Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-07-13
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Resolutions proposing Amendments to the Con.
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Resolutions proposing Amendments to the Cons
! stitution of the Commonwealth. NJ ---.
SECTION l. Resolved by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Penn
| sylvania in General Assembly met, that the fol-
! lowing amendments be, and the same are hereby
! proposed to the Constitution of the Common
| wealth, under and in accordance with the ,prov-
sions of the tenth article thereof, to wit 80
/ PROPOSITION l, TO BE ARTICLE xI,.
SEC. l. The aggregate amaut of debt hereafter
| contracted by the Commonwealth shall not ex-
! ceed the sum of five hundred thousand dollars. ex-
! cept in case of to repel invasion suppress in
| surrection, or to restore the public debt of the
| Commonwealth, and the money so raised shall bs
| applied to the purpose for which the debt may
be contracted, or pay such debts, and to other
! purpose.
SEC. ?. To pay the public debt of the Com
monwealth, and debts which may hereafter be
contracted in of war to repel invasion, sup
press insurrecton, and to redeem the public debt
the Legislature shall at their next session after the
adoption of this section into the Constitution pro-
vided by law for the creation of sinking fund,
which shall not be abolished till the said public
debt be wholly paid. to consist of all the net an
nual income from the public works and stocks
owned by the Commonwealth, any other funis
arising under any revenue law now existing or
that may be hereafter enacted, far as the same
may be required to pay the interest of said debts
semi-annually, and annually TO reduce the prnci-
pal Thereon by a sum not less Jnail nNe nunuTed
thousand dollars, increase d yearly by compound
ing at rate of not less than FIVE per ceutum per
annum the said sinking fund shall be invested
in the loans of the Commonwealth, which shal
be cancelled from time to time in manner to le
provided by law; no portion of the sinking fund
! shall ever be applied to the payment of the det
of five hundred thousand dollars mentioned in tle
first section of this article. but the said snlziTg
fund shall be applied only to the purposes heren
specified;
| SEC g. The credit of the Commonwealth shal
not in any way be given or loaned to or in aid Df
any individual, company, corporation, or assecn
! tion nor shall the Commonwealth hereafter b.
come Joint owner or stockholder in any company
association or corporation in the Commonwealth
or elsewhere. formed for any purposes. II
SEC. 4. The Commonwealth shall never %
! sumo the debts of any county, city, boroughor
township, or of any corporation association,
unless such debts shall have been contracted to
repel invasion, suppress insurrectOn, to defnd
| the State in .~,-.
PROPOSITION 2. TO ARTICLE NJ.
Prohibiting Municipal Subscriptions. r.
The Legislature shall never authorize any coin9
ty city, borough or township, by vote of its iti-
zens or otherwise, to become stockholder many
joint stock company, association OF corporation,
or to raise money for, or loan its credit to, in
aid of any such company or association.
+. B. CHASE.
Speaker of the House of Representatives
NJ. McCASLIH,
Speaker of the Senate
In Senate, April %, 1854
Resolved, That this resolution pass. Yeas p,
nays 5. Extract from the Journal.
ia. MAGUIRE. Clerh
In the House Of Reps, April 81, Is5i
Resolved. That this resolution pass. Yeas 2
nays 20. Extract from the Journal.
VIM. JACK, Clek.
Secy's. Office, filed April %, 1854
~
Secretary of the Commonwealth
PENNSYLVANIA, IS:
SEcRETARY's OFFICE.
Harrisburg, July / 1854, ! /
do certify that the above and fcre-
SEAL. going is true and correct copy ofhe
--' original So Resolution relative to an
amendment of the Constitution" the same e
mains on file in this office,
In testimony whereof I have hcreunto set ny
hand and caused to be affixed the seal of the Sc
crctary's office, the day and year above written
Ct. 4. BLACK,
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Journal of the Senate
Resolution No 562, entitled Resolution mo-
posing amendments to the Constitution Of the
Commonwealth read a third time. On the
question will the Senate agree to the tirt propo
sition, the yeas and nays were taken, agreeably
to the Constitution, and were as follows, Tiz
YEAs-Messrs. Buckalew, Darlington Darsie,
Ferguson. Foulkrod, Frick, Fry, Goodvin, Hal
deman, Hamilton, B. ID. Hamlin f. w. Hanlin,
Heister, Hogc Jamison, McClintock, -MFarland,
Piatt. Quiggle Sager, Slifer, and McCaslih, Speak
er-23.
NAYs-Messrs. Crabb, Creswell Hendricks,
Kinzer Kunkle and Skinner. r4re. 4
SO the question was determined in thea lfiirrna-
tive.
On the question, will the Senate agree to the
second proposition, the yeas and nays wefc taken
agreeaby to the Constitution, and wpre fol-
lows, viz: -
YEAs-Messrs Buckalew, Darsie, Ferguson
Foulkrod. Fry, Goodwin, Haldeman, B.. i. Ham
lin, f. W. Hamlin, Hendricks, Hester, Hege, ia
mison. Kinzer, McClintock, Mcfarland; Piatt,
NAYs-Messrs. Crabb, Crcswell, Darlington,
Hamilton. Kunkle and Skinner
So the question was determined in the afirma-
tive.
journal of the House of Representatives.
"The question recurring upon the inal passage
of the Resolution, the first proposition was agreed
to as follows, viz:
YEAs-Messrs. Abraham, Adams. Atherton,
Ball. Barton. Bower. Bigham, Boyd, BusII, Byer-
", Caldwell Calvin, Carlisle, Chamberin, Cook,
Crane, Cummins Dougherty, Davis, DE France,
Dunnng, Eckert, Edinger, Eldred, Evans, Fostor,
Frv Gallentine Gibboney, Gilmore. Gray, Groom,
Gwin. Hamilton, Hart, Herr, Hester, Hitler,
Nipple, Horn. Hummel. Hunsacker, Hunter,
Hart, Jackson, Kilgore, Knight, Laury, O4ehigh)
Linn Magee, Maguire, Mandertield, Mcconnell,
Mckee Miller, Monaghan, Montgomery, Moore,
Moser Muse. Palmer, Parke, Parmlee, Pasmore,
Patti erson, Porter, Putney, Rawlins Roberts,
Rowe, Sallade, Scott, Sidle, Simonton, Smith,
(Berks) Smith, (Crawford,) Stewart, Stockdale,
Strong, Struthers, Wheeler, Wicklefn, Wright,
Zeger. Chase, Speaker.-65.