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CONSTITUTION.
Hew Coatttltntlon Proponed I Ilie
4'itlscim of this tlomiiion wewllh
for Ihrlr Approval or Hrjocllou,
by the Constitutional Convention
Published by order of the Secretary of the
Ooratuenweallh, in pursuance of the 4th
section of an act of the General Assembly,
entitled "An act to provide for calling a
Convention to amend the CousUtuliou,"
Approved the 11th day of April, A. D.
1B72.
PREAMBLE.
We, tbe people of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, grateful to Almighty God for the Meet
ings of civil and religious liberty, and humbly
invoking Ills guidance, do ordain and establish
" ..this Couftltuilsu.
ARTICLE 1.
vacLARATioa or right.
That the General, great and essential principles
of liberty nnd free government may be recognized
and unalterably established, we duclaro that
Section 1. All men are born equally free and
Independent, and have certain lnhcicnt nnd inde
feasible rights, among which are those of enjoy
ing and defending life and liberty, ol acquiring,
possessing nnd protecting property and reputa
tion, and of pursuing their own happiness.
Sec. 2. All power is inherent In the people, and
all free governments are founded on their autho
rity and instituted for their peace, anfety nud
happiness. For the advancement of these ends
they have at all times an Inalienable and indefea
sible right to alter,refui in or ubnllsb theii govern
ment In such manner as they may think proper.
Sk 3. All men huve a natnral and indefeasible
right to worship Almighty God according to tbe
dictates of their own consciences ; no mun cun of
right be compelled to attend, erect or support any
place of. worship, or to maintain uny ministry
u gainst his consent ; no human authority enn, in
any case whatever, control or interfere with the
rights of conscience, and no conference shall ever
be given by luw to any rciiglous establishments
or modes of worship
Bec. 4. No person a ho acknowledge tho being
of a God and a future stale of rewards uud pun
ishments shall, an a ecu mil of his religious senti
ments, bt disqualified to hold any office or place
of trust or profit nuder this Commonwealth.
Sec. 5. Elections shall be free and equal ; and
no power, civil or military, shall at any time in
terfere to prevent the free exeicise of the right of
suffrage.
Bsc. 0. Tria! by jury shall be as heretofore, aud
the right thereof remain inviolate.
5kc. 7. The printing press shall be free to every
person who may undertake to examine the pro
ceedings of the Legislature or auy branch of
government, sad no law shall ever be mude to
retain the right thereof. The free communica
tion of thoughts and opinions is oue of the lu
valuable rights of man, and every citizen may
freely speak, write and print on any subject, bu
ng respousible for the abuse of that liberty. No
conviction shall be bad In any prosecution for
the publication of papers relating to tbe olUclal
court not of ofllcers or men In public capacity, or
to eny other matter proper for public investiga
tion or Information where the fact that such pub
licatiou was not maliciously or negligently made
shall be established to the satisfaction of the
jury i a til in all indictments for libels the jury
shall B ivs the right to determine the law and the
facts, under the direction of the court, us ill
other cases.
Bus. 4 The psople shall be secure in their per-,
ous, houses, pipers, and possessions, from un
reasonable searches and seizures, and no warrant
to search any place or to seixi any person or
thiags, shall issue without describing them as
nearly as may be, nor without probable cause,
supuorlc 1 by oath r affirmation, subscribed to
by the it i flint.
Btc. 9. Ia all criminal prosecutions, tho accus
ed hath a right to be beard by himself and his
counsel, to demand tbe uature and cause of the
accusation against him, to meet tin witnesses
face to faee, to have compulsory process for ob
taining witnesses in his favor, ami in prosecu
tions by lod.etinent or Inform ition, a speedy
public trial by an impartial jury of tbe vicinage;
lis eean.t he compelled to give evidence against
himself, nor can he ba deprived of bis life, liberty,
or property, anless by the jtidginont of his peers
or tbe law of the land.
Bso. 10. No person shall for any InJictable of
fense e proceeded against criminally, by infor
rnutioa, except in arisiug 'in the laud or navsl
forces, or ia the militia, when in actual service.
In time of war or public danger, or by leave of
the court, for oppression or misdemeanor In of
fice. No person shall for the same offense be twice
PDt '.2 Jeopardy of life or limb ; nor shall private
properly be lakes or applied to public use with
out authority ef law, and without just compen
atloa boiug Irst made or secured.
Bec. 11. All e.urts shall be open; and every
mail for ai lujary done him in his lands, goods,
persne, or reputaliou, shall h ive remedy by due
course of law and right and Justice administered
without sale, deuiai, or delay. Suits may be
brought ugaiast the Commonwealth In such mau
, yier, such courts, and in such eases as the Leg
Anlature may by law direct.
Bsc. l'J. No power of suspending laws shall be
exercised uuless by tbe Legislature or by its au
thority. Bsc. IS. Excessive ball shall not be required,
not .excessive Hues Imposed, nor cruel puuishments
inflicted.
Sac. 14. All prisoners shall be bailable by suffi
cient sureties, unless for capital offenses, when
the proof is evident or presumption great ; and
tbe privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall
not be saspended, unless wbeu in case of rebellion
or invasion the public safety may require it.
Bbc. IS. No commission of oyerand lermlneror
Jail delivery shall be issued.
Bsc. 16. The person of a debtor, where there Is
not strong presumption of fraud, shall not be
continue! in prison after delivering ap bis estate
for tbe benefit of his creditors, in such manner as
shall be prescribed by law.
Cbc. 17. No ex voir pacto law, nor any law
impairing tbe obligation of contracts, or making
irrevocable any grant of special privileges or im
munities, shall be passed.
Bec. 18. No person shall be attainted of treason
or felony by the Legislature.
Sec. i9. No attainder shall work corruption of
blood, nor, except during the life of the offender,
forfeiture of estate to tho Commonwealth, the
estate of such persons as shall destroy their own
lives shall decoud or vest as In eases of natural
rVatb, and if any persou shall be killed by casu
alty, there shall be uo forfeiture by reason there
of. - Bee. feo. The citizens have a right in a peacea
ble manner to assemble together for their com
mon god, and to apply to those invested with
.the powers of government for redress of grievan
ces orotier proper purposes, by petition, address
or remonsg-unce.
'Bec. 21. Vhe right of citizens to bear arms In
defence of thnselves and tbe State shall not be
questioned.
Bko. 33. No ilmnlng array shall, in time of
peace, be kept D without the consent of the Leg
islature and the umury .ball, in all cases.laud
stall times, bs in strict subordination, to' the
civil power.
8ao. 18. No solder shall In time of peace ba
quartered in any Sous without th. couscnt of
the owner, nor In f me of far but in a manner to
bs prescribed by lav.
Beo. 84. The Legislature shall not grant any
tills - or nobility or berdilary distinction, a or
create any obVe the appointment of which shall
H,"ol0ni?e,i r, Uan JaricIS eooi behavior.
b.8pbibitJdml'frV',Bfro-,h Bl" not
t,if,I0JfwaId S""' 'angrMlons or the
high powers which we ha , . ,je td waaeci.,.
thai everything in this i anlX? doe0c "
tbe general power. ofvernweu..,
ever remain inviolate. , '
ARTICLE IX. , -
Bbctioic 1. The legislative power of this com
monwealth shall be seated In a fifn.ru I A.Jtz"
'jly, which shall consist of a Seuale aud lions, of
iepreseotativoe, - .
