THE NEW CONSTITUTION. CONSTITUTION COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, AS AMENDED BY THE CONVENTION OF ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN THIRTY-EIGHT. WE, The People of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania, ordain and establish this Constitution for Ha Government. ARTICLE I Section I. The legislative power of this Common wealth shall he vested in a General Assembly, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Repre sentatives. Section 11. The representatives shall be elm , ' annually by the citizens of the city of Philadelphia and of each county respectively on the second Tues day of October. Section 111. No person shall be a representative who shall not have attained the age of twenty-me years, and have been a citizen and inhabitant of the State three years next preceding his election, :ttol the last year thereof an inhabitant of the distriet in and for which he shall be chosen a represestatire, unless he shall have been absent on the public business of the United States or of this State. Sectiorl IV. Within three years after the first meeting of the General Assembly, and within every subsequent term of seven years, an enumeration of the taxable inhabitants shall be made in such man ner as shall be directed by law. The number of representatives shall, at the several periods of mak ing such enumeration, be fixed by the Legislature, and apportioned among the city of Philadelphia and the several counties, according to the number of taxable inhabitants in each: . and shall never be less than sixty nor greater than one hundred. Each county shall have at least one representative, but no county hereafter erected shall be entitled to a sepa rate representation until a sufficient number of tax able inhabitants shall be contained within it, to entitle them to one representative agreeably to the ratio which shall then be established. Section V. The senators shall be chosen for three years by the citizens of Philadelphia and of the several counties at the same time, in the stone man ner, and at the same places where they shall vote for representatives. Section VI. The number of Senators shall, at the several periods of rretitios , the euumeration before mentioned, be fixed by the Legiiliture and appor tioned among the districts formed as !wren, after directed, according to the number of taxable inhabi tants in each ; and shall never be less th.an sue fourth, nor greater than one-third, of the number of representatives. Section VII. The senators shall be chosen in dis tricts, to he (turned by the lezislatme ; but no dis trict shalt he so foemed as to entitle to .loci more than too senators, unless the number of t t,ahle in habitants in any ei:v sr coon ',; s. tl at ass rim.-•, he such as to entitle ft to elect more than tiro, but no city or county shall he entitled to elect inure than 'our senators ; when a district shall be rein posed of two or more comities, they shall be adjoining ; neither the city of Philadelphia nor any county shall be divided in funning a district. Section VIII. No person shall be a senator, who shall not have attained the age of twenty-five years, and have been a citizen and inhabitant of the State four years next before his election, and the last year thereof au inhabitant of the district for which he shall be chosen, unless he shall have been absent on the public business of the United States or of this State; and no person elected as aforesaid, shall hold said afire after he shall hare removed front such dis trict. Section IX. The senators who may be elected at the first general election after the adoption of the amendments to the constitution, shall be divided by lot into three classes. The scats of the senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the first year; of the second class at the expiration of the second year ; and of the third class at the ex piration of the third year ;'so that thereafter one third of the whole number of senators may be chosen every year. The aerators elected before the amend ments to the constitution shall he adopled, shall hold their offices during the terms for which they shall respectively have been elected. Section X. The General Assembly shall meet on the first Tuesday of January, in every year, unless sooner convened by the Governor. Section XI. Each house shall choose its Speaker and other officers; and the Senate shall also choose 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. Ccmtested elections shall be determined by a committee to Le selected; formed and regulated in such manner as shall be directed by law. 'A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized by law to compel the attendance of absen4 members, in such manner and under such penalties as may be provided. Section ZIJI. Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behaviour, and with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member, but not a second time for the same cause; and shall have all other powers necessary for a branch of the legislature of a free State. Section XIV. The legislature shall not have power to enact laws annulling the contract of marriage in any case where, by law, the courts of this Common wealth are or may 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 question shall, at the desire 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 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 conmcnsation 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 tendanpe 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 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. MI 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. Section XXIII. Every bill which shall have passed both houses shall be presented to the Go vernor. If he approve he shall sign it, but if he 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 largo 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-consideicd, 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 sented to him, it shall be a law in like mariner as if be 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 adjournment) shall Do presented to the Governor, and before it shall take effect, be approved by him, or being di.,:- approved, shall be repassed by two-thirds of both houses according to the rules and limitations pie scribed in case of a bill. Section XXV. No corporate body Ann be hereafter sreatal, nentired or extended, with banking' or dis ssostilag pritt4e,gor i .tritAcnd ate monlAs precious THE NEW CONSTITUTION. pudic notice of the intended application for tne same in such manner as. shall be prescribed by law Nor shall any charter far the purposes aforesaid, be granted for a longer period than twenty years, and every such charter shall contain a clause reserving to the legislature the power to alter, revolts or annul the same whenever in their opinion it may he inju rioue to the- citizens of the commonwialth, in such manner however that no injustice shall be done to the corporators. No law hereafter enacted, shall create, renew or extend the charter of more than one corpo ration. ARTICLE H Section T. The Supreme Executive power of this Commonwealth shall be vested in a Governor. Section 11. The Governor shall he chosen on the second Tuesday of October, by the citizens of the Commonwealth, at the places where‘they shall re spectively vote for reptesentatives. Tpe retiros of every election fur Governor shall tie sealed up and transmitted to the <eat of gnvorntant, directed to the Speaker of the Striate, who stroll open and publish them in the presence of the members of both houses of the legkl Anse. The pp( son having the highest number of votes shall he Governor. But if two or more shall be equal and highest in votes, one of them shall be chosen Governor by the joint vote of the inemOers of both houses. Con tested elections shell be deleemined by a Committee to he selected from both lasses of the legislitme, and formed and regulated in such manner as shall be directed by law. Section 111. The Governor shall hold his office (luring three years from the third Tuesday of Janu ary next ensuing his election, and shall not be capable of holding it longer than sir in any term of nine years. Section IV. lie shall be at least thirty years of age, and have been a citizen and an inhabitant 61 this Slate 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 during the period for which he shall have been elected. Section VII. Ile shall be commander-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 shall appoint a Sreretary of the Commonwealth during plasure, and he shall nomi nate and by and with the adrice and consent of the Senate appoint all judicial officers of courts of record, unless o:heru•ire pruci.i. 1 for in this Consti tution. lie shall hare power to all vacancies that may happen in Stall jUdi.4lll during the revers of tla' Senate, by gt aat in d• roman...slats 'eh irh shall expire al the end of th •ir next s.ssion : vidol, that in acting on ete , litire nominal runs the Senile shall sit with open door, and in Inifillnir,4 . or rejecting the nuaairiiiions of the Governor, ill , r .d e shall be taken by y...t; dad :idyl. S,,etien IX. lie shall hare ir . .Wer Lt remit •Ottl los 'tures, :net ei excrpt in rases of impeachment. Section X. Ile rimy require ioformation in Ivriling, from the officer+ in the executive department upon any subject relating to the duties of their rexpec tive Section Xi. Ifr stein, from time to time, give to the General A*. inhly lam to lion of the state of the Common and I Ceolilfnerld tin their con sideration such 111C.15U11,4 as he shall judge expedient. Secion XII. !Iv may, on extraordinary occasions, convene the General Assembly ; and in case of disagreement between the two houses, with inspect to the time of adjoirlirrient, adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper, not exceeding four months. Section XIII. Ile shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed. Section XIV. In ease of the death or resiviation of the Governor, or Of his rernoval front othee, the Speaker Of the Senate shall exercise the other of Governor, until another Governor shall he duly qualified ; hut in such case 0710.'her'Gorernor shall be chosen at the next annual election of representa tives, unless such death, resignation or removal, shall occur within three calendar months immedi ately preceding such next annual election, in which rase a Governor shall be chosen at the second Me - reeding annual election of representatives. And if the trial of a contested election shrill continue longer than until the third Monday of January next ensuing the election of Governor, the Governor of the I.,st year or the Speaker of the Senate who may be iu ill, exercise of the executive authority, shall continue therein tutu the determination of such contested election, sod until a Grrveilior shall be duly qualified as of uesuid. Section XV. Ue Seerehry qf the rommontrealih shall keep a fair register of ;ill the olliel.il acts rind proceedings of the Governor, and shall, when re quired, lay the sortie and all papers, minutes and °toilets relative ICH, I,f brAnch of the legklatore, sr.] skit perf , rrn such other ditties as shall be enjoined Lim lay lax. ARTICLE 