ADVERTISEMENTS.
The Fashionable Hats, Caps
and Bonnets.
riPfn. Fit Paxton,
HAS now on hand a very large assort-
ment of
EATS, CAPS & BONNETS
at his old stand in Chambersburg Street,
two doors from the Court House.
CONSISTING AS FOLLOWS
• Men's Castor HATS,
" Roram do.
Spanish body do.
" Silk- do.
gg Plain Russia do.
Youth's Fur do.
Old Men's Broad Briiris do.
tt Low Crown do.
!Also Second hand HATS.
Ladies FUR BONNETS,
" SILK do.
Also—A GOOD ASSORTHENT OF
C of different kinds:
AMUR S 1•11.16 CAPS for MEN
and BOYS.
All of-which ho will sell at Low Prices
wholesale and retail—for Cash and Country
Produce—such as Wheat, Corn, Rye, Buck
wheat, Oats, Wood, Wool, &c. &c..
trzf'• Call and judge for yourselves.
November 17, 1837.
ER ANDRETH'S PILLS.
CITIZENS OF PHILADELPHIA !
Two short years have scarcely elapsed
ainco 1 opened my present office at 169 RACE
STREET,for the sale of the Vegetable Universal
Medicine, known by the name of BRAND.
RETH'S PILLS. Conscious of its superiority
over every other medicine then in use. I praised
it in the most unqualified terms,and thereby pre.
vailed on a majority of my follow citizens to test
its powers. Subsequent events have shown that
I did not exaggerate its virtues. You generously,
depended on my recommendations, and judging
for yourselves, gavo the medicine a trial, arid
found it deserved all my encomiums. It is a
source of much gratification to me to reflect that
in no one instance whore the pills have been per
chased at my Raco street office, have they failed
in producing the most beneficial effects; but, on
the contrary,they have cured many and relieved
all. The pleasure arising from the above happy
state of things in this city, is touch alloyed by
the knowledge that this health restoring remedy
is counterfeited in every part of the Union. From
the New England States to New Orleans, and
from St. Louis to the Atlantic, do 'counterfeiters
abound; and to such an extent have some of these
persons pushed their contemptible calling, that
ono of the fraternity has an office publicly in Now
York,dovotod exclusively to the sale of the coon.
'forfeit article, and another ono is about being
opened in Baltimore for the same vile purpose.
Our own good city is, as yet, comparatively free
(torn those heartless impostures. How long it
may remain so, depends, my follow citizens, on
you. If you still continue,as heretofore.steadily
refusing to encourage any and every kind of im
'posture, no matter by what barefaced effrontery
it may be attempted, you will servo the cause of
morality,as well as minister to your own welfare,
by obtaining the medicine in its original purity.
Boston, New York, Cincinnati, Luuisvillw, Now
Orleans, Baltimore, &c. all teem with counterfeit
Brandreth Pills. Philadelphia alone is uncon
tamiriated, and the old established RACE
STREET office still stands as a Beacon light to
guide the valentudinatian to the port of safety.—
Awake, citizens: and drive the prowling caitiffs
from your doors. Tell them,Philadelphians never
have, and never will, encourage impostures, and
that,in this city,thore is no abiding place for them.
By these moans, their nefarious and murderous
designs, directed against your health, will be de.
foaled, and the character of our city, for honesty
and good faith bo preserved.
CAUTION.—Great care should be taken to
purchase of regular appointed agents, who will,
in all cases. have a certificate signed by the Gen.
oral Agent. Mr. William Wright.
Tho following aro some of the regular appoint.
ed agents; and are provided with certificates duly
endorsed by the above Mr. William Wright, (the
General Agent.)
Dr. JESSE GILBERT, Gettysburg, Adams co.
Who has just received a fresh supply of the
GENUINE ARTICLE.
Dr. Benjamin Ziegler, York, York co.
Mr. Henry Sidle, Dillsburg, York county.
Mr. Win. Gilmore, Chamborsburg, Franklin co.
Mr. John Sliffaner, Lancaster, Lancaster county.
Remember Dr. Brandroth's General Office for
the sale of the medicine, wholesale and retail, is
at 169 Race street, and 43 Chesnut street, Phtla
dolphin.
April 3,1838.
Dr. Peters' Vegetable Pills.
fIE irerrionso and increasing popularity of
these pills is another proof of tho infallibili
ty of the old adage that "truth is powerful and
will prevail." Other pills are only puffed.but Dr.
Peters' aro purchased and praised, & recommend
ed until the demand for thorn has boom° almost
universal.'
Dr. Peters would impress this fact upon the
public, that his pills aro not a quack modictno,but
a scientific compound of simples which has been
the result of many years intenseqpplication to a
profession in which ho was' regularly bred, and
hence it is as popular with the regular faculty as
with the people at largo.
One of tho many peculiar virtues oftho Vegeta
ble Pills is, that while very powerful in its effects,
it is particularly mild and gentle in its action.—
Unlike the generality of modichnos,its application
is never attended with nausea or griping.
For sale ut the Drug Store of
Dr. J. GILBERT, Agent.
Gettysburg Jan. 5, 1838. 9m-40
RCP To Parents.
DR. STOUSE'S INFANT DROPS,a
a-F safe, effectual and speedy remedy for
the diseases of young - children,such as colic,
eonvulsions,rostlessness, griping, disordered
bowels, green stools, sour vomiting, flatu
lency, dm. This article is not a new inven
tion, but one whose merits have been tested
by time, and found fully adequate to the pur
poses for which they are recommended. •
Price 25 cents u bottle, and for sale at
the Drug Store of
Dr. J. GILBERT.
tf--•SS
F o b, A, 1838.
