tv r 'C &6 > CIONTVI2.TUI I ION CI , VI IS VOIUSTONIVP.ILTII OF PENNSYLVANIA, Al AIIINDKO !iv THE CONVENTION OF ONE Trioxam, PrICil,T 'SUNDAE!) AND TRIATY - SETRN-THIRTY-EIGTIT. [tmitxr,miticrs Ia mß.teatETa.] nit, The people of the Commonwealth of' Pennsylvania, Ordain and establish this Constitution for its Government. AIITIOLE I. Section 1. The Legislative rower of, this Commonwealth shall be vested in k, General Assembly, which shall consist of a' Senate and house of Representatives. Sec. 11. The Representatives shall be chosen annually by the citizens of Phila delphia, and of each county respectively, on the Second Tuesday of October. • Sec. 111 No person shall bea Representa tive who shall not have attained the age of twenty one years, and have been a citi zen and inhabitant of the State three years next preceding his election, and the last y year thereof an inhabitant of the [dis trict its and for] which he shall be chosen [Representatives] unless he shall have been absent on the public business of the United States or of this State, Sec. IV. Within three years after the first meeting of the General Assembly, and within every subsequent term of seven years, an enumeration of the taxable inhab itants shall be made in such manner as shall be directed by law. The number of Representatives shall at the several periods of making such enumeration, be lied by the Legislature, and aportioned among the city of Philadelphia and the several counties, according to the number of taxable inhabitants in each: And shall never be less than sixty nor greater than. one hundred. Each county shall have at least one Representative, but no county hereafter erected shall be entitled to a seperate representation until a sufficient number of taxable inhabitants shall be e mtained wihin it, to entitle them to ona Representative, agreeable to the ratio w:iich shall then be established. Sec. V. The Senators shall be' chosen or three] years by the citizens of Philadel phia and of the several counties at the same time, in the same manner, and at the same places where they shall vote fur Representatives. Sec . VI. The number of Senators shall at the several periods of making the enu meration before mentioned, be fixed by the Legislature, and apportioned among the districts formed as hereinafter direc ted, according to the number of taxable inhabitants in each, and shall never be less than one fourth, nor greater than one third, of the number of Representative, See. VII. The Senators shall be chosen is districts, to be formed by the Legisla ture; Cbat no district shall be so form - ea as to entitle it to elect more than two Sena tors, unless the number of taxable inhab itants in any city or county shall, at acy time be such as to entitle it to elect more than two, but no city or county shall be entitled to elect more than four Senators:] when a district shall be composed of two or more counties, they shall be adjoining; neither the city of Philadelphia not any county shall ba devided in forming a dis trict. See. VIII. No person shall be a Sena- I tor who shall not have attained the age of twenty-five years, and have been a cit zen and inhabitant of the State four years next before his election, and the last year thereof an inhabitant of the district for which he shall be chosen, unless he shall have been absent on the public business of the United States or ofthis State! [and no person elected as aforesaid shall hold said office after he shall haveremovedfrom such district.] t idSec. IX. [ The Senators who may be elected at the first General Election after the adoption of the amendments to the Constitution, shall he divided by lot into three classes. The seats of the Senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the first year—of the second clissitt the expiration of the second year, end of the third class at the expiration o the third year—so that thereafter one third of the whole number of Senators May tie chosen every year. The Senators elected before the amendments to the Con stitution shall be adopted, shall hold their offices during the terms for which they shall respectively have been elected.] Sec. X. The General Assembly shall meet on the first Tuesday of [January] in every year, unless sooner convenied by the Governor. Sr.. XL Each House shall choose its Spe tker and other officers: and the Sen ate shall also choose a Speaker pro tem pore, when the Speaker shall exercise the inze o f Governor. SRe. XI I. Each ItJuse shall judge of th qaali3cations at its members. Contested elections shall be determined by a com mittee to be selected, formed and regula ted in such manner as stall be directed by ow. A majority of each house shall con stitute a quorum to do business--but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day. a ul may be authorized by law to (unapt theattentlance of absent members, a such manner and under such penalties as may be provided._ lac: Mil. Midi Howie may determine ti►ra ruled a 1,, proceedings, ponisiiirig members for disorderly behavioar, ant with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel, a member, but not a second time for the same cause—and shall have all .other powers necessary for a branch of the Leg tslature of a free State. Sec. XIV. [The Legislature shall nod have power to enact laws annulling the' contract, f .marriage in any case where, by, law, the courts of this Commonwealth' are, or hereafter may be, empowered to decree a divorce.] Sec. XV. Each House shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and publish them weekly, except such parts as may re