. • • • THE T • SE E. 0 " , • T. E. B HA.WLEY & - Co., Proprietors. VOTTIIIE 30. [olficia/.1 CONSTITUTION. —o— ICE W CONSTITUTION PROMISED TO ?RE CITI ZENS or THIS COIITIONWEALTR FOB THEM APPROVAL OR ItRJECTION, BY TRH CONSTI TUTIONAL CONVENTION. Published by order of the Secretary of the Commonwealth. in pursuance of the 4th section of an act of the Gen eral Assembly, entitled "An net to pro vide for u Convention to amend the Constitution," approved the 11th day of April, A. D. 1872. PREAMBLE. We, the people of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, grotehtl to Almighty God thr the !casings of civil and religious liberty, and lh tinkly invoking His guidance, do ordain and establish this Constitution. AWfICLE L DPXLAILATION OP MOMS. That the general, great and essential rind ples of liberty end free government may be rec. , ognized and unalterably established, tee declare that— SECTION I. All men are bo.m equally free and independent, and have certain inherent and indefeasible rights, among which arc those of enjoyinz and defending life and liberty, of ne (miring, possessing and pmteeting prowriy and teputation, anti of pursuing their own hap piness. Sec. 2. An power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on.their authority and instituted fur their peace, suety and happiness.- For the advancement of these ends they have at all tinwst an inalienable and indefeasible right to alter, reform or abolish their government in such manner as the) may think proper. Sec. 2. All men have a natural and indefeasi ble right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own e2nseietives; no man can of right be compelled ib attend, erect or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry spinal ins consent; nn human all:twrity ran, at any case whatever, control or interfere n it,t the right of conscience, and no ptetCrence shall e'er be given by law to soy re ligious establishment oi modes of worship. Sec. 4. INO person who eicknowhiges the being of a Gott and a future state of rewards and pun ishments shall, on recount of Ids Wigton," ern tallenl4, he disqualified to hold any Mike or place of 1111L4 profit tiIIC,T this Common• FL , . 5. Dem ions shall be free and equal; and nu power, civil or military, Muth at any time interfere 10 pmvent the free exercise of the right suffrage. Sec. 6. Trial by jury shall be as heretofore and the rir.ht tloarof remain inviolate. SEC 7. The printing pm.. shall be tree to re ery pers..] who nine undertake to exant:nri the proceeio., : fs of the Legisldttite or any branch of government : and no law shall ever be made to restrain the right thereof. The free communierb Tian of Umughts and opinions it one of the in % stilattle riguts of man. and every citizen may freely speai, write and print on ant subject, be ing responsible bo. the abuse of that liberty. No conviction shall he Lail in any vireo:mutton tor Lire puldiembui of papers relating 10 the (official c. nidott of officers or men public capacity.or 1, 1 any ot her rioatter proper for public investiga tion or intim:nation where the tact that such putdication 213 S hOt maliciously or negligent) made shall be established to the satisfaction of the kn.: and in all indi.intents for libel, the jure shall !save the right to determine the law and the (acts., under the tlimetion of the court, as in othereasea. SET. S. 'Clic people !ball be seeitre in their per'sons. iu.nsrs, I,:sotlsi. 554 Isossessituts, front unreasonable seam-lies and SeiZOlsa, and no war rant to search any place ttr seize any penseavatr teturs, i‹stle without tieseribia.z them as nearly as !nay b e , nor nit o , it probable tUILIfse, supported by tsath or uffirioution, subserited to be the aftim,t. Stu: 9. In all criminal prrw.cial'ion,, the Lath a sight I. belie:oil by and his to demand the nature and alttSe of the meet !lie wpitess e s f.ee to Nee, to letvi• compulsory proceo fur oh_ twining witnesses itt Ids favor, nyi is proscctl_ Lions hr indictment or information, a spredy politic trial by an impartial jury of ricinago ; he c.noot be compelled to :rive evid e nc e against hi n n ie lf, nor con Ile be deprived of Ids life, liber ty, or property, mile .it by the judgment of his peer. or the I.tw of the land, SEc. 10. ;Cu penien shall for any indictable ogy e n,., be rroceilicil amiiied criminally. by in tormatiom except in tries arising in the land or naval or in the militia, wltell in actual service, in tine• of war or miblic danzrr, or by leave of the court, for oppression or Mii•flemtliM fir in iiiter person shalt for Cite same of: fiime he twice put in jeopardy of life or limb nor shall private property be token or applied to public Ilse without authority of law, and without just compensation being first Made or secured. Six. 11. All et.wrts shall Fe open; and every man for an injnrr done Wall in his lands, vothi, person, or reputal ion. shall have reinelly by' due ouro, of taw, and right and litstiee achnintater vd without sale, denial, or del , v Suits may be broczlit against ILe Commonwealth in sneli manner, in .ueli courts, and in such casesas the Lezislature may by taw dire, t. Sze. 12. No power nl suspending laws shall be exercised maws by the Legislature or by its 'lllolooly. SEC. 1:3 Exemsive not be rep' reil,nor ,P., , vgiT I: fines imlsmeit, nor cruel punishments sec. 14.. All prisoners shall be bailable by .ufficient suretits. unless for capital offenses, 'hen the proof is evident or presumption yrnen t and the privilege at the writ of habeas corpus dl not he suspended, unless when the ease of rebellion or invasion the public safety may re tome it. 15. No commi sign nt uyer and terwiner or j.ll tlolirPry' sllllll be bissue.l. 10. The person of a debtor, where there is not stronz presumption of fraud, shall not be dYmt iooed in prison atter delivering up Ids estate fi,r the li,nefit of his en.. , filors, In such manner ae shall be preseribed by law. Ste. 17. No EX Ton FACTO law, nor any Jaw ilfl pairing the thilij;.al ion of cont:dcts.or making irrevorailde any grant of special privilegas or iouniunt hat, shall be passed. Sue 1/4. No person shall he anointed of trrn son or f•dony by the Legislature. Sic. 19 No attainder shall work corruption -.I blood, nor, eNoept during the life of the or. f• - isler.finfeiture of estate to the Conunonwealtht the estate of such persons as shall destroy their -oan lives shun descend or vest an in case s amend death, and if any person shall be killed easually, there shall be no forfeiture by tea •.hermf SE , 20. The citizens have rt right in iv !waft "tanner to tOz4tlObte together for their corn • d, nod to a apply _to those itryftteit with 1.. r powers of governtrivnt for redro,3 of griev alwes or otber propretturposes, by petition, ad rvmonsiromw- sv.c. 21. The, right or citizens to bear arms in of themselves and the State stall not be SEC. 2t No standing army shall, in time of be kept up without the imment of the I...vislattite and the military ahall, in all easen, and at all Matz, he in strict subordination tattle pawer. I.C.S 2:4 No soldier shall in time of peace be ' , ia, tore,' in any house without the consent of m - nt•r, 5101' in time Or War but in a manner 1/, ie prf,cribed by law. Six 24. The Legislature 6ltall not grant any laiv..4 nobility or hereditary distinction, nor create Any office the appointment of which shall tAr a longer term than doringgood behavior. SKr. 25. Emigration from the State shall not prohibited SFr. 24. To guard against transgressions of The 1.i;;11 powers *bleb Ire Nave delegated, we +1 , 4-lare that everything in ibis article iaexcept cd nut of the genend , powers or government, and ebail fon..rer remain Inviolate. ARTICLE IL THE LEGIBLATtran- SECTOX L The le,,lslative et of tble Cuuuuonwealtil Atilt be v ii• Goleta Assembly, which shall consist of a Senate and a 'House of Representatives. SEC. 2. ILlClnbera of the General Assembly shall be chosen at the general election every second year. Their term of service shall begin on the fleet day of December n•rxt alter their election. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in either House, the presiding officer thereof shall issue a writ of election to fill such vacancy for the remainder of the term. SEC ii. Senators shall be elected for the term of lour years and Representatives fur the term of two years. Sec. 4. The General Assembly shall meet at twelve o'clock noon, on the first Tuesday of :limitary every second year, and at other times when convened by the Governor, but shall hold no adjourned annual session utter the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight. In case of a vacancy In the office of Gaited States Senator from this Commouwesith, in a reCtitli, between sessions, the Governor shall convetie the two houses by proclamation on notice not exceeding sixty clays to till the same. SEC. 5. Senators 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 four years, and inhabi tants of their respective districts one year next before their election (unless absent on the public business °film United Stati. or of this Statejand shall reside in their respective districts during their terms of service. SET. 6. No Senator or Representative during the time fur which he Until have been elected, be appointed to any civil °Rico under this Commonwealth, and no member of Con gress or other person holding any office (except of attorney-at-law or in the militia) under the United States or this Commonwealth shall be member of either house during his continuance in office. SEe. 7. No person hereafter convicted of em bezzlement of public moneys, bribery, perjury or other infamous crime, shall be eligible to the General Assembly, or capable of holding any office of trust or profit in this Commonwealth. SEC. S. The members of the General Assent lily shall receive such salary and meleage fur regular and special sessions as shall be fixed by law, and no oilier compensation whatever, whether for een•iec upon committee or other wise. No member of either house shall, during the terns for which ho may have been elected, receive any increase of salary, or mileage,under any law passed during such term. Ste. 9. The Senate shaa,at the beginning and :close of each regular session and at such other ihnes as may be necessnr•,elect oneof its mem bers Dissident pro 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 Gover nor shall be vacant. The House of Represent* lives shall elect one of its nit-tubers as Speaker Each house shall choose its other ofli^ers, and shall judge of the election and qualifications in its members. SEC. 10. A majority of each House shall con stitute a quorum, but a smaller number may ad journ front day to day, and compel the attend cure of absent members. SEC. 11. Each house shall have power to de termine the rule. 'n( its proceedings and punish its members or miter persons for contempt or disorderly behavior in its presence, to enforce obedience to , its proves, to protect its members against violence, or offers of bribes or private mlicita:ium and with the concurrence nt two thirds,to expel a member, but not a second time for the same tause,and shall have all other pow ers necessary for the legislature ol - a free State. A member ell'elled lot corruption shall not thereafter be eligible to either howse,and pubis :tient for contempt or disonlerly beb3vior shall not lest an indictment for the same offense. SEC. 12. Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings and from time to time publish the same. escept Such parts as require secrecy. and the yeas and nays of the members on and question shall, at the desire of any two of them, be entered on the journal. SEC. 13. The sessions of each house and 'of rommitteea of the whole shall be open, oaks' when the busiums is such as ought to be kept sect et. Six. 14. Neither boost , shall , without the con sent of the other, adjourn for more than three days. nor to any other place than that in which the two houses shall he sitting. Sic. 15. The members of the General AS semblv shall in all cases, except treason, felotij violation of their oath of .111 cc, and breach c.r surety of the peace, he privaleged from arrest daring their attendance at titc sessions of their respective houses, and in going to and return ing from the sante; and for any speech or de bate in either house, they shall not be guts tionexi in any other place. Sac. IC. The State shall be divided intently Senatorial districts of compact anti contiguous territory, as nearly equal in population as may be, and each district snail be entitled to elect one Senator. Each county containing one or more ratios of population shall be entitled to one Senator for each ratio, and to an additional Senator for a surplus o: population exceeding three-fulls of a ratio ; hut no county shall tone a separate district unless it shall contain lino fifths of a ratio, except where the adjoining counties are each entitled to one or more Sena tors, when such county may he assigned a Sena tor on less than fonr.filths. and exceeding one halt of a ratio, and no county shall be divided unless entitled to two or more Senators. No city or county shall be entitled to separate rep resentation exceeding one sixth of the wh o le number of Senators. No ward, borough, or township shall be divided in the formation of a district. The Senatorial ratio shall be ascer tamed by dividing the whole population of the State by the number fifty. Sac. 17. The members of the House of Rep resentatives shall be appointed anions the W.V. end counties, on a ratio obtained by dividing the population of the State as ascertained by the must recent United States census by two hundred. Every county containing less than five ratios shall have one representative for ev ery full ratio, and an additional representative when the surplus exceeds half a ratio; but vach county shall have at least one representa tive Every county containing five ratios or more flan have one representative fur every full ratio Every city containing a population equal to a ratio shall elect separately its proportion of the represent:oms allotted to the county in which it is located. Every city entitled to more than four representatives, and every county having over one hundred thousand inhabitants, shall be divided into districta of compact and con:lvens territory, each district to elect its proportion of representatives according to its population, but no district shall elect more than tour representatives., SEC:. 