ADVERTISEMENTS. COACE LAO 3, FRIXGE .1.21*D MISSLALS. THE Subscriber has now on hand a large stock of very superior At VAU 34 Qa.Til 0 FRINGE AND TASSELS, OF 1118 OWN MANUFACTURE, which he will dispose of on the most reason able terms: KrOrders from a distance will be prompt ly attended to. Any Pattern made to order Address JOHN ODELL, Gettysburg, Pa. N. B. All kinds of NIILITARY work done to order. November 17, 1837 a Catalogue of Reasons DR. PETERS' CELEBRATED VEGE TABLE PILLS: 1. Because they are exceedingly popular, which proves them to be exceedingly good. 2. Because they are composed of simples which have the power to do good in an immense number of eases,without possessing the means to do injury in any. 3. Because they are not a quack mediem hut the scientific compound of a regular physician. who has made his profession the study of his life. 4. Because they arc not unpleasant to take,nor die. treating to retain, while they are most effective to operate. 5. Because they arc recommended as a standard medicine byllic regular faculty. 6. Because by keeping the system in a natural state of action, they cure almost every disease which the human frame is incidental to. 7. Because they are cheap and profitable, and Fill retain all their virtues in full vigor,in any climate,and for any length ()Clime. 8. Because notwithstanding their simplicity and mildness,they arc one of the speediest purgative me dicines which has yet been discovered 9. Because they are an unfailing remedy for pro curing a pod appetite. 10. Because in case of spleen or despondency, by their healthy influence on the excited state of the bo dy, they have a must happy effect in cahuing and in• vigorating the mind. 11. Because they effect their cures without the usual attendants of other pills, sickness and gripings. 12. Because as well as being an unrivalled purfiet of the general system, they are a sovereign remedy for sick head-ache. 13. Because they different from the majority of me dicines in the fact that the more they are known the more they arc approved. 14. BCCRUIIO, as their application produces no debil ity in the system, they may ho taken without produ cing any hindrance to business or the usual pursuits of every day life. 16. And lastly, because they aro acknowledged to be an almost infallible remedy for Bilious Fever, Fe ver and Ague, Dyspepsia, Liver Complaints, Jaun dice, Asthma,Dropsy, Rheumatism, Enlargement of Lownessthe Spleen, of Spirits, Piles, Cholic, Heart built, Nausea, Distension of Bie Stomach and Bowels, Flatulence, Habitual Costiveness, Loss of Appetite, Blatched or Sallow Complexion, and in all cases of Torpor of the Howells. where a mild but effective medicine may be requisite. In short,the general voice of the community has de cided that DR. PETERS' Ve g etable Pills Is one of the h a ppiest discoveries ofmodern days,and altogeth er unrivalled as a general soother of bodily afflictions. Or - For sale at the Drug Store of DR. J. GILBERT, Gettysburg. January 5. 1838. 9m-40 ERANDRETEE'S CITIZENS OP PIIILADELPIIIA I Two short years have scarcely elapsed since 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. I praised it in the most unqualified torms,end thereby pro. railed 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 mo to reflect that in no one instance where the pills have been per. chased at my Race 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 much alloyed by the knowledge that this health restoring remedy is counterfeited in every part of the Union. From the Now England States to New Orleans, and from St. Louis to the Atlantic, do counterfeiters abound; and to such an extent have some of these persons pushed their contemptible calling, that one of the fraternity has an office publicly in New York,dovoted exclusively to the sale of the coon tinfoil article, and another ono 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 ii may remain so, depends, my fellow citizens, on you. If you still continuo,os heretoffire,steadily refusing to encourage any and every kind of lin posture, no matter by what barefaced effrontery it may be attempted, you will servo the cause 01 I morality,as welt as 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 Brandreth Pills. Philadelphia alone is uncoil laminated, and the old established RACE STREET office still stands as a Beacon light to guide the valentudinatian to the port of stably.-- Awake, citizens! and drive the prowling caitiff- from your doors. Toll thern,PhiladelphiansllCVOl have, and nover will, encourage impostures, and that,in this city,there is no abiding place for them . By these means, their nefarious and inurderotns designs, directed against your health, will be de foaled, and the character of our city, fbr honest) and good faith be preserved. CAUTION.