. • • • 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 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