dam - , - Z.rinnt • ,•: ADVERTISEMENTS. COLOS LACE, FRIXGE JXD .2118 SLAG S. THE Subscriber has uow on band a large stock of very superior Vadleat Zbaidtaia FRINGE AND TASSELS, OP HIS OWN HANUFACTURE, which he will dispose of on the most reason able terms. Otr - Orders from a distance will be prompt ly attended to. Any Pattern made to order. Address JOHN ODELL, Gettysburg, Pa. N. B. All kinds of MILITARY work done to order. November 17, 1837. Catalogue of Reasons FOX 1.1811‘41 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 meant to do injury in any 3. Because they are not a quack medicine, but the scientific compound of a regular physician, who has made his profenion the study of his life. 4. Because they are not unpleasant to take,nordis. trussing to retain, while they are most effective to operate. 6. Because they are recommended as a standard medicine by the regular faculty. , 6. Because byleeping the system his natural state of action, they cure almost every disease which the human frame is incidental to. 7. Because they arc cheap and profitable, and hill retain all their virtues in fall vigorou any olimate,and for any length of time. • 8. Because notwithstanding ,their simplicity and mildness,they are one of the speediest purgative me dicines which has yet been discovered. 9. Because they are nu unfailing remedy for pro curing a good appetite. 10. Because in case of spleen or despondency, by their healthy influence on the excited state of the bo dy, they have • most happy effect in calming and in vigorating the mind. "11 . Because they effect thelreures without the usual attendants of other pills, sickness and griping.. 12. Because is well as behig an unrivalled pintas of the general system, they are a sovereign remedy for sick head.aeho. - 13.,Because they different from the majority of me dicines in the fact that the more they are known the more they are approved. - 14. Because, as their application produces no debil ity In the system.'they may be taken without produ. cuig any hindrance to business or the anal pursuits of every day life. 15. And lastly, because they are acknowledged to be an almost infallible remedy for Bilious Fever, Fe Ter and Ague, Dyspepsia, Liver Complaints, Jaun dice. Asthma,Dropsy, Rheumatism, Enlargement of the Spleen; Lowness of Spirits, Piles, Cholic, Ifeart burn, Nausea, Distension of the Stomach and Bowels, Flatulence, Habitual-Costiveness, Lon of Appetite, Blatched or Sallow Complexion. and in all case. of Torpor of the Howells, where a mild but effective medicine may be requisite. In short,the general voice dike community has de cided that DR. PETERS' Vegetable Pills is one of the happiest discoveries of modern days,and altogeth er unrivalled as a general soother of bodily aßietioas. (*Per sale at the Drug Store of DR. J. GILBERT, Gettyiburg. January 6.1838. • 9at-40 0:113-104:4 - -11 . 4. A A•li CITIZENS OF PHILADELPHIA I Two short years have scarcely elapsed since I opened my present office at 169 RACE STREET,forlhe sale at the Vegetable Universal Medicine, known by the name of BRAND. BETH'S PILLS. Conscious cif. its superiority niter every . othei medioins then in nee. I praieed it in the moat unqualified terme,and thereby pre. veiled on a majority of my fellow citizens to test its powers. subsequent events have shown that 1 did not, exaggerate Its virtues.. You generously depended on my recommendations. and judging for yourselves, gave the medicine a trial, and found it deserved all my encomiums. It is a source of couch gratification to me to reflect that in no ono instance where the pills have been pur. chased at my Race street office, have they failed in producing the most beneficial effects; but, on the oontrary,they have eared many and relieved all. The pleasure arising from the above happy stale of things in this city. is' touch alloyed by the knowledge that this health restoring remedy is counterfeited in every part of the Union. From the New England States to Now Orleans, and from St. Louis to the Atlantic, do counterfeiters aboinid; and to'inch an extant have some of these persans pushed their• contemptible calling, that. one of the fraternity, has an office publicly ln New York,devoted•exclusively to the sale of tho coun terfeit 'article, and another one is about tieing Opened in Beltirniore fore the same vile'perpose. - Our oWif good city is, as yet, comparatively free from these heartless impoeturee. How long it may remain so, depends, my fellow citizens, on you. If you still continue,aa heretofore.steadily refusing to encourage any and every kind of Im posture, no matter by what barefaced effrontery it may be attempted, you will Naive the cause of morality,as well as minister to your own welfare, by obtaining the medicine in its original purity. Boston, Now York, Cincinnati, Louisville, New Orleans, Baltimore, &c. all teem with counterfeit Brandreth Pills. Philadelphia alone as uncon taminated, 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 the prowling caitiffs from your doors. Tell them,Philadelphians never have, and never will, encourage impostures, and 'that,in thie city,there is no abiding place for them. By those moans, their nefarious and murderous designs, directed against your. health, will be de. foated, and the character-of our city, for honesty and good faith be preserved. • CAUTION.