18. The General Assembly at its first session after the adoption of this constitution, and immediately after each United States.de amnia] census, shall apportion the State into S natorial and Representative districts agree ably to the provisions of the two next prece ding sections. ARTICLE HI LEGISLATION. Sec. 1. No law shall be passed except by hill, mid no hill shall he so altered or unleaded on its passage thrall:t either house as to change its original !trium. SEC. Nu bill shall be considered anima re• ferret' to a committee, returned therefrom, rind printed for the useot the members. - Sac. 8. No hill, except getteral-uppropristlon billx, shall be pesseil, contelnieg tuore then one subject, which shall be clearly expreasttl in its title. S c.. 4. Every bill shall be read at length on three different days in each house: all amendments made. thereto shall he printed fur the use of the members before the final vote is•takenuathe bill, and ,no bill shall become Lite Unless en its anal pliwieze the vote ho taken by yeas and nays, the name/ of the persons rat ing fur and against the same be mitered on the journal,and a majority of the members elected to each Louse be recorded Thereon as voting in its favor. Sec. 3. No amendment 'to bMlls by one house shall be concurred in by the -other...except by a vote of a majority <tribe tnemberselected there to.taken by yeas and nays, and the names nt ,those voting far and netiinst recorded , upon the journal thereof; and reports of eornteittms of conference shall be adopted in eitherhonse only by the vote off 11:1100rityli the 120Mberil Clicte rrlet. CPTIX .4L1V33 riZarrlCir ; 602:1 1 AILISTM) cocrii. clovErwriws". MONTROSE, SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOY. 26, 1873. ed thereto, taken by yeas and nays, and the names of those voting monied upon the Jour nal. SEC. 6. No law shall be revived, amended, or the provisions thereof extender! or conferred by reference to its title only, but so much there of as is revived, emended, extended, or conferr ed. shall be re-enacted end published at length. Sr.c. 7. The General Assembly shall nut pass any local or special law : Authorizing the creation, extension or lan pairibg of liens; Regulating the affairs of counties,citles,town ships, wards, boroughs, or school districts. Changing the moors of persons or places; Changing, the venue in Civil or criminal cases; Authorizing the laying out, opening, altering, or maintaining tuatis,highways,streets or alleys; Relating to ferries or hritiges,or incorporating terry or bridge companies, except for the erec tion of bridges crossing streams which form boumlarics between this and any other Stale; Vacating rends, town plate, streets or alleys; Relating to cemeterks, graveyards or public grounds not of the State; Authorizing the adoption or legitimation of children ; Locatihg or changing county seals, erecting new counties, or changing county lines; Incorpontting Cities, town, or villages, or changing their charters; Fur the opening and conducting of elections, or fixing or changing the place of voting; Granting ditorees ; Erecting new`townsbips orboroughs , chang ing township lines,borough lithits, or school dis tricts ; Creating officts,or nrescribing the por•ers and duties of enters in counties, cities. boroughs, townships, election er SCI/001 districts; Changing the law of decent or onmeessmn ; Regulating the practice or jurisdiction Id. or changing the rules or evidence iu any Judicial proceeding or Inquiry brine 111.;-rusru. justices of the peace, sheriffs, commissioners, ar bitrators, auditors, nta-fters in ebancery, or oth er tribunals, or providing or changing methods fur the collectiottat debts, or the enforcing of judgments, or prescribing the effect of judicial salts of real estate; Regulating the fees, or extend' ..; the po e wr end duties of alder - nom, Justice.,l magintrates. t r emestable3; Regulating the management of public schools, Use building or repaiting of nchool homes, it IA the raising of money for nuth purpones; Fixing the rate of iutereat ; Alketing the 17-4..te of minors or persons un. der disabiliiy • except after doe not ire to all par, firs in interest,to he recited in the special emu:i -t-11011 ; I:unfitting fines, penalties and fort hares, or refunding niuneys legally punt into the Ticasu ry ; Exempting property from taxation; flegulating labor, trade, mining, or mat:cif:le luring ; Creating corporation.% or ainending,renewing or eiteniiing the clatriepi thereof: (/runt tag to any isufliorating, ascoriat ion, or individual any , pecia) pri,ilege or immunity or to any clirpuilition, a•tutelatiati or individual the right to lay oolovu a rani - told track. Nor shall the f;rnetill euact such special or local law by the part .f .eai of a gofer:it hut laws repeatit,c ;m ,r spec ial acts may be pate.: 11. Nor Why law la, passed granting powers ur privilegyslu ant eIISC whin till' grantor;; of attelt liowers and pri~ilranw shall have been provide.) fix Lt get,- vral law, uor where the eto t ias bat, Jeri:Ai:tit:Aft to grant the came or give the relief sired for. Sr.c. h. Ito Itaal or stwci•l hilt -hail he trattaeil milt,. notice of the ativatiou to apply Live Leen pulllialual ill Ibe be lily the matter br thug to be ateelial Latizy he situated, a Lich nosjee4.ll be at Joist thirty Jays prior to the intrtAuctinll the General Aa 4ernbly of such bill, mid I/1 the srafister to be itrorichsl by luisAt !kip' evidence of such h a thig. I..en pubirzol, shah I n tAilibi:ed At Mc "corral -Assembly' before such act bluall be pass ed. Sr.c. 9. The presiding ofllcer of each hone -dial!, in ! lie prem-rire or the b oo , nc^r " he preldrlrs, anii by the thtneral Aesen.lee, a fler !heir ti tles have iron publicly real imuieolaiiai a lire anti the tact of signitn . .;•theil tnirred on the journal. SEC. JO. The General Assembly ehal iireiirri be law tie unmber. duties 411,1 CoMpt . IIN.II,II or the officer, and employe," to ash lion**, and tin payment shall be made I}o/14 the tow.- Tre,iury, i-r be in any way antitortu 1 to ad) pet mos, ex cept to an *ell eo officer or rtn;.loyca: elected or appointed in purionthee of law. SEC. 11. No bill khan tie p4i..,ed giving imp extra compensation to any inibliontlinnr, nnr• rant, employee, agent or contractor, suer Ner - Viet. Shall I.l,iVe been reoder,d ur cunt n.ct made nor provnin4l tor the payment nt ■ny chdntß against the Conintonwealth without pre%iuus nuthotity of Inw. SEc. 12. All stationery. printing, paper, and fuel used in the legislathe and other depart• ments ut government shall be furnished, and the printing, binding, and instributing, of toe town, journals, department reports, and all oth er printing and binding, and the repairing and furnishing the balls and rooms used fur the meetings of the General Assembly and Its com mittees, shall be performed under contract, to be given to the lowest respunsible Milder below such maximum price and unt'er Such regula tions as shall be prescribed by law : Do mem her or officer or any department of the gov ernment shall be in any way intertYted in such contraeM, and all such contracts be sub ject to the approvil Or the ilovernor, AnditOr General and mate,Treasurer. SEc. 18. No law shall extend the term of any public officer, or increase or diminish his