EMI ITS CONSTITUTION 11==3 IMONWEALTI - I OF PENNSYLVANIA, ETIDED.SY THE CONTENTION OT ONE THOULAND TIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTI-SEVEN- Tuurn.TIGHT. E,The . People of the Comnmsrealth of Penn-' , ' la, ordain and establish this Constitution foi',! veinment. ARTICLE 1. lion-I. The legislative power dr this Comtrion- , Ith shill be vested iu a General etwernbly, , shall consist of a Senate and House of Repre- Lives. Lion 11. The representatives shall be chosen lly by the citizens of the city of Philadelphia of each county respectively on the second Tues.; l.ot Octoher. .. d on I n No person shall he a representative , shrill ;it have attained , the age of twenty-ape , and have been a citizen and it'll ,bitant of-the three years next preceding his election, and the year thereof an inhabitant of the district ill and ••hich he thall be chosen a representa'ice, unless hall have been absent on the.public business of United States or Of this State. t• tion iV. Within three years after the first me ting of the General Assembly, and within every sutaequent term-of seven years, an enumeration of the taxable inhabitants shall be made in such man ned as shall be direct l ed by law. The number of c •rep esentatives shall, at the several periods of mak ing such enumeration, be axed by the Legislature, an apportioned among the city of Philadelphia and the several •counties, according to the number of. tax bte inhabitants - 4i each: and shall never he les& tba .sixty nor greater than one hundred. Each' county shall have at least one representative, but no county hereafter erected shall he entitled td a sena- . Tatt . representation uotil a . sullicir tit number of tax-. ahle inhabitants shall be c•iit.tiled within it, to; 'entitle them to one teprese , ,t itive .z - se..blrto 'the: ratio which sh di. the , , be est •!,li.hed. . . flee..bin V. The senator , ' eh 'II he chosen for thred ye4rs by the citizens of Phi11;101-hit and of the' several counties at the vane time, in the 3 - one man- , us:4, and at the sante places w bete they shall vote , ill iteoresentativcs. , Section VI. The nombe'r of Senator.' ?hall, at the several peri xl3 of ni •knig the enumeration before: mehtioned, be used hr the Legislature and tappor- , , ii.nee , l among the di.triits rosined as. hereioafter: "dineete , t, acc.rding to the notober of u,x,ble inhabt... snits . in each; :not shall never he less than one-. fourth, nor ; 4 1e;.tet Ural one-third, of the nurober or it ...., ntati• r". to'll/lri ', It, Ti," sPn , toll, , h - li he chosen in di ; triets, to he I..rirted by the lez,•:1 ,vire ; 0417 no dis i• r! shrll he so fw toed as re en'tfl , I.: to ele.l more t' an two snc.tton., naffs, the namb:r of taxable ini hattlants in ang cpy or canny a., ill, at any time; he Su. h as to ent,lle it to elect mere th-in l'no, but rui ei ,y or county shall he rut i I led to elect more than flit . senators; when a dist i iet c hail be •romposen 'of two or more cointn.s. itn-y shall he "nift.nnin;zi neither the city of i'hitadelido I nor any county-4'41 hil - divided in coming a distnet. • Section 1111. N. poison shall be a ern itor, n'bo wall not have att .tned -he age ~1* iseenty-bee y...., a, or d have been a citizen and ittle,'.itant of the Stall f ear years tit xt to fore his eleet i, on, awl the last year there ,f an inhabitant of the . 1 1-trict f,; . which he ss ail herb-.stn, itoless he Ov.II h -re I ten absent on t e public bu-iness of the Unite.t States or of thit , , Sate; and no person elected as aro, ,s,a;a, shall 44,0 s id eirs,:c after he slut!! hate rent need from such die, t i i frt. I Sec•ion M. The senders ,rho may be elected a the first general election after the ...tdop'ion of the amendments to The cons! Patton, shall be divided 4 1 t into three (lass's. The sea's of the senators of the fi rst class shall be vacated al the e... - piration of t i first year ; of the second etas, at the e. - piralion qith• Rrtond year ; arut of the turd rl :4, , at the e.e4 pfraticrn of the third year ; en that thermfter one: ittird of the whole number of senators ma trbe ebneen efery year. The senators elected before the amend:. rrvnis to (hi constitution shall be adopted. shall hold tseir offices during the terms for trhixh they shall res-pectirety hare been elected. , Sccti...n L. The funeral Assembly shall meet oa t t e first Tuesday of January. in every year, unlesd s mei - convened by the Governor. .. ; tisstion XI. Each house shall eh ...I. its Speaket t akl other of cern; and the Senate sh II also chaosti al Speaker pro tempore, when the Sr.