111 Section 1. In elections by The citizens every white freeman of the age if twenty-one !pars, having re sided in this state one year, and in the election dis trict where he offers to vote, ten days immediately preceding such election, and ittilhin two years paid a State ur County tar, whicle4hall have b e en i i i _ S eSSed at least ten days before the election,shall enjoy the rights of an elector. But a citi:en of the United Slates who had previously been a qualified voter of this State, and removed therefrom and reiiirned.and who shall have resided in the election dislri,l, and paid fares as aforesaid, shall be entitled to vote, after residing in the stale sir months. Provided, that while freemen, citizens of Me United Stales, between the ages of twenty-one and twenty-two years, and hav ing resided in the State one year, and in the election district len days as aforesaid, shall be entitled to vote, although they shall nut have paid tares. Section 11. All elections shall be by Ivillot, ex cept those by prisons in then repreientative cap / citi•s, who shall vote viva voce.. ection 111. Elie ors shall in all . re liOn. fel•qlr..uul hre, , elt or en : e iv ef the plan , ','. be privileg&l Clout arrest, (luting their attendance on elections, and in going to and returning from I them. ARTICLE IV ‘Section I. The House of Representatives shall haVe the sole power of impeaching. St.ctiun 11. All impeachments shall be tried by the Senate;! when silting 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 till other civil officess Under this Commonwealth, shall be liable to impeachment for any misdemeanour in office; but judgment, in such cases, shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold any office of honmfr, 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 L The judicial power of this Common wealth shall be vested in a Supreme Court, in 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 Sessions of the Peace, for each county; in Justices of the Peace, and in such other Courts as the legislature may roM time to time establish. Section IL The judges of the Supreme Court, of the several Courts of • Common Pleas, and of such other Courts of Record as are or shall be established by /MP, shall be nominated by the Governor, and by and with the consent of the Senate appointed and commissioned by him. The judges of the Supreme Court shall hold their offices for-lhe term of fifteen years if they shall so long behave themselves well. The president judges iy" the several Courts of Common Pleas and of such other Courts of Record as are or shall be e.dat listed by lair ' and all other judges re quired to le learned in llielaw, shall hold their ogices f , r the term of ten nears if they shall so long behave themselves n ell. 7ti f . Associate judges of the Courts Common Pleas shalt hold their offices fur the lean if fee years if they shalt so long behave themselves /Cell. But for any reasonable rause which shall not be sufficient grouiut rf impeachment, the Got - fa - nor may remove any of theta on the address of two-thirds of each branch of the legislature. The judges of the Supreme Court and - the presidents of the several Courts of Common Pleas shall at stated times receive for their services on adequate compensation to be fixed by law, which shall nut be diminished during their continuance in , office, but they shall receive no fees nr perquisites of office, nor hold any other office of profit under this Commonwealth. Section 111. Until otherwise directed by law, the Courts of Common Pleas shall continue as at present estublished 'Not inure than five counties shall at any time be included in one judicial district organized for said Courts. Sectis;tl I.V. The ju r isdiction of the Supreme e“th t sL. lI extend over the State •, and the judges theieof, slc.ll by vittue of their offices, be , jo.dicec if Oyer and Itimitiet and Geoeial Jail Delivery, in the sevetal counties. THE NEW CONSTITUTION. Section V. The judges of the Court of Common Pleas, as each county, shall by virtue of their offices, be 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 oyer and terrniner, 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 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, ■hall, beside the powers heretofore usually exercised 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, anti the care of the persons and estates of those who are non compotes 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 u: the peace, and orphans' court thereof; and the register of wills, together With the said judges, OF airy 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 pence, and to cause their proceedings to be brought before them, and the like right and justice to be done. Section IX. 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 be 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 fur 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 autholity of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and conclude " against the peace and dignity of the same." ARTICLE VI Section T. Sheriff's and coroners shall, at the times .and places of election of representatives, be chosen by the citizens of each cmuity. One person shall be chosen fbr each office, who shall he commis sioned by the Goveror. They shall hold their offices for three ye.iti, if they shall so long behave themselves well, and until a successor he duly qualified ; but no person shall he twice chosen or apponited shei in any Iran of six years. \'acau cir•s either of the said odices shall he fill,l by to be nu dc b 4 the I;overnor, co continue until the bext Id, .1 rL 4 . 