t
Its discretion, appoint. In every county Orphans'
Courts shall possess all the powers aat jurisdiction
of a Kegjsier's Court, and separate Registers' Court
are hereby abolished.
fcKC. 23. The style of all froceis shall bs "The Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania." AM prosecution shall
bo carried on in the name and by the authority of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, audconcludeagalusi
the peace and dignity of the same.
Skc. 24. In all cases of felonious homicide, and in
such other criminal cases as may be provided for b
law, the accused, after coovictlm and sentence, may
remove the indictment, record, and all proceeding
to the Supreme Court for review.
Sko. 25. Any vacancy happening by death, resign a
tion. or otherwise, in any court ol record, shall be rill
ed by appointment by the Governor, to eontlnue till
the first Monday of January next succeeding the first
general election, woici snail occur three or nion
months nfter the happening ol such vacancy.
Skc. 28. All laws relating to c urts shall be general
and of uniform operation, and the organization
jurisdiction and powers of all courts of the same clasf
or grade, so far as regula ed by law, an I the force and
effect of the process and judgments ofi-uch courts
shall be uniform ; and the General Assembly is here-
the powers vested by this consii.urion lu the judges ol
the ourts of Common Pleas arid O phans' Courts. J
SKC. V7. 1 he parties by agrcennieut nieu, lu
any civil ease, dispecse itn trial by jury, and submit
the decision of such case to the court having jurl olc
tlon thereof, and such eourt shall hear and determine
the sam-; and the judgment thereon shad bo subject
to writ of error as inoth. r cases.
ARTICLE VI.
1HPIACHMIST AND REMOVAL FKOM OTP1CB.
Sectiow 1. The House of Kcppresentatlves shall
have the sole power of impeachment.
bic. 2. All Impeachments shall be tried by the Sen
ate ; when sitting for that purpose, the feenat rs shall
be upon oath or affirmation ; no person shall be con
victed without the concurrence of two-thirds of the
inembrrs present.
fao. 3. 'toe Governor and all oilior civil officers shall
bo liable to impeachment for any misdemeanor in of
fice, but judgmeat in such eases shall not extend fur
ther than to removal from oflice and disqualification to
lioid any oiuoe oi trustor profit under ibis Common
weaitn ; me person accused, whether convicted or ac
quitted, shall nevertheless be liable to indictment, trial,
judgment ana punisomem according to law.
Hac. 4. All officers shall bold their orHces on the con
dition that they behave themselves well while in of
lice-, and ahall be removed on conviction of misbehavior
in office or of any Infamons crime.
Appointed olticer other than Judges of the courts of
record and the Superintendent of I'ublic luittruction.
may be removed at the pleasure ef tho power by -which
they shall have leer appointed. All oillcora elected by
thCipeople, except Governor,Lieutenant Governor,mem
uers of the General Assembly, and judges of the court
of record, learned in the law, alial be removed by the
Governor for reasonable cause, after dnn notice and full
hearing, on the address of two-thirds of the. Senate..
ARTICLE VII.
oath or or kick.
Sec. 1 Senators and Representatives and all judicial
fftate, and couuty officers, eli 4ll, be'.r-e entering on the
duties of their respective officer, takj and subscribe the
loiiowing oatn or amrmution :
'I do solemnly swear (or anirm) that I will snpport,
ooey ana aeienu vue ioiisutuuon 01 tne united mates
and the Constitution of this Commonwealth, and that
1 win autcnarge toe dunes 01 my oince with ndeli
ty , that 1 have not paid or contributed, or promised to
pay or contribute, either directly or indirectly, anv
money or other valuable thing, to procure my nomina
tion ur eircwuu vur appointment , eicept ior necessary
and proper expenses expressly authorized bvlaw : that
I have not knowingly violated any election law cf ibis
Commonwealth, or procured it to bo done by others in
my behalf; that 1 will not knowiuirly receive, directly
or indirectly, any money or other valuable thing for the
performance or non-performance, of anv act or dut
pertaining to my office, other than the compensation
mioweu uy uw. -
lne foregoing oath aball be administered by some
person authorized to administered oath, and in the
case of State officers and Judges of the Supreme Court.
anaii ue meu. in ine omce 01 tne secretary ot tne Cern
monwealtb, and in the ease of other judicial and county
omcers, iu mc uuicb 01 tue xroinoitolary or tne county
in which the same ia taken ; any person refusing to
lace saiu oam or nmrraauon snail lorleit his office, and
any person woo iaau oe convicted or having aworn
or a turned falsely, or having violated said oath or affir
' xnation. snail be guilty or reriurv. ami l. fnver Hi.
qualitted from holding any office uf trust or protit with
iu this Commonwealth.
The oath to the members of the Senate and Home ot
Represantativee ahali be administered by one of the
judges of the Supreme Court or of a Court of trommnn
Pleas, learned iu the law, in the bailor the bouse to
which the members shall be elected.
AKTICLK VIII.
BcrrxAcB ihu zlbctiox?.
Bsc. 1. Erery male citizen twenty-one years of age,
possessing the following quaiiticatious, cb.il be entitled
10 vote at all elections :
First. He shall have been a citizen of the United
States at least one month.
Second. He ahall bare resided in the State one year
(or if, having previously Wen a qunlided elector or na
tive born citizen of the State, be shall have removed
therefrom and returned, then six month) immediately
preceding the election.
Third. He shall have resided in the election district
where he shall offer to vote at least two months imine
dintely preceding the election.
Fourth. If twenty two years of aire or upwards, he
shall have paid within two years a State or county tax
which shall have ben assessed at leant two mouths and
paid at least one month before the election.
Sec. 2. The general election shall be h.d.i'linnnait.
the Tuesday next fellewing the first Monday of Novem
ber, but the General Assembly may by law tlx a differ
ent uay, iwo-wnrjs 01 an tue members of each house
consenting thereto.
Ssc. 3. Ail elections for eitv. Wan?. luimnfvK
township officers, for regular terms of serv ice, shall be
held on the third Tuesday of February.
Ssc. 4. All elections by the citizens shall l,e by ballot
Every ballot voted shall be numbered in the order in
which it shall le received, and the number recorded by
the election officers on the list of Voter-, opposite the
name of the elector who presents the nallot. Auy elec
tor may write his name upon his ticket, or cause the
same to be written thereon and attested by a citizen of
the district. The election officers shall be sworn or af
firmed not to disclose how any elector shall have voted
unless required to do so as witnesses in .1 judicial pro
ceeding. Sac. 6. Electors ahall in all cases except treason fel
ony, and breach or surety of the peace, be privileged
from arrest during their attendance on elections and in
going to and returning therefrom.
