnd"ment cr amendments
sliall become a part of the constitution; but no
uiueiminciii or amendments shall be submitted
oftener than once in five vears: when two or more
amendments shall be submitted they shall be voted
uiion separately.
:i olnni; . .
of a corporation each member or shareho: ,i..r "TT.!
VrV U1,; ViCUl uu:"l:r 01 his votes for one la Ji.
. ate, ord;s.r.l,ute thm upon two or more ca d
dates, as he may prefer. laudi-
SE'"5'..Xu t,:l'in i-orporation shall do anv busi
ness in this State without having one or more
known plac. s of business, and an au'.hor,7d aiciJ
or agents in the same, upon whom process mav bo"
served. J
Sec. 6. Xo corporation sliall engage In any bus'
ness other than that extrctlv iiutii..r,,...r
charter, nor shall it take or hold any real estate
Sec. 0. The er,..li, r '" "'"LU" . ." V- .. ! VXL. Vt ' '' a-inay be necessary and proper for its
not ba Dlcdired i.r l . eattn snail leg.tunate business. .....i . rovcrnor shall be e ectcd
?v e n-nr ! 7. Xo corpor.Vion shall issue stocks or h..,l. 1"2T.la".- this constitution.
mantr.-A't.h h,. " ".- "' nur ?"? 5-!U- i except for money, labor done, or money or n.r.v v. 1 Secretary of
enreomoTnrs i actually received: and all fictitious increase of un ofTV, . . "'lr1
S.c. 7 ThoOcrorit .,,ni i t V, . . ' " or in-ieoteuuess sua 1 be vo d : the stock and si,, n i ' i , . ; auu wnei
Iz. nV coun?r mtauthor- Indebtedness of corporations shall Vt be ,sed si ulv electe.l a-,d qualifi
I : ?;?Z - -khohleV'irV aco-nt XTin "LSI.. " XuZ?
u 'n, itswuiiuiun oi arno-i' ,m .,k.-i - ... ... uuiuiuk his larger ot ihis
I ronria'e momr for or ti !.... o. j.. . '
, .. . - .v.... lta .Ticiiu. io anv cor-
I irath.n. asociafim, institution or in livi bi-
Sac 8. Th debt of any county, c!v. Woii-h
o- Incorporate 1 district, except as herein provided
t ml! a -vnr -xeed sevon per eentum upon the ajs!
fsm v.iln of the tax ible propcr.y th
t!i:T Eny. s;i -h mtiaicip.ilitr or 'lisiiict
Umjii the as-
erein, nor
mcor any
value of the suck first ohtuino.i at .
meeting to be held after sixty days' notice given in
pursuance of law.
.'Si'- Municipal and othercorporations and in
dividuals Invested with the pr.vilegeof takiu ' pri
vato property for public use shall make jusi eom
pnsition for property taken, injured or destroyed
riy the construction er enlargement of their works
ii.fiiways. or improvements, which compens.n.lon
srriKDfhn
That no inoonvenience may arise fram the Changs
.ii me i-oiiMitunun oi tne I'onnnonwcaltn. and in
order to carry the .ame into complete operation,
it is hereby declared that :
Section- l. This constitution shall take effwt
on the first i!ay of January, in the vear one thou
sand eight hundred and seventy-four, for all pur
poses not otherwise provided f if therein.
Sec. 2. All laws in force in this Commonwealth
at tho time of the adoption of this constitution not
inconsistent therewith, ami all rights, actions.
i-ioriiiu.ona, and contracts, shall continue as if
...... iv., muiiou nan not been adopted.
Sec. 3 At the general election in the vcars one
thousand eight hundred nnd seventy-four and one
thonsand eight hundred and seventy-five Senators
shall ba elected m all districts where there shall
be vacancies Those elected in the vear one thou
sand eight hundred and aevent v-four shall serve
for two vcars. and those elected in the vear one
thousand eutht hundred and seventy-five shall
serve for onw year. Senators now elected, and those
whose terms unexpired, shall represent the districts
in which they reside nntil the end of the terms for
which they were elected.
Sec. 4. At the general election in the year one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-six. Senators
shall be elected from the even numbered districts
to serve for two years, and from old numbered dis
tricts to serve ior four years.
