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COXSTITUTIO,
Nsw Constitution propose! to tin CItiEenJ of
this Commonwealth: for their Approval or
; fiajection, lay tht Constitutional Convention.
PvNlthed by order of the Secretary of the Com
monwealth, in jnirmance of the fourth Motion of
anact of the General AuenMy, entitled "An
Act to prori'te for callina a Convention," op
, . proved (he UUi aw UnAjpiU-JL. DURX. .
peopfe6lfW Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, grateful to Almighty God
for the blessings of civil and religious lib
erty, and humbly invoking His guidance,
do ordain and establish this Constitution.
' ARTICLE I. "
. ii Declaration of RighU. r t ,
That the general, great and essential
principles of liberty and free government
may be recognized and unalterably estab
lished, we declare that
'"' Section 1. !i All men are : born equally
free and independent, and have certain in
. herent and indefeasible rights, among
. which are those of enjoying and defending
' life and liberty, of acquiring, possessing
' and protecting property and rcputatlon,and
of pursuing their own hanDiness.'
Sec. 2. All power is Inherent in the peo
ple, and all free governments are founded
. on their authority and instituted for their
peace, safety and happiness. For the ad
vancement of those ends they have at nl!
' times an inalienable and Indefeasible right
to i alter, : reform or abolish their govern-
, went . iii such mauuer as tbey may think
proper. , ,
" Sec 8.' All men have a natural and Inde
feasible right to worship Almighty uod
, according to the dictates of their own oon
. sciences : no man can of right be compelled
to attend, erect or support any , place of
worship, or ' to maiqtaiu any ministry
against his consent ; no hnman authority
can, in any case whatever, control or inter
fere with the rights of, conscience, and no
" preference shall ever be given by law to any
religious establishments or modes ot wor-
ship. .. ; i i i "' ;
. Sec. 4. No person who acknowledges the
being of a God and a future state of re
wards and punishment shall, on account of
his religious sentiments, be disqualified to
hold any office or place of trust or profit
. under this Commonwealth. 1
, Sec, S. Elections shall be free and equal;
and no power, civil or military, shall at
any time interfere to prevent the free ex
' sreise of the right of suffrage.
1 1 Sec. 6. Trial by jury shall be as hereto-
fore, and the right thereof .remain invio-
, late. - . . i
' Sec. .7." The printing press shall be free
to everr person who may undertake to ex
amine the proceedings of the Legislature
or any branch of the government, and no
' law Bhall ever be made to restrain the
' right thereof. ' The free communication of
thoughts and opinions is one of the invnl
... liable rights of man, and every citizen may
- freely speak, write ana print on any sub-
' ject, being responsible for the abuse of
' that liberty.' No conviction shall be had
1 In any prosecution for the publication of
papers relating to the official conduct of
officers or men in public capacity, or to any
other matter proper for public investiga
tion or information, " where the fact that
such publication was not maliciously or
negligently made . shall be established to
. the satisfaction of the jury ; and in all in
dictments for libels, the jury shall have the
right to determine the law and the facts,
under the direction of the court, as in
.other eases. . '
Sec, 8. The people shall be secure in
their persons, houses, papers and posses
sions from unreasonable searches and seiz
ures, and no warrant to search any place or
. to seiiso any person or tbiugs shall issue
, without describing them as nearly as may
De, nor without probable cause, supported
by oath or affirmation subscribed to by the
amanb ... ;"
Sec. 0. In all criminal prosecutions.
the accused hath' a right to be heard by
himself and his counsel, to demand the na
ture and cause of . the aeousation against
him, to meet the witnesses face to face, to
have compulsory process for obtaining wit
nesses in bis favor, and, in prosecutions by
indictment or information, a speedy public
trial by an impartial jury of the vicinage ;
he cannot be. compelled to give- evidence
against himself, nor can be be deprived of
his lite, liberty or property, unless by tin
judgment of his peers or the law of the
land. , , ...vi
,' Sec. 10. No person shall, for any indic
ate onence, oe proceeded against cnim
nally by information, except in cases aris
ing in the land ; or naval forces, or in the
militia, when in actual Bervice, in time of
war or public, danger, or by leave of . the
court for oppression or misdemeanor in
office. No person shall, for the same of
fence, be twice put in jeopardy of life or
limb ; nor shall private property be taken or
applied to publio use, without authority of
law ana without just compensation being
urst maae or seourea. "V
Sec. 11. All courts shall be open : and
every man for an injury done him in bis
lands, goods, person, or reputation,, shall
have remedy by due course of law. and
right and justice administered wittiout
sale, denial or delay. Suits may be brought
against the uommonwealiu In such man
ner, in such court and in such cases as the
legislntuie may by law direct.