Bsc. 8. Whenever any of the qualified electors of this
Commonwealth shall be in actual military service un
der a requisition from the President of the United Status
or by the authority of this Commonwealth, such elec
tors may exercise the right of suffrage in all elections
by the citizens-, under such regulations as are or shall
be prescribed by law, as fully as if they were present at
their usual places of election.
Sic. 7- All laws regulating the holding of elections
by the citizens or for the registration of elertnr. .i,.h
be uniform throughout the State, but no elector shall be
deprived of the privilege of voting by reason of his name
cot Deing registered.
Bsc. o. Any person wno snail give, or promise or of
fer to give to an elector, any money, reward or other
valuable consideration for his vote at an election or r.r
withholding the same, or who shall give or promise to
give such cuusiuernuun loan omer perioii or party for
such elector's vote, or for the withholding thereof, end
any elector who shall reoeive or agree to receive fcr
himself or for another, any money, reward or other val
uable consideration Tor his vote at an election or lor
withholding the same, shall thereby forfeit the riifht to
vote at such election, and any elector whose riL'ht to
ww vuiren(tu iui Bueu cause oerore the elec
tion omcers snail ue requirea to swear or ainrin thut
the matter of the challenge is untrue before his vote
anaii oe recetveu.
Sac. 9. Any person who ahall, while a candidate for
1 . ii.. 1 a .a
omce, oe gutiiy 01 onoery, irnuu, or wilful violation of1
any election law, shall be forever disqualified from
holding an office of trust or profit in 11,10 Common
wealth ; and any person con vieted of wilful violation of
the election laws, shall, in addition to any penalties
provided by law.be deprived f the right of suffrage ab
aolutely for a term of Jour years.
Sac. 10. In trials of contested elections, and in pro
ceedings for the investigation of elections, no p-rnon
hall be permitted to witiiboid his testimony upon tin'
ground that it may criminate himself or subject liiin to
public infamy ; but such testimony shall not afterwarde
be used against him iu any judicial proceeding, except
for perjury in giving such testimony.
Sac. 11. Townships and wards of cities or boroughs
ha.il form or be divided into election districts of com
pact and contiguous territory, in such manner a the
Court of Quarter Sessions of the city or county in which
the same are located may direct ; but districts in ci:ie
of over oue hundred thousand inhabitants shall be di
vided by the Courts of Quarter Sessions having juris
diction therein whenever at the next preceding election
more than two hundred and fifty votes shall liave been
polled therein ; and other election district whenever
the eourt of the proper county shall be of opinion that
the convenience of the electors and the public iniere.L
will be premoted thereby.
Sac. 12. All elections by persons in s i eprcentativt
capacity shall be viva vocs.
.Skc. 13. For the purpose of voting, no person shall be
deemed to have gaiued a residence by reason of bis
presence, or lost it by reason of his abaeuce while em
ployed in the service, either civil or military, of this
State or of the United States, nor while engaged in the
navigation of the waters of the State or of the United
States, or on the high seas, 1101 while a etodent of any
institution of learning, nor while sept in any poor house
or other asylum at public expense, ner while couhued
in public prison.
Sso. 14. District election boards shall consist of a
judge and two inspectors, who shall be choHeu annually
by the citizens. Each elector shall have tne right to
ote for the judge and ene inspector, and each inspec
tor shall appvint one clerk. The first election board for
any new district shall be selected, and vacancies in elec
tion boards filled as shall be provided by law. Election
officers shall be privileged from arrest upon days of
election ana wuue oiiKujceu maKing up sua transmit
ting returns, except upon warrant of nourt f record
a?. 1 A mM 1
or jndco thereof for an election fraud, for reiony.or ior iGa, coroners, proinonoianrs, ie-Eiw?ra ot
wautou ureacn 01 trie peace, in cin" v; f ireCOrcirT OI aeeas, coHiiuisBiouers, ireisuirn.
exemption from jury duty during their terms 01 ser- .auditors, Of controllers, clerks of the
VICe. ,. . 1 , , . . unJtnAnlli.ri tamiv
..'.. n ifAnnti .halt i.a nnal neu 10 e us na ciec-1 courts, uisn lutaiiiuiucj a, mm eun vt. '-j
ion o'ftic'erwbo shall hold, or shall within two months; from t-Itae to limo be esUbltshed by law; and no
have held any office, rrn',7.Vs, or treasurer shall be eliib e for the term
r me unvpnmrnii v z 1 -"'Vi
siccKvlin:r the on for -which he majr 1p!
ti A
itt or nf.nv -itv or county, or of any municiurl next
board, commission, or trust in any eity, save only juu-'elected
tic.es af the peace and aldermen, nptariea paldie, and: g County ofiice: ull lie elected at the
persons in ll.e muu.- ; " - , . ... ".... .,.,.,.,. arl shall hold their otlice lot
itor shall
ny election omcer " "j v, wuu.v i fi -- . .
ailed at an election at wlinb he shall serve, save only to' iJie term of three years, Ii!iitniiij on tlie urst
such euljordinaie rounicivat or local offices below the M()tu1ay ef January next after their election, and
rrade of city or county offices as shall be des gnatrd by ' , M , f . 3 . ,, , , , , . n
eneral law u,lil their sticcestior.s sh id duly qualified ; all
Sio. 10.
all
The Courts of Common Pleas of th several! vacancies not otliei wise prvided forshaille Hiled
iy law
ited to anv
counties of the Commonwealth shall have power with-'. .. ucU manner as may le pi uvided
m their respective jurisdictions to appoint overseers ofi " T , .
Section to supervise the proceedinss of election officers,! Sec. 8. No r.ersO.l shall- .e appom
corporation, in whiclrshall be recoraea toe
mnnnt Of CaDltat StOCIC SUDSCnoea r iisiu iu,
nH hv whom, the names of the owners of ita
stoclc and the amounts owned by them, respoc
tively, the transfers of said stock, and the names
ind nlaces 01 resiuence oi us onicers.
