Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-08-23
RESOLUTION
Relative to an Amendment of the
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RESOLVED by the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania in General Assembly met, Tha, The
Constitution of this Commonwealth be amen
ded in the second section of the fifth article,
so .ha. II 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
Commonw eahh in,he manner following, to wit:
The Judges Of the Supreme Court, by the quail
ified electors Of the Commonwealth a, 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
trc,s over which they are TO preside or act 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 Court shall hold their Offices for the
term Of fifteen yeats if they shall SO long be-
have themselves well (subject to the alct-
ment hereinafter provided for, subsequent. 10
the first election J 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 to be learned in the law, shall hold ,heir
Offices for the term Of ten years, if they shall
so long behave themselves well 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, bu, for any reasonable cause which shall
no, be sufficient grounds Of impeachment, the
Governor shall! remove any Of them on the al
dress of two-,hrds of each branch of the Leg.
isla,ure. The first election shall take place
at the general election of this Commonwe ealth
mex, after the adoption of this amendment. anG
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, shal 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, that the commissions
may be issued in accordance thereto. The Judge
whose commission will frs. expire shall be
Chief Justice during his term, and thereafter
each Judge whose commission shall frs, expire
shall in turn be the Chief Justice, and if two
or more commissions shall expire on the same
day 1.-The judges holding .hem shall deside BY
lot which shall be the Chief Justice. Any va
cancies. happening by death. resignation, OIL
otherwise, in any of the said courts, shall be
filled by appointmei by the Governor, TO con
tnue till the first Monday of December sue
ceeding the next general election. The Judges
of the Supreme Court. and the Presidents o.
the several Courts Of Common Pleas shall, a
stated times, receive for their services an ad
ednate compensation, 10 be fixed by law, which
shall not be diminished during their conIinu
ance in office, bu, they shall receive no fees .o1
perqusiies Of office, nor hold any other office
Of prof. under this Commonw ealtb, or under
the government Of the United States, or any
other State of this Union. The Judges of the
Supreme Court during their continuance in Of.
fee. shall reside within this Common eal,h
and the other Judges during their continuance
in office shall reside within the dlstric. or coun
~ for. which they were respectively elected.
WILLIAM. F. PACKER,
Speaker ofthe House of Representatives.
GEO. DARSIE..
Speapher Of the Senate
tn, T1yp Srn.Tr March 1910