Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-09-05
RESOLUTION
Amendments to the Constitu
ton Of the Commonwealth.

II DROPOSING amendments 10 the COnSutu-
ton Of the Commonwealth.
RssorsdJys enrss and House Of Representatives. oft's
Commonwealth of TsnHsyIrdaia General -SSemiy met,
That the following udments proposed To the Con
sttution Of the Commonwealth in accordance with the
provisions of the tenth article thereof
FIRST AMENDMENT.
There shall he an additional article said constitution,
to be desisnated article eleven, as follows:
ARTICLE
OF PUBLIC DEBTS.
SECTION l. The state may contract debts, to supply
deficits failures to meet
otherwise provided for but the aggregate amount Of
snc debts direct and contingent whether contracted by
virtue of acts of the general assembly or at
different periods of time shall exceed seven hundred
thousand dollars and the arising from the
such debts shs, te applied to the purpose for
which 1t obtained repay the debts contracted
and To other purpose whatever.
.. In addition to the above limited power, the
state contract debts to rcPel invasion suppress nsur
rection defend the state in to redeem the present
outstanding Indebtedness of the state hut the money
arising from the contraction of such debts shall he applied
the purpose for which il raised to repay such
debts and to no other purpose whatever.
SECTION 3 Except the debts above specified in sections
and of this article debt whatever shall be
ted 10y behalf of the state.
l. To provide the payment of the present
de ht and additional debt contracted aforesaid the
legislature shall Mt its first session after the adoption Of
this amendment, create sinking fund which shall be
sufficient to pay the accruing interest such debt and
annually TO reduce the principal thereof by not less
than two hundred and tfv thou dollars which sin
king fund shall consist OF the net annual income OF the
public works. from time 10 time owned hy the state,
the proceeds of the sale of the part thereof
and OF the income proceeds Of sale If stock owned by
the state together with other that
he designated by law. The said sinking fund may te
increased from time to time by assigning to IT part
of the other of the state, not required
for the ordinary and current of government
and unless in case OF war; INVASION or insurrecton no
part Of the said sinking shall be used applied
otherwise than in estinguishment of the public debt
until the amount Of such debt reduced below the
Of five millions of dollars.
s. Tlr credit of the shall not in
manner event I've pledged loaned indivi
ual, company corporation, or association; shall the
commonwealth hereafter become joint owner or stock
hpII.r in any conp,ny, as ssociatou or corporatlop
SECTION g. The commonwealth shall not assume the
debt part thereof of any county city, borough
township. Of corporation association unless such
dp shall have been contracted to cna Bile the state to rep
invasion suppress domestic defend itself in
time of assist the in the discharge Of any
portion of its present Indebtedness.
SECTICS I. The legislature shall not authorize auy
county. city, borough, township, incorporated district
by virtue Of vote Of its citizens otherwise, % become
toclhorr any company, corporation
obtain money for Joan its credit any corporation
association, institution or party.
SECOND aNEypnrNr
There shall article said constitution
to be designated as article eleven, a- follows:
OF NEW COUNTIES
No county shall b, divided by line cutting off over
t"nth of its population, (ei'her form
otherwise without the express such county
by vote Of the electors Thereof: nor shall any new
county m established containing less than four hundred
81 ,Iuare miles.
THIRD AMENDMENT.
From section two of the first article the constitution
strike out the words f the city Of Phi ddeh,, AMI If
zach county rsslsctirsy from section five same article
strike out tine words of Ihadptia and cf the screrrl
c0ticS from section article. strik. the
words neitrr The cl f P..I.eSrfpnia. nor ann" and
-rt In neu thereof tie words and no and strike ont
section four, article and in lieu thereof insert the
following:
y,. H.,
and sxtyfour and in every seventh year thereafter
representatives the number of one hundred shall he
appo.tonsd and distributed equally throughout tn"
by districts in proportion to the number iuab
ant in the several parts thereof except any county
at least three thousand five hundred taxables
l allowed n separate representation: but no NOR.
than three counties shall be joined and county shall
be divided in the formation "f district ANY cv con
tanning sufficient number of taxables ente il to at
least two shall have separate represen
taon assigned it and shall be divided into convenient
districts of contiguous territory equal xabe popu
on rs near may be- each of which districts shall
Dne representative"
At the end of section article insert hesc
words ..rhe city # Fpha saE be dirded into sipq,
adtoridl DISTRICTS of contiquous trory as psgrIy .i
in tITnbie population flssibLs Jt icdTd shall be
i'rsed IA the formation thersef'
The legislature at its first session the adoption of
this amendment shall divide the city Phi adelpha into
enatorai and dis above
provided; such districts remain unchanged until the
'pportionment i'll the one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-fOur.
FOURTH AMENDMENT.
To be Src,ioa XVI Irticre l.
The legislature shall have the power alter revoke or
tnnu charter of incorporation y
1r under any general special law whenever in their
opinion it may be injurious the citizens Of the COM
in such manner, however, that injustice
shall be done to the corporators.
Is SENATE. I
April q. 1856 I
Rssors That this resolution pass the first amend
nent yeas -. nays ). on the amendment yras
-, nays t. On the thiri amendment, yeas 2s nays /.
m n
Extract from the Journal:
THOMAS A. MAGUIRE, Clerl.
IL House REPRrsExr,1IyEsI
April 81. 1856 !
Fesored That this resolution pass On the first amend
ment yeas -, ~. On the second amendment yeas
b nays % On the third amendment, yeas ~ nays %
md on the fourth amendment, yeas 60, nays l6
Extract from the Journal:
WILLIAM JACK, Clerk
Secretary Of The tommoRr.alth
SEcnrr,rYs OFFICE.
HAREIsBrEG, j. une q, 1856 /
Psnnsy7rania, SIS:
10 certify that the above and foregoing true and
copy of original sResolution relative TO an
Amendment of the Constitution the remains |
III file in this office.
O. In testimony whereof, have hereunto set my
L. hand and caused to be affixed the seal Of the
- Secretary Office the day and above written
A. q. CURTIN.
Secretary Of TIE Comaon,reaHh
Is SENATE,
April 81, lS56. /
Resolution proposing amendments to the Constitution
# the Commonwealth, being under consideration,
On the question,
Will the Senate agree to the first amendment,
The yeas and taken agreeaby to the provis
ions of the Constitution. and Were : follow, viz;
fE.s-Messrs. Browne, Buckalrw. Cressweli, Evans /
Ferguson, Flenniken. iiose, Ingram, Jamson. Knox,
laubach, Lewis, MClintock, Price; Sellers. Shuman
souther. Straub, Taggart Walton, Welsh, Wherry Will |
kins and Piatt (Spcdkr)-2+
N,Ys-Messrs Crabb, Gregg, jordan, Mellinger, and
Pratt.
So the question was determined in the affirmative.
On the question.