8o. a. Members of th. General Assembly
ihall be chosen at the general election every sa
lon d year. . Their term pf service shall begus aa
he erst day or December next after their else
Ion. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in either
'ouse. tbe presiding offloer thereof shall issue a
vacasey- j
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SUNBUET
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riUt E 91 SO I IV ADVANCE
Brio. S. Senators shall he elected for the term
of four years, and Representatives for tbe terra
of two years.
Beo. 4. The General Assembly shall meet at
twelve o'clock noon, on the first Tuesday olJan
oarv evcrv second year, and at other limes when
convened by tbe Governor, but shall hold no ad
journed annual session after the year one thou
sand elclil nuiiarea ana sevuniv-eiicni. case
of a vacancy in the oUlce of United Stales Sena
tor from this Commonweulth, In a recess be
tween sessions, the Governor shall convene tho
two houses by proclamation on notlco not ex
ceeding sixty days to till lbs same.
Bkc. 6. Senators elia.ll be at least twenty-five
years of ngo, and Representatives twenty-one
years of age. They shall have been citizens and
Inhabitants of the Htnte four years, and Inhabi
tants of their respective districts oue year next
beforo their election (unless absent on tho publle
business of tho United States ol of this State,)
aud shall reside In their respective districts dur
ing their terms of service.
Bio. 6. No Senator or Representative shall,
during the time for which he shall hare been
elected, be nppointcd to any civil oOlce under
this Commonwealth, and no member of Congress
or other person holding any office (except of at-torney-at-lnw
or In tho militia) undertne United
States or this Commonwealth shall be a member
of cither house (lurlnir bis continuance In otllee.
Sec. 7. No peison hereafter convicted of em
bezzlement of public moneys, bribery, perjury or
other Infamous crime, shall be eligible to the
General Assembly, or capable of holding nny of
fice of trust or profit In this Commonwealth.
Bkc. 8. The iiiombers of the General Assembly
shall receive such salary and mileage forregulur
and sKcial sessions ns shall be fixed by law, and
no other compensation whatever, whether for
service upon committee or otherwise. No mem
ber of either house shall, during the term for
which he may have been elected, receive any In
crease of salary, or mileage, under any law pass
ed during such term.
Bkc. 9. The Senate shall, nt the beginning nnd
close of each regular session and at such other
times ns may be in'Cfsury, elect one of its mem
bers president pro tempore. bo shall perform
the duties of the Lieutenant Governor, In uny
case of nU-euee or disability of that officer, aud
whenever the said olllce of Lieutenant Governor
shall be vacant The House of Representatives
shall elect oue of its members as Speaker. Each
hi use shall choose Its other ofllcers, nud shall
judge of the election aud quulitlcutions of its
members.
Sec. it). A majority of each House shall con
siltutc a quorum, but a smaller number may ad
journ from day to dav, uud compel the attend
ance of ahi-rnt members.
Sec. 11. Each house shall have power to deter
mine the rules of Its proceeding and punish its
members or other persons for contempt or disor
derly behavior in its presence, to enforce obedi
ence to Its process, to protect Its members
atrainst violence, or oilers of bribes or private so
licitation, und with the concurrence of two
thirds, to txpel a member, but not a second time
for the same cause, and shall have all other
Eowera necessary for the legislature of a free
t.ite. A member expelled for corruption shall
not thereafter be eligible to cither house, and
punishment, or contempt or disorderly behavior
shall not bar an Indictment for the same nftense.
Sec. 12. Each house shall keep a journal of Its
proceedings und from time to time publish the
sutne, except such parts as require secrecy, and
the yeas and nays of the members on auy ques
tion shall, at the desire of any two of them, be
entered on the Journal.
Sec. 13. The sessions of each house aud of
committees of the whole shall be open, unless
when the busiuess is such as ought to be kept se
cret. Btx. 14. Neither house shall, without the con
sent of the other, adjourn for more thau three
days, nor to auy other place than that In which
the two houses shall be sitting.
Br.c. 15. Tbe members of the General Assem
bly shall in all cases, except treason, felony, vio
lation of their oath of office, and breach or sure
ty of the peace, be privileged from arrest during
their attendance at tho sessions of their respec
tive houses, and In going to and returning from
the same ; and for any speech or debate in either
house, they shall not be questioned iu any olber
place.
Sec. 10. The State shall be divided Into fifty
Senatorial districts of compact ai.d contigious
lerritory, as nearly equal in population as may
be, and each district shall be entitled to elect one
Senator. Each county containing one or more
ratios of population shall be entitled to one Sena
tor for each ratio, and to an additional Senator
for a surplus of population exceeding three-ufths
of a ratio ; hut no county shall form a seperate
district unless It shall contain four-fifths of a ra
tio, except where the adjoining counties are each
entitled to one or more Senators, when such
county may be assigned a Senator on lees than
four liriht, Ld exceeding one-half of a ratio,
and no count r shall be divided unless entitled to
two or more Senators. No city or county shall
be entitled to separate representation exceeding
one-sixth of the whole number of Senators. No
ward, borough, or township shall be divided in
the formntiou of a district. The Senatorial ratio
shall be uscui tulned by dividing the whole popu
lation of the Mate by the nuuihcr till y .
Bkc. 17. Tbe members of the Hoaseof Repre
sentatives shall be apportioned amoni; the sever
al counties, on a ratio obtained by dividing the
population of the state as ascertained by the
most recent United Slates census by two hun
dred. Every county containing less than five
ratios shall have one representative for every full
ratio, and an additional reprrt enlulivc when the
surplus exceeds half a ratio ; but each county
shall have at least one representative. Every
county containing Gve ratio, or more shall have
one representative for every full ratio. Every
city containing a population ;qual to a rutlo
shall elect separately its proportiou of the repre
sentatives allotted lo the county iu which it is
located. Every city entitled to more than four
representatives, and every county havlug over
one hundred thousand inhabitants, shall be di
vided into districts of compact and contiguous
territory, each district to elect its proportion of
representatives according to its population, but
no district shall elect more than four represen
tatives. Bsc. 18. The General Assembly at Its first ses
sion after the adoption of this constitution, nnd
immediately after each Uuited States deecnaial
census, shall apportion the State into Bcnatoriul
and Representative districts agreeably lo the
prevlsious of lbs two nuxt prccecditig sectious.
ARTICLE III.
I BOISLiTIOH.
Section 1. No law shall be passed except by
bill, and no hill shall be so altered or amended
on Its passage through either house as to change
its original purpose.
Bsc. 2. No bill shall be considered unless re
ferred to a committee, returned therefrom, aud
pnuted for the use of tbe members.
Bbc. I. No bill, except general appropriation
bills, shall he passed, containing more than oue
subject, which shall bs clearly expressed In its
title.
Sec. 4. Every bill shall bs read at length on
three different days In each house ; all amend
ments made thereto shall be printed for tbe use
of the members before the final voto Is taken on
tbe bill, and uo bill shall become a luw unless
on its final passage the vole be taken by yee.s
and nays, hte names of tho persons voting for
and against the same be entered on the journal,
and a majority of the members elected to each
house be recorded thereon as voting in its favor.
Beo. 5. No amendmeut to bills by one house
shall be concurred in by the other, except by a
vole of a majority of the members elected there
to taken by yeas aud nays, and the names of
those voting for and against recorded upon the
journal thereof) and reports of committees of rou
ference shall be adopted In either bouse only by
the vote of a majority of the morubersj elected
thereto, taken by yeas and uays, and the names
of those voting recorded upon the Journal.
Sec. S. No law shall be revived, amended, or
Ibe provisions thereof exteuded or conferred by
reference to its till, only, but so much thereof as
is revived, amended, extended, or conferred,
shall be re-enacted and published at length.