THE NEW CONSTITUTION.
CONSTITUTION
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA,
AA AMENDED D 9 THE. CONVENTION OE ONE TOW :SAND
WF., The People of the C,mm , nwe-tl9l of Penn
sylvania, ordain and estatliM the , Corstituti;jn for
its Government.
ARTICLE
Section T. The legislative pwer of this C^lnmon
wealth shill he rested in a Gen erit Assembly,
which shall consist of a Senate and ifiase of Repro
,entatiVCs.
Section IT. The representatives shall be chosen
motility by the citizens of the ri'y of Philidelphia
mil of each county ievet.tively on the second Toes
,lay of October.
Section 111. No person shill he a repre , entatire
rho shall not have at mined the a•ze of twen'y-one
yeas, and have been a ei , i7en ar.:l inhabit mt of the
state three years next precedinz his e'er:Pi:Land the
last year thereof an inhabitant of the di.trirl in and
(or which he shall be cho.en a roprcie , ita'irr, unle , s
he shall have been absent ~ tt the pubhc hu , 4l - :::: o f
the United States or of this State.
Section IV. Within three years after the fir , :
meeting of the General As,emblv, and within every
:nlc.c.ptent term of seven years, an ennmerati of
die taxable inhabitants shall be made in such mm
.,er as shall be directed hy I.v.v. The nurnl er uf
emesentatives sly] 11, at the several period, el' ma
n, such enumeration, tie fixed by the Lezi-d :nue,
and apportioned arming the city •if Phil eh Iphiat and
the several counties, accoplin4 t., the hunf:er of
taxable inhabitants in each: and :aka!' never be Ica
than sixty nor greater than uric hundred. Earl)
county shall have at least one representative, but no
.!utinty hereafter ercete.l shall he entitle! to a sepa
rate representation until a sufficient number of tax
able inhabitants shall be efmtained within it, to
entitle them to one representative agreeaLly to the
ratio which shall then he est..t,h+he4l.
Section V. The senators shall be ch Isen for thr•t.
years by the citizen , . of Philadelphia and of the
, everal counties at the same time, in the same rrimn
ner, and at the same places where they shall vote
for representatives.
Section VI. The number of Senators shall, at the
several periods of makiwr the enurnemain bcfite
mentioned, be fixed by the Legdaiture and apvir
tioned among the districts formed ai herein fter
directed, necordine: to the number of inha%i
tantq in each ; qll.lll rw , er be le- , thAn one
fourth, nor ea ter than one-third, of the nurn!,ec
representatives.
Section VII. The Feniturn rh:.ll to chosen in di,-
tricts, to be formed by the le4i3 , atare ...le no dis
trict shall be so fornyd as to ers ritt,. if to eb-es
than two senators, unbvs the nwoh^r to-. 4 4, in
habitants in oral eity or roon;! , at ,:ny fha
be such as to entitle it to elect more than tern, but no
city or county shalt be entitled to elect inure than
'our senators; when a district shall be com!,,ed
of two or more counties, they shall be adjainiug;
neither the city of Philadelphia nor any c,,unty-
be divided in forrniin: a district.
Section VIII. No person shall be 3 ffertator, who
shall not have attained the ate ofttceat-tive
and have been a citizen and inhabitant of the St.ite
four years next before his election, and the last year
thereof an 'inhabitant of the iliwrict for which he
shall be chosen, unless he shall hire been absent on
the public business of the United States or of this
State; and no person elected as .Ijoresaid, Vigil hold
said office afler he shall hare remoud from such dis
trict.
Section IX. The senators who owl be elected al
the first general election after Po , adoption of the
amendments to the constitution, shall be dirided icy
lot into three classes. The seats of the senators of
the first class shall he rarated at the expiration if
the first year; of the scrond class a! the expiratioa
of the second year ; and of the third class a! the er
piration of the third ycar ; so that thcreofter one
third of the whole number of senators may be chosen
every year. The senators cl. , etrd before the amend
ments to the constitution shall be adopted, shall !obi
their offices during the terms for which they shall
respectively hare been elected.
Section X. The General Assembly shall meet on
the first Tuesday of Janaary, in every year, unle:s
sooner convened by the Governor.
Section XI. Each house shall choose its Speaker
and other officers; and the Serrate shall n!=o choose
a Speaker pro tcmpore, when the Speaker shall ex
ercise the office of Governor.
Section XII. Each house shall judze of the quali
fications of its members. Contested elections shall
be determined by a committee to be selected, formed
and regulated in such manner e.s shall Le directed by
law. A majority of each house shall crmstitute a
quorum to do business; but a smaller number may
djuurn from day to day, and may be authorized :!-y
law to compel the attendance of :•sent members, in
such manner and under such penalties as may be
provided.
Section XIII. Each house may determine the
rules of its proitecilings, punish us mernters for
disorderly behaviour, and with the concurrence of
two-thirds, erpol 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
State.
Section XIV. The legiAlature shall no! lmwe power
to enact laws annulling tr.e contract of marriage in
any case where, by lon Me courts of thin Common
wealth are or n o sy hereafter be empowered to decree
a divorce.
Section XV. Each house shall keep a journal of
its proceedings, and publish them weekly, except
such parts as may require secrecy: and the yeas
and nays of the members on any que,tiun shall, at
the demire of any two of them, be entered on the
journals.
Section XVI. The doors of each house and of
committees of the whole shall be open, unless,
when the busbies. shall be such as ought to be kept
secret.
