Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-07-19
RESOLUTION
Relative to an Amendment of the
GOM35IiIIPi U5IIOM,

Constitution OF this Commonwealth be amen
ded in The second section of the fifth article,
so that it shall read as follows. The Judges
of the Supreme Conrt, 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:
The judges Of the Supreme Court, by the quail
fled electors of the Commonwealth al 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 to be learned in the law
by the qualified electors Of the respective dis
trlc,s oyel which they are 10 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 Cour, shall hold their offices for the
term OF fifteen years if they shall so long be-
have themselves well (subject 10 the allo,-
ment hereinafter provided for, subsequent TO
the frs, 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-
quired to be learned in the law, shall hold ,he.
Offices for the term of ten years, if they shall
so long behave themselves we'll: The Assoc.
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
not be snfficien, grounds of impeachment, the
Governor shall remove any of them on the ad-
dress Of two-lhrds of each branch of the Leg
isature. The first election shall take place
at the general election Of this Commonw ealth
next 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 Court 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 aftef the
election as convenient, and the resul, certified
by them to the Governor, that 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
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day, the judges holding them shall decide by
lot which shall be the Chief Justice. Any va
cancies happening by death, resignation, or
Otherwise, in any of the said courts, shall be
filled by appointme, by the Governor, TO con,
tInue I'LL the frs. Monday of December sue
ceeding the next general election. The Judges
of the Supreme Court and the Presidents ol
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 not be diminished during their conIinu-
ance in office, but they shall receive no fees OF
perquisies of Office, nor hold any other Office
of profit under this Commonwealth, or under
the government of the United States, or any
other State of this Union. The Judges of the
Supreme Cour, during their continuance in Of
fee shall reside within this Commonw ealih
and the other Judges during their continuance
in office shall reside within the dstric, or coun
ty for which they were respectively elected.
n WILLIAM F. PACKER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives..
GEO. DARSIE,
Speaker Of the Senate
In THE SENATE. March 1, 1s49
Resolued, Tha, this resolution pass.--Yeas
81, Nays s.
Extrac, from The Journal
SAML. w. PEARSON, Clerk.
In THE House OF REPREsENTATIvEs,
April 2, iS49.
Resolved. That this resolution pass.--Yeas
So, Nays &c.
Extract from the Journal.
VIM. JACK, Clerk.
SEcRETARY's OFFICE.
Filed April 5, ls49.
A. l.. RUSSELL,
Dep. Sec, of Commonwealth
SEcRETARYs OFFICE.
| PENNSYLVANIA, SIS:
! DO CERTIFY tha, the above and foregoing
is a true and correct copy of the Original Res
olu,ion Of, the General Assembly, entitled " Res
olution relative 10 an Amendment of the Con.
s,i,ution," as the same remains on file in this
office.
| .>ss$ss4XsAz In testimony whereof have here
SNWyE pinto set my hand, and caused to be
:$sGSE affixed the seal of the Secretary 5
| Office at Harrisburg, this eleventh
day of June. Ammo Domni, one thousand eigh,
hundred and forty-nine.
/ TOWSEND HAINES,
Secry Of the Commonwealth.
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