1100, and until stietaf , SOF slued he chusen and qualified as ;afore- Said. Section 11. The freemen of this el , onnonwealth shall be armed, ur n. 111, 04' .110 , IN,•11,!1114,1 fn tN (10 . (1('I!„Wil, 11 and in sorb or-:n rai /00, d i rrrt eel by law. Tlorie who cmisei , mi ion-1y sc.uple to hear arms, shall not be compelb d to to NI), but shall an wilily:dent for pc r , onal sit vice. ; . " 4 1 . 1 - I i ii 111, I'rollwooolriri, s of Ihr ,Coprrior Court shall he appo;oliel by the said Cowl fro the term of three gears if they sit l o na /Om r, themselves well. Proilmool 'trio; owl ch rk.N of the several other court , , Recorders o' deeds, and Sisters if wills, shall at the limes and ylaery election of representatil'es, he elected by the qua lied electors of each county, or the districts over whirl the jurisdiction of said courts extends, and shall hr commissioned by the Governor. Theo shall hold their offices for three years if they shall so long behave themselves well and until their successors shall be duly quallfied. The legisla ture shall provide ho /deo, the number of p e r son s in each county who shall hold said offices, and how many anti which of said offices shall be held by one person. Vacancies in any of the said of ,fices shall be filled by appointmeuts•tu hr. mud, by the Governor, to continue until the next acne ral election, and wail successors shall be elected and qualified as aforesaid. Section IV. Prothonmalie , , elerits of the pray, and orphans' courts, recorders a 110 Is, Itii•tvi, ut Wilk, and sherilfs, shall keep their offices in the county town of the county in which they, respec tively, shall he officers, unless when t h e I;....einm shall, for special is Lholls, dispense thetctyith, fat any term not exceeding. five years after the county shall have been erectud. Section V. All commissions shall he in the intim and by the authority of the Comm Ilse , sylvania, and be sealed with the .s;ate se:.l, and sign ed by the Governor. Sect inn VI. A State Treaqurer 01111 l'e elected 3111111111 y, by joint VON: of both bronthe.l of the I..wis lature. Section VII. Jii.qtice.l,/ !he peace or aldermen shall be elected in Mc several wards, boroughs, and townships at the time if the election if con stables by Me qualified riders thereof in such number as shall be directed by law, and shall be commissioned by the Gorernor fur a term if fire years ; but no tinvaship, ward or borough shall elect more than two justices of the peace or alder men without the consent of a majority of the qua lified electors within such township, ward or bo rough. Section VIII. All officers whose election or ap pointment is not provided for in this cmistitution, shall be elected or appointed as shall be directed by law. No person shall he appointed to any /ice within any•eounty who shall not hare lien a citizen and an inhabitant therein one . year next before his appointment, if the an: liar, been so long erected ; but if ii shall not lame been so long erected, then within the limits of the county or counties out of which it shall hare bten taken. No member of Congress front this stale, or any person bolding or exercising any office or appointment of trust or profit under the United Stales, shall at the SUille bate hold or exercise a ny office in this state, to which a salary is, or fees or perquisites are by law, 117111t.et ; and the legisla ture may by law thelare what State iffices arc in compatible. No member of the Semite or of the house of representatives shall be appointed by the Governor to any (Witte during the term for which he shall bare 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 behave themselves well ; and shall be remot•ed 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 Convention to the Constitution, fight 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 boldink, , any qffice of honour or milt in this State, and shall he punished otherwise in such manner as is, or illuy be prescribed by law ; but the executive may remit the said offence and.all i 1 disqualifications. ^ ART ICI. F.: VII Section I. The legislature ghat!, as soon as con veniently may be, movide by law, for the establish ment of schools tit, migtiout the State, in such manner that the poor nosy be taught gratis. Section 11. The arts and sciences ; s hall be pro moted in one or more seminaries .2f learning: Section 111. The rights, privileges, immunities and estates of rcligiou: s,.cieties and corporate bo dies, shall remain as if the constitution of this State had not been altered or amended. Section IV. The f , gisialure shall not invest any emporate body or individual with the privilege of taking private property Ar public use, without requiring such corporation or individual to snake compensation to the (Junius of said property, or give adequate security therefor, before such pro perty shall be taken. ARTICLE VIII Members of the GetMral 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 uffices with fidelity. ARTICLE IX That the general, great and essential principles of liberty and free g , ,verlitnent may be recognised and unalterably established, WE DECLARE, THAT Section 1. All men are: bum equally free and in derendeut,and Inve certain inherent and indefeasible rights, arming which arc those or enjoying and de ;nudity; lift and libeiy, of acquiring, possessing THE NEW CONSTITUTI9N. , and protecting property and reputation, and of pur suing their own happiness. 