quire secrecy: and the yeas and nays of the members on any question shall, at the desire of any two of them, be entered on the journals. ec. XVI. The doors ofeach House and of Committees of the Whole shall be open, unless when the business shall be such as ought to be kept secret. Sec. XVII. Neither house shall, with out the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting. ec. XVIII. The Senators and Repre sentatives shall receivea compensation for' their services to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the treasury of the Com. monwealth. They shall in ail cases, except treason, felony . and breach or surety of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the session of their respective Houses and in going to and re ' turning from the same. And for any speedier debatein either House they shall; not be questioned in any other place. See XIX No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which lie shall have been elected, be appointed to any civil office under this Commonwealth which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been in creased during such time; and no mem ber of Congress or other person holding any office,(except of attorney at law and in the militia) under the United States or this Commonwealth, shall be a member of either House during his continuance in Congress or in office. ec XX, When vacancies happen in either House the Speaker shall issue, writs of election to hit such vacancies ec, XXI. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Represen tatives, hut the Senate may propose amendments as in other hills. ec XXII- No money shall be drawn from the treasury but in consequence of appropriations made by law, - Sec. XXIII. Every bill which shal have passed both Houses shall be presen ted to the Governor. If he approve he shall sign it, but if he shall not approve he shall return it with his objections to the House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the objections at large upon their journals and proceed to recon sider it. If, after such reconsideration, ' two-thirds of that House shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent with the ob lections to the other House, by which ikewise it shall be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of that House, it shall be a law. But in such cases the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of the persons voting for or against the bill shall be entered on the Journals of each House respectively. If any bill shall not be re turned by the Governor within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have' been presented to him, it shall be a law in like manner as if lie had signed it, un less the General Assembly, by their ad journment, prevented its return, in which case it shall be a law, unless sent back within three days after their next mee ting. Sec, XXIV. Every order, resolution or vote to which the concurrence of both ouhs es may be necessary (except on a ques tion of adjournment) shall be presented 'to the Governor. 4 before it shall take effect, be approvrd by him, or being disapproved shall be repassed by two thirds of both Houses according to the rules and limi tations prescribed in case of a bill. Sec. XXV. (No corporate body shall be hereafter created, renewed or exten ded with banking or discounting privileges' without six months' previous public no of the application for the same in such manner as shall be prescribed by law, Nor shall any charter for the purposes aforesaid, be granted for a longer per►o. than twenty years, and every such chard ter shall contain a clause reserving to th- Legislature the power to alter, revoke oe annul the same, whenever in their opinion it may be injurious to the citizens of thn Commonwealth, in such manner, howeve er, that no injustice shall be done to th corporators. No law hereafter enactede shall create, renew, or extend the charter of more than one corporation.l AnTzeix 11 Sec. I. The Supreme Executive power, of this Commonwealth shall be vested in a Governor. See. U. The Governor shall be t boFt on the second Tuesday of October, by lb citizens of the Commonwealth, at tite pla ces where they shall respectively rate Representatives. The returns of Nem election for Governor shall be seated up and transmitted to the seat ofgoveri nent, directed to the Speaker of the Semi a who shall open and publish them in the pre-, sence of the members ofboth houses of the Legislature. The persen having the high est number of votes shall be Governor.—' Rut if two or more shall be equal and' highest in votes, one of then% shall be cho sen Governor by the joint vote of the mem bersof both Houses. Contested election shall be determined by a Committee to be ld from both Houses of the Legisla' 'tire t nd formed and regulated in such , ;minuet as shall be directeu by law. cc. llf. The Governor shall hold his )(lie during three years from the third' r day of [January] next ensuing his esacion, and shall not be capable of hot (.li.bl it longer thanlsix] in any term of e] years. cc. IV. He shall be at least thirtyj vearsofage, and have been a citizen and an inhabitant of this State seven years next before his election; unless he shall have been absent on the ptibltc'business - of the United States, or of this State. • See. V. No member of Congress or per. son holding uny office under 'the 'United. I States or this State, shall exercise the office 'ol•Governor. cc. VI. The Governor shall at stated times receivefor his services, a compensa. tion, which shall be neither increased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected. • cc. VB. Ile