ADVERTISpIENTS. The Fashionable Hats, Caps and Bonnets. Win.W. Paxton, HAS now on hand a very large assort ment of IMAMS, CAPS & BOATNETS . at his.old stand in Chambersbure- Street, two doors, from the Court House. CONSISTING AS TOLLOWS _ Men's Castor HATS, " Rorain do. " Spanish body do. Silk do. 18 Plain Russia do. Youth's Fur dr. Old Men's Broad Brims do. gi • Low Crown do. Also Second hand FIATS. Ladies FUR BONNETS, gi SILK do. Also—A GOOD ASSORTMENT OF *EIJIt C Sof different kinds: ,Lla S IL GIP S for MEN and BOYS. All of which he will sell at Low Prices wholesale and retail—for Cash and Country Produce—such as.W heat, Corn, Rye, Buck wheat, Oats, Wood, Wool, &c: &c. 'Call and judge for yourselves. November 17, 1837. BRPaNDItIITIX'S PILLS. (I . ITIZENS OF PHILADELPHIA ! z) Two short years have scarcely elapsed since I ()paired my present office at 169 RACE STREET;for the sale of the Vegetable Universal Medicine,, known by the name. of BRAND. RETIPS PILLS. Conscious of its superiority over every othirjeedicine then in use. I praised it in the most unqualified termsond thereby pro. ailed on a majority of my fellow citizens to test I is powers. • Subsequent events; have shown that 1 did not exaggerate its virtues. You generously depended on my recommenclutiona, and judging for yourselves, gave the medicine a trial, arid found it deserved all my encomiums. It is al source of much gratification to me to reflect that in no one instance whore the pills have been par. chased at my Race street office, have they fulled in producing the most beneficial effects; but, un the contrary,thoy have cured many and relieved all 'rho pleasure arising from the above happy state of things in this city, is much alloyed by the knowledge that this health restoring remedy is counterfeited in every part of the Unien. 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 admire persons pushed their contemptible calling, that ono attic fraternity hire an office publicly in Now York,dovotod exclusively to the sale of the coun terfeit article, arid another one is about being opened in Baltimore fur the came vile purpose. Our own good city is, as yet, comparatively free from these heareess impostuies. Dow long it may remain so, depends, my fellow citizens, on you, If you still continue,us heretofore,steadily refusing to encourage any and every kind of Im posture, no matter by what barefaced effrontery it may be attempted you will serve the cause id* morality,as well as minister to your own weltiire, by obtaining the medicine in its original purity Boston, New York, Cincinnutl, Louisville, New Orleans, Baltimore, &e. ell teem with counterfeit Brandreth Pills. Philadelphia alone is uncoil tuminated, mid the old established RACE STREET office still stands es a Beacon Ugh: to guide the valentudinat ion to the port of safety.-- Awake, citizens , . and drive the prowling caitiffs from your door a, Tell them,Philadelphians never have, and never will, encourage impostures, and thut,in this city,there is no abiding place for them. By these means, their nefarious and murderous designs, directed against your health, will be de feated, and the character of our city, for honesty and good faith ho 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 Wight. The follow tog aro seine of the regular appoint ed rgents; and ere 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 freak supply of the GENUINE ARTICLE. Dr. Benjamin Ziegler, York, York co. Mr. Henry Sidle, Dillsburg, York county. 'Mr. Wm. Gilmore, Chumbersburg, Franklin co. Mr. John Slffaner, Lancaster, Lancaster county. Remember Dr. Brandrethis General Office for the sale of the medicine, wholesale and retail, is at 169 Race street, and 43 Chesnut street, Phila delphm. April 3,1838. Dr. Peters' Vegetable Pills. rrtlHE immense and increasing popularity of these pills is another proof of the infallibili. ty of the old adage that "truth is powerful and will prevail." Other pills are only putibd,but Dr. Peters' are purchased and praised, & recommend ed until the demand for them has become almost universal. Dr. Peters would impress this fact upon the public, that his pills are not u quack medicine,liut a scientific compound of simples which has been the result of many years intense application to a profession in which ho was regularly bred, and hence it is as popular with the regular faculty as with the people at large. Ono of the many peculiar virtues fifth() Vegeta ble Pills is, that while very powerful in its effects, it is particularly mild and gentle in its action.— Unlike the generality of modielnes,ils application is never attended with nausea or griping. For sale at the Drug Store of Dr. J. GILBERT, Agent. Gettysbur s ,Jan. 5, 1838. 9m-40 07:'To Parents• DR. STOUSE'S INFAN'r DROPS,a safe, effectual and speedy remedy for the diseases of young clrildren,such as colic, convulstons,restlessness, griping, disordered bowels, green stools, sour vomiting, flatn leilebite. This article is not a new inyen duo, but ono whose merits have been tested by time, and found fully adequate to the plc Poses for which they are recommended. 'Price 25 cents a bottle, and for t ale at - the Drug Store of Feb. 6. IQ3Q. Dr. J. GILBERT.. 