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CONSTITUTION.
Jfw Coantftutlon PtfMrsi. th
ejttiaens) r thla ajontmonwealth
far their Approval or Kejcct Ion,
by th) CODMtitatlonal Convention.
Fublithed by order of the Secretary of Ibe
Oorarrjenwealth, to pursuance of the 4th
notion of an act of the General Assembly,
entitled "An act to provide for calling a
Convention to anxrad the Constitution."
approved the 11th day of April, A. D.
1872.
raBAMBLi.
Wa, ta people or the Ootnmonwralth of Penn
sylvania, grateful to Almighty God fortheblee
ng of civil and religion liberty, and humbly
evoking Tlia guidance, do ordain and establish
his Constitution.
ARTICLE f .
DBCLAIUTlO! OS RtdHTf.
That the Genera), (treat and essentia! principles
of liberty and free government may be recognlxed
Bt unalterably established, we declnro that
stfemoN 1. All men are born equally free and
adep-ndent, and have certain Inherent and Inde
feasible rlyhts, among which are those of enjoy
ing and 4eSndlng life and liberty, of acquiring,
possessing a. j protecting property and reputa
tion, and of perilling thclrown happiness.
Sec. 8. All pwer Is Inherent In the people, and
all free governm-nt, Bre founded on their autho
rity and lastttntcv. for .lelr ,., (Hfety and
Happiness. For ll'-advancement of these ends
they have at nil tlmCs,n inalienable and indefea
sible right to alter.refo, or ,,0oh their govern
ment in such mauncr a ,lc mn tMnk ))ro),cr.
8 sc. S. All men have a n,ri unH ,,r.....it,i.
right to worship Almighty C(.or(,In. to the
dictates of their own consclet.,., . m. cnn of
right be compelled to attend, N;t or aupport any I
place of worship, or to rnulma. .ny ministry I
agalu-t his consent no human a.porhy ,
any case whatever, control or Intel. re ,ne
lights oi conscience, ana m, ont h(, .ver ,
be given by law to any religious "tab.,,,,,,,, ,
or modes of worship.
Sec. 4. No person who acknowledges th i,cin
of a God and future state of rewards ana,u "
Isliments shall, on account of bis religious Sf (j"
menu, bt disqualilled to hold any office or pU
or tniM or (inim nnuer mis i.oinmonweaun.
fiwl S PlHPllnti. .hull K t,ma . n .1 ..iiul .
. Elections shall be free and equal ; and
iji, Hjwcr, eivu ur itiiiiiaijr, minii mi nay iime in-
uffiage.
Sko. 6. Trial by Jury shall be a. heretofore."
the right thereof remain Invlolaw.
810. 7. The printing press shall be free to every
person who may undertake lo examine the pro
ceeding" of the Legislature or any branch of
government, and no law sba'l ever be made to
restrain the right thereof. The free communW-
ttnn nf thnui its ami or.in ions Is one oi lue in
v.luulile r.rlua of man. and evcrv citizen may
Treely apeak, write and print on any sunjeci, De
lng responiible for the abuse of that liberty. No
convictiuu sball ba bad in any prosecution for
the publication of papers relating to the official
conduct of officers or men In public capacity, or
to anv other matter proper for public investiga
tion or information where the fact that such pii--licatlon
was not maliciously or negligently ivada
shall be established lo the satisfaction e the
jury t and in all Indictments for libels t" J"ry
sball have the right to determine the l and the
facts, under the direction of the curti in
other cases.
Be. 8. The people shall be secnr In their per
sons, houses, papers, and posseasDns, from un
reasonable seat chee and seisnres.snd no warrant
to search anv place or to seise any person or
things, shall" issue without describing them as
.nvi,r'-i by oath er 8r-"ntloil , auoseribed to
-j t lie affiant.
Sic 9. In -'i criminal prn..nitnn. ,h ....
u,u a rirUi to be heard by himseli Sno ?,?;
ooiiuse!, ts demand the nature and cause of the
accusation against him, to meet tha witnesses
Tare to fare, to have corunultorv nrnoe.. rr k
uc-.v --- - "' aronaoie cpm.w
bimir, nor can he be deprived of his life. bei ty,
or property, unless by the Judgmeut bls peers
or the law of the land. .
Stc. 10. No person sball for auv Indictable of
fense be proceeded against ciim'i'ially, by infor
in ilioii.rxeept in cases arlalnir (n the laud or naval
forces, or In the suililia, waen in actual service
in time of war or publW danger, or by leave of
the court, for oppression or misdemeanor in of
flee. No person s-all for the umi oir.n.- h. ,i.
Fin is jeoparay oi me or iiratt nor shall private
property be taken or applied to public nse with
out authority of law, and without Just compen
sation belug Urst made or secured.
Sec. U. All courts shall be open; and every
man for an Injury done blm In bis lands, goods
person, or reputation, shall have remedv by dne
course of law and right and justice administered
without sale, deulal, or delay. Suits may be
brought agaiast ths Commonwealth In such man
ner, in such courts, and iu such cases as tbc Leg
islature may by law direct.
Sec. 13. No power of suspending laws shall be
exercised unlets by the Legislature or by its au
thority. Sec. 13. Excessive ball shall not be required,
tioi excessive fines imposed, nor cruel puulsbments
Inflicted.
fas. 14. All prisoners aha'l be bailable by suffi
cient suretlea, unless for cspital oflen.es, when
the proof is evident or presamption great; and
the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall
not besacpended, sale., when la rase of rebellion
or invasion the public safety may require it.
c'xo. IS. No commission of ovirmJ i,rn,in,.
Jail delivery shall be issued.
Sec. 18. The person of a debtor, where there is
not strong presumption of fraud, shall not be
continued in prison arter delivering np his estate
for the benefit of his creditors, In such manner as
shall be prescribed by law.
Sc. 17. No ex roar facto law, nor any law
Impairing the obligation of contracts, or making
irrevocable any grant of special privileges or im
munities, shall lie passed.
Sec. 18. No person shall be attainted of treason
or felony by tbe Legislature.
Sec. i9. No attainder shall work corruption of
blood, nor, except during the life of the orTeuder,
forfeiture of estate to the Commonwealth, ihs
estate of such ,er.ons ss sball destroy their own
lives shall desceud or vest as In cssesof natural
Ceatb, und M'anj lerou uali l hui.a Wj
ally, there sball be no forfeiture by reason there
of. Sec. SO. The citizens have a right in a ptacea
b'e manner to assemble together fur their com
mon good, and to apply to those Invested with
the powers of government for redress of grievan
ces or other proper purposes, by petition, address
or remonstrance.
Sec. 21. The right of citizens to bear arms la
defence of themselves and the State shall not be
questioned.
Sec. 33. No standing army shall, in time of
peace, be kept np without the consent of the Leg
islature anj tbe military sba'l. iu all cases, and
at all times, ba in strict subordination, to the
civil power.
Sec. i.3. No soldier shall In time of peace be
quartered In any house without tha consent of
the owner, nor In time of wsr but in a manner to
be prescribed by law.
Sec. 24. The Legislature shall not grant any
title of iiobllay or beriditary distiuction, nor
create any office tbe appointment of which shall
be for a louger term than durlug good behavior.
Sic .V Emtgratiou from the Stats sball not
be prohibited.
Sec. 20. To guard against transgressions of the
n'gn powers winch we bavedeleg ated. ".
that everything in this article pVed'oTt of
tbe general powers - d h u f
ver remain Jn-,,,.
ARTICLE II.
'ion 1. The legislative power of this Cora
lih shall be vested In a General Assent
h shall eooslst of a Senate and House of
lives.