Sec. 5. The first election of Governor under this
constitution shall be at the general election in the
year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five
when a Governor shall be elected for three years;
and the term of the Governor elected in tho vear
cum thousand eight hundred and Sevent v-eighl and
of those thereafter elected shall be for "four years,
according to the provisions of this constitution.
sec. 6 At the general election in the year one
thousan l eight hundred and sevont v-four a Lieu-
accorrtiug to the
Internal Affairs shall
ral election after the adop
i the saul otficer
ed. the office of
shed, and the Sur-
l.e nf V. n.t. -...!....
Constitution Shall .-ontir...
expiration of the tern, ior which he was Vt"
o. iv tii'u tne Nnnpr ntjin.lt r,w,I
shnll 1.x. ,' - ruuiic in-
shall be two judges residing in the same district,
the president judge shall elect to which district he
shall be assigned ; and the additional law judge I
shall be assigned to the other district. I
Sec. 14. The General Assembly shall, at the next
succeeding scssioimftcr each decenial census, and j
not oftener, designate tle several judicial districts :
as required by this constitution.
Sec. IS. Ju 'ges learned in the law of any court
of record holding commissions in force at the adop
tion of this constitution shall hold their respective :
offices uutil the expiration of the terms for which I
they were commissioned, and uutil their successors
sha'll b duly qualified. The Governor shall com
mission the president Judge of the Court of First
Criminal Jurisdiction for the counties of Schuyl
kill, Lebanon and Ihiuphin as a judge of the Court
of Common I'leas of Schuylkill county for the un
expired term of his office.
Sec. 16. After the expiration of the term of any
president judge of any Court of Common Pleas in
commission at the adopt ion of this constitution, the
judge of such court learned in the law and oldest
in commission shall be the president judge thereof,
and when two or more judges arc elected at the
same time in any judicial district, they shall dicide
by lot which shall be president judge ; but when
the president judgeof a court shall be re-elected he
shall continue to be president judge of that court.
Associate judges, not learned in the law, elected
after the adoption of this constitution, shall be
commissioned to hold their offices for the term of
five years from the first day of January next alter
their election.
Sec. 17. The General Assembly af the first ses
sion after the adoption of this constitution shall fix
and determine the condensation of the judges of
the Supreme Court and of the judges of the seve
ral judicial districts of the Commonwealth, and.
the provisions of the fifteenth section of the article
on Legislation shall not lie deemed inconsistent
herewith. Nothing contained in this constitution
shall be held to reduce the compensation now paid
to any law judge of this Commonwealth now in
commission.
Sec is. The Courts of Common Pleas In the
counties of Philadelphia and Allegheny shall bo
comiHised of the president judges of the Uistrict
Court and Court of t 'omiuon i'leas of said counties
until their ottiees shall severally end, and of such
other judges as may from time to time be selected.
Kor tSe purpose of first organization in Phila
delphia the judges of the Court number one shall
lie Judges Allison, Pierce and Paxson: of the
Court number two. Judges Hare, IVIitehcll and one
other judge to lie elected; of the Court number
three. Judges Ludlow, Finlctter and Lvnd, and of
the Court number four, Judges Thayer, "llriggs and
one other judge to be elected.
The judge first named shall be the president
judge of said courts respectively, and thereafter
tiie president judgz shall be the judge oldest in
commission; but any president judge re-elected in
the same court or oistrict shall continue to be pres
ident judge thereof.
The additional ju Iges for Courts numbers two
and four shall be voted for an 1 elected at the first
general election after the adoption of this constit u
lion in the s ;me manner as the two additional
judges of the Supreme Court, and thev shall de
cide by lot to which court they shall belong. Their
term of office shall commence on lh first Monlav
of January, in the year one thousand eight hun
dred and seventy-live.
Sec. 19. In the county of Allegheny, for the pur
pose of first organization under the'constitaiion,
the judges of the Court of Common 1'lcns atthe
time of the adoption of this constit ut inn shall be
the judges of the 'ourt n unifier one. and the judges
or the liistrict Court at tiie same date sliall bo the
judges of the Common Pleas number two.
