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THCRSDAT. DECEMBER 4, 1878.
JJ LECTION PROCLAMATION.
GOV SAVE THE COMMONWEALTH.
WaikiAt, In and by the 13th section of
lit act or Uenerel Assembly of Pennsylva
nia, passed July 2d, 1869, entitled "An
act relating te the elections of the Common
wealth," it ia enjoined on the sheriff of
very oounty to give notioe of such elec
tions to be held, and to enumerate in such
notice what officers are to be elected, in
pursuance thereof 1, D. C. OYSTER, high
sheriff of the county of Elk. do therefore
make known and give this publio notice to
the electors of said county of Elk that a
special eucuon will be held in said county
TUESDAY", DECEMBER 10, 1873,
(it being the third Tuesday of the mouth),
for the purpose of
Submitting the amended Constitution of
Pennsylvania to a vote of the qualified
electors mereor, as provided by the ordi
nance of submission adopted by the oon
stitutional convention.
And the qualified electors of the county
- r I'll. mi !. . . . . ..
m xiik win iioiu mcir elections in the scv
eral districts, as follows:
lienczette township, at the house of
Elizabeth ivinslow.
Benzinger township, at the school house
on ftlicnacl street, near tho Elk .creek
bridge.
Fox township, at the Ccntrevillo school
bouse.
Highland township, at the house of Levi
JMiitnorpe.
Horton township, at the school house,
near u. u. Oyster s hotel.
Joy township, nt the houso of Alfred
Fearsnll,
Jones township, at the Wilcox tanning
and lumber company's office, in Wilcox.
Millstone townshtp, at the house of
Henry Herr, at Burr's dam.
Ridgway township, at the court house,
Bt. Mary's borough, at the town hall.
Spring Creek township, at the houso of
Btockdalc, Downer & Co.
I also make known the provision of the
ordinance of submission adopted by the
constitutional convention relative to the
manner of voting, which provides that the
ballots shall be written or printed in the
Tollowing torm: Un the outsido the words
"New Constitution;" in the inside for all
persons giving affirmative votes the words
'For the New Constitution," and for all
persons giving negative votes the words
"Against the New Constitution."
A'so, in the 4th section of the act of As
sembly, entitled "An act relating to elec
tions and for other purposes," approved
April 10th, 1869, it is ennctod that the
14th section shall1 be bo construed as to
prevent any militia or borough officer from
serving as judge, inspector or clerk at any
general or special election in this Common
wealth.
Also, thai in the Cist section of said act
it is enacted "that every general or special
election shall be opened between the hours
of six and seven in tho forenoon, and Bhall
remain without Interruption until seven
o'clock in the evening, when tho polls shall
be ciosea.
No person shall be permitted to vote at
any election as aforesaid but a freeman of
the age of twenty-one years or more, who
shall have resided iu this State at least one
year, and in the election district where lie
oilers his vote at least ten days immediately
preceding euch election, and within two
years paid a Stato or county tax. which
shall have been assessed at least ten days
before tho election. But a citizen of the
nm-iiua-ntiii returned
lmrpn Klnloa ntin hoc
and filirtll 1i U VA
resided in the election district and nalil
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u uivicsuiu, sunn oe entitled to voto
niter resiuing in this State six mouths:
Provided, that the freemen, citizens of the
United States, who are between the ages
tt twenty-one and twenty-two years, and
who have resided in the election district
ten days as aforesaid, shall be entitled to
vote, although they have not paid taxes.
iybebkas, Xlie fifteenth amendment of
me constitution or the United States is as
follows:
Sue. 1. The right of citizens of the
United States shall not be denied or
bridged by the United States on account
of race, color or previous condition of servi
tude. 8eo. 2. That Congress shall have power
to enforce this article by appropriate legis
lation. And whereat, The Congress of the United
Elates, on the thirty-first day of March,
1870, passed an act entitled "An act to
enforce the rights of citizens of the United
States to vote in the several States of the
Union, an! for othe purposes," the first
and second sections of which are as follows:
Bt it enacted, kc That ali citizens of the
United States who are or shall ba other
wise qualified to vote at any election by
the people of any State, Territory, district,
city, county, parish, township, school dis
trict, municipality, er other territorial sub
division, shall be entitled and allowed to
vote at all such elections, without distinc
tion of color, race or previous condition of
Bsrvimue; any constitution law, custom,
usage or regulation of any State or Teiri-
tory, or by or under its authority, to the
vuuiraijr uuLwiiusianuing.