Members of ths General Assembly
sen at lb general election every se
Thoir utrm of service shall begin oo
of December next rw. their elee
never a vacancy shall occur In either
presiding offleer thereof shall Issue a
loa to 111 such vacancy for ths rs
hs term.
ore shall h sleeted for tha term
Kaprstsrarallraa fWT lk tor as
taming witnesses In his favorand In prosecu- I
tions by Indictment or Information, a i. I
public trial by an lmpartl.il Jury of the viclnai
ue ctnnni ba com or I led in
Bao. 4. The General Assembly shall meet at
twelve o'clock noon, on Ibe first Tuesday of Jan
uary every second year, and at other time whea
convened by lbs Governor, but shall hold no ad
journed annnal session after the year one thou
sand elKht hundred and seventy-eight. In ease
of a vacancy In the office of Colled States Sena
tor from this Commonwealth, In a recess be
tween sessions, the Governor shall convene the
two houses by proclamation on aotlcs not ex
ceeding sixty days to All the same.
Sao. 6. Senators thill be at least twenty-art
years of age, nnd Representatives twenty-one
years of age. They shall have been citizens and
inhabitants of the Slate four years, and Inhabi
tants of their respect Ivs districts one year next
before tholr election (unless absent on ibe publia
business of the United States oi of this Slate,)
and shall reside lu their respective districts dur
ing their terms of service.
8ao. 6. No Senator or Representative shall,
during ths time for which hs shall have been
elected, be appointed to any civil office under
this Commonwealth, and no member of Congress
or other person holding any office (except of at-tnrney-at-law
or In the militia) nntlerthe United
States or this Commonwealth shall be a member
of either house durinr his continuance In office.
BBC. 7. No person hereafter convicted of em
ben lenient of public moneys, bribery, perjury or
other Infamous crime, sball bo eligiblo to the
General Assembly, or capable of holding any of
fice of trust or profit In ibis Commonwealth.
8ko. 8. The members or the General Assembly
shall receive such salary and mileage for regular
and special sessions us shall be fixed by law, and
no other compensation whatever, whether for
service upon committee or otherwise. No mum
ber of cither house shall, during the term for
which be may have been elected, receive any In
crease of salary, or mileage, uuderany law pass
ed during s utli term.
Bic. 9. The Senate shall, at the beginning and
close of each regular session and at such other
mm na !iil"lic..I n1 . 1 II r t nnfi nf itB FI1PTH .
bers president pro tempore, who .ball perform
the duties of the Lieutenant Governor, In any
ny. of n0,em.e or disability .if that officer, and
wbenever lhe ,tti, inCe of Lieutenant Oovcrnoi
d
cm or
vacant The House of Representatives
leel one of Its members as Stieaker. Each
Ik use shall choose Its other officers, aud shall
judge of the election and qualifications of Its
members.
Sic. 10. A majority of each Ttouse shall con
stitute a Quorum, but a smaller number mav ad-
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CB 1. CHI. II IIHUBC 11.11 llC
'"lie the rule, nf Its proceeding and pnnii
derlVV or "ier Persons for coutempt or
encs Vo'BV'or PrMe,,c't to snfurce i
11. Each house shall have power to deter-
ish Its
or disor-
obedi-
lictation, and5' .r n" of brlb(', or Priv,e "'
thirds, to expel it I."
the concurrence of two-
for the -,,,.?ioer, u,ii mil seeonuuiur
powers necessary for iti ,
shall have all other
Bute. A member ex Del led
gislalure of a free
i n.. thereafier be elWih'.a tSl 'orruption snai
nuniw....... j,.ner nouse, ami
shall noisViin inHir.ioT.ni fTL 1 behavior
Sec 12 Y 12 !ndlrlBlrnf, ',or hssaine i,ense.
a a h"use shall keep a Journal .iu.
proceedings sun ,..m time , t(rneJ ,,
same, except such pa , ,r, lccre(,y nlld
he yeas and nays of the -ember, on any que.
lion shall, at the desire or ku, twu of lntru b.
enteres on the Journal. '
Sec. 13. The sessions of each ot,,s fl ef
committees of the whole shall he o(.n, nnlrss
when tbe business Is such as ought lobs kept se
cret. Sac. 14. Neither limine shall, without tbe con
sent of the other, adjourn for mora than three
days, nor to any other place than that in which
tbe two houses shall be sitting.
ere. is. 'lbs members or tie General Asset"
bly shall hi nil cases, except reason, fcloj. vio
lation of their oath of office, nd br.cu or sure
ty or the peace, be prlvllered fnm arrest during
their attendance at the- seisioni of their respec
tive houses, and In going ta ant reluming from
j.ue ..,. , nd lor ,UT ,peecn , debute i eliher
house, they .ball Dot be queiticnul in any oiber
place. 4
a n?,:" 'i8; I1" .8uu ,b,U dlTk ftr
Stnatorial districts of cim,,.. ..a ...ui.w,.
territory, as nearly equal 1n popuhtion as .nay
be, and each district shall be entitled toeleit one
eienator. Each county containing one or more
ratios of population shall entitled lo o.s Sena
tor ror each ratio, and to au additloun' Senator
lor a surplus of population exceeding inree-flfihs
or a ratio ; but no county shall forma sepernte
district unless It shall contain rour-nflhs of a ra
tio, except where the adjauing comlles are each
entitled to ona or more Sciminm- when such
I county may be assigned aSenauron lees than
I rour-n.ths, aLd exesedint one-half of a ratio,
and no county shall be divided nuless entitled to
two or more Serators. X city or county shall
be entitled to separate reueaentiitlnn .v..,.n
one-sixth of the whole number of Senators. N
ward, borough, or township shall bs divided
tbs formation ofadirtrlct. The Senator' rtl
shall be ascertained by dividing the wha's popu
lation of the State by the number nft.
Sec. 17. The members of the House of Repre
sentatives shall bs apportioned among the sever
al counties, on a ratio obtained tv dlvidiug the
population of the Stale as ascertained by the
most recent United Slates ceusua by two hun
dred. Every county containing leas than Ave
ratios W have one representative for every full
ratio, and an adAUinnal repiesentalive wheu the
surplus exceeds half a ratio; but each county
shall have at leapt one reprsentative. Every
county containing Ave ratios or more shall have
one representative for every full ratio. Every
city containing a population tqual to a ratio
shall elect separately Its proportion of the repre
sentatives allotted to the cuunij a which it Is
located. Every city entitled to nire than four
representatives, and everv conntv L.v-iu.
one hundred thousand inhabitants, tbai be di
vided into districts of compact and conryuous
territory, each district to elaet its proportion 0r
representatives according to its population, tni
no district shall elect mors tban four represen
tatives. Sec. 18. The General Assembly at Its first ses
sion after the adoption of this constitution, and
Immediately after each United States deeenuiul
census, shall apportion the Slate Into Senatorial
and Representative districts agreeably to ths
previsions of tbs two next preceeding sections.
ARTICLE III.
LNISLATJOW.
Bectioh 1, No law shall be passed except by
mil, sno no nil, snail ne so altered ar sin.m sd
Wriivh either house te, "linage
Its original purpose.
Sac. t. No bill shall be considered unless re
ferred to a committee, returned therefrom, and
printed for the uss of lhe members.
Sec. t. No bill, except general appropriation
bills, shall he passed, cntaming mors than oue
subject, which shall be clearly expressed la Its
HslOi
8ec. 4. Every bill stall be read at length
three different days In each house; all -liieud-ments
mads thereto eh.ll be printed M the use
of the members before he final tote Is taken on
the bill, and no bill sail become a law unless
on Its final passage th vole be taken by yer.s
and nays, the names o the persons voting for
and against the same b entered on the journal,
aud a majority of the lembers elected to each
house ba recorded therm as voting In its favor.