11-45 THE NEW CONSTITUTION. Tli E CONSTITUTION COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, At AMENDED BY TILE CONVENTION OF ONE THOUSAND EIOHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN THIRTY-EIGHT, WE, Tke People of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania, ordalp and establish this CunstitutiJn fur its Government. AIITICLF: I Section I. The legislative power of this Common wealth shall be vested in' a General Asr a mbis which shall consist of a Senate and lions° of Itepre ta ti yea. Section iI. The representatives shall be chose annually by the citizens of the city of Phil-I,l,lphi and of each county respectively on the second Tues day of October. Section 111. No person shall be a repre , entotiv who shall not have attained the age of tivorCy-,,n years, and have been a citizen and inhabitant th, State three years next preceding his eleeti,m, and U,, last year thereof an inhabitant of the district 111 fllj , for which he shall be clipper: a rrpres,:teit,, nnlk , he shall have been absent on the public busine.: of the United States or of this State. Section IV. Within three years after the fii meeting of the General Assembly, nod within eve,, subsequent term of seven years, an the taxable inhabitants shall be made in such 111.111 ner as Shall be directed by law. The number of representatives shall, at Via several period, of toll,- ing such enumeration, be fixed by the I".gi:litore and apportioned among the city of Philadelphia am! the several counties, according to the number of taxable inhabitants in each: and shall never Le le, than sixty nor greater than one hundred. 1.:m.1, county shall have at least one representative, but no county hereafter erected shall be entitle,' t o a sew ,. rate representation until a sufficient nurnl.pr of t.,x able inhabitants shall be contained within it, entitle them to one representative agreeably t‘, the ratio which shall then be established. Section; The senators shall be chosen for thee, years by the citizens of Philadelphia and of II; several counties at the same time, in the same 111:i -ner, and at the same places where they shall vett for representatives. Section VI. - -The inniiber of Senators shall, at tip several periods of makiog the enumeration loti.s. mentioned, be fixed by the Legislature a n d app tioned among the districts formed as herei,, directed, according to the number of taxable tants in each ; and Shall never be less tit mo•• fourth, nor greater than one-third, of the nuoC , et ~t representatives. Section VII. The senators shall be chosen in .1i tricts, to be formed by the ; nor nu d trict shall he so formed as to entitle it to elec.! ;a, than trio senators, unless the number if taxable in habitants in any city or r,,sni y shall, at any IJcr be such as to entitle it to elect mire than two, Punt nc city or county shall be entitled to elect Mare than 'Mir senators; when a di•dliet shall be comprise(' of two or more counties, they shall Inc adjoining neither the city of Philadelphia nor any county Oat be divided in forming a district. Section VIII. No peison shall be a senator, wilt shall not have attained the age of twenty-live years. anti have been a citizen and inhabitant of the Stair four years next before his election, and the last year thereof an inhabitant of the district for which bt shall be chosen, unless he shall have been absent e• the public s of the United States or of the State ; and no I.l^rSon eleeted as aforesaid, shall hob, said office after lie shall hare removed from, such dis trict. Section IX. The senators who may be elected a the first general election after the adoption if th amendments to the constitution, shall be divided h ! , lot into three classes. The seats of the senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration a' the first year; of the second class at the expiratia,. of the second year ; and of the third class at the pirrition of the third year ; so that thereafter on, third of the whole number of senators may be chose,. every year. The senators elected before the amend_ meats to the constitution shall he adopted, shall hob. their offices during the terms for which they shot! respectively have been elected. Section X. The General Assembly shall meet M. the first Tuesday of January, in every year, utile, sooner convened by the Governor. Section XI. Each house shall choose its Speaker and other officers; and the Senate shall also chores, a Speaker pro tempore, when the Speaker shall ex ercise the office "of Governor. Section XII. Each house shall judge of the quali fications of its members. Contested elections shat! be determined by a committee to be selected, forme.! and regulated in such manner as shall be directed by law. A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum to du business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized by law to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties as may be provided. Section XIII. Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members fu; disorderly behaviour, and with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member, but not a second timi for the same cause; and shall have all other powers necessary for a branch of the legislature of a free State. Section XIV. The legislature shall not have power to enact laws annulling the contract ,!f marr ia4e in any case where, by law, the courts qf this CO/11711011- wealth arc or may hereqfter 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 question shall, at the desire of any two of them, be entered on the 'ournals. Section XVI. The doors of each house and of committees of the whole shall be open, unless, when the business 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 place than that in which the two houses shall be sitting. Section XVIII. The Senators and representatives shall receive a compensation for their services to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth. They shall in all cases, ex cept treason, felony and breach or surety of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their at tendance at the session of their lespective houses, and in going to sq:td returning from the same. And for any speech or debate in either house, they shall not he 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 have 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 Congress 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 representatives, 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. i Section XXIII. Every bill which shall. have passed both homes shall be presented to the Go vernor. If he approve he shall sign it, but if lie shall not approve he shall return it with his objec tions 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 'mines 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 sented to him, it shall be a law in like manlier 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 slier 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 adjournment shall be presented to the Governor, and before i shall take 4:fleet, be approved by him, or being dig approved, shall be repassed by two-thirds of butt houses accoeding to the rules and limitations pre scribed in case of a bill. Section X XV. No corporate body shall be hereafter created, renewed or extended, with banking or (its roue!! lee g j ricilevos, irithind ris men!ka pro: I.,:ts THE NEW CONSTITUTION. puqic notive of the intended application for tne 4,17107 in such manner as shall bt prrseri'wd by lay. Nor shall any char! •r . for the purposes aforesaid, be granted for a longer period than twenty !rani', and every such (barter shall contain a clause reserving la the leg jslatarc the poir... to alfrr, revoke or annul the same whenever in their opinion it may he inju rious to the citizens of the cammonwrallh, in such manner however that 719 injustice shall he done to the corporators. No law hereof ler enacted, shall errata, renew or extend the charter of more than one corpo ration. ARTICLE IL— Section 1. The Supreme Executive power of this Commonwealth shall be vestv4 in a Governor. Section 11. The Governor shall he eho.en on the second 'ruesd.ty of October, by the citizens of tin Commonwealth, at the places where they sh.tll re speclively Vote for representatives. The return of every election fur Goveinor shall be sealed u; and transmitted to the seat of government, tirectei to the Speaker of the Senate, who shall open am publish them in the presence of the members 0 both houses of the legislature. The pers;oi havio. the highest nuniber of votes shall he Governot But if two or more shill he equal and highest it votes, one of them shall lie chosen Governor by lii joint vote of the meml , ers of both bou.ci. C o o tested elections 1.11,11 be deteitnined by .t Committee t o b e se l ec t e d from both houses of the legislatior and formed and regulated in such roomier as still be directed by law. Section 111. The Governor shall hold his odic, during three years from the thitii Tuesday of Janu ary nex t en.ohig hie election, and shall not to capable of holding it longer 11140 sir in anY term of nine years. Section IV. He shall be at least thirty rear: of age, and have been a citizen and antint id this State seven years next before his election ; unless he shall have been aliment on the public business of the U tiled Stites or of !hi., scot.. Section I'. No itiemher of (' ,ii ie, nr per , on holding any office under the 1 7 iiite:I State:: or tiu• State shall exerri , e the office of G..vernor. Section VI. The I:oventor shall at , tited tiro. • receive for hid service , : a c. , tripettisaii.ol, he neither itirre..; , :erl nor .U 414 6 ,41,1 during tin period for whirl, he .Hall hive liven elected. Section VII. He .1101 he eonn.11.111,1(.1.-1,ii-ehief the :limy and tat y of the , eounit.mwe illh 'in.] of the militia, except when they calk.' lii the actual cervice of the Section VIII. He Ali/ llppktilil 41 SN'lll•lry it Ih. Common ,sea f'/, ilueioz pl. , ,Huer, and lie diIY nate and bo and rrif tio , adviee and CWISo ;I . Sena ilppelint all poll, Oil olrwers nl eaueli ul record, unless whenrise prarided . in• in In: /talon. Ile swill have pop,- to fill all rnean,•l., Thal mai/ Ivlppea in .such reeess of the S.aile, hq zra al , n 1; cononi.,,ion, Shan e.lpi,"P of the I,ld of their rtes! h : r i ., vi , lv,l, Mai in lirtiqglid I,os 11, -. Senate Shall sit upc:: and in ro.,Orh.loL: or J./jet7 At;; the noinii,gt ions the Gorernor, lir. rot^ drill Of , token "id 'Joys. Svclimi IX. lie hay,. 1...xv0i In ri•mit flol 111.11 31:./ -t 111.! i;.! except in v.c.c.: of loirelch , flect. Sielim, V Ile may ii,lniit i”folmltion in Writing, 110111 (110 1• 4 in till` 1•)0.