II To STRIKE AT EINEWMTLE. "Well, sir, it isdrue that wages ain't •so g h at Mineseillo as in• other -places Where I e had long strikes to get an advance the' c me t h e owners. Those that want more " - ro se away for it, but we here have elected today and take what the master gives, ef an do o ur best, because you see we • had a, Us es and have been dealt differently' with' din many another mining community ,ere labor and capital fight, it out tedrthe bluer end. s The mines around here mostly belong ,lit, Johh Belton, who got them from his ter, the!family having been land•owners ils section nearly ever since the country A eat settled. Be isn't a man of many ids, and wreworkmett didn't see mu ch ~ of ) 1, for our place was underground, and he to busy managing his affair* in the Upper gione Be was som e cold ja m e inner, which made us think, maybe, that l l: L east, wasn't very tender, and though lie id us regular, and was civil' and 'kind en. th when occasion required, yet' the men I master didn't (some much closer togeth. in feeling than in position. , He lives - there, sir, just beyond that clump of ds that hides the village from thehouses. Alter the war everything was so much ter that it was as tough strain to make h ends ewe, and when the little onesi got ii ez because ft took all we earned to keep a irom going hungry and secure a roof r our heads we naturally •grew discos}- tad, and there, were ominous 'whispers lig the men theft wages ought to be 'relied get the change in the times. ' - Bub we t have grumbled on a long while With ping to any action if it had not been 'Wedeln Jim. . , la was a workman , sir, but he wasn't and bred in these parts, and seemed as' had been something better, sometime eer before •he came hire. He awoke . a, es it were, to see that 'Labor ought to Isome of the results and profits as well, 'vital, , 1 . Be gave us, too, the great idea of co tton, and height us how to work It; re agreed to start a store ets soon as we save the subscription funds.. -At last: aver, be heeded ,us hate i a union that, : ea r l y in one, we tided be' strong to a a demand. e A deputation of three was chosen to go 'r. Belton to prefer our request, and 're- Tith his answer—Gentlemen 'Jim, Ben les, and myself. Gentleman Jim was as the best specimen 'of our dugs, Ades was the representative of the party among us, while I was ap es a sort of medium or make-weight a the two. a three went together to the house, are received by the master in his of t large room on one side of .the hall.- e • Idn't seem surprised to see 'us there, [think he must have expected for some that trouble would arise among his men as at the surrounding mines, and •alculated his course accordingly, Gen ie Jim stated the case in a quiet, re• tut way, quite as unflustered 'as was telton himself. The master listened to ttentively without any interruption till l had his say, and then he answered, and deliberately, as if he had been - the subject over, too. to not deny,' was what. he replied, to have the right to put your own ?on your labor, and have been long for the time when my profits would me, of my own accord, to place you o same level with your ,neighbors be any conflict could arise bereen us tthe matter . In order to pr pare for I have been for some time casting up uts, and em myself disappointed at nets. At this moment I only find ' able to give you an increase of ten it on your e ages.' tntleman Jim looked at him steadily ' a minute after this remark, and he . his gaze calmly and without flinch nigh his face got a little red, as if he there was, but did not like that there be any suspicion of Isietruthfulues ci s, 'vvies gave a sort of howl—half of of of disbelief—but no one noticed td I myself was slightly stunned 'at _ter saying he wasn't able to pay when I recollected the immense sum our leader had figured- up to us as lee of coal in the market, and the :;on with the cost of production.— man Jim rose up. Is that yovr ultimatum?' said he. . 'llia,' returned the master. • ' lam sorry for it,' said the other, ' for • 'loot be satisfactory.' regret it, too,' replied Mr. Belton, is the beat I can do now.' broke in'with a curse. 'as lie!' be roared put. 'who makes mous profits but you and your likes? its rich off our herd work but you , the coal we fetch up? Gentleman eself said you were only our part e! we are bound to have our sharel— te our lives; you've got to. give the 1 Ten per cent.; It's a lie that you tive more!' And' Ben fairly foamed :ommenced to cu rse again. sit my bend his mouth and caughtm-o r the collar s ; drag hiff, '-for I had it nigh to ses'that, whatever alight, be in, the master didn't lie. But Mr. 1 eyes flashed , . and his fists doubled me made a step forward. Gentleman it his thin, reugh hand on his breast him, and I heard him say thrcitigh struggling With me, 'lt is not - the ai must strike, Mr. Belton,' but the that made him vvhat he is!' And Icon fell back looked at Ben (e for a as if he reall y saw him lee the first id then turned his back to us, and !sickly into another room. le long and short' of it is that a strike eided on, and the next morning not Is man in Minesville went to work as • 1 suppose, sir, you have heard about takes and what bard times they bring. it was with us pretty much the same eller places, only, fortunately, it did at quite so long. We were hungry tubborn, famished, and at last furibus. ty stomachs made hot heads, and reel off to nightly meetings robbed us of reason we had left, till even the sober ' most peaceful among us were .ready -a in almost any action thet was for we were not used to ibeing el time hung mighty heave. The in began to look haggard and cry for and the women to mutter that half a better than none, and to hag us tp or to do something—something, they :are what—to keep the young ones tying and the homes from desolation. o Knowles and two or three other dent spirits whom despair made des *posed to attack ' The House,' and abet force or frighten Mr. Belton to term., or else help themselves to the and haury there to allay their own ties. dl never forget that march through is—the solemn tramp, tramp of so at over the flecks of sunshine that nigh the trees; the great branches and rustling softly in the spring -the tender sort of peacefulness that over the whole pathway, , nor the A faces of the men—silent, clerk, of dreadful threat. ire was an unnatural stillness about s when we arrived in front of 'The There wasn't a soul to be seen, 4 seeable° rested on the front and on tdo, green lawn in a way that can be ' never told about—a sort of rove. id hush in It as if there , was shrub / O IY meaning underneath the bright- We stopped a moment to settle what be the next move. 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'---:-I, :,-- ,-,:,,-..,- --, ,-....: ~,, . ~- „ .„ .. ....-. , . briglit — and rosy, flying,' with curls afloat,: down to the village - on his brown pony, that we, would never see again, We were not so bad but that many of us were shocked and ashamed, and wished we-hadn't come.- lint' Ben Knowles, hiatUde aflanie, - dashed into: the open space and yelled out like a wild " It's another lie! ft's' another 'sham to keep pa Out of Our,rightsl He's afeard, and he'e'cunning, and. It's a story he's got up to keepus nway from here till he gets the sol-- diera'on'to put us down!' -•, • ' " - gr.,Belton lifted up his • head, and his fixes flashed like a fire that Olen' up He saw that the men were; beYOnd i,eason nod re ,arguent; so he threw open• the other' side of the door and waved his arm. 