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CONSTITUTION.
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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
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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
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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.
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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