ADVERTISEMENTS. THE CONSTITUTION Commonwealth of Pennsylvania As amended by the Convention of one thousand eight hundred ntrl thir;- r -ccen—thirty•eight. n Amendments its brackets, thus WE, the People of the Commonwealth o Pennsylvania, Ordain mid establish this Constitu tion for its Government. Secf. I. The Legislative power of this Common wealth shall be vested in n General Assembly, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Rep- resentatives Sec. 11. The Representatives shall be chosen an nually- by the citizens of the city of Philadelphia and of each county respectively, on the second Tuesday of October. • Sec. 111. No person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained the age of twenty-one years,nnd•hsve been a citizen and inhabitant of the State three years next preceding his election, and the last year thereof an inhabitant of the [district] in [and for] which he shall be chosen [a Repricsen tative,] unless he shall have been absent on the pub lic business of the United States or of this State. Sec..ll r . Within three years after the flistMeet- I ing of the General Assembly, and within every subsequent term of seven years,an enumeration of the taxable inhabitants shall be made in such man• ner as shall be directed by law. The number of Representatives shall at the several periods of mnk• ing such enumeration, be fixed by the Legislature, and apportioned among the city of Philadelphia and the several counties, according to the number of taxable inhabitants in each. And shall never ho 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 separate representation until a sufficient number of taxable inhabitants shall be contained within it, to entitle them to one Representative, agreeably to the ratio which shall then be established. Sec. V. The Senators shall he chosen for [three] years by the citizens of Philadelphia and of the several counties at the same time,in the sortie man. ner, and at the same places where they shall vote for Representatives. Sec. VI. The ❑timber of Senators shall at the several periods of making the enumeration before mentioned, be fixed by the Legislature,and appor tioned among the districts formed as hereinafter di rected, according to the number of taxsble inhabi tants in each; and shall never be less than one .. forth nor greater than one third, of the number of Representatives. Sec. VII. The Senators shall be chosen in dis tricts, to be formed by the Legislature; [but no dis trict shall be so formed as to entitle it to elect more than two Senators, unless the number of taxable inhabitants in any city or county shall,at any 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 nor any county shall be divided in forming a district. Sec. VIII. No person shall be a Senator 'who shall not have attained •`n age of twenty-five years and have been a citizen 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 ho shall have been absent on the public business of the United States or of this State; [and no person elected as aforesaid shall hold said office after he shall have removed from such district.] Sec. IX. [The Senators who may be elected nt the first General Election after the adoption of the amendments to the Constitution,shall be 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 class at the expiration of the second year; and of the third class at the ex piration of the third year; so that thereafter one third of the whole number of Senators may be clio- son every year. The Senators elected before the amendments to the Constitution shall be adopted shall hold their ollices during the terns for which they shall res,..NAively have been elected.] See. X. The General Assembly shall meet on the first Tuesday of [January.] in every year, unless sooner convened by the Governor. Sec. XI. Each house shall choose its Speaker and other officers; and the Senate shall also choose a Speaker pro tempore, when the Speaker she exercise the office of Governor, Sec. Xfl. Each house shall judge of the quali fications of its members. Contested elections shall be determined by a committee to be selected.form ed and regulated in such manner as shall be direct ed by law. A majority of each House shall con stitute a quorum to do business; but a small limn ber may adjourn from day to day, and may be au thorized by law to compel the attendance of absent members,-in such manner and under such penal ties as may be provided. Sec. XIII. Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings,punish its members fur disorder ly behaviour, and 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 Legislature of a free stag. Sec. XIV. [The Legislature shall not have pow er to enact laws annulling the contract of marriage in any case where, by law, the courts of this com monwealth aro, or hereafter may be, empowered to decree a divorce.] Sec. XV. Each House shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and publish them weckly,exciTt such parts as may require 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 jour nals. Sec. XVI. The doors of each House and of Committees of tho Whole shall be open, unless when the business shall be such as ought to be kept See. XVII. Neitherlfouseshall,without the con sent of the other,adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which the two houses shall bo sitting. Sec. XVIII. The Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation for their services to be ascertains] by law, and paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth. They shall in all cases,' except treason, felony and breach or surety of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their atten dance at the session of their respective Houses,itnd in going to and returning from the-same. And for any speech or debate in either HonSlo they shall not be questioned in any other place. 