Sac. 5. No amendmtt to bills by one house
shall be coucurred In k ths other, except by a
vote of a majority of tk members elected there
to taken by yeas and sya. aud the names of
those voting for and aiust recorded Ukii the
journal thereof ; aud reFrts of committees of con
ference sball be adopts in either house only by
tbe vote of a mujority f tbe members elected
Hereto, taken by yeas and nays, and the names
of those voting recorded upon the Journal.
Sec. 8. No law .hall be revived, amended, or
tbs provisions thereof extended or conferred by
refereuce to Us title only, but so much thereof as
is revived, smeuded, extended, or conferred,
shall be re-enacted and published at length.
Sao. 7. The General Assembly shall not pass
any local or special law i
Authorizing ths creation, extension er Impair
ing of liens
Regulating ths affairs of counties, cities, town
ships, wards, boroughs, or school districts ;
Changing tha names of persons or places t
Changing tbe venae In civil or criminal cases ;
Auiuui Ulug tha laying out, opening, alterlug,
or maintaining roads, U.Uw.y.t (l reels, or al
leys i
Relating to ferries or bridges, or Incorporating
ferry or bridge companies, except for ths erection
of bridges crossing streams which from eaaa
rlee bttwava rate and any ether tists
Vacating roads, towns plots, streets or anye
Relating to cemeteries, graveyards r pablle
rounds not of tbe Slate I
Authorising the ad optloa er leclthaaUoai ef
children
Locating or changing- county seats, erecting
new counties, or changing conuly lines t
Incorporating oltles, towns, or villages, or
Changing their charters
For the opening and conducting of election,
er fixing or changing th place of voting
Granting divorces ;
Erecting new townships or boroughs, chang
ing township lines, borongh limits, or school
districts
Creating officers, er prescribing the powers
and dutes of officers In counties, cities, boroughs,
townships, election or school districts.
Chsnging the law of descent or succession
Regulating lhe practice or jurisdiction of, or
changing the rules of evidence in any judicial
f roceedlng or inquiry before courts, aldermen,
ustlces of tbe peace, 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 lb effect of Judicial sales of
real estate
Regulating the fees, or extending tbs powers
and duties of aldermen, Justices of th peace,
magistrate, or constables i
Regulating tbe management of public schools,
lhe building or repal ing of school houses, and
the raising of money for such purposes
Fixing tbe rate of Interest ;
Affecting the estates of minors or persons tin
der disability, except after due notice to all parties
In Interest, to be rcclttd In the special enact mont ;
Remitting fines, penalties aud forfeitures, or
refunding moneys legally paid into tu Trea
sury ;
Exempting property from tsxalloa
Regulating labor, trade, mining, or manvfanc-
luring ;
Creating corporations, or amending, renewing,
or extending tne churtcrs thereof;
Grunting to any corporation, association, or In
dividual any special or exclusive privilege or Im
munity or lo any corporation, association or In
dividual the right to lay down a railroad truck.
Nor sball t he General Assembly Indirectly enuct
such special or local law by the partial repeal of
a general law, but laws repealing local or.peeial
acts may be passed. Nor shall any law be pass
ed grauting powers or privileges iu any
rase where the granllug of such powers
and privileges shall have been provided for
by general law, nor where the courts have Juris
diction to grant the same or givs tbs relief ask
ed for.
Sec. 8. No local or special bill sball be passed
unless notice of the Intention to apply therefor
shall have been published lu the locality where
the matter or the thing to be affected way be
situated, which notice shall be at least thirty
days prior to the introduction into the General
Assembly of such bill, and la tha manuei to be
provided by law; the evidence of such notice
having been published, sball be exhibited In the
General Assembly before such act shall be passed.
Sbc. 9. The presiding officer of each bouse
shall, In the presence of the house over which be
nrrsides, sign all bills and Joint resolutions psss
ed n.v th. fjenernl Assembly, after their titles
have been publielv read immediately before sign
ing, sod the fact "of slgulng sball b "ii ou
the Journal.
fco. 10. The General Assembly shall prescribe
by law the number, duties and compensation of
the officers and employees of each bouse, an n0
payment shall be made from the State Trossiiiy,
or bs in any way authorized to any peson, ex
cept lo an acting officer or employe elected or
appointed In purst""' of law.
Sac. 11. ''"I shall be parsed giving say ex
tra sensation lo any public officer, servunt,
employee, agent or eonuactnr, after services
shall have been rendered or con ti act made, nor
,..uiiiinK uiriue payment or any claim agnlnst
me omiuonweuiin, witueut previous authority
of law. '
Ses. 13. All stationery, printing, paper and
fuel used in the legislative and other departments
of government shall lie furnished, aud tbe print
ing, binding and distributing of tha laws. Jour
nals, departmeul reports, aud all other printing
and binding, and the repairing and furnishing
the halls nnd rooms used for the meetings of Ihs
Gcnerul Assembly and its committees, shall be
performed under contract, to be given to the
loweet responsible bidder below such maximum
price und under such regulations as shall be pre
scribed by law ; no member or officer of ny de
partment of the government shall be In any way
iulerested in surb contracts, and all such coii
tracts sball be subject to in. approval of tbe Go
vernor, Aud.tor General ami State Treu.-
Sec. 13- No law shall extend f , ' of nJr
public officer, or increase or bis salary
or emoluments after .- i'-ion or appointment.
sec. 14. All b'" lor ra'slug revenue shall ori
ginate in th House of Kepeseututives, but the
Senate way proposs aiaeuduiects as In other
bills.
Sec. IS. The general appropriation bill sball
embrace nothing but approbations for the ordi
nary expenses of the executive, legislative and
Judicial departments of the Commonwealth, In
terest on the public debt, and Tor public schools ;
all other appropriations shall be made by sepa
rate bills, each embraclug but one subject.
Sec. IS. No money shall be paid out of tbe
Treasury except upon appropriations made by
law aud on warrant drawn by ths proper officer
iu pursunuce thereof.
Sec. 17. No appropriation shall bs mad to
any charitable or educational Institution not un
der the absolute control of the Commonwealth,
other than normal schools established by law for
the professional training of teachers for ths pub
lie schools or the State, escept by a vote of two
thirds of all the members elected to each house.
Sec. 18. No appropriations except for pensions
gratuities or military services shall be made for
charitable, educational or benevolent purposes,
to any person or community, nor to any denomi
national or sectarian Institution, corporation or
association.
Sec. 19. Tbe General Assembly may mnVe ap
propriations of mosey to institutions wherein the
widows of.uldier. are supported or assisted or ths
orphans of soldiers are maintained and educated;
but such approprialiou shall bs applied exclu
sively to lbs support of such, widows and or
phans. Sec. SO. Ths General Assembly shVl not-"'e'-gaie
lo any special commission, private jrpora
tion or association, any power lo id'- super
vise or Interfere with any muiilcW1 l"pror.
mcnt, money, property or sffeC'
la trust or o'llierwlse, or lo )e-X '
OTI1CI1VI UD11
xes or perform
any municipal function ualever,
Sec. 21. No act o'-ae General Assembly shall
limit the amount ke recovered ror Injuries re
sulting In death. or for Injuries to persons or
property, an' '" cse ' death from such Inju
ries, the 'I-'1'' r action shall survive, and the
Gene-'1 Assembly shall prescribe for whose ben-e-
such actions shall be prosecuted ; no act
shall prescribe si.y limitations of time within
which suits may be brought against corporations
for injuries to persons or property, or for other
causes different from those fixed by geueial law
regulating actions agulnst natural persons, an I
such acts uow existing are avoided.