Baa. T. The General Assembly shall not pass
any local or special law t
- Authorizing the ereatloo, extension or Impair
ing of liens i
Regulating the affair, of counties, cUlee, town
ships, wards, boroughs, or school districts
Changing- the names of persons or places
Changing tbe venue la cUti or criminal eases i
Authorising the lavfu nut. uu.il.. .Ii.rl..
tr -i-i . ra . -,
-. iiwib roans, .i.ujn
Sway., streets, er el.
SUNBUKY,
Rotating to ferries or bridges, Or Incorporating
ferry or bridge companies, except for the etectlon
of bridges crossing etreams which from bounda
ries between this and any other Biate
Vacating roads, town, plots, streets or alleys t
Relating to cemeteries, graveyards or publle
grounds not of the State
Authorizing the adoption or legitimation of
children
Locating or changing county sent, erecting
new count los, or changing couuty lines
Incorporating cities, towus, or villages, or
changing their charters ;
For the opening and conducting of cloctloua,
or fixing or changing tho place of voting
Granting divorces ;
Erecting new townships or boroughs, chang
ing township lines, borough limits, or school
districts
Creating officers, or prescribing the powers
and duties of ofllcers in counties, citios, boroughs,
townships, election or school districts.
Changing tbe law of descent or snccesston
Regulating the practice or jurisdiction of, or
changing the rulea of evidence In any Judicial
proceeding or Inquiry before courts, aldormeo,
justices of the peace, sheriff, commissioners, ar
bitrators, auditors, mutters In chancery, or other
tribunals, or providing or changing methods for
the collection of debts, or the enforcing of Judg
ments, or prescribing the effect of Judicial sales of
real estate ;
Regulating the fees, or extending the powers
and dntics of aldermen, justices or tbe peace,
magistrates, or constables i
Regulating the management or public schools,
the building or reputing of school houses, and
tbe raising of money for such purposes
Fixing the rale of interest ;
Affect I ui; the estates of minors or persons un
der disability, except after due notice to all parties
In Interest, to be recited In the special enactment ;
Reinitliug Biles, penalties and forfeitures, or
refunding tuoueys legally paid iute the Trea
sury ;
Exempting properly from taxation ;
Regalaliug labor, trade, mining, or matmfauc-tn-lngt
Creatine corporations, or amending, ruuewlug,
or extending tne couriers thereof;
(ranting to any corporation, association, or In
dividual any special or exclusive prlvilego or Im
munity or lo uny corporation, association or In
dividual the ritlit to lay down a railroad track.
Nor shall Iho General Assembly Indirectly eauct
such special or local law by the partial repealjof
a general law, but laws repealing local or special
acts may be passed. Nor shall auy law he pass
ed granting powers or privileges iu uny
case where the grnnliug of such powers
and privileges aha!) have been provided for
by generul law, n-r wlu-re the courts have Juris
diction lo grunt the sumu or give the relief usk
ed for.
Sec. H. No local or sjiecial bill shall bo passed
unless notice of the Intention to apply therefor
shall have lit on published i'l the locality where
the matter or the thing lo be a Heeled may be
situated, which notice shall bo nt least thirty
days prior to the Introduction Into the Gcucral
Assembly of such bill, and in the manner to be
provided by law; tho evidence of such notice
having been published, shall be exhibited in the
General Assembly beforo such act shall be pussed.
Sec. . The presiding olllcer of each house
shall, Iu the presence of the house over which he
presides, sign all bills nud joint resolutions puss
ed by the General Assembly, after their titles
have been publicly rend immediately before sign,
ing, and the fact of signing shall ho entered on
the journal.
Bec. 10. The General Assembly shall prescribe
by law the number, duties and compensation of
the ofllcers and employees of each house, and uo
payment shall be made from the Stute Treasmy,
or he in any way authorized to any persmi, ex
cupt to an acting c Ulcer or employee elected or
appointed In pursuance of law.
Bec. 11. No bill shall be passed giving any ex
tra compensation to any public otllccr, servant,
employee, nirent or conn actor, utter services
shall have been rendered or contract made, nor
providing for tbe payment of any claim ncuinst
the Commonwealth, without previous authority
of law.
Sec. 12. All stationery, printing, paper and
fuel used iu the legislative uud other departments
of government shall he furnished, and the print
ing, binding and distributing of the laws, Jour
nals, department reports, uud all other printintr
nnd binding, and the repairing and furnishing
the halls uud rooms used for the meetings of the
General Assembly uud its committees, shall be
performed uuder contract, to be giveu to the
lowest responsible Wilder below such maximum
price und under such regultitinns as shall be pre
scribed by law ; no member or olllcer of any de
partment of the government shall be In any way
interested in such contracts, and all such con
tracts shall be subject to the approval of the Go
vernor, Auditor General and State Treasurer.
Bkc. 13. No luw shall extend the term of anv
public officer, or increase or diminish his salary
or emoluments ufter his election or appointment.
Bec. 14. All bills for raising revenue shall ori
ginate in the IIouso of Repeseulatlves, but the
Senate may propose amenduicuts as iu other
bills.
Se:. 15. The gcncrnl appropriation bill shall
embrace nothing but appro,iiations for the ordi
nary expenses of the executive, legislative und
judicial departments of the Common Health, in
terest J u tne puDiie aeiit, ami lor pulilic schools ;
all other appropriations shall be mude by sepa
rate un a, eacu cinoracing out one suiijcut.
Bec. IG. No money shall be paid out of the
Treasury except Uo:i appropriations made by
luw ana on wuriant drawn by tbe proper officer
in pursuance tl er -of.
Bec. 17. No approprlutlou shall be made to
liny charitable or educational institution not un
der the absolute control of the Commonwealth,
other than normal schools established by law for
tbe professional training of leuehers for the pub
lic schools of the State, except by a vote of two
thirds of all the members elected to each house.
Bec. 18. No appropriations except for ueuslous
grutuities or military services shut! be made for
charitable, educational or benevolent purposes,
to any person or community, nor lo uny denomi
nations! or sceturlan institution, corporullou or
association.
Bec. 19. The General Assembly may make ap
propriations of uionry to Institutions whereiu the
widows of soldiers are supported or assisted or the
orphans of soldirrs are maintained aud educated;
but such appropriation slmll be applied exclu
sively to the enppi.it of such widows and or
phans. Bbc. SO. The General Assembly shall not dele
gate to any special commission, piivule corpora
lion or association, any power to make, super
vise or Interfere with any municipal Improve
ment, money, property or effects, w hether held
In trust or otherwise, or to levy taxis or perform
any municipal function whatever.
Bec. iil. No act of the General Assembly shall
limit Ihe amount to ke recovered for injuries re
sulting In death, or for Injuries to persons or
property, and lu enso or death from such Inju
ries, the right of actiou shall survive, and the
General Assembly shall prescribe for whoso Uau
eHt such aclious shall ba prosecuted no uct
shall prescribe, any limitations of lime within
which suits may be brought against corporations
Tor injuries to persons or proiieity, or for other
causes different from those fixed by geneial laws
regululiug actiens against ualurat persons, an 1
such acts now existing aro uvoided.
Bec. 2-J. No act of the Geuerul Assembly shall
authorize the Investment of trust funds by execu
tors, administrators, guardians, or other trus
tees, iu the bonds or stock of any private corpo
ration, and such acts now existing are avoided,
saving Investments heretofore made.
Bec. 23. The power to change the venue In
civil and criminal cases shall be vested in the
courts, to be exercised In such manner as shall
be provided by law.
