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CONSTITUTION.
Hiw Oonatitntlon Propeaed to the
aJUIaena of thin dommenwfallh
Tor their Approval or Rejection,
by tho CoDMtltntloaal Coaventlon.
'Published by order of the Secretary of the
Qommeaweallh, 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 Contttituliou,"
unproved the 11th day of April, A. 1.
lo72.
PREAMBLE.
"We, the people of the Ubmtnon wealth of Penn
sylvania, (cratcful to Almighty God for the clean
ing!) of civil and rellirlotis liberty, and humbly
' 1 nvoklng Ills guidance, do ordain and establish
this Constitution.
ARTICLE 1.
DSCLARATIO OF RIOHTS.
Thnt the General, (Treat and essential principles
of liberty and free government may bo recognised
und unalterably established, we dwlaro that
Section 1. All men are born equally free and
Independent, and have certain It) her out and lude
lensiblc riirlitc, uuiong which aro those of enjoy
ing and defending life and liberty, of acquiring,
possessing and protecting property and reputa
tion, and nf pursuing tliulr own happiness.
Ceo. 2. All power Is inherent Injhe people, and
nil free coverument are founded on their autho
rity nud instituted for their peace, safety and
happiness. For the advancement of these ends
they have nt all times an inalienable and indefea
sible riirtit to alter,refoi m or abolish theli govern
ment in such manner a they may think proper.
Pec. 3. All men have a natural and indefeasible
rluhl to worship Almighty God according to the
dictates of their own consciences ; no man can of
ritht be compelled to attend, erect or support any
place of worship, or to maintain any ministry
ngalni-t his ponsent ; no human authority can, in
any case whatever, control or interfere with the
rights of conscience, and no conference shall ever
be given by law to any religious establishments
or modes of worship. "
Sr.c. 4. No person who acknowledges tho being
of n God and a future state of rewards and pun
ishments shall, on account of his reunions senti
ments, bi disqualilled to hold any ollice or place
of triM or prollt under this Commonwealth.
Snc. 5. Elections shall he free and equal ; and
no power, civil or mllitaiy, shall nt any lime In
terfere to prevent the ficu exercise of the right of
sutTrage.
Sec. 6. Trial by Jury shall be at heretofore, nud
the light thereof remain inviohite.
Sec. 7. The printing press shall be free toevery
person who may undertake to examine the pro-j
ccedings of the Legislature or nnv brunch of
government, and no law shall ever be made to I
restrain the right thereof. The free communica
tion of thnuuiits and opinions is one of t lie in
valuable rurlits of man, and every ritir.cn may
freely speak, write and print on any subject, he
ine responsible for the abuse of that liberty. No
convict in shall he. had in any prosecution for
tho publication of papers relatinir to the official
conduct of officers or men In public capacity, or
to any other matter proper for public investiga
tion or information where the faet that such pub
llcatlon was not malluionly or nctilim-ntly made
shall be established to the satisfaction of the
Jury ; and In all indictments for libels the Jury
shall have the right to determine the luw and the
facts, under the direction of the court, us in
other capes.
Sr.c. 8. The peoplo shall be secure In their per
sons, houses, papers, and possessions, from un
reasonable seaiehcs and seizures, and no warrant )
to search any place or to seize any person or
things, shall issue without describing them as
nearly as may be, nor without probable cause,
supported by oath or iilliriiiiilion, subscribed to
by the alllant.
Sr.c. It. In nil criminal prosecutions, the accus
ed hath a right to be heard by himself nn I his j
counsel, to demand the nature und cause of the
accusation against him, to meet thu witnesses
face to face, to have compulsory process for ob
taining witnesses in his favor, and lu prosecu
tions by indictment or information, n speedy
pnblie trial by an Impartial Jury nf the vicinage;
lie cannot be compelled to give evidenco ngainst
hi'nself, nor can lie be deprived of his life, liberty,
or property, unless by the judgment of his peer
or the la of the land.
Sec. 10. No person shall for any Indictable of
fense be proceeded against criminally, by infor
in itlon, except in case arising in the laud nr nnvsl
forces, or in the militia, w hen in actual service.
In time of war or public danger, or by leave of
the court, for oppression or inUdemeanor in of
fice. No person shall for tho same offense be twice
put In jeopardy of life or limb ; nor shall private
property be taken or applied to public use with
out authority of law, and without Just compen
sation being flr.H made or secured.
Sec. 11. All courts shall ha open j nnd every
man for an injury done Mm in his lands, goods,
person, or reputation, sh ill have remedy by due
course of luw and right and justice administered
without sale, denial, or delay. Suits may be
brought sgaiiist the Commonwealth in such man
ner, in such couits, and in such cases as the Leg
islature mnv by law direct.
Sec. 13. Nn power of suspending law shall be
exercised unless by the Legislature or by its au
thority. Sec. 13. Excessive ball shall not be required,
nor excessive tines Imposed, nor cruel puuishmeuts
inuiriea.
Sec. 14. All prisoners sha'l be bailable by suffi
cient sureties, unless for capital ofienjes, when
the proof is evident or presumption great; and
the privilege of tile writ of habeas corpus shall
not lie suspended, unless w hen in case of rebellion
or Invasion lie puhlie safety may require it.
.'SB!. 15. No commission of oyeraud terminer or
jail delivery shall he Issued.
Sec. 16. The person of a debtor, where there is
nol strong presumption of fiifud, shall not be
continue! in prison after delivering up his "-state
for the benefit of his crcditors,ln such uianuer ns
liall be prescribed by law.
Sec. 17. No ex post facto law, nor any law
impairing the obligation of contracts, or making
. irrevocable any grant of special privileges or Im
munities, shall be pussi d.
Sec. 18. No person shall be attainted of treason
or felony by the Legislature.
Sec. i9. No nttainder shall work corruption of
blood, nor, excopl during the lire of the offender,
forfeiture of estate to the Commonwealth, the
estate of such ,ersous as shull destroy their ow n
lives shall descend or vest us In cHSesof natural
I'euth, aud it' any person shall be killed by casu
ally, there shall be no forfiituie by reason there
of. . I'.ec. DO. The citizen have a rlpht In a pacea
b'e manner to assemble together for their com
mon good, and to apply to those invested with
the powers of government for redress of grievan
ces or olher proper purposes, by petitiou. address
or rcmoiistrauce. . , -
Sec, 21. The right of citizens to bear arms in
defence of thernselTes and lite State shall not be
questioned. . ...
Sec. 23. No stauiiing .army shall, la time of
peaer, be kept up wit bout the consent of the Leg
UlaMre anj (he military shall. In all cases, und
at all times, be in strict subordination, to the
civil power.
Sec. tn. No soldier sbuU In time of peace be
quartered in any house without the consent of
the owner, nor in time of war but in a manner to
be prescribed by luw.
Sec. 24. The Legislature shall not grant any
title of nobility or hi riditary distinction, nor
create any office the appointment of which shall
be for a limger term than duiii-g good tiehavior.
Sec. 25. F.migrutiou from the Stale shall not
be prohibited.
bt:o. To gnurd aruinst transgressions of the
high powers which we havedeleg ated, we declare
that everything in this urticle isexecpted nt of
the geoej.il powers of government, aud shall for-
- -ever remain-Inviolate.
'ARTICLE II.
IfcrrtiaNM. The legislative power of this Com
monwealth shall be vested ill a General Assem
bly, which shall consist of a Serxte and House of
llvprewnUUtVcs. . .
' Sue.. 3. Members of the Gcueral Assembly
I shall be chosen at the general election every se
' cond year. Their tern) of service shull begin on
the first day of December -next after their elec
tion. Win-never a vacancy shull occnr ia either
ilohse, the presiding officer thereof shall issue a
writ of election to till lUcb vacancy for tba re
lu'alnder of the .turtri. '. '-.