(11!11:r , 1.11.111111e11t ct to the duties of their respec tive Section XI. Ile shall, from time to time, vire to the General Assembly u.l ,, matirm of the .tote of the Cernmonwerilth, and ter, nittiviul to their con :surh me:Acmes as he sh ill jtrhze expellent. Section XII. lie may, on 1.7i1r.11,01111.11y OCC con% env the Genital ; and iti case of dkagi ecm , I.T. between the two h m‘er. !tit respect to the time of .dj mrunient, adj.win than to 91101 time as he :•11:1.11 thick plOlll-1, 110 l rrr%errerling firm months. Section XIII. lle shall take care that the lairs Le faithfully executed. Section Xll in fave of the death or resignati ,, e of lh Cove!nor, or of his removal fn•rn otrtur, ti„ Speaker of the Senate shall elerciiP the 'Pier ol Governor, 'Wit another Governor shill Or did, qualified ; lad in such ra,e another Go: - .7nor be chosen at the next annual el•-•!1, , ,, nl rrpsri, n'o tic,,s, &tacss ouch dea'h, or rP,,nol .11 shall occur within three ealecullr noorq. (stay preceding .s.uch next annual election, in uh,cl case a Gorcruor ®boll be chosen al the s e .,n,/ srr eroding annual election of representatices. if the trial of a contested election shall contlion, longer than until the third Monday of January next en , iuing the election of Got ernor, the Govt.rn., of the last year or the Speaker of the Netiau. soh, in,, he in the exeiciNe of the executive au tleftity shall continue therein until the 11l Ll'Unillatioll Of ouch contested election, Ulid until a Governor be duly qualified aN aforesaid. Section XV. I'he Secceiary of the Commonwealli shall keep a fir tegkler of all !Ito What! actl • proceedings of the Governor, and when re gaited, lay the some and all nape's, minutes an vouchers relative (hereto, berme either hranch of the legislature, and .11,11 I , CIIII/1 ouch Mbar as shall be enjoined him by law. ARTICLE 111 Section I. In elections hy the citi:ras erery whit freeman of the age if twenty-one year s, haring. fur sided in this state one year, and in the election dis trict where he "fors to rote, len day.; imrnedia'el, preceding such election, and within two years a Stale or County tar, which sh ill hare bren sessed at least ten days I,fore the eh, nin,nh ill ca),, : the rights of an ele,dor. But a citi r.en,!l' the Vail,' States who had prerionsly been a ounlifird rat ^r qt this State, and removed therefrom and ref ornrd,nyr who shall hare resided in the election di'trirt, full paid taxes as aforesaid, shall be eat lied to ride, oft • residing in the stale six months. l'r.)v that whi. freemen, citizens of the Called States, helif,Pll th , ages of twenty-one and twenty-two pear:, and hns ing resided in the Stale one gear, and in the el ,- it , district len days us aforesaid, shall be entitled 1. vote, although they shall not hare paid taxes. Section 11. All elections shall be by ballot, eN cept those by persons ill their reprelientartve cap, who shun vote viva yore. Section 111. lileetors shall in all rases, treason, felony. and bee,eli ur so,ely of the rr o••• be privilegi , d from arrest, ilnring their attendance on elections, and in going to and returning from them. ARTICLE IV Section T. The House of Repreaentatives shall have the sole power of impeaching. Section 11. All impeacluncnts 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 be liable to impeachment for any misdemeanour in office; but judgment, in such cases, shall not extend furthe than to removal from office, and di Sqll:llUleation to hold any office of honour, trust or profit, under this Commonwealth: The party, 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 be vested in a Suprotne Court, io Courts of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail De livery, in a Court of Common Pleas, Orphans' Court, Register's Court, and a Court of Quarter Session! , of the Peace, for each county; in Justices of the Peace, and in such other Courts as the legislator, may from time to time establish. Section 11. The judges of the Supreme Court, of the several Courts of Common Pleas, and of sitcl. other Courts of Record as are or shall be establishet by law shall be nominated by the Gorernor, and to, and with the consent of the Senate appointed and commissioned by him. The judges of the Strpretn Court shall hold their offices for the term of Afire), years if they shall so long behave themselves well. The president judges of the SiTerai Courts of Ccatmol, fleas and of such other Courts of Record as are or shall be established by law , and all other judges re quired to be learned in the law, shall hold their quire. for the term of ten years if they shall so long lehat, themselves well. The Associate judges of the Courts of Common l'lras shall hold their qffires for the term of fire years if they shall so long behave themselves well. But for any reasonable cause which shall not be sufficient ground of impeachment, the Governm may remove any of them on the address of two-thirds of each branch of the legislature. The judb,s of the Supreme Court and the presidents of the several Courts of Common Pleas shall at slated Ames receive for their services an adequate compensation to he fixed by law, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office, but they shall receive no fees or perquisites of qffice,nor hold any other qffice of profit under this Commonwealth. Section 111. Until otherwise directed by law, the Courts of Common Pleas shall continue as at present established. Not more than fire counties shall at any time be included in one judicial district organized for said Courts. Section 111. The jurisdiction of the Supreme Court shall extend over the State ; and, the judges thereof, shall by virtue of their .ollices, he justice of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Ihdivrry, in the geveral counties, THE NEW CONSTITUTION: Section V. The judges of the Court of Conriinon Pleas, it each county, shall