ADVERTISEMENTS. 00,LOIC FRINGE JXD T.ISSILS HE Subscriber has now on hand a large stock of very superior ai dit lit Zit a 44 ‘Zh' 9 FRINGE AND TASSELS, OF HIS OWN MANUFACTURE, which he will dispose of on the most reason. able terms. Kr Orders from a distance will be prompt. ly attended to. Any Pattern made to order. Address JOHN ODELL, Gettysburg, Pa. N. 13. All kinds of MILITARY work done to order. November 17, 1837. Just received by the subscriber, a fresh supply of GARLEGANT'S NALSAIVE OP EILEAraII. Pr pared only by JOHN S. AtaLL'lt, Frederick City, Md. THIS valuable Medicine has only been introduced to the public in various parts of the country,and hundreds of persons have used it, and found its bene ficial effects, and 7 out of ten Cases have been perma nently cured of the Dyspepsia, Cholics, Nervous Tre mors, lowness of Spirits, Palpitatiou of the heart; and all these trains of diseases, resulting from a disorder ed condition of the stomach and liver, or derangement of the digestive function, suoh as general debility or weakness, flatulency, loss of appetite,sour eructations and acidities of the stomach, costiveness, head ache, jaundice, flatulent and bilious cholid, &c. The proprietor does nit recommend it as moat pat ent medicines, as a cure all, and when used is found wanting, so that the public have got so much deceiv ed, that they can scarcely be prevailed upon to try any more, which is not the case with this Balsam of Health, as hundreds of persons have received the most happy and good eff'ects, which the proprietor can prove, if required by the testimony of many res• pectablo persons that have been cured of the above diseases, he has only given the certificates of several persons below, as it would occupy too much room in this advertisement to insert all (tic certificates,svhich lie has iu his possession—many of which can be seen in his Directions, which accompany each Bottle. Ceraficate of .rcholaa Wearer This is to certify flat I bought of your agent at Gettysburg, several bottles, of your valuable Balsam of Health, which completely cored me of the Dys pepsia. I bad taken much of other patent Medicines, but found no relief, until I made use of your Balsam of Health, which affected a radical cure, and do re commend it to all th-ac who are troubled with that obstinate disorder Dyspepsia. NICHOLAS WEAVER. Geilyaborg, Pa. Nov. 2, 1836. Certificate of Jos. S. Snapp, Frederick Co. Va. Mr. John Alilien—Sir—l do licreb; certify, that I have been afflicted with Dyspepsia for the test 4 or 5 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 Garlegant's Balsam of Health, I am certain I had not cat one ounce a day of any kind of food,neither was I able to sleep with any kind of comfort daring the time; because of a severe pain in the stomach. In fact, I had given np myself as incurable, as 1 bad recourse to so many different remedies without say benefit., - At length•l heard of your Balsam of Health being advertised, and was in need to 'ry it. J accerdinely bought one bottle from your agent, ( Wm. Miller, Winchester') After tak ing the first three doses,l found the stomach to retain in some degree , what 1. eat, and the pain in a great measure subsiding. After using only one and a lialf bottles A found myself entirely well, and can now eat any thing I have an inclination fqr,and can sleep well at night. It was surprising to see the quantity dram- bid matter I discharged from my stomach,whioh I am inclined to believe waicOated thick with it,which no doubt rendered all diet indigestible. - Given under my hand this let day of December, 1836. JOS. S. SNAPP. Frederick County, Va. The proprietor requests all those persons that are afflicted in the way above describcd,to give his medi cine a fair trial, and he assures them they will not be disappointed. He does assure the public and citizens of Dile place and county t that his Balsam ie Botanical in its compo sition, and is perfectly innocent. and can be used by both sexes of any age, with perfect safety without any change of habit or diet. For sale only in Hagerstown, by MILLER & LUTZ, in Waynesboro', Pa. by M. M. STONER, and in Shippensburg,by JOHN BRECKENBRIDGE. For sale at the Drug Store of _ _ S. H. BUEHLER. Gettysburg, May 15, 1838. 6meow-7 ...:11.kg+Ir.:3#1) i.;..41.4i.‘t'1ii-111.14*.:15JT.:4 CITIZENS OF NULADELPIHA I Two short years have scarcely elapsed sineo i opened my present office at 169 RACE STREET,for the sale of the Vegetable Universal Medicine, known by the name of BRAND. BETH'S PILLS: Conscious of its superiority over every other medicine then in use. 1 praised it in the most unqualified terms,and thereby pre. veiled on a majority of my follow citizens to test its powers. Subsequent events have shown that I did not exaggerate its virtues. You generously depended on my recommendations, and judging for yourselves, gave the medicine a trial, and found it deserved all my encomiums.. It .is a source of much gratification to me to reflect that ' in no ono instance where the pills have been pur. chased it my Race atreet office, have they failed in producing the most beneficial effects; hut, on. the contrary,they have cured ninny and relieved all. The pleasure arising a - gni the above happy state of things in this city, is much alloyed by the knowledge that this health restoring remedy is counterfeited in every part elfin) Union. From the New England States to Now Orleans, and from St. -Louis to the Atlantic, do counterfeiters abound; and to such an extent have some allies], persons pushed their contemptible calling, that ono of the fraternity has an office publicly in Now York,devoted exclusively to the sale of the coun terfeit article, and another one is about being opened in Baltimore for the same vile purpose. Our own good city is, as yet, comparatively free from these heartless impostures. How long it rimy remain so, depends, my fellow citizens, on you. If you still continue,as heretofore,steadily refusing to encourage any and every kind of im posture, no matter by what barefaced effrontery it may be attempted, you will serve the cause of morality,aa welt as minister to your own welfare, by obtaining the medicine in its oriainal purity. Boston, New Yorki Cincinnati, Louisan e l New Orleans, Baltimore, &c. all teem with co terfeit I3randreth Pills. Philadelphia alone uncon i t \ laminated, and the old established ;RACE STREET office still stands as a Beacon light to guide the valentudinatian to the port of safety, Awake, citizens! and drive rho prowling caitiffs from your doors. Toll them,Philadelphians never have, and never will, encourage impostures; and that,in this city,there is no abiding place for them. By these means, their nefarious and murderous designs, directed against your health, will bo do. fouled, and the character olour city, for honesty and good faith be preserved. CAUTION.