Bto 2. And be it further enacted, That if,
by ornnder the constitution or laws of any
State, or the laws of any Territory, any act
is or shall be required to be done as a pre
requisite or qualification for voting, and by
such constitution or laws persons or officers
are or snail be charged with the perform
unce oi amies in luinisume to citizens an
opportunity to perform such prerequisites
or to become qualified to voto it shall be
the duty of every sucb person and officers
to give all citizens of the Lnited States, the
ame and equal opportuuity to perform
euch prerequisite and to become qualified
to vote without distinction of race, color or
previous condition ot servitnuc; and if any
Hutu cisuuo ui uiuucis &f:au reiuse or
knowingly omit to give full cfl'eot to this
section, he shall tor every such offense for-
leit and pay tne sum or live hundred dollars
te the persons aggrieved thereby, to be re
covered by an action en the case, with full
costs and such allowance for counsel fees
as the court shall deem just, and shall also
tor every such offence be deemed guilty of
iuiaueuieanor, anu scan on conviction there
of be, fined not less than five hundred dol
lars, or to be imprisoned not less than one
month and not more than one year, or both,
at the discretion of the court.
And whereat, It is declared by the second
eotion of the VI article of the constitution
of the United States that "This shall be
made in pursuance thereof, shall be the
supreme law of the land
anything in the constitution or lau-t of auy
State to the eontrary notwithstanding."
And whereat, The Legislature of this
Commonwealth, on the Oth ot April, 1870,
passed an act entitled "A further supple
ment to the act relating to elections in this
Commonwealth," the tenth section provides
a follows:
Sko. 10. That so much of every act of
Assembly as provides that only white free
men shall be entitled to vote, or be regis
tered as voters, or as olaiming to voto at
any general or special election jf this Com
monwealth, be and the same is hereby re
pealed, and that hereafter all freemen with
out distinction of cdor shall be enroled
and registered according to the provisions
.ThinfiII5ll"VlKler existing
itlcd to vote at all seneral and
speoial eleotions inflhis Commonwealth.
No person shall be permitted to vote
whose name Is not contained on the list of
taxable inhabitants furnished by the com
missioners unless he fir;t produces a re
ceipt for tho payment within two years of
State or county tax, assessed agreeably to
the constitution, and give satisfactory evi.
dence'either on his own oath or affirmation
of another that he has paid such tax, or on
failure to produce such receipt shall make
oath of the payment thereof; if he claims
to vote by being an elector between the
ages of twenty 'one and twenty-two years,
he shall depose on oath or affirmation that
ho has resided in the State at least one year
before his application, and make proof of
his residence within his district, a required
by the act, nnd that he docs verily believe
from accouuts'given him, that he is of the
age aforesaid, and givo such other evidence
as is required by .the act, whereupon the
name of tho person so admitted to vote
shalltbe registered!! the alphabetical list
by tne Inspector, and a note made opposite
thorcto by the word "tax," if lie shall have
been admitted to voto by reason of having
paid tax, or the.' word "nge," if ho shall
have been admitted to vote by reason' of
age, shall bo called out to tho. clerks, who
shall make like notes on the lists kept by
mem.
In all cases whfre tho namo of persons
claiming to vole is found ou the list fur
nished by the commissioners and nsce
sors, and his right to vote, whether found
thereon or not, is objected to by any iuah
tied citizen, it. shall bo the 'inspectors'
duty to examin such persons on oith as
to his qualification1!, and if he claims to
have resided within too State or one vear
or more, oath shall notbe sutliciant proof
tnercoi, but snail lu.iite proof thereof by
at least ono competent witness, who tliail
be a qualified elector, that ho as resided
within tho district for the purpose of vote
ing therein.
Every person qualified as aforesaid, nnd
who shall make Hie due proof, if quaMiiod
ot his residence and ravuienl of taxes
aforesaid iu the township, ward or district
in which he shall reside.
If any person shall prevent, or at tempt
to prevent, any officer of any election under
tins aot from holding such oleotiou or use
or threaten any violence to any such officer,
or shall interrupt or improperly interfere
wun niiu in the execution oi his duty, or
shall block up tho window or avenuo to any
window where the same may be holdiue,
or shall riotously disturb the peace at such
election, or suaa use or practice auy in
timidation, throats, force or violence, will
design to infiuenco unduly or overawe anv
elector, or fo prevent hiin from voting, or
to restrain tae freedom of choice, such
persons on conviction slinll be fined in any
sum not exceeding five hundred dollar.
and be imprisoned for any time not leas
than one month or more than cue vear:
and it be shown that the person so offend
ing was not a resident, ol the c:tv. ward.
district or township where the said offence
was committed, and not entitled to vote
therein, he shall on conviction be sentenced
to pay a fine of not less than one hundred
or more than one thousand dollars, and be
imprisoned not less than six mouths or
more than two years.