Bec. 21. No obligation or liability or any rail
road or other corporation, held or owued by the
Commonwealth, shall ever be exchanged, trans
ferred, remitted, postponed, or in any way di
minished by the Geuerul Assembly, nor ahali
such liability or obligation be released, except by
payment thereof Into tbe State Treasury,
8m. 25. When the General Assembly shall bs
convened in special session, there shall be no leg
islation upon subjects other than those designa
ted lo the proclamation of Ihe Governor, calling
eueb leasioa. ,
8m. 8. Every order, resolution, or vote, to
which the concurrence or both houses may be ne
cessary (except iu lbs question or adjournment)
shall be presented to (he Governor, andjtfore it
shall lake effect bs apprised iy Mm, or being
disapproved by two-lhlids of both houses, ao.
eordUif to the rules enf Uialiattoai nreecr'oedm
rat SV. '
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X I'aTpTf u' motPl "Pence
PA.. FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 28. 1873.
Sbo. 27. No State offlce shall be continued or
croated for the Inspection or measuring or any
merchandise, manufacture or commodity, hut
any county or municipality may appoint fuch
omcers wnen authorised oy mw.
8iw.SH. No law changing the location of the
capital of the State shall be valid until the same
shall have been submitted to the qualified electors
or the Commonwealth, nt a gcucral electiou, und
ratified and approved by them.
Bsc. 29. A member of the General Assembly
Who shall solicit, demand, or receive, or consent
to receive, directly or Indirectly, for himself or for
another, from any company, corporntlt , pur
son, any money, offlce, appointment, employ,
ment, testimonial, reward, thiug of value enjoy.
mcnt, or or personal advantage or promise therc-
ot, inr ntsvote or otncial influence, or lor with
holding tbe eame, or with au understanding, ex
pressed or implied, that bis vote orotHclal action
shall be Iu any way influenced thereby, or who
shall solicit or demand any such money or other
advantage, mutter, or thing aforesaid for another,
ns the consideration of his vote or ouTciul In
fluence, or for withholding the same, or shall
give o withhold his vote or Influence In consid
eration of the payment or promise of such money,
advanlnce, mutter, or thing to another, shall lie
held guilty of bribery within the meaning of this
Constitution, and shall Incur tbe disabilities pio
vided thereby for said ofTcnsc, and such addition
al punishment ns is or shall be provided by law.
Bsc. 30. Any person who shall, directly or indi
rectly, offer, give, or promise any money, or thing
or value, testimonial, privilege, or personal ad
vuntuite, to any executive or Judicial olllcer or
member or the Gcucral Assembly, to influence
hlra In the performance of any of his public or
official duties, shall be guilty of bribery, and be
puuished in such tuanucr us shall be provided by
law.
Bxc. 31. The offense of corrupt solicitation or
members of the General Assembly or of public
olllcers of the State, or of any municipal division
thereof, and any occupation or practice of solici
tation of such members or ofllcers, lo influence
their official action, shall be defined by law, and
shall be punished by One and imprisonment.
Bbc. 'ii. Any persou may be compelled to
testify In any lawful Investigation or Judicial
proceeding, against any person who may be
charged with having committed the offense of bri
bery or corrupt solicitation, or practices of soli
citation, ami shall not be permitted lo withhold
Ills testimony npon the ground that it may crimi
nate himself or subject him to public infamy ;
but such testimony shall not uflerwurds be used
agaiii't him in any judieiil proceeding, except
for perjury iu giving such testimoncy, aud any
person convicted of either of tlie olfeoses afore
said, shall, as part of the punishment therefor,
bo disqualified from boldlug any olllce or position
of honor, trust, or profit in tbU Commonwealth.
Bbc Si. A member who has a personal or prl
vnt iutcrust In any measure or blil proposed or
pending berore the Geuerul Assembly shall dis
close tho fact to the house of which lie is a mem
ber and shall uot vote thereon.
ARTICLE IV.
TUB EXECCT1VR.
SacTto 1. The Executive Department of this
Commonwealth shall consist ofa Governor, Lieu
tenant Governor, Secretary of the Commonwealth,
Attorney General, Auditoi General, Stute Treas
urer, Secretary of Internal Affairs, and a Superin
tendent of Public Instruction.
Beo. 2. The supreme executive pojvcr shall
be vested la the Governor, who shall take care
that the laws be falthlully executed i he shall be
chosen on the day of the general election by the
qualified electors of the Commonwealth, at the
places where they shall vote for Representatives.
Tho returns of every election for Governor shall
be sealed up and transmitted to the scat of go
vernment directed to the President of the Senate,
who shall open und publish them in the presence
of tho members of both houses of the Generul
Assembly. Tho person having the highest num.
ber of votes shall be Governor by the joint vote
of tho members of both houses. Contested elec
tions shall be determined by a committee, to be
selected from both houses of the Geueral Assem
bly, und formed and regulated iu such mauuer
as shall be directed by law.
buc. 3. 1 lie Governor shall hold his office dur
ing four years from the third Tuesday of January
next ensuing his election, and (hall not be eligible
to the oflico for the uext succeeding term.
Sec. 4. A Lieutenant Governor shall bo cho-en
at tbe sums time, In the same manner, for t lie
same term, and subject to the same provisions us
the Governor ; he shall be presidculofthc Semite,
but shall bare uo vote uuless they be equally di
vided.
Sec. 5. No person shall be eligible to the office
of Governor or Lieutenaul Governor cxccpl a
citizen of the United Slates, who shall have at
tained tho age of thirty years, aud have been
seven years next preceding his election an inhabi
tant of the State, unless he shall have been ab
sent on the public business of tbe United Slates
or of this Stale.
Sac. 0. No member of Congress or rcrson hold
ing any olllce under the United States or this
Stute shall exercise the otllcu of Governor or Lieu
tenant Governor.
Sec. 7. The Governor shall be commander lu-
chlcfof the army aud navy of the Commonwealth,
aud of the militia, except when they shall Itu call
ed into ibe actual service of the Untied States.
Bec. 8. He shall uomlunte, and by and with tho
advice and conscut of two-thirds of ai! the mem
bers or Ihe Senuto, appoiut a Secretury of tha
Commouweallh and an Attorney General during
pleasure, a Superintendent of Public instruction
ror four-years, and such other officers onhe Com
monweulth as he Is or may be authorized by the
coustilutiou or by luw to appoint ; he shall have
power to till all vacuueies that may happen in
otllee. to which he may uppoiut during the recess
of the Senate by granting commissions which
shall expire at the end of their session ; he
shall Have power to rill any vncurcy that may
huppeu during the recess of Ihe. Senate, iu the
otliee of Auditor Generul, Stute Treasurer, Secre
tary of Internal Affairs or Siiperintedcnt of Pub
lic Instruction, in a Judicial olllce, or in any
other elective oUlce which he is or may be au
thorized to Ull t
U the vacancy shall happen during tho session
or tho Seuale, the Governor shall nominate to tbe
Seuute before their flnul adjournment, a proper
person to Ull said vacancy.
But iu any such case or vacancy, Iu an elective
oflice, a person shall be chosen to said olllce at
the next general election, unless the vacancy
shall happen within three calendar mouths imme
diately preceding such electiou, iu which case the
election for suid olllce shall be held at the secoud
succeeding general election ;
In acting on Executive nominations, Iho Senate
shall sit with open doors, and iu continuing or re
jecting the nominations of the Governor, Iho vole
shall be luken by yeas and uays, and shall be en
tered on tbe journal.