.... , " " 1 t . 1
Sec. . All inaiviuuais, association, iu tui
iterations shall have equal riht to have persons
I " - . . 1 1 I 4
! ,.rnnpri v li ansirtei over raiuoos mhu
canals, and no undue or unreasonable discrim
ination fihall be made in charges for or in lacu
lies for transportation of freight or passengers
wiihin the State, or coiuiug from or 201112 to any
other State. Persons and property transported
over any railroad shall be delivered at any sta
tion at charges not exceeding the charges for
lection to supervise me proceedings ofe ection omcers, ar... . - . ...... -1 1 -"-"1 ...s ...r ,c,... ,) ,.r,Mri ,f ib
!S to make report to ti e court . mav be .eouired :l.,fMc within anv connlv who shall not have been transportation of persons and properly ol the
. . t . " - - I 1 . :.. it.. 1l1.aAi11.1t ia .n in rtt-A
uch appointments 10 i;e iraie Tor ar.y ciisinct in a e.(iy 1
....... . . ... : . : . it t.i . 1 . 1 1
or cuuui j , u iuu i'Lui(Mi 01 uve ciu.rin, mwiui toit-rv
of such election district, setting forth that such ap
pointment Is a reasonable precaution to secure the pur
ity and fairness of elections ; overseers shall Le two in
number for an election district. shall be residents there
in, and shall be persons qualified to serve upon election
bearas, and in each case members or aitiereiit poiiticti
parties ; whenever tne members or an election boar J
shall differ in opinion, tho overseers, if they shall bv
agreed thereon, shall decide the question of difference ;
in appointing overseers of election, all the law judges
01 the proper court, ame to act at tne time, snau coucur
in the appointments made. - -
Ssc. 17. The trial and determination of contested
elections of electors of President and Vice President,
members of the General Assembly, and of all public of
ficers, whether State, judicial, municipal, or local, shall
be by the courts of law, or by one or more of the law
jndses thereof; the General Assembly shall, by gener
al law, designate the courts and judges by whom the
several classes of election contests shall be. triod, and
reirulate the manner of trial and all matters incident
thereto ; but no such law assigning jurisdiction, or rog-
ulitlng its exercise, shall apply to any content arising
out of an elect. on nela before its passage.
ARTICLE IX.
TAX1TIOJC ADD riMAHCC.
Bsc. 1. All taxes shall be uniform upon the same
clasaof subjects within the territoilal limits of the au
thority levyintc the tax, and shall be levied and codec
led under general laws ; but the General Assembly
may, by general laws, exempt irom taxation public
property used for publio purposes, actual places of re
ligious worsnip, places 01 ourtai not uaea or neni tor
private or corporate profit, and institutions of purely
puhlia cbaritr.
Bsc. 2. All laws exempting property from taxation.
other than the property above enumerated, shall bo
yotd.
Bsc. 2. The rower to tax corporations and cornorate
Droperty snail not oe eurreuuerea or susuenueu iv anv
contract or grant to which the State shall be a nartv.
Skc. 4 Tio debt shall be created by or on behalf ot the
State, except to supply casual dejficiencies of revenue,
repel invasion, suppress insurrection, defend the State
in war, or to pay existiug aeut, ana mo oobt created to
supply deficiencies in revenue shall never exceed lu the
aggregate at any one time one minion or dollars.
Sec. 6. All law authorizing the borrowing of monev
by and on behalf of the Slale shall specify the purpose
for which the money is to be used, and the money so
borrowed shall be used for tho purpose specified and no
other.
Sac. ft. The credit of the Commonwealth shall not be
pledged or loaned to any iudividual, company, corpora
tion, or asaoeiation, nor shall the Commonwealth be
come a joint owner or stockholder in any company, as
sociation, or corporation
Ssc. 7. The Uenerai Awemwi shall not authorize
any county, city, borough, township or incorporated
diatrict to become a stockholder in any company, asso
ciation or corporation, or to obtain or appropriate mon
ey ror er to loan its creuit to any corporation, associa
Hon, institution or individual.
Sec. 8. The debt of any county, city, boroujrh. town
ship, school district, or other municipality, or incorpor
ated district, exeept as herein provided, shall nwver ex
ceed seven per centum upon the assessed value of the
uxable property therein, nr shall any such municipal
ity or district incur any new debt, or increase its in
debtedness to an amount exceeding- two ner rent n in
upon such assessed valuation of property without the
aesent of the electors thereof, at a publio election, in
such manner as snau oe provided by law. but any citv
the deitt 01 wnicn now exceeds seven percenium or such
assessed valuation, xnay be authorized by law to in
creaae the same three per centum in the aggregate at
any one lime upon sucn valuation.
Sec. 9. ine vommonweaiin snau not assume the
!- ia. The General Assembly shall. the next succeeding vn-.ion
sneVeach decennial census, and noc ettener. anignaie ue several
tulicial district as requirea Dy ims .....
judicial al!""7ll, . , i,w f anv court of record hol.lin
sec-. 5' ; r- , the adontion of this constitution shall hold
WT"SX eSSST "Sclent Judge - the" Court of
JP'.I'n.Ti r.SLlirt,on fur the counties of Schuylkill. Uebannon
JV?' iZci the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill county
Sci" T AthTefatfofS-ie term of any president Jud,re
nVCourt of Cotmntm Pleas in commission at tl!e adoption of xin con
any Court V07,","5 h in,t i the law and oldest in com-
Tfw'SZvZi"' thereof and when two or more
r u1S neecii at tke same ume in any judicial district, they shall
decSbotwhich shall 1 president judge :; but when the priUcnt
iudire of a court shall be re-eiectw ne si i omunw e"----Jimlgl
of rhttcourt. Assocutte judges, not earned in the taw, elecxe.
i' . ' JV r .i... AAnuimtimi. Khali be commissioned to hold
SS ofnccsVhe "urmof five years from the firs, da, of January .n
after their e! A at the first session after the adoption
of this constitution sliail 6 and determine tlie compensation of the
o tnis consiuui lads-es of the several judicial
citizsn and an inhabitant therein one year next
before his appointment, if the county hhall have
been so long erected, but if it shall not have been
so loug erected, then' within the limits of the
county or counties out of which it shall have
been taken. .
Sec 4. rrothonolaries, clerks of the courts,
recorders of deeds, registers of wills, county sur
veyors, and sheriffs shall keep their offices in the
county town of the county in which they respec
tively shall be oflicei'8.'
Skc. o. The compensation or county omcers
hhall be regulated by law. and all county officers
who are or mav b-i salaried yhall nay all fees
which they may b authorized to receive iu to
the treasury of the couuty or State, as may be
Jirected by law. In comities containiuj over
one hundred anil li ft y thousand inhabitants all
couuty officers shall be paid by salary, and the
salary of any snch officer and his clerks, hereto
fore paid by fees, shall not exceed the aggregate
amount ot fees earned dniing ' his term and
collected by of for him."
Sec. G. The General Assembly shall provide
by law for the strict accountability of all county,
township and borough officers, as well for the
lees which may be collected by them as for all
public or municipal moneys winch may be paid
to them.