' Sbc. 13. No power of ' suspending laws
hall be exercised unless by the legislature
or by its authority. ... i ,
8 ec. 13. Excessive bail shall not be re
quired, nor excessive fines imposed; nor
cruel punishments inflicted.
Sec; 14. ; All prisoners shall be bailable
liy sufficient sureties, unless for capital
offences when the proof is . evident or p re
sumption great ; and the privilege of the
writ of nubtae eorput shall not be suspend
ed, unless when .in case of rebellion or
invasion the public safety may require it .
Sec. 15. No commbssion of Oyer and
Terminer or Jail delivery shall be issued,
- Site. 16. The person of a debtor, where
there is not strong presumption of fraud,
shall not be continued iu prison after de
livering up his estate for the benefit of his
creditors in such manner as shall be pro
scribed by law.
cue. 17. No ex pott facte law, nor any
law impairing the obligation ot contracts,
or making irrevocable any grant of special
privileges or Immunities, snail be passed.
Seo. 18. No person shall be attained of
treason or rciouy by the legislature.
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A Sec. 19. No attainder shall -Work cor-
uptlon of ii blood, nor, except during the
if of the offender, forfeiture of estate to
the Commonwealth.-1 The estate of such
persons as shall destroy their ! Own lives
shall descend or vest as in onset of natural
death, and if any person shall be killed by
casualty there shall be no lorrettnre Dy rea
son thereof. '''
Sec' E. The oitlacns have a right in a
peaceable manner to assemble together for
their, common good, and to -apply to those
invested with the powers oi government
for redross of . grievances or .other proper
purposes. : by petition, "addressee tempn-
strance.
Sec. 21. The right of the citizens to bear
arms in defence of themselves and the
Btnte shall not be questioned. - ;
Sec. 22. JNo standing army shall, in time
of peace, be kept up without the-ooiMeatof
the legislature, and the military shall in all
cases and At all times be in strict subordi
nation to the civil power . i, n ; .
Sec. 23. No soldier shall in time of peace
be quartered In any house without the con
sent of the owner, nor In time of war but
in a manner to be prescribed bv law. '
Sec. 24. The legislature shall not grant
any title of nobility or hereditary distinc
tion, nor create anyiffice the appointment
to which shall be lor a longer, term than
during good behavior.
Sec. 25. Emigration from the State Bhall
not be prohibited. ' iir.ii...
. ,: Shq. 20. , ,To guard against transgres
sions ot tbe high powers which we have
delegated, we declare that everything in
this article Is excepted out of the general
powers of government and shall forever
remain inviolate. .iT A u. u
.':.! " ARTICLE II. .... . ' '
!'" The Legiilatur 1 ''.!' .
Section 1. The legislative power of thii
Commonwealth shall be vested in a Gener
al Assembly, which shall consist of a Sen.
ate and a House of Kcpresentatives.
' Bec. 2. Members of the General Assem
bly shall be chosen at the general election
every second year,. Their terra or service
shall begin on the first day of December
next after their election. Whenever a va
cancy shnll occur in either House, the pre
siding officer thereof shall issue a writ of
election to fill such vacancy for the remain,
dor of the term.
Sec. 3. Senators shnll be elected for the
term of four years and Representatives for
tbe term of two years. . i .,.,, .
