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pesoEtvtiOga Proposing Amend
r,enfs 10 the Constitution
or TIE COMMONWEALTH.


or TIE COMMONWEALTH:
Resolrez 6y tAe Senate and Hoase Of
oeeptglires Of tie CorernonweatAb Of PennSyIra-
mr. - Geaeruk Assembly met, That the following a
' lSauts be aud the same are hereby proposed TO
ms''r ms's,taiion OF the Commonwealth, under and in
.corjance with the provisions OF the tenin article
hereof TO Wit;
pgoPosirlox l, TO BE ARTICLE xI.
c~rrov l. The aggregate amount of debts hereaf-
car Contracted by the Commonwealth n shall never eX-
IA the sum OF five hundred thousand dollars, except
in case of TO repel invasion, suppress lhsurree
% or 10 redeem the public debt OF the Common
ai,b and the money so raised shall be applied to
& nIrpo,e for wh.ch the debt may be contracted, or
nav such detts, and 20 no other purpose
Srrrioy ?. To pay The public debt OF the Common
-slth and debts which may hereafter Re contracted
n ease OF war 10 repel invasons, suppress lnsurrec-
,,o and to redeem the public debt the Legislature
bl at their next session after the adoption OF TINS
.,iou into the Constitutions provide by law for the
,.aton OF a sinking fund, which shall not be abol
sbed t,Il the said public debts be Wholly pad, TO
,si,t of all the net annual income iroip the pabilc
,,orks and stocks owned by the Commonwealth, or
rv other funds arising under any revenue law now
visiting or that may be hereafter enacted, so far as
a SANG nav be required to pay the interest oi SAID
Jsbf, semi-aunually To reduce the principle heTeoi
I son not less than five hundred thousand dollars,
,reased yearly by compromising at rate OF not less
than five per cenium per annum the SAID SINKING
tand shall be invested IN the Commonwealth, winch
shall be cancelled lrom tine TO time IN manner 10
ne nroviled by law: portion ot the SINKING fund
sbal ever be applied TO The payment of the debt OF
6y4 bundred thousand dollars mentioned IN the hrst
section OF this article, but The said sinking fund shall
he applied oay 10 the purposes herein specified
Srcf,oX 3. The credit OF the Commoh~ eaith Suaii
not IN any way he given loaned 10 or IN ard OF any
individual company corporation associaftoH, nor
shall the Commonwealth hereafter become loint
owner or stockhoder in any company, association or
corporation in thls Commonwealth or elsewhere,
formed for any purposes
Sefrloy A. The Commonwealth shall never assume
the debts OF any county, city, borough or township,
or OF any corporation ASSOCIATION, unless such
debts shall have been contracted to repel INVASION,
upnre,s insurrec ion, or defend the State III war
PROPOSITION Q, TO re ARTICLE xl.
P5oh,5itj4g Aanjcipai Subscriptions.
The Legs lature shall never authorize any county,
cy borough township, by vote OF IFS citizens or
Otherwise TO become stockhodeT IN any JOINT stock
company association corporation or TO raise mon
ey for loan its credit TO- or in aid OF any such COM
'4'' E. B. CHASE,
Speaker Of the House Of Rspresentat,geS
NJ. MtCASLIN,
Sprgkcr Of the Senate
In Senate, April IS. 1881.
Resolved That this resolutions pass. Yeas %,
,ays D. Extract from the journal.
T. A. MAGUlRE, Clerk.
Received, That This resolution pass. Aeas ~
pa,s 20 Extract from the Journal
WM. JACK, Clerk.
SscrErARY's OFrcE,
Filed April ~, 1884. { c: A. BLA6h,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
PENNSYLVANIA, SSs.
SecRErARy's OFFICE,
( Harrisburg, July /, 1851.
SEAL. do certify that the above and ioTego-
- in. is a true and correct copy of the ORR
r. i,rop 4rpfa 10 an Ot
Constitutions a, the same remains on file IN THIS OF
flee.
In testiuony whereof have hereuno set my hand
and caused to be affixed the seal of the Secretary
Office the day and year above written.
Secretary Of the Commonwealth.
Journal OF the Senate.
ssResolution No 5G2, entitled Resolution propoS-
ing amendments to the Constitution OF the Common
wealth. was read a third time. On the question:
viii the Senate agree to the first proposition, The yeas
were taken agreeaby 10 the Constitution, and were
a. follows, VIZ
YEAs-Messrs. Buckaew, Darlington, Dar-
u, ,guson, Foulkrod, Frick, Fry, Goodwin.
tion 70 dntv uaamlton, b. D. ilam'n, e. w
zan. In the great fnantJ!aam tJaamlson' MeG'lntoek
50 sorely affected the credit os''' ''''''' "1'
services were the most eminent u.,l.;ot,,
He was constantly al his post, 20 mept-a,.
all attacks upon The honor Of the State, fearless
ly voting for and sustaining every practical
scheme for the maintenance Of her fidelity. re-
gardIeSs ofconseQuences personal to himself.-
We recur to the part which our candidate act
ed in those critical times with pride and pleasure,
and we are confident that thousands of our pc
lrical opponents at Philadelphia and elsewhere
will join with US in this feeling.
He was the early advocate Of ofengraltlng the
principle Of individual liability on bank charters
of the abolition of Imprisonment for debt, and
of every measure intended to do justice TO the
laboring masses, and elevate their condition in
life
His report on The Tariff IN 1847 stands in proud
contrast with the feeble and abortive efforts oi
his tnemieS in the Senate. who attempted TO
break him down on that question. 1t was a
mastrrly production, eloquent in language and
sound in doctrine.
As much may BIZ said of his speech made the
same session on the policy Of constructing the
Pennsylvania Railroad When Representa-
tlves from Philadelphia and Pittsburgh denounc-
ed the project as mpracticable, as ruse and a
trick, Gov. BfGLER advocated the feasibility oi
the route, and the utility of the work. foretelling
what has since taken place, with remarkable
accuracy. And it may not be improper at this
Juocturr TO remind the people Of Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh of the significant fact, that when
Gov. BFGLER was advocating the construction
OF Railroad by a-direct route from one city TO
the other, through our own State, portion of
the Representatives from both those cities, adj
Vocaied the policy OF making this connexion by
acrcutous route, passing through two other
States. Indeed, in every exigency that has
arisen in the last ten years, Governor BigIer has
been the staunch advocate Of the true interests