Sec. 0. lie shall hare power to remit flues and
foifeitures, to graut reprieves, commutations of
sentence and pardons, except In cases nf Im
peachment, but no pardon ahull be grunted nor
senlcuce commuted, except upon the recommen
dation lu wilting c f Ills Lleutcuani Governor, Se
cretury of the Common wealth, Attorney General
and Secretary or Internal Affairs, or auy three of
them, ufter full hearing, upon due public uotlce
aud in open session, and such recoiiimeuduliou,
with the reasons therefor at length, shall be re
corded and filed In the oilice of the Secretary of
the Com mon wealth.
Sec. ID. lie may require information In writ
log from Ihe ofllcers of the Executive Depart
ment, upon any subject reluliug lo the duties of
their respective offices.
Bbc. 11. lis shall, from time to time, give to
tbe Geueral Assembly Information of the state of
the Commonwealth, aud recommend lo their con
sideration such measures as he may Judge expe
dient. Bsc. 12. lie may on extraordinary occasions,
couvene Ibe Geu.ral Assembly, and iu rase or
disagreement between tbe two houses, with re
spect to the time or adjouruineut, udjourn tbein
to such time a. be .hall think proper, uot exceed
ing fonr mouth.. He shull have power to cou
Veue the Seuate In extraordinary session, by pro
clamation, lor Ihe transaction of executive busi
ness. 8m. 13. In ease of the death, conviction on
Impeachment, fuilnre to qualify, resignation, or
oiber disability of Ibe Governor, the powers, da
ties, and euioluineuts of the olllce for the re
mainder of tha term, or uulll the disability be
removed, shall dsvolve upou the Liuuteuaut Gov
ernor. Bsc. 14, Ia ease of a vacancy In the olfiee of
Llrutenaut Goveraor, or ahcu the Lieuleuaul
Governor shall be Impeached by the House of
Representative, or .hall be uuable lo exercise
the duties of his offlce, ib posers, duties, and
stetaeteei thevsef far tne remainder t !us
term, or nntil the disability be removed, shall
devolve npon the President pko tbmpohr of the
Scnute ) and the President pro tompore of the
Benale shall In like manner become Governor If
vacancy or disability shall occur In the office
of Governor) his sent as Senator shall become
vacant whenever he shall become Governor, and
shull be filled by election as any other vacancy
In the Senate.
Sko. 15. Every bill which shall havo passed
both houses shall bo presented to the Governor i
if he approve, he shall sign It but II he shall
not approve, he shall return It with Ms objec
tions to the house In which It shall have origl
autcd, which house shall enter the objections at
large upon their journal, and proceed to recon
sider It. ir, after such reconsideration, two.
thirds of all the members elected to that house
shall agree to pass tho hill, it shall be sent with
the objections to the other house, by which, like
wise, it shall be icconsidcrrd, and If approved by
two-thirds of all Iho members elected to that
house, It shall be a luw j hut in such cases the
votes of both houses shall be determined by yeas
and nays, and the names of the mem hers voting
ror aud against the bill shull bo entered on the
Jotirnsls or each house respectively. If any bill
shall not be returned by the Governor within ten
days after it shall have been presented lo him,
the same shall be a law in like manner as if he
had signed it, uuless Ihe General Assembly, by
their adjournment, prevent Its return, In which
rase It shall tin a law, unless he shall file the
same, with his objections, In the oflico of the Se
cretary of tho Commonwealth, and give notice
thercor by public procliimaliou wllblu thirty days
after such adjournment.
Sec. 1ft. I he Governor shall have power to dis
approve of auy Item or Items of nny hi 1 making
appropriations of money, embracing distinct
items, nnd the part or pans of the bill approved
shall be the law, nud the Item or Items of appro
priation disapproved shall be void, unless re
passed according to the rules uud limitations
prescribed for the passage of other bills over tho
executive veto.
8cc 17. Tho Chief Justice of tho Supreme
Court shall preside upon thu trial of any contest
ed election of Governor or Lieutenant Governor,
and shall t'.eeide questions regarding the admis
sibility of evidcuce, and shall, upon rrquesl of
the committee, pronounce his opinion upon other
questions of the law involved in the trial. The
Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall excr
ete the duties of their respective offices until
their successors nhall bs duly qualified.
Sr.c. 18. The Secretary of the Commonwealth
shall keep a record of all official nets and pro
ceedings of the Governor, and w hen required lay
the same, with all papers, minutes and vouchers
relating thereto, before either branch of the Gen
eral Assemhly, and perform such other duties as
may be enjoined upon him by law.
Sue. ltt. The Secretary "or Internal Affairs
shall exercise all the powers and perform all the
dutic of the Surveyor General, subject to such
changes ns shall be mndo bylaw. His depart
ment shall embrace a bureau of Industrial statis
tics, and he shall discbarge such duties relating
to corporations to the charitable institution, tbe
agricultural, manufacturing, mining, mineral,
timber and other material or busiuess interests
of the Stale ns maybe prescribed by law. lie
shall uuiiually and nt such ntucr times ns may
be required by law, ruukc report to the Genoral
Assembly.
Snc. 20. The Superlnteudcnt of Public Instruc
tion shall cxccrclso all the powers and perform
nil the duties of the Superintendent of Common
Schools, subject to such changes as shall be
made by luw.
Si:c. VI. l he term of tho Secretary of Internal
Alia Irs shall be four years, of tho Auditor Gene
ral, three years, and of tho State Treasurer two
years. These olllcers shall bo choseu by the qua
lified electors of tho Stuto at general elections.
Mi person elected to the olllce of Auditor Gene
ral or Stuto Treasurer shall be capable ol holdiug
the same olllce. for two consecutive terms.
Sec. 2i. The present Cu e it Seal of Pennsylva
nia shall be the seal of the State.
All commissions shall be in the name and by
authority of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva
nia, und he sealed with the State seal and signed
by thu Goveruor.
ARTICLE V.
THE jrCICIlRT.
Section 1. The Judicial power of this Com
monwealth shall be vested in the Supreme Court,
in courts of common pleas, courts of oyer nud
terminer nnd general Jail delivery, courts of
quarter ceesious of tho pence, orphans' courts,
magistrates' courts, uud iu such oilier courts as
the General Assembly uiay from lime to time es
tablish. Sec. 2. The Supremo Court shall consist of se
ven judges, who shall be elected by the qualified
electors of the State at large. They shull bold
their offices for the term of twenty-one years,
If they so long behave themselves well, but shall
uot be again eligible. The Judge whose commis
sion shall first expire shall bo chief justice, und
thereafter each judge whose commissiou shall
lirst expire shull in turn be chief justice.
Bec. 3. The jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
shull extend over the Stale, ami the judges there
of shull, by virluo of 'heir others be Justices of
oyer and terminer and geuerul juil delivery iu
the several counties ; they sbnll huve origiuul
juridielion in cases of injunction, and where a
corporation is a purty defendant, of habeas cor
pus, of MANUAMis lo courts of inferior Jurisdic
tion ; uud el gi o wahusnto as to all ofllcers of
the Commonwealth whosu Jurisdiction extends
over the Slate, but shall not exercise uny other
original jurisdiction ; they shull have uppcllalo
jurisdiction by appeal, cEiirioKsni or writ of er
ror iu all cases, as is now or may hereafter be
provided by law.
Sec. 4. Until otherwise direct by law, ths
courts of common pleas shall coutluuc as ut pre
sent established, except us herein changed ; uol
more thau four counties slmll, at uny time, bu
included lu one Judicial district orguuised fuv
suid courts.