by virtue of their offices, he justices of Oyer and Terminer 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, ;n any county, when the judges of the Supreme Court, or any of them, shall be sitting the same county. The party accused, as well as the 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 exc.:rised by them, have the power 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 cate of the persons and estates of those who are non compotes mentis. And the legislature shall se- the said courts such other powers to grant relief iu equity, as shall be found necessary: and may, nom time to lime, enlarge or diminish those ;towels or vest them in such other courts as they shall judge proper, for the due administratien 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 skins o: 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. 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 he &me. Section IX. The president of, the court in each circuit within such circuit, and the judges of the couri of common pleas within their respective counties, shall be justices of the peace, so far at relates to ci imina I nutters. Section X. A register's office, for the probate of wills and ;;ranting letters )f administration, and an °dice fur the recording of deeds, shall be kept in cacti county. Section XI. The style of all process shall be " The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania." All prose cutions shall he 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 each county. One person shall be chosen /,r each office, who shall he commis sioned by time Governor. They shall hold their offices for three years, if they shall so long behave themselves well, and until a successor be duly qualified ; but no person shall be twice chosen or appointed sheriff, in any term of six years. Vacan cies in either of the said shall he idle I by an appointment, to he made by the Governor, m continue 1,1(11 the next general electr u m,, and until a , ticee.s.,r shall be ch.,sen and quAliiied as afore- Section 11. The (women Of this c , iirfmanwealth shall lie arrreinisref and discipline l rir it s de truer, when am! in s Ile h ur., nMr as rurty hr dirrrlyd by /1/le. .1 . 11,111 w h o rain , i , •n Wni'iv S(11)ple to bear an,lS, shall 11/1 Le 1 . 111111 , 011 . 11 (// 110 SO, 1111 t shrill pay an equivalent far persanal sei I ice. Section 111. l'eothonotariCN (If the Supreme Court shall be appointed by the soh( Court far the term of three years if they so long behave ,heinselves well. Prothonotaries and clerks of the several other courts, Recorders of deeds, and It,- gliders of wills, shall at the times and placer of election af representatives, be elected by the quali fied electors of each county, Or the districts over which the jartsdiction af said courts extends, and shall be commissioned by the G ov ernor. The . q shall hold their &ices for three years if they shall so lung behave thernsehTs well, and until their saccess - ors shall he duly quiiPfied. The legisla ture shall provide by law, the number of persons in each county who shall hold said offices, and how many and which of said &ices shall be held by one person. Vitra/ides in any of the acid af jices shall 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 as aforesaid. Section IV. Prothonotaries, clerks of the peace and orphans' courts, recorders of deeds, registers of wills, and sherill, 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, far any term not exceeding live years after the county shall have been erected. Section V. All commissions shall be in the name and by the authority of the Commonwei:lth of Penn sylvania, and be s'ealed with the State seal, and sig,ii ed by the Governor. Section VI. A State Treasurer shall be elected annually, by joint vote of both branches of the legis lature. Section VII. Justices of the peace or aldermen shall be elected in the several wards, boroughs, and townships at the lime of the election if con stables by the qualified •: , ,ters thereof, in such number as shall be directed by law, and shall he cmantissioned by the Governor for a term of five years ; but no township, word or borough shall elect more than two justices if the pence or alder men without the consent if a majority if the qua lified electors within such township, ward or bo rough. Section VIII. Ali officers whose election or ap pointment is not prorided for in this ronslittition, shall he elected or appointed as shall he directed by law. Nu person shall he appointed to any tf lice within arty county who shall not hare hien a citizen and an inhabitant therein one year next before his appointment, if the could!, shall hors been so long erected ; but shoal not have hten so long erected, then wt//in the limit,. i t! the county or counties ~at of which it have hero taken. No•meolher of Congress front this stole, or any person holding or exercising ap,g (Wire or of trust or priilit ewire the United States, shall at the Mille time itch/ or exercise (my office in this state, to which a salary is, or , fees ur perquisites are by law, annexed; and the legisla ture may by law declare what State r ! !fices are compatible. No member the Senate or house of representatives shall be appointed hy the GOVe,rll,lr to any office daring the term for which he shall have been elected. Section IX. All ulcers fiw a term of years shall hold their qfices for the terms respectir(& specified, only on the condition that they SO long behave themselves Teen ; and shall be removed on conviction of misbehaviour in office or of any in famous crime. Section X. Any person who shall, after the adoption V the antendment.q proposed by this Convention to the Constitution, fight a duel or send a challenge for that purpose, or be (rider or abettor in fighting a duel, shall be deprived of the right of holding any r!