The president judges of the Common Pleas and
Ilistriet Courts shall be president judges of said
t 'ourts mi in her one and two respectively, until their
offices shall end. and thereafter the judge oldest
in commission shall be president judge ; but anv
prcsident judge re-elected in the sa me court or dis
trict shall continue to be president judge thereof.
Sec. 2o. The organization of the Courts of Com
mon Pleas, twidcr this const it at ion. for the counties
of Philadelphia and Allegheny, shall take effect
on the first Monday of January, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-five, and existingcourts
in said .counties shall continue with their present
powers and jurisdiction until that date ; but no
new suits shall be instituted in the Courts of Nisi
Prills aftr the adoption of th.s constitution.
Sec. 21. The causes and proceedings pending in
the Court oT Nisi Prius. Court of Common Plots,
and Idstrict Court in Philadelphia shall he tried
nnd disposed of in the Court of Common Pleas.
The records and dockets of said courts shall be
transferred to the Prothonotary's office ot said
couuty.
Sec. 22 The causes and proceedings T.cnding in
the Court of Common I'leas in the countv of Allc
ghenys hall be tried and disjiosed of in 'the court
iiiiuilicr one: and the causes and proceedings pend
ing in the District Court shall be tried and disposed
of in the court number two.
Sec. 2:k The Prothonotarv of the Court of Com
mon Please of Philadelphia shall be first appoint
ed by the judges of said court en the first Monday
of December, in the yearone thousand eight hun
dred and seventy-live; and the p. resent Prothono
tary of the District Court in said county shall be
the Prothonotary of tho said Court of Common
I'leas until said date, when his eommiss'nn shall
expire, and the present Clerk of the Court of Over
and Terminer and Quarter Sessions of the Peace
in Philadelphia shall be the clerk of such court
until the expiration of his present commission on
the first .Monday of December in the vearone thou
sand eight r.un tred and seventy-five"
Sec. 24. In cities containing over fifty thousand
inhabitants (except Philadelphia) all aldermen in
olfice at the time of the adoption of this constitu
tion shall continue in office until the expiration of
thtir commission, and at the election for city and
ward officers in the year one thousand eight" hun
dred and seventy-live one alderman shall be elect
ed in each ward, as provided in this constitution.
Sec 25. In Philadelphia magistrates in lieu of
aldermcr, shall lie chosen as required in th.s con
stitution at the election in said city for city and
ward officers in the year one thousand eight hun
dred and seventy-five : their term of office shall
commence on the first Monday of April succeeding
their clectiijx " 6
The term of office of aldermen in said citv, hold
ing or entitled to commissions at the time of the
acoption or this constitution shall not be affected
thereby.
Sec 23. All persons in office in this Common
wealth, at the time of the adoption of this constitu
tion, and at the first elect ion under it, shall hold
their respective offices until the term for which
they have licen elected or appointed shall expire,
and until their successors shall be duly qualified,
unless otherWiSt. provided in this constitution.
Set. 27. The seventh article of this constitution,
prescribli.-g an oath of office, shall take effect on
and after the first day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-five.
Sec. 2H. The terms of oflicc or countv commission
sioncrs and countv auditors chosen prior to the
year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five
which shall not have expired before the first Mon
day in January, in the year one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-six, shall expire on that dav.
SKr.29. All State, county, city, ward, borough,
and township officers in oitic? a't the time of ilio
adoption of this consiiiiition, whose compensation
is not provided for by salaries a lone, shall continue
to receive the compensation allowed them by law
until tho expiration of their respective terms of
otiice.
Sec. 30. All State and judicial officers heretofore
elected, sworn, affirmed, or in otf.ee when this con
stitution shall take effect, shall severally, within
one month after such adoption, take and subscribe
an oath (or affirmation) to support this constitu
tion. Sec. 31. The General Assembly, at Its first ses
sion, or as Sixm as may be after the adoption of this
constitution shall pass such laws as may be neccs
ry to carry the same into full force ami effect.
" Skc 32. "The ordinance passed by this convention,
entitled "An ordinance for submitting the amend
ed constit ution of Pennsylvania to a vote of the
electors thereof," shall be held to be valid for all
the purposes thereof.