shall be commander-in ebief of the army and navy of this Com monweal th,and of the militm,except when they shall be called into the actual service of the United States. ec. Vll I. [lle shall .appoint a Secretary cf the Commonwealth during pleasure, and neshallnominate and by and with the ad vice and consent of the Senate appcint all . judicial office-s of Courts of Record, unless otherwise provided for in this constitution. He shall havepower to fill all vacancies that may happen in such judicial offices during he recess of the Senate, by granting coin. missions which shall expire at the end of their next session: Provided, That in acting on executive nominations the senate shall set with open doors, and in confirm int or rejecting the nominations of the Governor, the vote shall be taken by yeas and nays.) ec. IX. lie shall have power to remit fines and forfeitures, and grant reprieves and pardons except in cases of impeaCh meat. cc. X. He may require information in writing from the officers in the executive: lepartment, on any subject relating to the luties of their respective offices. cc. XI. He shall from time to time, jive to the General Assembly information lof the state of the Commonwealth, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge expedient. cc. XII. He may on extraordinary oc casions, convene the General Assembly; and in case of disagreement between the two Houses, with respect to the time of adjournment, adjourn them to such time as' he shall think proper, not exceeding four moths. Sec. XIII. He shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed. Sec. XIV . In case of the death or resig nation of the Governor, or his removal from office, the Speaker of the Senate shall exercise the office of Governor, until another Governor shall be duly qualified; [but in such case another Governor shall be chosen at the next annual election of Representatives, unless such death, resig nation, or removal shall occur within three calender months immediately preceding such next annual election in which case a Governor shall be chosen at the second succeeding annual election of Representa tives.] And if the trial of a contested electon shall continue longer than until the third Monday of January] next ensu ing the election of Governor, the Governor of the last year, or the Speaker of the sen ate who may be in the exercise of the exe cutive authority, shall continue therein unt:l the determination of such contested ele .tion, and until a Governor shall be [d► ly] qualified as aforesaid. ec. XV. [The Secretary of the Com monwealth] shall keep a fair register of all the official acts and proceedings of the Governor, and shall, when required, lay the same and all papers, minutes and vouchers relative thereto, before either branch of the Legislature, and shall per form such other duties as shall be enjoined him by law. ARTICLE 111. Sec I. [ln election by thecitizens, every wnite freeman of the age of twenty One, years,having resided in this State one years and in the election district where he offer,' to vote, ten days immediately preceding such election, and within two years paid al state or county tax, which shall have been assessed at least ten days before the elec-1 tion, shall enjoy the rights of an elector. But a citizen of the United States, who had previously been a qualified voter of this State, and removed therefrom and returned, and who shall have resided in the election district, and paid taxes as aforesaid, shall be entitled - to a vote, after residing in the State six months:— Provided, That white freemen, citizens of the United States, between the age of, twenty-one and twenty-two years, and having resided in the State one year, and in the election district ten days as afore siald, shall be entitled to vote, although, they shall not have paid taxes.] .S'ee. 11. All elections shall be by ballot, except by those persons in their represen., tative capacities, who shall vote viva voce. Sec. iLI. Electors shall in all cases, ex. cept treason, felony, and breach of surity of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance onelections and in going to and returning from them. ARTICLE IV. Se I. The House of Representatives hall have the sole power of impeaching. Se 11. All impeachments shall be tried by t! e Senate. When sitting for that purpese, the Senators shall be upon oath or .?frrinat ion, no person shall be convicted, 'without the cone urrence f two thirds of the members present. Ste. 1. The Governer and all oth ;viol officers under this commonwealth, 'hall be liable to impeachment for any misdemeanor in office; but judfement in to such cases, Shall not extend further than. removal titan office, and disquklification to hold any office of boner, trust, or profit, iunder this 'commonwealth. The .party, I whether convicted or acquitted, 'shaft,. nevertheless, be liable to indictment, trial,' udgment and punishment, aecorJing to law. Attruitat V, cb. I. The judicial , powerof this COm-' monwealth shall be vested in a supreme court, in courts of oyer and terminer and general jail delivery, in a court of common pleas, orphans' court, register's court and a court of quarter sessions of the pence, for each county; in justices of the peace, and in such other courts as the legislatare may, from time to time, establish. cc. 11. 