/lice of honour or profit in this State, and shall be punished otherwise in s uch manner as is, or may be prescribed by law ; but the executive may remit the said deuce and all ifs disqualijications. ARTICLE VII Section f. The legislature shall, as soon as con veniently may be, provide by law, for the establish ment of schools throughout the State, in such manner that the poor may be taught gratis. Section 11, The arts and sciences shall be pro moted in one or more seminaries of learning. Section 111. The rights, privileges, immunities and estates of religious societies and corporate bo dies, shall remain as if the constitution of this State had not been altered or amended. Section IV. The legishdure shall not invest any corporate body or individual with the privilege of taking private properly for public use, without requiring such corporation or individual to wake compensation 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 and essential principles of liberty and free government may be recognised and unalterably established, \V E DECL Alt E, Tu AT Section I. All men are born s quilly free and in dependent, and have certain inherent and indefeasible Fights, among which are those of enj )ying and de : iendiog, life and liberty, cf segni ink, isossessing THE NEW CONSTITUTION. 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 are 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 me❑ 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 any 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 Ire free and equal. Section VI. Trial by pity shall be as heretofore, and the right thereof remain invirdate. 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 vernment: And no law shall ever be made to re strain the right thereof. The fiee communicatioc of thoughts and opinions is uric of the invalttabb rights of man; and every citizen may freely speak. write and print on any subject, being responsible fur the abuse of that liberty. In pnmecutions f. o the publication of papers investigating the ofileiA eOnduct.of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public in formation, the truth thereof 111,1 y he given in evi dence'[, And in all indictments for libels the jury shall liave a right to determine the law and the facts. under the . direction of the court, as in other cases. Section VIII. The people shall be secure in their nelsons, houses, papers and possessions, from unrea• sonable searches and seizures: And no swirl ant to search any place, or to seize any person or things, shall issue, without describing them as nearly as maY tie, nor without probable Cause supported by with or affirmation. Section IN. In all eriininal prosecutions, the ac cused bath n right to be heard by himself and Irk counsel, to demand the nature'imd cause of the :te ens ohm against him, to meet 'he wituesses face to face, to have compulsory pro . s for obtaining wit nesses in his favour, and, in 14‘eautions by indict ment or information, a speedfthiblie trial, by an impartial jury of the vicinage; 11cl:cannot be com pelled to give evidence against hiirmit, nor can he be deprived of his life, liberty, or pr cperty, Unless by the judgment of his peers or th 'rim .of the land. Section X. No person shall, for any offence, be proceeded against criminally by infurirt tion, except in cases :irking in the land or 4'4Val forces, or in the militia when in actual seivideln time of war or public danger, or by leave orthe. court, fur oppression and inkilemeanour in office. iwpmn shall, for the same offence, be twice put in jeopaidy of life or limb; nor shall any r 113105 pro petty be taken or applied to public use. without the cmisent of Ilk representatives, :in,: tt ithout just c , nipeosation living made. Section XI. All com Is shall be opeo, and every min fur ;In injury dime him in his land+, goods, pm ril or reputation, shall have remedy by the due course of law, and right and justice adminktered. e.ithout sale, denial or delay. Suits may lie brought agaiost the Commonwealth in such manner, in such cmirts, and.in such cases as the legislature may by law direct. Section XII. No power of suspending laws shall be exercised, unless by the kgislature, or its au thority. Section XIII. Excessive bail shall not be re-. (mired, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel mi ni-fitments in It icted. Section XIV. All prisoners shall be bailable 19 sufficient sureties, unless for capital offences, whet. the proof is evident or presumption grest ; and the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of iebellion or in vasion, the public safety may require it. Sect ion XV. No Collllllk , lini oft /yet and Terminer or jail delivery shall he issued. Section XVI. The person of a debtor, where there is not strong presumption of fraud, shallot be continued in prison, after delivering up his estate for the benefit of his creditors, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law. Section X VII. No ex post facto law, nor any law impairing contracts shall be made. Section XVIII. No person shall be