salary or ernohnuents after his election or ap pointment. SEC. 14. All bills for raising revenue shall on in the House of Repro..cutatives, but the Senate way propose amendments as in oth er hills. SEC. 15. The general appropriation bill shall embrace nothing but approptiatirms lot the ordinary expense.; of the executive, legis tire and judicial pepartmettis 01 the Common wealth, intcreet on the public, debt. and liir public schools: all other apdropriations shall be made by at paratJ bills, each embracing but one subject. SEC. 16. No Monty shall be paid out of the Treasury except 'Ton spprOpritill.AiS. Made Irt law and on warrant •lrawn by the proper all- Mr in mimetic° tl area SEc. 17. No appropriation shell b e m a d e to any charitable or educational institution not under the absolute control of the C.l it anon w eat t h other thanmorinel seboola establioo ! d by l aw foe the profe-witinel training of teaebera kr the public schools of the State, except by a vote of twot-birds of all the members elected to each house. Ser. OK No appropriations except for pen sions or gratittnles for military aurxieca shall be made for charitable, mille:lti(111/11 or bencrolant purposes, to any proton or community, nor to any tiellominational or sectarian instnution,cor• flotation or soa.ociation. SEc. 19. The General Assembly may make anpropriations of no ney to institutions where in the t widows of *-ntilass are supported or as sisted or the orphans of soldiers ere maintain ed and *Audited but such appropriation shall be applied exclusively Mille support of such widows and orphans. Sac. 20. The. Grog-rid Assembly shall not delegate to any special connuiamou, private corporation or association, any power to maim, supervise or interfere with any numb:Mal int• provemem, money, propertyor cams, -Whether held in trust or otherwise, or to levy taxes or perform any municipal function Sec. 21. No act of the General Assembly shall Ihnit the amount to be recovered: for • in juries resulting in death, or for Injuries to per, anus or property, sad In case of death such In juries, the right of action shall survive, and the General Assembly hall prescribe fur whose benefit such" actions shall be prosecuted no act shall mvserlbe any linilbrious of time within _which' salts may be brought against dupers- Boas for injuries to p4s.ons or property, or for other causes ditDmart front those fixed by gen eral: laws teplating actions ,signinst natural persons, and such acts now existing are avoid, - Bea 23- /go act of the General Azonbly shall authorize the investment of trust funds by executors, administrators, guardians, or other trustees, in the bonds or stuck of any private corporation, and such acts now existing ore avoided, saving investments heretofore made. SEC. 21. The power to change the venue in civil and criminal cases shall be vested in the courts, to be exercised in such manner as snail be provided by isw. Sc.c. 24. .No obligation or liability of any rail road or other corporatiou, held or owned by the Commonwealth, shall ever be exchanged, trims• lerred, remitted, postponed, or in any way di• utiuisbed by the General Assembly, nor shall such liability or obligation be released, except by payment thereot it.to the State Treastuy. Sec. 23. When the General Assembly shall be eonvened in epeciarsessiun, there shall be no legislation upon subjects other than those desig nated in the proclamation of the Governor, cul ling such scasion.. Sec. 20. Every order, resolution, or vote, to which the concurrence of both houses may be necessary (except on the questio)t of adjourn ment) shall be presented to the Governor, and before it shall take effect be approved by hint, or being disapproved, shall be repassed by two thirds of both houses, according to the rules and limitations prescribed in case of a bill. SEC. 27. No State office shall be continued or created for the inspection or measuring of any merchambse, manufacture or commodity, but any county or municipality may appoint such unicorn when authorized by law. SEC. 28. No law chunghig the location of the Sze. 13. In each i.if' the death, conviction Capitol or the State shall be validuntil the None on Impeachment, failure to qualify, resignation, shall have been submitted to the qualified eke- or other disability of the' Governor. the powers, tors of the Commonwealth, at a general election, duties. and emoluments of the office for the re undi rattitied and approved by them , maunder of the termor until the disahillity he SEC. 29. A member of the General Assembly reumeed, shall devolve upon the Lieuteuant Gov. who shall eolic,t, demand, or receive, or consent SEC. 14. In case of a vacancy in the to rocoive, directly or indirectly, for himself or office of Lieutenant Governor, or when tlie Lime for another, (tom any company, corPoratioil or tenant Governor shall be hum:ached by the person, any money-, of aid, House of Ilepreientatives, or shall be unable to ahem, testimonial, reward, thing of value or en , exercise the duties of his oftlee,the powers, joyment, °rot personal advantage or promise I tinuctii, and emoluments thereof tor the thereof, for his vote or official influence, or tier i remainder of the term, or until the withholding the same, or with an understand- , disability be removed, shall devolve upon hag, expressed or implied, that his vote or 011 - 1 the President Imo Trurout: of the Senate; and chi action ~ hall he ManY tress lathimmed there" I the President pro tempura ut the Senate shall by, or who shall solicit or ilemand tiny heir ~ in like manner become Governor if a vacancy " ho oey or other advantage, matter, or tiiiiht ior disability shall occur in the office ot Govern aforesaid Mr another. as the consideration ()rids or; hisavat as Senator shall become vacant when vote or official influence, or for withholding t he i ever he shall become Governor, and shall be saute, or shall give or withhold his vote or influl to Col ca/ DIA by election as any other vacancy in the acreatitlet al ion of the payment or promise of such money. advantage, Matter, or thing to I ~ • EC In. Every bill which shall have another, shall be held guilty of bribery within , '. passed • both liousis shall be promoted to the the racati tag or :Leta COlCAlhilion• wad shah tit' 1 , G ove r no r ; if h e approve, lie shall sign it t o but cur the (11,041 We,, plovitlaii thereby for said r f- i if he shall ant e pprove, he shall return it with te"','., sad such 4thiiii"3l punishment " ii " 2. I his obj,, , ctions to the house in which itshail have iamb lie poi% idea by, law. , originated,. which house shall enter the °Wee- Sec. 00. Any perstm who shall. directly or in- r ., thins of large upon their journal, and proceed to directly, oill-t, give„or promise any to a • - - " -e - ' .t t ' :', reconsider it lf, shirt such reconaiderationd.wo thioi , of value. tivthiumial, pr i ge ori r , iv l ''-, •,. "; '..,' -', thirds of all the members elected to that house al advlintage, to any executive oryinitruti iiiii Shall alfree to pass the bill, it shall be sent with err or member of the General Ausenible, to in 11.ie ohjections to the other house, by whicbdilse- ' deem e Lou in the performance of any of nii . i.ise, naleill be reconsidered, and it approved public or 1, nlei:11 dut ies,sliall be guilty of bribery, Give, , by two-thirds of all the nwitilx-rs elected to that tail he punished In such munter as shall be ,"' provided its hew, , house, it sietli lie a law; 'but in such C.ISC3 the Vales ot both houses shall be determined by yeas Sec. ni. 