Sec. 8. Senators shall be elected for (he term
f four years, and Representatives for (be term
,-f tyio j tare, '
smbubi
lCrallltiel In ISiO. I
ritltE fl BO IN ADVANCE.
6no. 4. The General Assembly shall meet at
twelve o'clock noon, on the first Tuesday ol Jan
uary every second year, and at other times when
convened by the Governor, but shall hold no ad
journed annual session after tbs yenr one thou
sand right hundred and seventy-eight. In cuse
of a vacancy in the office of United Stales Sena
tor from this Commonwealth, in a recess bo
tweeu sessions, the Governor shall eouvene the
two houses by proclamation on notice not ex
ceeding sixty days to All the same.
8ro. 5. Senators shall be at least twonty-flvo
-years of age, and Representatives twenty-one
years of age. They shall have been citizens and
inhabitants of the State four years, and Inhabi
tants of their respective districts one year next
before their election (unless absent on the puhlie
business of tho United States oi of this State,)
and shall reside In their respective districts dur
ing their terms of service.
Sec. A. No Senator or Representative shall,
during the time for which be shall have been
elected, bs appointed to any civil office under
this Commonwealth, and no member of Congress
or other person holding any ofDee (except of nt-torney-at-hiw
or in the militia) nnder the United
States or this Common wealth shall he n member
of cither house during his continuance In office
8xc. 7. No person hcrcnfler convicted of em
bezzlement of public moneys, bribery, perjury or
other Infamous crime, shall be eligible It the
General Assembly, or capable of holllng any of
fice of trust or profit In this Commonwealth.
Sec. 8. The members of the General Assembly
shall receive such salary and mileage for regular
and special sessions as shall be fixed by law, and
no other compensation whatever, whether for
service upon committee or otherwise No mem
ber of cither house shall, during the term for
which he may hnve been elected, receive Bny In
crease of salary, or mileage, under any law pass
ed during stith term.
Sec. it. The Senate shnll, nt the beginning and
close of each regular session and nt such other
times as may be necessary, elect one of its mem
bers president pro tempore, who shall perform
the duties of the Lieutenant Governor, In any
case of absence or disability of thnt officer, and
whenever the said office of Lieutenant Governor
Shall be vacant The House of Representative
shall elect one of Its members as Speaker. Kach
hi use shall choose its other olliceis, and shall
Judge of the election and qualification of Its
members.
Sua 10. A majority of each House shall con
siitutc n quorum, hut a smaller number may ad
journ from day to day, and compel the attend
ance of absent members.
Sec. 11. Each house shall have power to deter
mine the rules of Its proceeding und punish Us
members or other persons for contempt or disor
derly behavior In its presence, to enforce obedi
ence to Its process, to protect its members
against violence, or oilers of bribes or private so
licitation, and with the concurrence of two
thirds, to expc! m member, but not a second time
for the. same cause, and shall have all other
powers necessary for the legislature of a free
St.it i'. A member expelled for corruption shall
not thereafter be eligible lo either house, and
punishment, or contempt or disoidcrly behavior
shall nol bar an indictment for the same ntlense.
Sec. 12. Each house shall keep a journal of its
proceedings and from time to time publish the
same, except such parts as require secrecy, and
the yea and nays of the members on liny qucs.
lion shall, at the deBire of any two of thein, be
entered on the Journal.
Sec. 13. The sessions of each honsc and of
committees of the wholo flr.ill be open, unless
when the business is such as ought to be kept se
cret .
Sec. 14. Neither house shall, without the con
sent of the olher, adjourn for more than three
days, nor to any other place than thnt iu which
the two houses shall be sitting.
Sec. 15. The 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 Hie jience, be privileged from arrest during
their attendance nt tho sessions of their respec
tive houses, and in going to and returning from
the sumo ; und for nnv speech or debate In cither
house, they shall not be questkned in any other
place,
Sec. 10. The Statesman bo divided Into fifty
Senatorial districts of compact ui.d contiglous
territory, us nearly equal in population ns may
be, and each district shall be entitled to elect one
Senator. Each county containing one or more
ratios of population sh ill ho entitled to one Sena
tor for each ratio, audio an additional Senator
for n surplus of population exceeding three-Ufllis
ot a ratio; hut no county shall form a scperute
district unless it shall contain four-fifths of a ra
tio, except where the adjoining counties are each
cm it led lo one or more Senators, w hen such
county may be assigned a Senator on lets than
four-fifth, ni.d exceeding one-half of a rulio,
and no count f shall he divided unless entitled to
two or more Serntors. No city or county shall
be entitled to separata representation exceeding
one-sixth Of the whole number of Senators. No
ward, borough, or township shall bs divided In
the formation of a district. The Henatorial rutin
shall be ascertained by dividing the whole popu
lation of the State by the number ufty.
Sec. 17. The members of the House of Repre
sentatives shall be apportioned among the sever
al counties, on a ratio obtained by dividing the
population of the State u nscertaiiied by the
mosl recent United State census by two hun
dred. Every county containing les than five
ratios shall have one representative for every full
ratio, nud nn additional representative when the
surplus exceeds half a ratio; but each county
shall have ut least one represelitative. Every
county containing five ratios or more shall luue
one representative for every full ratio. Every
city containing a population iqual to a ratio
shall elect separately its proportion of the repre
sentative allotted to the county in which it Is
located. Every city entitled to more than four
representatives, and every county having over
one hundred thousand inhabitants, shall be di
vided into districts of compact and contiguous
tcnitory, each district to elect lis proporllon of
representatives according to its population, but
no district shall elect more than four represen
tative. Sr.c. IS. TheGeucrnl Assembly nt its first scs
sion after the adoption of this constitution, and
immediately after each United State decenuliil
census, shall apportion the Slate ii to Senatorial
nud Representative district ngree.ibly to the
previsious of the two next proceeding sections.
ARTICLE III.
LEGISLATION.
Sxcttos 1. No law shall be passed except by
bill, and no bill shall be so altered nr amended
on its passage through either house as to Chungs
its origlnnl purpose.
Sec. 2. No bill shall be considered unless re
ferred to a committee, returned therefrom, and
printed for the use of the member.
Sec. 8. No bill, except gcueral appropriation
hills, shall be passed, containing more than one
subject, which shull be clearly expressed in its
title.
Sec. 4. Every hill shall be rend at length on
three different days in each bouse; all amend
ments made thereto shall be printed for the use
of the members before the Html vote Is taken ou
the bill, and no bill shall become a law unless
on its final passage the vote be tuken by yers
aud nays, the names of tho person voting fur
und against the same be entered on the jnurnul,
and a majority nf the member elected to euch
house bo recorded thereon lis voting In its favor.
Sec. 5. No amendment lo bills by one bouse
shull be concurred in by lh other, except by a
vote of a majority nf the members elected there
to taken by yea and nays, and tbo names of
those voting for and agniust recorded uon the
journal thereof ; and report of committees of con
fcrcuce shull be adopted in either bouse only by
the vote of a majority of the members elected
thereto, taken by yeas and nays, und the names
of those voting recorded upon the Journal.
Bec. 0. No law shall be revived, amended, or
the provisions thereof extended or conferred by
reference to Its title only, but so much thereof as
Is revived, smeuded, extended, or conferred,
shall be re-enactM and published at length.