Sec. 4. .The General Assembly shall
meet at twelve o'clock noon, on the first
I uesnay of January every second year, and
at other times when convened by the Gov
ernor, but shall hold no adjourned annual
session after the . year one. thousand eight
hundred and seventy-eight. In case of a
vacancy in the office of : United States
Senator from , this Commonwealth, in a
recess between sessions, the Governor shnll
convene the two Houses, by proclamation
on notice not exceeding sixty days, . to fill
the same.' . -i " .-'
Bec. 5. Seuators shall be at least twenty.
five years of age and Representatives
twenty-one years of age. They shall have
been citizens and inhabitants of the State
foul years; and inhabitants of their respec
tive districts one ; year next before , their
election (unless absent on the public busi.
neBs of the United States or of this State.)
and shall reside in their respective districts
during their terms of service. ; '
Secj A.' No Senator or - Representative
sbnIL during the time for which he shall
have been elected, be appointed to any
civil office under this Commonwealth, and
no member of Congress or other person
holding any office (except of attorney-at-
law or in the militia) , under the United
States or this Commonwealth shall be a
member of either House during his contin
nance in office. ' ' '
BeC. 7.' No person hereafter convicted Of
embezzlement of public moneys, bribery,
perjury.; or other infamous crime, shall be
eligible to the General Assembly, or capa
ble of holding any office of trust or profit
in this uommonwcaiui.
- Sec.. 8. The members of the General As
sembly shall receive such salary and mile
age for regular and special sessions as shall
be fixed by law, and no other compensa
tion whatever, whether for service upon
committee or. otherwise. ' No member of
either, House, , shall, during the term for
which he may have been elected, : receive
any increase of salary, or mileage, under
any law passed during sucn term.
PbC. 9. 'The senate shall, at the begin
ning and close of each regular session and
at sucn other times as: may be necessary,
elect one- of its members President tro
tempore, who shall perform the duties of
the Lieutenant-Governor, in any case of
absence or disability of that officer,' and
whenever the said Office of Lieutenant-
Governor shall be vacant,. The , House of
Representatives shall elect one of its mem.
bers as Speaker. Kach House shall choose
its. other officers, and shall judge of tbe
election ana quauucations oi its members.
Sec. 10. A majority of each House shall
uuiiBULiiLu a quuiuiu, uut Biunuer iiuiuuer
may adjourn from day to day and compel
the attendance ot absent members.
. Sro. 11.. Each House shall have power
to determine the rules of its proceedings
and punish its members or other persons
for contempt or disorderly behavior In its
presences to enforce obedience to its pro
cess, to protect its members against vio
lence or of offers of bribes or private solic
itation, and, with the concurrence of two-
thlrdR, to expel a member, but not a second
time for the same cause, and shall have all
other powers necessary for the legislature
of a free Suite, A member expelled for
corruption shall not thereafter le eligible
to either nouse. and punishment for con
tempt or disorderly behavior shall not bar
an indictment for the same onence... m
. Sec, 12. Kach House shall keep a jour
nal of its proceedings and from time to tiurfi
publish the same, except such parts as re.
quire secrecy, and the yeas and nays of the
members on any question shall,' at the de
sire of any two of them, be entered on the
journal. . , , .
Sec, 13. The sessions of each. House and
of Committees of the Whole shall be open,
unless when the business is such as ought
to ue kept secret.- ;..;.! ..('.
Sec. 14. 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. '
Bkq. Iff. The ' members of the General
Assembly shall in all cases, except treason,
felony, violation of their oath of office, and
breach or surety of the peace, be privileged
from arrest, during their attendance at the
sensionn of tholr respective Hon sea and in
going to and returning ; from it same 4
and for any speech or ificbate1 in cither
House they shall hot be questioned in any
other i'lnce. ' It. '! v ij t i; f (
Sbc 10. .the State shall be divided Into
fifty, senatorial districts of compact nod
contiguous territory as nearly equal in
population as may be, and each district
shall be entitled to elect one Senator. Each
county containing one or more ratios of
population shell be entitled ee-one- Senator I
or eacn ratio, ana to an aoauionai senator
for, a surpluSrOf population exceeding
three-Hflus of .a ratica Uit Jio county sliuu
form a separate district unless it shall con
tain four-fifths of a ratio, except where the
adjoining counties are each entitled to one
or more Senator) when such County . may
be assigned a Senator on less than four-
fifth anaVexeeedingone-hnlf of- a ratio n
and no county shall be divided unless en
titled to two or more Senators. ' No city or
comity shall be eatitled to separate repre
sentation exceeding one-sixth of the whole
number of Senators. . No ward, borough or
township shall lie divided in the formation
of a district. " The senatorial ratio shall be
ascertained by dividing the whole popula
tion of the State by the number fifty,. 1
Sec. 17. Tbe members of, the House of
Representatives shall be apportioned among
the1 sevcrhl bounties, on a ratio obtained by
dividing the population of' the State as as
certained by the most recent United States
census by two hundred. Every county
containing Icbs than five ratios shall have
one representative for ' every full ratio, and
an additional representative whenithe sur
plus exceeds half a ratio ; but each' county
shall have at least one representative.