Sec. 23. No act of the General Assembly shall
authorize the Investment of trust funds bv execu
tors, admiuistratora, guardians, or other trus
tees. In the bonds or slock of any prlvat corpo
ration, and such acts bow existing ar avoided,
saving investments heretofore made.
Sec. 23. Tbe power to ebang the venue In
civil and criminal cases shall be vested in ths
courts, to be exercised In such manuer as sball
be provided by law.
Sec. 2t. No obligation or liability of any rail
road or other corporation, held or owued by th
Commonwealth, shall aver be exchanged, trans
ferred, remitted, poetpoued. or lu any way di
minished iy the General Assembly, nor shall
such liability or obligation be released, except by
payment thereof into tbe Stale Treasury.
Sec. 25. When the General Assembly .ball b
convened in special session, there shallbs lou-g.
islalion upoo subjects other than those designa
ted In the proclamation of tha Governor, calling
such session.
Sec. 24. Every order, resolulkm, or vote, to
which tbc concurrence of both houses may be ne
cessary (except io tbs question of adjournment)
shall be preseuted to lb Governor, aud before it
shall take effect be approved ty him, or being
disapproved by two-thirds of both bouses, ac
cording te th rule and limitations prescribed In
ease of a bill.
sao. U7. No Stat office shall be continued or
created for tbe Inspection or measuring of any
merchandise, manufacture or commodity, hut
any county or municipality may appoint sack
e neat 'i wmaj aalhsausai tsy taw.
BaO. M. No law cbnnging the location of the
Capital of the State shall be valid until the same
hall have been submitted to the qualified electors
f the Commonwealth, nt a general election, and
ratified and approved by them.
Bao. N. A member of tbs General Assembly
Too shall solicit, demand, or receive, or consent
to reclve, directly or Indireetly, for hlmscKor for
another, from any company, corpornil , per
son, any money, office, appointment, employ
ment, testimonial, reward, thing of value enjoy
ment, or of personal advantage or promise there
of, for bis vote or official Influence, or for with
holding tbs same, or with an anderstnnding, ex
pressed or Implied, thet bis vote orofacial action
hall be In any way lnfiuesced thereby, or who
Shall solicit or demand an( such money or other
advantage, matter, ot (hlng aforesaid for another,
as tbs consideration of hit vote or officiul 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,
advantage, matter, or thing to an oilier, shall be
held guilty of bribery with n the meaning of this
Constitution, and shall Incur tbe disabilities pio
vlded thereby for said nfieise, and such addition
al punishment as Is or shall ho provided by law.
Seo. 80. Any person whe shall, directly or indi
rectly, offer, give, or promise any money, or thing
of value, testimonial, privilege, or personal ad
vantage, to any executive or Judicial officer or
member of th General Assembly, to Influence
bin In tbe performance of any or his public or
official duties, shall be guilty of bribery, and be
fiunlshod la such manuer as shall be provided by
aw.
Sec. 81. The offense of corrupt solicitation of
members of the Genornl Assemtly or of public
officers of th State, or of any municipal division
thereof, and any occupation or practice of solici
tation of such members r ofllcirs, to influence
their official action, shall be detued by law, and
shall be punished by flue and liipiisonment.
Sec. SU. Any person may le compelled to
testify In any lawful luvestigition 'or Judicial
proceeding, against any persat who muy be
charged with having committeilthe offense of bri
bery or corrupt solicitation, or practices of soli
citation, and shall not be permtten to withhold
his testimony upon the groundlhat It may crimi
nate himself or subject blm 0 public Infamy ;
but sucb testimony shall not aXerwnrds be used
against blm In any Judicial poceedlng, except
for perjury in giving such teslmonry, and any
person convicted of either of tie offeuses afore
said, shall, as part of the pur.shrnenl therefor,
be disqualified from holding a'y office or position
of honor, trust, or profit In till Commonwealth.
Sec. S3. A member who ba a personal or pri
vate interest In any measure o bill proposed, or
pending berore the General Ascmhly shall dls
rlose the fact to the house of Milch he is a mem
ber and shall not vole thereon.
ARTICLE It
,1,1 EXBCCTIV,.
BsCTio 1. Th Executive ftpartment of this
Commonwealth shall consit na Governor. Lieu
tenant Governor, Secretary of e Common wealth,
Attorney General, Auditor Gneral, State Treas
urer, Secretary of Internal AUlrs, and a Superin
tended of Public Instruction
Seo. 3. The supreme sxrutivs poer shall
be vested la t Governor, b shall take care
that the I"" be faithfully excuted ; he shall be
chosen on lhe day of the genral election by the
q u 1 1 Bed electors of the Corrionwealth, at lhe
places where Ihey sball vote r Representatives.
The returns or every election or Governor shall
be sealed up and transmitted o the seat nf go
vernmeut directed to the Hresdent of tbe Senate,
who shall opeu and publish tl;m in the presence
of the members of both bouss of the General
Assembly. Tbe person hnvin; the highest num
ber of votes shall he Governoiby the joint vote
of the members of both house. Contested elec
tions shall be determined by acommittcc, to be
selected from both bouses or be General Assem
bly, and formed and regulutet In such manner
as suan be directed by law.
Seo. 8.- Th Governor shallliold his office dur
ing foxr years from the third Tuosday of January
next eusuing bis election, and (hull not be eligible
to the office for tb uext sucreeiiug term.
xc. 4. A Lisuisuanl Govsruor shall be chosen
at the same tlms, In the same manner, for the
sums term, and lubjsct to tkc same provisions us
tbe Governor; he shall be president of the Senate,
but shall have ue vols uuless they be equal'- '
Tiid- . .io the office
BBC. 8. No person shall bo.e0Vernor except a
?-."nene".w L,eu'".-JKes, who sball have at
f:trj.1 rth,l.ir"fhlrtv years, and have been
tained the Kf",,.vrdiiiK his election an inhnlil
e.Yriftb Slate, unles he shall have been ab-
ssut on tbe public buslners of the United States
or of this fetale.
Seo. 8. No member of Congress or rerson hold
ing any otflr under the Inited Slates or this
Slats shall exercise tbe office of Governnr or Lieu
tenant Gove.i nor.
Skc 7. The Governor shall be commander-in-
chief of the army aud nary or the Common wealth,
and of the militia, except when they snail be cull
ed into tbe actual service or the United States.
Sac. 8. He shall uominale. and by and with the
advice and consent of two-thirds oral! the mem
bers or the Senate, appoint a Secretary of tha
Commonwealth and an Attorney General during
pleasure, a Superintendent or Public Instruction
for four years, and such other officers ol the Com
monwealth as he Is or may be authorized by tbe
constitution or by law to appoint ; he shall have
power to till all vacancies tbut may happen In
offices to w hich he may appoint during the recess
ortheSenute by grunting commissions which
shall expire at the end of their session ; he
sball buve power to till any vac.ircy that may
happen during tlie recess of tlie Senate, in the
office of Auditor General, State Treasurer, Secre
tary or Internal A Hairs or Siiperintedeul or Tub
lie Instruction, in a JudUial office, or in any
other elective office which hs Is or may be au
thorized to till I
If tbe vacaury sball happen during the session
of the 8enate, tb Governor shall nominate tothe
Senate before ibeir final adjonrumeut, a proper
person to fl'l said Vucaocy.