0- 4 Section 11. All power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on tbetr 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. i Section 111. AU men have a natural and ilaefea s ible right to worship Almighty God, according to the dictates of their own ronscienri, ; :I , mat t . ‘ ean, of right, be compelled to - anew!, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any minis J oy against his consent; no human authority can, in . y Case whatever, control or interfere with the rig is of conscience ; and no preference shall ever bk given, by law, to any religious establishments or modes of worship. Section IV. No person who acknowled: , , the be ing of a God and a future state of iew.irdi and pu nishment+, sh .II tin account of his itligions senti ments be disqualified to leild any other or place of trust or profit under this Coninra.wealth. Section V. Elections shall be flee and equal. Section VI. Trial by jury shall be its heiChifore, and the right 111(4(.4 retrain inviolate. Section VII. The pi intim; pi es.es shall be fie,. to every nelson who II lotrl la Les to eXii iii 'mt. Ile c ii to recilitio of the logishlute, or any brunch of go v(4.1,1;14111: And no law sit ill ever he In i.l, to le- strain the light thereof. 'ldle flee communic.iti di of thoughts and opinions is one of the lit% alit:Oily rights of Watt; and every citizen may fil ely s pl. It, write and print on any subject, being I esvoi Ihle for the 'Abuse of that liberty. In prosecutions r.r the public ition of papers iovesti4,,ting th e .Ab e i,,l conduct of officers, or men in a public r tpacity ; iii where the matter published is proper for public in formation, the truth thereof may be given in evi dence: And in all indictments fur libels the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the fiefs, under the direction of the court, as in other canes. Section VIII. The people , liall be serum in the it persons, houses, papers and posse,iioni, fi,,m umea• sonable searches and seizure,: And lot IV:twilit to search any place, or to SetZe any person or things ; shall issue, without desci thing 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 he.iiil 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 fir obtaining ,s it nesses in his favour, and, in prosecutions by indict ment or 1116 .ITILI (hal, a speedy public trial, by an impartial jury of the vicinage; he cannot he com pelled to give eVidelire against hilliSelf, nor can he be deprived of his life, liberty, or property, miles: by the judgment of his peers or the law of the lamb Section X. No pors..in shall, for any indictable offence, he proceeded 4 ;.t..,it,t e.tmivallc by infoi um (loll, exeept ru ea , e; ' , int.; 111 The land ,q it iv al Lice;, or in the militia tchen in actual vet vice in tittle of wai or or by le ive of the court, for oppressiii and ollice. Ni itet , ton sit the s.une 011 , ne.•, be twice put in jeopaitl) of life or I.inb ; nor vh .11 .11. y ni .I:'s pro pr~ly Lr 1.111 I . it Or .* 11 . 6 1 , 1 p /1 . 11 , P the his 11• Iii 1••••1:1,11i, (.•, :111,1 Jll , l, 1,:11111 ith , il 1.1611.: 111.1.1 e. N i• shall I't . 111.10 fol pits done 11, ‘ . ll lil 11.151. r 1 f/o y In t l• • I if . 111 f I • . 1141 j , 1 , 1 . 10.• tl• Ili LI iv I 1,,,i:!11 ;al 1;3( iii.• .1,% dill in in ~ I Ch 111111,111 ,CCII 111:1 . 1* I.IW Sectbil NII. No power If huvs hr exelee:ed, unless by the le:.isl.toce, or it, ail thority. Scrli,m X 111. Exres , ive 1! n. 4 I.e re quired, nor exces.ive lines nor cruel 1,11- iii,litrieW; Secii , ll \ll'. 111 1 , 1i , 1 , 11e 01:111 he 161,1.1.. Lt for e . ..;.1.31 tOiellet , ; w 114.1. tile proof i 0 evident plusumpltot;'.le .1 ; .tl.l ittivilego of the Writ hahi•as c,ttpus lust Ii• nn;e, II puidit• regni,e it. Scetion X V. Cl/1;171/i - 'yet or lid delivery shall he Section %V 1. pct son of a rtelitor, Whene there is not strong' lore,tiottition of (lath!, itoi Le continued his e.tsti for the Lrnr lit I , f his ci, i:t suds shalt be 101 Y• 5•1 hy W. SVCIi m XVI I. No 4.. r pact petit I.ltV, nor acv law itnit Li,ing contract , sit 111 he made. Seett.o, X 1 111. X. pri , ,i 1 1,. attAinted Ge Sit or 1,1 'my hy the le;ri.; oure. S,eti i\. .1!t , 11.111 work c0! , 130i of 1.1 . ‘,1/, our, CXCI!Iot during the Ist . , the 011‘11.kr, fo:ft.iture of est •!1. to the c.ot.ot.o:tvolith • th, t. 1:415.,ns as 011;1 .hall do , t'ertl or VI-it ; if ft\ •il It(' Pr I , ' s 1 be ;; 111 Scetion X\. Thi , el in n ;‘,.0.• able octt,,ie a••••einide to re!lier, (ll' I) good, and t apply 11 • ri • dtc;; . 1 proper purposes, by pc:i;i.,u, chance. Section N XI. The ri4ltt of citizens to dear aim , in defence of themselves and the State, shall not la questioned. Section XXII. No standing army shall, in time of peace, be Pew tip with .11 , Lt.- ; and the milit Ily In, in all at all times, be in strict sii:cAdinaiiiii 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 lel:ightnre shall ;int grins oily title of nobility nr ilerf.lill:lly til , lll,e'lool/, 11101 create any office the appointment to hieil 'hall he for a longer teen than during - Loud behavbur. Section XXV. Einizrati , ...l from the St,te ,hall not he Section XXVI. T. , gn.rd n~aint ti .ogre .in 01 the high power, w1..,•11 We Have deleg.,ted, WI.: 1)1X1.11t1-:, that ev...sy thing in this :wick is ex cepted out of the get...... 1 powers of govetlititent, and Audi for ever remain it viol: tc. E X Any a7ll,llllWnt or am( rulm.m , s to this constitu tion may be proposed in :he `7emr , ! nr Hour , of ne prrntativea, and if th SUM' shall be ',greed to by a 'majority of the Members Pl e , led !peach House, such pro;:o,;ed ,:niendinent or rtmenduu•als shall b•' entered on their journals, with the yeas and nays taken ihereon, and the Secretary of the ConalawnweaPh shall eau'•• , he s :me lobe pu: listed three