Sec. 7. Tbs General Assembly shall nol pass
auy local or special law i
Authorizing the creation, extension or Impair
ing oi nenst
Regulating the affairs of counties, cities, town
ships, wards, boroughs, or school dl sulci
Changing the names. or persous or places
Changing the venue ia civil or criminal cases (
. Authorizing the laying out, opeulug, altering,
or maintaining roads, highways, streets, r al
leys j
Relating to ferries or bridges, or locoTporatlns;
ferry or bridge companies, sxcept for the erection
of bridge orosslug streams which from bounday
rles bet w ess this sod any other Binte
AJLL'irj.iZ-
Vacating roads, towns plots, streets or aBeys )
Relating to cemeteries, graveyards or pnblie
grounds not of tbe State '
Authorising the adoption or legitimation of
children t
Locating or changing . county scats, erecting
new counties, or changing conuty line
Incorporating cities, towns, or villages, or
changing their charters f
For the opening nnd couductlng of elections,
or fixing or changing the place of voting
Granting divorces ;
Erecting new township or boroughs, chang
ing township lines, borough limits, or school
districts i
Creating officer, or proscribing tho powers
nnd duties of officers in counties, cities, boroughs,
townships, election or school districts.
Chnnglng tho law of descent or succession
Regulating tlic practlco or Jurisdiction of, nr
changing the rule of evidence In any Judicial
proceeding or Inquiry before courts, nldermeiif
Justices of the pence, sheriffs, commissioners, ar
bitrators, auditors, matters In chancery, or other
tribunals, or providing or changing methods for
the collection of debts, or the enforcing of Judg
ments, or prescribing tho effect of Judicial sales of
real estate ;
Regulating tho fees, or extending tho powers
and duties of nldernion, Justices of tbo peace,
magistrates, or constables ;
Regulating the management of public schools,
the building or rcpui lug of school bonses, nnd
the raising of money for such purposes (
Fixing the rate of Interest ;
Affecting the estates of minors or persous tin
der disability, except alter duo untlce to all parties
lu Interest, to be reclttd In the special enactment (
Remitting fines, penalties nnd forfeiture, or
refunding moneys legally paid into the Trea
sury ;
Excepting property from taxation t
Regulating lubor, trade, milling, or inanufauc
turing ;
Creating corporations, or ninonding, ro.ue.wlng,
or extending tne charters thereof;
Grunting to tiny corporation, association, or In
dividual any special or exclusive privllego or im
munity or to any corporation, association or in
dividual the right to lay down a railroad truck.
Nor shall the General Assembly Indirectly enact
such special nr local law by I lie partial repeal of
a generul law, but luw repcnllng local orspcelal
acts may be passed. Nor shall any law be pass
ed grautlng powers or privilege In any
case where the granting of euch powers
aud privileges shall have been provided for
by general law, nor w here the courts have Juris
diction lo grunt llui satuo or give, the relief ask
ed for.
Sec. 8. No local or special bill shall bo passed
unless notice of the lutcutlou to apply therefor
shall huvo been published In the loculity where
the matter or the thing lo be alii cled may be
situated, which notice shall be at least thirty
days prior lo I In lnte..vi. i.m tiun tne Oeueiui
Assembly of such bill, mid ill tliu manner to be
provided by law ; the evidence of such notice
having been published, shall be exhibited lu t lie
Generul Assembly before such act shull be passed.
Sec. I). The presiding officer of each house
shall, In the presence of the house over which be
presides, sign all bill and joint resolutions pass
ed by the General Assembly, after their titles
have been publicly rend Immediately before sign
ing, and the fact of signing shall bu entered ou
the journal.
Sec. 10. The General Assembly shall proscribe
by luw the number, duties and compensation of
tlie officers and employees of each house, and no
payment shall be made from the Stale Treasuiy,
or be in any way authorized to any person, ex
cept to an ucting otlicer or employeu elected or
appointed In pursuance of law.
Sec. 11. No bill shall be passed giving say ex
tra compensation lo auy public officer, servant,
employee, agent or contiuctor, after services
shall have been rendered or contract made, nor
providing for the payment of any claim against
the Commonwealth, wilhuut previous authority
of law.
Sec. 13. All stationery, printing, paper and
fuol used lu the legislative and other dcpurtmeuU
of government shall be furnished, aud the print
ing, binding and dinli Hinting of tho laws, jour
nals, department reports, and all oilier printing
and binding, nnd the repairing and furnishing
the balls and rooms used for the meetings of the
General Assembly and its committees, shall be
performed under contract, to be given to the
iow est responsible bidder below such maximum
price and under such regulations us shall be pre
scribed by law no member or officer of any dc
pai'ttiieut of the government shall be In auy way
interested In such contracts, and all such con
tracts shall be subject to the upproVHl rf the Go
vernor, Auditor General and Male Treasurer.
Sec. 13. No law shall i Men I the Icnu of any
public otlicer. or Increase or diminish his salury
or emolument after his eleetiou or appointment.
Sec. 14. All bill for r.- V.ig revenue sbull ori
ginate ill the House of Rc csentHtlves, but the
Senate mnv propose e..nei..l:i.ei;l us lu other
bills.
Sec. lo. Tho general uppiopi lutioii bill shall
embiacu nothing but appro, u ialioiis fur the ordi
nary expenses of the executive, legislative and
Judic'al departments of the Commonwealth, In
terest on the public debt, nnd for public schools ;
all other appropriation shall be made by sepa
rate bills, each embracing but one subject.
Sue. 16. No money shall be paid out of the
Treasury except upon appropriations mude by
law aud on warrant drawn by tho proper officer
in pursuance thereof.
Sue. 17. No appropriation shall be made to
any cliantab'e or educational institution not uu
der the absolute com rid of the Commonwealth,
other than normal schools established by law for
the professional training of teachers for the pub
lie schools of the Slate, except by a vote of two
thirds of nil the iticmhers elccled to each house.
Sec. IS. No appropriations except for pensions
gratuities or military services shall be made for
charitable, educational or benevolent purposes,
to any person or community, uor to any denomi
national or sectarian jrti'.ul'.on, corporation or
association.
Sec. 19. The Generul Asseinblv may make ap
propriations of money to institutions wherein the
widows of soldiers are supported or assisted or tbs
orphans of soldiers arc maintained and educated;
but such appropriation shall be applied exclu
sively to tliu support of such widow and or
phans. Sec. 20. The Grn.-r.il Assembly shill not dele
gate to any special couniiis-ion, private corpora
tiou or ushiHMulloo, any power to make, super
vise or Intel fere with any luunlclpil Improve
ment, money, property or effect, whether held
In trust or otherwise, or to levy tuxes or perform
any municipal function whatever.
Sec. 21. No net of the Gereral Assembly shall
limit the amount to Ise recovered for Injuries re
sulting In death, or for Injuries to persons or
property, and in ruse of death from such Inju
ries, the right of actiou shall survive, and the
General Assembly shall prescribe for whose ben
efit such actions shull bo prosecuted ; no act
shull prescribe any limitations of time within
which suits may be brought against corporation
for Injuries to persons or property, or for other
causes different from those fixed by gcueial iuws
regulating uctiviis against natural persons, au I
such nets now existing are avoided.
Sec. 23. No act of the Goucrul Assembly shall
authorize the luvesliuent of trust funds br execu
tors, administrators, gunrdiaus, or other trus
tees, iu the bonds or stock of any private corpo
ration, nud such acts now existing are avoided,
buving Investments heretofore made.
Sec. 23. The power lo chunge the venue In
civil and criminal cases shall be vested in the
courts, lo be exercised In such manner us shall
be provided by law.
Sec. 21. No obligation or liability of any rail
road or other corporation, held or owued by the
Coinmonwcaltb, shall ever be exebauged, trans
ferred, remitted, poslioued. or iu any way di
minished by the General Assembly, nor shall
such liability or obligation be released, except by
payment thereof into the State Treasury.