0 Sec. XIX. No Senator or l presentative during the Limo for which he shall have been elect ed, he appointed to !illy civil office under this Com monwealth which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which 'shall have been increased ,(111- ring such time; and no ntemlivr of Congresg or oth er petrol, holoM; v , I.cie•e.(•••% . cei•r of ottorney at or• TIII ARTICLE I. proceedings of the govcrnor,and shall,when requir ed, lay the same and all papers,minutes and vouch ers relathe thereto before either branch of the le- law and in the militia) under the United States of this Commonwealth, shall be a member of either House during his continuance in Congress or in Sec. XX. When vacancies happen in either House the Speaker shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies. Scr. XXI. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives, but the Senate may propose amendments as in other bills. Sec. XXII. No money shall be drawn from the treasury but in consequence of appropriations made by law. Src. XXIII. Every bill which shall have passed both Houses shall be presented to the Governor. If ho approve lie shall sign it, but if ho shall not approve it 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 jour nals and proceed to reconsider it. Limiter such re consideration two-thirds of that House shall agree to pass the hill, it shall ho sent with the objections to the other House, by which likewise 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 f ir or against the bill,shall be entered on the journals .of each House respectively. If any bill shall not ho returned by the Governor within ten days (Sun days excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, it shall be a law in like mariner as if he hail signed it unless the General Assembly, by their adjournment, prevented its return, in which case it shall be a l&w,unless sent back within three days after their next meeting. Sect. XXIV. Every order, resolii!i_tn or vote to which the concurrence of both Houses may be ne cessary (except on a question of adjournment) shall be presented to the Governor, and before it shall take effect, be approved by him,or being dis approved, shall be repassed by two-thirds of both houses, according to the rules and limitations pre scribed in case of a bill. Seel. XXV . [No corporate body shall be here after crented,renewed or extended with banking or discounting privileges,without six months previous public notice of the application for the same in such milliner as shall be prescribed by law. Nor shall any charter for the purposes aforesaid, be granted for a longer period than twenty years, and every such charter shill contain s clause reserving to the legislature the power to alter, revoke or annul the same, whenever in their opinion it may be injuri ous to the citizens of the commonwealth, in such manner, however,thet no injustice shall be done to the corporators. No law hereafter enacted, shall demo, renew, or extend the charter of inure than one corporation.] ARTICLE 11. Sect. I. The Supreme Executive power of this Commonwealth shall ho vested in a Governor. Sect. 11. The Governor shall be chosen on the (second Tuesday of October, by the citizens of the commonwealth. at the places where they shall re spectively vote for representatives The returns of every election fur Governor shall be scaled up and transmitted to the seat of government, directed to /the Speaker of the Senate,who shall open and pub lish them in the presence of the members of both houses of the legislature. The person having the highest number of votes shall be governor. But if two or more shall be equal and highest in votes ono of thorn shall he chosen governor by the joint vote of the members of both houses. Contested elections shall he determined by a committee to be selected from both houses of the legislature,and formed and regulated in such manner as shall be.directed by law Sect. 111. The governor shall hold his office dur ing three years from the third Tuesday of [January] next ensuing his election,and shall not be capable of holding it longer than [G] in any term of [9] years. Sect. IV V. He shall be at least thirty years of age. and have been a citizen and an inhabitant of this state seven years next before his election; unless ho shall have been absent on the public business of the United States, or of this State. Sect. , V. No member of Congress or person hol ding any office under the United States or this State shall exercise the office of Governor. Sect. VI. The Governor shall at stated times receive far his scrvices,a compensation,which shall be neither increased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have :man elected. Seel. VII. He shall