't lie Einem:E. of corrupt solicitation of polite and tiay.s. sad Um nanies of the members voting lu "' her° (m ' t the (katral Ast.cnthi / ' t "t P",, - - ' lot and tigaitait the bill shall he entered ou the of:leers of the State, or of any monieiled d , v , s"' 1,,,0,,,i,,,0• e a ch non,,e respectively. If am' hill ion thereof, and arty occupation or practice of ,, ,, itii t2ti . he tet ,.. hed ti. ,, wieln caret °f 3llti' Wernbt" or °lrc ' ta In 1 ." %fll davi after irtiliall gave t hou presented " to eme their official action,sliall be defined by law, , him, the same shall be a law in like manner t itorim: shell be punistusi by tine mod intprisonineut 1 If he had signed it, unless the General Assembly, E•Le.. 22. Amer person may be compelled V. sus If , -, ,,by their adjutant - neat, prevent ha teinru, In lifY ire any 1- "' I ' d inv ' i44t h"' '' r . I " dici3 ' P ; a Lich ca..of it shall he a law, unless he shad Ole reeding. against nue prison who may he clearg- . the whe, with hit tieetette, the. ed with having committed lbe,Pirt'ase',. 4 br . i . t S ', sma-tar" , or the emomonwealth, and give no or corrupt solicitation, or pritCnee., 01 wined% tioe thereof, be public: proclamation within flair tion, mud stall not he peresittell to vi itithol.l 11 ~ . ty days an4r such adjournment tee;i:army upon the ground that it may crud :late Linistlf or subject Mtn to public„„, ; j SEC. Ith The Governor shall have Rower n , ~) „ ,,,,,,r a i b ",, 11 -.'' I . to disapprove of sni. , item or items of any bill but Stall ti.-tialait) A, '” n.'" "---- - - use ,t ' waiting appropriations of money, enatirachtie Ilinsl bin ' in coy jtemhicisl rne2raing. exceed ilisti„ct items, tool the par: or parts of the let fur perjury iu i tivin s 4 '" te'lthit°"Y' and any s la-„,-.1.,1tal le , the law.and the Item or tems Piasittle Cosviets.l.4.,..i.tls.s. se .hts ~ M ens e s „.op- . 1 , r ot approPtiation disapproved shall be void, un c'id, d'''ll. —. P re "f 11'2 DUni‘inue t " lt 'n't‘ posh- . k . .. 0 repassed *emoting to the rules and limita tiondi•itailith- fl-rau holding any rm , " ( ' -'- tion 01 honor, truSt, or pratit in this Common- . . _ - ... t over the h•Sei stn. • e v eto. li,Vllllll. Si..e 33. A member who has a personal or private interesl in any measlier or bill Pr'.l ,4 '‘"l or pewiii: Iw;,re the Gene•rl Assenfitly atilt itiseb ea , the fart to the hon=e of which by is LI 111lItaba and 1511:01 nit vole tlu•rewt. Alain E IV. 'Mt ESE. VTIVE. SFs - rtilN 1. The Etecutive Depart ment of thin Commonwealth shall consist of s Governor, Lienterout Governor, Secretary of the Commns, evith, A Mime ) , General. Auditor General, e , tnte Trea•orer, Seerclary of Internal Aft . sir% and a Superintendent of Public instruc tion. Sec. 2. , The snprente eveetitice rower %Milt be vested In the Governor, who shall take rare that the lowa be fat terully executed: be shall he ettexaen on the day of the gen , r it elec tion by the'qualiiied electors of the Common wealth, nt the places when• they shall vote (he Representatives. The monis of every e!ec thin for (.4ovet t nor shall besealet: tip and trio*. mimed to the seat of government directed to the President of the Senate, w ho shall open and pittilish them in the presence of the members , of both hooves of the General ,tssettlbly. The person having the hiLtlie . vt number of votes shall lie Governor, but if two or more be equal and highest in votes, one of them shall he elm-en Governor by the joint vote of the members of both homes. Contested elections sholl be de termined by a committee, to be selected from bun, hatmes of the General Assembly, and funned and renanted in such manner as shah be directed ht law. SEc. 3. Tao Governor shall hod his orrin• &dux. four years from the third Tuesday of January next ensuing election, and shall not l.e eligible to the Mike for the next succerd• inn , term. ' SRC. 4. A Lieutenant Governor shall be chosen at the sate time, in ;he same man ner, for the name tennis, and subject to the same provisions as the Go% tumor hr shall he presi dent of, the Senate, but shall have 110 vote un less they be equally divided. SKr. 5. \o iwrdoo shall be tli,gible to the office of Governor or Lieutenant Governor except a citizen of the United titat, who shall have attained the age of thirty year, and have been NeVCD years next preeeetling his election ar inhabitant of the State, unless lie shall havn been ahsent on the vunde businesi of the Unit ed States or of this State. SKC. No inenther of Congress or person hotline any ofilee under the United States or this Stale shall tIV.TCh-3 the oSlee of Governor or Licutcuint Governor. SEc. 7. The Governor sital be com. minder-In-chief of the army and navy of the Commintwetith, and of the nillit is,except when they shall he called into the actual service of the United States. SIX:. 8. }iv shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of two-thirdsof all the members of th , • Senate, appoint 3 Secretary of the 03111110Y1Wetith and an Al barley (Jer,er• al during pleasure, a Superintendent of Public Instruction for four vear4,• and such other 0111- ' m•rs of the Commonwealth as he he or may be authorized by the constitution or by law to ap point; lie shall hare power to fill all V3eatleiCl4 that mar happen in tam 10 which be may appoint during tt e recess Of the Senate by grantirm csnotnissionsmitich shall expire at the end of their next session ; shall bare ,pow• or to 811 any vacancy that may-bantwn during the recess of the Senate, imtbo offlee of Audi tor General. State Treasurer, Secretary of In ternal Affairs ur Sitrimintimilent of Public In strttetion, in a judicial °lke, or in any tither elective office Which he is ur may he authorized to 111 h If the vaisincy shall happen dining the ses sion of the Senate, the Governor shall nomin ate to the Senate, before tbelefinal adjularnineb a proper person to fill said vacancy. • But in any such case of vacancy, in an else-. live Once, a person shall be chosen to said of fice at the next general election, unless the va cancy shall happen within three calendar months immediately preceding such election. in which case the election' for said omee shall be held at the.sccond succeeding, zenend elec tion; ' In net-IN:fin Executiva nominations, the Senate shall with. open doors, and In confirming or rejectlDE the acchuttloas of the Governor, the vote shall be taken by yeas and nays, and shall be entered on Mt:journal Sec. 9. He shall have power to remit fines and fortitures, to grant reprieves, com mutations of sentence and pardons, except in mai of impeachment, but no pardon shall ha granted, nur sentence commuted, except upon the recommendation iu writing of the Lieu:et:mut Governor, Secretary of the Commonwealth, At torney General alp Secretary of Internal Affairs, et any three of them, after full hearing, upon due public notice end in open session, and such recommendation, with the reasons therefor at length, shall be recorded and