—Great care should be taken to purchase of regular appointed agents, who will, 'in ell cases, have a certificate signed by the Gen eralAgeht, Mr. William Wright. Tho following are some of the regular appoint. ed 'lents; and are provided with certificates duly" endorsed by the above Mr. William Wright, (the General Agent.) ' Dr. JESSE GILBERT. Gettysburg, Adams co. Who has jubt reccdveira fresh supply of the GENUEsiItI ARTICLE. Dr. Benjamin Ziegler, York. York co. Mr. Henry Sidle, Dillsburg. York county. Mr. Wm. Gilmore, Chambereburg, Franklin co. Mr. John Skjaner, Lancaster,Lancaster county. sitemeinher Brandreth's General Office for the sale of the medicine. wholinale and, retail, is at 169 'Rico street, and 43 Chesnut street, Phila delphia. , April 3.1838. HERNIA, OR "RUPTURE, • CURED BY HULL'S TRUSS. IT has been ascertained, beyond contra. Jig-' diction, that persons can be cured per. manently and effectuallycf Hernia or Rupture by the use of Hull's-Trust,. • Numerous certificates could be produced from Gentlemen of the first respectability that have been cured by wearing them.i It Is not only the easiest to wear of any Truss ever trivet:fled; but It keeps the Hernia per. featly reduoed.so that the person can ride or labor lut Wei/ as if he was not thus afflicted. A trial of thie instrument would at once convince every person of its superiority over any other article that exnald be 44ered for the same disease. ft TA supply of the Genuine as title is just to. Calved and thr eels st the Dreg Stare of Dr. J. GILBERT, Gettysburg Pa. rtr:-2 April 1t Nit THE NEW CONSTITUTION. LEI2SiniUOLVIi COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, 11 AMENDED BY THE CONVENTION OT cam rarouserm EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTV-SZYZN THIRTY-EIGHT. WE, The People of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania, ordain and establish this Constitution for its Government. ARTICLE. I Section 1. The legislative power of this Common wealth shall be vested in a General Assembly, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Repre sentatives. Section 11. The representatives shall be chosen annually by the citizens of the city of Philadelphia and of each county respectively on the secoNlSues 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 representatire, unless he shall have been absent on the public business of the United States or of this State. Section IV. Within three years after the first meeting of the General Assembly, and within every subsequent term of seven years, an enumeration of the taxable inhabitants shall be made in such man ner as shall be directed by law. The number of representatives shall, at the several periods of mak ing such enumeration, be fixed by the Legislature, and apportioned among the city of Philadelphia and the several counties, according to the number of taxable inhabitants in each: and shall never be less than sixty nor greater than one hundred. Each county shall have at least one representative, but no county hereafter erected shall be z•ntitled to sr sepa rate representation until a sufficient number of tax able . inhabltants shall be contained within it, to entitle them to one representative agreeably to the ratio which shall then be established. Section V. The senators shall he chosen for three years by the citizens of Philadelphia and of the several counties at the same time, in the same man ner, and at the panic places where they shall vote for representatives. Section VI. The number of Senators shall, at the several periods of making the enumeration before mentioned, be fixed by the Legislature and appor tioned among the districts formed as hereinafter directed, according to the number of taxable inhabi tants in each; and shall never be less than one fourth, nor greater than one-third, of the number of representatives. Section VII. The senators shall be chosen in dic triers, to be formed by the legislature ' • but no dis trict shall be so formed as to entitle it to elect more than two senators, unless the number of ta.rable in habitants in any eity or county shall. at any rim,. tee such as to entitle it to elect more Man trro, but no city or county shall be entitled to elect more than tour senators; when a district shall be composed of two or more counties, they shall be adjoining; neither the city of Philadelphia nor any county shall be divided in forming a district. Section VIII. No person shall be a senator, who shall not have attained the age of twenty-five years, and have been a citizen and inhabitant of the State four years next before his election, and the last year thereof 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 be divided by tat into three classes. The seats of the senators er the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of thefirst year; of the seem' class at the expiration of the second year ; and of the third class at the ex piration. of the third year ; so that thereafter one third of the whole number of senators may be chosen every year. The senators elected before the amend ments to the constitution shall be adopted, shall hold their offices during the terms for which they shall respectively have been elected. Section X. The General Aisembly shall meet on the first Tuesday of January, in every year, unless sooner convened by the Governor. 