THE POTTER JOURNAL -/LIST D Jno. S. Mann, 3ST IE "W S ITEM. ~ LoiUME XXV, NO. 7. [fte POTTER JOURNAL AND M:WS ITEM. I p ",>L!' ii El' EVEKY WEIXESIAT AT 1 )l I )KKSPOIIT, PA. I < r. Mi'inawl Third.) 81.75 I'Eii YEAR IN AUVANCE. I S. >1 ami. S. I-Hamilton, Proprietor. Publisher. | r p " C. J. CURTIS. |ttorney ot law ami District Attorney. I ofiir. on MA /.V St.. tor-r the Port < fjlicr, COUDERSPOItT, PA., I i it- all busiiß- pretiiniug I" his profession. ; >j>ci tl attention given t >collections. V^vs ARrnrß r u \ys I JOHN S. MANN A SON. I utnnu'Ts at lain and Conveyancers, |- •( ol DEKsroKT. l'A., I promptly attended to. I Arthur B.MniiTt. ; .nraiiee A- 'Ot A .Notary Pitldte. s. S. GREENMAN, .TTOBNEY A.T LAW, FFI K 'TI ll FORATF.LT *S STORK,) (<.n>i:i:spoKT, l'A. Jfv- D. C. LVUKAKKE OLMSTED &. LARRABEE, •;n> \Nl> ('OVN'SKLORS AT LAW s - v ('•fiirt ff'tiW.) Col IKl:spout, PKNN "A. SETH LEWIS, met at law and Insurance Asrcnl, LEW!SYI 1.1.E. PA. A. M. REYNOLDS, 2rNT I s T , ( on >I:RSPOUT, l'A. RD' er House, •. r sFX OXD ami EAST Streets, i id W lisPoltT. PKNN A. j.; t lite .vt itienee aml eomfort "f guest-, r .n' ■ ii-" 1 . Lewisvilie Hotel, i no r of VMM and NORTH Streets, J.KV. l-\ !1.1.E. PA. ' .. : | PEARSALL & WEBSTER, PAINTERS, ) v- , o;, osi>. over French -store, ■ ol IiERSPORT. PA. I ' i : ie, flntlaing. I'aleimining, • is, I'aper-liangiug, etc., .ioue ■ us.., promptness atnl in nl! <-a~--. ami r.-fa. tlon guar a ii t i e \ILLE. PA. I D. J. CROWELL, S !• 'NINC. (';imerHl en.. I'tu S r rsmSVLK MALJIIMMo ' ■ Mart, and General Custom W,>rk * * 5* H * Willi Wvl Uiil, ■<<>im ! c , Si H . W "••'•nrntat. decorative £ fresco ■ l'A I XT Kit, ■ •OUDERSPORT, PA. ■ 1V| M- P\l ER IHMiIMi done and dispatch. B HOUSE B ; '• n. N .■ RRIAGE FACTORY. B "bi:i;si>, , liT i'exx a. ■ !'• mng ami Repairing lon< ■ , c. BREUNLE, '•'H l i. K won k, B T)Ell>pt >UT, PA. - Hini workmanship, ( - "it at theolHee of Joi'K *i-. receive : rourpt av.et.rtui - L. B. COLE & SON, rROI'KIETOHR OK TUI Blacksmith and Wagon-snop, Seissd S*.ree:, (betxees & West.} - Forth Side.— COUDERSPORT, p A . ir.4 CARRIAGE* * SLKi GltS rtf all description* manufactured to cult customers ami warranto* Rfpairin; always attended to prompt,;?. , ■ -tup* •* nt ami evperieneed in em in both shop* to attend to the rails of cus tomers. 11 tuufes WMMHWt for rash or ready a L. B. COLE & SO BASSETT'S LIVERY Corner MARKET and HIMER Streets [SOVTII SID E of the It n 'Ell.) I wocu> respectfully invite the auentt- aottkt public to my LIVERY ESTABLISHMENT, with the a—unutcc that I can meet every de mand for a first class turnout. Having purchased the Liven* of Amos \ r, tP have tin* only Establishment of tlie kind In lh v.ctii >u. J. M. liA SSETT. 132—tf Hew SfvoEß Sewing Mttcliines ex, changed for ones of any kind or make, A. M. Reynolds, A-jent. John V. Grown, I'IiOrKIKTOU OF 1.1 Xl*: OF STACiEb BETt* FEN Coudersport & "Wi ellsvilie ( i ' OSIVA Y<>. ]'A.) person* *i- f inwvTols •' . nint Oestriu.. t>> reti 11 s;ime daw will Is- accommodated a: rates. Passenve - wishing to roach cli> of the n< i;-h intr towns vvi'.i is l eonveyed I>\ Livery a reasonable rates, A good Livery ris kept constantly on hand or passengers by tin >tagv. Oswayo HOUSE. (Jolts V. r.KOWN. PI'OJT., OSW AVO, l'.V. 114-tf Edward Forster. I>KALER 15 Groceries & Provisions. MAIN STREET above SECOND, COUDERSPORT, PA. A FULL SI PPl.r or ILOUR, SUCJAii SPICES, SYRUP, HAM, FISH, TOBACCO. SNUFF <&rc., ame hour o either who shall not have been a citizen and inhabitant of the State four rears next before his election, and the last year thereof an inhabi tant of the district for which lie shall he chosen, unless he shall have been absent on the public 1 usiness of the United States or of this State, and no person shall hold said offices alter he shall have removed from said dis trict. SEC. T. NO Senator or Represen tative shall, during the time for which he shall have been elected, l>e appointed to any civil office under this Commonwealth, which shall have been created, or the emoluments •of which shall have been increased during such time; and no meni'oer 