'Come and seer was all he said. Some of us hung back, and, felt. worse still at thiai but Bep and others cried out: Yea, come and seer and moved - on to the steps. Gentleman Jim kae* there was no holding them buck after that, - so he took his plate again : at'their head, and went first 'up the •broad staircase after 24r: Belton. - , "There bad been `isornething ,solemn VI the Sunshine outside, but the house felt like,. a -church. - In spite of - themselves; the roughest and worst trod softly,' and ,bolted . neither to the right nor the left at thenielies in the wall with the costly marble statues in them., . Mr.-Belton 'paused in front of a door oat the second' landing, ' zninUte,'. he said tri, a 'choking tone,,and went .on, pushing iffe door haitilyto behind him; but a great, rough hand pushed it ajar, and two' or three of usin.front saw, through it, that. the Mother Was kneeling- - by . the bed, with • her face bulk(' in the pillow beside, er boy,',, and bus itrui -tbrciwn over the quiet little form. Mr. 'Belton leaned over and whis- - pered to her. . she raised her face to hie; too, sad te be scared,' and lEt him lift' her up and almost carry .er through the Boor to anoth er room.- • ' en he came back to uswaiting there . „wishing more than ever that we were in . own homes. • 'Come and seer he said again, sternly. But I had courage by this time, and was no longer afraid of my fellows., " ' Sir,' I said, 'we had rather not, If you please, we will go away now in , peace.' 'And; to their credit, .I.thust say, none among them said me nay.. But -Mr. Belton wasn't of the backing-down sort, either. Ileiwouid stand by; his word, though the p ro of it must , be his own dead child;" anby this time be was as strung up as we wer 'Come and see!' he said out loud again. o there l was nothing to do but walk in a ter him, i two and two, and look at little Willie in his shroud, lying stiff and still before as, 'vvith the small waxen hands folded together with two or three violetsin them—such as we had seen in the wood , --;-with thesweet, chub by face_all white, but smiling, like he was dreaming in his sleep, and the_ yellow: hair shining-on the pillow like the golden circles they put around the hekds of angels. - The master 'Stood close to hint, as if on -guard, and watched every one -of us as we pulled off our hats and passed by, as if to see that we.were respectful to hie boy. . "When the last one had taken his look there was an awkward pause, and nobody well knew what to do next till Gentleman Jim stepped forward. . " ' Mr. Belton,' said he, ' you must be lieve we didn't know of this, and with, all our hearts we - are sorry for you, and beg your pardon for coming here to-day.' And he stretched out his band. - "The master took it, and there were tears in his eyes. Then he shook hands with each of us as we went out,onlyßen 4nowles, and him he bowed to. It wasn't in nature he conld do it, you know; and Ben came from the room with his head down and his lips qUivering. ~, "A good many of the women cried bard when we told them about it, and, in spite of everything, insisted' that we should go to the funeral. So the next day, when little Wil lie was buried, every man of us put on his best, and took his wife and children and so berly and quietly followed the carriages to the churchyard 4 And when they lowered arc lit-ch, ....eh. Lat.. tha era Vis__ sairl-1 bßmoth er wrung her hands and sobbed beneath hor long veil, other mothers' raised up their voices with her, and the sound of weeping drowned the noise of the clods falling on the wood-when the parson said "Earth to earth." The men stood ' with uncovered heads. Even Ben Knowles was there, lott ing quite decent and subdued, and most s if he had lost a child of his own if he had ever-had any to lose. " After it was over and we were turning away as gently as we could, Mr. Belton,- with his arm around his wife, who was cry ing on his shoulder, asked us to stop a' mo ment, as he had something to say to us. .Bo we helOp from gathering together our lit-. tie ones to listen to him, feeling . a great ten derness to them as bad lost their all while ours were left; and somehoW, being moil, of fathers andpothers, we felt, as for the first tutne, that they were the same flesh and blood as ourselves. l . •` •We thank you,' the master said; for the sympathy you have shown us to-day in our trouble, and I would like .you, for my child's sake, to feel more friendly on other mutters. I would never have yielded to vio lence—never!' and be•glanced over at Ben. `I avoid have starved first, and so would you. But now, if you, will send some of your best men over to my office tomorrow I will show yoh why I could not offer you more than ten per cent. advance; and when you see just how - I stand you can judge whether youjwill still pursue yolir present course.' " Mr. Belton bad his chief Clerk there, and they gotdown his books and went over them out loud with Gentleman Jim, and it was all explained .to us so that we under stood it. Our. bad feelings changed over from the master. So, after a good deal of talk among ourselves, we agreed to take Mr. Belton's terms, and .every one of us went back to work the next day. - , "And that's the way death put an end to the strike at Minesviile. We haven't bad another since, and ain't likely to soon." LETTER PROM KANSAS. POLITICS AT A.TCHIEON POLITIC/10M tStNO THE ARSIEBS---THE RAILROAD SYS TER-OF ATCUISON--WELLSIIORO MEN TN WSA.S-.-TICE SCHOOLS AND CRUNCHES OP iTCHISON--BANSAS PROVISIOp.i CUTTOG DOWN WAGES-1 HAND -WINTEN. IN PEDSPEPT. ATCHISON, (Kan.,) Oct. 80, 1871 - Atchison city and cty are now enjoy ing the liveliest, and i , - 'onrKsense moat bit ter,7 canvass known for - ear Both tickets are in the field—the Republican and the so called Fennell' 'ticket—and the former is supported, by the two Republican papers, and the latter by the Democratic sheet. The Republican ticket was nominated lirat, Whin the Democrats rallied to the support of the Farmers' movement, and attending their nominating convention, they , managed, by all sorts of tricks, to put one of thehistrong est men, as they supposed, at the head of the Farmers' ticket. But they seem, in Thi s nicely laid scheme, to have lost sight of the character of the farmers' movement that they thus gObbled up. It turns out in the cauvaa that the strong Democrat nomina ted has had it thrown up to him by the Re publican papers that while he was holding a former office a few years ago be originated the chief scheme of financial - abuse , which the farmers in their resolutions - and reports have denounced. • Another leading 'candi date is a railroad amployee,,very much to the disgust of the farmers; you know, who have been from the start denouncing rail road monopolies_.. The farmers' organize lion was inaugurated With bright prospects, but when they "go back on their own resolu.: ' tions, it seems to the that.it is very Weak.— It is probable that tbe entire bogus farmers', ticket will be beaten by ,tha, votes of ,the farmers themselves in spite of the feat that some of the candidates' are personally very popular here in Atchlion, ' The Republican party In-Atchison county Is largely in the majority.- The tight Is prin cipally being made ma Treasurer and . Coup. ty Clerk, and also on members of the Leg islature. Our election occurs on Tuesday' next. Col. Martin, editor'end proprietor of the OWN*. ill dolsts 4* joicipilorti* -•• . • = -: I` '2•7•1 4 - -v;- - , att.3, i: :, :.; v - iii• 1 :. iiiitis'tig: -2, -!. i-e -'. , Repubilean tieketilte'hasjahOreil':hard - •tor -its altneeis.