—Greut care should be taken to purchase of regular appointed agents, who will, In all cases, have a certificate signed by the Gen eral Agent. Mr. William Wright. The following are some of the regular appoint ed sgents; and are provided with certificates duly endorsed by the above Mr. William Wright, (the General Agent.), Dr. JESSE GILBERT, Gettysburg, Adams co. Who has JUL received a fresh supply of the GENUINE ARTICLE. Dr. Benjamin Ziegler, York, York co. Mr. Henry Sidle, Dillsburg, York county. Mr. Wm. Gilmore, Chambersburg, Franklin co. Mr. John Shffener, Lancaster, Lancaster county. Remernher Dr. Brandreth's General Office for the sale of the medicine, wholesale and retail, is at 169 Race street, and 43 Chesnut street, Phila delphia. April 3,1838, HERNIA, OR RUPTURE, 4UURED BY HULL'S TRUSS. IT has been ascertained, 'beyond contra J ll -, dictton, that persons can be cured per manently and e&ctually of Hernia or Rupture by the uio of hull's Trues. Numerous certificates could be produced from Gentlemen of the first respectability that Mao been cured by wearing them. It iamot only the easiest to wear of any Truss ever Invented; but it keeps the Hernia per reedy reduend,so that the person can ride or labor as well is if he was not thus afflicted. A trial of this instrument would at once convince every person of its superiority over any other article that could be offered for the same disease. O:TA supply-of the Genuine article is just re alkyd and 14 sale at the Drug store of • Dr. J. GILBERT, Gottysburg Pa. tf-f? April in, tom? THE .NEW CONSTITUTION. CONSTITUTION COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, •D AMENDED DT THE CONVENTION OF ONE THOES kND I=ll3 WE, The People of the C,.mtnonwralth of Penn sylvania, orrlairi and eAtahlisli thi4 Constitution lot its Government. AnTrrLE I .Section I. The legi t , ive power of this Common wealth slidl be vested in a General Assert.Hv, which shall consist of a Senate and Morse of Rept at sentativCs. Section If. The representatives shall be clia.en annually by the citizens of the city .1 l'bilatlto•ltia 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 ttf twenty-one years, and have been a citizen and inhabitant of the State three years next preceding his election, and Ow last year thereof an inhabitant of the distrirl in au! for which he shall be chosen a repreN4nlat ire, Wi11... , he shall have been absent on the public business of the United States or of this State. Section IV. Within three years after the lir , meeting of the General Assembly, and within every .tiliserient term of seven years, an enumeration of the taxable inhabitants shall he made in such man ner as shall he 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 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, brit no rounty hereafter erected shall be entitled to a sepa rate representation until a suffirient number of tax able inhabitants shall be contained within it, to entitle them to one representative agreeably to the ratio which shall then he established. Section V. The senators shall l,e chosen for rimy years by the eititmns of Philadelphia and of the several counties at the same time, in the same 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 making the erminprition mentioned, be fixed by the Legislature and appor tioned among the districts formed as herein iftei directed, according to the number of tax , ,bio inhabi tants in each; and shall never be leis than one fourth, nor greater than onus-third, of the number of representatives. Section VII. The SPIVIION shall be chosen in di.- triers, to he formed by the legi•dature ; NI/ no dis trier Ann he so form,l as to entitle it to 'de' , inure than tiro senator's, unless the nansher of he, Ode in habitants in ~ au eio, stio// , d nuns liar-. he such as to entitle it to elect mare than firm but no city or county shall be entitled to elect snore than 'our senators ; when a district 'hall lie colorised of two or more counties, they 041 be adjoining; neither the city of Philadelphia nor any county shall he divided in forming a district. Section VIII. No prison shall he a senator, who shall not have attained the age of twenty-tine years, and have been a citizen and inhabitant of the State four years next before his election, and the last year thereof an 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 office after he shall hare removed from 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 he divided by lot into three classes. The seats of' the senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the first year t of the second (lass 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 he chosen every year. The senators elected before the amend ments to the constitution shall he adopted, shall hold their offices during the terms for which they shall respectively hare been elected. • Section X. The General Assembly - shall meet on the first Tuesday of January, in every year, unless sooner convened by the Gore nor. Section Xl. 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. Contested elections shall be determined by a committee to be selected, formed and regulated in such manner as skill 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, in such manner and under such penalties as may be provided. Section XIII. Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members 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 he 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 compensation for their services to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth. They shall in all cases, ex cept treason, felony and breach or surety of-the peace, be privileged from arrest during their at tendance at the session of their 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 °Mee under this Com monwealth which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been increased during such timer and no member of Congress or other person holding any otTice (except of attorney at law and in the militia) under the United States er this Commonwealth, shall be n member of either house during his continuance in Congress or he office. Section XX. When vacancies happen in either house, the Speaker shall issue writs of election to All such vacancies. Section XXI. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the house of representatives, but the Senate may propOse amendments as in other bills. Section XXII. No money shall be drawn from the treasury but in consequence of appropriations made by law. 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 large upon their journals and proceed to re-consider it. If, after such re-consideration, two-thirds of that house shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent with the ob jections to the other house, by which likewise it shall he re-considered, and if approved by two thirds of that house, it shall be a law. But in such cases the votes of both houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of persons voting for or against the bill shall be entered on the jour nals of each house respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the Governor within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been pre sented to him, it shall be a law in like manner as if ho 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 be presented to the Governor, and before it shall take effect, be approved by him, or being dii appioved, shall be repassed by two-thirds of boil , houses according to the rules ,and limitations pre. scribed in case of a bill. Section XXV. No corporate body shall be herealle, created, renewed or extended, with banking or dis counting privit , grrs, without six m,nthi preiviotis THE NEW CONSTITUTION. puslic notice of the intended application for the same in such manner as shall be prescribed by ,, law Nor shall any charter for the purposes aforesaid, be granted for a longer period than twenty year', and every such charter shall contain a clause reverting to the legislature the power to alter, rsiz mice or annul the same whenever in their opinion innay be inju rious to the citizens of the commonweal'h, in such manner however that no injustice shall be done to the corporators. No law . hereafter enacted, AIM( rre , ife, renew or extend the charter of more than one corpo ration. ARTICLE IL Section I. The Supreme Exerutive power of this Commonwealth shall be vested in a Cove nor. Section 11. The Got 'tour shall be rho•ro or] the second Tuesday of tretober, by the citizens ol the Commonwealth, at the ;daces where they shall Cpecti vely vote for representatives. The returns of every election for Governor shall be sealed na and transmitted to the seat of govern moot, di acted to the Speaker of the Senate, who shall open and publish them in the presence of the tnembera of both houses of the legislature. The person ha vin; the highest number of votes shall be Goveroor. But if two or more shall be equal and hi g h es t in votes, one of them shall be chosen Governor by the j o i nt vote o f th e members of both houses. Con tested elections shall be determined by a Committee to be selected from both houses of the legislature, and formed and regulated in such manner as shall be directed by law. Section ill. The Governor shall hold his office during three years from the thin' Tuesday of Janu ary next ensuing his election, and shall riot be capable of holding it longer than six in any term of nine years. Section IV. Ile shall be at least thirty years of age, and have been a citizen and an inhabitant of this State seven years next before his electim ; unless he shall have been absent on the public business of the United States or of this State. Section V. No member of Congress 4 , r person holding any office under the United States or this State shall exercise the office of Governor. Section VI. The Governor shall at stated hmes receive for his services a compensation, which shall be neither increased nor diminished (hiring the period for which he shall have been elected. Section VII. lie shall be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of this Commonwealth, and of the militia, except when they shall he called into the actual service of the Uldied States. Section 1 . .11. lie shall appoint a Secretary of the Commonwealth during pleasure, and he shall nomi nate and by and irdli the advice and eonsral of the Senate appoint all judicial o . ,(ficers of marts of record, unless otherwise provided for in this Consti tution. lie shall have power to fill tat Petra that may happen in such judicial office, duriag Gm, recess of the Senate, by co./Piling rommi,viou whi,h shall expire at the end of their 11,1 Pro vided, that in acting on en eu'ire nom i Ml' (uric thr Senate sloll sit with oi.om doors ant/ or rejecting the nomin thou., of the Governor, fir' cafe shall br tal:en 'my yea: aud nay,. Section IX. lie shall Mt. , power to ',nil Coleituros. and '_ran' it" ‘itt . v't and except in cases of impeachment. Section X. Ile may require information iu writing, from the officers in the executive department upon any subject relating to the duties of their respec tive offices. Section Xi. lie shall, from time to time, give to the General Assembly information of the state of the Commonwealth, and recommend to their con