Sec. S. Whenever a county shall contain forty
thousand iuhabilunts It shull constitute a sepa
rate Judicial district, uud shall elect one Judge
learned in the luw ; und the Geuerul Assembly
shall provide fur additional Judges. Counties
containing a popululion less than Is sufficient to
constitute separate districts shull be formed Into
convenient siugle districts, or, if uccessary, may
be attached lo contiguous districts as the General
Assembly niuy provide. The office of associate
judge, uot learned lu the luw, is abolished In
counties forming separate districts ; bin tho sev
eral associate judges ill oflico wbeu ibis constitu
tion shull be adopted shall servo for their unex
pired terms.
Sec. G. In the counties of Philadelphia au J AI
leghcuy, nil tho Jurisdiction und poweis now
vested lu tho District Courts uud Courts of Cum
niou Pleas, subject to such changes cs may bs
made by this constitution or by luw, shall be lu
Philadelphia vested In four, and in Allegheny in
two distinct and separate courts of equal aud co
ordinate jurisdiction, composed of three Judgos
each ; the said conns in Philadelphia shall be
designated respectively us the Court of Ceiuinou
Pleas number oue, number two, uumber threo,
and number four, aud In Atlcghcuy us the Court
f Common Pleas number one aud uumber two,
but the number of said courts may be by luw lu
creased, from lime to time, and shall in like
munuer designated by successive be uutubers ; tbe
number of Judges lu uuy of said courts, or in auy
county where Ihe establishment of an additional
court may be authorized by luw, may be increas
ed from lime to time ; and whenever such in
crease shull amount lu the whole to three, such
thre Judges nhall compose u distinct und se pa
ra to court as aforesaid, which shall be num
bered us aforesaid. Iu Philadelphia ull suils shull
be Instituted iu the said Courts of Com men Pl.us,
without designating tbe number of .aid court,
aud the several court, shall distribute uud appor
tion the busiuess among tbeiu in such maimer us
shall bo provided by rules or court, aud each
court to which auy tuil sbu'.l be thus assigned
shall huve exclusive Jurisdiction thereof, subject
to change of venue, as shall be provided by law.
Iu Allegheny each court shall have exclusive
jurisdiction of ail proceedings at law and in equi
ty coiuiueuced therein, subject to cbauge of veuus
us may be provided by law.
Bec. 7. For Philadelphia there shall be one
Prothonotury's office, and oue Prolhouotary for
all said courts, uud lo bold olllce for three years,
sul Jort I . removal by a u-ajoriiy or the said
J u. lees .llie suid Prothouotary shall appoiut ucu
assUlauts a. niu - be ueccssary aud authorized by
said courts, aud bo and usslstuul. .hull re
ceive fixed salaries, lo be determined by law aud
paid by said county all fees collected in said
olllce, except such as may le by law due lo the
Commonwealth, shall be paid by the Prolbono
tary into tbe couuly treasury. Each court shall
hav Its separate dockets, except the Jedgmeat
I New Berlen, Vol. 5, Xo. 86.
i Old Merle), Vol. 83, No. 53.
docket, which shall contain the Judgments and
liens of all the said oourts, as is or may bo di
rected by law.
. Sbo. 8. The Said coerts lu the counties of Phi
ladelphia and Allegheny respectively, shall, from
time to time, detail one or more of their Judges
to hold the courts or Oyer aud Terminer, und the
courts of Quarter Sessions or the Ponce of suid
counties iu such manner as may be directed bv
law. '
Sec. 9. Judges or the Courts of Common Pleas
learned In tho law shall be Judges of tho courts
of Oyer nnd Terminer, Quarter B.sslons of the
Peace, and General Jail Delivery, und of t he Or
phans' Court, and within their respective dis
tricts shall bo justices of the pcuee as lo criminal
matters.
Sec. 10. The Judges of the courts of Common
Picas, within their respective counties, shall
have power to Issue wrils of ( KRTiotitni t' Justi
ces of the peace, and other inferior courts not of
record, and to causa their proceeding to be
brought beforo them and right and justice to bo
done.
Bec. 11. Except as otherwise provided in this
Constitution, Justices of the peace or aldermen
shall bo elected in the ecverul wards, districts,
boroughs and townships at the time nf tbe elec
tion of constable, by the qualified electors I here
of, in such manner as shall be directed by luw,
aud shall bo cotuinrcsloncd by the Governor for a
term of five years. No township, ward, district
or borough shall elect more than two Justices of
me peace or aiuernieu wttUEUt tho consent of a
inujorlty of ihe qualified clcctois w ithin such
township, ward or borough ; no person shall be
elected to such olllce unless he shall huvt resided
within the township, borough, ward or district
foi one year next preceding his election. In ci
ties containlui; over fifty thousand inhabitants,
uot more than one aldcrmau shall bu elected iu
each ward or district.
Src. 13. In Philadelphia there shall be estab
lished, lor eucu thii ly thousand inhabitants, oue
court not of record, of police and civil causes,
with Jurisdiction not exceeding one hundred dol
lars ; such courts shall bo held by magistrates
w hose term or office shall be five years, and they
shall be elected on general ticket "by the qunlitied
voters at large ; and in the election of tbe suid
magistrates no v iter shull vote for moro than
two-thirds of tho number of persons to be elect
ed, when more than one are to bo chosen ; they
shall be compensated only by tiled salaries, to be
paid by said county ; and shall exercise such ju
risdiction, civil aud ciiminal, except as herein
provided, as is now exercised by aldermen, sub
ject to such changes, not Involving an increase
of civil Jurisdiction or conferring political duties,
as may be made by law. In Philadelphia the
oflice of uldermau is abolished.
Sec. 13. All fees, ones and penalties in said
courts shall be paid into tbe county treasury.
Sec. 14. Iu ull cases of summary conviction iu
this Commonwealth, or of judgment in suit for a
penalty before u magistrate, or court uot of re
cord, cither party may upieul to such court of
record as may be prescribed by law, upon allow
ance of the appt Hate court or judge thereof,upou
cause shown.
Skc. 15. All Judges required to be learned in
the luw, except the Judges of the Supreme Court,
shull be elected by the quulilled electors of the
respective districts over which they are to pre
side, and shall hold their offices for the period or
ten years, if they shall so long behave themselves
well ; but for any reasonable cause, which slmll
not be sufficient ground for Itnpeuehmcnt, the
Governor may remove any of them on the ad
dress of two-thirds of each bouse of tho General
Assembly.
Bec. 10. Whenever two Judge, of the Supreme
Court aro to be chosen for tho same torui of ser
vice, each voter shall vote for one only, andwhen
three are to be chosen, be shall vote for no more
thau two ; candidates highest iu vote shall be
declared elected.
Sec. 17. gliould any two or more Judges of
the Supreme Court, or any two or more judges
of the Cuart of Couunou Pleas for the same
district bo elected ut thr same time, they shall,
us soon after the election as couvenieut, cast
lots for priority of commission, and certify tho
result to the Governor, who shall Issue their
commissions in accordance therewith.
Sec. IS. Tbe judges of the Supreme Court
aud the Judges of the several courts of Common
Pleas, and ull oilier judges required to be learned
iu the law, shall, ut slated limes, receive for
their services an adequate compensation, which
shull bu fixed by law, and puld by Iho Stale.
They shall receive no other compensation, fees,
or perquisites of office lor their services from
uny source, nor hold uny other olllce of profit i
uuder the United States, this Stute, or uny other i
State.
Skc. 10. The Judges of the Supreme Court.
during their coiitinuuuce in office, shall reside
within tills Com mon wealth ; uud the other
Judges, during their conliuuunce in ottle'. shull
reside within the districts for which they 'hull
be respectively elected.