Skc. 7. Threecounly commissioners and three
county auditors shall be elected iu each county
where such officers are chosen, in the year one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, and
every third year thereafter; and in the election
of said officers etch qualified elector shall vote
for no more than two persons, and the three
persons having the highest number of votes shall
be elected ; any casual vacancy in the office of
county commissioner or county auditor shall be
filled by the Oouit of Common Pleas of the
county in which fu:h vacancy thall occur, by
the appointment of an elector or the proper
county who shall have voted for the commis
sioner or auditor whose place is to be lined
ARTICLE XV.
CITIES AXD CITT CHART KIM.
Sec. 1. Cities may be chartered whenever ma
jority of the electors' of any town or borough hav
ing a population or at least ten luousauu snau
vote at uny genet al election in iavot or the same.
Skc. 2. iNo debt eball be contracted or liability
incurred by any municipal commission, except in
purn tnce ot au appropriation previously made
therefor by the muuicipal government.
debt, or any part thereof, of any city, county, bwrouh
or township, unless such debt shall have beou contrac
ted to enable the State to repel invasion, suppress do
mestic insurrection, defend itself in time of war, or to
assist the Htate in the discharge ef any portion of Its
present niuvuieuuciis.
8sc. 10. Any county, township, school district, or
other municipality incurring any indebtedness, shall.
at or before tbe time of so doing, provide for the col
lection of an annual tax sntncient to pay the interest
and also the principal thereof within thlrtv veara.
Sac. 11. To provide for the payment of the present
State debt and any additional debt coutracted as afore
said, the Oeneral Asuetnbly shall continue and maintain
the sinking fond suftie'ent to pay the accruing interest
on sncn debt, anu annnaiiy to reduce the principal there
ef by a sum not less than two hundred and tiftv thou
sand dollars ; the said sinking fund shall consist ef tlie
proceeds of the sales of the public works or any part
thereof, and of the income or proceeds of the sale of any
stocks owned by the Commonwealth, together with
other funds and resomces that may be desiguated by
law, and shall be inrrenxeJ from time to time by assign
ing to it any part of the taxes er other revenue" of the
Htate not required ror the ordinary and rurreut expen
ses of government ; and unless iu case of war, invasion,
or Insurrection, no part of the said sinking fund shall
be used or applied otherwise than in the extinguish
ment or tne puuiic aeoi.
Sso 12. The moneys of tho State, over and above the
necessary reserve, shall le used in the navment of the
debt of the State either directly or through the sinking
tar.d, ana tne moneys or tne suiting . laud shall never
be i.'j vested in or loaned upon the seenrit v of an v thin
except the Itonds of the United etttes or of this State.
Site. 13. f he moneys held as necessary reserve shall
be limited by law to the amount required for current
expenses, and Bhall le sua n red and kept as may be pro
vided by law. Monthly statements shall be published
showing the amount ef such moneys, ' where the same
are deposited, and how secured.
Bsc. 14. Tim making of profit out of tlie public
moneys, or using tne same ior any pur pone not author
ized by law, by any nicer of the Htate or member or
orllcer of the Oeneral Assembly, ahall be a misdernea-
I'll T Mill! viiaii mi. i T 'i i . J
but part of such punishment shall be a disqualification
to noid oince ior a perieu or not less taan nve years
AUTICLEX.
KDCCATIOa.
Skc. 1. The General Assembly shall provide for the
maintenance and support of a thorough and efllcieht sys
tem of public schools, wherein all the children of this
Commonwealth, above the nge of six years, may bo
educated, and shall appropriate at least oue million dol
lars each year for that purpose.
Skc. 2. No money raised for the support of tbe
public fchoola oHhe Commonwealth pball be ap
propriated to or "used for the support of any st c
tarian school.
Sec. 3. Women twenty one years of age and
upward? shall be cligibla to any office of control
or management under the school luvrs of this
S ate.
ARTICLE XI.
?ec 3. Every city shall create a tiaktug fund.iiocai authorities.
same idass in the same directum to any more
distant station . but excursion and commuta
tion tickets may bd issued at special rates.
Sec. 4. No railroad, canal, or tdher corpora
ticu. or the lesefs, purchasers, or Managers of
any railroad or canal corporation, Khali consoli
date the stock, property, or franchises of such
corporation with, or lease or purchase the woiks
or franchises of, or iu any way control any oth
er railroad or canal corporation owning or hav
ing under its control a parallel or competing
line, nor shall any officer of such railroad or
canal corporation act as au officer of any other
railroad or canal corporation owniti" or having
the control of a parallel or competing lice, and
the Question whether raiiroad or canals are par
allel or competing Hues shall, when demanded
by the party complainant, be decided by a jury
as in other civil issues.
Skc. 5. No incorporated company doing the
business of a common carrier shad, directly 01
indirectly, prosecute or engae lu mining or
manufacturing articles for transportation oyer
its woiks, nor shall such company, directly or
indirectly,- eugage in any other business lhan
that of comuiou carriers, or hold or acquire
lands, freehold or leasehold, directly or indirect
ly, except such as shall be necessary for carry
ing on its business; but any 'Mining or manu
facturing company may carry the products ol
its mines and manufactories on its railroad 01
canal not exceeding fifty miles in length.
Sec C. No president, director, officer, agent
or employee of any railroad or caml company
shall be interested, directly or indirectly, iu the
furnishing of material or supplies to such com
pany, or in the business of transportation as a
common carrier of freight or passengers over
the works owned, leased, controlled or worked
by such company.
Sec. 7. No discrimination in chaages or facil
ities for transportation shall Im made between
transportation companies and individuals or in
favor of either, by abatement, drawback, or
otherwise, and no railroad or canal company
or any lessee, manager, or employee thereof.
shall make anv preferences in furnishing cars or
motive power,
Sec 8. No railroad, railway or other trans
portation compauy shall giant free passes or
passes at a discount, to any persons except off!
cers or employees of the company.
Sec 'J. No street passenger railway shall be
constructed within the limits ot anv city
borough or township withont the rnent of "us
'"."i J'i k ..,! the tiovTsions of the fifteenth sec
hereth. Notlung coa.imed in dm constitution Shll he held to re
dficl the compensation now paid to any law judce of tins Comn.on-
ealth now m comraissum. . ... ,:.. rfpKlL-del.
sh- ift The Courts oi loomion - - - - . - -
.hiTand'A iegheny shall be composed of the pres.dent Judge of the
mia a"41 "IK'J f Pleas of said counties until thett
om! shaU severally end. and of such other Judges as may from tin.e
which shall be iuviolable plelg'.'d for the p wmmt
of ita funded debt. . '
Sec 10. No railroad, canal or other tranpor
tation company, in existence at the lim of the
adoption of this article, shall have the benefit
AKTrri.R YVf
raiTATE coBrouATioxs. i aJ future legiMation by general or specia
Sac. 1. All existing charters, or grant off neciali laws, except on condition of complete accept
or exclusive privileges, under wuicn a bona nue orirani
xatloa shall not have taken place and busiaess been
commenced in good faita at the time of the adoption
of this constitution, shall thereafter have no vali
dly. . .