- .11e- iit knoWn , thioughout" the State, and there is not - ft lriarritiaptiltir. r ritati in the whole Nitest._--vh"d colooo is a prim ticali 'printer,', havi ng_ le: reed 'hie trade in 'Pittsburgh, l i a.,•ankiaeNed Jo - :Atehisert„ some fifteen yeargitgO, 'where ,he - lute been successfully- conducting the Champion ever sinee.,...ne bite built up a good, trade, and his paper has a la rger circulation.; than Any other:, in Kantiati, ,: beside being -the largest:- The Colonel has 'a - attire ,y - se; :of . te,..boyEe! War - king for him, among whom is Johriria Root, 'Esq., as old„ - Actrg4. , roir - boy i • WliO;IS doing well. • • ' '• '', ' ''', ' }„. ,Quite ti trinfaber.ot your citizens are•Writ 'trig to me about the railVray system , of.Atch 'son and is this letter • •I'•'•Will inention the goadss that terminate' at 'and., tholii , that' iifOt_ lion fhie' point, •, - Atchirieree-ilrat , railroad was the, Central Bran* 17itiOn; -PACific, Whieh :bas , b e en.complet ed ; d ue:-west 100 miles; told inclose riroii - icy ie liie , 4 'Great Homestead Area'' , of ruirchwererri - ,Kithsas. This roinci is alinstirVeyed 'to a 'cohnection , , , . . With thel:Tnion Pacific (Main line), at Fort , - Ittrney, and will doubtless be Axtended at 'an 'early day, This ,co ' panyivitlt Mtijor Yir,', 'F. DOwns ail Land - 'ommissioner, and 4 3eneriti ,'Lliapprintencient, et ,Aiclileoti; has Icti;sale -several-.hundred - housand acres 'of', 'choice land 'in the "entint eathrough which ~ the road passes, on three4our,,tilz, and ten . yea/eel - edit. ' Ail' thOse Fariting a cheap' farm should address Majo Downs for' par ticulars. The Atchison a d Nebraska Rail road is completed to Lincoln, the capital of Nebraska, distance' 145 • miles. ' It is the shortest route to Califoini via St. Louisand Atchison. The Atchison,Topeka and San ta 'Fe Railroad is compl ted to Grenada,', Colorado, 480 -iles southwest of Atchbion. ; This corn .., n • , as.also eland grant of three Million ac ••• of some_ of he finest land 'in the Wait :, low prices an dlong credit. No better Opp: tunny is offered to those want ing to purchase a home in the West Any informatiod desired concerning these lands Ain be had by addressing the„ Commisslim er, Mr. A.. B. Tonalln, Topeka, Kansas.--= This road is one of the b l est in the West, and is destined to be the sh ortest and pleas antest route to Californi The Missouri PaCifie Railroad extends irt a southerly di rection to St. Lorils, distance 530 miles from Atchison. The Chicago, ock Island and Pacific Railroad runs in aorthwesterly di rection, to, Chicago, 539 m es distant. The Builington and 'Missouri River Railroad 1:( runs east to Chicago, via urlington, loWa, distance 527 miles. The irannibal and St. Joseph Railroad runs to Il i nnibal and Quin cy, distance from Atchiso 1 226 miles. The North Missouri Railroad, runs to St. Louis, distance about 800 miles. Tho Kan sas City, St., Joseph and' Council Bluffs Rail road, runs south; to Ilan4ts City 50 miles, and north 150 miles to Council Bluffs, liriva. Your readers now have ou railroad system, and there is no city west f St. Louis that can boast of so many adva tagea in its rail road connections as Atchisn; and with our railrbad bridge completed across the Mis sourii river, all that. is n cessary to keep these roads here 'will be do e. Work is be ing vigorously pushed forward on that, and all are confident that its copletion will be celebrated next fall, or inlo ne year's time from the commencement o work on it.— The above is a pretty goo showing for a i :. town so young as Atchison. - I was mach,pleased total &Jew daVs_azo. Alcu'd'z' of Wellaboro, • but now an zen of southern Kansas. moved his family to Malawi four years ago, and settled upon as fine a quarter - section of land as can be found anywhere, adjoining the live and go-ahead town ;of Winfield, the thriving county'seat of Cow ey county. Mr. Howland is disposing of pat of his home-. stead, which readilybrings rom $BO to $lOO per acre. Ha informs me that he built the tirat frame house in the county,- over three years ago. The county wai only, surveyed in April, 1878. At the time he settled there there was but one house on the town site; ,to -day there is a population of 1;000. Good crops of wheat, - corn, cotto'p, and tobacco were raised successfully there this year.— One advantage, be says, , hey claim over Some other parts - of the St te, and that is their uplands are well _w tered. Several saw and grist mills have- een built in the county, and qpite a notate are to be built this fall.and next spring. Isignesian 'lime stone is abundant, which is being used to a greet extent throughout the State for build ing purposes. ' There is no governmentland in the county, but there is plenty ,at , $5 :per acre -and upward. Mr.- Howland also in= formsme that Joseph Mack, formerly of Wellsboro, haa a good qttarter-section of laud adjoining the town, for which he -was 'offered $B,OOO a year ago, bet declined to sell: Joe has built him E. hone; and is keeping bachelor's ball. I hope Mr. How land, can make it convenient to call this way often. He informs rue that the immigration from the States of Ohio, Indiana, and Illi nois to Cowley county is immense. Atchison feels proud or- her splendid school system. • The Basil of Education have built school houses, lsting $lOO,OOO, to different part of the eit , and still there 1,12 are not any too ' many to a commodate' the 2,650 school children • tha are attending them. Our. Central School building burned down some' two years age, d has been re built at a cost of $50,000. It is situated in the most beautiful portion of the city, end from its dome the best view of the Whole city can be obtained. It 1j a common re mark of many strangers visiting Atchison that our school system is equal—to that of many of the Eastern cities whose popula tions are four - times larger than we- claim.— Nor are we behind in our church organina liens, for we are represented by all denomi nations, The Catholics, not the strongest however, are completing a cathedrarat a cost of from $150,000 to i $200,000. The Methodists, on Sunday last; dedicateditheir handsome edifice, which is by far the larg est church building except the Catholic ca - - thedral in the city. ' BishOp Bowman, of St. Louis, preached the dedicatory sermon. He is an eloquent speaker, end his remarks were received with a great ' deal of praise. The Congregational land Ep,scopal denomi nations have good buses ofd worship. Com paratively speaking, lwe hate quite a moral town;, though one ,of our Ministers, some z i ts four years ago, counted 'seventy-two whis ky and beer saloons on on main business street. ,But then there is no the murdering, 'swee_riag, and thieving goin on heie that we sec reported in the Kans City, Leaven worth and St . Joseph p'ape almost daily. Our groeers.are not doing the , trade' they anticipated before the panics, though all are doing a fair business, - .A.mOng other quota tions the following ""are some of the latest prices; ApPles.per bil . lo, isl 50 to $2 00; wheat; $ l.lO to - $1 15; flour, $4. per •hun dred“orn, 80 tp 85 cents .per bushel; oats, 25 cents; Irish potatoes, - $1; sweet potatoes. $2 50; ,onions, $l.: to $l-25; butter, 30 to 85 centsper pound; eggs, 20 c nts per dozen; hams, 18 cents Perrund; N w York ctietme, 18 cents Per pound. Kansas cheese, 15 to 20 cents.. I might go en andgive you other quotations,' hot thenbove are the moat nee ' essitrY artiel4 Mted, and , will snake. The banks out here ate 'generally resum-, i , tug currency payments ,- and times appear to be gettirig,easier, though ni ny. complain of dull times. „ There is no do bt but that this winter-will - be terribly felt b the inechen le4 and laboring men all o er the-country,- eopculuity in the East, as m ny orateir eta. I ployeri) have already reduc d - time and was Res.' ' A number Of the rails ads-here in the West haireegreed to redtice the - salariei of all employeta and employee on Ist of November, and tunny predic a big; `'strike. Travel` is; good ' ota all the oadscentering' hete,:and thifempleyees see o reason lot a reduction. ' - - . . . ` .00 Sunday _laid si'ef bad Ith*,, 'big it, mOied as :,fast ustlzoiv t - idihougy t-Ito , ulgtu , , ` f t ( ri itrz -cozrsztl , reito* - :- POSADITO.THECITIZENSOF THIS COMJIONWEALT FOE. THETA, PILO -VAX,: Olt JECTION, THE . 