-al:et 911.111 tx.i 4rise the office of Govestiar. Secti,:n XII Each house shall judge of the go •lei fictions of as memha,s. — C soh o .1. i• .11 •r,s shall hie determined ;by a•c•antniltee loll' selected. formed 4al regulated in such manner es 546 .11 1 .11111'014i by; I two A majority of e•ch hats ~ .II ill c u.stitute a norum to do business; but a sm•lter number mgrj urn from day to d ty. and m .y he auth , tzed bY, ^ i i li w to compel the attendance ~t ~!,,,,D1 itir.nd.rt., its Nikirb manner and under such pi tillt:,: a., tune bit fi,.•vided. • E.rh limme may 4 , 1•10 I mine the rvla of is prueeentng,, pun -11 It. mrrnl.erl fttl .vi •nr, nit.? wit', thr r i , 4 , 171r,er ..it ttv _thirds, expel a member. hol I v a A 3 , ,0nd WWI f))r the same e..tuae; anti sh.il n,te ~ther provers, eireeebaly fur a l•ranch of the legislAterre of a free Section XI V. Th. b•givtaturr shall not wire potrei 4 , en.trt l.nr 6 11-1/Villing' the :ant • - ort qi go' riqge iri +off, «•oe u r•..he ruarls rut:ono/14 health Ire or ~my herettlf,r be rrnpo:rer•d to derrei dirnrr• SeClitHIN . Elf+ amuse .hair keep a iniiered or tf; powt.(.o.ifl4s, and ttt,ll-1; theft' Week except inch parts as mgt' feri lire Seel tiCe r and the seta n: vs of the •••:. DTI rfly que5f1.11.01...11, at the desire of ally tu,s of them. rte ankled tot thi 'ijnrtrnals. ! Section XVT. The • 1 ,..rs of e^ch hno:e and of t , mtinttt•es of the , t hit shall be onen, onless', *hen the nosiness shall be such as ought to he kept secret. . • ' Section XVII. Neither house shall, without till ironscor of the other, adjourn fur more thin three days, nor to any other place than that in which the ;nu houses sh all I.e st' • trig. Sectiim XVIII. The Senators and represeetativeS Utte), recoi — e a compensation for their services to be seertskined by law, and paid nut of the treasury of ; ;he Commonwealth. They shall in all cases, exii kept tremolo, felony and bre.irh or surety of th 4 peace, bellrivileged from arrest dining _their ata sendance at the session of then respi ell, e housel nod in going to and returning from the same.• An for any speech or dchatc in either house, they shall 'not be questioned in any other place. :section XIX. No Senator ur representative luniig the time for %Inch. he shill have been ileCt4 it'd, be appointed to arty civil office under this Conti linunivealtli which shall have been created, or ths [emoluments of which shall have been increps4 'during. such time : and ou member of Congress og :other person holding. any Mike (except of attornek jut law and in the militia) ender the Uniwil States'. , or this Cninownweall,h, shall be a member of eitheii ib , mse during his continuance in Congress or id ;cape. • See,lon - XX. When riesticies hsppen in,eithei Ite , use, the Speaker shill issue w, its of election tel fill such eaCancies. Section XXI. All bills .for raising revenut loriginste in the house of representatives, flit 014 fienste may propOsell.mrmiment% as in tithe; bills. I Sretipn XXII. No money grill be rhawn fenni ,the treasury but in consequence of ap rota - tau-0i lalifte by low. i Seetitit X XIIT. Rvery bill Arhikt .hall hire !passed ti,th houses shall\ be pre:setti t to the t;•.1 r 0 iVernur. lit he anpnwe hklhall sign it, but if h# islt2ll not approve he shall retutn it with his obj lions to the house (in which it shall have origins who shall enter the objections at large up.ll the ~ j -aarnats....and piveoed to re-consider it. U. ate' !such re-consideration, two-thirds or that hottso shall ',agree to pass .the bill, it -ball be aent with theob. Bow and Tow Lines. `'II - UST. rteeised and for' sale a sopply of Roth t FY and Mitt [Abet , . ' I 12=1111 1 - • yeetions to the other, home,ywhich J r' I ..114110,10shballtilltaX11- ~._ ___ ... ~. shall be re-ctiblideril; tied • approlfell k , p - t.wo-, ,P0444.1411, 1 .) 