Section XVII. Neither house shall, without the
consent of the other, adjourn for more than three
days, nor to any other plate than that in which the
two houses shall be sitting.
Section XVIII. The Senators and representatives
shall receive a compensation for their services to Le
ascertained by law, and pail out of the treasury of
the Commonwealth. They shall in all cases, ex
cept treason, felony and breach or surety . of the
peace, be pviviliged from arrest during their at
tendance at the session of their respective houses,
and in going to and returning from the same. And
for any speech or debate in either house, they shall
not be questioned in any other place.
Section XIX. No Senator or representative shall,
during the time for which he shall have been elect
ed, be appointed to any civil office under this Com
monwealth which shall have been created, or the
emoluments of which shall hare been increased
during such time : and no member 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 Con:pc:is or in
office.
Section XX. When vacancies happen in either
house, the Speaker shall issue writs of election to
fill such vacancies.
Section XXI. All bills for raising revenue shall
originate in the house of representativrs, but the
Senate may propose amendments as in other bills.
Section XXII. No money shall. be drawn from
the treasury but in consequence of appropriations
made by law.
Section XXIII. Every bill which shall have
passed both houses shall be presented to the Go
vernor. If be approve be shall sign it, but if he
shall not approve he shall return it with his of
to the house in which it shall have originated,
who shall enter the objections at large upon their
journals and proceed to re-consider it- If, after
such re-consideration, two-thirds of that house shall
agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent with the ob
jections to the other house, by which likewise it
shall be re-considered, 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 persons voting
for or against the bill shall , be entered on the jour
nals of each house respectively. If any bill shall
not be returned by the Governor within ten days
(Sundays excepted) after it shall have been pre
sentedio him, it shall be a law in like manner as if
he had signed it, unless the General Assembly, by
their adjournment, prevent its return, in which case
it shall be a law, unless sent back within three
days after their next meeting.
Section XXIV. Every order, resolution or vote
to which the concurrence of both houses may be
necessary (except on a question of adjounurtent)
shall be presented 1.0 the Governor, and before it
shall talle•elrect, be approved by him, or being di-7.-
approved, shall be repassed by two-thirds of both
houses according , to the rules and limitations pre
scribed in case of a bill.
Section XXV. No corporate body elan ' , Thereafter
creatcd, renewed or extended, with banking or dis
couhtiog pr;;;t•g,s, without six nouflis
THE NEW CONSTITUTION.
Section V. The judges of the Court of Common
Pleas, st each county, shall by iitue of their
ffi
oces, be justices of Oyer and Tenni er and Gene
ral Jail Delivery, for the trial of capital and other
offenders therein ; any two of the said judges, the
president being one, shall be a quorum but they
shall not hold a court of oycr and terminer, or jail
delivery, in any county, when the judges of the
Supreme Court, or any of them, shall be sitting in
the same county. The party accused, as well as
.4he Commonwealth, may, under such regulations as
shall be prescribed by law, remove the indictment
and proceedings, or a transcript thereof, into the
Supreme Court.
Section VI. The Supreme Court, and the several
courts of common pleas, shall, beside the powers
heretofore usually exercised by them, have the
rwer 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 arc
non computes 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 of justice.
• Section 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 Ses
sions 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 earn county.
Section VIII. The judges of the courts of common
pleas shall, within their respective counties, have
the like powers with the judges of the Supreme
Court, to issue writs of certiorari to the justices of
the peace, and to cause their proceedings to be
brought before them, and the like right and justice
to be done.
Section TX. The president of the court in each
circuit within such circuit, and the judges of the
court of common pleas within their respective
counties, shall he justices of the peace, so far as
relates to criminal matters.
Section X. A register's office, for the probate of
wills and granting letters if administration, and an
office for the recording of deeds, shall be kept in
each county.
Section XI. The style of all process shall be
" The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania." All prose
cutions shall be carried on in the name and by the
authority of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
and conclude " against the peace and dignity of the
same."
ARTICLE VI
Section 1. Sheriffs and coroners shall, at the
times and places of election of representatives, be
chosen by the citizens of etch county. One person
shall be chosen for each office, who shall be commis
sioned by the Governor. They shall hold their
offices for three years, if they shall so long behave
themseb:es well, and until a successor be duly
qualified ; but no person shall be twice chosen or
appoiated sheriff, in any term of six years. %%lean
des in either of the said Mikes shall be fillet by
an nwointment, to be made by the Governor, to
continue until the next general election, and until
a succe+sor shall be chosen and qualified as afore
said.
Section IL The firemen of this commonwealth
shall be armed, organized and disciplined fir its
defence, when and in such manner as may be directed
by /ow. Those who conscientiously scrupleto hear
anus, shall not be compelled to do so, but shall pay
an cluivalent for personal service.
Section 111. Prothonotaries of the Supreme
Court shall be appointed by the said Court fir
the term of three years if they so long behave
themselves well. Prothonotaries and clerks of the
several other courts, Recorders of deeds, an Re
gliders of wills, shall at the times and places of
election of representatives, be elected by the quali
fied elect Ors of each county, or the districts over
which the jurisdiction of said courts extends, and
shall be commissioned by the Governor. They
shall hold their offices fir three years if they shall
sa long behave themselves well, and until !Ilea
successors shall be duly qualified. The legisla
ture shall provide by law, the number of persons
in each county who shall hold said offices, awl
how many and which of said offices shall be held
by one person. Vacancies in any of the said of-
Jim stud! be filled by appointments to be made
by the Governor, to continue until the next gene
ral election, and until successors shall be elected
and qualified cis ofiresaid.