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 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, 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 be empowered to decree a divorce. Section XV. Each house shall keep a Journal of Its proceedings, and publish them weekly, except such porta 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 be shall have been elect ed, be appointed to any civil office under this Com enonwealth which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been increased during such time r and no member of Congress or other person holding any office (except of attorney at law and in the militia) under the United States er thil Commonwealth, shall be a member of either house during his continuance in Congress or in office. Section XX. When vacancies happen in either house, the Speaker shall issue writs of election to 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 be shall return it with his objec tioni to the house In which it shall have originated, who shall enter the objections at large upon their journals and proceed to re-consider it. If, after such re-consideration, two-thirds of that house shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent with the ob jections to the other house, by which likewise it shall be re-considered, and if approved by two thirds of that house, it shall be a law. But in such eases 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 retSrned by the Governor within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been pre sented to him, It shall be a in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the General Assembly, by their adjournment, prevent its return, in which case It shall be a law, unless sent back within three days 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 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 corporate body shall be hereafter created, renewed or extended, with banking or dis ouunfing pritqfrgnir, without sir titattati ;wooing's THE NEW CONSTITUTION. pudic notice of the Wooled application for the same in such manner as shall be prescribed by law Nor shall any charter fir the papaws aforesaid, be granted f or a l on ger period than treaty years, and every such charter shall contain a douse reserving to the legislature the power to alter, reroke or annul the same whenever in their opinion it way be inju rious to t h e c iti zens eit , the commonwealth, in such manner hemmer that no infra Sire shall be done to the corporator*. No law hereafter exacted, shall create, renew or extend the charter of store than one corpo ration. ARTICLE IL -. -Section I. The Supreme Executive power of this Commonwealth shall be vested in a Governor. Section 11. The Gore:owe shall be etioren on the second Tuesday of October, by the citizens of the Commonwealth, at the places where they shall re spectively vote for- representatives. The returns of every . e l ect i on for Governor shall be sealed 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 kgralatnne. The person having • the highest- number of votes shall be Governor. But if two or MOM shall be equal and highest in votes, ore of them shall he chosen 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 formed and regulated in such manner as shall be directed by law. Section 111. The Governor shall hold his office during three years from the third Tuesday of Janu ary next ensuing his election, and shall not be capable of holding it locger than six in any term of nine years. Section IV. He shall be at least thirty years of age, and have been a citizen and an inhabitant of this State seven years next before his election ; unless he shall have been absent on the public business of the United States or of this State. Section V. No member of Congress or person holding any office under the United States or this State shall exercise the office of Governor. Section VI. The Governer shall at stated times receive for his services a cempemation, which shall be neither increased nor diminished during the period for which he shall hare been elected. Section VIL He shall he commander-in-chief of the army and navy of this Commonwealth, and of the militia, except when they shall be called into the actual service of the United S ta tes. Section VIII. lie shall appoint a Secretary of the Commonuanlffi during . pleasure, and hs shalt nomi nate and by and with the adrice and consent of the Senate appoint all ju.lirial oft, rers of courts of record, unless otherwise proxided for in this Consti- Wiwi. lie shall hare power to fill all vacancies that may happen in such judicial Oiyi'fi during the recess of the Senate, by granting reanosissions which shall expire at the end of their nest session : Pro vided, that in acting on retrofire syrmina!ions the Senate shall sit with open doors , and in confirming or rejecting the niserinations of the Gorernor, the rote shall he taken by yeas and nays. Section IN. He shall have power-to remit fines mod forfeitures, and grant reprieves and pardons except in cases of impeachment. Section He may require infcrrmatirm in writing, from the officers in the executive department upon any subject relating to the duties of their respec tive offices. Section XL He shall, from time to time, give to the General Assembly infomration of the state of the Commonwealth, and recommend to their con sideration such measures as he shall judge expedient. Section XIL He may, on extraordinary occasions ' convene the General Assembly ; and in case of disagreement between the two houses, with respect to the time of adjournment, adjourn them to such time as be shall think proper, not exceeding four months. Section XIII. He shall take cane that the laws be faithfully executed. Section XIV. In case of the death or resignation of the Governor, or of his removal from