1 4 4A440*,4C-PRlASlglabw• thirds of that bouseott *sill bovatteloL.: But lin such" / t :i L livolowyr,- , -I tiop L Tne judicial' power of this Common casiSny. ya tim an v ii cte n:s uf , and t i riern - rimes h4 o l f rent:J ."llllll ns voli ued ng for or against the .bill shall-be -.entered milli" join-. wiZit, dr? In! IfeAtellt l -I, , ,SIMThOne Court, in J any ii fit s h, 1i C of Yer and Tau:o and Gente4uDe oats of each house np;ti rely . not be returned by he . vernor within ten days lictesYS rres ,, CenutorColtt Pleas, 9rp rt i , (Sundays excepted) ter i it shall have been. pm- *Rellinter i n.count; Oil a rt. dr Quartet '• eietis sented tcy,hirn, it that Be a law,itilikelp"snet as of Of the Peace. for each county ;in Justicen of the Peeoe 2 audio son other IrAnnts=us the legislature . he 'hail signkl it, riot linl`tgelitral risen bly, by their adjournment. pa Setif itinituni, in refill .cate oral frrnifiblittittinWeitibibib , L It Shall be a law, miles. - sent , WO Witt* l - Sentiaafflei TMs AniPsalktia,!Prtall anal, Of days after their next tiwet g.- -• ' 1 the Several CourtS of 110 w rlsos, and of such Section XXIV. glretY order, resoluti on ior vote other Courts gefiwd 14 ear ... s.itakbe eidablishe d . to, which. . the conecrirence-of Mof bath houses Inlay be. by law, thalt'he - . l4 nningted Y the.Obeernor, and by astdirs7A - the co:sent . (it tiy Senatt appointed 'and areessiaryiesicept, o 0 • question of adjoutnment) stall be presented tp tt, Governor, nod before it ealeavissamseE/bY Aim; Th /*les of ihe'SWOOMe 'shall take effect, be ppp ved by him, or being dis; Court shall hold their 'gni.* for the "term of fifteen be nepas ed by two-tlaidt of both yeters if 'theft shall 40 langl' 6 ehlOe the'illerves Fill. houses aceoildinc to the itlee and limitations • pre. TkepresisteatledgesalitanseeertaCourts qf Common scribed in case of a bill. • P/eis and of such other Gnarls of ilecord'as are cr r Section XXV. No {revision/. body shill behereaper shall .„b• 41 . 1 04iShest hY-4nc.s i ptall '.thee iLag,, re created,reninced or Slater, with honking , or dis.. glared to haearned in . * 0 shall hold *Cr nfl.-es counting privilegesiltre out ..siz months prerinus 'for the term'llen year's iqh;y shall so long &shire public notice of 'the ing,,,d e d _,,, p 1i ca ,,i,,,,, f or A, thentielres w . The ass tale judges of the Courts Enne in tuck man ,' ~,,r ! a . ;W I bi 7 i ,,,,,. r . r .i..4 b r k lic .. .1 cominottrietas shall hold thfir Offices for the ,erm - Nor shall lay chartes "'night purposes afiarettaid, he of flee yaws if they shall so ion ',Aire them. lrea granted for a /onge period than t,ren.'y years, are well. But 1:or arty rem /41 cotscAchich shall niq every such rhartre. shlilf 4onietin 11 clause reserving be etif*Triitaid of Aherne, the Gaertner to the legislature the*neer to alter, revoke pr annul My remove any of them the address of twughirds the ramie whenever in their opinion it rifity'be info- Of each branch qf the aegis lur e. Thefedgessy she riots uto the citizeralof the corosnontreal'h, in surh Supr:ate Court and the ...sidents qt the beret-•' eutnner however thati no injus•ice shall :,e done to; he Courts of Common Pleas shall a! s nt , d rims rrrrit r -corporotors. No /ate hereafter enacted, shall create, fur iheir services on adelinate rom..,easalion ,o I r cr , fired by kw, which thrill ins! tre di minictria .L.ri , t( renew or extend the Charter of more than one corp 'ration.. their continuanre in _djr.ce,lbut th r-itshn'l re-ic- 1 . ' AB.TIcI.I: 11. • fern or- perrtufsites of office; nor hold any other , „ , h...- Section I. The Supreme 1 7 .1.reutit e power of this if Profit under thie-Coennummeath. Commot•wealth sh ill I e ieste•' , in a Clove-nor. t-ection 111- Until other-S.4e directed ht btre, U.. Section 11. The ni.,eri.• •.' .II he ctroocit on the !'arm's ,-, f remanno F l -no «kill rind, o leas a: „:, ~,.o second Tuesday of G/ctoher, by"the citizens of the est - Ibbshed. 