Sec. 25. When the General Assembly shall be
convened la special session, there shall bs o leg
islation upon subjects other than those designa
ted iu the proclamation of the Governor, calling
such session.
' Sec. 26. Ever)' order, resolution, or vote, lo
which the concurrence oi toiu nouses may oe ne
cessary (except In tbs question of adjournment)
shall be presented to the Governor, aud before It
shall take eflect be approved ry bins, or being
disapproved by two-tbirds of both bouses, ac
cording to the rules and limitations prescribed lo
eute of a bill.
Bsc. 27. No State office shall be contluucd or
created for the Inspection or measuring of any
merchandise, soanufaotnr or commodity, out
any county or nsanklpallty may appoint snch
officers when awthe-rustd 9J
SUNBURY, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 5, 1873.
Sao. S3. No lair changing the location of the
capital of the Stats' shnll be valid until the same
shall have bcea Mbmltted to the qualified electors
of the Commonwealth, at a general election, and
ratified and approved by them.
Sec. 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, eorporntb , per
son, any money, office, appointment, employ
ment, testimonial, reward, thing of value enjoy
ment, or of personal advantage or promise there
of, for hie vote or official lufluencc, or for with
holding the same, or wltb an anderstnnding, ex
pressed or Implied, that his vnto or official action
shall bo In any way Influenced thereby, or who
shall solicit or doinand any such money or other
ndrnnlago, inn tier, or thing aforesaid for another,
as the consideration of his vote or official In
fluence, or for withholding the same, or shall
give o withhold hi vote or iiilluenco In consid
eration of the payment or promise of such money,
advantage, matter, nr thing to another, shnll be
held guilty of bribery within the meaning of this
Constitution, and shall Incur tho disabilities pio
vlded thereby for said offense, auc such addition,
al punishment as Is or shall be provided by luw.
Sec. 30. Any person who shuli, directly or Indi
rectly, offer, give, or prorrjso any money, nr thing
of value, testimonial, privilege, or personal ad
vantage, to any executive or Judicial officer or
member of the General Assembly, to Influence
hirq In the performance of any of his public or
official duties, shall be guilty of bribery, end be
puulshod in such manner us shall be provided by
law.
Sec. 31. The offense of corrupt eoHcitntton of
members of tbo General Assembly or of public
officers of the State, or of any municipal division
thereof, and any occupation or practlco of solici
tation nf such members or officer, to influence
their official action, shall he defined by law, nud
shall be punished hy fine and imprisonment.
Sec. 32. Any person may be compelled to
testify In any lawful Investigation 'or judicial
proceeding, against any person who may be
charged with having committed tbe offense of bri
bery or corrupt solicitation, or practices of soli
citation, and shall not be permitted to withhold
hi testimony upon the ground that If may crimi
nnte himself or subject him to public Infamy ;
but such testimony shall not afterwards bo used
against blm In any judicial proceeding, except
for perjury In giving such testimoney, and any
person convicted of either of the offenses afore
said, shall, as part of the punishment therefor,
be disqualified from holding any office or position
of honor, trust, or profit In this Commonwealth.
Sec. 33. A member who has a personal or pri
vate Interest in any measure or bill proposed or
pending borore the General Assembly shull dis
close the fact to the house of which he Is a mem
ber and shall not vote thereon.
APTioiiK IV.
TUB EXECUTIVE.
SncTios 1. The Executive Department of this
Commonwealth shall consist ol a Governor, Lieu
tenant Governor, Secretary of the Common wealth,
Attorney General, Auditor Genornl, Stain Treas
urer, Secretary of Internal Affairs, and a Superin
tendent nf Public Instruction.
Sec. 2. Tho supreme executive pocr shall
be vested Is the Governor, who shall take Care
that the laws be f.iilhlully executed ; he shall bo
chosen on tho day of the general election by the
qualified electors of Ihe Commonwealth, at the
places where they shall vote for Representatives.
The returns of every election for Governor shall
bo sealed up and transmitted to the seat of to
vernineut directed to tin 1'icsldcni ol the Senate,
who shall open and publish them in Ihe presence
of the members of both houses of the General
Assembly. The person having the highest num
ber of volts shall be Governor by the Joint vote
of tbe members of both houses. Contested elec
tions shall be determined by a committee, to bu
selected from both bouses of the General Assem
bly, and formed aud regulated iu such manner
as shall be directed by law.
Ski). 3. The Governor shall hold his office dur
ing fotvc years from the third Tuesday of January
next ensuing his election, and shall not be eligible
to the office for Ihe next succeeding term.
Seo. 4- A Lieutenant Governor shall be chosen
at the same time, In the same inuuncr, for the
same term, mid subject to the same provisions as
tlie Governor ; lie shall be president of the Senate,
but shnll have no vote uulces they be equally di
vided. Sue. 5. No pe: son shall be eligible to the office
of Governor or Lieutenant Governor cxcepl a
citizen of the United Slutes, who shall have at
tained tho age of thirty years, and have been
seven years next preceding his election an Inhabi
tant of tlie State, unless lie shull have been ab
sent on the public buslues of the United States
or of fills Stale.
Sec. 6. No member of Congress or person hold
ing any office under the United States or this
Slate shall excreiso tbe office of Governnr or Lieu
tenant Governor.
Skc. 7. The Governor shall be commander in
cl'lef of the nriny and navy of ihe Common wealth,
and of the uillilla, except when they suall be call
ed Into the actual service nf the Culled Slates.
Sec. S. lie shull uomlnnte. nnd by and w ith the
advice and consent of two-thirds of all the mem
bers of the Senate, appoint a Secretary of ilia
Commou wealth and an Attorney General during
pleasure, a Superintendent of Public Instruction
for four years, aud such other officers of the Com
mon wealth ns ho Is or may be authoi ized by the
constitution or by Uw to appoint ; ha shall have
power to till all vacancies that may happen in
office to which he muy appoint dm ing Ihe recess
of the Senate by grunting commissions shieh
shull expire at I lie end of their session ; lie
shall have power to fill any vacancy that may
liappeu during the recess of the Senate, in the
ollice of Auditor Generul, Slate Treasurer, Secre
tin') of Internal A Hairs or Stipei intcdent of Pub
lic Instruction, In a judicial ortlee, or in uny
other elective office which he is or may be au
thorized to till t
If the vacancy shall happen during tho session
of the SeiiHte, the Governor shall iiominatetothe
Sruule before their final adjournment, a proper
person to fill said vacancy.
But in auy such esse or vacancy, iu on elective
office, a person shall be chosen to said office nt
the next general election, miles Ihe vacancy
shall happen wttblu.lhreecaleudiir months Imme
diately preceding snch election, In which cne the
election for said office shall be held at the second
succeeding general election ;
In acllug ou r.xeculivs nominations, tlie Senate
shall sit with open doors, and in eon tinning or re
jecting the iionjluntlona of the Governor, the vote
shall be taken by yeas ana nays, una snail ue en
tered on the Journal
red on tne journal.
Sec. . He shall have power to remit flues and
foifeltures, to grant reprieves, commutations of ,. ,,Ulil.t ,, rate courts of equal and co
senlence and pardous, except In ease ol lui- . olllm.lU. jul udiclm.!, composed of three judge
peachinent, but no pardon shull be granted nor , C;u., ,,e said couits iu Philadelphia shull be
sentence commuted, except upon the rceouiinon. ,,tvi!,lll.,,.d r....,..,.iivelv us the Court of Common
dation iu writing of tbe Lieutenant Governor, Se
cretary of the Common wealth, Attorney Gcueral
and Secretary of Internal Affairs, or any three nf
them, after full hearing, upon due public make
aud lu open session, and such rccominendulion,
with the reason therefor al leugth, shall be re
cord 1 and tiled In tbe od.ee of the Secretary of
the Common wealth.