Every county containing five ratios or more
shall have one representative' for "every
full ratio. .Every oity containing a popu
lation equal to a ratio shall elect separately
Its proportion of the representatives allot
ted to the county in .which It is located.
Every city entitled to more than four rep
resentatives, and every county having over
one hundred thousand inhabitants shall be
divided into distrlots of 1 oompact and con
tiguous territory, each district to elect its
proportion of representatives according to
its population, bnt no district shall elect
more than four representatives.
Sec. 18. 'The -General Assembly at its
first session after the adoption of this Con
stitution, and , immediately 1 after- each
United States decennial census, .shnll ap
portion the State into senatorial and repre
sentative districts agreeably to the provis
ions of the two next proceeding sections.,
. ARTICLE III, : ..- r
.. ;.: 1.. 1, Legitlation, , .,1 '., : . .
. Sec. l.i No law shall be passed except
by bill, and no bill shall be so altered or
amended, on its passage through either
House, as to change its original purpose.
Sec, 2. No bill shall be considered un
less referred to. the . committee, returned
therefrom, and printed for the use of the
members. " ' " ' " ' ' '" '
SeC 8.l Nd bill, except general appro
priation bills, shall be passed containing
more than one subject, which shall be
clearly expressed in its title. '
Sec. 4. 'i' Every ' bill shall be: rend at
length on three . different - davs in each
House ;' and all amendments made thereto
shall bo printed for the use of the members
before the final -' vote is taken on the bill,
and no bill shall become a , law, unless on
its final passage tbe vote be taken by yeas
and nays, the names of the persons voting
lor and against the same oe entered on the
journal,, and a majority of,, the members
elected to each House be recorded thereon
as voting in its favor.
' Sec. B: "No amendment to bills by One
House shall be concurred in by the other,
exoept by a vote of a majority of the mem
bers elected thereto, taken by yeas and
nays, and the names of - those voting for
and' against recorded upon the journal
thereof ; and reports of committees of con
ferenoe shall be adopted . in either House
only by the vote of a majority of tbe mem
bers elected thereto, taken by yeas and
nays, and the names of the voters recorded
upon the journals.' ' 1 '
Sue fl.. .No , law Bhall be revived,
amended, or provisions thereof extended or
conferred, by reference to its title only, but
so much thereof as is revived, amended,
extended or conferred - shall 1 be re-enacted
and published at length. -. J 1: -i- 'n; j i i I
Sec. 7. " The General Assembly shall not
pass any local or special law authorizing
the creation, extension or impairing of
liens 1 regulating the affairs of counties.
cities, townships,, wards, boroughs or school
districts ; changing the names of persons or
places ; changing tuo venue In civil or crim
inal cases : authorizing tbe . laying out,
opening, altoring or maintaining roads,
highways, streets or alleys ; dating to fer
ries or bridges, on incorporating .lorry or
bridge oompanies,except for tbe erection of
bridges crossing streams which lorra bound
aries between this and any other State
vacating roads,town plats, streets or alleys;
relating to cemeteries, . giaveyards, or pub
lic grounds not of tlie btute ; authorizing
the adoption or legitimation of, children
locating or changing county seats ; erecting
new counties or changing county lines (
incorporating olties, towns or villages, or
changing their charters j for : the opeuing,
and conducting of elections, or fixing or
changing the mace of voting ; granting di
vorces; erecting new townships or boroughs:
changing township lines, borough limits or
school districts ; creating offices, or pre
soriblng the powers and duties of officers
in ' counties, cities, boroughs, townships,
election or school distriots 1 changing the
law of descent or succession ; regulating
the practice of jurisdiction of, or changing
the rules 01 evidence in, any judicial pro
ceeding or inquiry before courts, aldurmen,
justice of the peace. Bherifls.commiasionerii
arbitators, auditors,, masters in chancery in
other tribunals, or providing or changing
methods for the collection of debts, or the
enforcing of judgments, or prescribing the
encct of .judicial tales of real estate ; reg
ulating the fees, ,ov extending the powers
aud duties of aldermen, lust ices of the
peace, magistrates and constables ; regulat
ing the management of publio schools, the
building or repairing of school-houses, nod
the raising of money for such purposes
fixing the rate of interest ; aileoiing the es
tate of minors or persons under disability,
except after due notice to all parties in in
terest, to be recited In the special enactment;
remitting tines, penalties aud forfeitures.
