Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1857-08-19
FIRST AMENDMENT.

FIRST AMENDMENT
There shall be an additional article 10 said con
stitutlon to be designated article eleven, fol
ARTICLE M
OF PUBLIC DEBTS.
SECTION l. The State may contract debts. TO sun
ply casual deficits or failures in revenues, or to
meet expenses not otherwise provided for: but
the aggregate amount of such debts direct and
tnSent, whether contracted by virtue of one or
more acts of the general assembly. at different
periods of time shall never exceed seven hundred
i and fifty thousand dollars, and the money arising
from the creation of such debts, shall be applied
to the purpose for which it was obtained or to re-
pay the debts SO contracted, and to other pur-
! pose whatever.
! SEcTToS2. In addition to the above limited pow
er, the State may contract debts repcl Invasion
suppress insurrcction, defend the State in war or
to redeem the present outstanding Indebtedness of
the State; but the money arising from the con-
tracting 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 one and two of this article debt what
ever shall be created by, behalf of the State
| Section J. To provide for the payment Of the
present debt. and any additional debt contracted
as aforesaid, the Legislature SHALL at its first scs-
slOn- 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 fifty 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, the proceeds of the sale of the
same, or any part thereof, and of the income or
proceeds of sale of stocks owned by the State to-
gether with other funds, resources, that may 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 the ordinary and current
expenses of government, and unless in of war.
invasion insurrectiOn no part of the said sink
ing fund shall be used or applied otherwise than
IN extiDguishment of the public debt, until the
amount of such debt is reduced below the sum of
five millions of dollars.
SECTION ,. The credit of the commonwealth
shall not in any manner, 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 q. The commonwealth shall not assume
the debt or any part thereof, of any county, city
borough or township; or of any corporation,
association; unless such debt shall have been
tracted to enable the State to repe invasion, sup
press domestic insurreeton, defend itself in time
of war, to assist the State in the discharge of
any portion of its present Indebtedness
SECTION Z. The legislature shall not authorize
any county, city, borough, township. or incorpora
ted district by virtue of vote of its citizens. or
otherwise, to become a stakeholder in any compa-
ny. association, corporation; to obtain money
for, or loan its credit to- any corporation, assoca
ton, Institution, or party.
SECOND AMENDMENT
There shall be an additional article to said CON
stitution, to be designated article XII, fol-
lows
l.
OF NEW COUNTIES.
No county shall be divided by line cutting off
over one-tenth of its population, either 10 form
new county or otherwise1 without the express
sent of such county, by vote of the electors there
of; nor shall any county be established. con-
tanning less than four hundred square miles
THIRD AMENDMENT
From section two of the first article of the con
stitution strike the words .'orkhe citg Of PHI
kaaekptta, csJtd Of each c0uuty ceL - from
section five, article, strike the words, ..0f
ggtg Il
section seycn same article, strike out the words.
''ne,tter the ctty Of PhHaietphtu nor any" and
insert in lieu thereof the words, ant no - and
strike out section four. article, and in lieu
thoreof insert the following
SECTION 1. In the year one thousand eight hun
dred and sixty-four and in every seventh year
thereafter, representatives to the number of one
hundred, shall be apportoned and distributed
equally, throughout the state, by districts in pro-
portion to the number of taxable inhabitants in |
the several parts thereof; except that any county
containing ut least three thousand five hundred |
taXables, 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 Any city containing Sufi- |
cient number of tayables TO entitle it to at least
two representatives, shall have separate repre-
sentatIon assigned it, and shall be divided into |
convenient districts of contiguous territory, of |
equal taxable population as near may be. each |
of which districts shall elect representative
At the end of section seven, same article insert |
these words. hte city Of PhkudciltIH StHiI he d.
rtac1 INTO single soiat9y1ak ats8rictS, IF coHtiu
ous terttory nearly cg,lak tqra5ie populafioD
rs possible; Jtt qrlr& shall be dtUiaeL ilI uls |
f0Tmaffou Mercot.'i
The legislature, at its first session, after the a.
dopton of this amendment, shall divide the city
OF Philadelphia into senatorial and representative
districts, in the manner above provided such dis
trietS to remain unchanged until the apportion-
mcnt IN the year one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-fOur.
FOURTH AMENDMENT.
There shall be an additional section to the first
article of said constitution, which shall be mum
bered and read as follows:
SECTION eG. The legislature shall have the pow
er to alter revoke. annul any charter of incor-
poration hereafter conferred by, or under, any
special or general law, whenever in their opinion
1t may be injurious to the citizens OF the common
wealth; in such manner however, that no iEjus-
tice shall be done TO the corporators
In SENATE, March 81 1857.
ResoiCcd, That this resolution pass. On the
first amendment, yeas 81, nays Z on the second
amendment, yeas %, nays S on the third amend
yeas %, nays t.
Extract from the journal
GEO. ". HAMERSLY, Clerk
In THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Agrii %, 1857.
RcsoireI, That this resolution pass On the
first amendment, yeas IS, nays Il on the second
amendment, yeas 81, nays 3 L; the third amend
ment yeas Y, nays %; on the fourth amendment
yeas So, nays Z.
Extract from the Journal
JACOB ZEIG LER. Clerk.
Filed in the Secretary S office, May p 1857