Skc. 10. lie may require Information In writ-
lug from the officers of Ihe Executive llepirt-
nirnt. upon any subject relating lo the duties of
their respective offices.
8ec. 11. He shall, from time to time, give to ! rule couit us aforesaid, whu.li sliail tie nuin
e General Asseinblv Information of Hie stale of i bcred a aforesaid, lu Philadelphia all suits shull
the General Assembly Information of tho stale of
the Commonwealth, and recommend lo their con
sideration such measures as he may judge cxw
dieni. Sec. 12. Ue may on extraordinary occasions.
convene tbe General Assembly, and iu case of
disagreement between the two houses, with re
spect to tne tune ot sojournment, aajourn iiieui
lo such time as he shall think proper, not exceed
ing four mouths. He shall have power lo eou
vene the Seiiaue lu extraordinary session, by pro
clamation, lor the trausaellon of executive busi
ness. Sec. 13. In rase of the death, conviction on
Impeachment, fsilure to qualify, resignation, or
other disability of the Governor, the powers, du
ties, and emoluments of the office for tbe re
mainder of lbs term, or until Ihe disability be
removed, shall devolve upon the Lieutenant Gov-
.ernor.
Sac. 14. In case or a vacancy in tne otnee or
Lleutenaut Governor, or ben tbe Lieutenant
Governor shall be Impeached by Aha House of
Representatives, or shall .be unable to exercise
tbs duties of bis office, lb powers, duties, and
emoluments thereof for the remainder of the
term, or ouill the disability bs removed, shall
devolve upon the rresldcnl rao Tssrass oi me liens nf all I bo said courts, as is or may Do ai
Seoataiand the President pro tempore of the , reeled, by is w.
tfsnMt shall la Ilk manner became Governor If bKCi $. yy,, f Ad courts lo tbe counties of Phi
AMEEICiS
a vacancy or disability shall occur In the office
of Governor) his scat Senator shnll become
vacant whenever he shull become Governor, and
shall be filled by election as any other vacancy
in the Senate.
Sec. 15. Every bill which shnll have passed
both houses shall he presented to the Governor i
If he approve, he shall sign it but it he shall
not approve, be shall return It with his objec
tions to the house In which It shall Itavo origi
nated, wbich bouse shall enter tbe objections at
lurge upon their journal, nnd proceed to recon
sider It. If, nfter such reconsideration, two
thirds of all the member elected to that house
shall agree to pass the billi it shall be sent with
the objections to the other house, by which, like
wise, It shall be leconsldcrcd, and If approved by
two-thirds of all the members elected to that
house, It shall be a law ; but In such cases the
voles of both houses shall be determined by yeas
and nays, and the names of the members voting
for and against the bill shall be entered nr. the
Journals of euch house irsprrlivcly. If any bill
shall not be returned by the Governor within ten
days after it shall have been presented to him,
the same shnll be a law In like manner ns If lie
had signed if, tiulc the General Assembly, by
their adjournment, prevent lis return, In which
case It shall bu a law, unless he shall file the
same, with his objections, In the office of the Se
cretary of tho Commonwealth, and give notice
thereof by public proclamation wlthiu thirty days
alter such adjournment.
Sec. 16. The Governor shall have power to dis
approve of any item or Items of any bill making
appropriations of money, embracing distinct
Items, and the part or parts of tho bill approved
shall be the law, and the item or items of appro
priation disapproved shull be void, unless re
passed according to the rule and limitations
prescribed for the passage of other bills over the
executive veto.
Src 17. The Chief Justice of tho Supreme
Court shall preside upon the trial of any contest
ed election ot Governor or Lieutenant Governor,
and shall t'.cclde questions regarding the admis
sibility of ctldence, nnd shall, upon request of
the committee, pronounce his opinion upon other
questions of thu law Involved in the trial. The
Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall exer
cise the duties or their respective offices until
their successor shall be duly qualified.
Sec. 18. The Secretary ol "the Commonwealth
shull keep a record of all official nets and pro
ceedings of the Governor, and w hen required lay
the same, with nil papers, minute and voucher
relating thereto, before either branch of tho Gen.
oral Assembly, nnd perform such other duties us
niny be enjoined tipou him by law.
Bite. 1H. The Secretary "of Imernal Affairs
shall exercise all the powers and perform nil the
duties of the Surveyor General, subject to such
changes as shall be u. uric bylaw. His depart
ment ii embrace a bureau of industrial statis
tics, and he shall discharge snch duties relating
to corporations to the charitable institutions, the
agricultural, manufacturing, mining, mineral,
limber and other material or liticincss Interests
of Hie Stale us may be prescribed by law. He
shall nunually nnd nt such other times as may
be required by law, make report lo the General
Asseuibly.
Skc. 20. The Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion shall exeercise nil thi puwcis nml trifoiui
all the duties of the Superintendent of Common
Schoo's, subject to such changes ns shall be
made by law.
Sec. 21. The term of the Secretary of Internal
Affairs shall be four years, of ihe Auditor Gene
ral, three years, and of the State Treasurer two
year. These olliceis sdiull be chosen by the qua
lllied electors of the State ut general elections.
No person elected to the office of Auditor Gene
ral or State Treasurer shall be capable ot holding
the same office for two consecutive terms.
Sec. 22. The present Great Seal of Pennsylva
nia shall be Ihe seal of the State.
All commissions shall be in the nnmc and by
authority of the Common wealth of Pennsylva
nia, and be sealed w ith the State seal aud signed
by the Governor.
ARTICLE V.
TUK JCMCIAHT.
Section 1. The Judicial power of this Com
monwealth shall be vested lu t lie Snpicme Court,
iu courts of common pleas, courts of oyer alio
terminer and general jail delivery, court of
quurler sefsions of the peace, orphans' courts,
magistrates' courts, and in such other courts us
tbe General Assembly may from time to lilue es
tablish. St c. 2. The Supreme Court shall consist of se
ven Judge, w ho shall be eleefed by the qualified
electors ol the Slate nt large. They shall hold
their offices for the term of twenty-one years,
if tliey so long behave themselves well, but shall
not be again eligible. The judge whose commis
sion shall first expire shull be chief Justice, und
thereafter each judge whose commission shall
first expire shall in turn be chief Justice.
Sue. S. The Jurisdiction of the Supreme Couit
shall extend over t tie State, and the judges there
of shall, by virtue of 'heir offices be justice of
oyer aud terminer and general jail delivery in
the several counties ; they shall have original
juridiction In cases of injunction, und where a
corporation is a party defendant, of habeas cor
pus, of manuami s lo couit of inferior jurisdic
tion ; and of ot i waiiiianto ns to all olliceis of
the Commonwealth whoso Jurisdiction extends
over the Stale, but shall not exercise any olher
origiuul jurisdiction ; they shall have appellate
jurisdiction by apia-al, cektioiiaiu or writ of er
ror lu all cases, as is now or inuy hereafter be
provided bv law.
Sac. 4. Until otherwise directed by law, the
courts of common plea shall continue ns ut pre
sent established, except ns herein changed ; not
more limn four counties shall, ul any time, be
included iu one judicial district organized toi
said courts.
Sec. 5. Whenever a county shall contain folly
Ihonsuud inhabitants It shall constitute it sepa
rate Judicial district, and shull elect one judge
learned in the law ; an I the General Assembly
shall provide lor additional judges. Counties
containing a population less than is sufficient to
constitute separate tlistiicts shall be formed into
eomcnient single districts, or, if neeessory, may
be attached to contiguous districts usthcGciicrul
Assembly may provide. T he ollice of associate
judge, not learned in thu law, Is abolished in
counties forming separate districts ; but tliu sev
eral ussoclute Judges in office when this (ous'.liu
tion shull be adopted shall serve for their unex
pired terms.