—Great care should be taken to purchase of regular appointed agents, who will, In all cases. have a certificate signed by the Gen oral Agent. Mr. William Wright. The following aro some of the regular appoint ed ' , genie; and aro provided with certificates duly endorsed by the above Mr. William Wright, (the General Agent.) Dr. JESSE GILBERT, Gettysburg. Adams co. Who hasjust received a fresh supply of the GENUINE ARTICLE. Dr. Benjamin Ziegler, York, York co. Mr. Henry Sidle, Dillsburg, York county. Mr. Wm. Gilmore, Chambermburg, Franklia co. Mr. John Shffaner, Lancaster, Lancaster county. Remember Dr. Brandreth's General °nice for the sale oFtho medicine, wholesale and retail, is at 169 Rao* street, and 43 Chesnut street, Phila. April 3, :838 THE NEM CONSTITUTION. THE CONSTITUTION COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Al ALIEODED LiV THE CONTLIVTION OF ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AHD THIRTY-SEVEN- WE, The People of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania, ordain and establish this Constitution for its Government. ARTICLE I Section I. The legislative power of this Common wealth shall be vested in a General Assembly, which shall consist of a Senate and lions, of it op! ,._ sentatives. Section 11. The representatives shall be chosen annually by the citizens of the city of Philidel,•).i 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-one years, and have been a citizen and inhabitant of the State three years next preceding his election, and the last year thereof an inhabitant of the district in and for which he shall be chosen a representative, . he shall have been absent on the public business of the United States or of this State. .Section IV. Within three years after the fir:: meeting of the General Assembly, and within Pve,y subseptent term of seven years, an enumetat ion of the taxable inhabitants shall be made in sorb mon ner as shall be directed by law. The number of representatives shall, at the several periods of mak ing such enumeration, he fixed by the Legislature, and apportioned among the city of Phibidelphi t int the several counties, according to the number of taxable inhabitants in each: and shall never be less than 'sixty nor greater than one hundred. Knell county shall have at least one representative, but no county hereafter erected shall be entitled to a sepa rate representation until a sufficient TIUMbOr of tax able inhabitants shall he cont dif.-1 within it. to entitle them to one representative :u, , ,reenhly to the ratio which shall then he estnblished. Section V. The senators shall he chosen for Are^ years by the citizens of Philadelphia and of the several counties at the same time, in the s one man ner, and at the same places where they shall vote for representatives.. Section VI. The number of Senators Owl!, at the several periods of malciwg the enumeration bef mentioned, be fixed by the Legiiloture nod np r -,:- filmed among the districts formed as hotel. ,fo r directed, according to the immber of taxable inhabi tants in each ; and shall never he less than one fourth, nor greater thin one-third, of the titini!,er ,r representatives. Section . VII. The sei;`ators shall be chosen in di:- triets, to be formed by the le4islature; h t e . n o dis trict shall be sn formed ac to entill • it 111 than two ssn4tors i t/4/,34 the nom!, in habitants' in anti el! i f or clorn , o • ' im• he such as to entitle it to elect more than two, but n o city or county shall be entitl,l to 'elect more (bon 'our senators ; when a district shall hr of two or more counties, they shall ho edjoiole.: ; neither the city of Philadelphia nor any COW/ ty -1; be divided in forming, a district. Section VIII. No petson shall be n senator, wn shall not have attained the rive 1,1 LWCrity..liV, y(1 and have been a citizen and illlEtbii:lllt of ih:• four years next before his election, and the 1:04 v e. thereof an inhabitant of the dbitriet for whirl; I . shall be chosen, unless he shall have been absent the public business of the United States or of ttd State; and no person elected as aforesaid shall h a l, said office after he shalt have removed front such dis• Wet. Section IX. The senators ?rho may be elected a , the first general election after the adopt but of /h' amendments to the constitution, shall be divided by lot into three classes. The seats of the senators qi the first doss 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 (lass 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 senators elected before the amend meats to the constitution shall be adopted,'shrill'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 cheem. ■ Speaker pro tempore, when the Speaker shall ex ercise the office of Governor. Section XII. Each house shall judge of the quali fications of its members. Contested elections shall be determined by a committee to be selected, fumed 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 absent members, iu such manner and under such penalties as may be provided. Section XIII. Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members fur 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. Sectiap 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 ne kept secret Section XVII. Neither house shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than thiec days, nor to any other place than that in which the two houses shall be sitting. Section XVIII. The Senators and representatives shall receive a compensation fur their services to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth. They shall in all cases, ex cept treason, felony and breach or surety of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their at tendance at the session of their 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, ho 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 he a member of either house during his continuance in Congress or in office. Section XX. When vacancies happen in either house, the Speaker shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies. Section XXI. All bills for raising revenue shall origigate in the house of representatives, but the Senate-may propose amendments as in other bills. Section XXII.. No money shall he 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, hit 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 tit large upon their journals and proceed to re-consider it. If, after such re-consideration, two-thirds of that house shall agree to pass dheball, it shall be sent with the ob jections to the other house, by which likewise it shall be re-considered, and if approved by two thirds of that house, it shall be a law. Hut 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 Ilia law in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the General Assembly, by . their adjournment, pievent its return, in which case it shall be a law, unless sent back within three days after their next meeting: Section XXIV. Every order, resolutionaor vote to which the concurrence of both houses may be necessary (except on a question of adjournment) shall be presented to the Governor, and before it shall take effect, be approved by him, or-being dis approved, shall be repassed by. two-thirds of both houses according to the rules and limitations pre scribed in case of a bill. • Section XXV. No ctwporatattiffentl'hihereqfter created, renewed or erten:led, with banking or • dA rounting prit qwecq, 1P1C1.114 nutit . /ts rren THE NEW CONSTITUTION. inalle notice of the intended application for the rime in such manner as.shalt .he prescribed by law' Nor shall any charter for the purposes aforesaid, Oe grarited' for a longer period than twenty years, and every such (hatter shall contain a clause reserving to the legislature the power to alter, revoke or annul the same wheneverln their opinion it May he inju rious to the citizens of the, commonwealth, in surf, manner however that lan injustice shall he done to the corporators. No law hereafter enacted, shall create, renew or extend the charter of more than one corpo ration. ARTICLE II Section I. The Supreme Executive power of this Commonwealth shall be vested in a GOvernor. Section 11. The Governor shall be chosen on the second Tuesday of October, by the cittzen% of the Commonwealth, at the places where they shall re speciively vote for representatives. The teturns of evecy election for Governor shall be gelled up and transmitted to the seat of government,'directed to the Speaker of the Senate, who shall open and publish them in the presence of the members of both houses of the legislature. The person having the highest number of votes shall be Governor. But if two or rnore 511111 be equal and highest in votes, one of them shill be ch-isen Governor by the joint vote of the members of both houses. Con tested elections shall be determined by a Committee to be selected from both houses of the legislature, and footed and regulated in such manner as shall be directed by law. Section 111. The Governor shall hold his office during three years from the Mint 'Tuesday of Janu ary next ensuing his election, and shall out be capable of haling it longer than air in any term of nine years. Section IV. Ile shall be at least thirty years or age, and have been a citizen and an inhabitant of this State seven yeals next before his election; unless he shall have been absent on the public business of the United States air of this State. Section V. No membe! of Congress air person holding any odire un4fr the I:nited States or this State shall exercise the odice 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 fur which he shall have been elected. Section VII. He shill be ciuninander-in-chief of the army and rainy of this C , eilel./11We.d111. and of the militia, except when they shall he called into the actual service of the reited Section VIII. He shall oppaiol a St.evetary of the Commontreallh during pleatture, and he shajl nomi nate and bat and :riffs A, aJoice and consent of the Senate appoint all judicial officers q r ( - Marls of record, unleit: ',the rat ive provided far a ta 1h Ls l'onS; i f ution. He shall have power to fill all vacant-lei that may happm in such judicial ojlirc. during- the recess of tho sealer, by treanting r,main:ssrioni which Shull e, pire at the owl , of their lira s•eitan : Pro vided, Ant in sating nn ',era/tit, n , onlaa' ions. Senate doll sit with Ope.l Jura%x , and or rejcei ing the nom,: at 'MI, of /he Governar, r it" taken , Cll,l IS. Ile ,d) all p (...t;•it,,r,,, .•r_ , :, , a. •, !.• p except in el<eS of impeachment. 