Whereas, By the act of ihc Congress of
me uuiteu otates, entitled "An act to
amend the several acts heretofore pssaed
to provide for the enrolling and calling out
.t. , ... .
me uuiiuuni mrces, ana ior other pur
poses," and approved March third, one
thousand eight hundred unci sixty -five all
persons who have deserted the military or
naval service or the lamed States, und
who have not been discharged or relieved
from the penalty or disability therein pro-
viueu, ui'o ueeuicu anu niKtn to have vol
;i .e.-i.-.j i .....
uuiui.ijr icnuijuisiiBu uuu lorieiieu tiieir
ing any rights of citizes thereof;
Ana whereas, I'ersons not citizens of the
United (states are not, uuder ihe constitu
tion anu laws ot Pennsylvania, qualified
tict-mio ui mio vuiuiiiuii wealth.
' cm t,i t;,-Senate and
jjuuhc uj aepretemaiivctol Hie Commoiuceulth
vj a iwi-vituKu m ucneral .-Usembh m. t,
u,. ' "' ui iie auihoritu of
tha msime' Tim in nil ..I-.: i .
:,,,'. """ K'"ous hereafter to
beheld in this Comnjouweul'h U ,un...
uuiawiunui luejuugc or inspectors of any
such election to receive any ballot or bal
lots from any person or persons embraced
m the provisions and subject to the disa
bility imposed by said act of Congress ap.
proved March third, one thousand eiclit
hundred and sixty five, and it s,,.n k ....
1- .1.. !.. 1 . " UC
lawful for any such persons to offer to vot
any bailot or ballots.
Sec. -1. Ihat if any such iudio nn,l in.
spectors of cllection, or any one ol thorn
shall receive or consent to receive any sii"h
unlawful ballot or ballots from any mch
disqualified person, he or thevn nr...."i:
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
connction thereof in nny couu of ouarier
sessiousof this Commonwealth he shall for
each offence bo scnteuced to pay a nUe of
not less than one hundred dollar, nnd to
undergo an imprisonment in the b.i'l r n.
proper county for not less than m(v dnv
ec. .i. that if anvrevtM ,l. .......
citizenship, and disqualified us nf-e,id
shall, at any election hereafter to be licld
in this Commonwealth, vole or tender fo
the officers there aud offer to vote n ballot
or ballots, any person so oifn,nn i...n ,
deemed guilty of a misdemcano?, nrd on
couviction thereof in any court of o-.'-u-er
sessions of this Commonwealth shall for
each offence, be punished in a like manner
as is provided in the piceediag section of
this act in the case of offices of election
receiving such unlawful ballot or b- lloH
Sec. 4. That if any person shall !,''...
alter persuade or advise any person or per
sons deprived of citizenship na disqualified
as aforesaid, to oiler any ballot or ballots
to the officers of any election hereafter to
be held in this Commonwealth, or shall
persuade or advise any Sllch officer to re
ceive any ballot or ballots from any person
deprived ot laiiMncl,;. .i: .. .
... UIJ anu ui-(juaiihed as
aforesaid, sush person so offending shall be
6 ..j - .u.ouwiue.iuor and upoa convic
V.I' y 00111 ' 01 'i':ni ter sessions
u. y mu.UUwemtn snail i.e punished in
a like manner as is provided in the second
otiou o .ma act iu the case of officer of
"7 receiving such unlawful bailot
or ballots.
Pursuant lo the provisions contained in
- ,l ,cu,,uu us aforesaid the judges of
uiureaaiu uistricts shall respectably
"".1S o t"e certificates or returns of
ciccuuu io ineir regnant va . ill-lot- .... i
produce them at a meeting 0f ono Jud-ra
lrom each district at th rnn,.t n...... ?
the twonship of Ridgway, on FlilD VV
THE 19TII DAY OF DECEMBER ueV.;
then and there to perfor.. H, ,!,!,,
quired by law ot said Judges; also where
a judge by Hickness or unavoidable ucci-
dent is unable to alt Olid Hllnh mantins
judges then a certificate as uforcsaid shall
be taken in charge of by one of the inspoc
tors or clerks of the election nf iini.l ilia.
triot who shall do and perforin the duties
of said judge lo attend: sii.l n,a
judgs of the said districts uforcsaid are
requesieu io meet in Ridgway the county
scat of said oounty. on Fri.h.v ..fio-
third Tuesday of December next, thou nnd
there to dischargo the duties required by
lft vv.
Given under my hand at Ri,ttwn i..
18th day of November in the year of our
Lord one thousand, cicht hundred nn.t
eevetity-three, and of the independence of
tho t'nited States the ninety -seventh.