or refunding moneys legally paid into tbe
treasury ! exempting properly from tax
ation ; regulating labor, trade, mining or
manufacturing ; creating corporations, or
amending, 1 renewing or extending the
charters thereof ; granting to auy corpora-
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tlori; ssoo?fttioh or Individual, any special
oi cxlusivo, priviloge or immunity, ot. to
any corporation, association or Individual
the right to lay down a railroad track ; nor
Snail the -General Assembly Indirectly onact
such special or local law by the partial 1 re
peal of the general law $ but laws repealing
local or special acts may be . passed j . nor
shall any law be passed granting powers Or
privileges in any case where the granting
of such powers and privileges shall have
hen provided for byjrenernl Inwjtror where
tne courts have Jurisdiction to grant
the
same or t give-ieo reuet asked for.
1 fckd I.a No local Or special bill shall be
passed unless notice of tbe intention to ap
ply therefore shall have been published in
the locality where the matter ot the thing
f be 'affected may be situated, which notice
shall be at least thirty days prior to the
introduction Inttvtne General " Assembly of
such bill and in the manner, to be provided
by law; the evidence ot such notice having
been published, shall be ; exhibited in the
Oeneral Assembly before such act -shall be
passed , ,j ,., . ,1 i., 1.. .
Sec. 0. The presiding o"fficer of the
House shall, in the presence of the House
over which he presides 'sign' all ' bills and
joint resolutions passed by the General As
sembly, alter their , titles have been pub
licly read immediately before signing ; and
the fact of signing shall be entered on the
journal.' 1
1 decv 1U. The General. Assembly shall pre
scribe by law the uumber,duties and com
pensation of the officers and employees of
each House,' and no payment shall be made
from tbe State treasury, or be In any way
authorized, to any person, eaotpt to an aot
ing officer or employee elected or appointed
in pursuance of law.
Sec. 11.' No bill shall be passed giving
any extra compensation to any 'public offi
cer, servant, employee, agent or contractor,
after services have been rendered or con
tract made, nor providing for the payment
of any claim against the Commonwealth
without previous authority of law. i.
, Sec. 12., ; All stationery, printing, paper
and fuel used in the legislative and other
departments of government shall be ' furn
ished, and the printing, binding and dis
tributing of the laws, journals, department
reports, and all other printing and binding,
and the repairing and furnishing the balls
and rooms used for the meetings of ' the
General Assembly and its committees, shall
be performed under contract to be given to
the lowest responsible bidder below such
maximum price and tinder such regulations
as shall be prescribed by law ; no member
or officer of any department of the govern
ment shall be in any way interested in such
contracts, and nil such contracts shall be
subject to the approval of the Governor,
Auditor General and State Treasurer.
Sec. 13. No law shall extend the
term of any publio officer, or inorease or
diminish his salary, or emoluments,' after
his election or appointment.
Sec. 14, 1 All bills for ' raising'' 'revenue
shall originate H the House of Represent
atives, but the Senate may propose amend
ments as ifl other bills. ,.t ..-: . j .
Sec. 15. The general appropriation bill
shall embrace nothing but appropriations
for the ordinary expenses of the executive,
legislative and judicial departments of the
Commonwealth, interest on the publio debt
and for public schools ; all other appropri
ations shall be made by separate bills, each
embracing but one subject..' -.-.';' ( .. '
Bec. 10. No money sball be paid out of
the treasury, except upon appropriations
made by law, and on warrant drawn by
tbe proper officer In pursuance thereof. '
Sec 17.- No appropriation shall be made
to any charitable or educational institution
not under the absolute control of the Com
monwealth, other than normal schools es
tablished by law for the professional train
ing of teachers for tbe public . schools of
the State, except by a vote of two-thirds of
the members elected to each House, . . .