75, - ot none than„five , ( nities ‘1,,i1 -'I ,n • Commons.. elltli, at the places eche, e th. y .41111 re- l time be in, laded in one Jurtscial th-trict organs-n' spec'ivel' . rote for. represent - alert. The returns for shill Courts. ' of every election for Governor shall he sealed up Seetinn 'IV. The itifkictinn of the 'F.,. •n e and transmitted to tae seat of g malonotriadirected d i,. te d _Court .41,11 extend over U j e State; and the Judo,- to the Spe ker.of the Sedate, who sholl (pen and the'e'f, shall b •Y virine of; their t ' fn•. " ..b e J''''ln'e• publish them in th preverce of the mewbers of of (')'.v arid Tenni:air und - eietteral,l,il Delivery, it. . t I tooth Ir.ott'S of the Irg.‘latu;e: The person haring the eA stables-4y iho 'quit* voter; ihereof, su notohcr ho„ o h o g h e di egthricooi andpaholLte. , toorootosiootd:by th e , . fora terns of Yegra_ ,__, 0- hut eta blond P. wierd, , or turueqh- Aria', MCI 4 "re Mark two ' of .therpeoevovokter- . bielpterithouttlie roasost.4cesnapn:dporplit itfi edAelortriaithiernOck:lmestelapr =mint lici. - tetigkai J '....f. li k !. tit Section VIII: All officers whose eleegu'l'erii-P -kdfairfilltitarlditallif,'," linted'eti itititi; **uteri' sharbeeteded-res tiA Ahop*Cia and Sides, fin , sale. bytthc /11pl$ THAGGERTY, , ;raz June L • " elir;eifiplcifireittr eiebt ,14441,. Wmt f—lnSe'VigrAbleLfzid,. liii*tre a &peen a inhafritant - t here; a ..ht yrar next P:iiaraikeirP4441,4441140".0,...4.11 hare terbeteiPAurif &it have been see (one erected, then within the gmarf Me tuni z ty br.corszetiecinstornshich it shall give been taken. Ni, .Ifrthrber tlf ! Congeexerirrmi this slate, many Pfr ,3o o Wilinrar err/visit:A , any office io appaintinent of trust nr profit tinder the United Statesta4halleaqhc,saote tune hold or Yativise . any offire.in this state. to which a rotary is, o-fees or I;ersanlites are by la LC4 artia•xt d nct a sla lure :ling by lino deekre Well tote4rievi are in cuittparldr. No member of Me Senate or of the hoA...&siopreessdat; yes skull be appaiated by the tof47lo.eire *term fur which he, hall hai;Ar6eirctiv. - skit mbar ,t .h rric,,, fd a term` of years ehalthold their qfices far the terms respectively 'ape:a:fled. only on the eon& tion that they so long be.lore tbemAelm ; and shall be removed on conviction of snialschaviour in iSice or if any in iiiii Crl//4 9. Section Any person who shall, after the of the amendments pro by Mit Cannen. Eon to the Constitution, ght a d ull or send a challenze for that purpose, or be alder or abettor in fighlinga dud, shall be &priced of the right nf holding any.n.gee of honour or profit in this Stale, and shall be.punialeedotherwise in such manner as is, or may be prescribed by lute , but the trecub're may remit the said offence and all its dis , luat ficationp. ARTICLE VIL gerOon f. The legisl.ture sh4l, as soon as con n. 4 rniy 'be, provide by law, for the establish ment of schools throughout the State, in such manner th.t the poorlistay be taught gratis. Section IL The arts and sciences shall Ow/pro moted in one or morE seminaries of learning. Section 111. The rights, privileges, immunities and estttes of veligibus societies and corporate bo- IIICS; shall retdain as if the constitution of this State had not been altered or amended. • Section IV. The legislature shall not invest any corporate body or individual with the privilege tvk, prier.te properly fbr puldie use, without rryu;ring such corporation or individual to make amps/motion to the owns . gsaid property, or grace adequate security. there , before such pm perty shall be taken. ' ARTICLE VIII liTem'ers of the General Assembly, and all MB exeiutiie mid judicial, be bound by oath ui to,eiippoit thi constitution of this r"mio •uweil h and to uer(uttn the duties of their respective offices wan bueii.). ARI'ICIA: ri That the generaL.great and essevtial principles of liberty and flee g .;;errin-tit mar he recogrised and unalterably established,•\CE DGCL3ttF., TFI4T Section L Attract; ale born eirrAly Gee and in dependent, and Mare certain labels ut and indefeasible rights, among which are those 14 enj y ing and de fending life and liberty, of acipurgtg, possessing and protecting property and reputatiun, and of pur 'suing their own happiress. Section li. All power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their au thority, and instituted for their pence, safety and happiness ; Fot the advancement of these ends, they have, at all times, an unntier.nt le and indefeasible right to alter, Worn; or