I dec. u. in the counties oi rtiiluncipuia ami Al
! Icghcny, all Ihe jurisdiction and poweis now
I vea.c.l III the Uistiict t'ouns and Courts of Cum
! mon Pleas, subiect to such, changes as may be
made by this constitution or bv law, shull bu iu
,,,,,, ,..,i,i ,.si,..i i inr .,a i Aii...ri,. i
j Picas number one, numb, r two. number three,
I and number four, und lu Allegheny us tho Court
of Coipmon Plea number one nnd number two,
I but the uumber of said oouils may be by luw In
j cruised, lioiu time to time, nud shull ill like
: manner be designated by suects-lve uumber i I lie
number of judges in uny of said coui ts, or in any
county where the establishment of au additional
j court "inuy he authorized by luw, may be increas
ed from lime lo time; ami whenever such In
i reuse shall amount lu the w hole to three, such
j three Judges i.bull compose u distinct and scpu-
be Instituted In the said Courts of Coiiimeu Pleas,
without designating the number of suid court,
und the several court shull distribute und appor
tion the business among them in such uianuer us
shull be provided by rules of court, and euch
court to w hich any suit shall he thus assigned
shall have exclusive jurisdiction thereof, subject
to chauge of venue, us shull bo pruvlded by law.
In Allegheny each court, shall have exclusive
Jurisdiction of all proceedings at law und lu equi
ty commenced therein, subject to change of veuue
as may be provided by luw.
Sec. 7. For Philadelphia there shull be one
Proihonotary's officii, and one Prothonotury fur
ull said courts, and to bold office for three years,
subject to removal by a n.ujorliy of the said
Judges ( the suid Prothonotury shall appoint such
assistants us may be ueceMtry and authorized by
said courts, and bu and hi assistant shall re
ceive fixed salaries, lube determined by law and
paid by said county ; all lee collect-d iu suid
office, except such us may be by law due to the
Commonwealth, shull be paid by the Pnahnno
tary lulo Ihe county treuury. Each court shull
bava Its sewraie niMkil,' except tne judgiiieut
; docket, which shall contain the Judgments und
New Kerlea). Vol. 5. Xo. 87.
1 Old Nert, Vol. 81, No. 9.
ladelphia and Allegheny respectively, shnll, from
time to time, detail one or morn of their judges
to hold tho courts of Oyer and Terminer, nnd the
courts of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of said
counties In such manner as may be directed by
law.
Sec. 0. Judges of the Courts Of Common Picas
learned In the Inw shall bs judges of the court
of Oyer nnd Terminer, Qrtatrtor Session of the
Pence, nud General Jail Delivery, und of the Or
phans' Court, and wlihln thelr resncdire dis
tricts shall be Justices of the peace us locrliniiinl
matters.
Sec. 10. The Judge of the courts of Common
Pleas, within their respective counties, hall
have power to Issue w rits of cehtiokaki to Justi
ces of the pence, nnd other inferior courts not of
record, mid to cause their proceeding to r.e
brought before, them and right and justice to be
done.
Sec. II. I'xcept ns otherwise provided in this
Constitution, Justices of the pence or aldermen
shall be circled lu the several wnrds, districts,
hnrongh nnd townships at the time of the elec
tion ol constable, by Ihe qualified electors there
of, iu such manner a shall be directed hy law,
and shall be commissioned by the Governor for a
term of live years. Nn township, ward, district
nr borough shall elect more than tw o Justices of
the pence or aldermen wit liEut the consent of n
majority f Uie qiftillllrd doctors within such
township, ward or borough ; no person shall ho
elected to such office unless he shall have resided
within the township, borough, ward or district
foi one yenr next preceding his election. Iu ci
ties containing over fifty thousand inhabitants,
not more than one alderman shall be elected iu
each ward or district.
Sec. 13. In Philadelphia there shall be estab
lished, lor each thirty thousand inhabitants, one
court not of rerorl, of police und civil causes,
with jurisdiction not exceeding one hundred dol
lars; such courts shall be held by magistrates
w hose, term of office sl-.all be five year, and they
shill be elected on general ticket by the qualified
voters nt large ; and in tho election of the said
magistrates no v iter shall vote for more than
two-thirds cf the number of persons to be elect
ed, wliuu more Hum one are lo be chosen ; they
shall be compensated only by fixed salaries, to be
puid by said county ; unci shall exercise such Ju
risdiction, civil and criminal, except as herein
provided, us Is now exercised by aldermen, sub
ject to snch changes, not Involving an Increase
of civil Jurisdiction or conferiing political duties,
us may be made by law. In Philadelpliiu th':
office of alderman is abolished.
Site. 13. All fees, tines and pinnltles In said
courts shall bu paid Info tho county treasury.
Sec. 14. In all cases of summary conviction In
this Commonwealth, or of judgment in suit for a
penalty before a iniigi-trute. or court not of re
cord, cither !. upiwni lo such court of
record may be prescribed by law, upon allow
ance of the upptllr.te court or judge lhcrrof,ur-on
cause shown.
sjislc. 15. All judges required to bo learned In
the Inw, except the judges of iho Supreme Court,
shall be elected by the qualified electors of tlie
respective districts over which they are to pre
side, und shall hold their office for "the period of
ten years, If they shall so long bt have themselves
well"; hut for any reasonable cause, which shull
nol be sufficient ground for impeachment, the
Governor muy remove uny of iheni on the nd-dre-s
of two-thirds of each house of thc tlciicrul
Assembly.
Sec. 10. Whenever two indues of ihe Supreme
Court are to be chosen for tlm same term of ser
vice, each voter shall vote for one only, unu when
three m e to be chosen, he shall vote for no more
than two; ruudidates highest ill Vute shall be
declared elected.
Sec. 17. Should any two or more Judget of
the Supreme Court, or uny two or more Judges
of the Court of Common Pleas for tlie same
district be elected at Hie same time, they shall,
as soon after the elect Ion us convenient, oust
lot for priority of coiiiiiii-sion, and ceitifv the
result to the Governor, who shall issue their
commissions in accordance therewith.
Seo. IS. The judges of the. Suprenir Court
and the judge of tlie eerc.ul courts of Common
Pleas, anil ull oilier Jiulgeaxeiiiiired to be learned
in the law, shull, ut Hated times, receive for
their services an adequate compensation, which
shall be fixed by luw, und p.ii 1 by the Stale.
They shall receive no other coin eolation, fees,
or perquisite ot ollice for their services from
any source, nor hold uny other office of profit
under the United States, lids State, or uny other
Stale.
Sec. V.I. The Judges of the Supreme Court,
during their continuance in office, shall reside
within this Commonwealth ; and the other
judges, during their conlinuance In ntlloe, shall
reside within the districts for wiiich they shall
be respectively elected.
Sr.c. 20. The several courts of Common Picas,
besides the powers herein coul'crred, shall have
und exercise within their respective districts,
subject to su?h changes us may be made by luw,
such chancery powers ns are now vested by law
in the sc oral "coui ts of Common Pleas of this
Commonwealth, oi us may hereafter be conferred
upon I he in by law.
Src. 21. No duties shall be Imposed by luw
upon tho Supremo Court or any of the Judges
thereof, except such us are Judicial, nor shall
any of the judges thereof exercise any power
of appointment, except ns herein provided. The
Couit of Nisi Priiis is hereby abolished, and no
court of oiigloul Jurisdiction to be presided
over by any one or more of thu jujges of tbe,
Supreme Court shall be established.