sideration such measures as he shall judge expedient. Section XI I. Ile may, on extraordinary occasions, convene the General Asserroly ; and in case of disagreement between the two houses, with respect to the time of adjournment, adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper, not exceeding four months. Section XIII. He shall take care that the laws he faithfully executed. Section XIV. In case of the death or resignation of the Governor, or of his removal from attire, 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 election of representa tives, unless such death, resignation or rein oral, shall occur within three calendar man'/is immedi ately preceding such next annual election, in which ease a Governor shall he chosen at the Refund sue reeding annual election of representatives. And if the trial of a contested election shalt continue longer than until Mr third Ifondny of .ran owe next ensuing the election of Governor, the Goverfnir of the last year or the Speaker of the Senate who may be in the exercise of the executive authority, shall continue therein until the determination of such contested election, and until a Governor !dial] be duly qualified as aforesaid: Section XV. The Secretary of the Commonweallh shall kt ep a fair register of all the official acts and proceedings of the Governor, and shall, when re quired, lay the ornate and all papers, minutes and vouchers relative thereto, before either branch of the le , islature, and shall perform such other duties as shall be enjoined him try law. ARTICLE 111 Section 1. In electrons bit the citizens every white freeman of the age of twenty-one years, having re sided in this state one year, and in the election dis trict where he offers to vo'e, len days immediately preceding such election, and within two years paid a State or County tar, which shill hare been as sessed at least ten days before the elertion,siiiill eryoy the rights of an elector. But a citizen of the United States who had previou.sly been a qualified voter of this State, and removed therefrom and returned, and who shall have resided in the election district, and paid taxes as aforesaid, shall he r of itled to vole, after residing in the slate sir months. Provided, that while freemen, citizens of the United States, between the ages of twenty-one and twenty-two years, and hav ing resided in the State one year, and in the election district ten days as aforesaid, shall be entitled to vote, although they shall not have paid tares. Section 11. All elections shall tie by ballot, ex cept those by persons in their representative capa cities, who shall vote viva voce. Section 111. Electors shall in all cases, except -eason. let env. and bre.iell so.etv the re,ee he privileged from attest, during their attendance on elections, and in going to and returning from them. ARTICLE IV Section i.• The House of Representatives shall ave the sole power of impeaching. Section 11. All impeachments shall he tried by the Senate; when sitting for that purpose, the Senators shall be upon oath or affirmation. No per son shall tie convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present. Section 111. The Governor, and all other civil officers under this Commonwealth, shall be liable to impeachment for any misdemeanour in office ; but judgment, in such cases, shall not extend further than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold any office of honour, trust or profit, under this Commonwealth: The party, whether convicted or acquitted, shall nevertheless be liable to indictment, trial, judgment, and punishment according to law. ARTICLE V Section T. 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 from time to time establish. Section 11. The judges of the Supreme Court, of he several Courts of Common Pleas, and of such other Courts of Record 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 offices for the term of fifteen years if they shall so long behave themselves well. The president judges of the several Courts of Common Pleas and of such other Courts of Record as are or shall be established by late, and all other judges re quired to be learned in the law, shall hold their offices for the term of ten years if they shall so long behave themselves well. The Associate judges of the Courts rf Common Pleas shall hold their tykes for the term of five years if they shell so long behave themselvei sell. But for any reasonable cause which shall not he sufficient ground of impeachment, the Governor may remove any of them on the address r of two-thirds of each branch qi the legislature. The judges of the Supreme Court and the presidents of the several Courts' of Common Pleas shall al stated times receive for their services on adequate compensation to be fixed by law; which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office, hut they shall receive no fees or perquisites of office, nor hold any other office of prqfit under this Commonwealth. Section 111. Until otherwise directed by law, the Courts of Common Pleas shall continue as at presets( established. Not more than five counties shalt at any time be included in one judicial district organizes; car said Coots. Section IV. The, jurisdiction of the Supreme (mull Alan extend over the State; and the judgils thereof, shall Iy virtue of their offices, he justices .f Oyer and Terminer and Cerieri