months before the next election, in at least one nea•.spaper in every county in which a newspaper shall be published ; and if in the legislature next afterwards chosen such pro posed amendment or amendments shall he agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each house, the Secretary of the rommonasellth shall cause the same again to be published in 111.11111P1' aforesaid,and such proposed amendment or amendments shall be submitted to the people in such mariner 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 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 jive years ; Provided, that if • mare than one arnendnunt be submitted, they shall he submitted in such waner and form, that the people may vote for or against each amendment separately and distinctly. SCHEDULE That no inconvenience may arise from tho 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 tnents 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 mule. Section 11. 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 he 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 hundred and thirty-eight, Allan he inaugtirated oft the third Themlay in January eighteen hood, en :oil iiiiii%-oine, to u sir il tune the present executive term i , hereby extended. Section VI. The commissions of the jud g e s of th e Supreme Court, who may be in Aire on Mr fiist day of January next, shall expire in the following man ner: The commission which beats the mu liest date shall expire on the first day of .laorAJtry, Anno Do mini one thousand right hundred :.lid Inc t v-two ; ilie commission next (laird shall expire On the first day of January, Anna D•unini one thomiand eight hun dred and forty-live; the corm - id:vim, next d.nird .1, ,Il expire on the first day of January, ..%ntio Domini one tin oi..;:tiol e'..04 11 .. V L'l`.! nod fOr!%"-ci;z!!%; t!. , . commission next dated shill ext)!,l , on the n:,l d„ of J.inwiry, Arum Domini one thousand eight hum :feed and liftymne ; and the commissi.m last dated shall expire on the that (lay of Janwiry, Arno Do . mini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. Section % 11. The commissions of the President )-jiiilges of the several joiliei il districts and of the ') ll9 saci 3 le law judges of the liist ; indici it district Otall ; . rexpire as folluo. , : The commissions of one-linlf (4 those who shall have held their offices ' Oil yl'lli's or more at the adoption of the amendmen ti to the e.msti ... . Ilution, shall expire on the twenty-seventh mi s ~f F,._ hruary, one thous:mil Li4ht liuniLaal and thirty-nitie ; tAt:commissions of the muse half of those who sill!! It held their offices ten years or mote at the :filly tioii, Of 4he amendments to the constitution, such exdite:tort the twenty - -seventh city of February, one th-10"411.1 eight hundred and fmty-two ; the lust li 41 t, ein!iino thus. , wh.,-e ccininis,ions shill I.,•ar the GI list :pli dot .' The eotntnis , rions of all the remaining, j,;.14e, v. all nut have held their Mikes fur ten , , e , r, at the doptimi of the amendments to the ran •!i:ution , hall expire en the twenty-seventh dry or 1 , ,•' , 11,ty next - aftee the end of ten years from the ; d ate . I their emmotssions. Section \ 111. Thik-Recorders of the sever:ll May /Is' ( 1 0111 . 1`1 ; 1:1111 Other c..intintti court:: in thin Com monwealth, shall he appointed for the sane time, and in the same meaner, as the president judges of the ceveral indiet.il districts ; of those row in ;Mire, the 11 . ..111.rit,..1... 011 , 31 in date skill es pine on the (wend\ I I 1/1 .I.y r February., vile th,m,-41141 ektht hocd:c , l f - ::c. and the others every two )oa,4thele..nei. a, ' 1,d1112:t0 - their respective 'l ii &pie Section IX. The h.gehiiiie .it its first session tin der the amended constitution. sh,ifdivide the other as.4.4ei.ite judge: of the star iiitelotir classes. The entnoti,sions of th 'NI' of the heal :4lias s. shalt expire on t h e tweith -seventh .dly re..l?: i runry, eighteen hundred and forty ; or dio , e of the • - eeond class on ihe t went, -set 011111 414 y 41 hint died and f,irty-olio ; of ,;,• ill . the%lard C 1355 on w the enty—wvinith day ity, lighted) hun died i.; 111 thlrilh class MI the to 1•111y- . .eVellt11 Illy 1.1 vi.i i:11 T . ., eighteen hn•nLrl and funs-iiiice. ci the lii .; 14. the f.,ui l l Nil 611 ht• the 11% Of HIP C.A111111• , 1 -1 Ihr NI•N el 11 in111S• ;•11,.1, 1 1 , , 111 41. J. 1 1' .;.•• 11..1, eat (ea, eht 1.1 tie i• 11,0 l'om I) ,il . Of Will •, , li 1I • /J. •I 1 . 11 d the ;ot,. t. tile el, eti •:.I elnr sera t;• ;he Ve,r ei"iit. 4 1100. ;.4 .1 .1..1 ilo.iv 11110% i:1 lir 1., .., i r• ! Lc Lnt SeCrl.lii I. :vai • iin :11 , 11 , 1 :111 ol t•Nr o ,11 ,11 r, n lio nc •1 11,,• ,•\ 111,• ,I,l l los of fosprcliv,. 1t41 , 10m0 NI, silo 11 1 o II th, .1,1,111 ,I„• ,I\l l l , ,•, , t • thol, , o, ~ ! , • 1 1.;.111 01, •',.• Is' ii.;•ii, ; 110 • than 1!(` 111 , 1•1.1• 1,0.1 1,1 II! 1.1 ,, 1111 110 1.1 ~ ,• .4 0111-r PNI•11 1.011 1,1 1 /1 1011, PI I'.ll' • 1 . !!I'.:Cl •11.,1 1••• v •I 1,1• V.1C.,!,1 , 11•,111 PI•..0111 ../01 !, !111 •1 di he 111 .11, 1 I . Iht• I I t' . 4 1,•,„I I - 1' , 1,r 11,!•11.i• Ihr ..11,4 1,1 h. ., V! 1,111 IA I!.11. t ti.m \ 11. I 1... .11,11 11r xldonn.vl :11 :1),•, , e ire 110 s • • .11•11 h111111;!1•11 :I 1,11 1,1•, fir o• 's,• , l I' , col:• , 1:0 0 .1 , .. Tito 11%41..1 , 1.1,0 I. 1, • noil,ir do. t.. :„. - cid, f ir flip •P If. Thii :1111i. no 11 1101 i l .! •1 ll' C 1" II!, 10 I, 10 11 , !. • •ip11.01, 1 1•11, •11 1 C!!II 1 1110 e 1.. 