office, the Speaker of the Senate shall exercise the office of Governor, until another Governor !hall be duly qualified; but in such case another Governor shall be chosen at the nest annual rhYliort of representa tives, unless such &ark, TerignaliOft or removal, shall occur within three calendar rmaths immedi ately preceding such out annual election, in which case a Governor shall be chosen at the mond sue reeding annual erection of representatirem. And if the trial of a contested elector, shall continue longer than until the third Monday of J o:Awr y next ensuing the election of Governor, the Governor of the last year or the Speaker cf the Senate who may be in the exerrise of the executive authority, shall continue therein until the determination of such contested election, and until a Governor shall be duly qualified as aforesaid_ Section XV- The Secretory of the Commnistrealth shall keep a fair register of all the official acts and proceedings of the Governor, and shall, ashen re quired, lay the same and all papers, minutes and vouchers relative thereto, before either branch of the legislature, and shall perform s - uch other duties as shall be enjoined him by law. ARTICLE 111. Section T. In electrons by the citizens every white freeman of the age of trrenty-one years, haring re sided in !his state one year, and in the election dis trict where he offers to rote, ten days immediately preceding suck election, cad within two years paid a State or County tar, which shall hare been as sessed at lout ten days before the election, shall enjoy the rights of an elector. Bet a citizen of the United States who had preriarezty bens a qwdifird toter of this State, and restored therefrom and returned, and who shall hare resided in the election district, and paid taxes as aforesaid, shall be entitled to rote, after residing in the stale six months. Provided, that white freemen, citizens of the United Rotes, between the ages of twenty-one and twenty-tyro years, and har ing resided in the State one year, and in the election district ten days as aforesaid, shall be entitled to rote, although they shall not hare paid taxes. Section 11. All elections shall be by ballot, ex cept those by persons in their representative capa cities, who shall vote viva wee. Secti iii. Electors shall in all cases, except 'reason, felony. awl bramb or surety of the peace. be privilegid front arrest, dazing their attendance on elections, and in going to and returning from them. ARTICLE IV. Section T. The House of Representatives shall have the sole power of impeaching. Section H. AL impeachments shall be tried by the Senate; when sitting far 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 otEcers 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 I. The judicial power of this Common wealth shall be Tested 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 i in Justices of the Peace, and in such ether Courts as the legislature may from time to time establish_ Section II- The judges of the Supreme Court, of the several Courts of Comm Pleas, and of such other Courts of Record as are or shell 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 Me Supreme Court shall hold their Inn* for the term of fifteen years if they shall so bmg behave themselves well. The president judges of the several Charts of Conurson Pleas and of such other Courts of Record as are or shall be established by bur, and all other judges re (mired to be learned ire the law, shall hold their affirm for the terns of term ;ears if they shall so long behare themselves well. The Associate judges elf the Courts of Common Pleas shall hold their cyrwes for the term of fire years if they shall .V 7 long behave themselves well. But for any reasonable cause which shall not be sufficient ground ei impeachment, the Governor may remove any of them on the address of two-thirds of each branch of the legislature. The judges of the Supreme Court and the presidents ry - the several Courts of Common Pleas shall at stated times receive for their services an adequate compensation to be fared by law, which shall not be diminished during their continuance rai office, but they shall receive no fees or perquisites of office, nor held any other office of profit under this Cornewnweailk. Section Ili. Until otherwise directed by law, the Courts of Common Pleas shall continue as al present established. Not more than fire counties shall al any time be included in one judicial district organized for said Courts. Section IV. The jurisdiction of the Supreme Court shall extend over the State; and the judges thereof, shall by rirtite of their othees. he justices of itser and Trrmii.c: am! Geurrl Jail Delivvry, in the serssii,l THE NEW CONSTITUTION. Section V. The judges of the Court of Common Pleas, is 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, to 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 mentis. And the legislature shall vest in the said courts such other powers to grant relief in equity, as shall be found necessary: and may, from time to time, enlarge or diminish those powers or vest them in such other courts as they shall judge proper, for the due administration of justice. Section VII. The judges of the court of common pleas of each county, any two of whom shall be a quorum, shall compose the court of Quarter Ses sions 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 be done. Section IX. The president of the court in each circuit within such circuit, and the judges of the court of common pleas within their respective counties, shall be justices of the peace, so far as relates to criminal matters. Section X. A register's office, for the probate of wills and granting letters if administration, and an office 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. 