abolish their government, in such =timer at they may think proper. Section yll. All men have a natural and 'indefea sible right to worship Almighty ciod, according to the dictates of their own conaciences; no MAO can, of right, be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience ; and no preference shall ever be giaen, by law, to any religious establishments or toodes,of worship. Sectlati IV.' No person sehmacknowledgee the be ing of a God and a future stateof rewards and pu nishments; shall on account tlfibbi religious senti ments be disonalifsedlo bold iny•ollice - or place of trust or profit. under this Commonwealth. I= Section V. Elections shall be free and equal Section VI. Trial by jury• shall be as heretofore, and the right-thereof remain inviolate. Section ;VII. The printing presses shall be free to every person who undertakes to examine the pro reedinKs of the legislature, or any br'anch of go vernment: And no law shall ever be Made to re strain the tight thereoL The free communication of ttgoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable tights or man ; and every citizen may freely speak, write and print on any subject, being responsible for the abirse of that liberty. In p , osevutions the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a rfublie capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public in formation, the truth thereof may be given in evi dence : And in all indictments fur libels the Jury shall liave . 'ir right to determine the law and the facts; under the direction of the court, as in other cases. Section VIII. The people shaH be secure in their persons, houses, papers and pbsseOions, from unrea sonable searches and seizures: And no warrant to search any place, or to seize apy person or things, shall issue, without describing them as nearly as May be, nor without • probable cause supported by oath or affirmation. Section L. In all crown:A prosecutions, Me 'r eused bath a right to be herd Iyr hint.i If a: , l his counsel, to almond the tritire "int causel.l the or rusatiati ortinit him, to Inert the witnesia, face to face, to have compulsory process (or obtaining ivit nessrs in hi% f.e,tar, Ana, iu prose'cutiont; by o.;ltrt tornt qr iLGn in Ii; rt, a s; edy 1,11:‘ tic t; aol,i,y an impartial sury of the virinoge ; ho cannot be com pelled to gase r; it:enre ae.i..it haniself, nor tan he be Jepri; ed of his liG, li`erty, or ppyrity, unteis by the judgment of his peers or the i ice or the land. . • Section X. No person shlll, fnr any itelictable ofFence i De prvceedett ag-ii,..ietirnjinliv tint!, evcept in cases arcing in the land foicer., or itt the Militia inlien in actu.il service in time of war or puGl9c d 'neer, or try ',iv, of the emirt, for opprestion and mrstiemearrom in office. No person shall, for the.same offence, be twice put in jeupindy of life or limb; nor ELall say MAWS pre petty be taken or applied to parte use, withutit the consent of his representatives, and without just compensation being ornk. Section . XI. Ail Cum ts shall he open, and every Man fqr an injury done Vim in his land", goods, per son or reputation, shall have remedy ly the due course of law, and right and Justice adminkeied, without ,le, denial dr Jelly. ?mit-, may bd Influent against the Commonwealth in such manner, in such emirts, and in - such AtiSes as the legislature may by law ditICA,-, I • • Section 'No pOwerof suspending taws -shall :be exercised, unless' by the legislature, or its ad- . tbotity„ Section X.IIL £.*ces- ice bait shall not be re.: quired i nor excessive flues imposed, nor r. eel pe4 niahments - , Section.. XfV". pd.:weds - shaft be ',bailable by 'efficient atirelies, unless for capital offeniws, when the proof is' evidept or presumption great.; and the privilees. ottbe writ of habeas corpus Shall not he suspended, unless when, hi ease, of rebellion or hr vasion, the public safety may iequire it. - Smarm .X,V.