Sec atk The words "County Commissioners''
wherever used in this constitution, and in any or
dinance accompanying the same, shall beheld to
include the Commissioners for thucity of Philadelphia-Adopted
at Philadelphia, on the third dayofXo
vcmber. in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-three.
Office ok Secret a bv of the Commonwealth, )
llAUUisisL'no, Nov. 13. 1S73. (
number of properly prepared circulars of instruc
tions. The Commissioners of the several counties
shall cause to le printed at least three times as '
manv Allots of affirmative votes as there are vo
ters In each county and the same numberol nega- ,
tive votes; and the said Commissioners shall at
least tive days before said election, cause to be fair- 1
ly distrilyirtcd to the several election districts in
their respective counties, the said ballots, tally- ;
lists, returns, circulars of instructions, and such :
other books and papers as may be necessary. The !
ballot Fhall be printed or written in the following
form: On theontslle the words '-New Constitu
tion ;" in the Inside for all persons giving atlirma-
tive votes the words For the Xew Constitution." ,
and for all persons giving negative votes the words
"Against the New Constitution."
3. If it Fhull appear that a majority of the votes
polled are for the new Constitution, then it shall lie '
the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl-
vania on and after the first day of January, in the j
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and j
scveiity-four; but if it shall appearthat a majority I
of the votes polled were against the new Const it ii- i
tion, then it shall be rejected ami be null and void, j
4. Five Commissioners of Election, viz : Edwin I
H. Fitler, Edward Prownir.g, John P. Vcrree,
Henry S. Hagert. and John (). James, are hereby ;
appointed by I hi? Convent ion, whoshall havedirec- ;
tion of the election ujM.n t his amended Constitution i
in the city of Philadelphia. The said Commission- !
ers shall be duly sworn or affirmed to perform their
duties with impartiality and fidelity. They shall
also have power to fill vacancies in their own num.- ;
bcr. It shall be the duty of said Commissioners, or
a majority of them, and they shall have aulhority
to make "a registration of' voters Cur the several '
election divisions of said city, and to furnish the
lists so made to the election officers of each precinct
or division ; to distribute the tickets lor said city
provided lor by this ordinance to be usetl at the
election : to apioint a judge and two inspectors for
each election division, by whom the election there
in shall be held and conducted, and to give all ne
cessary instructions to the election officers regard
ing their duties in holding the election and in
making returns thereof. Xo person shnll serve as
an election officer who would be disqualified under
Section 15. Article 8, of the new Constitution. The
general return ot the elections in the said city sliall
Pe opened, computed and certified before the said
Commissioners, and with their approval which
approval shall lie endorsed upon their return.
Feminise Celrbritt. Waking up one
liundivd anil thirty-two girls at once can tx
done nowhere but iu Staunton, Va. An
omnibus drove up to a female seminary
there the other night at S'oclock, and did
it without a tlaw. They all sat Btock up
right in bed, clutching at each other in the
dark, and screamiug, "It must be a man!"
Somehow, nothiup; never happens that a
giil don't swear it is "a man." Of the
whole number, one hundred and twenty
eipht cried, "O, where is my pa?" The
old man is never wauted except when
trouble comes along. A girl may Lave a
bundled iicav dresses to t-liow, and it's "O,
mar' but the minute she stumps her toe.
it's "Where's my pa?," One hundred and
eight aid, "The' house is on fire!" and
startled downstairs, carrying one hundred
and six cologne bottles, ninety-eight copies
of IJj'ron one Shorter Catechism, one hun
dred and three braids and eighty-three
bustles. At breakfast next morning they
compared statistics. Julia lilopsdon made
the bottom step of the lowest flight, carry
ing her trunk, the washstand, the bed
stead, and two window-shutters, in two
minutes and twelve seconds. Julia is a
truthful scholar. Mary "Lobsby put up her i
back hair, fixed her banged front hair, and '
pinned on bruff in one minute and three j
seconds, and Ellen Pitchfelder put on both !
shoes, three pair of earrings, and a polo-
liaise in five seconds. lJut the prize eebol- j
ar excited the hatred and envy of all by
proving by the cook that she fainted "stone j
dead twice. Staunton indicator.
STEM EE!