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 chasms 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 fillet by on nppointment, to be made by the Governor, 'o continue until the next general election, and until a successor shall be chosen and qualified as afore said. Section 11. The freemen of this commonwealth shall be armed, organized and disciplined for its defence, when and in such manner as may he directed by law. Thrise who conscientiously scruple to bear arms, shall not be compelled to do so, but shall pay an equivalent for personal service. Section 111. Prothonotaries of the Supreme Court shall be appointed by Me said Court for the term of three years if they so long behave themselves well. Prothonotaries and clerks of Me several other courts, Recorders qf deeds, and Re gisters of wills, shall at the times and places of election of representatives, be elected by the quaA fled electors of each county, or the districts over which the jurisdiction (or 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 (ffices, and how many and which of said offices shall be held by one ioerson. Vacancies in any of the said of fices shall be filled by appointments to be made by the Governor, to continue until the next gene ral election, and until successors shall be elected and qualified as aforesaid. Section IV. Prothonotaries, clerks of the peace and orphans' courts, recorders of deeds, registers of wills, and sheri ff s, shall keep their fiices 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 five years after the county shall have been erected. Section V. All commissions 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 be elected annually, by joint vote of both bremiches 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 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 of five years; but no township, ward or borough shall elect more than two justices of the peace or alder men without the consent of a mcdority of the qua lified electors within such township, ward or bo rough. Section VIII. All officers whose election or ap pointment is not provided for in this constitution, shall be elected or appointed as shall be directed by kw. No person shall be appointed to any of fice within any county who shall not have been a citizen and an inhabitant therein one year next before his appointment, if the county shall harr been io tong erected ; but if it shall not have been so long erected, then within the limits of the county or counties out of tvhich it shall have been taken. No member of Congress from this state, or any person holding or exercising any office or appondmerd of trust or pro fi t. under the United &ales, shall at the same lime hold or exercise any Offite ;43 this slate, to which a salary is, or fees or perquisites are by law, annexed; and the legisla ture may by law declare what Slate offices are in compatible. No member of the Senate or of the /anise of representatives shall be appointed by the Governor to any office during the term for which he shall have been elected. Section IX. All officers for a term of years shall hold their offices for the terms respectively specified, only on the condition that they so long Wave themselves well; and shall be removed on conviction of misbehaviour in office or of any in famous crime. Section X. Any person who shall, after the adoption of the amendments proposed by this Convention to the Constitution, fight a duel or send a challenge for that purpose, or be aider or abettor in a dud, shall be deprived of the right of holding any rdfice of honour or profit in this State, and shall 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 1. The legislature shall, as soon as con veniently may be, provide by law, for the establish ment of schools throughout the State, In such manner that the poor may be taught gratis. Section 11. The arts and sciences shall be pro moted in one or more seminaries of learning. Section 111. The rights, privileges, immunities and estates of religious societies and corporate bo dies, shall remain as if the constitution of this State had not been altered or amended. Section IV. The legislature shall not invest any corporate body or individual with the privilege of 'taking private properlyfarpi Mc use, without requiring such corporation or individual to make compensation to the owners of said property, or give adequate security therefor, before such pro perty shall be taken. ARTICLE VIII Members of the General Assembly, and all offi cers, executive and judicial, shall be bound by oath or affirmation, to support the constitution of this Commonwealth, and to perform the duties of their respective offices with fidelity. ARTICLE IX. That thegeneral, great and essential principles of liberty and free government may be recognised and unalterably established, WE DECLARE, THAT Section 1. All men are born equally free and in dependent, and have certain inherent and indefeasible rights, among which are Huse of enjoying and de fandin; life and cf argaiiing. pos,%e,.ing THE NEW CONSTITUTION. and protecting property and reputation, and of pur suing their own. happiness. Section 11. All power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their