• No eibtalliedEM of IA& and Terminer.l or jail deliver'', shill be issued, Section XVI. The person of a debtor, where there is .not Atmut presunvlion Qf fratttirenlit nut 'be continbed In prison, pYter aelivirine up •his est-ste for,the benefit of his creditors; fl 3 such manner as • shed he prescribed by law. : • :S . gctioti 4.114 fadiji&Cl43 law, nor-acy lure. ittimllring.uontracts shrill lie..made„ Set„tion 'X'N'fil-V lre. person .411111 attainted of tense's' ,ErVfelenrby'the legisl ature. ...SeetirrileXlX. attainder shall-WM* tOriiiptirm! of '. - bkeni,nori except during' the life of the °Tattler, lorfeitare.of estitie=l4ttlft , onttdonsve'ilitr t Ott tares of such persons almsbatl.+destror their dere lives, 2111111 deueetdrot - keit as in ease of natural SUG'Ate...soda and .W vier ("metier.. fror's.rle by , - ' N. N ATHA NY 4 , CO. 33 ME . ' Li:.`Av..~~.. : A .~,.,.i it' am. person, —* Wai be killed by shig:iarrisSifoiteiture by reason . Section:lsc... Thpcitizentirsve,a right, irk* • '-‘• ablp inanner t ,to e ottimon good; lad to apply to 4 tliose invested with the,povrers 'of • government for redress of grievances, of other proper purposes, by petition, address or remon _shame. Section XXI The right of citizens to bear arms,' in defence of themselves said the State,Shali nbt be questioned. Section XXII, lino Standing army shall, in ;time of peace, be kept op icit:iout the consent of the gislature ; and the military shall, in all cases; and at all times, he in strict subordination - tote power. , • ; Section.XXilt. No soldier shall, in time of pesce, be onartered in any house without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, hut in a manner tp be prescribed br law. Section.X . XlV. The legislatnre shall not grant any title cf nobility or hereditary distinction * nor create may °Ere The appointment to which shall be for a !Otter ?elm than during good behaviour. - Section XXV. Emigration-from the State shall sot be prohibited: Section XXVI. To guard against transgressions of the high powers which we htve delegated.- WE DECLARE, that every thing •Iro•this article is ex cepted out of the generalixneersof government, and shall fur ever remain inviol,te. ARTICLE X. Any amen utasentrortemendmen's to this conshtu lion may be proposed in Its Sena e or House of Re presentatives, and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each House, such proposed amendment or ennendments shall be entered on their journals; unlit the yeas' and nays taken thereon, cod the secretary tet the CcantnonwealthShall cause the same lobe put - dished three menthe beforethe next election, in at least one newspaper in every county in whi, h a newspaper shall be published ; and if in the legislature next afterwards chosen suck pro posed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each house, the Secretary of -the Commonwealth shall cause the .833 tut again to be published in manner aforesaid, and such proposed amendment or amendments shall be sub:kilted to the pkople in such manner and at ;such time, al least three trOnths, after being so agreed to by the two houses as the legislature shall prescribe; and if the people shall approve and ratify i such amendment or amendments by a majority of thequa !fled-voters of this State toting thereon, such arizend ' ment or amendments u shall become a part of the con stitution;but no amendment or amendments shall be submitted to the people oftener than once in five years ; Provided, that if more than one amendment be submitted. they shall be submitted in such manner and ferm, that the people may rote for or against each amendment separately and dtstinctig. SCHEDULE`. That nu inconvenience may arise from the altera tions and amendment's in the Constitution of this Commonwealth, and in order to carry the same into complete operation, it is hereby declared and ordain ed, That, • Section I. All lairs'of this Cominonwealth in force at the time wheh I the sold alterations and amend ments in the said Constitution shall take effect, and .not inconsistent therewith, and all rights, actions, 'prosecutions, claims, and cuntracts as well of 'indi viduals as of bodies corporate, shall continue as if the said alterations and amendments had not been made. Section 11. Thealterations and amendments In the said Constitution shall take effect from the first day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine. • Section 111. The clauses, sections, and articles of the said Constitution, which remain unaltered,.nhall continue to be construed and have