Hut in any such case or vacancy, in an elective
office, a person sball bs chosen to sai.1 office at
ili-neil general election, unless the vacancy
nail happen within three calendar months Imme
diately preceding such election. In which case lhe
election for said office shall be bold at tbe secoud
succeeding general election ;
In acting on Executive nominations, the Senato
shall sit with open doors, and in coulirmiug or re
jecting tbe nominations of the Governor, tlie vote
shall be taken by yeas and nays, aud shall be en
tered on the Journal.
Sec. 9. He shall have power to remit fines and
foifeitures, to grant reprieves, commutations of
sentence aud pardon., except in rases or Im
peachment, but no pardon shall be granted nor
sentence commuted, except upon the recommen
dation iu writing or tbe Lleuteuunt Governor, Se
cretary or the Commonwealth, Attorney General
aud Secretary or Internal Affairs, or any three itf
them, after full heariug, upon due public noiice
aud In open session, and such recommendation,
with the reasous thereror at length, shall be re
corded and filed lu the o'Lce of the Secretary or
Ibe Common wealth.
Sac. 10. Hs msy require Information in writ
ing from tha officer sC the Executive Depart
ment, upon any subject relating to th duties of
their respective offices.
Sbc. 11. II shall, from time to time, give to
the General Assembly Information of Hie stale of
tbe Commonwealth, aud recommend to their con
sidcratlon such measures as he may judge cie-
uieut
Sec. 13. He msy on extraordinary occasions.
convene tbe General Assembly, and In case of
disagreement between tbe two houses, with re-
speet to me nine or adjournment, adjourn theu
lo sucb lime a be shall think proper, not excret
ing roar mouths. He shall have power to cai
veue the Senate iu extraordinary session, by (ro
elamatiou, tor the trausuciiou of executive busi
ness. Sac 13. In case of the death, eonvlrtioi on
Impeachment, failure to qualify, resignation, or
"her disability of the Governor, the poweri, du
ties, ami emoluments of the office for Uie re
raaiudti. 0r the term, or until tbe dlaubllty be
removed, shgn devolve upou the Lleuleuait Gov
ernor. Sec 14. In caw of a vacancy in the of of
,.i.u,n,.ii, uiKoiinr, or alien tlie iieuiii
Governor shall be luieached by the House of
Representatives, or sall be unabU to exercise
tb duties of his office, the powers, duties, and
emolument thereof for th remainder sf the
term, er vntll the disability be removed sball
devolve upon lhe President rao tbmpohb st the
Senate and the President pro tempore ot tb
mat (well In like meaner Mewm (rovenrev If
a vacancy or disability shall occur In the office
of Governor; his sent as Senator shall become
vacant whenever be shall become Governor, and
shi.ll be filled by election as any other vacancy
In the Senate.
Sec. 15. Every bill which shall have passed
both houses shall be presented to tbe Governor t
ll ne approve, he shall sign It ; but It be shall
not approve, he shall return It with his objec
lions to the house In which It shall have oriirl
anted, which bouse shall enter the objections at
inige upon meir journal, ana proceed to recon
sider it. If, after such reconsideration, two
thirds of all the members elected to that house
shall agree to pass the hill. It shall be sent with
the objections to the other house, by which, like
wise, it shall be unconsidered, and if approved by
two-thirds of all the members elected to that
house, it shall be a law ; hut In such cases the
votes 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 on the
journals nf euch house lespectlvely. If any bill
shall not be returned by the Governor within ten
days after it .ball have been presented to him,
the same shall be a law in like manner as If hs
bad signed It. unless the General Assembly, by
Ibeir adjournment, prevent its reluru, lu which
case it shall be a .aw, unless lie sball file tbe
s nne, with nis oMjcrtlous, tu the office or the Se
cretary of the Commonwealth, and give notice
thereof by public proclamation wilbln thirty day
alter vuen adjournment.
Sec. 18. Tbe Governor shall have power to dls
approve of any Item or items of any bill making
appropriations of money, embracing distinct
Hums, and the part or parts of the bill approved
shall be tha law, and tlie Item or items or appro
priation disapproved shall be void, unless re
passed according to the rule and llmitullons
prescribed for the passage of other bills over ths
executive veto.
Sec. 17. The Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court shall preside upon the trial of any contest
ed election of Governor or Lieutenant Governor,
and shall tecide questions regarding the admis
sibility or evidence, and shall, upon request of
the committee, pronounce his opinion upon other
questions of the law involved in the trial. The
Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall exer
cise the duties or their respective offices until
their successors shall be duly qualified.
Sec. 18. The Secretary of the Commonwealth
shall keep a record of all official acts and pro
ceedings of the Governor, and when required lay
the same, with all papers, minutes and vouchers
relating thereto, before either branch of the Geu
eral Assembly, and perform such other duties as
may be enjoined upon him by law.
Sec. IU. The Secretory of Internal Affairs
shall exercise all the powers aud perforin all the
duties or the Surveyor General, subject to such
changes as shall be made by law. ills depart
ment shall embrace a bureau or industrial statis
tics, and he shall dischurge such duties relating
to corporations to the charitable institutions, lhe
agricultural, manufacturing, mining, mineral,
timber and other material or business intercis
of the Stale as mny ho prescribed by law.. He
shall annually and at such other times as nuir
be required by luw, make report to the General
Assembly.
Sec. SO. The Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion ahall exeercine all the powers and perform
nil lhe duties of the fcnpci luleiiUuiit uf Common
Schools, subject to such chauges as shall be
made by luw.
Sec. 21. The term of the Secretary of Infernal
Affairs shall be four years, or lhe Auditor Gene
ral, three years, and or the State Treasurer two
years. These officers shall be chosen by the qua
lilled electors of the Stutc at general elections.
No person elected to tlie office of Auditor Gcne
rul or State Treasurer shall tie capable of holdiug
the same office for two consecutive terms.
tiro. 23. The present Great 8eal or Pennsylva
nia shall be the seal or the Stale.
All commlsnlons shall be in the name and by
authority or the Commonwealth or Pennsylva
nia, and be sealed with the State seal aud signed
by the Govcruor.
ARTICLE V.
THE n niciiHI,
Sictiok I. The Judicial power of this Com
monwealth shall be vested ill the Supreme Court,
in conn. " common plena, courts of over aim
terminer Mid general Jail delivery, courts or
er setsion.
or the pence, orphans' conn.
he f ,,..!, .""'"''V ",,d ln ,,cn ?llWflBc es-
luhiuM. ' """"'J'J ""'v '
Sec. 2. 1 1,. eiinrcme Court shall ensist orse-
, . . . ..... t... ,.. II
ven juuucs, winieiiuii be eiceieu ij iiiuiniii-ii
electors or the State at large. The- Shall hold
their offices Tor tlie term of tweny-onc years,
if they so long behave themselves.rell, but shall
noi be again eligible. The Judgehose commis
sion shall first expire shall be clef Justice, aud
thereafter each judge whose tminii-slon sbull
first expire shall in turn be chicjnslice.
Slc. 8. The Jurisdiction or lb Supreme Court
shall extend over the State, aiuthe Judges there
of shall, by virtue of 'heir olllrs Ira justices of
oyer and terminer and geucrs Juil delivery lu
lhe several counties; they hall have originul
Juridictiou in cases of nijution, and where a
corporation is a party defeuaut, of habeas cor
pus, of MAMiiMi s lo court of inferior juri-dic-tiou
; aud at gco WAiimyv as to all officers of
the Commonwealth whosjurisiliction extends
over the State, but shall ni exercise any other
original Jurisdiction ; Ik' shall have appellate
jurisdiction by appeal, cariousni or wilt of er
ror lu all cases, us is uc or muy hereafter be
provided bv law.