au thority, and Instituted for their peace, safety and happiness ; For the advancement of these ends, they have, at ail 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 dictates of their own consciences ; no man can, of right, be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent ; no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience ; and no preference shall ever be given, by law, to any religious establishments or modes of worship. Section IV. No person who acknowledges the be ing of a God and a future state of rewards and pu nishments, shall on account of his religious senti ments be disqualified to hold any office or place of trust or profit under this Commonwealth. Section V. Elections shall 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 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 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 unrea• 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 hath 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 fur obtaining wit nesses in his favour, and, in prosecutions by indict ment or information, a speedy public trial, by au 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, tildes; 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 cr public danger, or by leave of the court, for oppression and misdemeanour in office. No person shall, for the same offence, be twice put to 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 XL 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, andjn 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 MIL Excessive hail shall not be re quired, nor excessive fines 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 nut lx 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. Section XVI. The person of a debtor, where there is not strong presumption of fraud, shall not be continued in prison, after delivering lip his estate for the benefit of his creditors, in such manlier as shall be prescribed by law. Section XVII. No ex put fart° law, nor any law impairing contracts shall be made. Section XVIII. No person shall be attalnted of treason or felony by the legislature. Section XIX. No attainder shall work corruption of blood, nor, except during the life of the offender. 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 casualty, thoro shall be no forfeiture by reason thereof. Section XX. The citizens have a right, in a peace able manna to assemble together, for their common good, and to apply to those invested with the powers of government for redress of grievances, or other proper purposes, by petition, address or remon strance. Section XXI. The right of citizens to bear arms, in defence of themselves and the State, shall not be questioned. Section XXII. No standing army shall, in time of peace, be kept up without the cottrent 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 for a longer term than during good behaviour. Section XXV. Emigration from the State shall riot he prohibited. Section XXVI. Ti, guard against transgressions of the high powers which we have delegated, WE DECLARE, that every thing in this article is ex cepted out of the general Powers of government, and shall for ever remain inviolate. ARTICLE X. Any amendment or amendments to this constitu tion may be proposed in the Senate or House of Re presentatives, and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected tome* Rouse, 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 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 chosen such pro posed amendment or amendments shall be 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 su tied to the people in such manner and at such time, t least three months, after being so agreed to by the o 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 fine, years; Provided, that v• more than one amendment be submitted, they dual be submitted in such manner and form, that the people may vote for or against each amendment separately and distinctly. SCHEDULE That no inconvenience may arise from the altera tions and amendments in the Constitution of this Commonwealth, and in order to carry the same into complete operation, it is hereby declared and ordain ed, That, Section I. All laws of this Commonwealth in force at the time when the said alterations and amend ments in the said Constitution shall take effect, and not inconsistent therewith, and all rights, actions, prosecutions, claims, and contracts as well of indi viduals as of bodies corporate, shall continue as if the said alterationS and amendments had not been made. Section 11. The alterations and amendments in the said Constitution shall take 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 thittY" eight, shall continue its session, as heretofore, not withstanding the provision in the eleventh section of the first article, and shall at all times be regarded as the first General Assembly under the amended Constitution. Section V. The Governor who shall be elected in ietober, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, shall lie in owl:mfr.! , m !hir,'. 