effect as if the said Constitution had not been amended. Section 1‘... The General Assembly wnwris 5113.1 convene in December, eighteen hundred and thirty eight, shall contlihne its session, as heretofore, not withstanding the provision in the eleventh section of the first article, and shall 'at all times be regarded as the first General Assembly under the amended Constitution. Section 'V The Governor who shall be elected in October, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, shill be inaugurated on the third Tuesday an January, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, to which time the present executive term is - hereby extended. Section VI. I . lle commissions of the judges of the Supreme Court, who may be in office on the first day of January neat, shall expire in the following Tan ner! The'commission which bears the earliest date shall expire on the first day of Jamiary, Anne Dn..' mini one thousand eight hundred and forty-two i the commission nmotated shall expire on the first day of January, Annii Domini one thous:rod eight 'hen di ed and forty-five; the commission next dated.shall expire on the first day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty-eights the commission next dated shall expire on the first day ; f January, Atom Domini one thousoi..l eight hun dred and fifty-ore a and the commission last dated shall expire on the first day of January, Anuh Do mini ime•linnimiiiii - eight hundred and fifty-four, Seetion VII. The commissions of the Pretident judges of the several judicial districts and Of the - associate lass judges of 1 the first judicial district shall exsare as fdlows : The-commissions of one-half of those who shall have held their offices ten years or more at the adoption of the amendments to the COlllgt i -1U ti. , 9 . , shall expi on the twenty-seventh day df Fe hisiaty, one Thou sa nd eight hundred and thirty-hive ; the commissinnsf the other half of those who shall h are held theirevs ten yea r more at the Situp tea; of the ame ndments to the constitution, shall . xpire off the twenty-seventh day of February, one thcotsand eight hundred and forty-two; the fir 4 half to .embrace those whose commissions shall benr the oldest date. Tbo commissions of all the remaining judges-who shall not have held their offices fen ten years at the adltion of the amendments to theicon s.itution shall expile on the twenty-seventh day of February next iifier the end of ten years irom the date of their commissions. Section VIII. The Recorders of the several May ors' Courts, and other criminal courts in this Coin tr;;;nweaßh, shao be appointed for the, same time, ar.d in the same manner, as the president jiadgea , of the several judicial districts; Of those now an office,: the commission oldest in date shall expire bn : the. twenty--seventh day of February, one thoeisand eight hundred and forty-one, and the others every two }eats tffeleafter according to their respelctive dates. ' Those oldestin date expiring first. t ; Section IX. The legislature at its first session un der the amended constitution, shalt divide the 'other associate judges of the State into four classes. ;The commissions of those of the first class shall eicpire on the twentyleventh day. sit February, eighteen • hundred a tut forlyfint thine - of 'ilii tecohd class on . the twenty-seventh day of February, eighteen Mtn; dred and forty-one; of those of the third this on the torenty.sneventh ilarof,Fehttoiy, eighteen bun dled and forty-fwos id of those of the folitilh Class on the twentyeventh day of February,. eighteen hundred and for y-tbia.e._ The said classes trim the ' first to the fowl shall be arranged according tb the -•i i seniority of the i cominittirifeiff the - several Judges. Section X. PtothOnbtanes, clerks of the several court; (except of the Supreme Court) recorders of deeds and isters of wills, shall be first elected under the • 'CoOttitullinng atlthie'eleedonl of repre yentatices in tb year eighteen hundred and thirty lt 'IIIIIP, in Such m nneras may be preset ibed by w. SeCiiiii XI. Y-a`PPOinting power shall rema nas heretofore, and 0 ,11.0111licem in the - appointment o the executive departthent'shall continue in the exercise .of the 'duties of