be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of this commonwealth, and of the militia except when they shall bo called into the actual service of the United States. Sect. VIII. [He shall appoint a Secretary of Commonwealth during pleasure,und ho shall nom inate and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate appoint all judicial officers of courts of re cord, unless otherwise provided for in this consti tution. He shall have power to fill all vacancies that missy happen in such judicial offices (luring the recess of the senato,by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session:] Pro vided, That in acting on executive nominations the senate shall sit with open doors, and in con firming or rejecting . the nominations of the Gover nor, the vote shall be taken by yeas and nays.] Sect. IX. Ho shall have power to remit fines and forfeitures, and grant reprieves and pardons, except in cases of impeachment. Sect. X. He may require information in writing from the officers in the executive department, on any subject relating to the duties of their respec tive offices. Sect. XI. Ho shall from time to time, give to the general assembly information of the state of the commonikealth,and recommend to their considera tion such measures as ho shall judge expedient. Sect. XII. Ho may on extraordinary occasions, convene the general assembly; and in ease of dis agreement between the two houses,with respect to the time of adjournment,adjourn them to such time as ho shall think proper,not exceeding four months. Sect. XIII. Ho shull take care that the laws be faithfully executed. Sect. XIV. In case of the death or resignation of the Governor,or his removal from otlice,the Speak er of the senate shall exercise the Mike of govern or until another governor shall be duly qualified; [but in such case another governor shall be chosen ut the next annual election of representatives, un less such death, resignation or removal shalt occur within three calendar months immediately preced- lug such next annual election, in which case a governor shall be chosen at the second succeeding annual election of Representatives.] And if the trial of a contested election shall continue longer than until [the third Monday of January] next - ensuing the election of governor, the governor of the last year, or the speaker of the senate who may be in the exercise of the executive authority, shall con tinue therein until the determination of such con tested election, and until a gOvernor shall be [duly] qualified as aforesaid. Sect. XV V. [The secretary of the commonwealth] shall keep n fair register of all the official acts and gislature, and shall perform such other duties as shall be enjoined bim by law. ARTICLE 111. Seel. I. [ln elections by the citizens,every white freeman of the age of twenty-one years, having re sided in this state one year,and in the election dis trict where he offers to vote, ten days immediately preceding such election,and within two years paid a state or county tax,w•hich shall have been asses 'sec' at least ten days before the election, shall enjoy the rights of an elector. But a citizen of the Ii• 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 vote after residing in the state six months:) Provided, [That white freemen, citizens of the U. States, be tween the ages of 21 and 22 years, and having re sided in the state one year, and in the election district ten days as aforosaid, shall be entitled to vote, although they shall not have paid taxes.) Sect. 11. All elections shall be by ballot, except those by persons in their representative capacities, who shall vote viva voce. Seel. 111. Electors shall in all cases,except trea son. felony and breach of surety of the peace. be privileged from arrest during their attendance on elections and in going to and returning from them. A RTIC LE IV. (Unallered.) .S'rrf. I. The flouseuf Representatives shall have the sole power of impeaching. Sec!. H. Ail impeachments shall he tried by the Senate. When sitting for that purpose,the Sena tors shall be upon oath or atlirmation. No person shall be con victed,without the concurrence of two ' thirds of the members present. Sccl. 111. The Governor and all ot:ter civil offi cers under this commonwealth, shall ho liable to impeachment for any misdemeanor in office; but judgment, in such cases, shall not extend (4iker than to removal from office, and disqualitientiioto hold any office of honor, trust, or profit under this commonwealth: the party, whether convicted or acquitted, shall, nevertheless, be liable to lad*. merit, trial, judgment and punishment, according to law. ARTICLE V: • ,Scrt. I. The judicial power of this common wealth shall be vested in a supreme court, in courts of oyer and terminer and general jail delivery, in a court of common pleas, orpLans' court, mei:Att.,' court, and a court of quarter sessions of the peace, for each comity; in justices of the peace, and in such other courts as the legislature may from time to time establish. Seel. li. [The judges of the supreme court, of the several courts of common pleas, and of such other courts of record as are or shall be established by law, shall be nominated by the governor, and by and with the consent of the Senate appointi d and commissioned by him. Thu judges