attainted of treason or felony by the legislature. • Section XIX. No attainder shall work . corruption of blood, nor, except during the life of the offender, for feiture of estate to the commonwealth the es tates of such persons as shall destroy their own lives, shall descend or vest as in case of natural death ; and if any person shall ho killed by casually, there shall be no forfeiture by reason (het cof. Section XX. The citizens have a right, in a peAce able manae to assemble together, for 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 stana . ing army shall, in time of peace, be kept up without the consent of the Le gislature ; and the military shall, in nll 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 in 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 for a longer term than during good behavitiur. - Section XXV.. Emigration from the State shall not be prohibited. '- Section XXVI: To guard against transgressions of the high pofvers which we have delegated, WE DECLARE that every thing in this article is ex cepted out o?the_general powers of government, and shall for ever remain inviolate. - - ARTICLE X.. Any amendment or amendments to this constitu tion may be proposed in the Senate Or house of Re presentatives, and if the same shall he agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each House, such proposed amendment. or hmendirients shall be entered on their journals, with the. yeas and nays taken thereon,and the. Secretary of the Commonwealth shall rause the same lobe published three months before the next election, in at least one newspaper in every county in which a newspaper shall be published ; and if in the legislature nest afterwards chosen such pro posed amendment or amends:tents shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each house, the Secretary of the Cernmonwealth shall cause the same again to be published -in manner aforesaid, and such proposes! amendment or amendments shall be submitted to the people in such manner and at such time, at least three months, after being so agreed to by the two houses as the legislature shall prescribe; and if the people shall approve and ratify such amendment or amendments by et majority of the qua lified voters of this State 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 form, 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 not inconsistent therewith, and all rights, actions, prosecutions, claims, and contracts as well of indi viduals as of bodies corporate, shall continue as if the said alterations and amendments had not been made. Section 11. The alterations and amendments in the said Constitution shall take Mfect 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. Section V. The Governor who shall be elected in October, eighteen lonnlicd and thirty-eight, shill be inaugurated on the .third Tuesday in January THE NEW CONSTITUTI()N. er4hterm bombed road unity-tune, lu ia the present executive term is hereby extended Section VI. The commissions of the judges of the soprerne Court, wh , 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 .hill expire on the first day of January, Anno Do mini one thousand eight hundred and flirty-two; the emuoi , sioll next dated shall expire on the first day of Jannarv, Anno Domini one thousand eight hun dred and forty-live; the commission next dated shall expire on the first day of January, Ann o Domini one th msand eight hundred and forty-eight; the commission next dated sh !II expire on the first day of .I.tittruiy., Alum Dernini one till/115111d eight him dred. and fifty-one; and the commission List dated shill expire on the first day of Januarv, A ono Do mini one thous.und eight bundled and fifty-four. Section VII. The coumni , dons of the President judges of the several j stein districts and of the .ussociate law judges of the lust judicial district shall exoire as follows : The commissions of one-half of those who shall have held their offices 'en years or 'mire at the adoption of the amendments to the consti tution, shall expire on the twenty-seventh day of Fe bruary, one thousand eight hundred soul thirty`-nine; the commissions of the other half of those who shall have helul their offices ten years or more at the adop !ion of the amendments to the constitution, shall expire on the twenty-seventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two ; the first it embrace those whte commis•dons shall hear the .I.lest elate. The commssions of all the remaining judges who she. not have held their offices for ten at the adoption of the amendments to the con it Mum shall expire on the twenty-seventh day of Febtu try next after the end of ten years from the !ute of their C1)111nli,i(1!13. Seetioo VIII. The Iterorderg of the several RTny v.• c , .ortr, :,ed other criminal courts in this Com m , ivealth, shall he appointed for the same time, ,nd in the 5 , 11111. 111,11111(T, ”S the president judge!: !!”, jodiciol di.tiirtc; of thoge how in Ali,C. (111. 