The latest chost has made its appear-
Thev shall make report directed to the President , nnco Rt Green Kivcr, Kentucky. The fear-
oi mis uinvnuor, in ineir ouiciai action unuer . . , . , .
... .. . . fill riclfQIlt rliut tnaL'0 P91MI n!l
this ordinance and concerning the conduct of the
Bald election within the said city.
The Judges and Inspectors aforesaid shall con
duct the election in all respects conformably to the
g -neral election laws of this Commonwealth, and
like jiowers and duties to those of ordinary election
officers. Kach Inspector shall upsint one clerk
to assist the Hoard in the performance of itsduties,
and all the election officers shall tie duly sworn or
affirmed according to law. and shall jiossees all the
qualifications required by law of election officers
in this Commonwealth. At said election any duly
qualified elector who shall be".nnrcgistercd." shall
be permitted to vote upon making proof of his right
to the election offices, according to the general
election laws of this Commonwealth. Return in
spectors and their clerks and an hourly count of
the votes shall be dispensed with, but overseers of I
election may be selected for any precinct by said
Klection Commissioners, whose duties and tiowers '
shall lie the same as those of overseers of election 1
in said citv under exist ing election laws applicable j
thereto. Ijeturns ol the election shall be made in
said city as in the case of an election for Oovernor. j
hut a triplicate geueral return for said citv shall
be made out and forwarded to the President of this
Conventional Harrisburg. as is hereinafter provi
ded in case of county returns.
5. In each of the Counties of the Commonwealth,
(except Philadelphia.) the returns of the election
shall lie made as in the caseof an election for Gov
ernor, but the return judges in each eousnty shall
make out a triplicate county return and transmit
the same, within five days'after the election, di
rected to tlic President of this Convention, at Har
risburg. Hone in Convention this Third day of Xovember.
in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hun
dred and sevcntv-three.
JXO. H. WALKER, Prtfidrnf.
I). 1. I mb p. ik. Cl:rl;.
A true copy of ordinance of submission.
M. S. Ul. AY.
Secretaru of the Comiiiuiu.i't7-
Fast Trains. Some of the English
papers are disputing over the speed of
railway express trains, several of the prin
cipal lines claiming the doubtfol honors of
ruimiug the fattest trains. The latest tes
timony is in favor of the Great Western
express, which regularly makes the 773
miles between Paddington and Exeter in
87 minutes, or at the rate of 5'i-6'2 miles an
hour. This is far ahead of any time made
on American railways, though for a while
the Fort Wayne and Chicago route came
pretty near to it iu the attempt to reduce
the time between Xew York and Chicago
to twenty-nine hours. The English rail
way trains are unquestionably the fastest
in the world, and it used to be said that
they were the safest. But that can no
longer be boasted of them. Through care
lessness and other causes the famous Eng
lish railway system is breaking down.
Railway accidents aTe now of almost da Iy
occurrence in England. The latest mails
bring a resume of the mishaps for October.
It is a frightful list thirty-six in all. De
fective signal. ng, rotten material, want of
punctuality, insufficient brake' power, are
some of the explanations assigned. We
think that among these should be included
the excessive and unnecessary speed main
tained on the English lines. At fifty or
sixty miles an hour the strain upon the
wheels and all the machinery becomes
enormous, and the likelihood of something
breaking is greatly increased over that on
a slower train. At maximum speed trains
are more apt to fly the track, brakes to be
come inoperative, and when collisions or
other accidents do occur the consequences
are vastly destructive te passengers. The
road beds and tracks and bridges on some
of the English lines must be sadly injured
by the wear and tear of lightning ex
presses, and we are not surprised that the
black list for one month mount as high a
tuirty-six. journal oj commerce.