14 , ction X. fie may require ieformation in writing, from the (dicers in the eNecutive department upon any subject relating to the duties of their respec tive offices. Section XT. Tic shall, from time to time, give to the General Assembly information of the state of the Commonwealth, and reremmend to their con sideration such meastiles as he shall judge expedient. Section X 11. lie may, on extraordinary ticcasions, convene the tieneral Assembly ; and in case of disagreement hetWern the t wo houses, with respect to the time of adjournment, 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. Suction XiV. In case of the death or resignation of the Governor, or of his removal limn office, the Speaker of the Senate shall exercise the office of Governor, until another Governor shall be duly qualified ; but in such case another Governor shall be chosen at the next annual elertion qj repreienta liver, finks, such death, resianalion or removal, shall occur within three calriuttr inon?hs immrdi a!ely preceding. such Ile.rt annual rlcction, in which case a Gorernor shall be chos , n nt the swami suc ceeding annual election of rriwesental ices. And if the trial of a conte'Ate,l election continue longer than until the third Monday of January next ensuing the election 1,1 Governor, the t:overnor of the last year or the Speaker of the Semitic who may he iu the exccke 1 , 1 the executive authority. skill continue therein until the detertnitiath.n o f sod ] c , ,otesteil electi , .n, and until a Give' no. .1, ,I 1 be duty qualified ac aforec,id. See , hn X V.. The S,cret rry of the r0P0d , 71 , -roll 5h..111:(3.) a 13ir gi.tet the otl:rt d acts an prneectlinp of the Governor, and 0 , 01. when 1 , (purer!, lay the ;attic and all it.tpert, Imute, in, votiehets relative thereto, below either br..nelt the legit:Liture, and .11311 pelf nn such other dutie as shall be enjoined him by law. ARTICLE 111 Section T. rl , Thans by the rill: eas event whit ,freeman rf the age of It:Tat:ft-one 500,5, haring, re sided in 'his ,fat, One 2, , ar, and in dis trirt where he ,hers to ra'e, ten days immediate/1 prereding such election, and F , ithin two years pal, a State or County tar, which shill hare leen ai sessed at least ten da,is Wore the electam, shall , nin ! , the rights of an (team-, Ilat a eiti,en tho United States wha had prerions4 to'rn a (ratified voter of this State, and retnat,d th , re,froin and relorn , d,anq who shall hare resided in th election distri4. and paid taxes as afar , said, shall he entitled to rid., after residing in the strr'e sir m o nths. that 0,1 , e freemen, citizens of the United Stat.•s, ketresen ;he ages of twenty-me and 11,-nty_tr,,,. ! a s d lrtr ing resided in the Slate y , tr,,t,11 in the el , c• ion district len days as aforesaid, shall le entill , d cute, although they shall not hare paid lases. Section 11. All electi , ms 01311 be by t! ,, , ex cept those by prisons in th,ii ripitientative eitica, who shall r .te I:WU 111 W. 111 • cr,,: 01,1 11,• be privileg&l. trout aivest, thiriti!..; their attendance on elections, and in going to and returning from them. ARTICLE IV. Section 1. The House of Representatives shall have the sole power of impeaching. Section 11. All impeachments shall be tried by the Senate; when sitting for that purpose, the Senators shall be upon oath or affirmation. No per son shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present. Section 111. The Governor, and all other civil otficeis under this C1,111111(1111VCII MI, shall be liable to impeachment for any misdemeanour in office; but judgment, in such cases, shall not extend further than to removal from °filen, and disqualification to hold any Lidice of honour, trust or profit, limier this Commonwealth : The party, whether convicted or acquitted, shall oevertheless be liable to indictment, trial, judgment, and punishment according to law. ARTICLE V Section 1. The judicial power of this Common wealth shall be vested in a Supreme Court, in . Courts of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail De- livt , ry, ins Court of Common Piens, Orphans' Court, pr e istcy's Court, nod a Court of Quarter Sessions of the Pence, fur each county ; in Justices of the Peace, and in such other Courts as the legislature may from time to time establish. .ectiop H. The jud.s.es y the Supreme Court, of c• srt•cral Courts of Cornoton Plrzts, and of sztrh other Courts of Reword as are or shall be established by law, 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 qffices for the term of fifteen years if they shall so lung behave themselves . well. The president judges Of the several Courts of Common Pleas and of smh other Courts of Record as are or shall be est& Usher! by low, and all other judges re quired to le ton nod in law, shall hold their offices for th , term of ten yearS y- they shrill so long behave themselves well. The Asawiate judges of the Courts of Common Pleas shall hob! !heir TICS' for the terra of five years if they shell 5 long behave themselves well, lint for any reasonable cause which shall not he sufficient ground of impearliment, the Governor may remove any of theta on the addrej 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 shaltartt stated limes receive fur their services an adequate compensation to he fixed by law, , whieh shall nut be diminished during their continuance in (Sire, but they shall receive no fees or perquisites of Ore, nor hold any other office of profit under' this Commonwealth. Section 111. Until otherwise, !Weided by law, the Courts of Common Pleas shall continue as at present established. .Nut mire than jive counties shall at any tittle be included in one judicial district organizes for said Courts. Scethm IV. 'The jurisdiction of the' Supreme S:4nict shall extend aver the State; and the judges thtneof, shall h, %It tne - ogires, he justices flitorand'i'r.loin s tm lGenii t• Jail Dcli, cry, in 1 4 }110 W CONSTITUTION. ' it -been so long erected ; btq Mull tiore,becn so long fretted,. then within the limit., of the 'county or conatie, rut of which . it shall ha re b een taken. - No member of Congress from this slate, or any•person•holdia‘ , exereiaiag , any office or appointment.of trust' or profit under the United States, shall al the same time hold or exercise any office in this stale, to Which n salary`is, or fits or perquisites arc by lair, annexed ; and (lie legisla ture may by letw declare what State apices are in rompaliblr.