flied in the cilllce of me Secretary of the Commonwealth. SEC. 10. rt. e may require information in writing from the tinkers of the Executive De pertinent, upon any subject relating to the duties of their mapective onlcim Sec. 11. lie shall, from time to time, give to the General Assembly information of the state ht the Commonwealth, and recommend to their, consideration such measures us he may judge expedient. SEX. Id. He may, on extraordinary oc casions, convene the Generil Assembly, and in case of disagreement between the two houses, with rmpe.it to the time of adjournment, adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper, not exceeding four months. Ile shall have power to convene the Senate in extraordinary session, by proclamatlon,for the transaction of executive business. See. 17. The Chief .Inetice of the Su preme Court than preAide upon the trial of any conti-,teq election of Governor or Lieutenant Governor. Rini shall Iceide (potions resntrding the admiisiidlity of evidence, and shall, upon r,must of the committee, prononnre his opin ion tipon.other questions of law involved in the trial. 'lite Governor 311,1 Lieutenant Goveamor shall exereiqe the ditties of their respective ees u u h I 'their successors 311[111 be duly qualitha S. S. The Socreht.'y of the Cum mon wealth aliall keep a record of ell official arts and proceedings of the Governor, and when re quired lay the same, with all papers, minutes sod vouchers relating thereto. before either branch of the lleneral Assembly, and perflwin suet, Mho duties, as may be enjoined upon ‘ bini by law. Sr. 19. The Secretary of Internal Af tanni shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the Surveyor General, ',object to such eitamos an shall be made by law. Lila departinditt Owll embrace a bureau of indus trial stntintics,and he shall discharge Ruch duties relating to corporal ions,to the charitable tutions, the azrieultitral, manufacturing, min. lug, mineral, timber and other material or bu siness infernos of the State an may he preserib eu by law. lle shall annually, and at suet& other tinies as may be required by law, make report ai:the General Assembly. St:(7, 20. The Sane/int mien! of Pub- tic Instruction shall exercise all the powers and p e ribria 'all the duties of the SUUcrintentlent of Conarnorl &bords• subject to such changes as shall he *pie rw law. SEC. 121. The term of the Secretary of InfernalAtiltirs shall be four years, of the Au ditor General, three years, and of the State Treacurer two yearn, These of Pitall he choxeu by the qualified electors of the State at general elertions. No person elected to the of of Auditor General or State Treasurer Moll ha capahle of holding the saute office for two consecutive tern. SEC.:22. The present Great Seal of Pennsylvania shall be the seal of the State. All eenninisslons shall be in the flume and by aut boric}• of the. Comitkonwealth of Pennsylva nia; alabe sealed whit the State seal and sign ed by the Governor. ARTICLE V. TUE JUDICIARY. SECTION - 1. The judicial rower of this Commonwealth shairbe vested . in the Su. prenie 'Court, in courts of common pleas, courts of oyer and terioloer and general jail delivery. courts of quarter sessions of the peace, orphans' courts, inagistratc' courts, and in such other courts ait the General Assembly may front time to time estlilish, SEC. 02. The Supreme Court shall con sist of seven judges. who shall be' elected by the qualified electors of the State at large.— They shall hold their offices for the term of twentpone rears, if they so long behave thein• selves well, but shall not be again eligible. The judge whose comas/don shall first expire shall he chief justice, and thereafter each judge whose ennunbsion shall first expire shall in turn be chief Justice. tiV.O.:3. The kr:is:Leticia of the Sm preire flout shall extend over the Stale, and the judges Cheroot shall, by virtue of. their ces. he Justices of oyer and terminer and gen, , eras jail; delivery in the seitval tamales-, they shall have original jurisdiction in eases of iii junction, and where a corporation is a party de, feutiant. of habeas corpus, of si p aso i s i o ,, to courts of inferior Jurisdiction; and 'of quo trsititavro as to all officers of the CoMmon wealth- whose Jurisdiction extends over the State, but shall not exercise any other original jurisdiction; they shall have appellate jurisdie thou by ill.pe!tl. CERTIORAIII or writ of errors in ail cased, as is now or may hereafter by provi ded by law. SEd.', 4. Until otherwise by diteoted law the courts of common pleas shall 'continue as at pr&ent established, except as herein ebang. eti; not'dnore than four counties shall, at any time; be included in one judicial district organ- . ized for said courts. SEC.; 5. Whenever a county elinll..con teln forty thousand inhabitants ft shall consti tute n siorate judicial district, andehall elect one 'judge learned in the law; and the General Meeintiy dial] provide for Maid coal judgekas • Terms { PUMA> 7r71111=1: '"""1. the business of the said districts may require.— Counties containing a population less titan Is stink:tent to'constitute separate districts shall be formed Into convenient single districts, or, if necessary, may be attached to contiguous die trlcts as the Cleuend Assembly may provide:— The Mike of associate judge, not learned in the law, is abolished in comities forming separate districts; 'tut the 'sever al associate judges in office when thls constitution shall bit adopted shall serve fordheir unexpired terms. - SEC. li. In the Counties of Philadelphia and Allegheny, all the jurisdiction and power* now - vested In the District Courts and Courts of Common Pleas, subject to such changes as may be made by this constitution or by law, at - all be in Philadelphia vested in four,and in Allegheny in two distinct and aeparate -courts of equal and co ordinate jurisdiction, composed of ' , lrmo judges each; the said (Muria In Philadelphia shall be designated respectively as the Cow. of Common Mae number one, number two, num ber three and number fonr, and in Allegheny as , the Court a Contrnon Pleas number one and number two, but the number of said courts ' may be by law increased, from time to titer, ,and shall bein like manner designated be au i evasive numbers; the number of judges I of said courts, or in any county where 'Yrtrifs tahlbilutient of an additional court m e au thorized by law, may be increased troll time to . time; and whenever such increase shall amount in the whole to three, such three, judges shall compose a distinct and separate court as atom ' arid, which shall be uthnbered as aforesaid. In Philadelphia all sults shall be institutes in the laid Courts of Common Pleas, without designs- I ti ng the number of said court, and the several courts shall distribute and apportion the busi ness among them in such manner as shall be provided by rules of court, anti each court to which any snit shell be thus ai.signed shall have exclusive Jurisdictionthereof, subject to change of venue, us shill be provided by law. In Al legheuy each court shall have exclusive juris diction of all proceedinge at law and in equity commenced therein, subject to change of venue as may be provided Cy law. SEC. 7. For Philadelphia there shall be ono Prothonotary'* office, and one Prothonotary for all said courts, to be appc inted by lire judges of said courts, and to hold office for three yenta, subject to removal by a majority of the bald judges; the said Predhonotary shall appoint ouch assistants en may, be neceasary and authoris ed by said courts, and he and his asaiatunta olir.ll receive tiled salaries, to be determined by law anti paid by said county; all fees collected in said office. except such no may be by law due to the Commonwealth, shall be paid by the Pro thonotary into the county treasury. .Each court shall have its sepandetioekets, except the jnng ruent docket, which shall contain We judgerutEs and liensol all thesald courts, us is or may be directed by law. SEC. S. 