Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1857-08-12
BY AUTHORITY.
Id DESoLUTIoN PROPOSING AMEND
HI MENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

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Id ESOLUTIoN PROPOSING AMEND.
H MENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
OF THE COMMONWEALTH
Resolred. 6v the Senate and House of Repyese,,
tsf'ces of TIC ComDsonloealM Of Psh'isylra"ta, ih
General Asseaabty met: That the following amend
ments proposed to the constitution of the com
monwealth, in accordance with the provisions of
the tenth article thereof.
FIRST AMENDMENT
There shall be additional article to said con-
stiution to be designated article eleven as fol-
lows
ARTICLE xI.
OF PUBLIC DEBTS.
SECTION 1. The State may contract debts, to sup
ply casual deficits failures in revenues to
meet expenses not otherwise provided for; but
the aggregate amount of such debts direct and
tingent, whether contracted by virtue of one or
acts of the general assembly. at different
periods of time shall never exceed seven hundred
and fifty thousand dollars and the money arising
from the creation of such debts, shall be applied
to the purpose for which it obtained, to re-
pay the debts contracted, and to no other pur-
pose whatever.
SECTION q In addition to the above limited pow
er the State may contract debts to repel invasion.
suppress insurrecton, defend the State in war or
to redeem the present outstanding Indebtedness of
the State; but the money arising from the con-
tracing of such debts, shall be applied to the pur-
pose for which it was raised, to repay such
debts and to no other purpose whatever.
SECTION 3. Except the debts above specified, in
sections and two of this article, debt what
Srcrrnx 10 ,ro,;aa g Co. - ,ho ,'.,,,non. as - =
present debt and any additional debt contracted
as aforesaid the legislature shall, at its first
siOn after the adoption of this amendment, create
accrninGa intcrcsf on sncb debf and appnaIiy 70
reduce The nrincinal thereof bv n spm mot less
than two hundred and ffty thousand dollars :
which sinking fund shall consist of the net annual
income of the public works from time to time own
ed by the State or the proceeds of the sale of the
same or any mart thereof and of the income or
proceeds of sale of stocks owned by the State to-
aethcr with other funds or resources. that NAV be
designated by law. The said sinking fund may be
increased, from, time TO time by assigning to it
any part of the taxes. or other revenues of the
State, not required for tn: ordinary and current
expenses of government and unless in case of war,
invasion or insurreetion, part of the said sink
ing fund shall be used or applied otherwise than
in extinguishment of the public debt, until the
amount of such debt is reduced below the sum of
five millions of dollars.
SECTION D. The credit OF the commonwealth
shall not in any manner, or event. be pledged, or
loaned to, any individual company, corporation,
or association; nor shall the commonwealth here
after become joint owner, or stakeholder, IN any
company, association. or corporation
SECTION .. The commonwealth shall not assume
the debt or any part thereof of any county. city,
borough. or township or OF any corporation, or
association unless such debt shall have been con-
tracted to enable the State to repe INVASION sup
press domestic insurrectlon, defend itself In time
any portion OF ITS present Indebtedness
SECTION a. The legislature snail not authorize
any county, city, borough; township or incorpora-
TED dlstri:t, oy virtue OF vote OF It's cuZchs, or
otherwise 10 become astocknoider IN any comPa-
ny association or corporation; or to obtain money
tor or loan ITS credit to, any corporation, associa
ton. institution. or party
SECOND AMENDMENT.
There shall be an additional article to said con-
stitution to be designated az article Kill as fol-
lows :
ARTICLE XII.
OF NEW COUNTIES.
No county shall be divided by line cutting off
over onc-tenth of its population, either to form
new county or otherwise without the express as
sent of such county by vote of the electors there
of; nor shall any new county be esta bis she'd con-
tanning less than four hundred square miles
TuIRD auENDNEN-r
From section two of the frst article of the con.
stitution strike ont tho words ofthe citv OF Phi-
e. a, % I M o,5
P6fIaleloh;a mi ofthe seneraI con,ties - from
section seven. same article strike out the words
..e,tb.r tLe ria, of PL,Z,J,Z,L,a z,oy 1,,,, and
insert in };en tSereof The wopds sa,,d ,,a and
strike out section four same article and in lieu
thoreof insert the following
SECTION t. In the year one thousand light hun
dred and sixtv-four and in every seventh wear
thereafter representatiyes to the number of one
hundred. shall be apportioned and distributed
portion to the number of taxable inbabitants in
the several parts thereof: except that any county
containing at least three thousand five hundred
taxabies may be allowed separate representa-
ton: but no more than three counties shall be
Joined, and no county shall be divided in the for
nation of n district Anv citv eontainino n sniff
cicpt number of taxables TO entitle il 10 at least
sentation ASSIGNED il and shall be divided into
districts of contiyuous territory of
equal taxabIc nonuIation ms near rs NAV he each
of which lstrictr shall elect one renreScntat;,,e
At the end of scction seven same article. insert
these words Ihc ~, ot. Ih,IadeI,b;z nm he ~;
,iIeJ ,nta s;,,ois S@,Ia,;aI Iistric,s oT couti-
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