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 l>e a member of either House during his continuance in Congress or in of fice. and no number of the Senate and House of Representatives shall be api ointcd by the Governor to any office during the term for which he shall have been elected. SEC. 8. NO person hereafter con victed of embezzlement of public moneys, bribery, perjury or other in famous crime, shall be eligible to the j General Assembly, or to any office ' of profit or trust in this State. SEC. 9. Every member of the Gen eral Assembly, before lie enters on his official duties, shall take and sub scribe the following oath or affirma tion: "1 do solemnly swear (or af , firm) that I will support the Consti tution of the United Stat's and the , Constitution of this Commonwealth, | and will honestly discharge the du i . ties of Senator for Representative) according to the best of my ability; j and I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have not paid or contributed ■ anything, or made anv promise in the nature of a bribe, to corruptly influence, directly or indirectly, any vote at the election at which I was j chosen to fill the said office; and I ■ do further solemnly swear (or affirm) that 1 have nyt accepted or received, and 1 will not accept or receive, di rectly or indirectly, any money or other valuable tiling from any corpo ration. company or person, for any vote or influence I may give or with hold on any bill, r< solution or appro priation. or for any other official act." SEC. 10. The foregoing oath shall be administered by one of the judges of the Supreme Court, or a pi\ sident judge of the common pit-as court in the hall of the House to which the member i- elected, and the Secretary of State shall read and tile the oath subscribed by suoh mtmlier; any member who shall refuse to take said oath, shall forfeit his office, ami every member who shall be convicted of having sw rn fa 1.-H 3- to or of having violated his sai'u o.lth shall forfeit- his office and lie disqualified then after from holding any office of profit or trust in this Slate. SEC. 11. The members of the Gen eral Assembly shall receive such sal ary and mileage for regular and spiral sessions as -hall is flvd by law. and 110 other com] msation or pavmcnt whatever, whether for ser vices as a number of anv committee, or otherwise: but 110 member of; either House shall, during the term ' for which he may have been elected, receive any incense of -alayv, com pensation or mileage, under any law passed during such [.cried. - 12. The Lieutenant-Governor: shall preside over the Senate; ami in ease of a vacancy 111 the office of '■ Lieutenant-Governor, the Senal*. shall elect one of its members a- I Speaker ; the House of Representa tive- shall elect one of it- mcmbcr.- a.s Speaker. Each House shall choose its other officers, and shall judge of j the election and qualifications of its in< inliers. SEC. 13. A majority of each House shall constitute a quorum. 1 ut a smaller number mnv a- journ from day to day, and compel the atten i dance of ab-cnt member-. SEC. 14. Each House may deter mine the rules of it- proceeding-, punish it- memlx-rs for di.-mlerh behavior, and with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a number, but not a seeond time for the same cause, and shall have all other powers neces sary for the Legislature of a free State. SEC. 15. The doors of each House ami of committees of the whole shall be open, unless when the business is such a- ought to be kept -ecrct. Sir. 16. Neither House shall,! without the consent of the other, ad journ for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting. SEC. IT. The members of the Gen eral Assembly shall in ail eases, ex cept treason, felony, violation of their oath of office, and breach or surety of the jx-aee, be privileged from ar rest during their attendance at the sessions of theif respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the -aim-; and for any -peech or de bate in either House, they shall not bo questioned in anv other place. SEC. Is. The State shall be divid ed into fifty Senatorial