Ssc. 2. The uenerai Assembly snau not remit the
forfeiture ot tne charter ol any corporation now exist
in i?, or alter or amend the same, or pass any other
ance of all the provisions of this article
Sec. 11. The existing poweis and duties ol
the Auditor General iu regard to railroads, ca
nals, and other transportation companies, ex
cept as to their accounts, are hereby transferred
to the Secretary of Internal Affairs, who snail
general or rpeclal law for the benefit t,i such corpora-jhave a general supervision over them, subject
Hon, except upon the condition that such corporation to sucj1 regulations and alterations as shdll be
snail tnereaiiernoia its cuartersuDjeci to tne provis-i-.. . - . . . . ..,:-. ,,..
ion oi tuts constitution. if- j - ..........
Sec. 8, The exercise of tbe right of eminent domain reports now required to ue male, said hecreta
sua.ii never .o uricjKeu or so cuuiiruwi as iu preveni.rry may require special reports at any tim np.n
them to publio uso, the same as the property of indi-ipanies irom any niucer or omcers inereoi.
viauais; anu tne exercise oi tne poiiee power or me HiC. VZ. 1 he Uetierai A-mMu'.iIv yta!l eniorce
State shall never be asridifed or bo construed as lou.. Q.. i t;.t..; ... ,i,. ..f.t,;
permit corporations to conduct their business in such i"' i'i""i"- - ...
manner as to infringe the equal lights of individuals article.
or the general well being ol tie State.
bo. 4. in all elections lor directors or managers of a
corporation each member or shareholder may cast the!
whole number of his voles ler one candidate, or distrib
ute theiu upon two or mere candidates, as he may pre- Sec 1
Bsc. 6 Noforein corporation ahall do auy business! coiiMiiuuon may oe proposed in iue senate
in tlii eJtate without having one or more known places' or House of Kepresentati ves, itnd if the same
ARTICLK XVIII.
KCTIKK AMENPMK.NTB.
Anv amentlmentor .amendments
MIUT1A.
Skc 1. The freemen of this Commonweal. h
shall be armed, organized and disciplined for its
defense when and in such manner as may be di
rected by law. Thj General Assembly shall pro
vide for mauitainiug tbe militia by appropriations
from Ihe Treasury of tbe Commonwealth, aud
mav exempt from military service persons having
conscientious scruples gaiust beariug arm.
ARTICLE XII.
FUBUU OFKICER8.
Skc. 1. All ofiloers whoe selectio i is not pro
vided ior in the constitution suai i ue ( leticu or ap
pointed as miy be directed by law.
Sec. 2. No memlwr of Congress from this State,
nor any person holding or exerci.siug any of
tice or appointment of trust or profit under 'he
fjuited States, shall at tbe same time hold or exer
cise aDy office in this State to which a salary,
fees, or perquisites shall be attached. 1 he Ueu
eral Assembly may by law declare what offices
are incompatible.
Skc. 3. Any person who shall fight a duel or
send u challenge for that purpose, or be aider or
abettor in fighting a duel, shall be deprived of
tbe right ot holding auy office ot honor or prolt
in this State, hitd may be otherwise punished as
shall be prescribed by law.
ARTICLE XIII.
new cocnties.
Sec.1. No new county shall be established
which shall reduce any county to less than four
hundred square miles, or to less lhan twenty
thousand Inhabitants ; nor phall any county be
formed of less area, or containing a less popu
lation, nor shall any line thereof pass within ten
miles of the county seat of any county proposed
to be divided.
ARTICLE XIV.
COCSTY OFFICERS.
Sec. 1. County officers fchall consist of feher-
ot business, and an authorized nireut or agents in Hie
aaiue, upon whom procexs may be served.
tisc.fi. No corporation shall eiittaice iu any business
other lhan that expressly authorized in its charter, nor
shall it lake or hold any real estate, except such a
may be iiecessary and proper for its legitimate hus'ineM.
tin a 1. So corporation shall is mm stocks or bonds
except lor money, htiior done, or money or property ac
tually received , aud all nctitions increase of stoca or
indebtedues shall be void ; the stock and indebtedness
of corporations shall not be increased except in pursu
ance ol general law, nor witiiwiit tne consent or tho per
sons holding ttte larger amont in value ol trie stock nrst
obtained al a meeting held alter sixty days' no ice civ-1
en In pursuance of law. I
is so. 8. Municipal and oilier corporatiens and individ
uals invested with the privilwfe ot tatiug private prop
erty for public use sh.il 1 make just compensation fori
property taken, injured or destroyed by the construe-j
tion or enlargement of their works, highways, or im
provements, which compensation shall be paid or se
cured before such takiuir, injury, or obstruction. The
Oeneral Assembly is hereby prohibited from depriving
any peraou ui mu 'icm iruni muy preliminary assess
ment of damutes avainst any such corporations or indi
viduals, made by viewers or otherwise ; and the amount j
ot Such damages, in all cases of appeal, shall, on the re
mand of either party, be determined by a jury accord
iug to the course of the common law. . i
bsc. 9. .very banking law shall provide for the regis
try and countersigning by an oilioer of the Htate, of all
notes or bills designed for circulation, and that amole
security to the full amount thereof ahall be deposited
wun tue Auaitor . uenerai ior ine redemption of such
notes or bills.
Hxc. 10. The Uenerai Assembly shall have the power
to alter, revoke, or annul any charier of incorporation
now existing and revocable al the adoption of this con
tit ution, or any that may hereafter be created, when
ever iu their opinion it may be injnrions to the citizens
of this Commonwealth, in such manner, however, that
ne injustice shall ba done to the corporators. No law
hereafter enacted shall create, renew or extend the char
ter of more than one corporation.