002 0 15T1.-, ..-:,TVTIONAL CONVENTION. bi - order, of - the' Seeretari,of thaConunonwealin; in pareuanee of the 4th section of an. act of the cieneral,4e* setnidn' eirtitledg.A,n act' id, provide for calling a VonventiOti to , amend the ton. .stitution,' , approved she 11th day ofdp A. - D.087A1. • • • •-, PRMAISIBLE: ' --' • the people of, the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania, gratbfbi , .to Almighty' God for the, blessings of 01'01 and relig ions liberty ; and humbly ' inyoliiig.llie guidance,,d6 ordain and • establiya this, vonatitntion. • - AATICLIC L DECIARAT/041 OPCBIOHTIIG - That the general, great, and 'essential pkinciples of liberty - and free govern -ment may be recognized and unattera 131y, established,' we declare that SECTION All men are born' equally free and Independent, and 'have certain inherent and indefeasible rights, annotig Which are•those of enjoying and defend lug life and' liberty, of aeAuiring, pos— sessing, and protecting property ,find r4)Ptatbn, and of pursuing their own happiness. - • kIEO. 2., All power , Is' inherent in the people, and all 'free governments are founded On their authority and Institu• ted for. their peace, %tray, and happl neas. For the 'advancement of these ends they have at all times an inalien able and indefeasible right to alter, re form, or abolish their government in such manner as they may think proper. She. 8. All men • have a natural and indefeasible ,right to worship Almighty . Gwkacbording to, the dictates of their own consciences; - no,rnau 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 what ever, bontrolor interfere with the rights of conscience, and no preference shall ever be given by law to auy religious establishments or modes of worship. ' BEO. 4. No person who acknowledges the being •of a God and a future state of rewards and punishments shall, on account of his religious sentiments, be disqualified to hold any office or place of trust or profit under this Common wealth.- , SEC. 5. Eleotions shall be free and equal; and no power, civil or military, shall at any time interfere to prevent the free exercise of the right of suffrage. SEC. 6. Trial by jury `shall be as here , tofore, and the right thereof remain id violate. ' SEC. 7. The printing press shall be free to every person who may under take to examine the proceedings of the Legislature or any branch of government, and no law shill ever be made to-restrain the right thereof. The free communication, of thoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable rights or man, and every citizen may freely speak, write, and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty. ' No conviction : shall be had , in any prosecution for the publication of papers relating to the: official conduct of officers or men in public caPacity; or to any other matter, proper • , for public investigation min formatiOn, where the fact that such publication was - not liclously or negligently made-shall be established to) the satisfaction of the jury ; and in all indictments for libela the jury shall have a right, to deter mine the law and the facts, under -the - in Or SEO. S. The 1.„ -b ero"el• I , 4.,0 their persons, houses, 14)4eM-litillult..l.o. sessions, from unreasonable searches and setzures,,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 oause,supported by oath or af firmation, subscribed to by the afflant. SEC. 9. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused bath a right to be beard by himself and his counsel, to demand the nature and cause *of the accusation against him, to meet the witness face to face, to have compulsory process for Ob taining witnesses in' his favor, and in prosecutions by indictment or informa tion, a speedy public trial by an impar tial jury of the, vicinage; he cannot be compelled togive evidence against him self, noncan he be deprived of his life, liberty, or property, unleas by the judg ment of hisyeers or the law of the land. . IZE.c. 10. :So person shall for any_ in 'dictable o ff ense be proceeded against criminally, by information, except 'in eases arising in the - land or naval forces or in the militia, When in actual- ser= vice; in time 3 of war or public danger, or by leave of the court, for oppression or misdemeanor in office. No person shall for the same offence be twice put in jeopardy 'or life or limb ; nor - shalt private property be taken or applied to public use without authority of law,and without just compensation being first made or secured. e by the hand ' 'ILLICI44 - 102:1X0r1 ;terprisiug citi- Mr. Howland SEC. 11. A Ilcourtsshall be open ; and every man , for an injury done , him in his lands; goods, person, _or reputation, shall have remedy by due course of law, find right and justice administered with out sate, denial, or delay. Suits may be brO„nght against the Commonwealth in tauctr:Ananner, In •such - courts, and in such - , cases as „ the ' Legislature Mayetry law direct. .. -•, _,!•.•,: .':E4O. - 12. No power of suspending laws Shall be exercised unless' by the ,Legis-r latirre or by its authority. - titttc.-18. Excessive 'ball shall not be required, nor' excessive:finee imposed, nor, cruel punishrnent Inflicted. . ,• • -SO. 14. All prisoners 'shall be bails-. hie by sufficientsureties, unleSs for cap - ital 'offenses, when the proof Is evident or presumption - great; and • the privil ege og%the writ of habeas corpus shall not be 'suspended, unless .when in case of rebellion or -invasiciii-the -public safe ty-may require it. - -- - . - SEo. lb. No commission of oyer and terminer or jail delivery shall be issued. SEC. 10 The person of a debtor,where there hatiOt strong presumption of fraud, shall not be continued iu'prison after delivering up' his estate for the - benefit of his creditors, in such manner as shall 'be riresoribed by law. • , ' - SEC. 17. No ex post facto law; nor any law Impairing the 'Obligation of con ,tracts, or,rnakine irrevocable any grant Of special prrileges or immunitieS,shall be passed, -"- - • - - -,.,_ -.- - SEC. 18. :ZI - 0 person shall be attainted of treason - felony by the Leglilature. 1 1 SEC. 19. o_attainderehail t work cor ruption ,of biciod, - _nor, except durlng• I the life of e offender, forfeiture of, es tatelo the Commonwealth ; 'the estate of such per:a:one. its _shall destroy 'their ow'n -lives shall descend-or - vest as'ln. oases of natural - death', attd if any per..., ton'„Ontli_ 'be killed 'by ceSualty,.tnere, - Shall helm forfeiture by reason :thereof. Scc,lo. Tire citizens_ have a:right tcv aliettueablebranner.to.biseinble togeth er.fer their cotunion good, and_ to apply• to those' invested- 'with the' powers of govern M ent t for ' red fess Qi grievances or ,trther praper purposes, - by :petition; rezi. - dress ; or -remonstrance, -. '•=' r .' ;' ' '.. SEO. 21 - .';'T he right.irf_cluieritt.to bear br a s.; l ri• disfenseA,vf the MONO'S -?Uid the State WWII not-bb , questiOnied," • 'lite. 22:' NO' Staudfug. - ariby ' , Shall, 10, ' ttuie,ol-peice; , be kept trp ',without- the - eonient.' , ; , of - ' ;the - . - -.3 4 egisitattire,- : _ and - , tiaiiintlitarY;sbell in - r0 oases; and at all 'tirbei,:,be..lo fifirii3t - eutiordinutlo4.to the civil. power:- - -. --''-' -' -_-,-- ' --'- ' _ ' Sac:, .I,' Na soldier ' shell Yin - time ` .of ,_peace,be. quartered , In buy ' house ' :Without .the consent= of the owner; per in - tittle of„,vOttr: , blzt _in* - Meitner ;bile preseribedbylaW. :..,'•-•-•.-....,.;, -,.: ' , . : ,- - "A ,- - .13E0. ..13‘':;-,The , -, L4glalitore 'shall ; pot .. grinklizy. : :tl,ot o..Ottobility or. her. 040 Ai11tit400444.40t-4440,4 any (AO. Os ,idle' - ':1:0::::It Lt,' :.;:°;::: ~, ,v `4,_ Of ,:v=,;;; ..; ,€: t a of Eta it fell, - and are VW/ t 49-, 0* -t it. • ".