of the su preme court shall hold their offices for the term of fifteen years,if they 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 established by law, and all ottai judges required to be learned in the law,shall hold their offices for the term of ten years, if they shall so,. long behave themselves well. The associate judges of the courts of common pleas shall twill their offices for the tern) of live years, if they slink so long behave themselves well. But for any rea sonable can se,which shall not be sufficient ground of impeachment, the governor may remove any of the nn on the address of two-thirds of each 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 not be th:ninislied 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.] See. 111. [Until otherwise directed by law, the courts of common pleas shall continue as at pres ent established. Not more than live counties shall at any time be included in ono judicial district or ganized for said courts.] Scc. IV. The jurisdiction of the supreme court shall extend over the State, and the judges ti ereof shall, by virtue of their offices, be justices of oyer and terminer and general jail delivery, in the sever al counties, Sc.e V. 'rho judges of the court of common pleas, in each county, shall, by virtue of their offi ces, be justices of oyer and terminer and goner d jail delivery, for the trial of capital and other ders therein; any two of said judges, the president being one, shall be a quorum; but they shall not hold a court of oyer and terminer, or jail delivery, in any county, when the judges of the supreme court, or nay of them shall be sitting in the same county. The party accused, as well as the Com monwealth, rimy, under such regulations as shall be prescribed by law, remove the indictment on proceedings, or a transcript thereof, into the st promo court Sec. VI. 'rho supreme court, and the several courts of common pleas, shall, beside the powers heretofore usually exercised by thete,have the pow- ers of a court of chancery, so far as relates to the perpetuating of testimony,the obtaining of evidence from places not within the State, and the care of the persons and estates of those who are non corn poles mentis. And the Legislature shall vest in the said courts such other powers to grant relief in equity, as shall be found necessary; and may, from time to time, enlarge or diminish those powers or vest them in such other courts as they shall judge proper, for the due administration ofjustice. Sec. VII. The judges of the court of common pleas of each county, any two of whom shall be a quorum,shall compose the court of quarter sessions of the peace, and orphans' court thereof; and the register of wills, together with the said judges, or any two of them, shall compose the register's court of each county. Sec. VIII The judges of the courts of common pleas shall, within their respective counties, have like powers with the judges of the supreme court, to issue writs of certiorari to the justices of the, pence,and to cause their proceedings to be brought before them, and the like right and justice to be done. Sec. IX. The president of the court in each cir cuit within such circuit, and the judges of the court of common pleas within their respective coun ties, shall be justices of the peace, so far as relates o criminal matters Sec. X. A register's office, for the probate of wills and granting letters of administrrition,and an office for the recording of deeds, shall be kept in each county. See. XI. The style of all process shall be "The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania." All prosecu tions shall be carried on in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and conclude "against Cie peace and"dignity of the ARTICLE VI. Sect. I. Sheriffs and coroners shall at the times and places of election of representatives be. chosen by the citizens of each county. [One person shall clio,or: fir each office, Ithol shall be ►commis 40 sioned] by the Governor. They shall h _ their offices for three years, if they shall so I *have themselves well,and until a successor be ' qual ified; but no person shall be twice cho ' 'or ap pointed Sheriff in any term of six years. ;Vacan cies in either of the said offices shall be tilled by (an] appointment, to be made by the Gov'etrnor, to continue until the next general election, and until a successor shall be chosen and qualified as.aforc said. Sec. IT. The freemen of this Commonwealth shall he armed [organized] and disciplined for its defence, [when and in such manner as maybe di rected by law.] Those who conscientiously scruple to bear arms, shall not be compelled to do so, but shall pay an equivalent for personal service. See. 111. [Prothonotaries of tho supreme court shall be appoi.ited by the said court for the term of three years,if they so long behave themselves well. Prothonotaries onJ clerks of the several other Courts, recorders of deeds, and registers ofwilla„;! shall at the times and places of election of ftein'ei sentatives, be elected by the qualified electors of each county or the districts over which the juriS dictior. of said courts extends, and shall be com missioned by the Governor. They shall hold their offices for three years, if they shall so long behave themselves welhand