The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-07-15
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OF pIIRIJC DEBTS.

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SEC I. The state may contract debts, TO
suppIy casual deficits or failures in revenues,
or % meet expenses not Otherwise provided
Tor: but the aggregate amount oil such debts
direct and contingent, whether con 'racted by
yii,ue OF one or more acts OF the generaI us.
sembly, or at different periods ot time, shall
never exceed seven hundred and fifty thou
saud dollars, and the money arising from The
creation of such debts, shall be applied 10
the pprpose for which il was obtained, or 10
repay the debts so contracted, and 10 no other
purpose whatever :.
SIC. 2. In addition 10 the above limited
mower the state may contract debts 10 rePel
invasion, suppress insurrecllon, defend the
state in war, or 10 redeem The present out
landing Indebtedness OF the state; bu the
money arising from the contracting Of such
debts, shall be applied 10 the purpose Tor
which II was raised, or TO repay such debts,
aud 10 no other purpose whatever.
SEC. 3. Eycep, The bits above specified
in sections one and Two OF this article, no
debt whatever shall he created by, or on be-
half of the State.
Src. 4. To provide for the payment of
the present debt, ard any additional debt
contracted as aforesaid, the legislature shall,
al its first session, after the adoption OF this
amendment, create sinking fund, which
shall be sufficient to pay the accrulns inter
ost on such debt, and annually 10 reduce The
principal thereof by a sum not less than two
hundred aud fifty thousand dollars: which
sinking fund shall consist OF the ne annual in
come OF The public works, from time 10 time
owned by The state, or the proceeds OF the
tale of The same, or any pah thereof, and
al The income or proceeds ol sale oil stocks
owned by The stale, together with other
funds, OF resources, that may be designated
by law. The said sinking fund may be in
creased, from time 10 time, by assigning TO
il any part of The taxes, or other revenues oil
the State, not required for the ordinary and
current expenses of government, and unless
in case of war, invasion or insurreciIon, no
part OF said sinking fund shal be used or
applied otherwise than in extingulshment OF
the public debt, until the amonn: oil such
debt is reduced below the sum OF live mil
lions Of dollars.
SEC S. The credit Of the commonwealth
shall not in any manner, or event, he pledg-
ed or loaned to, any individual, company,
corporation, or association; nor shall tbe
commonwealth hereafter become Joint
owner, or sloekholder, in any company, as
socalior, or corporation.
SIC. 6. The commonwealth shall not as
sumo the debt, or any part Thereof, OF any
county, city, borough, or township; or oil any
corporation, or association; unless snch deot
shall have been contracted TO enable the (
Mate to repel invasion, suppress domestic |
defend itself in time oil war, or |
10 assist the slate in The discharge oil any
portion of lis present Indebtedness,
SEC 7. The Legislature shall not authorize !
any county, city, borough, township, or in'
corporation district, by virtue oil vote oi It's |
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holder in any company, association, or cor |
pora,ion; or 10 obtain money Tor, or loan lis
credit to, any corporation, association, insti-
lulion, or parry.
sEeoHD AMESDMRNT.
There shaii be AN nddurousl article TO taid
10 be designated as ar'clc MI,
AS follows:
ARTICLE XII.
OF NEW COUNTIES.
No-counly shall be divided by line cut
ting OF over Que tenth oil lis population, (euh-
er 10 form a new county or otherwise,) with
oul the express assent of such county, by a
vote of the electors thereof; nor shall any
new county be established, containing less
than four hundred square miles.
THIRD AMENDMEET.
From section lu of The first article Of the
constitution, strike out the words, ''of ihe city
of Philadelphia, and of each county respec-
iiyely;n from section FIVE, same article,
strike out The words, sol Philadelphia and OF
The several countess from section seven,
same article, strike oui the words, "neiiher
the city of Philadelphia nor any," and insert
in lieu thereof the words, ''anl no." aud
strike out ''seciion four, same alticle," and in
lieu thereof iusert the following:
"SEc. 4 In The year onethousand eight hun
drcd and sixly.four, and IN every seventh
wear thereafter, representatives 10 the num-
Der of one hundred, shall be apporoned and
distributed equally, throughout The STATE, by
districts, in proportion TO The number OF TAX
able inhabitants in The several parts thereof
except ;ha, any county containing at least
three ,housurd Eve hundred iaxabies, may
be allowed a separate representation; but no
more than three cour!iss shall be joined, and !
no county shall be divided, in the formation |
OF district Any city containing sufiici' !
ent number OF laxabies 10 enti;e 1t TO al !
least Two representatives, shall have sepa- !
rate representation assigned il, and shall be |
divided into convenient districts of conigu-
ous territory, OF equal taxable population as !
near as may be, each OF which districts |
shall elect one representative"
At the end Of section seven, same article, |
insert these words, 'lhe city oil Philadelphia |
shall be divided into single senatorial dis
,ricls, of contiguous territory as nearly equal !
in taxable population as possible; but no
ward shall pe divided IN The formation there
of.n
The legislature, al lis first session, after
The adoption oil this amendment, shall di-
vide The city of Philadelphia into senatorial
and Representative districts, in The manner
above provided; such districts to remain un-
changed until The apponionmen, IN the year
one thousand eight hundred and sixy-fon:.
FOURTH AMENDMENT.
There shall be an additional section TO the
first atllcle of said constitution, which shall
be numbered and read as follows:
SEC. 90. The Legislature shall have the
mower 10 afer, revoke, or annul, any charter
of incorporation hereafter conferred by, or
under, any special, o, general law, whenev-
e. in their opinion il may be injurious to The
cilizeus of the commonwealth; IN such man.
ner, however, that no injustice shall be done
to The corporators.
In Senate March 81, 1857.
Kesotrcd, That this resolution pass. On The
first amendment, yeas "a, nays 7; on The
second amendment yeas 23 nsvs 8: ou The