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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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;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
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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,