111,-11 I, !,• 1 1.1•11 11•.1', - 1•11101111•0•, 111,'11i! st•111,•1, • , 111111,e1I0•,1 Ilv l nv fop Ow now P, anal ;It 11,,• t!N ' Ol .11011 ‘,l rlt I0111011•••1.0 , 111 11111 111, , 1, ,. .,•4•1•.ii1V. con,: tittiti its of Pe15i,,31v,50i,,,. convetitiot., We 1111. ' , nivel, awl Iner,lbeiN oftho e..nl cbl -'ti hAve to. oamtis 'it do. !Id ,! , y 1 1, •17,11 . , • IT . II; 1 hund ;to , ' t 1 11:11 !1. , I 01)eptlidvilee the l'nitcd States of A'tierit t the sixty-secm,.l. JUAN :;i:Rt; r, l'resident. \ , now, Ilayhurst, 'AI. IV. It .I.llvill, e.. :1, :fle'.::tein, h I.! .1:11 H.LI,Lo, I1 , 11,1el•soly, o V. it .io' ty, hc, \\'rn. 11Z, NVilli3lll I fitrli, Stoll , so Jos. I lopkin-ioii, S. Joltit ~ I L. 31 i as L. lt3.tiilii‘v, Charles .1:tilt! Ingersoll, in I. t. It iii1...111, Ills. Jenks, • li.is. liviivii, George NI. Kelm, .3 veil :Ii li.own, Tames Kentwiy, 'I ,:li•Ml ill, \VII, Amon ICI Tr, l'ii•ice Boiler, Jos. Kiinigin teller, S wool 1. • ,,,. y. Jacoh (Cud's, 3 ilin Commit), 11. G. Long, Ili in , s,,,Ctiiiiiingliam, Daeiil Lyons, ‘viiii ill coin, Alex. :11 s gee, It io i , ii h. 41. iii, Joel K. Malin, Gisogi• i ti onliers, W. M. Meredith, .liilin (handler, James Merit'', JOS. It. Chandler, Levi Merkel, Ch. Chauncey, Wm. L. Miller, Natha ii i e I Clapp, James Montgomery, lon, s ('larke, Christian Meyers John Ch t k,, I). Nevin, NN'illiam Clark, \Val. 0%1%5 - field, A. .1. Cline, 11 'ram Payne, Lindley Coates, INlatiiii s l'onnyparker, It. E. Cochran, James Porter, Thos. P. Cope, James Madison Porter, Joshua F. Cox, Sam]. A. Pui viance, Walter Craig, E. C. Reigyet, Richd. M. Crain, A. 11. Read, Geo. T. Crawford, Geo. NV. Biter, Cornelius Crum, .Jcio. hitter, lienjn. Martin, H. Gold Rogers, John J. Nl‘Calten, Samuel Royer, E. T. Nl'Dowell, James .M. Russell, .lames INl‘Sberry Daniel Saeger, Mark I)arriill, John Morin Scott, Ilarmar Denny, 'Fol.iiis Sellers, John Dickey, G. Seltzer. Joshua Dickerson, Gen. Set i'ill, Jacob Dillinger, Henry Selwetz, Jas. Dona gap, George Shilleto, J. It. Donnell, Thoinas 11. Sill, Joseph M. Doran, Geo. Smith, James Dunlop, Wm. Smyth, Thomas Earle, Joseph Snively, I). M. Fancily, Jiro. IL Sterigere, Itolit. Fleming, Jaeob Stickel, NN'alter Forward, Ebenezer W. Stardevant John Fon lk rud, Thomas T:igu , ;it I, Jose) II FIT, Jr. Morgan J. Thomas, John Fuller, James Todd, John A. Gamble, Thotnas Weaver, William Gearhart, Jacob 11. Weidman David G i Imo] e, R. G. White, Virgil Gietiell, Geo. \V. IVoutlwrird, William L. Harris, It. Young. .. Thomas !Listings, - .••• . (Attest,) S. Street', Secretary . -- G• L. I••• ''''' Assistant Secretaries. J. WILLIASI3,.S 1 ',11” SECRETARY'S (11.1.1cE, II uutisuultG, Priniunitv 2S, I certify, that the foregoing is an exact and litera 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 ti.'Gth day o• February, 1838 the amendments being in italic and the retained portions of the present Constitu tion in roman letter. March 27,1838 DR. S'POUSE'S 1N FAN'l' DROP S,n safe, effectual and speedy remedy for the diseases of young children,such as colic, convolsions,restl6ssnesS, griping, disordered bowvls, green stools, sour vomiting, flatn• lency, &c. 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 ate recommended. Price 25 cents a bottle, and for sale at the Drug. Store of Dr. J. GILBERT. Feb. 6, 1838. '. • tf-45 THE NEW CONSTITUTION I'liO. 11. BURROWES, Sec'y of the Commonwealth. te-25 PCP To Parent PUBLIC NOTICES. Just received by the subscriber, a freak supply of GA It LEG A NT'S Prepared only by JOHN S. MILLER, I•'redcrick City, Md. THIS valuable Medicine has only been introquegH d to the public in various parts of the country,and hundreds of persons have used it, and found itsdbene flew] effects, and 7 out of ten cases have been 'forma nvotly ",red of the Dyspepsia, Cholics, Nervous Tre .,l:-.111,11., I'm ; dation 11l tile and all OW, llai”S al IllnellSev, 1e , 11111114 firm a ilisprder. e d cuu'ld ion ul the stornaL It an I liver, or delangstits•uit 01 the digestive (unction, such as general (I,bitity or Ilattileacy, loss of appetite,sour ertintn4ons and acidities of the s , oinarh, costiveness, head seke, janii,lice, flatulent and bilious cholic. Stc. The proprietor does not recommend it Is most pat ent medicines, as n core all, and whet' used is found wanting, an that the public have got so much dccoiv ud, t h at tncy caa scarcely be prevailed upon to try any more, which is not the case with this Balsam of Health, as hundreds of pursims have" received the most balmy nod good effects, which the proprietor can prove, it required by the testimony of many res• peemhle persons that have been cured of the above di waxes, he has only given the certificates of several persons below, as it woold occupy too much room in this advertisement to insert nil the certificutes,which he has ill his possession—many of which can be seen in his Directions, which accompany each Bottle. Cerit:ficate of Nicht)laS IVeliVer This is to certify that I bought of your agent at Getivhbur, several bottles, of your valuable Balsam ul alth, which completely cured toe of the Dys pewia 1 had taken touch id other patent Medicines, but found no relief, until I made MO of your Balsam of Health, which affected a radical cure, and do re commend it to all th se who are troubled with that obstinate disorder llyspep.ua, _ _ NICHOLAS WEA VER Gettysburg, Pa. Nov. 2, 1!i36. Certifirate if Jos. R. Snapp, Frederick Co. Va. Mr. John Miller.