- No membrr rf the Senate.. or of the house of representatives shalt be appointed by the (Theernoiv to ar.y o -' ffice daring the teem for which lie shall hart bertielret«l. Sectimi IX. All ‘ffietlrS fir a term if years shall hold their offices fir the terms reepectively specified, only on the condition that they so long behave themselves ; and shall be removed on conviction if misbehaviour in office or of any in famous' crime. Section X. Any mega,: who shall, after the adoption of the amendments propoeed by this Convention to the Conshtution, fight a duel or send a challenge fur that purpose, or he aider or abettor in fighting-a duel, e.hall l r deprieul rf the right (podding any office if honour or profit in this Slate, and shall be punished otherwise in such manner as is, or may be- prescribed by lour ; hut the executive may remit the suid offence and all its disqualifications. ARTICLE VII Section 1. The legislature skill, as soon as con veniently may be, provide by law, for the establish ment of schools throughout the State, in such manner that the poor may Le taught Sertirn fl. The arts and sciences shall he pro moted in one or more SCHllliat iv , : SCCtioll 111. The rights, privileges, immunities and estates of religious s.icieties and corp,ii;:te Lo dies, shall remain as if the constitution of this State had not Leen altered or amen,h,l. Section IV. The Itzislature shall not incest any corporate hotly or individual n•ith the pririb l lre rf tolring private prop rly for puhhe use, without requiring such mrporotiou or individual to ;nuke compenAation to the au•nrrs n mid properly, or give adequate Arrurity Meer or, bef,re such pro perly shall lie taken. VIII Members of the Gemini A..embly, rind all offi cers. executive and judiriAl, shall be bentill by oath or a tErroatb.o, to support the coto.titutioo Of this Commoliweahh, and to perform the duties of their respective offices with fillelity. ARTICLE IX That the general, great and essential principles of liberty and free g ivernment Tar be lec,giii.ed and on:titer:o,ly establi-died, W l DECLA HE, THAT secti, , ,i I. All men are born equally free aril in dependent, and have certain inherent and indefeasible rights, among which are thine enj e: ,in ; r . and d i ,- fendine an.l Section V. The judges of the Court of Common Pleas, it 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 terminer, or jail delivery, in any county, when the judges of the Supreme Court, or any of them, shall be sitting in the same county. The party accused, as well as the Commonwealth, may, under such regulations as shall be prescribed by law, remove the indictment and proceedings, or a transcript thereof, into the Supreme Court. Section VI. The Supreme Court, and the several courts of common pleas, shall, beside the powers heretofore usually 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, and the care of the persons and estates of those who are non compotes -nentis. 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 they shall judge proper, for the due administratim of. justice. Section VII. The judges of the court of common pleas of each county, any two of who., shall ho a quorum, shall compose the court of Quarter Ses sions the peace, anti orphans' court thereof ; and the register of wills, together with the said judges, or any two of them, shall compose the register's court of each county. Section VIII. The judges of the courts of common pleas shall, within their respective counties, have the like powers with the judges of the Supreme Court, to issue writs of certiorari to the justices of the peace, and to cause their proceedings to be brought before them, and the like right and justice to be done. Section IX. The president of the court in each circuit within such circuit, and the judges of the court of common picas 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 rf administration, and an office for the recording of deeds, shall be kept in each county. Section XI. The style of all process shall be " The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania." All prose cutions shall be carried on in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and conclude " against the peace and dignity of the same." ARTICLE VI Section 1. Sheriff's and coroners shall, at the times and places of election of representatives, be chosen by the citizens of each county. One person shall be chosen for each office, who shall be commis sioned by the Governor. They shall hold their offices for three years, if they shall so long behave themselves well, and until a successor be duly qualified ; but no person shall be twice chosen or appointed sheriff, in any term of six years. Vacan cies in either of the said offices shall be filled by an appointment, to be made by the Governor, to continue until the next general election, and until a successor shall be chosen and qualified as afore said. Section H. The freemen of this commonwealth shall be armed, organized and disciplined for its defence, when and in sorb wormer as ma:' :•ft directed by law. Those who conscientiously scruple to bear arms, shall notbe compelled to do so, but shall pay an equivalent for personal service. Section 111. Prolhonolaries of the Supreme Court shall be appointed by the said Court fir the term of three years if they so long behave .hemselces well. Prothonotaries and clerks of the several other courts, Recorders of deeds, and Re gisters of wills, shall at the times and places of election of representatives, be elected by the quali fied electors of each county, or the districts over which the jurisdiction of said courts extends, and shall be commissioned by the Governor. They shall hold their offices for three years if they shall so long behave themselves well, and until their successors shall be duly qualified. The legisla ture shall provide by law, the number of persons in each county who shall hold said offices, and how many and which of said Vices shall be held by one person. Vacancies in any of the said of ices shall be filled by appointments to be s by the Governor, to continue until the next ge ral election, and until successors shall be elected and qualified us aforesaid. Section IV. Prothonotaries, clerks of the peace and orphars' courts, recorders of deeds, registers of wills, and sheriffs, shall keep their ffices in the county town of the county in which they, respec tively, shall be officers, unless when the Govern o r