Section IV. Prothonotaries, clerks of the pears
and orphans' courts, recorders of deeds, registers of
wills, and sheriffs, shall keep their offices in the
county town of the county in which they, respec
tively, shall be 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.
Section V._All cmnmissions shall be in the name
and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, and be sealed with the State seal, and sign
ed by the Governor.
Section VI. A State Treasurer shall lie circled
annually, by joint vote of both branches of Me legis-
Section VII. Justices of the peace or aldermen
shall be elected in the several words, boroughs,
and townships at the time of the thcfMn rf eon
s:al/les by the qualified raters thereof, in .such
number as shall be directed by law, and shall be
commissioned by the Governor for a term qf five
clears ; but 710 township, ward or borough shut!
elect snore than twojustices of the peace or alder
men without the consent of a maim-11y of the qua-
Mid electors within such township, ward or bo
rough.
Section VIII. All officers whose election or ap
pointment is not provided Per in this constitution,
shall be elected or appointed as shall be directed
by law. No person shall be appointed to any of
fice within any county who shall not have been a
citizen and an inhabitant therein 077 e yeas next
before his tippoinlwen/, if /he county Shull have
ken so long erected ; but if it shall not have been
so long !reeled, then within the limits of the
county or counties out qf tv/tich'it shall have been
taken. NO member qf Congress from this state,
or any person holding or exercising any office or
appointment of trust or profit under the United
States, shat/ at the same time hold or exercise any
office in this state, to which a salary is, or fees or
perquisites are by law, annexed ; Mid the legisla
ture may by law declare what Slate offices are
compatible. No member of the Senate or of tia
house of representatives shall be appointed by the
Governor to any office during the term for which
he shall hare been elected.
Section IX. All officers for a term of years
shall hold their offices for the terms respectively
specified, only on the condition that they so long
lataLre themselves well ; and shall he removed on
conviction of misbehaviour in office or of any in-
famous crime.
Section X. Any person who shall, after the
adoption of the amendments proposed by .this
Coursntion to the Constitution, Piglet a duel or
send a challenge for that purpose, or be alder or
abettor in fighting a duel, shall be deprived of the
right of holding any office if honour or profit in
this State, and shall be punished otherwise in such
manner as is, or may be prescribed by law ; but
the executive may remit the said offence and all
its disqualifications.
ARTICLE VII
Section I. The legislature shall, ns soon as con
veniently may be, provide by law, for the establish
ment of schools throughout the State, in such
manner that the pour may be taught gratis.
Section 11. The arts and sciences shall be pro
moted in one or more seminaries of learning.
Section II!. The rights, privileges, immunities
and estates of religious societies and corporate bo
dies, stroll remain as if the constitution of this State
had nut been altered or amended.
Section IV. The legislature shall not invest any
corporate body or individual with the privilege
taking private property for public use, without
requiring such corporation or individual to make
compewation to the owners of said property, or
give adequate security therefor, before such pro
perty shall be taken.
ARTICLE VIII
Members of the General Assembly, and all offi
cers, executive and judicial, shall be bound by oath
or affirmation, to support the constitution of this
Commonwealth, and to perform the duties of their
respective offices with fidelity.
ARTICLE IX
That the general, great anti essential principles of
liberty and free pventment may be recognised and
14:alterably established, WE DECLARE, THAT
Section I. All men are born equally free and in
dependent, and have certain inherent and indefeasible
right, anumg %%Melt are those of enjoying and de-
Co,dity , lii. and li:•crty, of northing, pt,c.k..s,:htg
THE NEW' CONSTITUTION.
public notice of the intended •application for the
wine in such Manner as shall be prescribed by law.
Nor shall any charter for the purposes aforesa#l, be
granted for a longer period than twensy yeat',l, and
every such charter shall contain a douse reset-yin
to the legislature the power to oiler, revoke or dotty!
'he same whenever in their opinion it may be uktu-
How; to the citizens of the commonweal/h. in :ruck
manner however that MI injustice shall be done tothe
eorporators. No law hereafter enacted, shall (*de,
rental , or extend the charter of snore than one c orpo
rat ion.
ARTICLE II
Section 1. The Supreme Executive power of th 6
Commonwealth shall be vested in a Governor.
Section 11. The Governor shall be chosen on the
.ccond Tuesday of October, by the citizens of the
'ommonwealth, at the places where they Rhin rc
.pecricely vote for representatives. Tire returns
.1 every election for G ivernor stun be sealed up
nil transmitted to the seat of government, directed
to the Speaker of the Senate, who shall open and
publish them in the presence of the members of
with houses of the legislature. The person having
the highest number of votes shall be riovortthr
But if two or more shill he equal and Ili4hesb, in
votes, one of them shill he chosen Governor by the
joint vole of the memherg of both houses. ('Un
tested elections shall he d etermined by a Committee
to be selected from both houses of the legklattire
Ind formed and regulated in such manner as shat
be directed by law.
Section 111. The Governor shall hold hi- office
during three years from the third Tuesday of itin r/ -
ary next ensuing his election, and shill not be
capable of holding it longer than' sir in any term
of nine years.
Section IV. lie shall he at least thirty years of
age, 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 public
business of the United States or of this State.
Section V. No member of Congress or person
holding any office under the United States or this
State shall exercise the office of Governor.
Section VI. The Governor shall at stated times
receive for his services a compensation, which shall
be neither increased nor diminished dining the
period for which he shall have been elected.
Section VII. lie shall he entrain:ander-in-chief of
the army and navy of this Commonwealth, and of
the militia, except when they shall be called into
the actual service of the United States.