Sec. 4. Until otliervs directed by law, tho
courts of common pie shall continue as ut pre
sent established, exec as herein changed ; not
more than four count hhiill, at any time, he
included lu one JuiCisl district organized lot
said courts.
Sec. 5. Whenever county shall conlalu forty
thousand iuhnhitur it shall constitute a sepa
rate Judicial dlstri-, and shall elect one Judge
learned In tha law and the General Assembly
sbull provide foiaddltinnul Judges. Counties
containing a popiation less than is sufficient to
constitute scpun districts shall be formed into
convenient singl districts, or, if necessary, may
be attached to siitlguous districts as the General
Assembly niayrovide. The office of associate
Judge, not leaied in the law. Is abolished lu
counties formig separate districts ; but the sev
eral ussociuleuilges in office when this constitu
tion shall bedopted .hull serve for their unex
pired terms.
Sec. ti. lube counties of Philadelphia and Al
legheny, althe Jurisdiction nnd powers now
veotcd in It District Courts und Courts of Com
mon Pleassubject to such changes as may be
made by ts constitution or by law, Bliall be lu
Pbiladelphi vested In four, and In Allegheny lu
two disiiil ami separate courts or equal and co-
ordliialuurisdicllou, composed of three judges
each ;- e said courts In Philadelphia shall be
designed respeclirely as the Court of Csmmoii
fie.is i'"'ier oue, unmoor iwo. nuuiDer three.
und umber four, and lu Allegheny as Ike Court
of ( oi nion Picas number one and number two,
but tb number of said courts may be by luw lu
ereafd, from lime to lime, and shall in like
niauicrbe designated by successive numbers ; the
nuiu of judges in any nf said courts, oi many
co imp where lhe establishment ot an additional
courimay be authorized by luw, may be increas
ed fm lime lo lime; und whenever such in
cree shall amount lu tbe whole tu three, such
lhi- Judges f-hall compose u distinct and aepa
ra court us aforesaid, which shall he num
bed as aforesaid, lu Philadelphia all suitsshall
b Instituted iu t lie said Courts or Com men Picas,
lithout designating lhe number or said court.
mil ine several coin is snail aisirinuic una appor
Monthe business among them lu such munuer as
,hli" 08 provided by ruin of court, and each
court lo which any (tilt ahu'.l bo thus assigned
(hall have exclusive Jui isdictloii thereof, subject
to change of venue, us shall be provided by law.
Iu Allegheny each court shall have exclusive
Jurisdiction or all proceedings at luw and in equi
ty commenced therein, subject lo change orveuue
as may be provided by law.
Seo. 7. For Philadelphia there shall be one
Prothonotary's office, and one Prothouotary for
aU said courts, and lo hold office for three years,
ulilect tu removal by a n.ajoriiy of the said
judges ; the said Prothouotary shall appoint such
assistants us may be necessary aud authorized by
said courts, nnd he and his assistants shall re-
celve fixed salaries, to be determined by lu
ami
paid by said county ; all fees collected in said
office, except such as mav he by law due to the
Commonwealth, sball be paid by the Prothouo
tary into the county treasury. Euch court shall
have lis separate dockets, excent the ludirmrnt
docket, which sball contain Ibe Judgments and
Hans of all Iho said courts, a is or may b dl
rc.d by law. '
Tmi said marts In th Mantle f rV
ladeipbla and Allegheny respectively, shall, from
lime to time, detail one or more of their judges
in nnio tne courts oi uyerann I crminer, and th
courts of Quarter Sessions of the Pence of sul
counties in sucb manner as may be directed by
law.
Sec. 9. Judges of the Courts of Common Plea
teamed In the law shall be judges nf the court
or Oyer nr.d Terminer. Ouarter Sessions of lb
Peace, and General Jail Delivery, abd of the Or
phans' Court, and within their resneclive dls
trlcts shall be Justices of tbe peace as to criminal
mailers.
Sec. 10. The Judges of the court of Common
Pleas, within their respective counties, shall
have power to issue writs of CBitTioBiHt to ln.il.
ces or the peace, and other Inferior courts uot of
record, and to raus their proceeding to I
brought before them and right and justice to be
done.
Sec. 11. Except as otherwise provided in this
lonsnitiiion, justices oi me peace or aldermen
snail ne elected in tne several wards, districts
boroughs and townships at tbe time or the clec
tlon of constable, by the qualified electors there
ot, in sum manner as shall be directed by Ui
and shall be commissioned by the Governor for
term or five years. No township, ward, district
or borough shall elect more than two Justices of
tne peace or amermen wunaui me consent or
majority of tlie qualified electors within such
township, ward or borough ; no person shall be
elected to sut-li office unless be shall have resided
within the township, borough, Ward or district
rot one year uext preceding bis election. In ci
ties containing over fifty thousand inhabitants
uot more tban one alderman shall be elected ln
each ward or district.
Seo. 13. In Philadelphia there shall be estab
nsned, lor each thirty thousand inhabitants, ou
court noi ot rccora, oi police and civil causes
with Jurisdiction not exceeding one hundred dm
lars; such courts shall be held by magistrates
wnose term oi oince sr.an oo avo years, and they
enaii ne eiccien on general ticket by the qualified
voters at large ; aim in mo election or the said
magistrates no v iter shall vote Tor more than
two-thirds of the number of persons to b elect
ed, when taore than one are to be chosen t thev
shall be compensated only by fixed salaries, to he
pain uj sain couuiy ; anil suau exercise such Ju
risdiction, civil and criminal, except as herein
provided, as Is now exercised bv a Mermen, sub
Ject to such changes, not involving an increase
ot civil Jurisdiction or convening political duties.
as may be made by law. In Philadelphia the
onice oi aiuerman is auoneneti.
Sbc. 13. All fees, flues and pe.nalttns in said
conns snail nc paid Into the county treasury.
Sec. 14. In all cases or summary conviction ln
this Commonwealth, or of Judgment in suit for a
penalty before a uiiitrlstrate. or court not of re
cord, either party may appeal to such court of
record ss may be prescrii.i iy iw, i.pon allow
ance or the appellate court or judge thereof,upon
cause shown.
Sale. IS. All Judges required to be learned In
the law, except the Judges of the Supreme Court.
suan oe eieciea ny me quanneii electors of the
respective districts over which thev are lo ore-
sine, sua suau niiiii meir oruees lor lue period of
en years, u iney snail so long tienave theiuselies
well; but Tor any reasonable cause, which (hall
not be sufficient ground for Impeachment, the
uoveruor may remove any or them on the ad
dress or ino-llilrds or each bouse or the Geucral
Assembly.
Sec. Id. Whenever two Judges of the 8upreme
touri are to oe cuosrn lor trie same term of ser
vice, each voter shall vote for one only, and when
three are to be choseu, he shall vote for no more
than two ; candidates highest in Vote shall be
declared elected.
Sec. 17. B-heuld any two or more Judges of
the Supreme Court, or any two or more Judge
of the Court or Common Pleas for the same
district be elected at the same time, they shall,
as soon after tlie election as convenient, cast
lots for priority of commission, ai.d certify the
result to lhe Governor, who shall Issue their
commissions in accordance therewith.
Sec. IS. The Judges of the Supreme Court
and the judges of tlie several courts of Common
l'ltu, and all other Judges required to he learned
In the law, shall, at slated times, receive I
their services an adequate compensation. "UicU
shall be fixed by lew, and r " ' "'"..rices'
They .hall rec-i"- ViWfe'i vices from
o):J'cf.iC!,'V.'!,l"n'ol,l any other office of profit
iimler the United Slates, this State, or anv niber
State.