D. C. OVSTER, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, Nov. 18th, '73 4W.
sTTTuTloJl PROPOSED TO
THE CITIZENS OE THIS COMMON
WEALTH FOR THEIR APPTOVAL OR
REJECTION, BY THE CONSTITU
TIONAL CONVENTION.
Published by order of the Sccresarj of
the Coramotiwealth, in pursuance of
tho 4th section of an not ot the Gen
eral Assembly entiled "An act to pro
vide for calling a Convention to amend
the Constitution," approbed the 11th
day of April, A. D. 1872.
PREAMBLE.
We, the people of the Commonweolth
of Pennsylvania, grateful to Almighty
uoa ior tne Dicssines oi civil and reli
gious liberty, and humble invoking His
guidance, do ordain and establish this
Constitution.
ARTICLE I.
DECLARATION OP RIGHTS.
That the general, great and essential
principles ot liberty and free covern
ment may bo recognized and unalterably
cataousiiea, wo ceciare that
Section 1. All men aro born equally
free and independent, and have certaiu
inherent and indefeasible rights, among
wincn arc tnose ol eniovins and defend
ing life and liberty, of acquiring, pos
sessing ana protecting property and rep
utation, and ol pursuing their own hap-pities-i.
bKC. 2. All power is inherent in the
people, nnd all frco governments are
louiidcd on their authority aud institu
ted for their peace, safety and happi
ticss. i-or the advancement of these
eadd they have at all times an inaliena
ble ana indefeasible right to alter, re
form or abolish their government io such
manner as tlipy may think proper
bF.c. o. All men have a natural and
indefeasible right to worship Almighty
uoJ according to tho dictates of their
own consciences; no man can of right
ue compelled to attend, erect or support
aoy place of worship, or to maintain any
ministry agatust his consent; no human
authority cm, in nny case whatever,
control or iutcrfcre with ihc rights of
conscience, and preference shall ever be
givau by law lo any rchgiou3 establish
mrm's or modes of worship.
Skc. 4. No person who acknowledges
the being of a God and a future state of
rewards ami puui.vhments shall, on ac
count ;f his religious sentiments, be dis-
rjualiliiiu to bold any office or place of
trut or prutit under this Common
wealth.
Sec. o. hlcctions shall be free and
equal; aud no power, civil or military,
stiau at any time inferlere to preveut
t:io jree exorcise ot the right of suf
frage. oi-.u. u lriai oy jury suail be as
heretofore, and the right theteof remain
inviolate.
Sec. 7. Tho priuting press shall be
freo to every person who may undertake
to rsauiitje the proceedings of tho Lei
lslature or aoy branch of government,
and no law shall ever bo made to restrain
the right thereof. Tho free communi
cation ol thoughts and opiniuns is one of
the invaluable rights of man. and every
citizen may tiv-cly fipeak. write and pnut
on any subject, being responsible for the
stmrvutj na-d in prosecution for the pub
lication of papers relating to the official
conduct of officer or men in public oa
pacity, or to auy other matter proper for
public investigation of information
where thy fact thaUuch publication w:is
not maliciously or negligently made
shall bo established to the .satisfaction of
the jury; and io a'l indictmen's for
libels the jury shall have the right to
determine tho law aud the facrs, uuder
the direetiuu of the court, as in other
cases.
EC S. 1 he people shall be secure in
their persons, houses, papers and pos
sessions, from unreasonable searches aud
seizures, aud no warrant to search any
place or to soizj auy person or things,
hall issue without describing them an
uearly us may be, nor without probable
cause, supported by oath or affirmation
subscribed to by the affiant.
feEC. J. In ad criminal iirasrciitinns
the accused hath a right to be hoard by
himself and hus counsel, to demand the
nature and cause of tho
ainst turn, to meet the witnesses faen
to fico, to have compulsory nroees for
ootaiuingr witnesses in m farnr nn.l
i . - . . -
prosecutions by indictment or informa
tion, a speedy public trial by aa impar
tial jury oi the viciua-'c; he cannot bo
compelled to jive evidence airaiust him.
sell, nor cju ho be deprived of his life.
luenjor property, unless by the tida
meat ot his peers or the aw t,t iho
land.
EC 10 No person shall for nnv in
uiuiaoiu ouense ne proceeded cain-t
criminally, by information, execut in
cas.es arisitig in the land or naval forces,
or iu mo -iiiiitia, w.'ieu in actual ser-
i -i"i ui war or puono aan 'cr. or
l. !,.,. i .1 ... . " '
ujr luiu ui inu court, iur oppression or
misdemeanor in niuce. No person shall
ior inc same otle.D3C be twice put in
jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall pri-
.v.(.uy uv liinen or IippilC
public use without, authority of law,
without juaf compensation, being
vaiu property DC taken or nnn nH in
w, and
pens-atiou beins first
made or secured.