—Sir— l do hereby certify, that I have been afflicted with Dyspepsia for the Inst 4 or years, which has been increasing on me ever since to such a degree, that for the last 3 or 4 weeks previ ous to using your valuable Garlcgant's Balsam of Health, I am certain I had not eat one ounce a day of any kind of flied ,neither was I able to sleep with any kind of comfort during the time, becaus.: of a severe pain in the stomach. In fact, I had g yen rip myself as incurable, as Fluid recourse to so many different remedies without any benefit At length I heard of your Balsam of Health beim; advertised, and was in duced tarry it. I accord incly bought one bottle from your agent, (Wm. Miller, Winchester ) Alter t..k.. Mg the first three doors, I (mind the ido t imeh t 9„ iik s. in some degree what I eat, and the pain 'tt. AV! measure subsiding. After using only on .. : I 'llO.-' I R • bottles I found myself entirely well, au k !tii'el:tiiiiiat • pain V' thing I have an inclination Tor,ruttWskiip Well at night. It was surprising to see : It4filintily of mor lila matter I discharged from intil einach,'Whieh I am I r. inclined to believe was coated t tie 'with,it,whlch no doubt rendered all diet indigestible.' Glven under my, hand di.* Ist day of 1536. . `••' . .! -- JO& S. SNAPP. . Fred, rich County, Va. '': ';-- .• , *, 1 'lli.. priip: hint- requests all these persons that aro alibi.' sal ill the way . lthovo described,lo give his medi cine a lair trial, and lie assures them they will not bo di ii,iiii•iini oil. 11, does a,urc tint ptiblie and citizens of this place alt.! county, that hit Balaton is Botanical in its compo sition, and is lierfuctly innocent, rind can be used by both sexes of any.age, with perfect safety without any change or habit or diet. Per tale only in Hagerstown, by MILLER Sc 1.1 - rz, kr Waynesboro', Pa. by M. M. STONER, and in Shippensburg,by JOAN BR ECKENBBLOGE. For sale at the Drug Store of S. H. BUEHLER. Gettysburg, May 15, 1838. Giueow-7 liOltbikiiil44.o. 441 CITIZENS OF PII ILA DELPHI A I Two short years have scarcely elapsed taboo I oPenort my present office - nt 149 RACE sTREET,for the sale of the Vegetable Universal Medicine, known by the name of BRAND. R ETU'S PILLS. Conscious of its superiority over every other medicine then in use. I praised it in the most unqualified torms,and thereby pre vailed on a majority of my fellow citizens to test its powers. Subsequent events have shown that 1 did not exaggerate its virtues. You generously depended on my recommendations, and judging for yourselves, gave the medicine a trial, and Mund it deserved all my encomiums. It is a source of much gratification to mo to reflect that. in no one instance where the pills have boon pur chased at my , 12are 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 olthe Union. From the New England Stales to Now Orleans, and from St. Louis to the Atlantic, do counterfeiters abound; arid to such an extent have some of these persons pushed their contemptible calling, that one of the fraternity has an office publicly in New York,devoted exclusively to the sale of the coun terfeit article, and another one is about, being opened in lialtimore for the seine vile purpose. Our own good city is, as yet, comparatively free from these heartless impostures. How long it may remain so, depends, my fellow citizens, on you. If you still continuant; herotofore,staudily refusing to encourage any and every hind of Ito posture, no !nutter by what barefaced effrontery it may be attempted, you will serve the cause of motalitv,as well us minister to your own welfare, by obtaining the medicine in its original purity. Boston, New York, Cincinnati, Louisville, New Orleans, Baltimore, &c. all teem with counterfeit Itrundreth Pills. Philadelphia alone is uncon taminated, and the old established RACE STR EET Mlle° still stands as a Beacon light to guide the valentudinatian to the port of safety.— Awake, citizens: and drive the prowling caitiffs from your (loots. Toll thein,Philudelphiuns never have, and never will, encourage impostures, and that,in this city,there is no abiding place for them. Ily these means, their nelbrious and murderous designs, directed against your health, will he f e- Icuted, and the character ()lour city, r.r honesty and good faith be preserved. CAUTION.—Groat care should he taken to purchase of regular appointed agents, who will, in till cases, have a certificate signed by the Gen oral Agent. Mr. William Wright. The tollowa lag aro some or the Kppoint- ed tt gents; and are prov id e d w i l l. certificates duly. endorsed by the above Al ; r. illtum Wright, (tile General Agent.) Dr. JESSE rurt,BERT, Gettysburg, Adams co. WI , - nits Just received a fresh supply of Thor ENULN I ARTICLE. Dr. Benjamin Ziegler, York, York co. Mr. Henry Sidle, Dillsburg, York county. Mr. Win. Gilmore, Chambersburg, Franklin co. Mr. John Shfraner, 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, Phila. April rjaaa Br. Peters , Vegetable 'lilts. VEIE immense and inerea,ing popularity or these pills is another proof of the infallibili ty of the old adage that "truth is powerful and, will prevail." Oilier pills are only putfed,but Dr. Peters' aro 2 urchased and praised, & recommend ed until thu demand for them has become almost, universal. Dr. Peters would impress this fact upon the public, that his pills are not u quack inedicine,but a s cientific compound of simples which has boon 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 us with the people at large. One oldie many peculiar virtues ofthe Vegeta., blo Pills is, that while very powerful in its °flints; it is particularly mild and gentle in its action.--' Unlike the generality of mediclnes,its application is never attended with nausea or griping.. For sale at the Drug Store of 1)r. J. GILBERT, Agent. Gottyebutg Jan. 5, 18:36, 91n-40,
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