'The judges of the supreme court, of the several courts of common pleas, and of such other courts oflrecord as are or shall be established by law, shall be nominated by the Governor, and by and with the consent of the senate appointed ,and commissioned by him. The ,judges of the supreniCcourt, shall hold their offices for the term of fifteen years, if 04 shall so long behave themselves well. The president judges of the several courts of common pleas, and of such other courts of record as are or shall be es• tablised by law, and all other Judges requi red to be learned in the law, shall hold their offices for the term of ten years, ir they so long behave themselves well. The associate Judges of the courts of common pleas shall held their offices for the term of five years, if they shall so long behave themselves well. But for any reasonable cause, which shall not be sufficient ground of impeachment, the Governor may re move any of them on the address of two thirds of either branch of the Legislature. The judges of the supreme court, and the presidents of the several courts of common pleas, shall at stated times receive for their services an adequate compensation to be fixed by law, which shall hot be di minished during their continuance in office; but they shall receive no fees or perquisites of office, nor hold any other office of profit under this commonwealth.] cc. 111. [Until otherwise directed by law, the courts of common pleas shall continue as at present established. Not more than five counties shall at any time ibe included in one judicial district organi zed for said courts.] The remaining section of this article are unaltered. ARTICLE VI, Sec. I: Sheriff's and coronets shall, at the times and places of election of repre sentatives, be chosen by the citizens of each county. (One person shall he cho sen for each olhce, who ] shall be [com missioned] by the Governor. 'They shall hold their offices for three year, if they shall so long behave themselves well, and until a successor be duly qualified; but no (person shall be twice chosen co appointed sheriff in any term of stx years. Vacan cies in either of the said offices shall be ,fi Jed by [an] appointment to be made by the Governor, to continue until the next general election, and until a successor shall be chusen find qualified as afore said. Sec. H. The freemen of this Common wealth shall be armed, [organized] and disciplined for its defence, [Whet/ and in such manner as may be directed by law.] Those who conscientiously scruple to bear arms, shall not be compelled to do so, but shall pay an equivolent for perso nal service. Lec. 111. [Prothonotaries of the su preme court shall be appointed by the said court for the term of three years, it they .so long behave themselves well. Prothonotaries and clerks of the several other courts, recorders ofdeeds, and reg isters of wills, shall at the times and pla ces of election of Representatives, be ; elected by the qualified electors of each county, or the districts over which the jug' risdiction of said courts extends, and shall be commissioned by the Governor. They' shall hold their ofhces for three years if they shall so long behave themselves well, and until their successors shall be duly qualified. The Legislature shall pro vide by law the number of persons in each, county who shall hold said offices, and how many and which of said offices shall ' be held by one person, Vacancies in any of the said offices shall be filled by ap pointments to be made by the Govenor, to continue until the next general election and until successors shall be elected and qualified as aforesaid.] Sec. IV. Prothonotaries, clerks of the peace and orphans' courts. recorders of deeds, registers of wills, and sheriffs shall keeptheir offices in the county town of the county in which they respectively shall the officers, unless when the Governor shall for special reasons dispense therewith for any term not exceeding five years after the county shall have been erected- Sec. V. All commissions shall be in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and be sealed with the state seal, and signed by the Governor. Sec. VI. [A] State Treasurer shall be [elected] annually, by joint vote of (both branches of the Legislature.] sec. VII. [Justices of the peace orl- a derman, shall be elected in the several. wards boroughs and townships, at the time of the election of constables by the quali fied voters thereof, in such a number as shall be directed by law, and shall be com missioned by the Governor for a term of five years. But no township, ward or borough, shall elect more than two jusgi ces of the peace or alderman without the consent of a majority of the qualified dee; tors within such township, ward or bor . Ough.] Sec. VIII. ,LAII officers whose election sappoinimeni is not providedlor in this Constitution, shall be elected or appoint ed as shall be directed by law. No per. on shall be appointed to any office within , any county who shall notliavebeen a citi Ten and an inhabitant therein ono year next before his appointment, if ithe'county shall have been so long erected ;but if it shall not have been so long erected then within the limits of the county or counties out' of which it shall have been taken- No member of Congress from this state, or any person holding or exercising any office or appoin`- ment df trust or profit under the United' States, shall at the same time hold or ex ercise any office in This State, to which a salary is, or fees or perquisites are by law annexed; and the Legislature may by law declare what state offices are incompati ble- No member of Senate or of the House of Representatives shall be ap. pointed by the Governor to any office du ring the term for which he shall have been elected.]