THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1873.
jg LECTION PROCLAMATION.
QOO SAVE THE COMMON XV E A L Til.
Wiiehkab, In and by (ho 13th taction of
the act of Ucnercl Assembly of IVnnsylva
nia, paoeJ July 2il, I8ti!, entitled "An
net relating to the elections of the Common
wealth," it ia enjoined on the eheriff of
very county to givo notice oT such elec
tion to be held, and to enumerate in mcli
notice what officers are to be elected, in
pursuance thereof I, D. C. OYSTKH, lirgli
sheriff of the county of Elk, do therefore
make known and (five this public notice to
t lie electors of paid county of Elk that a
special election will beheld in said couuly
on
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1873,
(it being the third Tuesday of the month),
for the purpose of
Submitting tho amended Constitution of
Pennsylvania to a voto or the qualified
electors thereof, as provided by the ordi
nance of submission adopted by tho con
stitutional convention.
And the qualified electors of the county
Of Elk will hold their elections in tho bcv'
eral districts, as follows:
Beneictte township, at tho house of
Elizabeth Wiuslow,
Benzinger township, at tho school house
on Michael street, near tho Elk 'crock
bridge.
Fox township, at tho Ccntrevillc school
houfl.
Highland township, at tho houso'of Levi
Ellithorpo.
Hoi ion township, nt the school house,
near D. C. Oyster's hotel.
Jy township, at tho house of Alfred
Pearsall,
Jones township, at tho Wilcox tnnnit.g
aud lumber company's otlice. in Wilcox.
Millstone township, at tho houso of
Henry llerr, at Burr's dam.
ltidgwny township, at the court house.
St. Mary's borough, at the town hall.
Spring Creek township, at the house- 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
following form: (in the outside the v.ords
"New Constitution;"' in the inside lor all
persons giving affirmative votes the words
'For tho New Constitution, and for nil
persons giving negative votes the wolds
'Against tho Nsw Constitution."
A'so, in the 4ih section of the net of As
sembly, entitled "An act relating to elec
lions and for other purposes," approved
April lGth, 1800, it is enacted that the
11th section shall ho so construed as to
prevent any uii"..tia or borough oflicer from
serving as judge, inspector cr clerk nt any
general or special election in this Common
wealth. Also, that in the Cist section of said net
it is enacted "that every general or special
election shall be opened between the hours
of six and Eeven in the forenoon, aud shall
remain without interruption until seven
o'clock iu the evening, when the polls shall
be closed.
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 in this State at least one
year, and in the election district where lie
offers his vote at least ten days immediately
preceding tuch election, and within two
years paid a State or county tax, which
shall have been assessed at least ten days
before the election. But a citizen of the
Mtorufi'iffifr !i8a1nfflRl",Bii,ffifs'ir?yS
resided in the election district and paid
taxes as aforesaid, shall be entitled to vote
after residing in this Stato six months:
Provided, that the freeim-u, citizens of the
United States, who arc between the ages
ot tweuty-oue mid 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.
W'iifiEAS, The fifteenth umeudment of
the constitution of the tnitcd States is as
follows:
Sec. 1. The right of citizens of the
United States shall not bo denied or
abridged by the United States on account
or race, co.ur or previous condition of servi
tude.
Seo. 2. That Congress shall have power
iv emoiuu mis urucie oy appropriate legis
lation.
And whereas. The Congress of the United
btates, on tne thin y-lirai day of March
1870, passed an net entitled "An act to
enforce the tights ot citizens of th:s United
States to vote in tho several Siatej cf the
Union, and for oihe riuriioses." the fir
aid second sectious of which are at follows;
Be it enacted, ke That uii citizens of the
United States who are or shall bo other
wise qualified to vote at any eloctioa by
mo people oi any Riate, ierruory, district,
city, county, parish, township, school dis
trict, municipality, or other territorial sub
division, shall be entitled and allowed to
vote at all 6uch elections, without distinc
tion of color, raco or previous condition of
servitude; any constitution law, custom,
usago cr regulation of any State or Ten i
tory, or by or under its authority, to the
contrary noiwuusutiiuing.