Jail flelivcry, in sevvtu I com,;;,,s. THE NEW CONSTITUTION. Section V. The judges of the Court of Common Pleas, is each county, shall by virtue of their offices, be justice; 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 r but they shall not hold a court of Dyer 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 nut within the State, and the care of the persons and estates of those who are non compotes -nentis. And the legislature shall vest hi 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 Use court of common pleas of each county, any two of whom shall be a quorum, shall compose the court of Quarter Ses sions o: the peace, and orphans' court thereof; and the register of wills, together with the said judges, or any two of them, shall compose the register's court of each county. Section VIII. The judges of the courts of common pleas Shall, within their respective counties, have the like powers with the judges of the Supreme Court, to issue writs of certiorari to the justices of the peace, and to cause their proceedings to be brought before them, and the like right and justice to he done. Section IX. The president or 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 )f administration, and an office for the recording of deeds, shall be kept in each county. Section XL 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 I. Sheriffs and coroners shall, at the times and places of election of representatives, be chosen by the citizens of each county. One person shall be chosen 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 ally term of six years. Vacan cies in either of the said offices shall be fillet by an appointment, to be made by the Governor, M continue until the next general election, and until a ince e ssor shall be chosen and qualified as afore said. Section 11. The freemen of this commonwealth shall be :limed, organized and disciplined for its defence, when and in such manner as may be directed by law. Those who conscientiously scruple to bear arms, shall not be compelled to du so, but shall pa . ) an equivalent for personal service. Section 111. Prolbonotaries of the Supreme Court shall be appointed by the said Court for the term if three years if they so long behave 11cm:raves well. Prothonotaries and clerks of the several other courts, Recorders of deeds, mid Re gisters of wills, shall at the times and places of election of reprec , entalires, 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 Mei, successors shall be duly qualified. The ligisla lure shall provide by law, the number of persons in each county who shall hold said ("ices, and how many and which of said offices shall be held h one p erson. Vacancies in ems, cif the said of ices shall be filled by appointments to be made . t/ the Governor, to continue until the next gene , rat election, and mittl successors shall be elected and qualified as aforesaid. Section IV. Prothonutaries, clerks of the peace and orphans' courts, recorders of deeds, registers of wills, and sheriffs, shall keep their offices in the county town of the county in which they, respec tively, shall be officers, unless when the Governor shall, for special reasons, dispense therewith, for any term not exceeding live years after the county shall have been erected. Section V. All corn missions shall be in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania, and be sealed with the State seal, and sign ed by the Governor. Section VI. A State Treasurer shall he elected annually, by joint vote of both branches of the legis lature. Section VII. Justices of the peace or aldermen shall be elected in the several wards, boroughs, and townships at the time (J . the election of con stables by the qualified voters thereof, in such number as shall be directed by law, and shall he commissioned by the Governor for a term of five years ; but no township, ward or borough shall elect more than two justices of the peace or alder 711C11 roil/soul 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 fibrin this constitution, shall be elected or appointed as shall be directed by law. No person shall be appointed to any gi lice within any county who shall not have been a citizen and an inhabitant therein one year next before his appointment, if the county shall hare been so long erected ; but if it shall not have been so long rrected, then within the limits qf the county or counties 'Ad of which it shall have been taken. No member of Congress from this state, or any person holding or exercising any office or appointment of trust or priqii under the United States, shall at the same lime hold or exercise any office in this slate, to which a salary is, or fees or perquisites are by law, annexed ; and the legisla ture may by law declare what State gifices are in compatible. No member of the Senate or of the house of representatives shall he appointed by the Governor to any office during the term for which he shall have been elected. Sri-lion IX. All qfficers for a term of years shall hold their dikes for the terms respectively specified, only on the condition that they so long behave themselves well ; and shall be removed on conviction of misbehaviour in iffice or of any in- f(11710114 crime. Section X. Any person who shall, after the adoption of the amendments proposed by this Convention to the Cimstitution, fight a duel or send