Sec. 22. In every county wherein the popula
tion shall exceed one hundred and fitly thousand
the General Assembly shall, und iu uny other
eoM.ty may. establish a separata Orphans'
Couit, lo con-lst of one or more judges who
shall be learned iu the law, which court shull
exercise ull tho jurisdiction and rowers now
vested in, or widen may herenner be conferred
upon, the Orphans' Courts, and thereupon the
jurisdiction of the Judges of tliu Court of Com
mon Pleas within such county, in Orphans Court
pioceedings, shall ce.ire and determine ; In any
county in which a separate Orphans' Couit shall
be established thu Register of Wills shull he
clerk of such court, pud subject to lu direction
in all matters pertaining lo his office ; he may
appoint asM-la V clciks, but only with the con
sent and approval of said court. Ail nccoiints
Hied with him us register or as clerk of the said
sc pal ale Orphans' Court shall bu audited by the
court without exRlie lu parties, except where
nil parlies in Interest in u pending prot ceding
shall nominate mi auditor whom the court may,
in its discretion, appoint. In every county
orphans' count shall possess nil the powers und
Jurisdiction of a lcgitei's Court, una separate
registers' courts are hereby abolished.
Sec. 23. The style of nil process shall be
" The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania." All
prosecutions shall be carried on In the name and
by ihe authority nf lu Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, and conclude Ofeuiust the peace
and dignity of thu same.
Sec. 24. Ill all case of felonious homicide,
and in such o;hcr criminal tases us muy be pro
vided for by law, the licensed, after conviction
and sentence, may remove ihe Indictment, record,
und all proceedings to tbe Supreme Com I for
review.
Sec. -5. Any vacancy happening by death,
resignation, or otherwise, in any conn oT record,
shall lie tll:ed by appointment hy Ue Governor,
to continue till Ihe Urst Monday of January
next succeeding the first general election, which
shall occur thiee or more muutbs after the hap
pening of stub vscHiicy.
Sec. 20. All laws relating lo court shall be
generul and of uniform operation, and lb" organ
ization, Jiuisjielion mid pgwers of ull court of
the same i lass or grade, so fur a reguleled by
law, uuJ the force aud effect nf I he process anil
judgments of such court rliull.be uinloiin ; mid
the Generul Assembly i hereby prohibited from
creating olher court lo exercise thu aiwer
vested by this constitution In the judges of the
courts of common pleas and orphans' eours.
Skc. 37. The parlies, by agreement filed, may.
In any civil case, dispense w ith tilal by jury, aud
subruli the decision ol such case to ti e court
having jurisdiction thereof, aud such court shall
hear and determine the same and the Judg
ment I hereon shall be subject to wrll of errors
as lu other eases.
ARTICLE VI.
lMriACMMBNT AMI HKMOVAL VKOw OFftCI.
Sec 1. The House of Representative shall
have the solo power of impeachment.
Sac. 2. All Impeachment sbull be tried by
the Senate when silling for that purpose, the
Seualois shall be upon oath or affirmation ; uo
vr-ou shull be convicted without the concur
rence of two-thirds of the members present.
biw. t. The Govfsrnorandall olliar civil officers
shall be lh.b!u to liopc icbni.ut for any imsde
roflsesr la QoVa, bat Judgment la each eases
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Brc. 4. All olllcMt ttbt.ll hold their office oa
the condition that they behave thtttnuelret well
while In ntllce, and shall be removed on convic
tion or UiUbebavlui' lu olflce or of any Infamous
crime.
Appointed officers other tbnn Jadsree of the
coutttt of record end the uperintendendent of
Public InMruciioii, mny bo removed nt the
pleasure of the power by which they shall bave
been appointed. All officers elected by the people,
except Governor, Lluutcnnut Governor, mem here
of tho General iembly, and Judges of tho
couits of record, Ibnrned l:i lha law, limit be
removed by the Uoveruar tor reasonable cause;
nfier due notice nnd full hearing uu the address
of two-thirds of tbo Sun at.
article nr.
oath or omra.
Stctitm 1. Senator aud Kepreeentatlvos and alt
ju'liclut. stati' nnd county oHImrn. Flmll, bnt'uro ti
WiiiK on th duih-a of their rePimsllTeoflloea. tak
ami uibrvrlhe thu lollnwiiiir mil h or Hllirmntlon .
1 do Mlf niiily Rwenr (or atltrtn) that I will p tip
port, vhny oii'l iictund the fonst liutlun of the TJnt
tisl Statin Kail tho cnutuHtuihin ol this ootnmno
wtMilth. umJ that I Will liiachanrfl tho duties ol my
olti'-e with fidelity: that 1 bve not pah) orcomrlU
uieil. or prutniue tu pay vr contribute, either dl--rlly
or linHrwtly, any nmnev or other rnluabla
th(nr, to procur!- tny uointiiHtbrn or election (or
sppointniiDi ). ivifpt lr necisary and proper ex
pcinn fxpn'ly autborlied by Ihw: tlm l I have
not knowingly violated Any Wt'fUnn Ihw of this
cmnnHniwenirh. or tnMurMt it to ho rtonn by othurs
In my b''hal(; that 1 will pot Unimtnuly receive,
dlrently or In-llret'tly, any money orfotner valuable
thliijx vr the performance or non-pert'urnianoe of
any nt or duly lartiilnlujf ti tny nltice, other than
the compensation alio win) hy law.
The lovt'itriilnsr nalh Plmll 1 Rtlmtnlatnred br
ume pcrv'm iintli'u Ired tondmiplftrroaths. and In
the i-act ot Slate oiliceib und J u lire of iheSuprvum
C'tnrt. PhHllJie.lih'd lu the olMee of the Hoereta
of the eomtnoiiHeult h. and In the cone of othrji-dli-lal
:uid enuiiiy oWe-ere. In tholt!oe of the Pro
thonotmy ol the county in whleh the enmo lMk.
en; any p) pon relufitisV to take suid oath or afllrmv
at Ion shall forfeit hln ollice, nnd auy pcrflon who
shall le ronvli'ted of having HWorn or af)lnno4
falFcty.orol imvtnr vhduted fnld oath or allirma.
tion. Hhall he Kuiliy ol perjury, and tw forever dim
((iiulitied from holding any ofllee of tnnt or proflt
within thiHcomuioiini'alth.
The oath to the nuMiil.ern of the PonatcAod house
of Ipn entatlve fihall he administered by one of
the judnen of the Supremo curt or ol a oourl or
common plenc. lettruvd In the law. In the hall nf
thu huuitu to which the member Hhall bo elected
ARTICLE VIII.
SCl FRiCL AND ELECTIOXJ. f
SftttQn 1. Kvery mnlc cltl7n twenty ono yoars
of, ix'Fse-sihtf tbo following quallticatiuaj,
shall be entitled to vote at all elect lona:
Kind. He Rhall have been a citizen uf the TJntted
Statetmt lea-lt.no month.
Second. Hot-hall hint- resided In the Ptato one
year (or if havlnir previously hocna qualified oleo
tor or nuitvu burn cttlscu ot the slate, he shnll
have removed therefrom an I returned, thon six
ni 'ii ih-) linnied bitely preceding tlie eleetiou.
Third. He shall luive resided In the olectton dls-'
trier where he chilli oiler to volo at least two
mnth Imno' ltaJt ly preceding the election.
Fourth. 11 tweiiyt wo years ol ai0 ur upwards,
he jshrtll luiv.' pat 1 w Ithln two years a malo or
eounty tat, which shall have been aescsaod at least
two months, and paid at least one uiunlu tutor
th" election.
See. 3. The (rencrul election shall h held ftnnu
tlly on the Tur-tduy utM follow 1 mr the first Monday
ot Nuvenili r. but the general assembly may by
law ti. a dilli-rcnt day, two third ol all tho mem
bers ol euch house ciiHlnt Ina thereto. .