dLtricts of compact and contigtioii- territory, :r equai in population as possible, ami each district shall In* entitled to elect one Senator; no count) -hall l>c di vided in the formation of a district, unless -i.eh county is entitled to two or more members, by possessing a population exceeding one Senatorial ratio, and three-fifths of a second ratio; and 110 county or city shall be • entitled to more than one-sixth of the whole number of members. Executive Department. SEC. 1. The Executive Department jot tliis Commonwealth shall consist of a Governor, a Lieutenant-Gover nor, a Secretary of the Common- j Wealth, Attorney-General, Auditor- General, State Treasurer, a Secretary of Internal Affairs and a Superinten dent of Public Instruction. SEC. 2. The supreme executive power -hall be vested in a Governor. \ who shall take care that the laws be ■ faithfully executed; lie shall be cho- j sen 011 the day of the general election ■ by the qualified electors of the Com-1 monwealth, at the places where they ! shall respectively \ote for Represen tatives; the returns of every election , for Governor shall le sealed up and : transmitted to the seat of govern ment, directed to the president of the Senate, who shall open and publish j them in the presence of the members of both Houses of the Legislature: ; the person having the highest mini- \ ber of votes shali l>e Governor, but if two or more be equal and highest in votes, one of them shall be chosen Governor by the joint vote of the j members of both Houses; contested elections shall be determined by a committee, to be select I from both Houses of the Legislature and formed and regulated in such manner as shall be directed by law. SEC. 3. The Governor shall hold bis office tim ing four years from the third Tuesday of January next en suing his election, and shall not be cligibh to the office for the term next succeeding'!&• term for which he was elected. SEC. 4. A Lieutenant-Governor .-hall be chosen in the same manner, at the same time and for the same ! term, and subject to the same provi sions; he -hali be president of the Senate, but - . 11 have 110 vote unh ss j the)- be equally divided. SEC. 5. No person shall be eligible to the office of Governor or Lieuten ant-Governor except a citizen of the United States, who shall have at- j tained the age of thirty years, and have IK n sc von year- next preceding his election an inhabitankof the State, unless lie shall have been absent on the public business ot the United States or of this State. SEC. 6. No monitor of Congress ; or person holding any office under the United States or this State, shall exerei.-e the office of Governor or Lieutenant (iovernor. SEC. T. The Governor and Lieut enant-Governor -hall, at stated times, receive fi>r their scrvie - a compen sation, which shall IK* neither increas ed nor diniinLlicd after their election nor during the term for which they -h: 11 have been elected. SEC. 8. The Governor shall l>e com mander in-chief of the army and navy of the Commonwealth, and of the mi litia. except w hen they shall be called into the actual sc. vice of the United ' States. SEC. a. lb -hall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of . two-thirds of all the members of flu,' Senate, appoint a Secretary of the Commonwealth and an Attorney- General, during pleasure, and such other officers of tlie Commonwealth a- bo is or may IK* authorized by T lie Constitution or law to appoint; he shall have power to fill all vacancies I*ll offices to which he may appoint, that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commis sions which -hali expire at the end of their next session; he shall have power to fill any vacancy that may happen during the recess of the Sen ate, in the office of Auditor-General. State Treasurer, Secretary of Inter nal Affairs. Superintendent of Ruble- Instruction. in a judicial office, or any other elective office which lie is or may be authorized to fill; if the va cancy shall happen during the ses sion of the Senate, the Governor shall nominate to the Senate, before their final a lj urnmcnt, a proper j>erson to