Seo 2. And be itfuittur enacted, That if,
by or under the constitution or laws of any
Btate, or the laws of any Territory, any ucl
is or shall be required to be done as a jre
requuileor qualification for voting, end by
euch constitution or lav. s persons or officers
are or shall ue charged with the perform
ance of duties in iuruLhiug to citizens an
opportunity to perform sucii prerequisites
or to become yialified to vt.te it shall be
tho duty of every such person und officers
to give all citizeus oi the United Status, ilie
same and equal oppoi tui.ity to perform
tueh prerequisite aud to buvomo cnuliiiea
to vote without distinction of race, color cr
previous condition ot servitude; and if any
such persona or officers shall refuse or
knowingly omit to give full effect to this
Section, he shall for every such offense for
feit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars
to the persons aggrieved thereby, to be re
covered by an ac tion on the catc, with full
costs and euch allowance for counsel fees
as the court shall deem jiut, and shall also
tor every such offence be deemed guilty of
misdemeanor, and shall on couviction there
cf be fined not less than five hundred dol
lars, or to be imprisoned not less than one
month aud not more than one year, or both,
at the discretion of the court.
And whereas. It is declured by tho second
section of the VI article of the constitution
of the United States that "This shall be
mado in pursuance thereof, shall hi the
supreme law of the laud
anything in the constitution or laws of any
Slate to the contrary notwithstanding."
And whtreas, The Legislature of this
Ccmmonwealth, on the tith ot April, le7t,
passed an aot entitled "A furlLer supple
ment to the act relating to elections iu this
Commonwealth' the tenth section provides
at follows:
Sec. 10. That so much' of every act of
Assembly asprovides that only while free
men sball be entitled to vote, or be regis
tered oi voters, or as claiming to vote at
any general or special election jf this Cum
monwcalth, be and th game is hereby re
pealed, and that hereafter all freemen with
out distinction cf color shall be enroled
sd regie rrd troonJJBg lo ta prorltieas
under existing
laws, be entitled to vote at all general and
special elections tnfthis Oommonnealth.
No person st all be permitted to vole
whose nnmo is not oontained on the list of
taxable inhahitai.ts furnished by the com
missioners unless ho first produces a re
oeipt for the payment within two years of
Stale or county tax, assessed agreeably to
the constitution, and give satisfactory evl.
dence cither on his own oath or affirmation
of another that he has paid such lax, or on
failure to produce such receipt shall make
oath of the payment thereof; if ho claims
to vote by being u elector between the
ages of twenty -one and twenty two years,
ho shall depose on oalh or affirmation that
he has i esided in the State at least one year
before his application, and make proDf of
his residence within his district, m required
by the act, and that ho does verily believo
from accounts given him, that he ia of the
ago aforesaid, and givo such other evidence
as is required by tho act, whereupon the
name of the person tj admitted to vote
shall be registered in the alphabetical list
by the inspector, and a note mado opposite
thereto by the word "tax," if he shall have
been admitted to vote by reason of having
paid tax, or the word "age." if he shall
have been admitted to vote by reason of
age, shall be called out to the clerks, who
shall make like notes on the lists kept by
them.
Tn all cases where thj name of persons
claiming to vote is found on the list fur
nished,, by the commissioners and assee
sors, and hU right to vote, whether found
thereon or not, is objected to by ony quali
fied citizen, it shall bo tho inspectors'
duly to cxiiniiu such persons on oath as
to his qualifications, and if he claims to
have resided within the State or ono year
or more, oath shall notbe sufliciiint proof
iiiorcoi, nut snail make proof ttiereot by
at least one competent wituess, who Bhall
be ft qualified elector, that ho as resided
withiu th-.1 district for the purpose of vote
ing therein.
Uv
wry persor qualified as aforesaid, and,
i shall m ike the duo proof, if qualified?
who
of his residence nnd payment of taxoi,
juur'sihi i ti me lowu.Hiip, wnra or UlStrict'
iu which he shall reside.
If any pcrsou shall prevent, or attempt
to prevent, any officer of any election under
th i.-i act from holding such election or use
or threaten any violence lo any such officer,
or shall interrupt or improperly interfere
with him in the execution of liis duty, or
shall block up the window or avenue to any
window where the same may be holding,
or shall riotously disturb the peace at such
election, or siiail use or practice any in
timidation, threats, force or violence, with
design to influence unduly or overawe any
elector, or to prevent him from voting, or
to restrain the freedom of choice, such
persons ou convicliou shall be fined in any
sum not exceeding five hundred dollars,
and bo imprisoned for any time not less
than one month or more than one year:
aud it be shown that the person so offend
ing was not a resident of tho city, ward,
district or township where the said offcuce
was committed, and not entitled to vole
therein, he shall on coil fiction be sentenced
to pay a line of not less than cue hundred
nr morn tlitin nun th. 11. nnd il11.it-.i .) I...
imprisoned not less than six mouths or
more than two years.