ful visitant that makes each particular hair
belonging to the natives of Green River to
imitate the fretful porcupine, is an old wo
man who was defrauded by a rascally
nephew. She had no sooner d"ed than she
commenced misbehaving herself. Just be
fore she expired she gave instructions as
to how she should be buried no pomp, no
ornament, and especially and particularly,
ne flowers. Her orders were strictly ob
served, except that after she was put iu
her cotfin a young lady, who had not heard
of her antipathy to flowers, placed a small
buuch on her breast. She had hardly
passed the floral testimonial of her respect
out of her hand when the corpse began to
move, and iu a few seconds the old woman
sat up in her cofliu and threw the flowers
at the young lady, who, frightened half
out of her senses, ran screaming from the
room, while all those who beheld the spec
tacle were shocked beyond measure. The
old lady, being apparently satisfied when
the oiTe.isive ornaments were removed,
quietly laid down and was buried in due
time. But she was no soouer down than
she was up again. The rascally nephew
aforementioned had no rest ; and what was
more abnormal and terrifying, she did not
haunt him in white like a well regulated
and ordinary ghost, but in her customary
suit of solemn black. That ghostly bom
bazine was too much for the rascally neph
ew, and he has left his home and moved to
parts unkuewn.
strueUou shall be duly qualined, Ti . "office Tof Sa
penntendent of Co-auion School, shall c,"
V.-N.ot.hinf i-':-tined in this cooLYt'utlon
enuii iro couBtruuu io render any person now hold
mg any State office ior a first official te ineiit
jplde ior re-election at the end of a-tch term
Si.c. !). Th ju.lg.-s of the Supreme Court in of.
Advertisiko in Duli, Times. The
Milwaukee TV tsconxin relates the follow
ing: After the crash of ISO 7, when every
body was almost scared to death, and the
croakers predicted that the country had
gone to smash, a dry goods house was
opened in this city. i, which proceeded on
the principle that in order to reach the
hoarded money in the pockets of the peo
ple the proprietors must sull at very rea
sonable prices and advertise largely. They
vvoiked vigorously upon this principle.
Their brother merchants who did not ad
vertise predicted that tho new comers
would be ruined, as they paid too much
for advertisiug. Nevertheless they per
sisted. In a single year they paid rivo.
hundred dollars in gold to the Daily Wis
co.uin for advertisiug, and at tike end of
seven years they retired from business with
a fortune of oue hundred thousand dolLus,
while other merchauU on the same street,
some of them opposite their store, had
failed.
We remember, say the New York rt,
a similar insVtnce among our own adver
tisers in the panic of 1837. A merchant
coutiuued his advertisement in our col
umns through the whole period of stagna
tion, and, notwithstanding the many pre
dictions that "it wouldn't pay." His tes
timony afterward was that his sales were
steady and his profits satisfactory, while
many a merchant around him who "could
not afford to advertise," saw his clerks
stand idle behind the counters.
A financial panic does not mean that no
one has any money. There is plenty of
1V1AI1 n.:..Al A
.utsui-v in me country, and those who
hoard it are just the ones to be eager for
the "liai ra;i," l.;i. -..ii .- - ! , , ,
s,1M86g -x.
STATIONARY g r-rm.L
".
hum Urn
The Best & Most Cim?lcle w
in the -MirkoU -
Iiejheit st-aixUrl of tI
manufacture of F. in -, 1: r-""
penalty. V."e W.- t. LHr '
works of the k-.nd u t r . "ij
pecially adajr.ej to , y- :
We keep cimstii-' n ... ..
E names, whicn wf ;rr.--: A ?., -": '
ana on the shur'es. t:.t:--. L--"',-f
Tieeially aiapt- 1 to M::i ,. Si r v-";
Tnn(.ri. f it'tftTi lut i Ti ..-.'""" -
Of manufacturing. '
"W are now ba '.dT; '"ne e--V-v
lar Saw Mill, bo: kii rj .."'.: "
We makethemanufaturof SjtV-
i 1 ii t ; i rt f r . 1 . .
Complt on the nhorist no 105.
Our aim in all cn.-a ia n f irr.i .
ualdf.-jrb'u?yofd.?'i.econo:aTtS '
Send for Circular and I'
UTICA STEAM ENCI
"CTICA., X. T.
yfOODr 2IOKUKLL4
WASHINGTON ST REIT
Near Pa. R.R. Depot, Johr.fc,
Wholesale and llcta'd li.ri
31II.I.Ii:StY GOOD
HARDWAI1E.
jUEi:XSVARF..
BCOTS AN I) S!;'"
HATS AN iiar?
CARPETS AND OIL l.(."r;s
KKADY-MAlEf
GLASS WARE. YH.lJ W V.