1 , 1111111 , .11111, oldest ill date shall expire on tweloy-,ev,11111 dad• of I , ebrihry, toe thousand 1.4 . !1; lo,tlt.ett a:1:1 f , rty-one, the other, every yea..t theletrter nreortloor, to their respective !,,es. in It Ito ex, i i,i l , 4 first. ! , 1•111011 \. The legl+l.illle :It its first session un der the amended etordi uliou, shall divide the other ,i.itePidge, it the St ale 11114, four rlaasrc. The 1 , t11111i. , 1'.11 , 0f lhow of the Init rhass shall expire on the tiii.oty-,, , ver:h (I.,t' of February, eighteen f , rty ; of the seronif class on , lie t tvendk -sevehtn 0.13' of Pion ti try, eighteen hun dred and isrty-one ; .if th,:e of the thud class on the to enty-seventh (1.9 of reliruary, eighteen Min ified and folly-two; and tit* th,ive of the firth class iin the ttventy-,evelith d.ty of Fehrintry, eighteen hundred forty-Atree. The said sluice from the first to the fourth shill be :irrandred •Ice , .rdine to the seniority of the eommi,ions of the sever:il judges. Section X. Proth clulks of the several courts (except of the Supieinc Court) recorders of deed.; and iegiqtera of wills, shall befit'st elected under the amended Constitution, at the election of repre sentatives in the year eighteen hundred and thirty?' 'nine, in such in,nner a. may be pre , e , ihed Section XI. The appointing power shall remain as 'heretofore, and till officers in the appointment of tit° executive department shall continue in the exercise. of the 4:.r.ies of their respective WIWI until thtf legislature shall pass such laws as may be required by Mc eighth section of the sixth article of the amended constitution, and until appointments shall he made tinder such laws t unless their commissions shall be superseded by new appointments, or shall sooner expire ht their own, limitations, or the said otlkes ',hall become vacant by death or resignation, and .mll laws shall be enacted by the foot legisla ture under the amended constitution. Section XII. The first election for aldermen and jo,i;ces of the peace shall be held in the year eight een hundred aunt forty, at. the time fixed for the election of constables. The legislature at its first session under the amended constitution shall pro vide fir the said election and for subsequent similar elections. The aldermen and justices of the pence now in commission, or who may in the interim be .ppointed, shall continue to discharge the duties of their respective offices, until fifteen days tiller the day which shall be fixed by law for tile issuing of new commissions, at the expiration of which time, their commissions shall expire. • In testimony that the foregoing is the amended constitution of Pennsylvania, as agreed to in convention, We the officers and tneffibers of the convention have hereunto signed our names at Philadelphia, the twenty-second day of Febru ary, Anti° Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, and of the ludepenticithe of the United States of America the sixty-second. JOHN SERGEANT, President. Daniel Agnew, Ezra S. Hayhurst, Wm. Ayes, Wm. Hays, M. I\l. Baldwin, Abm. Ileiffenstein, I.l,hrtini Banks, M. Henderson, John Y. 11;irelay, %Vin. Henderson, 1.1e01) Ilarndohr, in. Ifiester, 4 Ails. A. Ilarnitz, IVilli3m Iligh, Andrew Bedford, Jth4. Hopkinson, =MI r1i0 , 4. S. Bell, .Lanes Cornell Biddle, Jahez Hyde, Le'diens L: Bigelow, ChArles Jared Ingersoll, Jenky, S,ml. C. lionluitn, l'has. Brown, George Pl. Keim, Jeremiah Brown, James Kennedy, William Brown, Aaron Kerr, --. Pierce Butler, Jos. Konigmacher, Samuel Carey, Jacob Krebs, John Commit), 11. G. Long, Thomas S. Connmgham, Dat.tid Lyons, William_Curll, Alex. Magee, Wm. Darlington, Joel K. Mann, George Chambers, W. M. Meredith, John Chandler, James Merrill, Jos. R. Chandler, Levi Merkel, Ch. Chauncey, Wm. L. Miller, Nathaniel Clapp, James Montgomery, James Clarke, Christian Meyers Juba Clarke, I). Nevin, William Clark, Wm. Overfield, A. J. Cline, Ili rani Payne, Lindley Coates, Matthias Pennypacker, IL E. Cochran, James Porter, Thos. P. Cope, James Madison Porter, Joshua F. C.ox, Sami. A. Pnrviance, Walter Craig,, E. C. Iteigart, Itiehd. M. Crain, A. 11. Read, Geo. T. Cray/fol . :1, Geo. W. Biter, MIME Cornelius Crum, . , ltenjn. Martin, 11. Gold Rogers, John J. AK:alien, Samuel Royer, E.'l'. M'Dowell, James M. Russell, James M'Slierry Daniel Saeger, Mark Darrah, John Morin Scott, Harmar Denny, Tobias Sellers, John Dickey, G. Seltzer.) Joshua Dickerson, Geo. Serrill, Jacob Dillinger, Henry Schectz, Jas. Donagan, George Shilleto, J. It. Donnell, Thomas H. Sill, Joseph M. Doran, (;co. Smith, James Dunlop, Wm. Smyth, Thomas Earle, Joseph Shively, D. M. Farrelly, Jno. B. Sterigere, Robt. Fleming, Jacob Stickel, Walter Forward, Ebenezer W. Sturdevant John Foulkrod, Thomas Taggart, Joseph Fry, Jr. Morgan J. Thomas, John Fuller, James Todd, John A. Gamble, Thomas Weaver, William Gearhart, Jacob B. Weidman David Gilmore, It. G. White, Virgil Grenell, Gen. W. Woodward, William L. Harris, IL Young. Thomas Hastings, (Attest,) S. Suomi, Secretary. G. L. FAVS, Assistant Secretaries. J. WILLIAMS, SECRETARY'S OFFICE, FEBRUAItY 28, 1838.... 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 thousand eight hundred and "thirty-seven-thirty eight," deposited in this office on the 26th day of February, 18361 the amendments being in italic, and the retained portions of the present Constitu tion in roman letter. TIM. H. BURROWES, Sec'y of the Commonwealth. TO OUR CREDITORS. /WAKE Notice that we have applied to the AL Judges of the Coati of Common Pleas of Adams County, for the benefit, of the Insolvent laws of this Commonwealth, and that said Court has appointed Tuesday the 29th of May next, for the hear• ing of us and our creditors, at the Court. house in the Borough of Gettysbuig, when and where _you may attend if you think proper. PETER ANDREWS, WASHINGTON SMITH. Apiil 24, 1838. 84*-4
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