Whkheas, By the act of the Congress of
me cuiico. oiaies, enu'.iea A: act to
amend ihe several acts heretofore psssed
to provide for the enrolling and calling out
the national forces, and for other pur
poses," ana approved .March third, one
thousand eight hundred aud sixty -live, all
p rsons wl o have deserted the military or
litiVtll .prplfH nf til. ltnlt.l C. ...... 1
........ . ... - - - - - ..... vu.lvv. uuiira, una
who have not been discharged or relievo 1
iiom me puuauy or uisauuity therein pro
vided, urn deemed tinil :.ikpn t.i !..
untarily relinquished and forfeited their
viirlit tn f.!tl7mwtii,i m,. I tliuln ..t-.t.
e v ctii.co lucieoi; '
And u-htrcas, Persons not citiiena of the
Lnueu ttuies are not, under the constitu
lion and laws of Pennsylvania, qualified
electors of this Common wealth.
bKCTION 1. 11c it macud by the S nate end
lluitte of UejimenUtii'tiof the Commoutcealth
of J'tni'tyUutiin in (Jeiieral Assmt'i met,
awl be tt herehy ennctcd by the authjrit i of
the s'imc; That in all elections hereafie'r to
be held ia this Commonwealth, ii shall be
unmwiul tor tne judge or inspectors oi'anv
such tiecliou to receive any ballot or bal
lots from any person or persons embraced
iu the provisions and subject to the di-a-bility
imposed by said act of Congress, ap.
proved March third, ouo thousand ei 'lit
hundred and sixty live, and it shall be un
lawful for any such pcisous to offer to vote
any bailot or ballots.
Six. -2. That if any such judge mid in
spectors cf ellection, or any one o; titeiu,
shall receive or consent to receive any such
unlawful ballet or ballots from any men
disimalitied nerson. k nr ),. ... ..a: .
sha.i be guiliy r.f a imsdomeanor, aud unoS
couvictiiii thereof in any couu of quarter
session? of this Commonwealth he shall fur
eacu offence be sentenced to pay a fine of
not less than one hundred dollars, and to
undergo an imprisonment in the jail of the
proper county for not less than sixty days
Seo. 3. That if any person deprived of
citizenship, and disqualified as aforesaid
shall, at any olectton hereafter to bo held
in this Commonwealth, v. no . i
the officers there and offer to vote, a ballot
ui u.iuoio, u;ij- person so oueutlmg shall be
deemed o-uiliv of
. -- -u.nnui, uun on
conviction thereof m any court of cuarter
sessions of this L'ommnnwnnltl, i ,'n
- ,?i,ai, lor
each oJoncc, be pun.shjd in a like manner
as is provided iu the pieceding section of
this act in the ciisk ni fifi:.. .rJ c.i ,
rece.ving such unlawful ballot or ballots.
c?.c. i. xiitiL ii nnv nr-rtn ..i.ti i
alter neivunde nr u riu
. , UJ tnuji ur per
sons deprived of citizenship and disqualified
nj aforesaid, to offer any ballot or ballots
u Micuu.ee. oi a:iy election hereafter to
be hel l in this Commonwealth, or shall
Dersuado or advise m -n.l. nir;...,. i J
. . ...... wu.vsi to re
ceive any baliot or b;vliot from any person
dem-ived of rrifipnlii,, .i; , .i:.- . ,
, .. .iutiiiiie'i as
aforesaid. sujIi nnrxun u.i r.ttv.,.,!;.,.. . 1 .
- t t ...iiu.g cuHii un
guilty ot a misdemeanor aud upon convio
tiou thereof in any court of mi.irtor sessions
of this commonwealth f hail ho punished in
a like manner as is provided in the second
section cf this act in i!i rum t.e r.tr; ........
v. .J .1 "1 U 1
such eleciiou receiving such ualawiul ballot
Pursuaut to liia TirnViir.ll4 ,lntn!na.l tn
the -lih section as aforesaid the judges of
the afore.-ad di..trn-ta uin.ll r...,. ...... .1.1..
take charge of the cerlificates or returns of
v.ci.wu icepvutiTo uisiricts and
produce them at a meetimg of one Judge
from each district ut the Court House, in
the twonship of llitlgway, on FKIDAV
THE l'JTH DAY DV W-VWiii'ii
then and there to perforu the duties re
quired uy iaw ot said Judges; aisa where
a judge bv sickness or unavoidable aeei.
dent ia uniilila tn itttntiil kimh ....... it....