EC 11. All courts shall ba open, and
overy mau for an injury dooe him io his
lands, goods, person or rcputatiou, shall
have remedy by duo course of law, and
right and justice administered without
sale, denial or delay. Suits may be
brought againft tho Commonwealth in
such mauner, in such courts, and in
such courts, and in such cases as the
Legislature may by law direct.
Jjec. 12. No power of suspending laws
shall bo exercised unless by the legis
lature or by its authority.
Sec. 13. Jvxcessive bail shall not be
required, nor excessive fines imposed,
nor cruel puoishmeut.3 inflicted.
Sec. 14. All prisoners shall be baila
blo by sufficient sureties, unless for
capital oifouses, when the proof is evi
dent or presumption great; and the
privilege of the writ of habeas corpus
shall not be suspended, unless when in
caso of rebellion or invasion the Dublin
safety may require it.
MCC lo. JVj commisson of oyer and
terminer or jail delivery shall be issued.
Seo. IG. The petsoo of a debtor,
where thore is wrt etrooj prouuipion
of fraud, shall not be continued in prison
afier delivering up hit estate for the
benefit of his creditors, in such manner
as shall be prescribed by law.
Seo. 17. No ex tost facto law,
nor any law impairing the obligation
of contractor making irrevocable any
grant ofspeoial privileges or immunities,
shall be passed.
Seo. 18. No person shall be attainted
of treason or felony by the Legislature.
Seo. 19. No attainder shall work
corruption of blood, nor, except during
the life of the offender, forfeiture of
estate to the Commonwealth; the estate
of such persons as shall destroy their
own lives shall descend or vest as in
cases of natural death, and if any person
shall be killed by casualty, there shall
be no forfeiture by reason thereof.
Sec. 20. The citizens have a right
in a peaceable manner to assemble to
gether for their common good, and to
apply to those invested with the powers
of government for redress of grievances
or other proper purposes, by petition,
address or remonstrance.
Sec. 21. The right of citizens to
bear arms in defense of themselves and
the Slate shall not be questioned.
Sec. 22. No standing army shall, in
time of peace, be kept up without the
consent of tho Legislature and the
military Bhall, in all cases, and at all
times, bo in strict subordination to the
civil power.
Sec. 23. No soldier shall in time of
peace be quartered in any house without
tho consent ot the owner, nor in time
of war but in a manner to be prescribed
by iaw.
Sec. 24. The Legislature shall not
grant any title of nobility or hereditary
distinction, nor croato any office tho
appointment of which shall bo for t
longer term than dui ing good behavior
Sec. 25. Emigration from the State
shall not bo prohibited.
Sec. 26. To guard against transgres
sions of the high powers which we
have delegated, wo declare that every
thing in this article is excepted out of
tne general powers ot government, and
shall iorovcr remain inviolate.
ATICLE II.
THE LEGISLATURE.
Section 1. The legislative power of
this Commonwealth shall be vested iu a
General Assembly, which shall consist
ot a iaenate and a House of Representa
tives. Sec. 2. Members of the General
Assembly shall be chosen at tho general
election every second year. Iheir term
of service shall begin on tho first day
ot uecetnoer next alter their election.
Whenever a vacancy shall occur iu
cither House, the presiding officer there
of shall issue a writ of election to fill
such vacancy for the remainder of the
term.
fti.e. 3. Senators shall be elected for
the term of four years and Representa
tives for tne term ot two years.
Sec 4. The General Assembly shall
meet at twelve o clock noon, on the firsi
Tuesday of January every second year,
aud at other times when convened by
ibe Governor, but shall hold no ad
journed annual session after the year
otic thousand eight hundred and scventy
cight. In case of a vacancy iu the
office of United States Senator from
sessions, tfic'Governo'r shall convene the
two nouses by proclamation on notice
not exceeding sixty days to fill the same.
Sec. 5. Senators shall be at least
twenty-five years of age, and Represen
tatives twenty-one years of age. They
shall have been citizcus and inhabitants
ot the btate four years, and inhabitants
of their respective districts one year
next upiore ttieir election (unless absent
ou tho public business of the United
States or of this State), and shall reside
in their respective districts during their
term of service.
Sec. G. No Senator or Representa
tive shall, durins the time for which ho
shall hayo been elected, be appointed to
uuy civu omce uuder this Common
wealth, and no member of Congress or
other person holding anv office fexeont
of attoniey-at law or in the militia)
under the Lnited Stales or this Com
monwealth shall be a member of cither
house during his continuance in office.
OEC. i. No person hereafter convicted
of embezzlement of
bribery, puriurv or othor inf-
shall be eligible to the General Assembly
or capable of holding any office of trust
or profit in this Commonwealth.