Section VIII. Ile shalt appoint a Secretary of the
Commonwealth during pleasure, and he shall nmni
nate and by and with the advice and consent ,f the
Senate appoint all judicial officers of courts of
record, unless otherwise provided for in this Consti
tution. Ile shall have power to fill all racancie.:
that may happen in such judicial offices during the
recess of the Senate, by granting rOMmisvioul which
shall expire at the end of their next sTston
that in acting on ererutire n , oninat ions
Senate shall sit with open dimes Olid in i's.VirOii
Or rejecting the nomination.; of the COreenor, lh,
cafe sh all he Rl/reel by ran I ru 75.
Seel IX. lie shall have power to remit itne•
I,rfritures, :not grant 14 , 1 , 1 .1;41
r•Ncept in crises of impeachment.
S,ctian N. Ile may n•qttile information in writ.ing,
.1
OM the utTiceis in the executive disiyirttnent upon
soLj..rt iehiting to the duties of their iespec
ke (Mires.
Section XI. Ire shall, from time to time, give to
the General A,emtily information of the state of
the Conimonwealth, and recommend to their con
sideration such MP:Mlles as he shall judge expedient.
Section XII. Ile may, on extraordinary occasions,
convene the General Assembly ; and in case of
di::!gieenient between the two houses, with respect
to the time of adjourtnnent, adjourn them to such
time as he shall think proper, nut exceeding four
months.
Section XIII. lie shall take care that the laws
be faithfully executed.
Section In case of the death or resignation
of the Governor, or of his removal from office, the
Speaker of the Senate shall exercise the office of
lovel nor, unlit another Gore] nor shall he duly
toalitled ; but in Snril rosy nineher Governor Sinai
ha /hose,/ at the next annual election of reprrw•n!n
tires, 'mhos such death, re:ienatinto Or removal,
shall occu with in Ih, re calendar months inamrdi-
fan preceding such next 'maw!, elerlion, in which
case a Gorernor shall be chosen at the second suc
ceeding 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 Govern or
of the last year or the Speaker of the Senate who
may he in the exe;cise of the I`Xl'elltiVe anth,iiti
shall continue therein until the I leterminati,ll 4,1
such contested election, and until a Governor shall
he dray qualified as iiforesaid.
Sect ion XV. The Secretary of the Cnnunonwealth
Alan keep a fair regi:tcr of all the nllici .1 acts and
proceedings of the Governor, and shall, when re
quired, lay the same and all papers, minutes and
touchers relative thereto, berme either branch of
the legislature, and shall perl.rin such other duties
as shall be enjoined him by law.
ARTICLE lIT
Set i , )!) T. Ti elections lho citizens every Trhitt
freeman of th. , tzge of !treat y-oae years, haring re
titled in this state one year, and in the election dis
trict where lie ofers to vote, ten days inonedialrl!;
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preceding such elect ion, and within Ilea years paid
a State or County for, which shall h err hr , n as
sessed at least lin days Wore the election, shall calm
the rights of an elector, But a citizen of the Uri it ed
States who had previously been a qualUicd rater of
this Slate, and rentored •lyrrfrom and rePorneel,an
tcha shall hare resided in the election district, on
paid taxes as aforesaid, shall be eatillsd to rote,iff:e ,
residing in the stale six months. Provided, that o•hi:
freemen, citizens if the United Slates, helt,-een th ,
ages of twenty-one and twenty-two year;. and har
ing resided in the State tine year, and in the
district ten days as aforesaid, shall 1, entitled
rote, although they shall 71,1 hare paid lairs.
Section 11. All elections qctll be h c\
cept those by persons iu !hell reptegentattve c:.f..
cities, who shall vote viva voce.
Section 111. Electors shall in all cases, excel
trPatioll, felony, nod breach or surety of thy r , .
be privileged from arrest, during their attetelunee
On elections, and in going to and returning I'l'olll
them.
ARTICLE. IV
Section I. The House of Representatives shall
have the sole power of impeaching.
Section 11. All impeachments shall be tried by
the Senate; when sitting for that purpose, the
Senators shall be upon oath or affirmation. No per
son shall be convicted without the concurrence of
two-thirds of the members present.
Section 111. The Governor, and all other civil
officers under this Commonwealth, shall tie liable to
impeachment for any misdemeanour in office; but
judgment, in such cases, shall not extend further
than to removal from office, and disqualification
hold any office of honour, trust or profit, under this
Commonwealth: The piety, whether convicted or
acquitted, shall nevertheless be liable to indictment,
trial, judgment, and punishment according to law.
ARTICLE V
Section 1. The judicial power of this Common
wealth shall he vested in a Supreme Court, in
Courts of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail De
livery, in a Court of Common Pleas, Orphans' Omit.
ltei:ister's Court, and a Court of Quarter Sessi,n•
of the Peace, for each county ; in Justices I , f thi
Peace, and in such other Courts as the legislatnif
rnly from tithe to time establish.
Section 11. The judges if the Supreme Courbiof
the several Courts if Common / J'leas, and of stn
other• Courts of Record as are or shall be esiablishio
by law, shall be nominated by the Governor, and b!,
and with the consent of the Senate appointed ass
rommissioned by him. The judges of the Supreme
Court shall hold their offices for the term of fifteen
years if they shall so long behave thonselres well.