their respective offices until' the legislature shall; past,,ruch laws as may rel ated be bYr•the I .eightti iieiticin of the sixth article the amended constiottlpmierni anfilLaPleiintinentlll Shall 1 be made übder ditch laws; unless their. cottinaissOns, i , sinitabettiukiserred by dew' tilmointmiinit, of pin sooner expire by their own limitatiops, or the 'said nifices shaft become eat ant:hi:death . or resign-4Po, and•suchoLaws shall be,. eta etel by the first leg la- - ture ender the amended constifution.. Section XII. lbe first election for aldeemep i and justices of the peaerkstlall 14.143IlIejear eight een hundred and - fart*, atlhe thne - fsgpik_ (op (i lk election of constibla , s'ThWlSgis' litilre•aVitirifrari. CIII.IRCHILVSMANUAL,iId rianiaabi and Faits, just ITc:envoi andTur sib by. B. BANN AN. a pril 4 • 2'5 session utoep-tne men; . togistitun.! vide for the said iliction . d'Yor.aubiel elections.`v The Miler:nen ' , , - justicti I' now in commissions or who mar in 7th 1 appohatecl,.shall eamtmue- lie- discharge their respective L efty:ta p wail fifteen:A 1 day whieli shall EP,bied.by - .l:iw ,for nit, commi e ssiotis, al the espitaltian... 1p their commissions shall lie. " h testimPoyAbal the oregoing.ls ' • - -iebtietitutbm ' or Tenn ylvatilaril • convention;fWe the core sintni cunrentien Alive p as o. Agili'd . Philadelphia, the tw ty.fiecund.d ary, Amite Darllnl ou'thousand and' thirly.eightvand of the lode f AtieflitibeOtareii of erica the ° ~ , i JOLLY' ERGEAN ' T, , . gt . , ' Daniel kne w, ' ' ' --. g l4 lifiy . Wm- Ayres, ' • nI , HaYoi M. W. Baldwin, .. . ben. - Helffe .1 Ephraim Banksi ' . Beriderso 9 John Y'.-Barclay, , Wm.-Heade .1 Jacob Bamdolar, . Wm..Eliesler Chas. A.llainllll, ' IWilliank Gig. .. Andrew Bedfbit, : I Jos. Hopkins f Thos. S. 'Belli - . ' I .lohn Houpt,. James Cornell-Biddle, Jabez Hyde,. Lebbeus L.' Bigelow ,Charles J. Saml. C. Bonham,l- telt% Jenks. Chas. Bmwn,,v.-.4: -4.. , !George M. o i 'Jeremiah Drove*, 4 James. Kenn William Brown, ' Aaron Kerr, Pierce Butler, • Jos. Eon . ' . 1 S imuel Carey, • Jacob 'Cribs, John Cummin, 11. G. Long, David Lyoi Alex. Magee Joel Joel . M nai V. M. Mere James Alen Levi Merkel Wm: L. Mill James Mon Christian M D. Nevin. Wm. Overfie Hiram Payri Matthias Pe James Porte amen Mad Saha. A. Py E. G. twigs A. H. Read Geo. W. Ri Jno. Ritter, H. Gold Ro Samuel Roy James M. Daniel Saeg r John Morin S Tliumas S. Cunningham . Wm. Darlington, George Chambers, folio Chandler, Jos. R. Chandler; Ch.-Chauncey, • - Nathaniel Clapp, • James Clarke, John Clarke, William Clark, A. J. Cline, Lindley Coates,, - R. E. Cochran, Thos. P. Cope, Joshua F. Cox,, Walter Craig, Richd. M. Crain, , Geo. T. Craseford, Cornelius Cram, Benjn. Martin,. • Julio L. NPCallen, , E. T. I&Dowell, James M'Sherry, Mark Darrah, Tobias Sell Harmar Denny, C.. Seltzer, Geo.Serrill Fleury Etch 6 George Shil .Thomas H. Jubn Joshua Dickerson, Jacob Dinhiger Jas. Lkutagap, J. R. Donnell, Geo. Smith, Win. Stay Jbseph Sul /no. B. Ste , T . ,_scob Stick 1 , 36#116er 'I Thomas T... • Morgan J. James Tod. Thlas W Jacob 13. % R. G. Whi Gem W. 1 ... R. Young. I Joseph M. Duran,. James Dunlop, Thomas Earle, 11 M. Farrelly, Robt. Fleming, W a I ter Forward; t • John Foulltrod, Joseph Fry, Jr. John Fuller, John A. Gamble ; - %Villiam Gearhart, David Gilmore, ' Virgil Grenell, Harris, Thomas Hastings, +64ry, 113-Assi.stznt G. L. FAus, 'J. WILNms SECRET. RIVj OFFICE, FrIIRUA I certify, thatl.,.h n . .m.ol:oing.is an r, copy of " the Constitution of the Cu Pennsylvania as.amendied by the• Con thousand eight hundred and thirst eight," deposited .in this office on t Februari, 1833 t' the arnentlntente•l) and the retained - Nations of the pt tiup in roman letter. ' O. H. ,llli it ROWE. Seu'y of the Cot BOOK SIND BANNAN has (commenced 11- -# • ere in corineetinn with his Where all-kinds of &eke will be 'honest notice al low iittes. . Blank Books' • of etAry - deacriplion trade lb orde rates—and the trade sepplied, wlrol delpltia prices, • . April I PaintedJacon J USDreceived and for saleby rh • a levy pieces of Spdendid • Pain. together kith a clinicpisrlection of !or .tale by HAZZAB D & April 21 • Benjamin V. 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