until their successors shall be duly qualified. The Legislature shall provide by law the number of persons in each county who shall hold said offices, and how mi d w hi c h of said offices shall be held by one person. Vai cancies in any of the said offices shall be filled by appointments to be made by the Governor, to con tinue until the next general election, and until successors shall be elected and qualified as afore. said.) Sec. IV. Protlionotaries,clerks of the ponce and orphans' courts, recorders of deeds, registers ul wills, arid sheriffs, shall keep their °likes in the comity town of ..ho county in which they, re6pac tively,shall to officers, unless, when the Governor shall, fir special reasons, dispense therewith, for any term not exceeding five years after the coun ty shall have been erected. .cre. V. All commissions shall ho in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth or l'ennsylvania, arid he sealed with the State seal, and be signed by the (: u v urnur , Ste VI. [A] State Treasurer shall be [elected' annually, by joint vote of [both branches of the Leg islature.) .Sec VII. [Justices of the peace, or aldermen, shall he elected in the several wards.boroughs,and lownships, at the time of the election of condo• hles,by the qualified voters thereof, in such num ber as shall be directcd by la would shall be emu. missioned by the Givertior tier a term of five years Hut no township,ward or borough shall elect more than two justices Of the peace or aldermen with. out the consent of n majority of the qualified elec tors within such township, ward or borough.) Nee. VIII. [All officers whose election or ap pointment is not provided for in this Constitutioo, shall bo elected or appointed as shall be directed by law. No person shall be appointed to any office within any county, who shall not have been a tizen and an inhabitant therein one year next be lre his uppointment,if the county shall have been so long erected; but if it shall not have boon so •long erected,t hen within the limits of the county or counties out of which it shall been taken. No member of Congress from this State,or any person holding or exorcising any office or appointment of ust or profit under the U. States,shaffut the same limo. hold or exorcise any office in this State, to which a salary is,cir fees,or perquisites aro by annexed: and the Legislature may by law decl..re what state offices are incompatible. No ineort.er of the :Semite or of the House of Represent ,tives shell be appointed by the Governor to any office during the term for which he shall have been e. lccted.] Sec. IX. [All officers for a term ni years shall hold their offices for the terms rest sreci lied, only on the condition that :hey so long be. have themselves well; and sh•.II be removed on conviction of misbehavior in orrice or of any into mous ctime.] See. X. [Any person wing shall, after the adop tion Litho amendments proposed by this Conven tion to the Constitutp.,n, fight a duel, or send a challenge for that fo..rpose, or be eider or abettor in fu,rliting a duel, shall be deprived of the right of holding any ritlice of honor or profit in this State and shall be punished otherwise in Buell manner as is,or may ho prescribed by law; but the execu live may-remit the said offence and all its disqual ifications ] ARTICLE VII. Src I. The Legislature shall,as soon as conve niently may he provide, by law, for the establish ment of schools throughout the State,in such man ner that the poor may be taught gratis. Sec. 11. The arts and sciences shall be promo ted in ono or more seminaries of learning. Sec. 111. 'rho rights,privileges,immunities and estates of religious societies and corporate bodies shall reroute us if the Constitution of this State had riot been altered or amended. Sec. IV. [The Legislature shall not invest any corporate body or individual with the privilege of taking private property for public use,without re• Turing such corporation or individual to make compomaation to the owners of raid property, or give adequate security thorefor, before such pro. potty shall ho taken.] A tale LE VIII. (Unaltered.) Alernbers of the General Assembly and all WE cers,execurive and judicial,shall be bound by oath or affirmation to support the Constitution of this Commenwealth,and to perform the duties of their respective offices with fidelity. ARTICLE IX. (Unaltered.) That the goneral,great and essential principles of liberty and free government may be recognised and unalterably established, WE DECLARE: Sec I. That all men are born equally free and indopendent,and have certain inherent and undo• feasible rights,among which are those of enjoying and defending lute and liberty, of acquiring, pos sessing and protecting property and reputation, and of pursuing their own happiness. See. 11. That all power is inherent in the peo ple,and all free governments aro founded on their authority,and instituted for their poace,safoty,and happiness: For the advancement of those ends, they hal/coil all times,an unalienable and indefea• Bible right to aller,refurm,or abolish their govern. ment,in such mariner us they may think proper. See. 11 I. That all men have a natural and inde feasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; that no man can, of right, be compelled