•••,* EME MINI OE ttie Eitipot titOlit,:fAiiirtalah ' 4 : l6 Pg9•F' i 4 47 4-- 0 1 ,4*:#041gig 'koo - qf 04 1 4'-` „ .i3)1all wit; :bei •-•- - , sEo.ll:l".l . l s cr,-44aiditgains,t,:-• tiarisigiqo eioo, havoqi6likate4i r we. :49141.6 every-. Att l ate -Is toteeptett cbut poweiti tit:gpiterntiteilt, , and shia.llgirciyer ternal kin vii),lst,*;-: , . - 'Tan_ IiEeieLATIIREI. ' ~' • SECTION' 1. The, legisiatiVe 'power - of, this'Commottwealth shall he,veSted io a General .Asserably, iv h ieh :stall' cow silt of-a Senate and a•Minser - of Aeriret=: seutatives; ' - ..,,',...,,- Saf.'2.' Xembers ot the General' M sembly,sball be eheseik at, the general election'everY second year. Their term of seryiee shall begin on the first *iy of December next - after• their eleetion. Whenever it - :vacancy shall "occur. In, eitherhOuse the presitling,officerlhere of shall ,hisue a - writ of . eleCtion to till such - vacancy for the , rernaltider - tif lite, Ec,',B. Senators shall be elected „for the tern). of. four year* and .Representa- Oyes forthe' vertu of two years. , •,..., SE° 4:` The General, Assembly shall meet ,at ~12 o'clock, noon, ou kthe first, Tuesday of January every , second year, • and, at other times *ben -eon,ve,ned, by .the Governor, but shall hiold'no adjourn -4 ed annual session after he year 1878. ru ease 'of a , vacancy -II th e o ffi ce of United States Senator . m this Com-, mei/wealth , In ti-xecess ,between sess toes, the. Governor shall convene the two houses by proclamation on notice hot exceeding sixty, dtiya. to fill - the • SEO. O. , 'Senators . shall- be at ' least twenty-five years of age, and'Represen tatives twenty-one years oft age. They shall have been citizetwand inhabitantir of the State, font. years, and inhabitants of their rerpective -districts one year next before-their election (unless absent on the public business of the United States or or , this State); and shall reside in - their respective districts during-their terms of service. , ' Sec. 0. No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for- which- he Shall biwe been elected, 'be appointed to ,any civil office under' thiii Coil/MOD 'wealth, and no tnernber• of Congress-or 'other person holding any office (except of attorney,at.la.W or in the milltia)nn der the 'United States or this Common wealth shall he a member cif either house during his continuance in office. Sno. 7. No person hereafter convict ed of embezzlement of public moneys, bribery, perjury, or other infeinous crime, shall es eligible to the General Assembly, or capable of holding any 'otlice of trust or profit in this Common wealth. SEc. 8. The members of- the General Assembly shall receive such salary and mileage for regular and special sessions as shall be fixed by law, and no other compensation whatever, 'Whether for service upon committee or otherwise.-- No member of either house shall, dur ing the term for which be may have been elected, receive any increase of salary, or mileage, under any law pass ed during such term. Ssc. 9. The Senate shall,•at the be ginning and close Of each regular ses sion, and, at such ether times as may he necessary, elect, one of its members 'presidentproterupore,whashall perform t i diftleti , of the .Lieutenatit Governor, in any case- of absence or disability of that officer, and whenever the, said of fice of Lieutenant Governor shall be vacant, the HOuse of Representatives shall elect one of its members as Speak er: Each house shall choose its other .offieers, and shall judge of the election and'aualiticatiod,s of its members. A :majority of each house er n u to her nifiy - acijouvivro—hut,„o _am al l and compel the attendance of akiieia members. SEo• 11. Each bowie shall have pow er to determine the rules: . of its proceed ings and punish its members or other Persons for contempt or: disorderly be havior in its presence, to enforce obe dience to its process, tp protect its mem bers against violence, or °Ors of bribes or private solicitation... and with the coneUrence of two-thlids-, „to expel a member, but not a second time for the same cause, and shall have all other powers necessary for the legislature of a free State. A. member expelled for corruption shall not thereafter be eligi ble to either house, and punishment for contempt or disorderly behavior shall not bar an indictment for the same of fense. Sec. 12.' Each hoqseshall keep a jour nal of its proceedings and from. time to time p blish the eamAtfircept Such parts as require secrecy. and .the 'yeas and nays of the membere on any, question shall, at the desire of any two of them, be entered,on the jottifial. • , SEO. 10. The sessions of each hones and of coninlittees of the whole shall be open, unless when the, busines, is such as ought to be kept secret. Sac. 14. 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, , SEC. 15. The members of the General Assembly alien tin all cases, except trea son, felony, violation of their oath of office, and breach or surety of the peace, be privileged from arrest during; their attendance at-the sessions of ,their res pect,ive houses, and in going to and re turning from, the same ; and for any speech or debate in either house, they nit be questioned at any other place. • Sea 16. The:: State shall be divided into tifty Senatorial districts of • coal pact and contiguous territory. as near ly equal in population as may be, and each district shall be entitled to elect one Senator. Each county Containing one or more ratios of population shall been titled to one Senator for each ratio, and' oan additional Senator for a sur plus of population exceeding three fifths' of a ratio; but no- county shall form a separate district Unless it shall contain lour-tlithe • of a ratio, except where the the adjoining counties are each entitled to out, or more Senators, when such county may be assigned• A Senator on' less than four-tiftbe, and exceeding one-half of a ratio, and no county shall be, divided unless entitled to two or more Senators. No city or coo ntY shall , be entitled, to separate rep resentation exceeding .one-sixth of the whole, number, of Senators. No ward, borough, or township shall be _divided in the formation of a district. The Senatorial ratio shall be ascertained by dividing the whole population of .the' State by the number. fifty.- ' SE°, 17. The members of the 'House of Representativesshall be apportioned , among the several' counties, on a • ratio obtained by dividing the. population of the State as ascertained by the most re -cent United States oenius by two bun. dreg. Every county containing _less than five ratios shall have one •represen tative for every full ratio, and , an ad ditional representative,, when the sur plus exceeds half a ratini. but each Oottu- V shall have at least Onerepresentative. Every county eontaining,live rativor more shall have one representative rfor every full ratio. Every city oontal tang a population equal to a ratio shall elect separately its, proportion'of the repie , eentatives allotted - to the countyn which it is /boated: ors city entill al 1 to more than. four representatives, a d' every county having over one hundted thousand inhabitants, shalt be divided into districts of cotripttot and cotitl&- cue territory;eaeh - district to , elect its propertlon - of represehtativee accor*g to its pepulatiotf,,hut - no - district shall electrinore thanfdar representatives. - Szo. - 18. The general AsSembly at its first'seSSliin after the. adoption, of this couiltitutio rt ;.atid.:lthipetAately t after eivilz 1i1niiitet,04:41016144.040,44 VIER 14111 Eiffel MMM apeoition the State IntO *mani la and itepresenft tlde. letricte ngienti7 bly to,the provision!, of the two - next tireceedipg beetiQns.. ; ; ' • . - , ARTICLEITI. LEG.TEMATION. =_ •• • _KFAITIISIi 1". NO Jew , shell •,bei .passed ` except by,bill, and no bill •ehall be BO altered vor amended; on its passage through either.lifouse as,to obapge its Original purpoiii: ' • SEQ. 201•145' bill . 