Skc. 19. The judges of the Supreme Court,
during their continuance In office, shall reside
within this Commonwealth; and the other
Judges, during their continuance in office, shall
reside wiililn the districts for which they shall
be respectively elected.
Sec. 20. The several courts of Common Pleas,
besides the powers herein conferred, shall have
and exercise within their respective districts,
subject to su?li changes as may be made by law,
such chancery powers as hie now vested bv law
in the several courts of Common Pleas or this
Commonwealth, oi as may hereafter be conferred
upou incni ny law.
Sec. 21. No dalles shall be Imposed by law
upou the Supreme Court or any of the Judges
thereof, except such as are Judicial, nor shall
any. of the Judges thereof exercise any power
or appointment, except as herein provided. The
Conn of Nisi Priiis is hereby abolished, und no
court of oiiginul Jurisdiciion to be presided
over by any one or more of the Judj;c of tbe
Supreme Court shall be established.
ec. 22. Iu every county wherein tlie popula
tion shall exceed one hundred and fifty thousand
the General Assembly shall, and in "any other
co-mty may, establish a separate Orphans
loiirt, lo cousin of one or more Judges who
shall be learned iu the law, which court shall
exercise all lhe Jurisdiction and powers now
vested In. or which may hcresf.er be conferred
upon, tbe Orphans' Courts, and Iheieunon tbe
jurisdiction oi me jnuges of the Court of Com
mon fleas wil bin such county, in Orphuus Court
proceedings, shall ceate and determine i in anv
county iu which a separute Orphans' Court shall
be established til Regi.ter nf Wills shall be
clerk ot such court, and subject to lis direction
lu all matters periaining to his office ; he may
appoint assistant clerks, but only with the con
sent, ana approval oi sau court. All uccoiiut
filed with hnn a register or as clerk of the said
separate Orphans' Court shall lie audited by the
court without expense to parlies, except where
all parties iu interest 111 a pending proceeding
shall nominate an auditor whom the court niny.
in us discretion, appoint, in every county
orphuas' courts shall possess all the powers and
jurisdiction or a Register's Court, and separate
registers' courts are hereby abolished.
Sec. 211. 'lhe style or "all process shall be
"The Coinmiiiiweullh or Pennsylvania." All
prosecutions sball be carried on in the name aud
by the authority or tha Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, aud conclude against the peace
aud dignity or the same.
Sac. 24. In all cases of felonious homicide,
and lu such other criminal case as may be pro
vided for by law, the accused, after conviction
and sentence, may remove the Indictment, record,
nnd all proceedings lo the Supreme Coutt for
review.
Sec 5. Any vacancy happening by death,
resignation, or otherwise, lu any court or record,
shall be filled by appointment by the Governor,
to continue till tlie first Monday or January
next succeeding "lie first general efrction, which
shall occur three or more mouths after th hap
pening of suc h vacancy.
Sec. 2d. All laws relating lo courts shall be
general and of uniform operation, and th': organ
ization, jurisdiction and powers of all courts of
the same class or grade, so fur as reguleted by
law, and lhe force and e licet of ihs process and
judgments nf such courts shall b uniform ; and
tlie General Assembly ia hereby prohibited from
creating oilier courts lo exercise lhe powers
vested by this constitution lu ths Judges of the
courts or common pleas and orphans' court.
Sec. 27. The parties, by agreement filed, may.
In any civil case, dit-iiense with triul by jury, aud
submit the decision of such case to Ire court
having jurisdiction thereof, and such court shall
bear and determine the same; and the Judg
ment thereon shall be subject to writ of error
a In other cases.
ARTICLE VI.
impeachment and kkmoval raow orrtca.
' Sec. 1. Tbe House of Representative shall
have the sole power of Impeachment.
Sec. 8. All Impeachments shall be tried by
the Senate i when silling for that purpose, the
Senators shall be upon oath or affirmation ; uo
person shall be convicted without the concur
rence of two-thirds of the members present.
Sec., 8. The Governor and sll other civil officers
shall bs liable to impeachment for any oil Ad a- i
sssmaer is wmn, s.v j at m ssea ee
shall not extend further than to removal front
office nnd disqualification to bold any office of
trust or profit under this commonwealth the
person accused, whether convicted or acquitted,
shall nevertheless be liable to indictment, trial.
Judgment and puuishment according to law.
Sec. 4. All officii- sball hold their office oa
the condition that tbey behave them. elves well
while iu office, and shall be removed on convic
tion of misbehavior In olMcoorof any lnfamoie
crime.
Appointed officers other than Judge of tbe
cnuits of record nnd ths Superlntondcudent of
Public Instruction, may be removed at tbe
pleasure of th power by which they shall have
been appointed. All officers elected by the people,
except Governor, Lleitlerlu tit Governor, member
or the General Assembly, and judges of the
courts or record, learned In lb law, shall be
removed by the Governor lor reasonable cans,
arter due notice and full hearing ou the addres
of two-thirds of the Seuatn,
ARTICLE ill.
oatb or orrica.
Jfdlon 1. Ssnstors snd Representative and alt
judicial, state nnd county olHeers, shall, before en
terinir on the duties ul their respective offices, ta k
and subscrllj the following oath or afnrmatlon.
' 1 do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will sup
port, ubrj and derend the noimltutlon or the Uni
ted States and the diminution or this oninmoil'
wealth, and that I will discharge the duties or my
office with fidelity; that 1 have not paid or eon tr 11,
atsd; or promisee tu pay or contribute, either di
rectly or indirectly, any money or other valeabl
thing, to procura my nomination or election (or
appointment), exoept fur necessary and proper ex.
pennis expressly authorized by law; that I bare
not kouwingly violated any election law of tlili
comnionwealib, or procured It to bs done by other
In my bshall; that I will not knowingly receive,
directly or Indirectly, any money urjotner valuable
thing for the performance or non-perrorinanos of
any set or duty pertainiuK t- mv oQloe, other Ihsa
the compensation allowed by law."
Ths foregoing oath shall be administered by
some parsou authorized toadmliilsleroaihs, and fa
ths ea.o or Stale otllears and Judges of theSnprams
court, (hall be Clod In tbe ofbco of tbe Secretary
of the commonwealth, and In tlie case of other ja.
dlelaland county oltleera. In the office of tbe Pro
thunotary or the county lit frhtcta the same Is tak
en: any person refusing to takosaid natb or s 01 rati
ation shall lorlait his nine, and any person wb
shall bs convicted or having sworn ur amrraod
ralsely, or ol having violated said oatbor affirma
tion, shall be guilty ol perjury, and be forever dis
qualified from holding any office of trust or profit
wttbln this commonwealth. .
The oath to the members nf tbs senatesnd hons
or Kepreseutatives (hall be administered by one of
the judges uf the Supreme court or or a cuurt of
common please, learned In tbe law. In th ball nf
tb bout to which the member shall be slsclsd.
ARTICLE rill.
vrrnAOS aud electiok.
Stclion 1. Kvcry male citizen twenty one year
of ago. pcspcssing the folluwlng quantisations!
(hall be entitled tu vote st all elecilunc
Irst. He shall have heon a cltltea of tbs Untt4
Stales at least one month.
Second. He shall have resided In ths Cats Fii
year (ur If having previously been qualified eloe.
tor or native born cillsen of the state, lis shall
have removed thorelrora and returned, then six
months) Immediately preoedlng the eleotlon.
Third. He shall have resided In the election dl.
trlet where he shall otter to vote at least tw
month. Immediately preceding the election.