The president judges if the several Courts of Coniston
Pleas and if such other Courts of Record its arc et
shall be established by lau•, and oil other judges re
quired to be lea, ned in the law, shall had 'heir office;
for the term of ten years if they shall so long Won,
theniSeiVeS well. The Assoc iate judges of the Courts
if Common Pleas shall hold their offires.far the tin m
of five years if they shall ea long Wave themselves
well. But for any reasonable cause which shall not
be sufficient ground qf impeachment, the Goverunr
may remove any of them on the address of tu•o-thirds
of each branch of the legislature: The judges of eh(
Supreme Court and the presidents of the seve, al
(burls cf Common Pleas shall a' stated times receive
fur their services an adequate compensation to be
fired by law, which shall nut be diminished 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.
Section 111. Until othertrise directed by law, the
Courts qf Common Pleas shall continue as al present
established. Not more than five counties shall at any
time be included in one judicial district organizes
for said Courts. •
Section IV. The jurisdiction of the Supreme
Court shall extend over the State; and the judges
thereof, shall Ify virtue of their ollices, he justices
of Oyer and Termini') and General Jail Delivery, in
the ::,‘vvial ceoui;es. .
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and protecting property and reputation, and of pur
suing their own happiness.
Section 11. All power is inherent in the people,
and all free governments arc founded on their au
thority, and instituted for their peace, safety and
happiness ; For the advancement of these ends, they
have, at all times, an unalienable and indefeasible
right to alter, reform or abolish their government, in
such manner as they may think proper.
Section 111. All men have a natural and indefea
sible right to worship Almighty God, according to
the dictates of their own consciences; no man can,
of right, be compelled to attend, erect, or support
lily place of worship, or to maintain any ministry
against his consent ; no human authority can, in any
case whatever, control or interfere with the rights
of conscience ; and no preference shall ever be
given, by law, to any religious establishments or
modes of worship.
Section IV. No person who acknowledges the be
ing of a God and a future state of rewards and pu
nishments' shall on account of his religious senti
ments be disqualified to hold any office or place of
trust or profit under this Commonwealth.
Section V. Elections shall be free and equal.
Section VI. Trial by jury shall he as heretofore,
and the right thereof remain inviolate.
Section VII. The printing presses shall be free to
every person who undertakes to examine the pro
ceedings of the legislature, or any branch of go
' Ornment: And no law shall ever be mule to re
.train the right thereof. The free communication
if thoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable
sights of man; and every citizen may freely speak,
.write and print on any subject, being responsible
full the abuse of that liberty. In prosecutions for
lhe publication of papers investigating the official
conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or
where the matter published is proper for public in
fornihtion, the truth thereof may be given in evi
dence': And in all indictments for libels the jury
shall IM.Vo a right.to determine the law and the facts,
under time direction of the court, as in other cases.
Section VIII; The people shall be secure in their
persons, bowies, papers and possessions, from unrea•
iunable searches and seizures: Anti no warrant to
search any place, or to seize any person or things,
shall issue, without describing them as nearly as
may be, nor without probable cause supported by
oath or affirmation.
Section IX. In all criminal prosecutions, the ac
cused bath a right to be heard by himself and his
counsel, to demand the nature and cause of the ac
cusation against him, to meet the witnesses face to
face, to have compulsory process for obtaining wit
nesses in his favour, and, in prosecutions by indict
ment or information, a speedy public trial, by an
impartial jury of the vicinage; lid cannot be com
pelled to give evidence against himself, nor can he
be deprived of his life, liberty, or 'property, Unless
by the judgment of his peers or tlielaw of the
land.
Section X. No person shall, for any indictable
offence, be proceeded against criminally by informa
tion, except in cases arising in the land onnaval
forces, or in the militia when in actual service in
time of war or public danger, or by leave of the
court, for oppression and 11l isderneanou rin office. No
person shall, for the same olfence, be twice put irt
jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall any man's pro
perty be taken or applied to public use, without the
conseet of his representatives, and without just
mpensation being made.
Section Xl. All courts shall he Open, and every
fur an injury dime him in his lands, goods, per
:on or reputation, shall have remedy by the due
course of law, and right and justice admini , tei
without sale, denial or delay. Suits may be brought
against the Commonwealth in such manner, in such
courts, ant Lin such cases as the legislature may by
law direct.
Section XII. No power of suspending laws stint;
he exercised, unless by the legislature, ur its au
thority.
Section Excessive bail shall not be re
quired, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel pu
nishments indicted.
Section XIV. All prisoners shall be b a ilable 1, 1
sufficient sureties, unless for capital offences, when
the proof is evident or presumption great ; and the
privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not tie
suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or in
vasion, the public safety may require it.
Section XV. No commission oftty er andTertniner
or j oil delivery shall be issued.
Section XVI. The person of a debtor, where
there is not strong presumption of fraud, shall not
to continued in prison, after delivering up his estate
for the benefit of his creditors, in such manner as
shall be prescribed by law.
Section XVII. No ex post facto law, nor any law
impairing contracts shall be made.
Section X VIII. No person shall be attainted of
treason or felony by the legislature.
Section XIX. No attainder shall work corruption
if blood, nor, except during the life of the offender,
foifeiture of estate to the commonwealth ; the es
bites of such persons as shall destroy their own
lives, shall descend or vest as in case of natural
death ; and if ally person . shall be killed by
casualty, there shall be no forfeiture by reason
the rot.
Section XX. The citizens have a right, in a peace
able mace to assemble together, fur their common
good, and to apply to those invested with the powers
of government for redress of grievances, or other
proper purposes, by petition, address or remon
strance.
Section XXI. The right of citizens to bear arms,
in defence of themselves and the State, shall not be
questioned.