a challenge for that purpose, or be cider or abettor in fighting a duel, shall be deprived of the right of holding any eke of honour or profit in Has State, and shun be punished otherwise in such manner as is, or may be prescribed by law ; but the executive may remit the said offence and all its disqualifications. ARTICLE VII Section I. The legislature shall, as soon as con veniently may be, provide by law, fur the establish ment of schools throughout the State, in such manner that the pour may be taught gr.ttis. Section 11. The arts and sciences shall be pro moted in one or more seminaries of learning. Section 111. The rights, privileges, immunities and estates of religious societies and corporate bo dies, shall remain as if the constitution of this State had not been altered or amended. Section IV. The leo."islature shall not invest any corporate body or individual with the privilege of taking private property for public use, without requiring sucheorporation or individual to make compensation to the owners nf said property, or give adequate security therefor, before such pro perty shall be taken. ARTICLE VIII Members of the General Assembly, and all offi cers, executive and judicial, shall be bound by Bath or affirmation, to support the constitution of this Commonwealth, and to perform the duties of their respective offices with fidelity. ARTICLE IX That the general, great and essential principles of liberty and free government may be recognised and unalterably established, WE DECLARE, THAT Section I. All men are botu equally free and in dependent, and have certlin inherent and indefeasible rights, among whirls nre those of eujoying and de fending life , of Prquil UT, pc”trising THE NEW CONSTITUTION. and protecting property and reputation, and of pur suing their own happinest. Section IL AU power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are fuunded on their au thority, and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness ; For the advancement of these ends, they have, at all times, an unalienable and indefeasible right to alter, reform or abolish their government, in such manner as they may think proper. Section 111. All men have a natural and indefea sible right to worship Almighty God, according to the dictate, 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 Ills Consent; no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience ; and no preference shall ever be given, by law, to any religious establishments or modes of worship. Section IV. No person who acknowledges the be ing of a God and a future state of rewards and pu nishments, shall on account of hla religious senti ments be disqualified to hold any office or place of trust or profit under this Commonwealth. Section V. Elections shall be free and equal. Section VI. Trial by jury shall he as heretofore, and the right thereof remain inviolate. Section VII. The printing presses shall be free to every person who undertakes to examine the pro ceedings of the legislature, or any branch of go 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 arid 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: And 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 and possessions, from unrest. sonable searches and seizures: And no warrant to search any place, or to seize any person or things, shall issue, without describing them as nearly as may be, nor without probable cause supported by oath or affirmation. Section IX. In all criminal prosecutions, the ac cused path a right to be heard by himself and his counsel, to demand the nature and cause of the ac cusation against him, to meet the witnesses face to face, to have compulsory process for obtaining wit nesses in his favour, and, in prosecutions by indict- I ment or information, a speedy public trial, by an impartial jury of the vicinage ; he cannot be com pelled to give evidence against himself, nor can he be deprived of his life, liberty, or property, unless by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land. Section X. No person shall, fur any indictable offence, be proceeded against criminally by informa tion, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia when in actual service in time of war or public danger, or by leave of the court, for oppression and misdemeanour in office. No person shall, fur the same offence, be 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 [nail 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, and.in such cases as the legislature may by law direct. Section XII. No power of suspending laws shall be exercised, unless by the legislature, or its au thority. Section XIII. Excessive bail shall not be re quired, nor excessive lines imposed, nor cruel pu nishments inflicted. Section XIV. All prisoners shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, unless for capital offences, when the proof is evident or presumption great ; and the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or in vasion, the public safety may require it. Section XV. No commission of Oyer and Terminer or jail delivery shall be issued. Scatter, .XVI. The vernal% or si debtor, where there is not strong presumption of fraud, shall not be continued in prison, after delivering up his estate fur the benefit of his creditors, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law. Section XVII. No cx post facto