- ..uu WCUblUg Ol
judges then accilificate as aforesaid shall
1... . :.. 1 .ri . ,
iBftou u ciimr uj iiy uiie oi me inspec
tors or clerks of the election of said dis.
trict who shall do and pt-rform the duties
of said judge lo attend; and the return
juiigks of the said districts aforesaid are
l-eouested to meet in Kiilaivno tl,o
scut of said county, on Friday after the
third Tuctsilnv nf llpfo.,il,..r .. tl.An..i
j - -wv . , lucu aiiu
there to discharge the duties required by
law.
(liven under mv hand at. Ritiv,. ik.
- J - - f, " 1. J , ,
18th day of November in tho year of our
Lord one thousand, eight hundred aud
sevenlj-threa, and of the independence of
the United States '.he ninety-seventh.
D. C. OySTtlll, Sheriff.
BlwritTi Gtiee, Kot. '71 .
KlTif XUNSTITUTION PBOPOSED TO
THE CITIZENS OE THIS COMMON
WEALTH FOR THEIR APPTOVAL OR
REJECTION, BV THE CONSTITU
TIONAL CONVENTION.
Published by order of tho Sccre3ary of
tbe Commonwealth, ia pursuance of
the 4th section of an act ot the Gen
eral Assembly entiled "An act to pro
Tide for calling a Convention to amend
the Constitution," approbed the 11th
day of April, A. I). 1872.
PREAMBLE.
We, the people of tho Commonwcolth
of Pennsylvania, grateful to Almighty
Uod lor the blessings of civil and reli
gious liberty, and humble invokiug His
gutdanco, do ordain and establish this
Constitution.
ARTICLE I.
DECLARATION OF RIGHT.".
That the general, great and essential
principles ot liberty and free govern
ment may be recognized and uualterably
established, we declare that
Section 1. All men are born equally
free and independent, and havo certain
inherent and indefeasible rights, among
which are those of enjoying und defend
ing life and liberty, of acquiring, pos
sessing and protecting pro trty and rep
utation, and of pi;', -uiug their own hap
pinpss. Seo. 2. All power is inherent in the
people, and all free governments ore
founded on their authority and Institu
ted for their peace, safety aud happi
ness. For the advancement of thes9
ends they have at all times an inaliena
ble and indefeasible right to alter, re-
lorm or abolish their government in such
manner as they may think proper.
Skc. 3, All men havo a uaturul and
indefeasible right to worship Alwinhtv
God according to the dictates of their
ov, u cuuseiences; no man can of rirht
bo compelled to attend, erect or support
any place of worship, or to maintain any
ministry agttiost his consent; no human
authority can, in any case whatever,
control or interfere with tbe rights of
conscience, and preference shall ever be
givau by law to any religious establish
ments or modes ol worship
Sec. 4. No person who acknowledges
the being of a God and a future stats oi
rewards and punishments f-hall, on ac
count of his religious sentiments, be dis
qualified to hold any office or place ol
trust or prout under this Uommon
wealth. Sec. 5. Elections shall be free and
equal; rind no pjwer, civil or military,
xliall at uuy time interfere to prevent
ttie tree cscruiso ot the right of suf
frage. Sec. (J. Trial by jury shall be as
heretofore, and the rilu thetcot remain
inviolate.
Sec. 7. Tho printing press shall be
free to every person who may undertake
to exauiiue the proceedings ot the Leg
islature or any branch of government,
aud 110 law shall ever be made to restrain
the right thereof. The free communi
cation ol thoughts and opinions L one of
the iuvaluable rights of man, and every
citizen may freely speak, write aud piiut
on any subject, being responsible for tho
abuse. of that liberty Ta owj';tiju
lication of papers relating to the ollleial
couduut of officers or men in public oa
pacity, or to any other matter proper for
public investigation of information
where the fact that such publication was
not maliciously or ncgiigoutiy made
shall bo established to the patisfaction of
the jury; and in all indictments for
libels the jury shall have the right to
determiiio the lutv and the facts, under
the direction of the court, as in other
cases.
&EC S. The people shall be secure in
their persons, houses, papers and pos
sessions, from unreasonable searches and
seizures, and no warrant to search any
place or to scizo any persou or thins.
shall issue without describing them as
nearly as may ba, nor wi.hoi;t provable,
cause, supported by oath or affirmation
subscribed to by the affiant.
Sec. j. In all crimiuul prosecutions,
the accu.'td Lath aright to bo heard by
himself and his counsel, to demand the
nature and cause of tho aceudatiou
against him, to meet the witnesses face
to face, to have compulsory process for
obtaiuiug witnesses in his favor, and in
prosecutions by indictment or informa
tion, speedy public trial by in impar
tial jury of the vicinage; he cannot be
compelled to give evidence against him
self, nor can he be deprived ot his life,
liberty or property, uules. .y tho judg
ment of his peers or the law of the
land.