. ec. IX. [All officers' for a Mein of years shall hold their offices for the terms respectively specified, only on the condi tion that they so long behave themselves well; and shall be removed on coiWiciion of misbehavior in office or of any infa mous crime.] ec. X. (Any person who shall, after the adoption of the amendments proposed by this Convention to the Constitution, fight a Auel, or send a challenge for that purpose or be cider or abettor in fighting a duel, shall be deprived of the right of holding any office of honor or profit in this State, and shall be punished otherwise in such manneras is, or may be perscribed by law; but the executive may remit the said oiThaca and all its disqualifications.l ARTICLE ec. 1. the Legislature shall as soon as conveniently may be, provide, byi law fur the establishment of schools throughout the State, in such manner that the poor may be taught gratis. re. 11. The arts and sciences s6ll be promoted is one or more seminaries learning. cc. 111. The tights, privaleges, immu nities and estates of religious societies,. and corporate bodies, shall remain as if the Constitution of this State had not been altered or amended. gc. IV. [The L latu Atilt not in vest any corporate body or individual with the privelege of taking privateproperty for public use, without requiring such corporation or individual to make com pensation to the owners of said property or give adequate security therefore be ore such property shall be taken.) AwrieLF. VIII. Members of the General Assembly and all officers, executive and judicial, shall Article VIII. and the declaration of rights, remain as in the old constifutiNn . ARTICLE, [Any amendment or amendmenst to this Constitution may be proposed in the Senate or House of Representatives. end if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the mem bers elected to each House, such proposed athendment or amentnents shall be entered their Journals, with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and the Secretary of the Common wealth shall cause the same to be published' three months before the next election, in at' least one newspapePer in every connty in which a newspaper shall be published; and if in the Legislature next afterwards chosen. such proposed amenmcnt or amendments situ] be agreed to by a majority of the menmbers elected to each House, the Secretary of the, Commonwealth shall cause the same again to' be puh':, in the manner aforesaid, and su^ ',posed athendtnent or amendments se submitted to the people in such man ..er and at such time, at least three months' after being so agreed to by the two Houtes, as the Legislature shall prescribe; and if the' pec.plc shall approve and ratify such amend. tnent or amendments by a majority of the qualified voters of this State voting thereon such amendment or amend mentsshall become apart of the Constitution, but no amendment or amendments shall be submitted to the people oftener than once in five years.. Pro vided, that if more than one amendment be submitted, they shall be submitted in such manner and form, that the people may vote for or against each amendment seperately and distinctly.) SCHEDULE. That no Inconvenience may arise from the alterations and amendments in the Con ptitution of this Commonwealth, and in or ser to carry the same into complete opera tion, it is hereby declared and ordained, that Sec. I. All laws of this Commonwealth in orce at the time when the said alterations & amendments in the said Constitution shall take effect, and not inconsistent therewith, and all rights, prosecutions, actions, claims, and contracts, as well of individuals as of bodies corporate, shall continue as it the said alterations and amendmentshad not been made. Sec ll,The alterations'ancl amendments in the said Constitution shall take effect from the first day of January, !eighteen hundred and thirty-nine. Sec 111. The clauses,sections, and articles, of the said Constitution which remain unal tered, shall continue to be construed and have effect as it the said Constitution had, not been amended. 1 Sec IV. The General Assembly7which shall convene in December, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, shall continue its session, as heretofore, notwithstanding the provision in the eleventh section of the first article, and shall at all times be regarded As the firsts! General Assembly under the amended Con stitution. Sec. V.l he Governor who shall be elected! in October,eighteen hundred and thirty-eight shall Ix inaugurated on the third Tuesday in Januaryi eighteen hundrid and thirty nine; to which time the present executive termis hereby extended. Sec. VI. 1 he commissions of thejudges of ffi the supreme court who may be in oceonthe first day of January next, shall expire in the full uv irg masa r:-7 he cc mniissiut whit bears the earliest date shall expire cwt., first day of January, Anno Dcmini r ne theli sand eight hundred and forty-twe; the com missions next dated shall expire en the Ist day df•January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty-five the commis ion next dated shaii expire on the first day of January, Arno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight: the com mission-next dated shall expire on the first day of January, Anna Domini one thousand eight hur.drea and fifty one: and the cern, mission last dated shall expire on the first day of 'January, Anna Doniini one thousand eight hundred and fitly four. Sec. VII. The commissions of the president judges of the several judicial districts, and of the associate law judges of the first judicia district, shall expire as follows:—The com missions of _one half of those who shall have held their offices ten years or more, at the• adoption of the amendments to the Constitu don, shall expire on the twenty F venth day of February, one thousand eight hundred• and thirty nine: the commissions of the other half of those who shall have held their dB cesr 'ten years iirnicire, at the adoption of the amendments tb the Constitution, shall expire on the twenty 'seventh of February, she thousand eight hundred end forty two the first half to embrdde these whose corn . Missions shall bear The oldest date.