'Cie said courts in the enmities of Philadelphia and Allegheny respectively abed!, from time to time, In tura, detail occur more of their - judges' to bold the courts of Uyer and - Tenniner and the courts of Quarter Sesokrais of the Peace of said counties in such manner as may be directed by law. Sc.E 9. Judges of the Cotters of Com mon Pleas learned in the law shall he judges o f the courts of Oyer and Terminer, Qnsrter Ses sions of the Peace, and Oaneril isil Delivery, twod of the Orphtns Coon, and within their re epect ive d istrirts shall be justice of the peace as to eriutimil mutters. SEc. 10. The judges of the courts OF Common Pleas, within their respective counties. 'Mil hive power to issue write of ccutumAn) to justices of the peace sod other inferiureourb, nut ut record., and to cause their proceeding to be brought before them and right sudjuatice to be done. Ss.c. 11; Except to etlirrwise provided in this Constitution, justices of the peace or aldermen shall be elected in the several wania, diatricta. hon.tiglitt any townships at tin:rattle 01 the election of constables, by the qualified elec tors thereof, in such mannerout shall be directed by law and shall be commlssioued •by the Goe. err for a term of five years. No township. ward. district or borough shall elect inure than two juAtjces of the peace or alderman withou the con-sent of a majority of the qualified elec tors within such townsliip.ward or horotmh; no person shall be elected to such office iinlesa b. shall have residel •within the townships,borouai , ward or district for one year next prct.,lln.s. election. In eiticatontainlng over fifty thousarot inhabitants, not mots turn one alderman shall be elected in each wurrl or district. SEC. 12. In 11 - ,idelphia th. re shall established, for each thirty thousand inhabitants one court not of reconi,of police and civil causes. with jurisdiction not exceeding' one hundred dol lars ; such courts shall be held by tnagistrates whose term of office shell be five yelirs,and.thet shall he elected on a general ticket by the quill Ced voters at lam.; and in the election of the said magistrate nu voter shall vote for mom than two-thirds of the number of persons to lie eke ed, when more than orie are to be chasm; they shall he compensated only by. fixed submit:VG be pill county; and alpi:l 'exercise nneh jurerilict ion. civil and criminal, except as hero in provided, as is now exercis ed by aldermen, subject to such changes, not involving an in crease of civil piris - diet ion or conferring port leaf duties. as may he made by law. In Phila delphia the office of alderman is abolished. SEC. 13. All fres..tiors will penalties in said courts shall be paid Into the county trees• ury. Sec. 14. In all rases of summary con viction in this Coinionn weal th.or of joilement in suit for a penalty before n magistrste,or court not of roconl.elther party may appeal to such court of record as may be prescribed by law, upon al lowance of the appellate court or judge thereof, upon cause shown., SEC. 15. Alljudges requieed to be-learn ed in the law, except the judges of the Saprenm' Court, chill be elected by the qualified elector:. of the rexpedlve districts over which they ere to presid.!, and chill bold their oMeeli . for the period of ten years, if they shall so lour behave . them selves well ; but any reasonable csuse,Whieli shall not be auffielent ground . for impeachment, the Governor may remove any of them on the address o f two-thirds of each hOusa of the gen eral Assemble. • -• SEC. Iti. l iVllonecer wi jralges , of tii Supreme Court me to be chosen for the same term of service, each. voter shall vote for clue only, and when three are to be chosen, be shah vote for no more then torn; candidate* highest in Tote shall be deehtred elected. Sea. 17. Should any tmo!or. more ittag es of the Snprecne Court, or - any two or mart judge of the Colima Common Please for the acne district be elected st the time time, they ns F 001) after the 6:v11011 . ns, cOnvenient. cent lots for priority of commis:dery and cer tify the result to the Governor,' who Winn issue their conunlssien In nerordnneethereyrith. .tiec...lB. .The jai:es of the SUpreme Court and the itidges of the several Coitrts Common Pleas, and all 'other kidseis reqUired to be !earned in the law, shall. at stated Imes, receive for their ReITICVS en adequate compen. aglow. which shall be fixed by law', and !Mill by the State. They shall receive no other .eom palmation. fees, or perquisites of office for their services frotn.any source; nor any othd edict: of protit nndei the :United States, ,this State, or any other State.' - SEC. 19. The judged of the Supreme Court, during their continuance in office, shall mild° within this Comtnottwe.dth t - and the other Judges, during their continuance in ot11.• ce, shall reside Within the districts for which they shall be respectively elected,. SEC. 20. The several ..ceiirts of Com mon Pleati,besides the powers herein conferred, shall have and exercite within' their respective illstnets, subject to such changes as may ',be 'rustle by law, such chancery j)Owers is are Pow vested fly law in theseveril Ceuta rit Common Pleas of , tilts Comnionweelth, , or as 'may here atter he confirm! upon them by laiy. • SEO. 21. NO duties shall. beimposed:by law upbn the' Supreme Coma' or any of lb,, judges thereof, exe-mt.suelt no are jutilchil, put' shall any or the ludgesT tlareof exercise any power of appointment; except ttslierein I.ed. The Court of"4isl. Prins ds hereby sloth Ished, and no court at original Jurisdiction to liepreldedoyerV , may one ctr ;Kira of the NUMBER 47; jtulges of the Soprano Couit "hall be eetablish ed: F SEC. 22. In every county wherein the population Shall exceed one hundred and fißy. thousand the General Assembly shall,and in any other county may, establish a separate Orphans' Court, to consist of one or more judges - who shall be learned in the law, which court shall exercise all the jurisdiction and posrers now ves ted in, or which may hereafter be conferred up on, the Orphans' Courts, and thereupon the jurisdiction of the judges of the Court et COW! MOIL Pleas within such county, in Orphans' Court proceedings, shall cease and dertermine; in any county In which a separate Orptuuts• Court ithall he tetablished the Rezister of Wills shall be clerk of such Court; and subject to Rs direction in all mutters 4-ruining to his office; he may appoint assistant clerks, but only with the consent and approval of said