to attond,eroct,or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; that no human au thority can,in any case wliatever,control or inter fere with the rights of conscience; and that no pre ference shall over bo given,by law,to any religious establishinon's or modes of worship. See. IV. That no person w ho acknowledges the being of d God and a future slats of rewards and punishinonts,shall,on account ofhib religious sea tiineuts,bo disqualified to hold any office or place of trust or profit under this Commonwealth. Sec. V. That elections shall be free and equal. Sec. VI. That trial by jury shall be as hereto. fore, and the right therool remain inviolate. Sec. VII, That the printlng presses shall bo free to every person who undertakes to examine the proceedings of the Legislature ur any branch of the Government: and no law shall ever be made to restrain the' right thereof. The free coinmuni cution'of thoughts and opinions is ono of the in valuable rights of man; and every citizen may free ly speak,writo and print on any subject, being re sponsible for the abuse of that liberty In prosocu lions for the publication 'of papers, investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence; and,in all indictments for libels the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of thqourt. as in other cases. See. VIII. That the people shalt ho secure in" their persons,houses,papers and possessions, from unreasonable searches and seizures. and that no warrant to search any place,or to seize any person or.things, shall issue without describing them as nearly as may be,nor without probable ca use,sup. ported by oath or affirmation. Sec. IX. That in all criminal prosecations, the accused path a right to be beard by himself ii , .,1 his cpunsel,to demand the nature and cause of the accusation against hini,to meet the witnesses face to face, to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and in prosecutions by in dictment or information, a speedy trial by an im partial jury of the vicinage: That lie cannot be compelled to give evidence against himself; nor can ho be deprived of hie life, liberty or property, unless by the judinent of his peers or the law of the land. Sec. X. That no person shall,for any indictable offence, be proceeded against criminally by infor mation; except in cases arisirg in the land or naval forces, or in the militia when in actual service in time of war or public danger; or by leave of the . court for oppression or misdemeanor in opine. No person shall for the seine offence be twice put in jeopardy of His life or limb; nor shall Uny man's property be taken,or applied to public itse,without the consent of hie representatives, and without just compensation being made. . Sec. XL That all courts shall be open,and every man for an injury done him in his lands, goods person or roputallon,shall have remedy by the due course °flaw, and right and justice administered without sale,denial or delay. Suits m by be brough, against the Commonwealth in such manner, in AO courts, and in such cases, as the Legislature 'way, by law, direct. N::';',See. XII. That no power of suspending Jews shall be exercised,unless by the legislature, ortits authority. Ss'iiXlll. That excessive bail shall not be re. qui red:hor excessive fines imposed,nor cruel pun. ishmente irdliCted. Sec. X IV4lnit'all prisoners shall he boilable by sufficient slireties, unless for capital offences, when the proof is evident or piesumption great: and the privilege of the writer habeas corolla shall not be suspended,unless when,in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may,roquire it. Sec. XV. That no commission Of oyer and ter miner or jail delivery shall bued. Sec. XVI. That the perso n a debtor, whore there is not strong presumptf frund,sliall not be centinued in prison alter ering up his es tate for the benefit oh his creditors in such manner as shall be prescribed by law. • Sec. XVII. That no cx poet facto law, nor any law impairing contracts, shall ho made. Sec. XVIIL That no person shall be attainted of treason or felony by the legislature. Sec. XIX. That no attainder shall work 'corrup lion of blood; ner, except during the life of the' OfTender,forfeiturn ofestate to the Commonwealth: that the estates of such persons as shall destroy their own lives.diall descend or vest as in case a suman] death: end if any persou shall bo killed by cas.lalty,ll,rto shall be 110 lot tenure by reason thereof. Src. XX. That thn citizens have a right, in peaceable Ifarmer, to assemble together for their cfinution good,and to apply to those invested with the power ; of govern inont thy redress of grievances or other proper purposes, by petition, redress, or recoons' ranee. Sec. XXI. That the right of the citizens to boar arms,in defence of theinsolves and the Statc,shall i,ot he questioned. Scc. XXII. That no standing army shall,in time of pence,ho kept up,without the consent of the Le gi , Jeture; and the military shall, in all cases, and at all times, be in strict subordination to the civil power. Sec. XXIII. That no soldier shall, in timo of peace,be quartered in any house,without tho eon soot of the owner,nor in time of war,but in a man ner to be proaarukr. d by law. Sec.XXIV. That the Legislature shall not grant any title