Fourth. If twenty two years ul age ur upwards;
be shall have paid within two years a slate or
eounly tax, which shall have been assessed at least
two mouths, and paid at loast one month befur
the election.
Sec. 2. The general election shall be held anna,
ally mi the Tuesday next lollowlng the nr.t Monday
ol November, but the general assembly may by
law fix a different day. two thirds ut all th mam.
bor(ofeach house ouusint Ing tnereto. - ,
Sec. 3. All elections lur cliv, ward, borough, ti.4
township officers, tor regular terms ol service,
snail lie held ou tho third Tuesday of February.
Sec. 4. All election, by lhe citizens shall bs by
ballot. Kvery ballot to to. I shall be numbered la
thcor ler In which it shall be received, and the
number recorded by ths eleotlon officers on the
list or voters, oniKMK the name of the elector who
preients the ballot. Any elector may writ hi
name upon his ticket, ur cause the ssmo to b
written thereon and attested by a citlten of tbe
district. The election ultii-er. shall ba sworn or
artirraed not tu disclose Uow any elector shall bare
voted unless reoufrtHl tu du in as wltnaues In .
judicial priecedtng.
.iec. s. r.ieesors snail In all eases except treason,
felony an. I breach or Buret v of the pence, be prlv.
Ilege.1 from arrest durlmr '''filJolng therefrom:'"
,um. W-Ml.TO'llK ituyvJlVhe uuallhed elect?,V. e
ll'jri -- .nail uv iu actual military
ISrvi'-e. Ull ler a r,n, l-l , I..- . .i.- ,1 . .
regulations a. are nr Bhari n- hN,..iM.i k. law
as fully as 11 they were present at their usual plao-
Sec. 7. All lows rccrulnttno- 4I, hnMln-i.r.lM.
Ion. by tbe citizens ur fur the registration of s
lecturs shall ho unilorm thronKh,, in the statu, tot
no elector .hall lie deprived of the privilege of
voting by reaaun of his uamo not being register-
Sec. S. Any nerson who shall vlve. or tirnmisa a
offer to give to an elector, any money, reward or
other valuable consideration tor his vote at an v
lcc:lun ur lor witholilllia tha sama. or who shall
glvoor promise to glvj such coiui deration to any
other purson or parly lor (ueh elector'( vote, or
bir the withholding thereof, and any elector wh
shall receive or aieree to reoelve. fur himseiror for
another, anv muiiev reward or other niu,iiiamn.
slderatlon for his vote at an election, or lor with.
the I'nlted States ut by the authority of thti com
monwealth, (ucb electors may exercise the righr nf
(utfrage ln all e eel on, bv 1 1, ,., 1 ,,,
uoiuimi int samo. suau tnereny rurlolt the right to
vote at su.-b election, and anv 'elector whose rlaht
tovote shall be challenged for such cause be lore
the election ulticera shall lie required to swear or
arflnn that the matter uf the challenge Is antra
beture his vote shujl be received
Sec. V. Any person who shall, while aeandldat
forotlii-e.be guilty ul bribery, fraud or willful
vlulation of an election law. shall be furevor dls.
qualified (ruin boi ling an oltiee of trust or profit In
this commonwealth; and any person convicted of
willlulvlolaibmof iho election laws, shall, In addl.
I Ion to any peiialih-i provided by law, bs deprived
of tha right of sutlrags absolutely tor a tsrm ul
four years.
See. is. In trials of eoutestei elections, and hs
proceedings for lhe investigation ot elections, na
person shall be (icruJiited lu withhold his le.tlmn.
ny upon the ground that It may criminate himself
or subject blm to public infarav; but such testimo
ny shall not afierwaMs be used against blm In
any judicial pruceeolug, except for parjury In glr
lug .ueh testimony.
Sec. 11. Townships and wards of cities or bor.
oughs shall lurin or hs divide,! Into election dis
trict, uf compact and contiguous territory, In suca
manner as the court of Quarter session ol the city
ur county In which th same are located msy dl.
reel, but district. In cities of over una hundred
thousand luhabltauK .hall bs divided by the
courts ul quarter sessions having jurisdiction there
In whenever at the next preca liiig election more
than two hundred and fihv vules (hail have been
polled therein; and other election dldrlots when
ever the cuurt ot the proper county shall bs of a.
pinion thai the convenience ol lhe electors and IB
public Interests will be promoted I hereby.
eer. 1'i All electluns by persons la a repressnta-'
live capacity .ball be viva via o.
Sec. 13. Pur the purpose of voting, no person
shall be deemed to have gained a resilience by rea
son ol hi. presence, or lose It by reason of hi. ab
sence while employed In the (ervlce, either civil or
military, uf this stale or of the l ulled Slates, nor
while engaged In the navigation ol the waters of
th Klale ur r the I' lilted Silatae. mm an lhe Mif.
seas, nur while a sludeut ut auy Institution of
learning, nur w hlle kept In any poor house or oth
er a.vluin at public expense, nur while ouufltied la
public prison.
Sec. IS. lnslrlet election boards shall eonslst of
a judge and twu lusneciura. who (hall be ehusea
annually by the eitireus. Kach elector shall have
the right tu vote for the judge and cue Inspector
and each iusiee.ir shall appoint one clerk. The
ftr.t elect ion tmard any new district (hall bs se
lected, en.! vacancies in election boards tilled as'
(hall lie pruvlded by law. Klecttun clliey r( (limll bs
privileged from arre.i ukiii day. of election and
while eugaged In making up aud transmitting re
turn., except upon warrant ul a court uf record
or judge thereof lor an election fraud, for felony,
or lor wautuu breach uf the peaca. lu cities they
may claim eirmptluu I rum jury duty duriug their
tsnua ul service.
See. 16. No iiorson (hall be qualified to serve a
an election officer who shall lo-bl, or shall witbla'
two months have held any umce, apiHiluttueut, or
employment In ur under the government of Ibe
Lulled Slates, ur ul this siais, or ol auy city or
euunty, ur of any municipal board, eummts.ton, or
trust ln auy city, sareuuly lu.tluts ul the peso
aud aldenueu, notaries public, aud persona lu the
militia service of the stale nor shall any election
oinoer be sliallds Ui any civil ufbca to be ailed at
an -lection at which he shall svive, save only to
such uMirdiiiaie municipal ur local ottioes below
ths gra.1 ot eliy or count) ulfioes as (hall bs de
lauated bv gi-netal law.
See. 1. The curl ol common please of lb sev
eral counties uf lhe common wealib shall have puw.
er witlilu their res-Mxitivejurisillctliai to appoint
overseers of election lo supervise the pruoeeulugs
of election oltieers, ami lu make report lo the
court as may be required; such appointments to u
made for auy dl.triet In a city or oouuly, upou pe
til Ion ot five citizens, lawtul voter, ol (ueh elect fun
dial net. setting forth that such appointment Is a
reasonable precautluu U secure ihs purity and
fairness ul elections overseer, (hall lie Iwo lu num.
tier for an election UiBtrk-l, shall In residents there
in, and (hall be persona quelluetl lo serve upon!-' '
01 ion boards, aud lu mil vase ueaiiwre or dlder
ent Kliticl parlies: hruever lhe uiruaber. ul an
elee. Ion lioanl shall dlrlor Inloplnion, the overseers
11 Ihey shall he agree. I tbereua, sball decide lhe
quesllun uldlltervnce; in appointing overseers ol .
lection, all the law judge, of lbs proper court v.
bla 10 sol at lbs titas shall consul ut the atiBulat- '
Meals U1A4.
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