WOODEN AND WILLI 7.
PROVISIONS and FEED,
Together with all rennner of Wr.r
diich i FLOUR. BAC0J r
CAB BOX OIL. ic.. c
Zj Wholesale find reti!' p--i
and promptly fille-I on the siorres:
most reasonable terms
WOOil. l'."i?rr-;
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WM. P. PATTC'i
Mnnu fiiot ii r-r jiikI I
AM. K!Mj or
CABINET FURNIiiity
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rturau. I faf n.i
Reitcaif . i "v, i ?"
Wa.hstanl9, i Kit --r..;
PHlf lioards. j B- ! 1. .
Chnuiticr Sell, ! V: :Tr-i
I':ir!or Sct, ! T-t-a-I
Varilrot.cs, l it-
Ixuiig's. "'!!
c, &c, 4c, c 4c. Ac. Ac. i.-
SCHOOL AND HALL K
made to onier in eicclst
price". Cabinet an i hainiiukT
all kinos f-r sale. Kiirr.'t.irf 1
point in Johnstown or at Kf ii-'
of extra charg-e. M. ?
Johnrtown, Oct. 13. l.-tf .
i:i3i:?ssiJr"P
BOOK. DEDG
en
LlGli
3 FCaiXY A VTCETAPI.E rr.ETATtATTOK,
eorcposcd Birrrp'y of well-known RorT?5-
proiiertica, which in tiisir 1 aluro are Cithirric,
Apilcat, Nutritious. Piurct-c. t licrnuvo and Anti
Bill o us. The whcle is presenred in n. BuflBcien
quantity of spirit from tne M li All ( AMJ ta
Vetp Uieci ia uiy clinr.ate, whhJi nLk.. tLa
PLANTATION
ITTERS
03 of tha tnot deaii-mble Tonlrt and Cathiiw
i ia ia te world. Ihcy axe inndcl etxict ma a
the -barcraint-" -Aliicli a fall in nriccK linliU
I certify that the turcKuinir is a correct coy of out. 5nt to buy thev must know wliern
to buy, and the merchant who tells them
will receive their cash.
proiHisctl to the people of
if I'cnnyvlvania, for their ap-
Ihenew t.'oustitutioi:.
the ( :ommon wealth ol
proval or rejection, na the same appears of record
iu tins office. M. ."-. li LAI,
Secretary of Com;uoiiwelth.
Thiike Indian ohief rniii
district school in Kansas, and made ad- !
dresses to the scholars. An u nS rate ful 1
little paleface could not resist the tempt- I
ation to put a crooked pin where oue oft
the chiefs sat down, and that noble red j
man was observed to rise hastily, '-lV"j !
too much Ilea bite ; me no stay to hear j
'T j icsspn.-- men hu left with ab
original dignity.
AN' OR1HXAXCK
FOR PrBMTTTlSO THE AMCNDKIl CO.VSTITrTIOX OF
PENNSVLVASIA TO A VOTE OP THE QI"AL1F1K1
tLZCTOKS THLKEor, AS riSSED Sa'OSD liEAD
1 Xi.
Ur. it ordained hu the Constitutional Convention
of the Commonwealth of I'euiisuli ania, a fol-
1. That the amended Constitution prepared hy
this Convention, lie submitted to the qualified elect
ors of the Commonwealth for their adoption of re
jection, at an election to be held on the third Tues
day of December nxt ; except as hereinafter or.
ocreii and rttrected, ilie said election miau no neiu
anil conducted by the
the Severn! election riisi
mon wealth, under all
ina nt Aviurimr laws run nmr I , iriinpm i t it'f'i iiiiim . . .
and the sMerilis of the several couiuirs shnll u..e at ; metlnng, said: "I say, old man, can't
iasi twenty uays nonce oi saiu eiuciiou uj iiruciur. umi u tne Deer ? Of course an-
T "The Secretary of the Commonwealth .hall, at ' ctf n?."0 grated lord of Cieation, and
last twenty davn bel.ire the raid election, furnish "-''ey jogged together, to wa&h away the
to the Coiuiuisi.'oucis of ch ceuniy, a snaicicut nieinory of the past in a fla of beer.