shall, for special reasons, dispense therewith, fur any term not exceeding five years after the county shall have been erected. Section V. All commissions shall be in the n, and bX the authority of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania, and be sealed with the State seal, and sign ed by the Governor. Section VI. A State Treasurer shall be clerk( annually, by joint rote of both branches of the legis !attire. Section VII. Justices of the peace or aldermen shall be elected in the several wards, boroughs, and townships at the time of the election of con stables by the qualified voters thereof, in such number as shall be directed by law, and shall be commissioned by the Governor fur a term If fire years; but no township, 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 eledors within such township, ward or bo rough. Section VIII. All offieers whose election or ap pointment is lull provided for in this constitution, shall be elected or appointed as shall be directed by law. No person shall he appointed to any of fiee within any county who shall not hare been a citizen aid an inhabitant therein any Ifra w.ri &lore him opprrintw•ni, county , 1”:” Thote THE NEW CONSTITUTION. and Kotecting property and reputation, and of pur ailing their own happiness. . • Section 11. All power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their au thoriSz„..and ,instituted for their peace, safety, and happiness For the advancement of these ends, they have; atall - times - ran unalienable and indefeasible right to alter, reformer abolish their government, in ,such mapper en thertnay think proper. Section 111. All men have a' atural and indefea sible right to worship Almighty God, according to .the dictates of their own consciences; no man can, ;of right, be compelled to attend, erect, or support .any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; no Infirian authority can; in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience and,no , preference , shall ever be given, by law, to any religious establishments or modes of worship. Section IV. No person who acknowledges the be ing of a God and a future state of rewards and pu nishments, shall on account of his religious senti ments be disqualified to hold any office or place of trust or profit under this Commonwealth. Section V. Elections shall be free and equal. Section VI. Trial by jury shall be as heretofore, and the right thereof remain inviolate. Section VII. The printing presses shall be free to every person who undertakes . to examine the pro ceedings of the legislature;' or any branch of go vernment: And no law shall ever be made to re strain the right thereof. The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of. the-invaluable rights of man ; and every citizen may freely speak, write and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty. In prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public in formation, the truth thereof may be given in evi dence Arid in all indictments for libels the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court, as in other cases. Section VIII. The people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers arid possessions, from unrea. suitable searches and seizures: And no warrant to search any place, or to seize any person or things, shall issue, without describing them as neatly as miy be, nor without probable cause supported by oath or affirmation. Section IX. In all criminal prosecutions, the ac cused bath a right to be beard by himself and his counsel, to demand the nature and cause of the ac cusation against hitn, to meet the witnesses face to face, to have compulsory process for obtaining wit nesses iu his favour, and, in prosecutions by indict ment or lamnation, a speedy pnblic trial, by an impartial jury of the vicinage; he cannot lie com pelled to give evidence against himself, nor can he be deprived of his life, liberty, or property, unless by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land. Section X. No person shall, for any indictable offence, be proceeded against criminally by informa tion, except in cases arking in the land or naval forces, or in the militia when in actual service in time of War or public ;Linger, or by leave of the court, for oppression and misdemeanour in office. No person shall, for the same offence, he twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall any man's pro perty be taken or applied to public use, without the consent of his representatives, and without just compensation being made. Section XI. All courts shall be open, and every man for an injury done him in his lands, goods, per son or reputation, shall have remedy by the due course of law, and right and justice administered, without sale, denial or delay. Suits may be brought against the Commonwealth in such manner, in such courts, :111(Lill such cases as the legislature may by law direct. Section XII. No power of suspending laws shall bC exercised, unless by the legislature, or its au thority. Section XIII. Excessive hail shall not be re (mired, nor excessive tines imposed, nor cruel pu niqhments inflicted. Section NIV. All pri , oners shall be bailable b 3 sufficient sureties, unless fur capital ollitnces, when the proof is evident or presumption great ; and the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not he suspended, runless when, in cases of rebellion or in vasion, the public safety may require it. Section XV. No corn mission oftyer and Terminer or I,il delivery shall he iassed. Section XVI. The person of n debtor, where there In not strong presumption of frond, Minn not be continued in prison, after delivei ing up his estate for the benefit of his creditors, in such manlier as shall be prescribed by law. Section XVII. No cx post facto law, nor any law impairing contract.; shall be made. Section X VIII. No person shall be attainted of trt-et.tn or felony by the legislature. Section XIX. No attainder shall work corruption ttl.tod; nor, except during the life of the offender, Mr fellow of estate to the commonwealth ! the es tates of such persons as shall destroy their own lives, shall descend or vest as in ease of natural death ; and if any person shall be killed by casualty, there shall be no forfeiture by reason thereof. Section XX. The citizens have a right, in a peace able mann° to assemble together, for their common good, and to apply to those in vested with the powers of govtsnment for redress of grievances, or other proper purposes, by petition, address or remon strance. Section XXI. The right of citizens to bear arms, in defence of themselves and the State, shall not be questioned. Section XXII. No standing army shall, in time of peace, be kept up without the content of the Le gislature ; and the military shall, in all cases, and at all times, be in strict subordination to the civil power. Section XXIII. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. Section XXIV. The legislature shall not grant any title of nobility or hereditary distinction, nor create any office the appointment to which shall be fur a longer term than during good behaviour. Section XXV. Emigration from the State shall not he prohibited. Section XXVI. To guard against transgressions of the high powers which we have delegated, WE DECLARR, that every thing in this article is ex cepted out or the general powers of government, and shall fur ever remain inviolate. ARTICLE X. Any amendment or amendments to this constan t ion may be proposed in the Senate or House of Re presentatives, and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected toeneh HousS, such proposed amendment or amendthents shall be entered on their journals, with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall cause the same to be published three months before the next election, in at least one newspaper in every county in which a newspaper shall be published ; and if in the legislature next afterwards elmsen such pro posed amendment or amendments shall he agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each house, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall cause the same again to be published in manner aforesaid, and such proposed amendment or amendments shall be submitted to the people in such manner and at such lime, at least three months, after being so agreed to by the 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 five years ; Provided, that if more than one amendment be submitted, they shall be submitted in such manner and form, that the people may vote for or against each amendment separately and distinctly. SCHEDULE That no inconvenience may arise from the altera tions and amendments in the Constitution of this ommonwealth, and in order to carry the same into complete operation, it is hereby declared and ordain ed, That, Section I. All laws of this Commonwealth in force at the time when the said alterations and amend ments in the said Constitution shall take etl'ect, and not inconsistent therewith, and all rights, actions, prosecutions, claims, and contracts as well of indi viduals as of bodies corporate, shall continue as if the said alterations and amendments had not been made: Section 11. The alterations and amendments in the said Constitution shall take effect from the first day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine. Section 111. The clauses, sections, and articles of the said Constitution,,vhich remain unaltered, shall continue to be construed and have effect as if the said Constitution had not been amended. Section IV. The General Assembly which shall convene in December, eighteen hundred and thirty eight, shall continue its session, as heretofore, not withstanding the provision in the eleventh section of the first article, and Shall at all times be regarded as the first General Assembly under the amended Constitution. Section V: 'rhe governor who shall be elected in October, eiehteeii higtdred and thirty'-right, Orin be sii.,ll{,Nott.l t h the lbw! fue—L , y m hullaq THE NEW CONSTITUTION. eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, to which time the present executive term is hereby extended. Section. VI. The, commissions of the judges of the Supreme Court, who may be in office on the firsi day of January next, shall expire in the following man ner: The commission which bears the earliest date shall expire on the first day of January, Anno Do mini ono thousand eight hundred and forty-two; the commission next dated shall expire on the first day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight bun dred and. forty-five; the commission next dated shall expire on the first day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight; the commission next dated shall expire on the first day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight him "! rf'd and fifty-one; and the commission last dated shall expire on the first day of January, Anno Do mini one thounand eight hundred and fifty-four. Section VII. The commissions of the President judges of the several judicial districts and of the associate law judges of the first judicial district shall expire as follows i The commissions of one-half of those who shall hove held their offices 'en years or snore at the adoption of the amendments to the consti tution, shall expire on the twenty-seventh day of Fe bruary, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-sine ; the commissions of the other half of those who shall have held their offices or more at the adop tion of the amendments to the constitution, shall expire on the twenty-seventh day of February, ono thousand eight hundred and forty-two; the first halt to embrace those whose commissions shall bear the oldest date. The commissions of all the remaining , judges who shall not have held their offices for ten , years at the adoption of the amendments to the con stitution shall expire on the twenty-seventh day of February next after the end of ten years from the date of their commissions. Section VIII. The Recorders of the several May ors' Courts, and other criminal courts in this Com monwealth, shall be appointed for the same time, and in