Sec. 10 No person shall for any in
dictable offense be proceeded against
criminally, ty inlormation, except in
cases arising in the land or naval forces,
or in the militia, when iu actual ser
vice, in time of war or public danger, 01
by leavo of tho court, Tor oppression or
misdemeanor iu office. No person shall
for the same olf'euse be twice put iu
jeopardy of life or limb; uor shall pri
vate property be takeu or applied to
public use without authority ot law, and
without just compensation being first
made or secured.
Stc. 11. All couris shall ba opeu, and
every man fur an injury d.ine him iu his
lands, goods, person or reputation, uhall
have remedy by due course of law, and
right and justice administered without
sale, denial or delay. Suits may be
brought against tho Cotnuionweahu in
such manner, in such courts, and in
such courts, and in suoh cases as the
Legislature may by law direct.
Sec. 12. No power of suspending laws
shall be exercised unless by the legis
lature or by its authority.
Sec. 13. Excessive bail shall not be
required, nor excessive fines iciposcd,
nor cruel puuishments inflicted.
Sec. 14. All prisoners shall bo baila
ble by sufficient sureties, unless for
capital offenses, when the proof is evi
dent or presumption threat; and the
privilege of the writ of habeas corpus
shall not be suspended, unless wbeu in
case of rebelliou or invasion the public
safety may require it,
Stc. 15. No commisson of oyer aud
terminer or jail delivery sball be issued.
Skc. 16. The petson of a debtor,
trbM hre a do ttnug jriaqmb
mud, shall uot be coutiuneu tn prison
after delivering up his estate for the
benefit of his creditors, in such manner
as shall be prescribed by law.
SKO. 17. JNO EX POST .FACTO law,
nor any law impairing the obligation
ot con tracts, or making irrevocable any
grant ofspecial privileges or immunities,
shall be passed.
Sec. 13. JNo person Bhall be attainted
oftreasoo or felony by tho Legislature.
Sec. I'd. No attainder shall work
corruption of blood, nor, except during
the lite ot too oliender, forfeiture of
estate to the Commonwealth; the estate
of such pctsons as shall destroy their
own lives- shall descend o vest as in
cases of natural death, and if any person
shall be killed by casualty, there shall
be no forfeiture by reason thereof.
Seo. 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.
Seo. 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 withoit the
consent of the Legislature and tbe
military shall, in all cases, and nt all
times, be in strict subordination to the
civil power.
Sec. 23. No soldier Bhall in time of
peace bo quartered in any house without
the consent ot tbe owner, nor in time
of war but in a manner to be prescribed
by 137.
Sec. 24. The Legislature sball not
grant any title of nobihty or hereditary
distinction, nor create any office the
appointment of which shall be for e
longer term than dining good behavior
Sec. 25. Emigration from the State
shall not bo prohibited.
SEn 20. To guard against transgres
sions ot tbe uign powers which we
have delegated, we declare that every
thing in this article is excepted out of
tho general powers of government, and
shal. forever remain inviolate.
ATICLE II.
TnE LEGISLATURE.
Section 1. The legislative power ol
this Commonwealth shall be vested iu
General Assembly, which shall consist
of a Seuate and a House of Representa
tives.
Sec. 2. Members of the General
Assembly shall be chosen at the general
election every second year. Their term
of service shall begin on the first day
of December next after their election.
Whenever a vacancy shall occur in
either House, the presiding officer there
of shall issue a writ ot election to fill
such vacancy for the remainder of the
term.
Sec. 3. Senators shall be elected for
tho term of four years and Representa
tives tor the term ot two years.
Sec 4. The Geueral Assembly shall
meet at twelve o'clock noon, on the first
Tuesday of January every second year.
aud at other times wheu convened by
the Govcrner, but shall hold no ad
journed annual session after the year
one thousand eight hundred and seventy
eight. Iu case of a vacancy in the
office of United States Seuator from
ibJs.A.fu,"tiY4aoLurii?itrn"c,flnvWiB'tRB
two houses by proclamation on notice
uot exceeding sixty days to fill the same
Sec. u. Senators shall be nt least
twenty-five years of age, aud Represen
tatives twenty-one years of age. They
shall have been citizens and inhabitants
ot tho State four years, and inhabitants
o( their respective districts one year
next before their election (unless absent
on the publio business of the United
States or of this State), and shall reside
iu their respective districts during their
term of service.