court. All ac counts riled with hint as register or as clerk of the said separate Orphans Court shall bet midi ttd by the Court without expense to partlersex cept where all partite In Interest In a pending proceeding, shall nominate an auditor whom the !aft may, In its discretion, appoint kern,' .unty the Orphan's Courts shall possess all the powers and jurisdiction of a Registers' Court, and separate Register's Court, are hereby abolished. Sc. 23. The style of all procesi shall he "The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania"! All prosecutions shall be carried on in the same and by the authority of the . Commonwealth oC Pennaylvania, and conclude against the peace and dignity of the saute. SEC. 24.. In all eases of felonious homicide, and in such other criminal cases as may be provided for by law, the accused, alter conviction sod sentence, may remove the Indict meat, record, and all pnweedings t 6 the Su preme Court for review. Sic. 25. Any enmancy happening' by death, resigns Mu, or otherwise, in any court& record, shall be tiled by appointment by the Governor, to continue Lid the first Monday of January neat succeeding the first general elec. lieu, which shall occur three or more months aller the happening of such vacancy. SEC. 26. All laws relating to courts shall he general and of uniform operation, and the orzstozation, jurisdiction and powers of all courts of the same class or gradeseo far es regu lated by law, and the force and effect of-the promsar.d judgments of such cottrts Shall be uniform: and the General Assembly Is hereby prohibited from creating other courts to exer cise the powers vested by this constitution in the judges of the Courts of Common Emend: Orphans' Courts. ' 5c.27. The irtrties, by agreement file 1, may, in any eiral case, dispense with trial by Jury, and sotnnit the decision 01 such case to the wort listing jurisdiction thereof, and each court shall hear and determine the same; turd the Judgment thereon shall be subject to writ ot error as in other cases. ARTICLE in. vspiacumran AND ItEILOVAL FROM °mail. Samos I. The Elonga of hepresett tativtl shall lose thu 4o le power of luve4cit 17111t. tisc. 2. All impenehmenta shall be tried by the Senate; when sitting for that phr pn4e, the Senators stein be upon oath or Atkins tion ; nu person shell be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members . p.ra. eat. SEc. 3. The Governor and ull otherciv it officers shrill be liable to lcupetteinnent forimy tniqdetneanur in office, but Judgment In such =sea shall not extend further titan to removal f - ront °thee and disquslitlcation to hold any, or rice of trust or protit under thin Commonwealth; the person' accused, whether convicted 'or ac• quitted, 01311 nevertheless be Iliable 'to Indict. t.trial,judgment and punisnment atcurding to law. Site. All officers shall hold their ofrt 'oEl on the condition that they bebave themselves well while In ofcc, and shall be removed on conviction of miebehavlor in omen or of any in• lainotl3 crime. Appointed officers other than judges orals courts of record and the Superintendent of Pub fie instrueilon, may be'reenoved at the pleasure of the power by which they atiall have been ap• pointed. ~&11 ollkers elected by the p;ssple, Gt. cept Governor—Lieutenant Governor. :ambers of the Geheral Asseinirly, and judges of the courts of record, learned in the law, shall be . re. moved by the Guecraor for reasonable eAttiss,ats ter dun no!ii..* and full hearing, on the address of two-thlrds of the Senate. • ARTICLI: VIL OATH OF OFFICE'. - SicrrioN 1. Senutors autl Repreentitives :u/Li ill judicial, State, and county officers, slain' before coterieg on the duties of their resptaivo Aims, take and subscribe the follussitig author, sflirm ition 4 •1 do solemnly swear (or ttfilrm): that 'I will support, ober and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution ,f:this' Coll,lllollw.Elltli, and that I -will dischterge- the duties of my office with fidelity; that 1. haire not paid er contributed, or picenised to pity or. contribute, either directly or Indirectly, any; money or other valuable thing, to - procure ' minima ion or election (or appointment.) except tor necesAary and, proper espensot expressly-. authorized by law; that I bare not knowingly violated Any . elect ion law olthis Commonwealth. or procured it to he done by others in my be halt ; that I will not knoWingly raTive, direct.' ly or indirectly, any money. or other valuable thing fur the, pectinmance or non-pertormance of Any art or duty pertaining . to my office, otlt-.,. er than the compensation allowed by law" Tire t go reguing oath shall her administered by ' some t antborizectto administer oatbs,and in thitteltse of officers. anki judges of the Supreuie Court, shall be flied - in the . olfice of the Secretary of the Commonwealth. and in tho, case of other Judicial and cuunty'olfieers, in the Miler of the Prothonotary of the county- in which the same is taken; any person refusing:e to take said oath or of Shall forfeit his office, and any person who shall he convicted ot having sworn or affirmed falsely; or ot .having violated said oath or affirmation; shall 'he guilty of.perjurs,ard be forever disqualified tmm hold ing atty. One of trust or.•profit -within this Commonwealth. _ The oath to the members of the Senate and. House of Itipresentatirei shall be administered . by one of the judges at the Supreme Court 'ot of a Court of Coultuon.Eleasjelitnerl In the taw, in the hall of the.bouee to which the euetuber. shall be elected. • ARTICLE vin. err-Imam AND sLEcylo:qa. SiCTIOY I. Exery: male citizen ,twen. ty•ono years of age, pneie9sing :the following qualifieutlons,'llioll bo entitled to onto at all elom ions. ' , _ . Find Ire shall have been a citizen of She tired Rtateitat least one Seeontt, Re shall have resided In the State ruin Tear (or lc banns previously been a Ewell. tle,l'elemor or nstive. born citizen of the State. Vohs!l have remove() therefmin Intl returned, h•n six months) immediately prem.-ding 114 oettlon. • . . _ Third., Fre shall bare resided In the election district wher,... he shall oller.to vole nt !Oast two ,uumtlks hometliately on-(cline theelcotion. Fount,: If twenty-twOleire of Age , or werds.he shall have paid withiatweyeari A Etate, orennnty tax, which Kliulllavo been asamseki at least two months and pada,. lealtonotnoulb bernre the election , - - Bi'r. 2. The g.neral election aNdl •bts heal nthtially the It:many next following the fi tat 3tonday of November.but the General svrnbly may. by- law As a different One. two. thirds of 1,11 the mambos of tact belie e COW, seating thretu. Sr.o. 3.- All eleetiong for city, yard, borough. and township , (Mors.. tot re_goloe. wins or invimahall be held nn the third Txte, , laforrehruarv. Bro 4. All elections-by the alumna_ shall be by ballot Every ballot voted- shall btj numbered - in the or ler In which It shall be To. eelved, and the number recorded by the elec tion officers on the list of voters. ()Moshe th* mime of the elector who ttre4en'a the ba110t.... Any elector may write his moue upon his title; or conies the same to bo iv - 61ton the , Pon Anti et, tom tsdH t fib 4 1 ficglitlit e 1 Zls
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