Section XXII. No standing army shall, in time
of peace, be kept up without the consent of the Le
gislature ; and the military shall, in all cases, and
at all times, be in strict subordination to the civil
power.
Section XXIII. No soldier shall, in time of peace,
be quartered in any house without the consent of the
owner, nor in time of war, but iu a manner to be
prescribed by law.
Section XXIV. The legislature shall not grant
any title of nobility or hereditary distinction, nor
create any office the appointment to which shall be
fur a longer term than during good behaviour.
Section XXV. Emigration from the State shall
out be prohibited.
Section XXVI. To guard 'against transgressions
af the high powers which we have delegated, WE
DECLARE, that every thing in this article is ex
eepted out of the general powers of government, and
:hall for ever remain inviolate.
AItTICLE X.
Any amendment or amendments to this constuu
' ion may be proposed in the Senate or House of Re
pres.A'atives, and if the same shall he agreed to
it majority of the members elected to each House, such
drijimsrd amendment or amendments shall be entered
;in their journals, with the yeas and nays taken
hereon, and the Secretary of the Commonly:lath shall
anise the some lobe published three months before the
next election, in at least one newspaper in every
county in which a newspaper shall he published: and
if in the legislature next afterwards chosen such pro
posed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to
by a nuijority of the members elected to each house,
the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall cause the
same again to be published in manner aforesaid, and
such proposed amendment or amendments shall be
.submitted to the people in such manner and at such
lime, at least three months, after being so agreed to
by the Iwo houses as the legislature shall prescribe;
and if the people shall approve and ratify such
amendment or amendments by a majority of the qua
lified voters of this Stale voting thereon, such amend
ment or amendments shall become a part of the con
stitution; but no amendment or amendments shall
be submitted to the people oftener than once in five
years ; Provided, that if • more than one amendment
be submitted, they shall be submitted in such manner
and ferns, that the people may vote for or against
each amendment separately and distinctly.
SCHEDULE.
That no inconvenience may arise from the altera
tions and amendments in the Constitution of this
Commonwealth, and in order to carry the same into
complete operation, it is hereby declared and ordain
ed, That,
Section I. 'All laws of this Commonwealth in force
at the time when the said alterations and amend
ments in the said Constitution shall take effect, and
nut inconsistent therewith, and all rights, actions,
prosecutions, claims, and contracts as we❑ of indi
viduals as of bodies corporate; shall continue as if
the said alterations and amendments had not been
Made.
Section H. The alterations and amendments in the
said Constitution shall take effect from the first day
of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine.
Section 111. The clauses, sections, and articles of
the said Constitution, which remain unaltered, shall
continue to be construed and have effect as if the
said Constitution had not been amended.
'Section IV. The General Assembly which shall
convene in December, eighteen hundred and thirty
eight, shall continue its session, as heretofore, not
withstanding the provision in the eleventh section
of the first article, and shall at all times be regarded
as the first General Assembly under the amended
Constitution.
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Section V. The Governor who shall be elected in
Oetober,eighteen hundred and thirty-eisht, shall be
inaugurated on the third Tuesday In Jantiary
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eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, to which, ..me
the present executive term is hereby extended.
Section VI. The commissions of the judges of the
Supremo Court, who may be in office on the first day
of January next, shall expire in the following man
ner: The commission which bears the earliest date
shall expire on the first day of January, Anno Do
mini one thousand eight hundred and forty-two; the
commission lIV.ICI dated shall expire on the first day
of January, AllllO DOMilli one thousand eight hun
dred and forty-five; the commission next dated shall
expire on the first day of January, Anno Domini
one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight; the
commission next dated shall expire on the first day
of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hun
dred and fifty-one ; and the commission last dated
shall expire on the first day of January, Anno Do
mini one thous eight hundred and fifty-four.
Section VII. The commissions of the President
judges of the several jirdicial districts and of the
associate law judges of the first judicial district shall
expire as follows : The commissions of one-half of
those who shall have held their offices 'en years or
more at the adoption of the amondments to the consti
tution, shall expire on the twenty-seventh day of Fe
bruary, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine;
the commissions of the other half of those who shall
have held their offices ten years or more at the adop
tion of the amendments to the constitution, shall
expire on the, twenty-seventh day of February, one
thousand eight Jmndred and forty-two ; the first halt
to embrace those whose commissions shall bear the
oldest date. The commissions of all the remaining
judges who shall not have held their offices for tett
rears at the adoption of the ainendments to the con
stitution shall expire on the twenty-seventh day of
February ilex! after the end of ten years from the
date of their commissions.
Section VIII. The• Recorders of the several May
ors' Courts, and other criminal courts in this Com
monwealth, shall be appointed for the same time,
and in the rune manner, as the president judges
.•1 the several judicial districts; of those row in
are, the COMllliqtilt,ll oldest in date shall expire on
the twenty-eventh day of February, cne thousand
eight hundred and forty-one, and the others every
two years thereafter according to their respective
dales. 'now oldest in date expiring first.
Section IX. The legislature at its first session un-
•
der the amended constitution, shall divide the other
associate judges of the State into four classes. The
commissions of those of the first class shall expire
on the twenty-seventh .lay of February, eighteen
hundred and forty ; of those of the second class on
the t wenty-seventh day of February, eighteen hun
dred and forty-one ; of those of the third class on
the twenty-seventh day of February, eighteen hun
dred and forty-two; and of those of the fourth class
on the twenty-seventh day of February, eighteen
hundred and forty-three. The said classes from the
first to the fourth shall tie arranged according to the
seniority of the commissions of the several judges.