Sec. 6. No Senator or llemescnta-
tivo shall, during the time for which he
shall have been plected, be appointed to
any civil office under this Common
wealth, and no member of Congress or
other person holding any office (except
of uttorney-at-law or in the militia)
under the United States or this Com
monwealth shall bo a member oi cither
house during his continuance in office.
Sec. 7. No person hereafter convicted
of embezzlement of public moneys,
bribery, perjury or other infamous crime
shall be eligible to the General Assembly
or capable ot holding any office of trust
or profit iu this Commouwealth.
Si c. 8. The members of the General
Assembly shall receive such salary aud
milcago for regular aud special sessions
us hhail be fixed by law, and no other
compensation whatever, whether for
service upon committee or otherwise.
No member of either house bhall, during
the temi ior which he may have been
elected, receive any increase of Balary,
or mileage, under any law passed during
such term.
Sec, y. The Senate shill, at the
beginniug aud close of eaoh regular
session and at such other times as may
bo ueeessary, elect ono of its members
president pro tempore, who shall per
form (he duties of the Lieutenant Gov
ernor, in any case of absence or disa
bility of that officer, aud whooever the
said office of Lieutenant-Governor shall
be vacant. The House of Representa
tives shall elect oue of its members as
Speaker. Luch House shall choose its
other officers, and shall judgo of the elec
tion and qualifications of its members.
Stc. 10. A majority of each House
shall constitute a quorum, but a smaller
number may adjourn from day to day,
aud compel the attendance ot absent
members.
Seo. 11. Each house shall bave
power to determine the rules of its pro
ceedings and punish its members or
other persons fjr contempt or disorderly
behavior 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 bave all other
powers necessary for the legislature of a
free State. A member expelled for
corruption shall not thereafter be eligi
ble to either bouse, and punishment for
contempt or disorderly behavior shall
not bar an indictment for tbe same of
fense. &? 12. Dm hfmx tap
journal of its proceedings and from time
to timo publisn tho same, except such
parts as require secrecy, and the yoas
and nays of the members on any ques
tion shall, at the desire of any two of
them, bo entered on the journal.
Seo. 13. The sessions of each house
and of committees of the whole shall be
open, unless when the business is such
as ought to be kept secret.
Seo. 14. Neither house shall, with
out the consent ot the other, adjourn for
more than three days, nor to any other
place than that in which tho two houses
shall be sitting.
Seo 15. The members oltheUen-
eral Assembly shall in all oases, except
treason, felony, violation of their oath
of office, and breach 01 surety of the
peace, be privileged from arrest during
their attendance at the sessions of their
respective houses and in going to and
rcturniug from the same; and for any
speech or debate in either house, they
shall not be questioned in any other
place,
Seo 16. The State shall be divided
into fifty Sentorial district of oompact
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 ono or
more rations of population shall be en
titled to oue Senator or tor 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 Senators, when such county
may be assinged a Senator on less than
four-fifths, and exceeding one-halt of a
ratio, and no county shall be divided un
less entitled to two or more 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 d.vidiug the whole population of the
State by tbe number City.
Seo 17. The members of the nouse
of Representatives sball bo 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 bun
dred. Every county containing less
thau 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 ouo representative tor every full
ratio, and an additional representative
when the surplus exceed halt a ratio
but each county shall have at least otic
representative. Every county contain
ing five ratios or more sball 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 (o the county in which it is located.
Every city entitled to more than four
representatives, and evory county hav
ing over one hundred thousand inhabit
ants, shall be divided into districts ot
compact and contigous territory, each
district to elect its proportion of rcpre
sentatives according to its population,
but no district shall elect more than four
"i$E.b"li4r" The Uencral Assenilly at
its first session alter tbe adoption of this
constitution, and immediately alter each
United States decennial census, shall ap.
portion the State iuto Senatorial and Re
presentative districts agreeably to the
provisions ot the two next preceding sec
tious. ARTICLE III.
LEGISLATION.
Section 1, No law shall be passed
except by bill, and no bill shall be so
altered or amended on its passage
through either house as to change its or
iginal purpose.
See 2. No bill shall be considered
unless referred to a committee, returned
therefrom, and printed ior the use of
the members.
Sec 3, No bill, except general ap
propiation bills, shall be passed, contain
ing more than one subject, which shall
be clearly expressed iu its title.