0611 "he 'considered 'unless refereed' tea coittinittee returned the - Men:mere. • therefrom,. at4. l ted .for"'-the .use..,of SEC. 3. No till,- ekaePt general 'ap _propriation bills, shall be . pissed -con taining more thati-one subject, which shall be Clearly eXpreEited in tbs SEO.A. Every. bill -shall be read at length on three' different days in each . House ; all amendments made thereto 'shall be. printed for the use oftne mein" bars before the final vote , taken ,on The bills - and no bill shell become a law anlesseri its final passage the vote shall be taken by yeas and nays, the- names ,of the . persons„vettliag for and ngainst, the same be entered on the Journal, and, a rnajority_of the, - triena hers elected to each House be recorded thereon as .vot lug in its fe,,Vor. . • SEC.& NO amendthetit to bills by one House shall be eoucurred in by tins otb erseXcept by the vow of a niajority of the -members elected thereto,laken' by yeas and hays, and the names: of those votingfor and against recorded upon ~ the, journal thereof; and reports of cosnmittees 'of ecinferenee..shall adoPted in either „House only by the vote of aMajority of the members elect ed thereto,, aken by yeaaancl nays, and the names-of those voting recorded up on the journal. . SEC. , 6. No law shall be revived, amended, or the provisions thereof ex tended or oonferred by reference to its title only, but so mud)) thereof as is re vived, amended, extended, Or conferred snail be re-enacted and published at length. 'Sao. 7. The General Assembly shall not pass any local or spacial law ; au thorizing the • creating, extension, or impairing of liens; regulating the af fairs, of counties, cities; • townships, wards, boroughs, ors school - districts ; changing the names of persons or places,• changing the venue In civil or criminal cases; authorizing the laying out, open ing,. altering,' or maintaining roads, bighWays, streets,' or alleys; relating to ferries or bridges, or incorporating ferry or bridge cornpanies, , except for the erection of bridges crossiegstreams Which form boundaries between this and any other State; vacating roads, town 'plats, streets, er alleys; relating ' to cemeteries, 'grave yarils,•. or public grounds not of the State; authorizing the adoption or legitimation of chil dren; locating or changing county seats, erecting pew counties or chang ing county lines; incorporating cities, towns or villages, or changing their charters; for the opening and conduct ing of elections, or fixing or changing the place of voting •; granting • divorces; erecting new, townships or boroughs, changing township lines, borough lim its or I.chool districts; creating offices, or prescribing the powers and duties 'of ollieers. in counties, cities, boroughs, townships, election or school districts; changing the law of descent or success ' alai; regulating the practice or, juries ' diction of or changing the rules of evi- ' deuce in any judicial proceeding or in quiry before courts, alcirman, justices ' of the peace, sheriffs, commissioners, ' arbitrators, auditors; masters. in chan eery, or other tribunals i or providing or changing methods for the collection of ' debts, or the enforcing of judgments, or prescribing the effect of judicial sales of real-estate; regulating the fees, or ' extending the powers and duties of al- ' dermen, justiCes of the 'peace, magis iikamesetssseeestabiess_. regulating the -' building or repairing or ' and the raising Of money for such pur poses; fixing the rate of interest; af9 fecting the estates of minors or persons . under disability, except after due no- • tice to all parties in interest, to be re plied in the special enactment; remit ting fines, penalties and forfe itures, p or refunding moneys legally paid into the 'Treasury; exempting property frogt taxation ; regulating labor, trade, raffling or manufacturing, creating corporations or amending, renewing, or extending the charters, thereof; granting to any corporation, associa tion or individual any special or exclu• sive privilege or Immunity,or to any cor-' poration:tassociation or individual the right to lay duwo a railroad track. Nur shall the General Assembly - indirectly ena4 such special or local law by the, partial repeal of a - general law, bu t lasVs repealing local or special acts may -he passed. Nor shall any law be passed granting powers or privileges in any case where the granting.of such _pow ers and privileges shall nave been pro vided for by general law, nor where the courts have jurisdiction to grant the_ same or give tho relief asked for. SEC. 8. No local or epecial bill shall be passed unless notice of the intention to apply therefor shell have been,publish ed in the locality where the matter or the thing to be effected may be situat ed, which notice shall be at least thirty days prior. to the 'introduction into the General Assembly of such bill, and in the manlier to be provided-by i law ; the evidence of_ such notice having been published shall be exhibited in the Gen`-! aral Assembly before such act shall be passed. SEC. 9. The prriding officer of each House shall, in: the presence of the House over whi h he presides, sign all bills audjoint resolutions passed by the General •.4.ssetribly, after their titles have been publicly read immediately before signing, and the fact of signing shall be-entered on the journal. SEC. 10. The General Assembly shall prescribe by law the number, duties and compensation of the officers and em ployes of each House, and no payment shall be made from the State Treasury, or be in any way authorized to any per son, except to an acting officer or em ploye elected or appointed in pursuance of law. Sm. 11. No bill shall be passed. giv ing any extra compensation to any pub lic officer, servant, employe, agent, or contractor, • after services shall have been rendered or contract made, nor providing for the payment of any_clalm against' the Cornmonwealtb, without previous authority of law. ' SEO. 12. All stationery, printing, pa per and Nei used in the legislative and other departments of government shall be furnished, anti the printing, binding and, distributing'of the laws, journals, department reports; and another print ing and binding, and the repairing and furnishing the halls and rooms used for the meetings'of. the General Assembly and its o - 01:1103Ittees, shall he performed under con tract, to be given to the low est responsible bidder nelow such max imum pile°, and under such regulations tu3'shall be prescribediby law ; - uo mem ber or officer of any, department of• the governinent shall be in any way inter ested In, such contracts, and, all such contracts shall be subject to the appro val of the governor, ;Auditor-General and State Treasurer. - - SEQ. 13. • No law shah extend the term of any public officer, increase or di ' minish, his salary- or elnoluinent after his election or appointment.• Sm. 14. All bills, for . raising revenue shall originate in the F:ouse of Repre kientatives, but the Senate may,propose amendments as in other - bills. • • BEO. 15. 'The general appropriation , bilishall embrace nothing but appro= priationa.for the_ ordinary. expenses of the •exeouiive, legislative and judicial deparmenteof the Coin monivetilth, in terest ou the public debt, and for puo. tic schools ; all other,. appropriations 0.13a11 - matre: 4y,'separata : bil2; each eltabriOus• Wit um, itgriitta,,,-.- IME iiii =I SE SEO `if) No . inoney'sball j i be paid out of the Treasury.ex,eeptupo approprla-, tior3 made tby 'law and', on warrant, drawn by the 'propo'r ()Maui' ha purau-1 . atm) thereof. '_. .