Sec. 20. The several courts of Common Pleas,
besides the powers herein conferred, shall havo
aud exercise within their respective districts,
subject to eir.'h changes as may be mude by luw,
sucli chancery powers us are now vested by law
in the several courts of Common Pleus of this
Commonwealth, ol as may hereafter becouferr.d
upon them by law.
Bkc. 21. No duties shall be Imposed by law
upon the Supreme Court or any of the Judges
thereof, except such as are Judicial, nor shull
uny of the judges thereof exercise any power
of appointment, except as herein provided. The
Court of Nisi Prius is hereby ubollshed, and uo
court of original Jurisdiction to be presided
over by auy one or more of ihe judges of the
Supreme Court shall be established.
Sec. 22. lu every county wherein the popula
tion shall exceed ope hundred and lifty tbousan J
the General Assembly shall, and in any other
cojnty may, establish a setwraie Orphans'
Court, to consist of one or more Judges who
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sunn us irwincu lu l lie mw, wuirii co.lll taitll
exercise all the jurisdiction and powers now
vested iu, or which may hereafter be confer led
upon, the Orphans' Cou.ts. and thereupon Ihe
jurisdiction of the Judges of the Court of Coin
mon Pleas wilbin such county, in Orphans' Court
proceedings, shall ceae und determine ; in uny
county iu which a separate Or) bans' Couit shall
be established tiiu Reghiur of Wills shall be
clerk of such court, uud subj.-ct to its direction
iu ull matters pertaining to his office ; lie may
appoint assistant clerks. Inn only with the con
sent und upprov.il of said court. All uccouuts
filed with him as register or us clerk of the suid
separate Orphans' Court shull be audited by thu
court without expense to parties, except where
all parties ill interest in a pending propelling
shull nominate an auditor whom the court niuy,
in its discretion, uppoint. In every county
orpliuss' couits shall possess ull the pjwers and
Jurisdiction of u Register's Court, ami separate
registers' courts are hereby abolished.
Sec. Ui. Tha slyle of ull process shall be
"Tbe Commonwealth, of Pennsylvania." All
prosecutions shall be curried ou lu the name aud
by the authority of ths Commons eallh of
Pennsylvania, uud conclude agaiiial Ihe peace
and digi.ity of the sumo.
Sic 24. Iu all cues of felonious homicide,
aud In such other criminal cases ns may be pro
vided for by luw, thu uccuse.1, after conviction
and sentence, may remove the iiidielnicut. record,
aud all proceedings to tbe Supreme Couit for
review.
Bec. 25. Any vacancy happrutug by death,
resignation, or otherw ise, iu auy court or record,
shall be filled by appointment by thu Goveruor,
to continue till the first Monday of January
uext succeeding the first geuerul election, which
shull occur three or more mouths after the hap
pening of such vscuuey.
Bec. M. All laws relating to courts shall be
general nud of uniform operullou, and I ho organ
ization, Jurisdiction nud powers of all courts or
the sams class or grade, so fur us regulated by
luw, aud the force uud etl'uct of the protest and
Judgmeuts of such courts .hall be uuiform aud
the Geuerul Assembly Is hereby prohibited from
creating oilier courts to exercise Ihe powers
vested by this constitution iu th. Judges of lh.
courts of common pleas and orphans' cours.
Bsc. 27. Tbe parties, by agreement filed, may,
in auy civil case, dispense with trial by Jury, aud
submit the decision ol such rase lo the court
bavlug jurisdiction thereof, and such couit shall
hear and determine the same and the Judg
ment thereon shall be subject lo writ or errors
as in other casce.
ARTICLE VI.
lurBACuusaT axo ubmovil raou orrica.
esc. 1. Tbe House of Representative shall
have the sole power or, impeachment.
Bbc. 2. All impeachments shall be tried by
the Senate i when sitting for that purpose, the
saateil shall be po oath er afKrasalton ; no
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rence of two-thirds or thu members present.
Bbc. 8. Tho Governor aud all other civil officers
shall be liable to Impeachment for any misde
meanor in oflice, but Judgment In such rase
shall uot extend further than to 'removal from
olllce and disiiuallflcntlon to hold any office of
trust or profit under this commonwealth ( tha
person accused, whether convicted or acquitted,
hall nevertheless be llublo to Indictmeut, trial,
judgment and punishment according to law. '
Sko. 4. All olllc-jis shall hold their offices on
the condition thut they behave themselves well
while iu olllce, and shull be removed on convic
tion of misbehavior lu office or of any Infamous
crime.
Appointed officers other than Judges or the
rouits of record und tho Bupcrintundrndent of
Public Instruction, may be removed at the
pleasure of tho power by which they shall hsve
boen appointed. All officers elected by the people,
except Governor, Lieutenant Governor, members
of tho General Assembly, and Judges of the
coui ts of record, learned In tbe law, shall be
removed by thu Governor for reasonable cause;'
after due notice nnd full hearing on the address
of two-thirds of the Senate.
ARTICLE Tit.
oath or orncs.
srfonil. Senators and Representatives and all
Judicial, slate sml county olllcers. shall, before en
terinif on the duties ol lhelrresiective oftlces, take
snd subscribe tiie billowing ostli or KWrniatlon.
-1 do solemnly swear (or alftrin) that I will sup
port, obey anl ilelond Hie constitution of the Uni
ted Ststes snd tho constitution or this oommou
wenllh. snd that I will tlcharto the duties of my
office with fidelity; that 1 have not paid oroonirlb
uted, or promisee to pay or contribute, cither df--reetly
ui Indirectly, any ruonev or other valuable
thlr.g.Jto pmcuro my nomination or election (or
appoiuiinriit). riecpt lor necessary and proper ex.
penses expressly authorized by law: that I have
not knowiiiKly violated any election law or this
commonwealth, or procured It to be done by others
In my hchnll; that I will not knowingly receive,
directly or indirectly, any money or oilier valuable
llilng for the performance or non. performance of
any act or duty pertalulng u my ouice, other than -the
compensaii'ai allowed by law."
The lorenolmj oath shall bo administered by
some person unihorlre.) to administer oaths, and lu
the ease of State officers and Judges ofttieSuprvme
eourt,!fhali;iie;tileii tn tbe oflice' of the Secretary
nf the. comnionweslih. aud In thorasoof other ju
dicial and con nly oflicers. In the otttce of tha l"ro
tiionotary ol the county In which thu same Is tak
en: any per m refusing to take said oath or affirm
atloti shall forlelt Ids utttcc. and any person who
shall Ik? convicted of having sworu ur affirmed
falsely, or uf having vhduied sai.l oatbor affirma
tion, shall be guilty of perjury, and be foreverdls
quulitied from holding any oli;ce or trust or protit
within tht commonwealth.
The oath to tbe uiemhttrs of tin senate and house
nf Kcpresuntthtlrcs shull lie administered by one of
the Judges ol the Supreme court or of a court of
n.uiuion please, learned In the lsw. In the hall of
ths house lo whleh the member shull be olooled.
JHTICLE VIII.
SrrVBAII3 A?iD electiou.
Stction 1. Every male citizen twenty one years
ofngc. pi ."seeing ihe billowing ualltlcatluns,
Shan he entitled lo veto at all eleetluns:
Vim. He shall have lieen a cltlten of the United
fitutei at least one month.
Sow hi. I. Its shnil have resided In the s'ate one
ysar (or If having previously beona qualified eloe
tor or native Isirn eltisen ol thu slate, lie shall
have removed therefrom and returned, then six
months) immsdlately preceding Ihe election.
Third, lie shall have resided In tbe oloction dts.
trlet where he shall offer to voto at least two
mouths Immediately preceding the election.