An Ohio couple, recently divorced were
rearular election oflicers in ; , i tne court room tosrether.
ricts throughout the Com- : cuaclnig about their seDaration. nl,n th
the reirulatious and provis- ' old ladv. mi.Irl,,!- tr i ' -
i ..i .t . j "wmiv iii . is vinir i. l ! it i iriaii
oniesnc -ionic,
only to b nd as a medicine, and alwv according
to direction-.
They are the ehect-ancbor of the fobl and i-
bllitatd. They act upon a dineed liver, and
stimulate to such a dfsnwe, that a heaithy action ia
at alios brought about. Am a ranu-Uy to whicla
W yi:iea are eepeciay Enbject, it i surpersodiiiK
Tery otber Ftunn.ant. As a Spring an l a t ni
mrr 'Ionic, they havo do ;ual" l"iey are a
mild and geutle iiirpativeas wcil aa Tonic Th. y
Itiritj the Blood. They ar a Kplendi i Appetiser.
They make tho weak strong. They purity andin
iconte. They cure I spepia. Conaupatioo. and
HMadach. TLey act aa a specific in ad apecieaof
diMordere which undermine tha bodily Kraii-rah and
break down the aoinal epinta. f
Depot, 63 Park Place. Hen York. r
LOOK WELL TO YOURUNDERSTANDINGS.
JOHN D. THOMAS,
Hoot unci Shoe IM-rvlcei'
rPHE undersigrned rmpcctf u'.ly informs hisnti
X nierous custiiners and the public froneinllv
that he is prepared to inannTact ore Hoots and
SHOES of any desired size or quality, from tho
finest French calf-skin hoots to th course -it
hrojans, in the vtnv best manner, on the
shortest notice, ond at a modorate prices as
like work can he obtained an vw here.
Those who have worn lloot" au I Shoos made
nt my establishment need no assurance as to
the superior ii;i!tty of my work. Others ran
easily be tun vinccd of the fact if they wilfoni
tfive me a trial. Try and be convinced
r Kepuu-liisr of Hnots ano Shoes attended
t0TTv.ronivtlv,',n'' ,n R workmanlike manner.
Thankful for pust favors I f confldeiit that
my work and prices will commend me to a con
tinuance and increase of the same
JOHN' I. "THOMAS.
LOUIS'S MARBLE WORKS !
131 I raehlln Ktreot, Jnhnstoau.
JOSJ W. .(ir.l. - lr,rlolr
TFIS I . A,N" AlilNI-rr ShAllS, AM)
Ian nrt '', Uf,l,'.t,mf',i of l' very best ltal-
nAVIXCi recertly f u 'ir'-a oiir
now prepared t pel i si (
frtiin former pnif. tniri.5
Prnirs, Medicine. 1 erf ii-tiC"'. )
Icon's. Hall's and Aiicu' '
Villa. Ointment, l lsst. r. I. r.:--:
iers. Citrate Msync-iH. !. JJ
Pure Flavoring Kuract. I--Syrup.
Soothing Syrup, Si.uav:
I'ure Spitf-s, Ac.
Cigars and Tobac:
Hlank Ilii.iku. Hccil-. '.-it r;-;"
1'ost, Commercial and an kiM-.
Envelopes. Tens, l'ctici'-.
Fluid. Hlat-k and K-." '- 1
Hooks. Maazinfi. Xc 'i"!"
ries. Bibles. K"lici-'U. fravrri--Penknives.
Pipe;. Ac.
JW-We have added t-ioi;rf..
JRWEI.KV. to which n '
tcntionof the l aiiiri. .,
I'HOTOGHAI II -M B! V
thmi evrr ofTctrd in tin" i'" ' k
I'aper and t':jrur i"'hr.
tail. LE.VV'N S -
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Near Union School House.-
TIIK inlw'rlr.!-;;;;,i
of the ..
counties to the fact H
ful operation in I. '"'-"1
ulacture and rcr" r c
CARR! AGES, FUuGlES,
Kinrinif
nrl .ill other i.Vurrip'i 'i
but
me best ' '::
entire u: I--'-1 ''
F.inr'ovinP r"n('
iidtn-r only
I can pive
and price
nd
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