law, nor any law impairing contracts shall be made. Section XVIII. No person shall be attainted of treason or felony by the legislature. Section XIX. No attainder shall work corruption of blood, nor, except during the life of the ()Wender, forfeiture of estate to the commonwealth t the es tates of such persons as shall destroy their own lives, shall descend or vest as in case of natural death ; and if any person shall be killed by casually, there shall be no foifeiture by reason thereof. Section XXs The citizens have a right, in a peace able manne to assemble together, for their common good, and to apply to those invested with the powers of government for redress of grievances, or other proper purposes, by petition, address or remon strance. Section X XI. The right of citizens to hear arms, in defence of themselves and the State, shall not be questioned. Section XXII. No standing army shall, in time of pence, 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 l&1'. Section XXIV. The legislature shall not grant any title of nobility or hereditary distinction, nor create any office the appointment to which shall be for a longer term than during good behaviour. Section XXV. Emigration from the State shall not be prohibited. Section XXVI. To guard against transgressions of the high powers which we have delepled, WE DECLARE, that every thing in this article is ex cepted out of the general powers of government, and shall fur ever remain inviolate. ARTICLE X. Any amendment or amendments to this constitu tion may be proposed in the Senate or House of Re,,, presenlatives, and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each House, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals, with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and the Secretary qf the Commonwealth shall cause the same lobe published three months before the next election, in at least one newspaper in every county in which a newspaper shall be published; and s ir if in the legislature next afterwards chosen uch pro posed antemlnient or anumdments shall be a reed to by a majority of the members elected to eac ' 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 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 State voting thereon, such amend ment or amendments shall become a part of the con stitution; but no amendment or amendments shall be submitted to the people oftener than once in five years ; Provided, that (I' more than one amendmesst ' be submitted, they shall be submitted in such manner and form, that the people may rote for or against each amendment separately and distinctly. SCHEDULE That no inconvenience may arise from the altera tions and amendments in the Constitution of this Commonwealth, and in order to carry the same into complete operation, it is hereby declared and ordain ed, That, Section I. All laws of this Commonwealth in force at the time when the said alterations and amend ments in the said Constitution shall take effect, and not inconsistent therewith, and all rights, actions, prosecutions, claims, and contracts as well of indi viduals as of bodies corporate, shall continue as if the said alterations and amendments had not been made. Section H. The alterations and amendments in the said Constitution shall take effect from the first day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine. Section 111. The clauses, sections, and articles of the said Constitution, which remain unaltered, shall continue to be construed and have effect as if the said Constitution had not been amended. Section IV. The General Assembly which shall convene in December, eighteen hundred and thirty eight, shall continue its session, as heretofore, not wlthstanding 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 getohor, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, shall be llidugurated on the third Tuesday in January 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 first day o(January next, shall expire in the following man ner: The commission which bears the earliest date shall expire on the first day of January, Anna Do mini one thousand eight hundred and forty-two; the commission next dated shall expire on the first day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hun dred and forty-five; the commission next dated shall expire on the first day of January, Anna 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 Inin rcil and fifty-one; and the commission last d a t e d slrol expire on the list day of Jattuarv, Anno Do mini thousand eight hundred and litty-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 s The commissions of one-half of those who shall have held their offices 'en years or more at the adoption of the amendments to the consti tniion, shall expire on the twenty-seventh day of Fe bruary, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine ; the commissions of the other half of those who shall have held their offices ten years or'more at the adop tion of the amendments to the constitution, shall expire on the twenty-seventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two ; the first halt to embrace those whose commissions shall hear the oldest date. The COMIIIiSAOIIB of all the remaining judges who shall not have held their Oleos 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 tell years from the date of their