Fourth. If twenty two years ol age or upwards,
he shall have paid within two years a state or
county;tux. which shall have been assessed at least m
two months, und paid at least one month before
th" election.
.S're. 3. Ths general election shall bshcldannu
allvon t lie Tuesday uext following the first Monday
oi S'oveinbsr. but the general assemhly may by
luw tix a dlllercut day. two thirds of all the msm
burs of each tiouse conslnting thereto.
See. 3. All elections lor city, ward, borough, and
township ulncers, for regular terms of seivlos,
shall he heltl ou ths third Tuesday uf February. ,
.Sic. 4. All elections by the cttlzous shall bo by
ballot. Kvery ballot voted shall Ihj numbered lu
thu order In which it shall ho received, and tho
number recorded by the election officers on th.
list of voters, opposite the name of Ihe elector who
presents the ballot. Any elector may write his
name upou bis tlekui. or cause tho same to ba
wrlueu thereon and attested by a cltlten of tbe
district. Tho election olticers shall he sworn or
attiruied not to disclose how uny oluctor shall have
voted unless required lu do so cs witnesses In a
judicial proceeding.
Sec. 6. Electors shall In all eaes except treason,
felony and lireaeh or surety ol the peace, be priv
ileged lrom arrest during ttielr attendance on eleo
tions and in going to and returning therefrom.
Sec. ti. Whenever any of thu uuulitied electors of'
tbiseommonwealth shall bu lu nciual military
srvios, under a requisition from ths President uf
the t'ul.ed states oi ly the authority of this pom
nionwcalth, such electors may exercise the right o
sullrnge In all elections by the citizens under such
regulations as are or shall be prescribed by law,
as fully as It they were present ut their usual pl&a
es ol election.
Sect. All laws regulating the holding of elec
tions by the citizens or lor lbs registration uf a
leclorsshuil lie uuilorm throughout tho state, but
uo elector shall ou deprived uf thu privilege of
voting by reason uf bis name uut being register-.
J.
Sec. S. Anv pors.m who shall give, or promise or
oiler to give' to au elector, any uiouuy, reward or
other vuluable const deration for bis vote at an e
leetlon or tor witholdiiig the samo, or who shall
give or promisu to give su-'h consideration to any
other person or party for sueb elector's vote, or
for Ihe withholding thereof, and any elector who
shsll receive or agree to receive, for himself or for
another, any money rewaid or other valuublu eon .
slderathm lor his vote at ao election, or for wtth
holdlng the same. shall thereby forfeit Ibe right to
Vote at such election, und any elector whose right
lovote shall K challenged tor such cause bufor
the election ultlcers shall lie required to swear or
athrin that the matter ul Ihs challuuge is uiilru
before his vulu shall l received
Sec. V. Auy larson whoshall, while aeandfdate
for orlicc. lie guilty uf bribery, traud or will i ul
vjolftt iou of an election law. shall be forover dis--ouuiilied
lrom holding uu ollluu uf trust or profit In
this commonwealth: and any persou convicted 'of
n lllluUlelalloiiof the election laws, shall. In addi
tion to any penalties provided bv law, he deprived
of the right of .uU'ragu ahselutsly fur a term of
four yeuis. 1
Sec. 10. Iu trials of contested elections, and is
proceedings lor tiie tnvcsugallou of etuoilons. no '
l.erson shall hu iterinitiud lu withhold his testimo
ny upou the ground that it may criminate himself
or subject him lu public iittaiuy: but such testimo
ny shall not aluwards lie use ! ugsinst hlui In
any judicial proceeding, except fur purjury luglr
tiig such testimony.
Arc. 11. Townships and wards of cities or bor
oughs shull loriu or hu divided tutu uleeilou dis
tricts ul eouiiiact und contiguous territory, In such
luuuuur us the court ol iuuuur session ul thu cltr
or county iu which the same are located may di-
reel, hut dlstiicts lu cities of over one hundred,
thousand inhabitants shall bs divided by thu
court sol iiuurtcr sessions tiavlug juiisdlctlou lliure
lu w heuever at the bexl preceding uiecliou inura
tliau two hundred and liliy votes shall have buea
polled therein; aud uther uieetiou districts wuun
ever theuourl ul the .ruwr county slmll bu of is
pinion I hat the convenience ut the electors aud the
public interests will lie promoted thereby.
Sic. Vi. All elections by persons lu a leproscaia. .
live capacity shall he viva vu.u.
.Src. 13. For tiie puris.su of voting, no person
shall be deemed to hue guiued a rcswonue by rua
Soti ul Ids presence, ur lose it by ruuson of bis al
sciicu while employed lu thu seivicu, uiibur civil ur
military, of this stute ur ul Ihe I. ulted Status, uor
whilu engaged iu ihe uavigatiou ut the waters ul
the Stale d of the l ulled .-slates, or ull Hie hlli
ssas, nur while a student of any lustttutiu u uf ,
learning, nor w hile kept iu uuy poor ouusu or oth
er asylum at public expense, uur whlto cuulluoi lu
public prison.
Sec.i. lUstrlet fleciiou boards shsll consist eT
a judge and twu Inspeelois, wtiu shall be choseu
anuually by the citizens. Luch elector shall iiave
the right tu vule lor the judgo uud ouu lurpuvlur
und eueb liiriector shall upiulnt one clerk. Tbe
lirst electiou boa rd uuy new district shall b. se
lected, and vacancies in election hoards tilled au,
shall be provided by law. lilucihm utheurs shall bu '
privileged from arrest ujiou dus of election and
wiiDe vug-aged in tasking up uud transmuting re
turns, except utiou whituui ol a court ol record '
ur judge thereof lurau elect Ion fraud, for lulony,
or lur wautuu breach ul the puuee. lu cities they
uiay claim exemption lrom jury duty during their
terms ul ser lee.
Sec. 16. No person shall he qualified to serv. a.
an election uUjour whu shall huld, or shall wllhlu .
twu uiouths huvv held uuy oltieu, apiioliiiiueut, ur
employ ment In ur undur the govuruiueut of ibe
V ulted Stales, oroi this state, or utauy city or
county, or ui any uiuuleipal hoard, oummlasiun, ur '
tiusi In any city, save uuly justices uf thu peso,
and aldenueu, notaries public, and persons In the
militia service ut ths state uor hull any elsotlow
otttoer be ullgllils lu any civil uffios tu be tilled at '
au election ut which hu shull set vs, save uuly tu
such .ubunlluats uiuuiclpal or local umoes below,
Hi gristle ufeily ur eouuiy uftioes as shall be da
sigualetl by general law.
Stc. IS. The courts ul coeinicn please of Ihe aer.
era! counties of the commonwealth shall hav. puw
er wllbiu their rut'ji'cilvujurisitlotluu to appulot
overseers of election Ui supervise the proouudlngt
ul electiou utnoers, and to make rviiorl tu tit.
court as way l required; such appoluttuuuis to be
luads for auy dlsulct la a city ur couuly. eoue be
luftou ut Hv olllseus. lawlul votursuf sueb eluctfou
district, selling funk tbat such appointment Is m
reasouabl. prucautioe tu suouru the purity and
lalrncsa uf elections ovurseers auatl be two lu nun. .
ber for aa rlaulluu uutuiat, shall be reeideuis Ihsrw
ia, aud shall be persous quallUsd tu avrvu aioau '
ecuou imarua, auu iu eu-n case uieaiiwr. oi omar-
em
pulltluel partlea; whenuvur tha uiaietcre ul au
iluu board shall didur.loio.lu!ou, IU eversoM
eiusMou
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