Section X. Prothonotaries, clerks of the several
courts (except of the Supreme Court) recorders of
deeds and registers of wills, shall be host elected under
the amended Constitution, at the election of ripre
sentatives in the year eighteen hundred and thirty
nine, in such manner aslinte be prescribed 1w law.
Section Xl. The appointing power shall remain as
heretofore, and all officers in the appointment of the
executive department shall continue 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 article of the
amended constitution, and until appointments shall
be made under such laws ; unless their commissions
shall be superseded by new appointments, or shall
sooner expire by their own limitations, or the said
offices shall become vaciiit by death or resignation,
and such laws shall be enacted by the first legisla
ture under the amended constitution.
Section XII. The first election for aldermen atid
justices of the peace shall be held in the year eight
een hundred and forty, at the time fixed for the
election of constables.' The legislature at its first
session under the amended constitution shall pro
vide for the said election and for subsequent similar
elections. The aldermen and justices of the peace
now in commission, or who may in the interim be
appointed, shall continue to discharge the duties of
their respective offices, until fifteen days after the
day which shall be fixed by law for the issuing of
new commissions, at the expiration of which tune,
their commissions shall expire.
In testimony that the foregoing is the amended
constituti m of Pennsylvania, as agreed to in
convention, We the officers and members of the
convention have hereunto ,sigmed our names at
Philadelphia, the twenty-second day of Febru
ary, Anna Domini one thousand eight hundred
and thirty-eight, and of the Independence of
Unit.ct st...tos of 'smerica the sixty-second.
JOHN SERGEANT, President.
Daniel Agnew,
W :VMS,
M. W. Baldwin, Abm. Ileffenstein,
Ephraim Banks, M. Ifenderson,
John Y. Barclay, Wm. Ilenderson,
Iwo!) Barndolar, 1V m. Hiester,
Chas. A. ltarnitz, William High,
Andrew Bedford, Jos. Hopkinson,
Thos. S. Bell, John Houpt,
James Cornell Biddle, Jabez Hyde,
',W w
',Wrens L. Bigelo, Charles Jared Ingersoll,
Sand. C. Bonham, Phs. Jenks,
Chas. Brown, George M. Keim,
Jeremiah Brown, James Kennedy,
William Brown, Aaron Kerr,
Pierce Butler, Jos. Konigmacher,
Samuel Carey, Jacob Krebs,
John Cummin, H. G. Long,
Thomas S. Cim la Ingham, David Lyons,
William Curll, Alex. Magee,
Wm. Darlington, Joel K. Mann,
George Chambers, W. M. Meredith, :
John Chandler, James Merrill,
Jos. It. Chandler, Levi Merkel,
Ch. Chauncey, Wm. L. Miller,
Nathaniel Clapp, James Montgomery,
James Clarke, Christian Meyers
John Clarke,
Villiam Clark,
A. J. Cline,
Lindley Coates,
K. E. Cochran,
Thos. P. Cope,
Joshua F. Cox,
Walter Craig„
Richd. M. Crain
Geo. T. Crawford,
Cornelius Crum,
Benjn.
John J. M'Cahen,
E. T. M•Dowell,
James M'Sherry
Mark Parrah,
liarmar Denny,
John Dickey,
Joshua Dickerson,
Jacob Dillinger,
Jas. Donagan,
J. It. Donnell,
Jos4ll M. Doran,
James Dunlop,
Thomas Earle,
I). M. Farmlly,
Robt. Fleming,
Walter Forward,
John Foulkrod,
Joseph Fry, Jr
John Fuller,
John A. Gamble,
William Gearhart,
David Gilmore,
Virgil Crone 11,
William L. Harris,
Thomas Hastings,
(Attest,) S. Snocir, Secretary.
G. L. FAvs ' Assistant Secretaries.
J. ILLIAMS,
SECRETARY'S OFFICE,
Ilanntsnono, FrmatrAav 28, ISM?
I certify, that the foregoing is an exact and literal
copy of " the Constitution of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania as amended by the Convention of one
4liousatul eight hundred and thirty-seven-thirty
eight," deposited in this office on the 26th day of
February, 1838 • the amendments being in italic,
and the retained portions of the present Constitu
tion in roman letter.
'um. H. RURROWES,
Scc'y, df the Commonwealth.
March 27, 1838. ta-5t
NOTICE.
SAMUEL FAHNESTOCK, of the Bo
rough of Gettysburg, having made an
assignment of his property, to the subscri
bers, for the benefit of Creditors, notice hi
hereby given to all indebted to him to call
without delay and make payment of their
several dues. Those who have claims a
gainst him will please to present the same.
MOSES M'CLEAN,
JAMES COOPER.
April 10, 1838. tf-2
Ezra S. Hayhurst,
Win. Hays,
D. Nevin,
Win. (Wei-field,
Hiram Payne,
Mattliias Pen nypacker,
James Porter,
James Madison Porter,
Sarni. A. Purviance,
E. C. Reigart,
A. IL Read,
Gco. W. Ritet,
Jno. Ritter,
11. Gold Rogers,
Samuel Royer,
James M. Russell,
Daniel Saeger,
John Morin Scott,
Tobias Sellers,
G. Seltzer.
Geo. Serrill,
Henry Scheetz,
George Shilleto,
Thomas ff. Sill,
(:co. Smith,
Wm. Smyth,
Joseph Shively,
mini. B. Sterigere,
Jacob Stickel,
F.henezer W. Sturdevant
Thomas Taggart,
Morgan J. Thomas,
James Todd,
Thomas Weaver,
Jacob B. Weidman
R. G. White,
Geo. W. Woodward,
B. Young.