of nobility or hereditary distinction. nor create any office the appointment to 'Which Obeli be for a longer term than during gocid behaviour. Sec. XXV . That emigration front the State shall not be prohibited. Sec XXV I. To guard against transgressions of the Ingli powers which we have delegated, WE I)ECLA It E, that every thing in this article is ox. copied out of the general powers of government and shall forever remain inviolate. • ARTICLE X. (New Article.) [Any amendment or amendments to this Con. stitution may be proposed in the Senate or House of Representatives,end if tho same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each House, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on' their journals, with the yeas and nays taken thereon. and the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall cause the same to be pub lished three months before the next election, in at least ono newspaper in every county in wide!) a newspaper shall be published; and if in the legis_ lature next afterwards chosen such proposed a. mendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority °lithe members elected to each freeman:l Serretary of the Commonwealth shall cause the same again to be published in manner aforesaid,& such proposed amendment or amendments shall be submitted to the people in such manner and at such time,at least three montlis,after being so a• greed to by the two houses as the legislature shall prescribe; & if the people shall approve and ratify such amendment or amendments by a majority of the oualifiod voters of this state voting thereon, such amendment or amendments shall become a part of the constitution; but no amendment or a mendments shall ho submitted to the people often er than once in five years; Provided, that If more than one amendment be submitted, they shall ho submitted in such manner and form, that the pem plo may vote for or against each amendment sepa rately and distinctly. SCHEDULE. That no inconvenience may arise from the al terations and amendments in the Constitution of this Commonwealth, and in order to carry the same info complete operation, it is hereby doclar. ed and ordained, That Section I. All laws of this commonwealth in force at the time when the said alterations and amendments in the said constitution shall take of foct,and not inconsistent thorewith,and all rights, actions, prosecutions,claims and contracts as well of individuals as of bodies corporate,shall continue as lithe said alterations and amendments had not been made. Soc. 11. The alterations and amendments in the said constitution shall take effect from the first day of January, 1839. Soc. I 11. The clauses, sections and articles of the said constitution, which remain unaltered, shall continuo to he construed and have effect as if the said constitution had not boon amended. Sec. IV. The General Assembly which shall convene in December, 1838, shall continuo its session as heretofore, notwithstanding the provi sion in the eleventh section of the first article,and shall at all times be regarded as the first General Assembly under the amended constitution. Sec. V. The Governor who shall be elected in October, 1838, shall be inaugrated on the 3d Tuesday in January, 1839, to which time the pro. sent executive term is hereby extended. Sec. VI. Tho commissions of the Judges of the Supreme Court, who may be in office on the first day of January next shall expire in the following manner: The commission which bears the earliest date-shall expire on the first day of January A.D. 1842; the commission next dated shall expire on the first day of January A. D. 1845; the commis sion next dated shall expire on the first day of January, A. D. 1. 5 ..448; the commission next dated Shall expire on the first day of January,A. D. 1851; and the commission last dated shall expire on the first day of January, A. D. 1854. Sec- VII. The commissions of the President Judges of the several judicial districts and of the associates law judges of the first judicial district shall expire as follows: The commissions of one half of those wild shall have hold their offices ten years or more at the adoption of the amendments to the constitution, shall expire on the - 27th day of February, 1839; the commissions Of the other half of those who shall have held their offices ton years or more at the adoption of the ainendments to the constitution,- shall expire on the 2711) day of February, 1842; the first half to embrace those whose commissions shall boar the oldest date. The commissions ofall the remaining judges who shall not have hold their offices for ten years at the a. doption of the amendments to the constitution, shall expire on the 27th day of February next af: ter the end of ton years from the dale of their COM. See. VIII. The Recorders of the several Mayors' Courts, and other criminal courts in this Gum : ninnwea Rh, shall be appointed for the scene time, end in the same manner, as the president judges of the several judicial districts; of those now in office, the commission oldest in date shall ex,iire on the 27th day of Februn ry, 18-11, and the others every two years thereafter according to their re. spective dates. 