Ksc.ll. corporate body to possess bmikin? and
discounting privileges shall be created or eryamzed in
pursuance ui uuy taw wiinoui in ree mounts previous
snail oe areeii to iy a majority or Hi mem
bers elected to each house, such proposed
amendment or amendments shall be entered on
their journals', with the yeas au I nays taken
thereon, and the Secretary of the Common-
wealth shall cause the same to be published
three months before the next general election in
at least two newspapers in every county in
which such newspapers shall be publiidied ; and
if, in the General Assembly next afterward
chosen, such propo-ed amendment or arr.end
meuts shill be agreed to by a majority of the
members elected to each house, the Secretary
of the Commonwealth shall canse the same
again to be published in the manner aforesaid,
and snch proposed amendment or amendments
shall le snbmit'ed to the qualified electots ofi
the Stale in such manner, and at such time, at
least three months after lieina so agreed to by
the two houses, as the General Assembly shall
prescrile; and if such amendment or amend
ments Khali lie 'approved bv a majority
to tunc tie seiecien. . . ,u. t..,., f
the cJurtSumbrtone shall be judges Allison F.erce and iPson ; ol
,h rort number two. ludire live. Mitchell and one other Judge to
h. r.tecd ; of S cSirt nunber three, judges Ludlow Finletier ...d
LpdVand of the Court number four. Judges Thayer. Bnggi and one
other judge to be elected. .
srSflnT hereafterpTedent judge sh-lft the judge oldest
iaTom.n.ys:sion; but any prudent judge re-elected m the same court
or district shall continue tote PT-y" r., .w,
rod for and elected ftdie first general elect,on after the adoption of
this constitution in the same manner '," ' '""f .i
he Supreme Court, and they shall decide by lot to ah.ch court they
shall lilon. Their term of oft ice sliall commence on the fir Mon
day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy -
nve. . , . ,. . ...i...w.n(ri n.n-ni.
Sec. to. In the county oi Aiiencnr.
l.i ronsiitution. the ludees of tlie Court of Common
Pleas at the time of the adoption ol ' Uii i constitution shall I the
iudges of die Court numtier one. and the judges of the Distinct Court
' . i .t.. ;...l..- nr,l iimmoa Pleas numlx-r twn
tae same aaus snau oe r.- : . . ..
Tbe president judges of the Common Fleas and District Courts shall
be president judges of said Courts numrvcr nc ana
until tlieir offices shall ent. ana mnwna u. j"k
mission sliall be president judge i oui any ihobkoijuuk.
in the same court or district sliaU continue to be president jude
thereof. . , m r
Sec. ao. The organization oi tne ioum .,. . .c--., ""-
this constitution, lor the counties of Philadelphia and Allegheny, shall
take etfect on die first Monday of January, one thousand eight hund
red and seventy-live, and existing courts in said coun
ties shall continue with their present powers and inns
.lieiirtn nntil thut date . but no new suits shall be in
stituted in the Courta of Xisi Priue after the adoption
of this constitution. ....
Hoc. 21 .Tlie canses and proeeedings psnaing in i'io
Court of Nisi i'rius, Court of Common Pleas, and Die
triet Court in Philadelphia snail tie trica ana nispose.i
of in the Court .f Common 1'leas. l lie records aim
dockets of said courts shall bo transferred to the Pro
thonotary's oBice of sa!. comity
8ec. 22 The causes anu prcveaiiiiia penumg mv
Court ef Common Picas in the county or Aiiegneny
shall be tried and disposed of in I he court number one ;
and the causes and proceeding pending in the district
Court shall be tried and disposed ol in i ne conn nuiuoer
two. . . ....
Hec. 23. The Prathoimtary or tlie conn o: t.ominoti
Plena of Philadelphia shail lie tirsl appointed ly tlie
judges of said court on the tirsi Miinday of l)w;eiulmr,
in the year one thousand eigiil ini-i'iie.i aim sere-ii-
iive ; and the present rrotnonotary oi vie tisirifi. voiiii
in said county shall be the Prot henotary ot the said
Court of Common Pleas unlit said dale, when his com
mission shall expire, and the present clerk of tlie L-oorl
of )er ami Terminer aud (Quarter Sessions of the
Peace iu Philadelphia shall be the clerk of such court
until the expiration of hi present commission on the
Srst Monday of December iu tlie year one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-five.
Sec. 24. In cities containing ever liny inousand in
habitants (except Philadelphia,) all aldermen in oftice
at the time of the adoption of this constitution shall
continue in oflice until the expiratien of their commis
sions, and at the elect ioa for city aud ward oflicers in
the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five
one alderman shall be elected iu each ward, as provi
ded in this onstilutioii.
Sec. 25. In Philadelphia magistrates in lieu of alder
men, ahall be chosen as required in this constitution at
the election in said city for city and ward oflicers in tbe
year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five ; their
termofonice shall commence on the first Monday of
Anr.l succeeding their election.
The terms of oflice of alderman in Baid city, holding
or entitled to commissions at tlie time of the adoption
of this cousitution shall not bealiected thereby.
Hec 23. All persons in olht-e in this Commonwealth
at tlie time of ihe adoption of this constitution, and kI
tlie first electica under it, shall hold their respective
otlices until tbe term for which they have been elected
or appointed shall expire, and until tnetr successors
shnll be duly qual. lied, utiles euiirwise proviueu in
thia.const notion.
aec. 27. Ihe seventh article of ;Ui eonstit ution, pro
scribed an oath of otrice, shall take effect on and after
the Urst day of January, wiie thousand eight hundred
and aeventv-tive.
Sec. 2. The tei ma of oflice of county commissioners
and county auditors chosen prior to the year one thou
sand eight hundred and seventy-five, which shall not
have expired before tlie first Monday of Jitnuur.v, in the
year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, chall
expire on that day.
See. 29. All State, county, city, ward, boronh.rnd
township oflicers iu oflice at the lime of the adoption of
this constitution, whoe coin pensai ion is not provided
for by aalaiies alone, ahaii continue to receive the com
pensation allowed them by law until the expiration of
theirrespective terms of oflice.
Sec. 30. All t'tate and judicial officers heretofore
elected, sworn, attirmed, or in oilice when this constitu
tion shall take effect, shall severally, within one numl h
after such adoption, take and Kubscribo an oath (or
affirmation) to snpport ti.is constitution.
See. SI. Tbe General Assembly, at its firtt session,
or as fooii as may be after the adoption of this consti
tution, shall pass such laws as ni iy be necessasy to car
ry the same into full force and rfl'eet.
Sec. 32. The ordinance passed by this convention, en
titled 'An ordinance for submitting the amended con
stitution of Pennsylvania to a vote of theeledors there
of," shall be held to be valid for all the purposes thereof.
Sec. S3. The words '-Couuty Commissioner," where- .
ever used in this constitution, aud iu auy ordinance ac
companying the same, shall be held to include the Com
missioners for the city of Philadelphia.
Adopted at Philadelphia, on the third day of Novem
ber, in the year of our lxrd one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-three
to
UKUCE OP 1
scTaar or Ttis Coyiiosa BH.TH,
llAaaisarac, Nov. 13, 1883. 3
bsc
I certify that the foregoing i a correct copy of the
new Constitution, proposed to the pople of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, for their approval or rejec
tion, as tlie sume appears of a record In this oflice.