till -aid vacancy : but in any such case of vacancy, iu an elective office, a person shall be chosen to said of fice at the next general election, un less tias vacancy shall happen within three calendar months immediately preceding such annual election, in which case the election for said office shall be held at the second succeed ing general election; in acting on ex ecutive nominations, the Senate shall, sit with open doors, and in confirm- j ing or rejecting the nominations of the Governor, the vote shall be taken ' by yeas and nays and shall be enter ed on the journal. SEC. 10. He shall have power to re mit fines and forfeitures, to grant rc-' prieves, commutations of sentence . and pardons, except in cases of im peacliraent; but no pardon shall to granted, nor sentence commuted, ex cept uj>ou the recommendation in j writing of the Secretary of the Com monwealth, Attorney-General. Super intendent of l'ublie Instruction, Sec- i rotary of Internal Affairs, or any I three of thc-in, after full hearing, up on due public notice and in open ses- j sidn, and upon such recommendation, with the reasons therefor at length.* f shall lie recorded and filed in the of fice of the Secretary of the Common-1 wealth. SEC. 11. He may require informa tion in writing from the officers of the Executive Department, upon any subject relating to the duties of their ' respective offices. SEC. 12. He shall, from time to time, give to the General Assembly information of the state of the Com monwealth and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge expedient. SEC. 13. He may, on extraordinary occasions, convene the General As sembly. and in case of disagreement totween the two Houses, with re-peet to the time of adjournment, adjourn t.liem to such time as he shall think proper, not exceeding four months. SEC. 14. 1 n case ol the death, con viction or impeachment, failure to qualify, resignation or otktr disabili ty of the Governor, the powers, du ties and emoluments of the office, for the remainder of the term or until the disability be removed, shall de volve upon the Lieutenant-Governor. SEC. 15. The Senate shall, at the beginning and close of each regular session, and at such other times as a vacancy may occur in said office, elect a senator president- pr<> iemjiore, whose duty it shall lie to preside over the Senate during the temporary aL senee of the Lieutenant-Governor; and in case of a vacancy in the office of Lieutenant-Governor, or 011 his conviction, or impeachment, or dis ability. the powers, duties and cniol-: uments of the office, for the remain-! der of the term or until the disability be removed, shall devolve upon the presi lent pro t> mpore , and he shall, j in like manner, become Governor if; a vacancy or disability occur; his of fice of Senator shall become vacant when he becomes Lieutenant-Gover nor and shall IK* filled by election as any other vacancy in the Senate. SEC. I<>. Every bill which shall have pas-ed toth House- shall to presented to the Governor; if he ap-j prove he shall sign it. but if he shall ! not approve lie shall return it with his objections to the House in which it shall have originated, which shall en. i tor the objections at large upon their ; journals and proceed to reconsider it. If. after such re-consideration, two- ; thirds of all the member- elected to i that House -hall agree to pas- the bill, it shall IK- sent with the objec tion- to the other House, by which likewise it shall be re-considered, j and if approved by two-thirds of all the memtors elected to that House, it shall IK* a law; but in such cases the votes of both Houses shall be de termined by yeas and nay-, and the names of the persons voting for or against the bill shall be enteral 011 the journals of each House respect ively. If any bill shall not to re turned by the Governor within ten da\ s (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him. the same shall IK* a law in like man ner as if he had signed it, unh— the Ceneral Assembly, by their adjourn ment. prevent its return, in which case it shall be a law unless he shall tile the same, with his