'' SeoV 18.' No appropriation, except for
pensions or gratuities for military servicos,
shall be -made for -charitable, educational
or benevolent purposes, to any person 01
community, nor to any denominational or
sectarian institution, corporation or . asso
ciation,' ' '""I i-.;.-'it.i hi ,. 'H,i.''
, Skc. 1ST. ,1 The - General, Assembly may
make appropriations of money to. institur
tions wherein the widows of, soldiers are
supported or assisted, or ' the orphans of
soldiers are Maintained and educated ; bnt
such appropriation shall be applied exolui
sively to the support of such, widows nd
orphnus.
' Sec: 20. The1 General .' Assembly shall
not delegate to any special commission,
private corporation' or 1 .association, any
power to make, supervise, or interfere with
any municipal improvement, money, prop,
orty 01 effects, whether held in trust, or
otherwise, or to levy taxes or perform ''any
municipal function whatever.- n: ; .
, Sec. SI-., No aot of the General Assem
bly shall limit the amount to be recovered
for injuries resulting . in death, or for in
juries to persons or property ; and, In cases
of death from such' injuries, the right ' of
action shall survive, and - the General 'As
sembly shall prescribe for whose benefit
such actions shall be prosecuted. , No act
shall ' prescribe any 'limitations of time
within which suits may be brought against
corporations for injuries to persons or
property, or from other causes,, , dif,
fercnt from those fixed by general law -regulating
actions against natural persons,and
sueh acts now existing are avoided. "' ' '
Seo. 29.-' No section of 1 the General As
sembly shall authorise the . investment 1 of
trust funds by executors, administrators,,
guardians or other trustees, the bonds or
stock of auy private corporation, and such
acts now existing are avoided saving Invest
ments heretofore made. "
Sec. 23. Tbe power to clwnge the venue
in civil and criminal cases shall be , vested
in the courts, to be exercised iu such man
ner as shall be provided by law. ' 1
Sec. 24. No obligation or liability of
any rail rood br Other coi'iorntidn, held or
owned by the Commonwealth, shall ever
be exchanged, transferred, remitted, post
poned, or in any way diminished by the
General Assembly, nor shall such liability
or obligation be released, except by payment
thereof into the State treasury. " ' y
Sec. 25.., When the General Assembly
shall be convened in special session, there
shall be no legislation upon subjects other
than those designated iu the proclamation
of the Governor calling such session. '.
i.Sko, Eg. , Every order, resolution or vote,
to which tbe concurrence of both Houses
may be necessary, except oil the question of
adjournment, shall be presented to the
Governor and before it shall take effect be
approved by him, or bciog disapproved,
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shall be, ri-pafecd by two4hrds of both
Houses according to the rules! and limita
tions presoribwi In cases of a bill. 1 , t ; '
SeC( 27;' "No Sta'lo office, shall M contin
ued or created for the1 inspection ot meas
uring of merchandize, manufacture or com
modity, but any county or municipality
may appoint such Officers when, authorized
bylaw. V. ; H!'V; ' 1 ' '
Sec. 28. No law changing tluj location
of the Capital of the State shall be valid
until the same shall have ' been submitted
to. the qualified . electors pf, tbe Common
wealth at a general election and ratified
arid approved by themi Ml. '.V
Sec. 20. A member of the General As
sembly who shall solicit, demand or re
ceive, or consent to xecelve,.direct,ly or in
directly, for himself Or for another, from
any company, corporation or person, any
money, - office, appointment, "employment,
tosimonial, reward, thing of value or en
joyment, or of personal advantage, or prom
,lso thereof for Lie vote, ot official influence,
or for withholding the same, or with an
understanding, expressed or implied, that
his vote or oliicinl action shall be in any
way influenced thereby, or who,' shall so
licit or demand any' such money or "other
advantage, matter or, thing, aforesaid for
another, as the consideration of his vote
or oflical influence, or for . withholding the
same, or shall give ot withhold his veto or,
influence in consideration of the payment
or promise of such money, advantage, mat
ter or thing to another, shall be held guilty
of bribery within the meaning of this Con
stitution, and shall incur the disabilities
provided thereby for sajd offence, and such,
additional punishment as is pr shall be pro
vided Tor by law.
Seo. 80. Any person who shall, directly
or indirectly, offer, give or promise, any
money, or thing of value, testimonial, priv
ilege, or personal advantage, to any oxeoutive
or judicial ollioor.or member of the General
Assembly, to intiuenoe him in the perform
ance of any of his publio or official duties,
shall be guilty of bribery and be punished
in such manner as shall be provided by law.