M. S. HJ Ai , Secretary of Commonwealth.
AN ORDINANCE.
l or submitting tlie amended Constitution of Pennsylvania to a vole of
the qualitied electors thereof, as passed second reading.
tl it nrtlaintfd hv the Ciiitituti.iiAt l?nnvntiiin tit ttm t ..nininiii...tk
I of Pennsylvania, as follows:
fi. 1 iwi uic uucium (.uoHnuuun (ncpucu 17 xuia Loavencton, ne
submitted to the qualified electors of tne Commonwealth ior their aiiiu
those votino- theron. such amendment or amend-i'nOTrejM"on,"Be'"on,0teWon,he"aTueyrfei"-
4 Shall beceme a ail Of the constitution ; shall te held aud conducted by the regular election omcers in the se -bin
no amendment nrimnmlmunK ulull ha oh eral eleCMon disuicts throughout the Commonwealth, under all the
out no amendment Or amendment SIUII Ue n0- ; regulations and provisions 01 existing laws relating to general elections
mitted Oftener than Once ill fire years; Wlien and the shenifa 01 the several counties shall give at least tweuty da"
, , .uotice of said election by proclamation.
lAO Or IllOre air.PlldllientS Shall be Submitted I a. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall, at least twenty cls
theV Khali be Voted ntiOII Scuaratelv ''before the said election, furnish to the Commissioners of each count,,
tliry snail lie VOieu tljiou aiparaiei. ; a sumtltfn numlr of properly prepared circulars ol instructions. The
Commissioners of the several counties shall cause to be limited at least
'three times as many ballots of arhrniative votes as there are tutm :i
:ech county and the same nuuihcr of negative votes ; and the sai.l
'Commissioners shall, at least five days before said election, cause to lv
f.unv distributol to the several elect 10a districts in tiwir r.--... -
TI1.1t no Inconvenience may arise from the changrs in the constitution counties, the said ballots, tail) -lists, returns, circulars of instructions, ant
of the Commonwealth, and in ortfor to carry me same into coieplcte su-''1 ,r,er books and papers, as may l necessary. The ballots shall
operation, it is hereby declared that : be printed or written 111 the followiug form : On the outside the words
Sec. 1. This constitution shall take effect on the first day of lanuarv l"New Constitution;" in the inside lor all persons giving athnnative
In the year one thousand eight hundred aud sevcuty.four. tor all our- votci ,he wods hV ,ne Ncw. J-nsUtution. and for all persons gi
poses not otherwise provided for tnerein. ing negative votes the woras Against the New Constitution."
ec. a. au lawm in toixe in tin loininonweaitu at the tiinenfth 3 " tV"." uw twn iwueu are wc iue
m vvoshi'h, mic uarktiiuiiuu V wOHUUOII-
SCHEDULE.
i.nlilii'. notioe at tbe nlaee of the intended loent ion of the i ,k.. r,,c,,t..t,., i.w...... . .1 ..k .... 'new Cons
intention toapply forsuch privilege, in such manner 'actions, prosecutions, and contracts, shall cooitinue asf this coiis"tiiu-lcalth,-' mtef lv"? on V1 ,he nrst Jjy tf January, iu ttie
; .... anu 9GICUIIIUUI . OUt II
sl.nil U nrrihttil inrl-.w nor l.,.ll. l..t tnr ! tion hal not been adopted.
..I. ...... ui ip.iitu.l f.r. ti iiii.r.. ....i...! lV..n t u,u I. -5 ...
" i" ' " . ! . .v. . .. . t. nunJred
the years one thousand eiifht
(I ei
hundred and seventy lixir and one thousand riv.it hmulril ami -v,-.i
ty-five Senators shall be elected in all districts w here there shall te
vacancies. I nose elected in tne year
seventy-lour shall serve fc two years.
one thousand eight hundred and seveutv
Senators now elected, and those whose terms are uuevpire I. shall ieo-
u shall appear that a major ity of uie votes polled were against the new
Constitution, then it shall be rejected and l null aud void.
4- ri.e v.oiumissioncr 01 cicttion, viz: nuwui m. ruler. Edward
ry S. Hage.it. a.d lohnU. lames a...
tion, who shall have direction of tne
itution in tlie citv of Philadeli hia. I n..
uuiy worii off ami ill cu to pertorm tncir du
ir.. ......... . i .... u i 1 1
IMI. till.lUn M.l L.m.l.1 ...1 W.UWM.IIt. .. 1KII
. and those rl. A ,o ,h. v.,.. "erci.y apuoiuteti oy tins ... liven
inii i ' electioo upon this amended Const
isaid Commissioners shall be
resent the districts in which they reside until tlie end of the terms tor i,les ""partiality and fidelity, lhey sliall also nave power to till
wi::h they were elected. j vacam les in tlieir own number. It shall be tlie duty ot said Comniis-
Sec. a. At the general election in the year one thousand eight hund-: jnorii' 9' niajtrity ol thein, and they shall ha-e authority to make a
red aud seveutvsis. Senators sliail lie rf,.
registration oi voters for the several eiat un divisions of s ud e.tv. ami
"J districts to serve for two years, and itom oU uumiieied districts to ,J ,Ufn,sil die lists so made to the election omcers of eaca inccimt ,.
- serve vr tour years. i..imi , w uisuiuwc inc w.un mi uia cuy province! tor ty tlus u.
tv years.
Hsc. li Any association or corporation organized for
the purpose, or any individual, shall have the rirht to
construct aud maintain line of telegraph within this
gtate and to couuect the same with other lines; and
the Uenerai Assembly shall, by general law of uniform
operation, provide reasonable regulations to give full
eneci to tin seen in, aso leiesrapn company snau con
olidate with or hwld a controlling interest in the stocl
or bonds of any other telegraplk company awning al Sec. s. The first election of Governor under this constitution shall he onance to oe usedat tlie elevticin ; toaoo:nt a jndge aud twoinsiw, tors
competing line, or acquire, I y purchase Or Otherwise, at tlie general election in the year one thousaud eight hundred and ,u,iU-n election division, l.y whom tne election tncteui shall oe held
KiiVwUifr co uwiii.iiiio i luierapu. Ith term of t h Gti.ernr -l?.W in t). th...ri i. . omcer retfardimf theif duties w huidiiiir ciectiiM. a.t.l ..1,1..,.,
HKC li. 1 He UHU crpralioiiK.n UP USd in thii Rr- .reilinJ sevsmtv-eifht and nfthr-ia, hiWM,-,ii.ai. L i,r!retWfntlu:reot. No person shall serve an electHm oji.r whn
I . I . .. . . . 1. ... . IA 1 1 1, . 1 1 I ,1,1.1 . r w..,. n . . . . . 1 o .. . . . . -
r&ua, .mmuhik iu hi. inuvuiniik iui conniimitn. , 1 - - ...... . y, ... it it o, Ol IIC new v.oustitatioii
Sec. 6. At the general election in the ycr one thousand eight hund-l 1 he general return of the election in the said City snail be oivMied
red and seventy -lour a Lieutenant Governor shall I elected according computed and certified tvlore the said Commissioners, and wun their
to the provisions of this constitution. j approval wlncl. appros al shall lie endorsed upon tlie return. 1 Uey
Sec. 7. Tbe Secretary of the internal Affairs shall be elected at the 010 e report directed to die I'lesidcut of tins Convention, of tneit
first general election after the adoption of tins constitution : and when iomclal cUou under tins ordinance aud concerning tlie comUict ol the
the said officer shall be duly elected anJ qualiaed. the oriice of Sur-Iaid election wit Inn the said city.