Sec. 3. All election lor city, ward, borough, an!
township ntileers. for regular terms of service,
hall be held ou th" third Tuesday of February.
Sit. 4. All election by the citizens shall bo by
ballot. Kvery ballot Toil shall be numbered iu
theorter In whhdi I shall be received, and the
iiuinoer recur led by the election of Doers on th
lift of vuii-r.-. opposite the unmoof tho elector who
I repents tlie ballot. Any Plextor may write bi
lia e upon bin ticket, or eau-te tho laruo to hu
written thereon and nttesre 1 by a citizen ol the
ilistriot. The il.'i-tlnn oillcrshall b sworn or
atlli -tiled not to dlpclut- how any elector shall bava
voted utiles iepitr l to do so nn witnesses In a
judicial pruLvedinir.
Vr. . r.U'C.urs shall In all cz9 exeept treason,
felony and breach or Mirety ot the pesce. Im prlv
lleod trom arrost during their attendauca on oleo- .
tion and In going to and returning therefrom.
Sir. . Whenever any of the iiualifled electors of
thi commonwealth shall be in actual military
survive, under a requisition Irotn the Freeldont A
the fulled Stales or by the authority of thl eom
iiinweaJth. such electors may exerciio the right of
rju!rr:m In all elections bv the cltlzeus under suoM
regut-Mlon as are or ehn In presvrllod by law,
u fully as If they were prtfeut at their usual plac
er of election.
sec. 7. All laws reulatlnrx the holding of elee
Hons by the cltleiis or for the registration of e
lactors shall be uuliorm throughout the state, but
no elector hall bo th-prive.1 of tho privllego of
voting bj rfasou of bis namo not being register-,
ed.
See. K Any person wh shall give, or promlfe or
otlcr to give' to an elector, any money, reward of
other valuable etHisi Watioti lor his vote at an e
ieetiou or for wltholdlng thu nne. or who shall
give or proru.ifj lo give- su:h canllcrailon to any
to her ronton or party for siich eleotor's vote, or
for the withholding thereof, and any elector wti
f hall receive or agree to receive, for himself or for
another, any money reward or other valuable ooo
Hldenilii'ii for his vote ut an election, or lor with
holding the suine. shall thereby lorh.lt tho right to
xote at Mudi election, and any elector whoso right,
to vote shall bj chullenged tor such cauae bvforo
Ihe elccUuit ottlcers shall l required to swear or
attirm that tlie matter of the challenge is untrue
be lore bis vole thall lie receive 1
Src. M. Anv person who shall, while a candidate
fur office, be" guilty of brtlH-ry, fraud or wllllul
violation of an clrotlou law. shall be forever dis
qualified fruin held ing au office ol trust or profit tn
this comuioiittealth: and anv peraon convicted of.
wlllfulvlolation or the election ltvws. shall. In addi
tion to auv penaltl3 provided by law, bo deprived
of the right of suOrage absolutely for a loru of
funr years.
See. Vk Tn trials of contested elections, and In
proeeedlnes for the investigation of elections, no
erdou shall Ih permitted to withhold his testimo
ny upon the ground that it may criminate hlmsetf
of tu' ic.'t blm to public Infamy; but nch testluio
u v shall not afterwards be used agrtinat'hlm in
aiiyjuih iu t pi-.- cuing, except for perjury tn giv
ing sued tttimuy.
Arc. 11. Townships und Wf.nls of cities or bor
oinrhs slrill form or lc divi hd Into clctton dis
tricts td' compact and contiguous territory, luaac
lu'ituu-r as t he court ol Quarter scs-Ion ol the city
or county tn nlii.di the suna are loot tod may dl-'
rcct. t'Ut'dtsti b-'.f In cities ol over one hundred,
thousand tnh.ildunt dial! be divided by tba
courts ol quarter .r.ii having jurisdiction Umro
In whenever at the next preceding election more
thau twj hundrod and fifty votes khall have loei.
polled i her in: and other election dttdricH wheu
evvr theotairt of the proper et itnty vhall be of o
billion that the convenience of the let-ton ami tbe
pub IK- interests will he promoted thereby.
Sec PJ. All election by per vtis lu a icprcsnta
tire capacity shall be viva viitk.
Src. 13. Fr the pui hho ot voting, uo person
shall be deem'"! l' b ve stained a residence by roa
on of his prt -seuee, r low It by reason of his ab
seiu-o w hile iiiplcyed fu the sen Ice, either civil C"
military of this smte or of the V lilted States, nor
wiille engaged lu I !fV navlgathm ol the waters of
theSta-eorof the V lii'. Mates, or on the high
ess. nor while a tudcia y tns'ltutlou of
le. ruing, nor while kept In J."' .'"7 , house or oth
er asvlmn at public i'u uor 7.nlle "-i111
puidic pnsen.
IA llislrlol fl.xiMiiit hi.ar.lol .11
insist of
ju.igr n i iwo in.-ii.ciors. who snail no c,.t w
seU
aumiiilty by the cltlcu. KaWi ilectur shall ha.,
the right to vote br the judge and oue inspector
umi each Inspcclur sliail apptjtnt ouo cb ik. The
fust ekv.'ion board any new district vhall be stjv
leetcd, and vu Alleles in election board nlled as
tdir.ll be provided hy law, Klcctlou others shall ba
privileged Irtim arn-fl ujmu days of election auu
while engaged lu limiting up and tr.n.r-iuiitin r
tut us, eicvpl Hpoii wariMUi u( a v urt uf rvourU
or judge thereof for an election Iruu I, for tclodv,
or fur wanton breach of the pram, lu cities they
may cluiu ejkoiupUou iruiu jury du( during ibufx
terms of uervltX. ,
Vi . I V No person shall he qunllUod to serre as
an election oiheer ho shall bold, ur shall wlihlu
tao months have held any olhee, aptolntmout, or
employment In or under the government of the
I ulled Slates, or ol this statu, or olany city or
count v. or ol auy miiiib ipnl bord. comiuU.-qou, or
trust In auy city, save only justices of the p aca
and al lerineii, uotaiies public, aud persons in the
inllilla service d the s.ate iior eh all any election
officer be eligible to auy civil ortico to Im'ililtd at
an lcciloii at which be shnll stive, wnvv only to
such suUirdliiatu muuicipai or local oinces below
the grade of city or county olUcts as shall b tie
signaled by general law.
Sec. 16. Tlie courts ol common please of the sct- '
oral oouutiesol theuimiuuuweallh shall tapiw.
er wtlhlu their res-jectlve jurisdiction r appoint
overseers of election to supervise the proceeUtog
ol i lie tiou oiheers. Had to make rcptTl to tb
court as may te required: a h Mpxdiitiaeiit to b
made fur any dltdm-t iu a city or ixmnty, upoo pa
tlthm of five cltUeiis. lawlul voters id such eioctlua
district, selling fouli tnt such appointment ia a
rcaasyiiuhlu prc3utU'U U accure the purity and
fatruess ul election overeecrs shall be two lu uuuw
lr lor an ebcttoudlsirict, hall be residents l hers '
In, and shall be ierou-iuuHAcd to serve upunei
tvlii'o boaros, and lu each ease members ol dltter-
eul political parties; whenever tbs Uieuibers of au '
elee. ion uua,rd sua! I dl Her pluton, Ua vvrsoere
II they ahaUtss agreud iIkivwi. hhall deubia iu
question oldlllerettce; In npn It'Uhg overseer ol
lecuou, all the law juogt-a ul the props aourt a
Die to act at ma uiue Uitu coucur iu tba
epi.kurat
iuu jnau.
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