Seo 4. Every bill shall be read at
lenght on three different days in each
house ; all amemdments made thereto
shall be printed for the use or the mem
bers before the final vote is taken on the
bill, and no bill shall become a law un
less on its final passage tho vote be taken
by yeas and nays, the names of the per
sons voting for nnd against tbe samo be
entered on the journal, and a majority
of tho members chcted to each house
be recorded therein as voting in its fa
vcr. Seo 5. No amendment to bills by
one house shall be concurred in by the
other, except by a vote of a majority of
the members elected thereto taken by
yeas and nays, and the names
of those voting for and against recorded
upon the journal thereof; and reports of
oomtuittees of conference shall be
adopted iu either house only by the vote
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 tho provisions thereof ex
t: ided or conferred by reference to its
tine only but so much thereof as is re
vived, amended, extended, or conferred,
shall be re-enacted and published at
lenght.
Seo 7. The General Assembly shal)
not pass any local or vpecial law;
Authorizing the creation, extension or
impairinsr of liens;
Regulating tbe afiatrs of oounties,
cities, towdships, wards, boroughs- or
school districts:
Changing the names of places or per
sons; Chauging tbe venue in 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 terry or bridge companies,
except for the erection of bridges crossing-streams
which form boundaries be
tween this and any other Street.
Vacating roads, town plats, streets or
alleys;
Relating to cemeteries, graveyards or
Authorizing the adoptbn or legitima
tion of ldrcn;
Locating or changing county scats,
erecting new oouutics, or ouangtng
county lines;
Incorporating cities, towns, or vilages,
or changing their (.barters;
For the opening and conducting of
elections, or fixing or changing the place
of voting
Granting divorces;
Mrnfitinir new townsliins or boronphs.
o 1 o I
changing township lines, borough limits,
or school districts;
Creating officios, or prescribing the
nnwAra And ifntiofl of nflinfira in rtmintipn.
r ,
cities, boroughs, townships,; election or
school districts;
Changingijtho lawof descent or suc
cession;
Regulating the practice or jurisdiotion
of, or changing tho rules of.evidenco in
any judicial proceeding or inquiry be
fore courts, aldermen, justces of tbe
peace, sheriffs, commissioners, arbitra
tors, auuitors, masters in chancery, or
other tribunals,Jor providing or chang
ing methods for the eollcction of debts.
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or the enforeing of judgments,, or pre
scribing tne enect ot judicial salesj of
real estate:
Retrulatirff the fees, or extending the
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powers and duties of aldermen, justices
01 me peaoe, magistrates, or constables;
Regulating the manacemnnt of nub-
lie schools, the building nnd repairing of
scnoei nouses, and tbe raising ot money
tor such purposes;
Fixing the rate of interest;
Affecting the estates of minors or rtei
sons under disability, except after due
notice to all parties in interest, to be re
cited in the special enactment;
Remitting fines, peualties and forfeit
ures, or the refunding moneys legally
paid into the Treasury;
Exempting property from taxation;
Regulating labor; trade, mining, or
manufacturing.
Creating corporations, or amending,
renewing, or extendiug the charters
thereof;
Granting to any corporation, associa
tion, or individual any special or exclu
sive privilago 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 iu auy case
where the granting of such powers aud
privilages shall have been provided for
by general law, uor where the courts
have jurisdiction to grant the same or
give the relief asked "for.
Sec 8. No local or special bill shall
be passed unless notice of tbe intention
to apply therefor shall have been pub
lished in tho locality where the matter
or the thing to be affected may be situ
ated, which notice shall be at loast thirty
days prior to the introduction into the
General Assembly of suoh bill, and in
the manner to be provided by law; li e
evidence of such notice having been pub
lished, shall be exhibited in tho General
Assem'ob before such act shall be
passed.
Si c 9. Tho presiding officer of'each
house shall, in the presence of t.ie house
over whichbrj ni-gou-iWi ui.ru t.U KilU;
afM jpsint resolutions pa.-sed by the Gen-"
eral Assembly, after their titW i,!,n
been publicly read immediately before
signing, and tho faot of signing shall be
entered on tho jourual.
Sec 10. The General Assembly shall
prescribe by law the number, duties and
compensation of the officers and em
ployees ol each hou-e, and uo payment
shall be mado from tho Sta:- Treatti"
or be in any way authorized to any per
son, except to an acting omYer or em
ployee elected or appointed in pursuance
of law.
Sec 11. No bill shall be passed giv
ing any extra compensation to auy pub
lio officer, servant, employee, agent or
contractor made, nor providing for the
payment of any claim a.'ainst the Com
monwealth, without Tireviiitl-a niltl.nrit.
ot law.