Sec. 81. ; The offence of corrupt solic
itation of members of the General Assem
bly or of public officers of the State or of
any municipal division thereof, and any oc
cupation or practice of solicitation of such
members or officers to intiuenoe their offi
cial action, shall be defined by law and
shall be punished by fine and imprisonment.
Sec. 32, , Any person may be compelled
to testify iu any lawful investigation or
judicial proceeding against any person who
may be charged with , having , committed
the offence of bribery or oorrupt solicitation,
or practices of solicitation, and shall not be
permitted to withhold his testimony upon
the ground that it. may criminate himself
or subjeot him to publio infamy ; but such
testimony - shall not afterwards be used
against him in any judicial proceeding, ex
cept for perjury in giving such testimony ;
and any person convicted of, either of the
offences aforesaid shall, , as part of tbe pun
ishment thereof, be disqualitied from hold
ing any office or position of honor, trust or
profit in tliis Commonwealh. , ,-,-
Sec. 83. A member who has a personal
or private Interest.in any measure or bill
proposed v pending before the. . General
Assembly t shall t disclose, the fact ' to the
House of which lie is a member, and shall
not vote thereon. -
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, Section 1 .The executive department
of this Commonwealth sball cousist of a
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary
of the Commonwealth, Attorney General,
Auditor Generul, State Treasurer, ' Secre
tary of Internal Affairs and a . Superinten
dent of Publio Instruction. , .;, ,
Sec. 2. The supreme executive power
shall be vested in the Governor, who sball
take care that the laws be. faithfully ex
ecuted ; he shall be : chosen on the day of
the general election, by the qualified elec
tors of the Commonwealth, at the places
where they shall vote for Representatives.
The returns of every election for Governor
shall be sealed up and transmitted to the
seat of government, directed to the Presi
dent of tbe Senate, who shall open and
publish them, in tbe presence of the mem
bers of both Houses of the .General As
sembly. The person having the highest
number of votes shall he 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 members of both
Houses. Contested elections shall be de
termined by a committee, to bo selected
from both Houses of the General Assem
bly, and formed and regulated iu such
manner as shall be directed by law., . , .
' Sec. 3. The Governor shall hold' bia
office during four ' years from the third
Tuesday of January next ensuing bis elec
tion, aud sball net be eligible to the office
for tbe, next succeeding term.
Sec, '4. A Lieutenant Governor shall be
chosen at the same time, in the same man
ner, for the same term,' and subject to the
same provisions as the Governor ; he Bhall
be President of the Senate, but shall have
no vote unless they be equally divided. , .
Sec. 5. No person shall be . eligible to
the office of Governor or Lieutenant Gov
ernor except a citiaeu of the United States,
who shall have attained the . age of thirty
years, and have been seven years next pre
ceding his election an Inhabitant of, the
State, unless he shall have been, abseut on
the publio business of the Uuited States or
of this State.
: SEC 0. ' No member of Congress or per
son holding any office Under the - United
States or this State shall exercise ' the. of
fice of Governor or Lieutenant Geveruor. .
.Sec. ,7. , The Governor shall . be . com-mamlei'-in-chlef
of the army and navy of,
the Commonwealth, aiid of the militia, ex
cept when they shall be called into the
actual service of the United Ktatcs." )' ' '
. Seo. 8. : IIo shall nominate and, by and
with the advice and consent ot two-thirds
of all the members of the Senate, appoint
a Secretary of the Commonwealth aud an
Attorney General during pleasure, a Super
intendent of, Public.., IuscniotUm foe four
years, and such other officers of the Com
monwealth as he is or may be authorized,
by tbe Constitution or by law to "appoint ;
he shall have power to fill all vacancies,
that piny huppeu,. jn ojliyes to which he
may appoint, during the recess of the Sen- ,
ate, by granting' commissions which shall
expire at the end of their next session': he
shall have power to fill . any I vacancy that
may hnpptu, during the recess of the Sen-,
ate, in the office of . the Auditor General,
Stnte Treasurer, Secretary of Internal Af-,
fairs or Superintendent of Publio Instruc
tion, in a judicial office,' or in any other