Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-09-13
RESOLUTION
Relative 10 am Amendment of the
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RESOLVED by the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the Common eal,h of Penn
sylsania in General Assembly met, Tha, the
Constitution OF this Common wealth be amen
ded in the second sec,on OF the fifth article,
SO .ha. i. shall read as follows. The Judges,
of the Supreme Court, of the several Courts
of Common Pleas, and Of such other Courts of
Record as are or shall be established by law,
shall be elected by the qualified electors Of the
Commonwealth in the manner following, TO wit: J
The Judges Of the Supreme Court, by the quail
ifed electors of the Commonwealth at large
The President Judges Of the several Courts of
Common Pleas and Of such other Courts of Re.
cord as are or shall be established by law, and
all other Judges required 10 be learned in the law,
by the qualified electors Of the respective dis.
trlc,s over which they are TO preside or &C, as
Judges. And the Associate Judges Of the Courts
of Common Pleas by the qualified electors Of
the counties respectively. The Judges of the
Supreme Cour, shall hold their Offices FOR the
term Of fifteen years if they shall go long be-
have themselves well: (subject TO the sllo,-
ment hereinafter provided for, subsequen. 10
the first election y The Presiden, Judges OF
the several Courts of Common Pleas, and Of
such other courts Of Record as are or shall be
established by law. and all other Judges re-
puired TO be learned in the law, shall hold ,hei.
Offices for the term of ten years, if they shall
so long behave themselves we'll: The Associ-
ate Judges Of The Courts of Common Pleas
shall hold their Offices for the term Of five years,
if they shall so long behave themselves well
all Of whom shall be commissioned by the Gov
ernor, but for any reasonable cause which shall
no, be sufficien, grounds of impeachment, the
Governor shall remove any Of them on the ad-
dress of iwo-,hirds of each branch Of The Leg
isla,ure. The first election shall take place
al The general election of this Commonwealth
nex after the adoption of this amendment, and
the commissions Of all the judges who may be
then in Office shall expire on the first Monday
Of December following, when the terms of the
: new judges shall commence The persons
who shall then be elected Judges Of the Su-
preme Courl shall hold their Offices as follows:
one Of them for three years, one for six years,
/, one for nine years, one for twelve years, and
one for fifteen years; the term of each to be de.
cided by lot by the said Judges as soon after the
election as convenient, and the result certified
i by them to the Governor, that the commissions
y may be issued in accordance thereto The judge
/ whose commission will first expire shall be
i Chief Justice during his term, and thereafter
$ each Judge whose commission shall first expire
shall in turn be the Chief Justice, and if two
OF more commissions shall expire on the same
i day, the judges holding them shall decide By
/ lot which shall be the Chief Justice. Any va
cancies happening by dealh, designation, o
l. Otherwise, in any Of the said courts, shall b,
}, filed by appointmet by the Governor, to con
tlnue till the first Monday of December sue
J. ceeding the mex. general election. The judges
ST Of the Supreme Court, and the Presidents o
g the several Courts of Common Pleas shall; a
stated times, receive for their services an ad
edhate compensation, 10 be fixed by law, whicl
shall not be diminished during their conlinu
ance In office, bur they shall receive no fees o
perquisi,es of Office, NOT hold any other offic
Of profit under this Commonwealth; or unde
D the government of the United States, or an
CT other State Of this Union. The Judges Of III
of Supreme Court during their continuance in o
% fee shall reside within this Commonw eal,t
J.. and the other Judges during their coninuanc
IN in Office shall reside within the district or cour
,e ty for which they were respectively elected.
et WILLIAM F. PACKER,
ID Speaker of the House Of Representatives.
or 80 - GEO. DARSIE.
ir 80 sa .-,a, Spsapher Of the Senat'
T. sa In THE SENATE, March /. ls49.
- Resolved Tha. this resolution pass.--Yea
:, 81, Nays 8.
d. Extract from the Journal.
p SAML. w. PEARSON, Clerk.
In THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
- April 2, iS49.
&c Resolved, That this resolution pass. ca
N SO, Nays &C.. ..oa
T. I" ~ Ex.rac. from the. Journal. 20
:. !" WIN JACK, Clerk
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p SEcRETARY's OfFICE
I'd Filed April S. ls49.
'l-i Sen. A. L. RUSSELL,
Ill .afHass Dep. Sec. of Commonwealth
ne y "a S SEcRETARy's OFFICE.
tot PENNsYLvANfA, IS:
DO CERTIFY tina. the above and foregoin
# lis true and correc, copy Of the Original Re.
oluion cfihe General Assembly, entitled Res
olu,ion relative to an Amendment Of the Cor
s,,u,ion," AZ the same remains on file in ,h
: office.
y,>s4ts1 ,>sstts1 lntes,mony whereof have here
AN os'o set ny hand. !, and I'd. caused 70
d. ;s;Is Office al Harrisburg, i, 'hi. sls,en'
10 day Of June. Ammo Domini. one ,housand egt