commissions. Section VIII. The Recorders of the several Mas'- 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 row in office, the commission oldest in date shall expire on the twenty-seventh day of February, coo 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 TX. The legislature at its. first session tin der the amended constitution, shall divide the other ossociate 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 I 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 thy of February, eighteen hundred and forty-three. The said classes from the first to the fourth shall be ;wronged according. to the seniority of the commissions of the several judges. Section X. Prothonotarles, clerks of the several courts (except of the Supreme Court) recorders of deeds: ti registers of wills, shall be first elected under' the amended Constitution, at the election of reprei.. Sent“tives in the year eighteen hundred and thirty mot., in curb winner as mav be prescribed by4aw. Section XI. The appointing power shop:Mint:lln us heretofore, and all officers in the appoinitrient of the executive deportment shall contintie in he exercise or the duties of their respective ntric _until the legislature shall pass such lows tas/na n required by thr eighth section of the sixth :ticle cf the amended constitution, and until apt tilinents shall he made under such laws; unless theireciminissimis shall be superseded by new appoinennents, or shall sooner expire by their own limit:wipes, or the slid offices shall become vacant by death or resignati , t, and such laws shall be enacted by the first tore under the amended constitution... • Section XII. The first election fui altletinen and justices of the peace shall he held in the yr.Ar een hundred :ilia forty, at the time tiled G r election of constables. The legislature at its los' session under the amended constitution shall pro vide for the said election and for subsequent +b ]II •r elections, The aldermen and justices of the rm.,. now in commission, or who may in the interim he appointed, shall continue to discharge the tan, of their respective offices, until fifteen it yr after the Say which shall be fixed - by law for the of new commissions, at the expiration of which time, .heir commissions shall expire. In testimony that the foregoing is the amended constltutim of Pennsylvania, as agreed to in 1t,,, orneerw nn , r members of the convention have hereunto signed our mimes at Philadelphia, the twenty-second day of Felon wry, Anno Domini one thousand eight hand id 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, Wrn. Hays, M. W. Baldwin, A bin. Ileldenstein Ephraim Banks, M. Henderson, Juhu Y. Barclay, Wm. Ilendel,:on, Jacob Barndolar, Wm. 111 , ter, Chas. A. Barnitz, William Hight, Andrew Bedford, Jos. Hopkinson, Thos. S. Bell, John I fount., James Cornell Biddle, Jabez I lyde, Lebbous L. Bigelow, Charles Jared Ingersoll, Sunl. C. Bonham, Phs. Jenks, , Chas. Brown, George 1%!. Keim, Jeremioh Brown, fames Kennedy, William Brown, Aaron Kerr, Pierce Butler, Jos. Konigmacher, Samuel Carey, Jacob Krebs, John Cumrnin, H. G. Long, Thomas S. Cunningham, David Lyons, William quill, Alex. Magee, Wm. Darlington, Joel K. Mahn, . George Chambers, W. M. Meredith, John Chandler, James Merrill, Jos. R. Chandler, Levi Merkel, Ch. Chauncey, Wm. L. Miller, Nathaniel Clapp, James Mt/Mgt/MM, James Clarke, Chrktia n Meyers John Clarke, I). Nevin, William Clark, W m. Over field, A. ,J. Cline, Hiram Payne, Lindley Coates, ith If h i , R Pe o nvpacker, 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. H, Read, Geo. T. Crawford, Geo. W. Riter, Cornelius Crum, Jno. Ritter, Renjn. Martin, H.. Gold Rogers, John J. IVPCallen, Samuel Royer, E. T. IVPDowell, James M. Russell, James llPSherry Daniel Saeger, Mark Darrah, John Morin Scott, Harrnar Denny, Tobias Sellers, John Dickey, G. Seltzer. Joshua Dickerson, Geo. Serrill, Jacob Dillinger, Henry Scheetz, Jas. Donagan, George Shilleto, J. R. Donnell, 'Thomas 11. Sill, Joseph M. Doran, Geo. Smith, James Dunlop, , Wm. Smyth, Thomas Earle, Joseph Snively, D. M. Farrelly, Jnu. B. Sterigere, Rohl. Fleming, Jacob Stickel, Walter Forward, Ebenezer %V. Sturdevant John Foulkrod, Thomas Taggart, Joseph Fry, Jr. Morgan J. 'Thomas, John Fuller, James Todd, John A. Gamble, Thomas Weaver, William Gearhart, Jacob B. Weidman David Gilmore, R. G. White, Virgil Grenell, Geo. W. Woodward, William L. Harris, R. Young. Thomas Hastings, (Attest,) S. SHOCII, Secretary. . . L. Pens, J. WILLIAMS, Assistant Secretaries. SECRETARY'S OFFICE, HARRISBURG, FEBRUARY 28, 1838.1 I certify, that the foregoing is an exact and liter* copy of " the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as amended by the Convention of one thousand eight hundred and thirtp4even-thirty eight," deposited in this office on the 26th day o. February, 1833; the amendments being in italic, and the retained portions of the present Constitu tion in roman letter. THO. H. BURROWES, ,see'y of the Commonwealth, March 27, 1838. Kr To Parents• DR. STOUSE'S INFANT DROPS,a safe, effectual and speedy remedy for the diseases of young children,such as colic, c onvulsions,restlessness, griping, disorderPd bowels, green stools, sour vomiting, Ron 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. GILBERT. tf-46 Feb. 6, 1838.
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