3,ormavy THE NEW CONSTITUTION e/L1.,11‘ .111 I urne the present executive term is hereby extended. Section VI. The commissions of the judges of the Supreme Court, who may be in office un the first 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, Annu 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, AllllO Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight; the commission next dated shill expire on the first day of J3111131y, Anno Domini one thousand eight butt, iced and fifty-one ; and the commis4i,,n last dated shall expire on the (list day of Jallmiy, Amu) Do mini one thOllS3lll.l eight hundred and fifty-four. Section VII. The commissions of the PreAdent judges of the several judicial districts and of the associate law judges of the first judicial district shai, expire as follows : The commissions of one-half of those who shall have held their offices yews or more 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-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 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 tett years front 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 date 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 un 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 c':sti 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 first elected under the amended Constitution, at the election of repre sentatives in the year eighteen hundred and thirty nine, in well manner as may be prescribed by law. section XI. The appointing power shall remain tia heretofore, and all officers in the appointment-of the executive department shall continue in th% exercise of the duties of their respective opted until the legislature shall pass such lows as rnayr required by . the eighth section of the sixth ar of the amended constitution, and until appoint:Meets shall be made under such laws; unless their cornmissiens shall be superseded by new appointirtenta, or shall sooner expire by their own limitations, or the saul 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 een hundred and forty, at the time fixed for the election of constables. The legislature at its firs' session under the amended constitutiOn shall pro vide for the said election and for subsequent similar elections. The aldermen and justices of the peace now in commission, or who may in the interim be appointed, shall continue to discharge the d uties of their respective offices, until fifteen days after the day which shall be fixed by law for the issuing of new commissions, at the expiration of which time, -heir commissions shall expire. In testimony that the foregoing is the amended constituti in of Pennsylvania, as agreed to in convention, We the officers and members of the convention have hereunto signed our moms at Philadelphia, the twenty-second day of Felon ary, Anllo DOMilli One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, nod of the Independence of the United States of America the sixty-second. JOHN SERGEANT, President. Daniel Agnew, " Ezra S. Hayhurst, Wm. Ayres, Wm. Hays, M. W. Baldwin, Alm. lielffensicin Ephraim Banks, M. Henderson, John Y. Barclay, Wtu. Henderson, Jacob Barndolur, Win. Hiester, Chas. A. Barnitz, William High, Andrew Bedford, ' Jos. Hopkinson, Thos. S. Bell, John Houpt, James Cornell Biddle, Jabez Hyde, Lebbeus L. Bigelow, Charles Jared: Ingersoll, Saml. C. Bonham, l'hs. Jenks, Chas. Brown, George M. Kelm, Jeremiah Brown, James Kennedy, William Brown, Amon Kerr, Pierce Butler, Jos. Konigmachar, Samuel Carey, Jacob Krebs, John Commit), 11. G. Long, Thomas S. Cunningham, David Lyons, William Curll, Alex. Magee, Wm. Darlington, Joel K. Mann, George Chambers, W. M. Meredith, John Chandler, James Merrill, Jos. R. Chandler, Levi Merkel, Ch. Chauncey, Wm. L. Miller, Nathaniel Clapp, • • James Montgomery, James Clarke, Christian Meyers John Clarke, D. Nevin, William Clark, Wm. Overfield, A. J. Cline, Hiram Payne, Lindley Coates, Matthias Pennypacker, R. E. Cochran, 'James Porter, Thos. P. Cope, James Madison Porter, Joshua F. Cox, Saml. A. I'urviance, Walter Craig, E. C. Reigart, Richd. M. Crain. A. H. Read, Geo. T. Crawford, Geo. W. Ititer, Cornelius Crum, Jno. Ritter, llenjn. Martin, H. Gold Rogers, John J. M‘Cahen, Samuel Royer, E. T. M'Dowcll, James M. Russell, James M'Sherry Daniel Saeger, Mark Darrah, John Morin Scott, Harmar Denny, Tobias Sellers, John Dickey, G. Seltzer, Joshua Dickerson, Geo. Serrill, Jacob Dillinger, Henry Scheetz, Jas. Donegan, George Shilleto, J. R. Donnell, Thomas H. Sill, Joseph M. Doran, Geo. Smith, James Dunlop, Wm. Smyth, Thomas Earle, Joseph Sitively, D. M. Farrelly, Jno. B. Sterigere, Robt. Fleming, Jacob Stickel, Walter Forward, Ebenezer W. Sturdevant John Foulkrod, Thomas Taggart, Jose! . II Fry, Jr. Morgan J. Thomas, John Fuller, James Todd, John A: Gamble, Thomas Weaver, William Gearhart, Jacobi). Weidman David Gilmore, It. G. White, Virgil Grenell, Geo. W. Woodward, William L. Harris, R. Young. Thomas Hastings, (Attest,) S. Sued', Secretary. G. L. FAA's, Assistant Secretaries. J. vw ILLIAUS, • SECRETARY'S OFFICE, HARRISBURG, FrBRUARY 28, 1838. g. I certify, that the foregoing is an exact and litera copy of " the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as amended by the Convention of one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven-thirty eight," deposited in this office on the 26th day o. February, 1838 ; the amendments being in italic, and the retained portions of the present Constitu tion in roman letter. THO. 11. BURROWES, Sec'y of the Commonwealth. March 27,1838. te-52 or:1-To Parents. • DR. STOUSE'S INFANT DROPS,a safe, effectual and speedy remedy for the diseases of young children,such as colic, convulstonsirestlessness, griping, disordered bowels, green stools, sour vomiting, flan 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 Drag Store of Dr. J. GILIIER.T. Fnh. 6, IP3B
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