-' , . . , , SW. - 17; - No aPPrOpylatien ,sliall be :tnade'ta any charitable or educatiOnal institution not under the libiOlute con trol of the Common Wealth, other than• normalechools'establidhed, by laW ...for the prefeesional training of teachers, fir the public solloolB , of the State, .'ex 'cept ,by si. vote 'of two-thirds of all the membel s elected tc• - ,each House. . t 4 SEP. 18. No appropriations except - ' • for pen ions or gratuities I fot- military services shall be made for charitable. educational or benevolSnt, purposes, to any person or community, nor; to• any denominational or sectarian institution, corporation or associattn. • . SEo. 19. - The General Aesernbly 'May i make appropriations of money; to insti tutions wherein the widevlt. of soldiers! • are au ``.ported or assisted, or the orphans of soldier:laze maintained and educated; hut tench appropriation 'shall be applied, exclusively to the support of such, wid ows and orphans. . • - __SE:o. 20. The General Aisembly &sail not delegate ,to any special commission, private., corporation or association, any power to make, supervise, or interfere With any municipal improvement, money, property or effects, whether held In trust or otherw lee, or to levy taxeft or perform any municipal func tion whatever. • . - - • SEe. 21. No act pf the General As setn bly amount' to be re covered for injuries resulting in death, or for injuries to Organs or. property, and in case of death from such injuries, the right =of action shall survive, and the peneral Assembly shall prescribe for whose benefit such actions shall . be prosecuted ; no act shall prescribe any limitationof time within . which suits may. be brought against 'corporations for InjuriCs to persons • or property, or for other causes different from those fixed by general laws regulating actions against natural persons, and such ac tions naw existing are avoided. SEQ. 22. No act of the..4Elml As sembly shall authorize the investment Of trust funds by executors, adminis .trators, guardians, or other trustees, in 'the bond's or stock of any private cor poration, and such acts now existing are avoided, saving investments here tofore made.. • SEO. 23. The power to change the venue in civil and criminal cases shall be vested in the courts, to be exercised in such manner as shall be provided by law, • SO. 24. No obligation or liability any railroad or other 'corporation, held or owned by the Commonwealth, shall ever be exchanged, transferred, remit ted, postponed, or in any way dimin ished by the General Assembly; nor shall such liability or obligation be re leased, except by payment thereof into the State Treasury. SEc.25. When the General Assembly shall be convened in special session, there shall be no legislation upon sub jects other than those designated in the proclamation of the Governor, 'calling such session.: SEC. 26. Every order, resolution - or vote,*to which the concurrence of - both Houses may be necessary (except, on the question ofadjournment) s t ball '-be pre sented to the _Governor, and before, it shall take effect be appreved by'hirn, or being disapproved, hall be rep,assed by two-thirds of both iinuses,acctirrding to the rules and limitations prescribed In ,case of a bill. SEC. 27, No State office shall be con tinued or created for the inspection or measuring of any merchandise, manu facture, or commodity, but, any, county dr tittmicipality may. appoint such offi cers when authoriied,by lacy. , No law dhapgrng the lona tioll of the capital of the State shall be valid until thesameShallhave,been sub calmed electors of ithe and ratified and approveci`oy-twe.-.- --- SEC. 20, A tnemher of the General :Assembly who shall solicit, demand or receive, or consent to receive, directly or indirectly, for himself or for another; from any company, corporation or per son, any, money, office i appointment, employment, , testimonial, reward, things of value or,enjoyrnent,orof per sonal advantage or , protnise thereof, for his vote or official influence, or for with holding the same, or with an—nuder standing ekpreesed or implied, that his vote or - official action shall be in any way influenced thereby,dr who shall so licit or _demand any such money Or other advantage, matter or thing afore 'said for another, as the consideration of his vote or official influefiee of for with holding the same, or shall 'give or with hold his vote or influence in 'considera tion of the payment or promise of such money, advantage, matter, or thing to another, shall be held guilty of bribery within the meaning of this Constith- - tion, and shalt incur thedisabilities pro vided thereby for said offense, and snob additional punishment as is or 'shall be providedlby law. , , , SEC. 20. Any person who shall,direct ly or indivaly, offer, give of promlie any money, or thing of value, testimO-' trial, privilege, or personal adVantage, to any executive or judicial °Meer or member of the General Assembly, to in fluence him in the performance of any of his public or official duties, shall be guilty of bribery, and be - punished in such manner as shall be provided by law. ' SEc.,Bl. The oaanse of corrupt solle. itatton of members of the General As sembly or of public officers of the State, or of any municipal division thereof, and any occupation or practice of solic itation of such members or officers, to influence their official action, shall be defined by law, and shall be, punished i by fine and Imprisonment. Sec. 82. Any person May be com pelled to testify In any lawful investi gation or judicial proceeding, against any i,erson who may be charged with having committed the offense of bribery or corrupt solicitation, of practices of SQIICItatiOI3, and shall hot he permitted to withhold his testimony upon the ground that it may criminate himself or subject him to public infamy ; but such testimony shall not - afterwards be used against him in any judicial- pro ceeding, except for perjury in giving such testimony,aud anyerson convict ed of either of the off nses aforesaid, person shall, as part of the puu shment there for, be disqualified from holding any of fice or position of honor, trust, or profit In this Commonwealth. BEO. 83. A member who-bas-a perso- nal or private interest in any measure or bill, proposed or pending before the General Assembly shall disclose the fact to the House of which he is a member, and'shall not vote thereon. ' ARTICLE IV. THE EXEC/UT/Va. , - I.kt .1. The. Executive Depart ment of this Commonwealth shall con sist-of a Governor, Lliutenant-Gover nor, seeretary of the. Commonwealth, torney-Oeueral, Auditor-General , State Treasurer, Seeletary of Internal Altairs. and a Superintendent of Pub lic Instruction. - - • SEc. 2. The supreme executive power shall be vested in • the; 'Governor, who shall take rare that the, /awe be faith fully executed;. be shall be chosliii the day of the general election -:the qualified electors of the Commonwealth, at She places where they shall-vote for Representatives. The return's of every election for Governor shall be sealed up and transmitted to the seat of gov ertanent, directed to the President of the Senate,' who shall open and publish them in the presence or the mealtimes of both houses of , the General Assembly, The person having the highest.number of votes shall be , Governor, but if-'` two or more be equal and 11144w:it la 'Votes, otie:of them shell= be tittosen,ooi'eraor ` t4.4t 114111 t '11,40'13f =MEI ME MIN IME MRS ;'~. ~'i 1151 MEI NM ' • ,-- r Oth Muses Je deterinined by s Committee: tO iected from both Houses et theGenerel A - ssenibly, and :,for tstedand regulated itle -, • but h manner as shall be directed 4, &Flo. 3.- The Governor ehall' hold AAR* during four years from the third; - Tuesday, tif - January neat eteation and abalinot be =eligible tat thn4 - : •••• :office for the - next succeeding term:-' J . 