Sec 12. All stationery, printing,
paper, aud fuel used in the legislative
and other departments ol government
shall be furnished, aud the piiutiog,
binding, and distributini? of t!ii h,t
journals, department reports, and all
other printing and binding, aud the re
pairing and furuishinnr thn h.illj t,.l
rooms used tor the meetings of tho Geu-
eral Assembly and its committees, shad
be performed under contract, to be given
to tho lowest resnousiLli! Li. 1,1
such maximum price and under such
regulations as snail be prescribed by la v;
no member or officer of any department
of tin government shall he. lil nnif true
interested iu such coutracts, and all sucii
1 outracts shall be subject to the appioval
of the Govornor, Auditor General aud
State Treasurer.
Seo 13. No Jaw shall oxieod the
term of any public officer. Ill' lupt-nntfo
diminish his salary or emolumeuts aftor
mo e-iueuuu ur appointment.
Sec 14. All nills IDT t'liNlilG i ninnnn
shall originate iu the House of Repre
sentatives, but the Souate may propose
aiue-iiuiucuis US S3 other bills.
Sec 15. Tho geueral appropriation
bill Bhall embrace nothing but appro
priations for the ordinary expenses ol
the executive, legislative and judicial de
partments of the Commonwealth, interest
ou the publio debt, and for public
schools; all other appropriations shall be
made by seperate bills, each embracing
but one subject.
Seo 10. No money shall be paid out
of the Treasury except upon appropria
tions made by law aud on warrant drawn
by tho proper officer in pursuance
thereof.
Seo 17. No appropriation shall be
made to any charitable or educational
institution uot uuder the absolute cou
trol of tho Commonwealth, other than
normal schools established by law for
tho professional traiuing of teaoher for
the publio schools ot the State, except
by a vote of two-thirds of all the mem
bers elected to each house.
Seo 18. No appropriations exeot for
penions or gratutudes for military ser
vices sball bo made for oharitable, edu
cational or benevoleut purposes, to any
person or community, nor to any denomi
national or sectarian institution, corpora
tion or teaoetafioo.
Sco 19. The Ge
turns wherein the widows' J institn
supported or assisted or Va rs at!
soldiers ate maintained add i;UBDs of
but such appropriation shall lwCa'd;
exclusively to the support f''H
widows and orphans. Ib
Seo 20. The General AssemblyMk
not delegefal to ary tpecial ctmmistsi
private corporation or association, nn
power to make, supervize or iuterfeic
with any muncipal improvement, monej ,
property or eflccU, whether held in
trust or otherwise, or to levy takes or
perform any muncipal function whatercr.
sco mi. ro act 01 me uencrai As
sembly shall limit the amount to be re
covered for injuries resulting in death,
or for injuries to persons or property,
or property, nnd 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 bo prosecuted; no net shall
prescribe any limitations of time within
which suits may be brought against cor
porations for injuries to psrsons or prop- fl
erty, or for other causes different from '
those fixed by general laws regulating
aotions against natural persons and
such acts now existing are avoided.
Seo 22. No act cf tbe General As
sembly shall authorize the investment of
trust funds by executors, administrators,
guardians, or other trustees, iu the bonds
or stock of any private corporation, and
suoh acts now existing are avoided, sav
ing investments heretofore made.
Seo 23. The power to change the
venue in civil and criminal cases Bhall
be vested in the courts, to be exercised
in such manner as shall be provided by
law.
Sco 2i. No obligation or liability of
any railroad or other corporation, held or
owned by the Commonwealth, shall ever
be exchanged, transferred, 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
ury. Sec 25. When the General Assem
bly shall convened iu special session,
there shall be no legislation upon sub
jects other than those designated in the
proclamation of the Governor, calling
suchjsession.
(Continued in tJte S ppfrmrtit.)
ITew Advertisements.
E STRAY. Came to the premises of the
Subscriber in Uidgway township, on
or uljout the middle of August, 1873, two
STKLMiS, and one STAG. Steers, red,
large horns and white bellies. Stag, red.
Said cnttlo iil.-nnt I'oui years old. One red
and white ULiU'UK, ihree years old next
Spring. Tlio owner is retiiesled to come
forward, prove tivopcvty, iuy charges, and
ake- said properly away, or they wilt be
dit-pnued o; -is law d.veets,.
nii; Ia- J. MALAXE.
A Mil Jl til M ViUWWi
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aad, by its tonic properties, prevent
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By its use, tho hair grows thicker and
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Price One Dollar.
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FOR THE WHISKERS.
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