objections, in the office of the Secretary of the Coin mouwealth, and give notice thereof by public proclamation within thirty days after such adjournment. SEC. 17. The Governor shall have p over to disapprove of any item or $1.75 A YEAR items of any hills making appropria tions of money, embracing distinct items, and the part or parts of the bill approved shall be the law, and the item or items disapproved shall be void, unless re-passed accord ing to the rules and limitations pre scribed for the passage of other bills over the Executive veto. SEC. 18/ IF the trial of a contested election of Governor or Lienteuant ; Governor shall continue longer than until the third Monday of January j next ensuing the election of Gover nor or Lieutenant-Governor, the per : son who is then exercising the au thority of the office in reference to which this contest is pending, shall continue therein until the determina tion of such contested election, and until his successor le qualified. The chief justice of the Supreme Court j shall preside upon the trial of any such contest; shall decide questions regarding the admissibility of evi dence, and shall, upon request of the committee, pronounce his opinion upon other questions of law involved ; in the trial. SEC. 19< The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall keep a fair reg- I i i ister of all official acts and procced ! ings of the Governor, and shall, when required, lay the same, and all papers, minutes and vouchers relat ing thereto, before cither branch of the Legislature, and shall perform such other duties as shall bo enjoined upon him by law. SF.C. 20. The Secretary of Inter nal Affairs shall exercise all the powers and duties devolved by law upon the Surveyor General, subject to such change as shall be made by law. and the office of Surveyor Gen eral shall cease when the Secretary of Internal Affairs shall IK? duly qualified. His department shall em brace a bureau of industrial statistics and st.'cA 1 dcties relating to the char itable institutions, the Agricultural, manufacturing, mining, m. ber and other material or 1 All?., interests of the Suite a> may law assigned thereto, lie shall an nually make report to the Legisla ture and at such other time as may be required by law. SEC. 21. The Superintendent- of Public luslinotion shall exercise all the powers and perforin all the duties {devolved by law upon the Superin tendent ot Common Schools, -object to such change as shall be made bv i law. and the office of Suj/erinteiident of Public Instruction shall le duly I qualified. Br,c. 22. The term of tin Secretary jof Internal Affairs shall IK- four years; of the Auditor-General, three years; and of the State Treasurer, two years. These officers shall lie chosen by the qualified electors of the State, on the day of the general election. No person elected to the office of Audi tor-General or State Treasurer shall I I K? capable of holding the same of i 1 ficc for two consecutive terms. IT IS announced in ouc of the pa • pers that " Hon Carlos drinks choco late every morning in his bed." This i- very interesting intelligence, but how very much more startling it would lie if we had learned that Hon Carlos drinks his bed every morning iin his chocolate? We wish he would , drink a bed, or something else that would lay on his stomach and keep . him quiet for awhile, so that we would not see his name so often in the pajicrs.— Evening Port. IT IS pleasant to see tilings put strongly and pointedly. Some one - • 1 asked Col. Howard, of Georgia, late ly. if he thought that a certain IJadi eal in that state would steal. "Steal!" res|onded the Colonel. "Why, by Jove, if he were paralyzed and ham strung. I wouldn't trust him by hint sell in the middle of the Desert of Sahara with the biggest anchor of the 'Great Eastern.' Steal! I should think he would. * * • Eon everything you buy or sell, let or hire, make an exact bargain at first; and lit- not put off to a hereafter by one that says to you: "we shall not disagree a Unit trifles." —Com r Ihulu-01. Do BUT half of what you can and you will IK- surprised at the result.