Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-09-20
RESOLUTION
Relative 10 asa Amendment Of the
CON IIS5PI9PJUTpIOIM,a g d5

RESOLVED by The Senate and House OF
Representatives oi The Commonw ealih Of Penn.
sylvania in General Assembly met, That The
Constitution of this Commons eaIth be amen
ded in the second section of the fifth article,
so ,ha, il 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
Common eallh in the manner following, to wit:
The Judges of the Supreme Court, by The quail
flied electors Of the Commonwealth al arge.
The Presiden, 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 10 the law,
by the qualified electors of the respective dis
trlcss over which they are to presIde or act as
Judges And the Associate Judges Of ihe Courts
of Common Pleas by the qualified electors Of
Ne counties respectively. The Judges Of the
Supreme Cour, shall bold their Offices for the
term of fifteen years if they shalt so long be-
have themselves we'll: (subject 10 The allot-
ment hereinafter provided for, subsequent 10
The first election } The President 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.
quired 10 be learned inthe law, shall hold heir
Offices for The term of len years, if they shall
so long behave themselves we'll: The Associ.
ate Judges Of ,he 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 lhe Gov
ernor, bur for any reasonable cause which shall
moi be sufiicien, grounds of impeachment, The
Governor shall remove any Of them on the ad.
dress Of ,wo-ihrds of each branch of The Leg
islature. The first election shall take place
a, the general election of this CommonwealIh
mex, afler'lhe 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 Cour. 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
| by them to the Governor, tina, the commissions
may be issued in accordance thereto. The judge
whose commission will first expire shall be
Chief Justice during his term, and thereafter
each Judge whose commission shall first expire
shall in turn be the Chief Justice, and if two
or more commissions shall expire on The same
day, the judges holding them shall decide by
| 10, which shall be the Chief Justice. Any va
caDcies happening by death, resignation, or
otherwise, in any of the said courts, shall be
| filled by appointmei by the Governor, 10 con.
tnue till the first Monday of December sue
ceeding The mex. general election. The Judges
of the Supreme Court. and the Presidents OF
the several Courts of Common Pleas shall, al
stated times, receive for their services an ad-
ednate compensation, to be fixed by law, which
shall no. be diminished doring their conlinu-
ance in office, but they shall receive no fees OF
perquisiles of office, nor hold any other Office
of profit under this Commonwealth, or under
the governmen, Of the United States, or any
other State of this Union. The Judges Of the
I Supreme Court during their continuance in OF
6ce shall reside within this Commonwealth
and the other Judges during their con,nuanct
in office shall reside within The district or coun
fiy for which they were respectively elected.
WILLIAM F. PACKER,
Speaker of the House Of Representatives,.
GEO. DARSlE,
Speapker cf the Senate
In THE SENATE, Maredi. ls49.
Resolued, That this resolution pass.--Yeas
III, Nays 8. s5.a
+ ee Exuac, from the Journal so g.
SAML w. PEARSON, Clerk.
In THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, !
April 2, l649 J
u D.-J.J T,I,, ~. ,osoIu,ion mass Yeas
So, Nays 26. .st.f.4 a#
Extract from The Journal.
VIM JACK, Clerk.
SEcRETARY's OFFICE.
Filed April s, ls49. se
A. l.. RUSSELL,
= Dep. Sec. Of Commonwealth
SEcRIrARy's OFFICE.
lPENNsYLvANIA. SIS: - "
| DO CERTIFY that The above and foregon
lis true and correct copy Of the Original Res
olution ofi.e General Assembly. entitled /" Res
oIu,ion relative 10 an Amendment Of The Con
sli.uion," as the same remains on file in hi
office.
>sssassa< In testimony whereof have here
NNYE unto Sc. my hand, and caused TO b
:lNK affixed the seal Of the Secretary
H:S!e& Office al Harrisburg, this eleventh
day of June. Ammo Domini. one lhousand eigh
hundred and forty nine.
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