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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.