veyor General shall be abolished, and tne Surveyor General in or5ce at ' 1 he Jies and Inspectors atorcsaid shall conduct the election in all
tho tune of the adoption of this constitution shall continue in ortice un- ''espects coiilormably to the veneral eloctton laws of this Cobu,.,.
til the expirauon of tlie term for which he was elected. I wealth, and with like powers aud duties to those of ordinary cl.ximn
ticie, shad be construed to include all joint stock com
panies or association having uny of the powers or priv
ilege ef cerpoi'ulious not possessed by individual or:
pirtticrships.
AUTICLR XVII. -
lUll.RoAPS a.r CASALrt.
o i . 11 -i 1 1 1 1 11 1 I Sec wllen the Suparintemlent of Public Instruction shall be duly !omcer; iat:h lnspevt.it shall appoint one clerk to assist the Hoard in
55EC. J, Ail railroads Ml'! Canal kit. 1 1 be lll-'.liilihed. the orhce of Superintendent ot Common Schools shall cease. itlie lr'orllMnce ot iu dudes, and all the eleion omcers sliall be duly
lie Iliohw-lVH and all millliad and l-anal nliliiin-l ;'e.'- N"tn" contained in this constitution shall l construed to(swo'ao,amr'ne'lccordiiic to law. and shall possess all tlie qflalmca
llt. llloilH.13 a, aiid ail llliliuau aim canal COIII M0- render any person now holding any State olhVe for a first oiftcial teiia t,on reMn-.-.ed by law ot cl-ction oflicers in this Commonwealth, At
ie vIiaII 1 ..4 is,ittm,ri i.ti lam Ai.v b.GAoi 1 l.,n ! ineligible for re-election at tlie end of such term. Isaid eleciiou and dulv oualine.1 ,-iM-t.i .hi, ..Ikii ..'v.-..
. 1 . 1 , ,,' v. c 1 uc jiHin 01 mc su(Hciw cwin in diucc wnen ma coiims . ;".-.iiwi w ovc uiai maainir prool ol nis riLrht 10 the t.l..,-ii(m
Or corporation organized for the purpose Shall tuion shall take erlect shall continue umd their coiuniis.io.is severally iucefs,. according u the general election livZ.CmmZM
liave ihe rillt to Construct add .Mle a I ail-1 J""0"?" f'iai.0t". ,ha ""'"'e' composing c"'"1 I'cks and tncir itrks and at hourly ciHi.it of die votes
i. . ...wcv v , , ' I. ,,lr " ;sa:d curt sliaU be elected at the first general etectlou after the adop-i"" l dispensed with, but overseers of election iuay lie selecte 1 I.-
road betWHea ailV points Wlttiin tills Stale ail(l ,l0" d' constitution. lany precinct by said Election Coiuiiiissi.mers, whose duties aud now .
to connect a' the Statei linn with radrnad ..i ; AU miasoi recocd and ll tustliw rouai vhick m not;"' ""il he Hie sum u Uum of ikcisccii i4 cImiuu in siia ty m..
to connect l lilt Otattl HHP Willi la.iruHll.i O I , specmed in this constitution shall continue in existence until tlie first exisuug elect ion laws appluahle thereto. Koturns of the el ' tiuu
Other Stales. EvelV railroad Company Stliall ii4!-" ye' oe.tnc.us,aa ixiit l.iuiJrect aua sveveo-i?111 ' ae " SA4j " ie c otan election lor ;osen..u.
. .1 - i . i r. i. i . . J Vry-nve.withoiitalmdgmentrttheirrjresentJiirisdicnon.lMjtnnlimifCT.1
have the Tight Willi itSrO,HI to illleraect, COIllieCt 'The Court of First Criminal Junsdic tion fottlw counties of SchuylCill. isheremlj
With or Crosa anv Other railroad ami uliall r iLe,non and Dauplun is hereby alwhslie.li and ail caiise. ami pro-;P"vided incases couuty returns.
Willi, or cross any Oilier rn.lirO.I(l, a.lU hliail re- !ccedinirsi.ding therein m the county fSchuylkillshallbetriedand a each of die Counties of the Commonwealth, (except Phila.!.-!-
Cive aim transport, eaCIt IlieOineia paRSeilgarS, f I r ' """" aua yuarter Sessions :pna.)ine returns ot tne election shall lie made as in the case ol an
, . . 1 1 . ... . . .- .-.- ... - ... j . .nillHHI, UVTI.1IIIII,
muil.ll't-. him til H. H'H'ini Ol eillDlV. Wlllinnl I See. u. ine registers courts now In ex stenre hail t1
ii.s. u., j j .uuiiij u ic auopiiou ol tins constitu
tion.
delay or discrimination.
HEC. 2. Every railroad and Canal Corporation! j56-. Je General Assembly shall, at the next session after the
organized in this State .ball maintain an omctlJS
therein, where transfers of its stock 8hall be Udgiof4tt'
made, and Where Its UOOka Shall be kept for in- l Judges residing in the same district, the president judire shall
spection by any stockholder or creditor of snchfeV d.t Uw
ThS f'!!' 5 !,m.now, shai " abolished on ! triplicate count,; return and transmit the same. wi.Ln a1 Zt
cHn. unectea to tlie rresident olthisCouvcntiou, at lli-
risourg,
Ooue in Convention this Third day of November, in the vest ef our
iMtd. one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.
D. U I M BRIE, Cleric. JN- WAI KER- P-id--A
true copy of ordinance of submission.
M. S. tUAY, Secretary of th t'omtnor.wea'.tl:.
Harrisljurg, Nov. 19.