—The commissions of all the remainin Judges who shall not lireve held their offices for ten year at the adoption of the amendment to the Constitution, 'shall expire on the twenty seventh day of February next after the end of ten yeaVi from the 'date of their commissions. Sec VIII.The recorders of the several may• ors, courts, and other criminal courts in this commonwealth, shall be appointed for the same time and in the same manner as the president judges of the several judicial districts: of those now in office, the commis sion oldest in date shall expire on the twenty-seventh day of February, one thod sand eight hundred and forty-one, and the others every two years thereafter according p, their respective dutcs: those oldest in date expiring first. Sec.lX . . The Legislatbre,a tits first sessicn under the amended r onStitution, shall di vide thb other associate judges of the State into Your classes.---Thb commissions of those of the first class shall, expire on the twenty sew nth day of February, eighteen-hundrcd and forty: of those of second class en the. twenty-seventh Clay of February. eighteen: , hundred and forty one of.those of the third of the on the twenty-seventh day or binary, eighteen hundred and forty tw, and of those of the fourth class on the twento seventh day of February, eighteen hundrey • and forty-three, The said classy fru' the first to the fourth, shall be array, font cording to the seniority of the - coma issice"- of the several judges, ns Sec X. Prothcinotaries; clerks of the sever courts, (except of the supreme crust,) re corders of deeds end registet s of wit ls,shall be first elected underthe amended l (-institu tion, at the election of the Repreasilatives in the year eighteen hundred and tint ty-hine hi such manner as may be presciiaed by thw. Sec XI The appointing power shall remain as heretofore, and allAcers in the appoin ment oflthe executive department shall con: tinue in the exercise of the duties' of theie respective office s until the Legislature shall pass such laW as may be required by, the eighth section of the sixth article of the amended constitution, and until appointments shall be made under such laws: unless their commissions shall be superseded by new ap pointments, or shall sooner expire by their own limitations, or the said cffices shall be ceom vacant by death or rPsignation, and such laws shall be enamendedCon, Legislature under the acted by th tion. Sec XII. The first elect aermat. ,justices of the peace sha!l be held in th, year eighteen - hundred and forty, at the tme fixed for the; election cf constable.: The Legislature, at its first session under the amended Constitution, shall provide fey said election, and for subsequent similar elections. The alderman and justices en the peace now in commission, or who rr.r.37 in the interim be appointed, shall contirxe to7discharge the duties of their respect ive[ officea until fifteen days after the day which shall be fixed by law for the issuing. of new commissions, at the expiration of which time their commission shall expire. In testimony that the foregoingis the Wm ded Constitution of Pennsylvania,as agreed to in Conventh 11, We the Officers and Members of the Convention, have hereunto signed our mimes, at Philadelphia,- the t wentysecond day of Ft bruary,Anno Dosa ini ode thousand eight hundred and thitt eight and of the independence cf the VeT ted States of America the sixty-second.' JOHN SERGEANT, Pres% (Attest.) S. Snouts, Secretary. J. W Gie,eaILLIAMS.U FASS, /• A • nt sec ys. SECRETARY'S OFFICE. / HARRISBURG FEB. 28, 1838. I certify, that the foreeting is an ezac and literal Cep} , of the "Constitut onof the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as amended by the Convention of one thousand eight hundred and thirty-so vtr —thitt3 deposited in this a ffice en the "Zeth stay of February 1t38; the an.rndmeats bang en closed in bracket*. THOS. H. BURROWS. Sec'y of the commonwealt UIY/13RELLAS • 7 . At wholesale City Prices • The subscriber has b...en appointed agent for the sale of cvely satiety of L'enbt ellas ,and Parasolls. mai.ufactbred by .1. Swain of Philae 'clpl►ia. Storekeepers and all others can be suppn ed on as reasonable tetras as they can be cl tained, weolesale. in the t ity. All interest, d will find it to their advantage to call and sec. T. READ. Huntingdon, May 19, 1828. Stray. ! Came to the residence of the subscriber I living in Morris township, on or about the 24411 day of June, a light bay Horse about 7 years old, light mane having no white marks, except a saddle mark upon the back. No shoes on. The owner is reques ted to come forward prove property, pay charges, and take him away, otherwise ho will be dealt with according tolaw. PHILIP HILEMAN. June 3, 1838, p VAITT I _'', ID ), A respectable female, who would Le willing to take charge of a family c. small children in the Borough of Hun tingdon, aeplication to be made at th 3 of tJce of the riuntinglon Journal.
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