Sec. 8. The members of tho General
Assembly shall receive such salary and
mileage for regular aud special sessions
as shall be fixed by law, and no other
compensation whatever, whether fur
service upon committee or otherwise.
No member ol either house shall, durina
the term for which ho may have been
elected, receive any increase of salary,
or mileage, under any law passed during
such term,
Sec. 0. The Senate shall, at the
beginning and close of each regular
session aud at such other times as may
bo necessary, elect ono of its memlrs
president pro tempore, who shall per
form the duties of tho Lieutenant Gov
ernor, io any caso of absenco or disa
bility of that officer, aud whenever the
said office of Lieutenant-Governor shall
be vacant. The House of Representa
tives shall elect one of its members as
Speaker. Each Uouso shall choose its
other officers, and shall judge ol the elec
tion and qualifications of its members.
Sec. 10. A majority of each House
shall constitute a quorum, but a smaller
nuniber may adjourn from day to day,
aud compel the attendance of absent
members.
Sec. 11. Each toase shall have
power to determine the rules of its pro
ceedings and punish its members or
other persons far contempt or disorderly
oenavior in its presence, t enforce
obedience to its process, to protect its
members against violence, or offers of
bribes or private solicitation, and with
the concurrence of two-thirds, to expel
a member, but not a second time for the
same cause, and shall have all other
powers necessary for the legislature of a
free State. A member expelled for
corruption shall not thereafter be eligi
ble to cither house, and punishment for
contempt or disorderly behavior shall
not bar an indiotment for the same of
fense.
1?. Bob hoa shall keep a
journal of its proceedings and from time
to timo publish the same, exocpt suoh
parts as require secrecy, and the yeas
and nays of the members on any ques
tion shall, at the desire of any two of
them, be entered on the journal.
Seo. 13. The sessions ot each house
and of oommittecs of tho whole shall be
open, unless when the business is suoh
as ought to be kept secret.
Sec. 14. Neither house shall, with
out the oonsent ot the other, adjourn for
more than three days, nor to any other
place than that in which the two houses
shall be sitting.
Seo 15. The members of the Gen
eral Assembly shall in all cases, except
treason, felony, violation of their oath
of office, and breach or surety of the
peace, be privileged from airost during
their attendance at the sessions of their
respective houses and in going to and
returning from the same; and for any
speech or debate in either house, they
Bhall not be questioned in any other
place,
Seo 16. The State shall be divided
into fifty Sentorial districts of compact
and contiguous territory, as nearly equal
in population as may be, and each dis
trict shall be entitled to elect one Sena
tor. Each county containing one or
more rations of population shall be en
titled to one Senator or for each ratio,
and to an additional Senator for a sur
plus of population exceeding three-fifths
of a ratio; but no county shall form a
separate district unless it shall contain
four-fifths of a ratio, except where tho
adjourning counties are each entitled to
one or more henatots, when such county
may be ossinged a Senator on less than
four-filths, and exceeding; one-half of a
ratio, nnd no county shall be divided un
less entitled to two or moro Senators.
No city or county shall be entitled to
separte representation exceeding one
sixth of the wholo number ot Senators.
No ward, borough, or township shall be
divided in the formation of a district.
The Sentorial ratio shall be ascertained
by dividing the whole population of the
State by the number fifty.
Sec 17. The members of tho House
of Representatives shall b3 apportioned
among the several counties by a ratio
obtained by dividing the population of
the State as ascertained by the most re
cent United States census by two hun
dred Every county containing less
than five ratios shall have one representa
tive for every full ratio, and an additi
onal representative when the surplus ex
ceeds half a ratio; but each county shall
have one representative for every full
ratio, and an additional representative
when the surplus exceed half a ratio;
but each county shall have at least one
representative. Every county contain
ing five ratios or more shall have one
representative for every full ratio.
Every city containing a population a
equal to a ratio shall elect separately its
proportion of the representatives allot
ted to the county in which it is looated.
Every city entitled to more than four
representatives, and every county hav
ing over one hundred thousand inhabit
ants, shall be divided into districts of
compact and coutigous territory, each
district to elect its proportion of repre
sentatives according to its population,
but no district shall elect more than four
Sec 18. The General Assembly at
its first session after the adoption of this
constitution, and immediately after each
United States decennial census, shall ap.
portion the State into Senatorial and Re
presentative, districts agreeably to the
provisions of the two next preceding sec
tions. ARTICLE HI.
LEGISLATION-
Section 1. No law shall bo passed
except by bill, and no bill shall bo so
altered or amended on its passage
through either house as to change its or
iginal purpose.
Seo 2. No bill shall be considered
uuless referred to a committee, returned
therefrom, aud printed tor tho use of
the members.