the same manner, as the president judges of the several judicial districts; of those now in office, the commission oldest in (late shall expire on the twenty-seventh day of February, ene thousand eight hundred and forty-one, and the others every two years thereafter according to their respective dates. Those oldest in date expiring first. Section IX. The legislature at its first session on der the amended constitution, shall divide the other associate judges of the State into four classes. The commissions of those of the first class shall expire on the twenty-seventh day of February, eighteen hundred and forty ; of those of .the second class on the twenty-seventh day of February, eighteen hun dred and forty-one; of those of the third class on the twenty-seventh day of February, eighteen hun dred and forty-two; and of those of the fourth class on the twenty-seventh day of February, eighteen hundred and forty-three. The said classes from the first to the fourth shall be arranged according to the seniority of the commissions of the several judges. Section' X. Prothonotaries, clerks of the several courts (except of the Supreme Court) recorders of deeds and registers of wills, shall be fi rst elected under the amended Constitution, at the election of reptii,:'`'::', seutatives in the year eighteen hundred and thirty . nine, in such manner as may be presciihed bylaw., Section XI. The appointing power shaillreffialn. as heretofore, and all officers in the appo jrnont ofthii executive department shall continue i At) exerctsO., of the duties of their respective o ! :lintil, thin legislature shall pass such laws as yi - be . reqn ired by thr eighth section of the six ~ar ticle of the s e :Amended constitution, and until rictinents shall be made under such laws ; tiniest : Orcommissions shall he superseded by new app intrnents, or shall sooner expire by their own limitatinns, ! or the said offices shall become vacant by death or resignation, and such laws shall be enacted by the first legisla ture under the amended constitution. - Section XII. The first election for aldermen and justices of the peace shall be held in the year eight eon Modred and lorry, it the 4 tinte tined for the election of constables. The legislature at its firs' session under the, amended constitution shall pro vide for the said election anti for suhseenent similar electois. The aldermen and justices of the pram now in commission, or who may in the interim hi: appointed, shall continue to discharge the duties ~1 their respective offices, until fifteen days after the day which shall be fixed by law for the issuieg of new commissions, at the expiration of which time, .1: en commhisions shall expire. In testimony that the forrzoing is the sou ruled constitutim of Pennsylvania, as agreed to in conveetion, ,We the officers and members of the coneentlon have Iwieunto signed our names at Philadelphia, the twenty-second day of Felu u nry, Anna Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the sixty-second. JOHN SERGEANT, President. ' Daniel Agnew, Ezra S. Hayhurst, Wm. Ayres, NVm. flays, Al. \V. Baldwin, Aim. I leltfonstein Ephraim Banks, M. Henderson, Jahn Y. Barclay, Wm. ffenderson, Jacob Barndohr, Wm. Wester, Chas. A. Barnitz, William Iligh, Andrew Bedfuld, Jos. Hopkinson, Thos. S. B e ll, John !fount, James Cornell Biddle, Jahez Hyde ' Lebbens L. Bigelow, Charles .Erred Ingersoll, ;.titil. C. Bonham, Phs. Jenks, Chas. Brown, George M. Keim, Jeremiah Brown, James Kennedy, William Brown, Aaron Kerr, Pierce Butler, Jos. Konigmacher, Samuel Carey, Jacob Krebs, John Ctimmin, 11. G. Long, 'fitomas S. Cunningham, David Lyons, William Curll, Alex. Magee, Wm. Darlington, ' Joel IC. Mann, George Chambers, W. M. Meredith, , John Chandler, James Merrill, Jos. R. Chandler, Levi Merkel, Ch. Chauncey, Wm. L. Miller, Nathaniel Clapp, James Montgomery, James Clarke, Christian Meyers John Clarke, D. Nevin, William Clark, Wm. Deerfield, A. J. Cline, Hiram Payne, Lindley Coates, Matthias Pennypacker, It. E. Cochran, James Porter, Thos. P. Cope, James Madison Porter, Joshua F. Cox, SaMl. A. Purviance, Walter Craig, E. C. Reigart, Richd. M. Crain, A. IL Read, Geo. T. Crawford, . "` Geo. W. Biter, Cornelius Crum, Jno. Ritter, Benjn. Martin, IL Gold Rogers, John J. M'Cahen, Samuel Royer, E. T. APDowell, James M. Russell, James M'Sherry Daniel Saeger, Mark Darra,b, •John Morin Scott, Hamar Denny 4 *Tobias Sellers, John Dickey, .- G. Seltzer. Joshua Dickerson, Geo. Serrill, Jacob Dillinger, Henry Scheetz, Jas. Donagan, George Shilleto, J. R. Donnell, Thomas H. Sill, Joseph M. Doran, Geo. Smith, James Dunlop, Wm. Smyth, Thomas Earle, Joseph Snively, 1). M. Family, Jn0..8. Sterigere, Robt. Flemipg, Jacob Stickel, .' ' • Walter Forward, E.henezer W. Shurdevant John Foulkrod, Thomas Taggart, Joseph Fry, Jr. Morgan J. Thomas, John Fuller,' James Todd, John A. Gamble, Thomas Weaver, William Gearhart, Ja ob B. Weidman David Gilmore, It. . White, • Virgil Grenell, -G ,W. Woodward, William L. Harris, It. Young. Thomas Hastings, (Attest,) S. Snout, Secretary. G. L. FAL, Assistant Secretaries. J. Wrwit 9 t;t4 SECRETARY'S OFFICE, HARRISBURG, FEBRUARY 28, 1838. I certify, that the foregoing is an exact and 'item. copy of " the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as amended by the Convention of one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven-thirty eight," deposited in this office on the 26th day o. February, 1838 ; the amendments being in italic, and the retained portions of the present Constitu tion in roman letter: THO. H. BURROWES, Scc'y of the Commonwealth. March 27, 18:38. to-52 cr To P'areitts. WR. SI'OUSE'S INFANT DROPS,a safe, effectual and speedy remedy for the diseases of young children,such as colic, coo vulstons,restlessness, griping, disordered bowels, green stools, sour vomiting, flatu 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 are recommended. Price 25 cents a bottle, and for sale at the Drug Store of Dr'. J. GI 1..11E,RT.:45 Feb. 6, 1838.
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