'rhos° oldest in date expiring first. Sec. IX. The legislature at its first session un der the amended constitution, shall divide the nth. or associate judges of the State inlet liter classes. The commissions of those 01 the first class shall expire on the 27th day of February, 1848; of those of the second class on Ore 27th day of February, 1841; of those oldie third class on the 27111 day of February, 1812; and of those of the fourth class on the 9701 day of Februtri y, 1843. The said classes from rho first to the fourth shall be ar rein god according to the seniority of the commissions of the several judges. Sec. X. Pr othonota ries, clerks of the several courts (except of the supreme court,) recorders of deeds and register of wills, shall be first elected under the amended consult 'Mono]: the election of representatives in the your 1839, in such manner as may be prescribed by la iv. Sec. XI. The appointing power shall remain as heretofore, arid all officers in the appointment of the executive department shall continuo in the exercise of the duties of their respective offices until the legislature shall pass such laws as may be required by the eighth section of the sixth ar ticle of the amended constiturion, and until ap pointments shall be made tinder such laws; unless their commissions shall be superseded by new appointments, or shall sooner expire by their own limitations,or the said ollicf:s shall become vacant by death or resignati ~,,, and such lo wa shall ho enacted by the first legislature under the amend. ed constitution. Sec. XI I. The first election for aldermen and justices of the peace shall be held in the year 18.10, at the 011ie fixed liar the election oh consta bles. The legislature at its lost session t!.e amended constitution shall provide for the said election and for the said election and for subsequent similar elections. Thin aldermen and justiCCH of the peace now in commission, or who may in the interim be appointed, shall continuo to discharge Ore duties of their respective offices, until fifteen days after the day which shall bo fixed by law for the Issuing of new commissions, at the expiration of which time their commissions shall expire. In testimony that the foregoing is the amended con stioution of Pennsylvania, as agreed to in convert. lion, %Ve the officers and members of the conven. tionhave hereunto signed our names at Philudel e'• phia, the 22d day of February, A. D. 1838, and of the Independence of the United States of ` , America the sixty-second. JOHN SERGEANT,Prosident. Daniel Agnew Wm. Henderson Wm. Ayres Wm. Heiater.. M. W. Baldwin William High Ephraim Banks Jos Hopkinson John Y. Barclay John Houpt Jacob Barlidollar Jabez Hyde Chas. A. Horvitz Charles Jared Ingersoll Andrew Bedford Phs. Jenks Thos. S. Bell George M Reim James Cornell Biddle James Kennedy Lcbbeus L. Bigelow Aaron Kerr Sarni C. Bonham Jos. Konigmacher Chat. Brown Jacob Krebs Jeremiah Brown 11. G Long William,Brown David Lyons Pierce Butler Alex. Magee Samuel Cary Joel K. Mann George Chambers Benin. Martin John Chandler Joan J. M'Calien Jos. R. Chandler E. T. M'Dowell Ch. Chauncey James M'Sherry Nathaniel Clapp W. M. Meredith James Clarke James Merrill, John Clarke Levi Merkel William Clark Win. L Miller A. J. Cline Janies Montgomery Lindley Coates Christian Meyers R. E. Cochran D. Nevin Thos. I'. Cope Win. Overfield Joshua F. Cox Hiram Payne Walter Craig Matthias Pennypacker Richd. M. Crain James Porter George 'l'. Crawford James 3latlison Porter Cornelius Crum Samuel A. Purslane° John Commie E. C. Reigart Thomas S. Cunningham A. II Read William Curl! George %V. Rifer Wm. Darlington John Ritter Mark Darrell 11. Gold Rogers Hamar Denny Samuel Royer John Dickey James M. Russell Joshua Dickerson Daniel Saeger Jacob Dillinger John Morin Scott James Donegan Tobias Sellers J. R. Donnell G. Seltzer Joseph M. Doran George Serrill James Dunlop Henry Scheetz Thomas Earle George Skillet° D. M. Farrelly Thomas H. Sill Robert Fleming George Smith Walter Forward William Smvth John Foullcwil Joseph Snively Joseph Fry, Jr. John 11. Sterlgere John Fuller Jacob Stickel John A. Gamble E. W. Sturdevant William Gearhart Thomas Taggart David Gilmore Morgan J. Thomas Virgil Grenell James Todd William D. Ilarris Thomas Weaver Thomas Hastings Jacob 11. Weidman Ezra S. Hayhurst It. G. White Win. Hays George W. Woodward Abm.llelftenstein R. Young M. Henderson (Attest) S. Suocir, Secretary. G. L. Fe use, Assistant Secretaries. J. Muds: us, SECRETARY'S OFFICE, Z Harrisburg, February 28, 1838. 5 I certify, that the foregoing is an exact and lite ral copy of o the Constitution of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania as amended by the Con vention of one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven-thirty-eight," deposited in this office on the 26th day of February, 1838; the Amendments be ing in brackets, thus [ TH O. H. BURROWES, Secretary of the Commonwealth. March 27, 1838. te-52 liblikOV:34',tflik‘E•44l pHE Rock-Creek Temperance Nociety wilt -IL meet at the Rock-creek ChapeL on Easter Monday the 16th of April, at 1 o'clock P. M. Addresses are expected by members. The mem bera are requested and tho public generally invites t to attend. ROBERT MTURDY. Seery. Office of the Star & Banner : jhambersburg Street, a few doors West of the Court•louse. I. 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