See 3, No bill, except freneral ao-
propiation bills, shall be passed, contain
ing more thau one subject, which shall
be clearly expressed in its title.
ec 4. J', very bill shall be read at
enght on three different days in each
house ; all iimemdments made thereto
shall bo printed for the use or the mem
bers before the Goal vote is taken on the
bill, aud no bill shall become a law un
less on its Goal passage tho vote be taken
by yeas and nays, the names of the per
sons voting for and against tho samo be
entered on the journal, and a maioritv
of the members elected to each house
be recorded thereiu as voting in its fa
vor. Seo 5. No amendment to bills bv
ono houso shall be concurred in by the
other, except by a vote of a majority of
the members elected thereto taken bv
yeas and nays, and the names
ol those voting for and against recorded
upon the journal thereofaud reports of
committees of conference shall be
adopted iu either house only by the voto
of a majority of the members elected
thereto, taken by yeas and nays, and the
names of those voting recorded upon the
journal.
Seo C. No law shall be revived,
amended, or the provisions thereof ex
tended or conferred by reference to its
title only but so much thereof as is re
vived, amended, extended, or conferred,
shall be re-enaeted and published at
lenght.
Seo 7. The General Assembly shall
not pass any local or special law;
Authorizing tho creation, exteusion or
impairing of liens;
Regulating the afiairs of counties,
cities, towdships, wards, boroughs or
school districts:
Chauging the names of places or per
sons; Chaugiug the venae io civil and crim
inal cases;
Authorizing the laying out, opening,
altering, or maintaining roads, highways,
streets, or alleys.
Relating to ferries or bridges, or in
corporating ferry or bridge companies,
except for the erectioa of bridges cross
ing streams which form boundaries be
tween this and any other Street
Vacating roads, town plats, streets or
alleys;
Relating to cemeteries, graveyards or
pablU gwudi not of the Stoto;
Authorizing the adoption or legitima
tion of ldren:
T.ncatinff or changing county scats;
ereoting Bew counties, or changing
county lines;
Incorporating cities, towns, or Vilagea,
nr fthancinff their charters.
For the opening and conducting of
elections, or fixing or changing ine piace
of voting ;
Granting divorces;
"Erecting new townships or boroughs
changing township lines, borough limits,
or school districts;
Creating offioies, or prescribing the
powers and duties of officers in counties,
cities, boroughs, towoships.Jjelection or
school districts;
Changing the law of descent or sue
cession;
Regulating the practice or jurisdiction
of, or changing the rules of evidence in
any judicial proceeding or inquiry be
fore courts, aldermen, justces of the
peace, sheriffs, commissioners, arbitra
tors, auditors, masters in chancery, or
other tribunals, or providing or Chang
iug methods tor the collection of debts,
or the enforcing of judgments,, or pre
scribing the effect (of judicial sales of
real estate!
Regulatirg'tha fees, or extending the
powers and duties of aldermen, justices
of the peace, magistrates, or constables;
Kcgulating the management of pub
lie schools, the building and repairing of
school houses, and the raising ot money
tor such purposes;
Fixing the rate of interest;
Affecting the estates of minors or per:
sons under disability, except after due
notice to all parties in interest, to bo re
cited io the special enactment;
. Remitting fines, penalties and forfeit
ures, or the rctundiLg moneys legally
paid into the .treasury;
Excmntins cronertv from taxation.
Regulating laboi; trade, raining, or
manufacturing.
Creating corporations, or amending,
renewing, or extending the charters
thereof;
Granting to any corporation, associa
tion, or individual any special or exclu
sive privilege or immunity or to any
corporation, association or individual the
right to lay down a railroad track. Nor
shall the General Assembly indirectly
enact such special or local law by the
partial repeal of a general law, but laws
repealing local or special acts may be
passed. Nor shall any law be passed
granting powers or privilages in any case
where the granting of such powers and
privilages shall have been provided for
by general law, nor where the courts
bavo jurisdiction to grant the same or
give the relief asked for.
Sec 8. No local or special bill shall
be passed unless notice of the intention
to apply therefor shall have been pub
lished in tho locality where the matter
or the thing to be affected may bo situ
ated, which notice shall be at least thirty
days prior to the introduction into the
General Assembly of such bill, and in
the manner to be provided by law; the
evidence ot such notice having been pub
lished, shall be exhibited in the General
Assemble before such act shall be
passed.
Sec 9. The presiding officer of each
house shall, in the presence ot the house
and joint resolutions passed bv the Gen
eral Assembly, after their titles have
been publicly read immediately before
siguing, and the fact of signing shall be
entered on the journal.