4EO-'4. A Lleutenant.eovertior 'shalt he chosen at the Same time, in-The sate* • ,manner, for the same tertn, and subjed he same provisions as the Governor;, r -• haehall be President of - the Senate, brit • r - 4 shall have no vote unless they be equal: ly divided. • Sue. 6. No person shall be el!gible•a . - the office of Governor or Lieutenant. Governor except a citizen of the UnitOd States, who shall have attained the ago_ - of,' thirty years, and-, have been seven years'next vpreceedieg his. election en inhabitant of the State, unlesa he shell have beer absent on-the-public busineas - _ of.the 'United States Oro! this State. S.Ed, 8. No member of Congress 'or person holding any office under the United States or this State shall munches - 1: the, office or Governor_or Licitenan,t‘ Governor: • • • 4SEe.. 7. The Governor shall be coin! • mander-in-thlef Of 'the 4 ring atuf-ne-. vy of the Commonwealth, and .41 Ehe • ' militia, except when they ehelite calleCt ' into the actual service of jthe 'United - States. • ,__. • Ste. 8. He shall nominate, and, pl 7 and with the adviceand consent °FIND-- thirds of all the members of the Senate, appoint a Secretary of the Common. - wealth and an Attorney General dab. Ing pleasure ; a Superintendent of Pub.' - lie instruction• for tour years, and such - - other ofticere of the Commonwealth's:a he is or may tie authorized by. the COn stitution or by law to l appoint'; heshaff have power to fill all Vacancies that may • happen in of f ices to whim' he may ap point during the recess of the Senate a by granting vommissions which shalt ex pire at, the end of their next session ; hs shall have power to fill any vacancy that may happen during the recess of - th4Senate, in the office of Auditor Gen eral, State Treasurer, Secretary of In ternal Affairs or Superintendent of Pub lic Instruction, in a Judicial office, or in any other elective office Which he is or may be authorized to till : if the vacancy shall happen during the session.of the Senate, the.Govern.or shall nominate to the Senate, before their final adjournment, a proper per son to said vacancy. ..But in any such case of recency, to an elective oitice, a person shall be ctios en to-said office at the next general elec.. tiort r unless the vacancy shall happen within three calendar months irnwedl ately preceding such election, in willeh case the election for said office shall be held at the second suceediug *eneral election. In acting on Executive nominations, the Senateshali sit with open doors.and in confirming or rejecting the nomina tions of the Governor; the vote shall be tatten by yeas and nays, and shall be entered on the junritali BEO. 9. Heshall belie power to remit Sues and iorfeiteres, to grant reprieves, cow mutations sentence and par dons, except in cases of impeachment, but no pardon shall be granted, nor sen tence commuted, except upon the ree• commendation in writing of the Lieu tenant Governor, Secretary of the Corn-; monwealth, Attorney-General and Sec.; retary of Internal affairs, or any three of them, after full hearing, upon duo. public notice and in open session, and such recommendation, with the reasons therefor at length - , shalt be recorded and' filed in the ofliee of the Seeretary of thi commonwealth.--------- SEo. 10. He may require information. in,writing from the officers of the Exe. cutive DepartMent, upon any subject re lating to the - duties )f - their respective offices. SEC. 11. 'Mahan, from time to time, - Mica A..n-clerv--64,1ay.p.r..31___N asenabiy . I.II.fOrMIV and recommend to their chnaidera such measures as he may judge etpedi? eat. - SE°. 12. He may, ou extrahrdinary. occasions, Convene the General ,A:ssem. bly, and In, ease of ,iisagreeixtent be tween the two mouses, with respect to the time of adjournment, adjourn theixt to such time as he shall tbink_proper, not exceeding four n r ionths - . -- He shall have power to convene the Senate in ex.- traord inary session, 'by proclamation, for the transaction of executive bust ness. SEC: WS. In ease of the death, convic tiou orlimpeactiment, failure to qualify, resignation, or other disahility of the Groveruor, the powers, ditties and, emol uments of the office for the remainder of . the term, or nutil the disability be re moved;ehall devolve upon theLleuten ant-Governor. SEC. 1 , 1-° In case of a - vacancy in the Office of Lieutenant-Governor, or when the Lreuteuant-Governor shall' be im peached by the House of Represents- . tives, or shall be unable to exercise the duties of his• office, the powers, duties aud emoluments therefor for the remain der of the term, or until the disability - be removed, e,hall devolve upon the Pres• ident pro Comports of the Senate; and iiiiatt in like manner become Governor , If a vacancy or tilsabilitYshall occur 14 • 1 the office of G overnor; his seam; Sena- - r tor - omit become laeant whenever be - shall become i.-.4ovefinor, and shall be fill- ' ed by election as aVy Other vacancy in the Senate. I Set. lb. Every bill which Shell have • passed both Houses 4 ball be presented to. the Gtiv ertior ;-t-it--he approve, tie shall - • • sign it ; Cut if he shall not approve,' he shall return it with his objections to the' - House in which it shall have originated, - which House shall enter the objections at large upon their journal, and proceed. , to reconsider it. If, after such recon sideration, two-thirds of ail the mem bers elected tb' that Housetpball agree to ' pass the bill, It shalt be sent. with theott-. jections 'tithe other douse, by which, - ,. likewise, it shall be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of all the mem bers elected to that House, it shall bes law ; but in Snell gases the vote sof broth: Houses shall be determined by- yeas and nays, and tits- names of the mem bers voting for ana,against the bill shall I be entered on the journals of each House respectively. If any bill shall, --.- not be returned by the Governor within' ' , ten days after it shp,ii have been present ed to hirn,the same shall be a Lewin like - , manlier as if he bad signed it, !unless the General A ssembly;by their adjourn-, men t, prevent its return. in which case it shah be a law, unless he shall tile the., same, with his objections, in the oboe • of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, -, and give notice thereof by public _prof- . mation within thirty days after slid( . adjournment. • 1 _ 6.m. 16. The Governor shall .tiave.3 . .power to disapprove •of any 'item or items of any tiiil making appropriations.. . of rriont7, embracing distinct items, .- ,and the part parts of the bill approv . - . ; ed shalt he the law, and the item or T.-: items of appropriation disapproved -- :' shall be void, unless_repassed according • -to the rules and limitations prescribed , - ~ for. rhe passage of other bills overj-thol., - 'executive veto. • , - ; .. - yk - -.. 8E0.17 , The-Chief Justicaof the Fitt— - : preme Court ehall preside upowthettliti .2:- of any contested election of GovSradeor'- . ;,--; Lieutenant-Governor, and shall: decide '-', questions regarding the atimissibilftY - 1 or evidence; and shall, upon - retitled', of.''' the committee, pronounce his opinion :, upon other iltle4loll4lof law itiVolvetinr: :f the trial. The Governor and' Lleutett-_ = ant-Governor' shall exercise the:dial - 4 _`-- of their respective offices untiltheiriiqp_ - cessoreshAll - he duly elided. -• '___: '/ :: ' SF.e. .18. The- Score ary of 'the Corn-, ' mod wealth shall kee a record,otallapc -7 ticiai acts and progeedings of, the nor, and when required lay the: Same, +. With all papers, MinUtes atutiOttehOrs'- 'Nlatiht thereto,‘hefore °hiller talattcb: of ME 111 BM • t , :j ., ,:: •;, • ,- " 1 ,- -....,"-,--:•,- - , .—,='s MEM ' - NEM Con tesiecteleitiont • • U BS= Cil IBM t
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