Sec 10. The General Assembly shall
prescribe by law the number, duties and
compensation of the officers and em
ployees of each house, and no payment
shall be made from tho Stato Treasury
or be in any way authorized to any per
son, except to an acting officer or -employee
elected or appointed in pursuance
of law.
Seo 11. No bill shall be passed mv.
ing any extra compensation to any pub
lic officer, servant, employee, agent or
contractor made, nor providing for the
payment of any claim ajainst tho Com
monwealth, without previous authority
o law. J
Sec 12. All stationery, printing,
paper, aud fuul used in tho legislative
and other departments of government
snail be lurnished, and the printing,
biuding, aud distributing ot the laws,
journals, department reports, and all
other printing and binding, aud there
pairing and furnishing the halls and
rooms used for the meetings of the Gen
eral Assembly and its committees, shall
be performed under contract, to be given
to the lowest responsible bidder below
such maximum price and under such
regulations as shall be prescribed by law;
no member or officer of auy department
of the govetnoieut shall be in any way
interested iu such coutracts, and all sue
coniracts shi.il be subject to the approva
of the Govornor, Auditor General and
Stato Treasurer.
Seo 13. No law shall extend the
term of any publio officer, or incroase or
diminish his salary or emoluments after
his election or appointment.
Seo 14. All oi lis for raising revenue
shall originate in the Houso of Repre
sentatives, but the Sonate may propose
amendments as sn other bills.
Seo 13. The general appropriation
bill shall embrace nothing but appro
priations for the ordinary expenses ot
the executive, legislative and judicial de
partments of the Commonwealth, interest
on the publio debt, and for public
schools; all other appropriations shall be
made by seperate bills, each embracing
but one subject.
Seo 1G. No money shall be paid out
of the Treasury except upon appropna
tions made by law and on warrant drawi
by Ibe proper officer in pursuant
thereof.
See 17. No appropriation shall be
made to any charitable or educational
institution not under the absolute oon
troi of the Commonwealth, other than
normal schools established by law for
the professional training ot teachers for
the publio schools of the State, except
by a vote of two-thirds of all the mem
bers elected to each house.
Seo 18. No appropriations exeet for
pensions or gratutudes for military ser
vices shall be made for charitable, edu
cational or benevolent purposes, to aoy
persou or community, nor to any deoomi
national or sectarian institution, corpora
tion or association.
Seo 19. The General Aesemtivn,,,
make BPpropriaiioiiBtu """-J o lnstUu.
tions wherein the widows of soldiers lra
supported or assisted or the orphan, 0f
soldiers are maintained and lucate,.
but such appropriation shall bapp!ied
exclusively to the support of 8Ucll
widows and orphans.
not aeiegaiai io u rpiimi "wintsin
. . . . . . T .
private corporation or association
power to make, eupervize or inttfcte
with any munoipal improvement, rnotnj
property or effects, whether held jn
trust or otherwise, or to levy tak8 0T
perform any muncipal function whateter.
Seo 21. No act of the General Ai.
fembly shall limit the amount to be re.
covered for injuries resulting in death,
or for injuries to persons or property,
or property, and in such case of death
srom snch injuries, the right of action
shall survive, and the General Assembly
shall prescribe for whose benefit such ac
tions shall be prosecuted; no aot shall
prescribe any limitations of time within
which suits may bo brought against cor
porations for injuries to persons or prop
erty, or lor other causes different from
those fixed by general laws regulating
actions against natural persons and
such acts now existing are avoided.
Seo 22. No act cf the General As
sembly shall authorize the investment of
trust funds by executors, administrators,
guardians, or other trustees, in the bonds
or stock of any private corporation, and
such acts now existing are avoided, sav
ing investments heretofore made.
ii r r rri . i .
venue in civil and criminal cases shall
be vested in the courts, to be exercised
in such manner as shall be provided by
low.
Sco 24. No obligation or liability of
any railroad or other corporation, held or
owned by the Commonwealth, shall ever
bo exchanged, trnnsferred, remitted,
postponed, or in any way diminished by
the General Assembly, ner shall such
liability or obligation be released, except
by payment thereof into the State Tresu
nry. See 25. When the General Assem
bly shall convened in special session,
there shall be no legislation upon sub
jects other than those designated in the
proclamation of the Governor, calling
suchsebsion.
(Continwtl in the Supplement.)
Hew Advertisements.
ISTRAY. Cams to the premises of the
2j Subscriber, in lUdgway township, on
or about the midule of August, 1873, two
STEERS, and one STAO. Steers, red,
large horns and white bellies. Stag, red.
Said cattle about foul years old. One red
aud white HEIFEIl, three years old next
Spring. The owner is requested to oorne
forward, prove property, pay charges, and
take said property away, or they will be
disposed of as law directs,.
n38-4w J. MALANE.
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