Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1857-09-25
BEDFORD INQuIRER i AND CHRONIC LIE ii

BEDF0RDI |
| consist Of tle net annual income 0 tile public
works, from tsnf& u ktfe 5Mfed4s tln. state, or
the RE3Saef HUE 4elfAi< 'If III ateot,
ana ol Tue ihcolits or proeeedSpt sale Of stock
Or resources, that nlE pe designAs by laW -
The sinking falh max be iaorgaSed. ifonh as-
signing ~ i any Part ef the staN theF Ee
Nslil'es pt The stat R0t yFa Hre ior llIs arsar
E ahsl elfelt eN pelsseA of g9f aald ultr
isss lli ease o WaH ~ SAol lpn ,fnp
pft9l the sqifl Striking find sls.l lp,II4ea pr
applied otherwise than e4tiils1iahlleI ql MS
hahAc debt, unit the amount ettslih delf Is
reduced pelow the SUM @i five Milliens qi,ffst,
haas. ,t@ -.
aEaTIoN d. The areslit Of The COMMONWEALTH
ssAaiaot in any HpsnaGr, or eyrrt, be lli;g,dtQg
loaliei 10 any lueiFidaal, qr COMPANY, cggiiQf-
aIion or association; NOR shall the lonilloh-
WeaFh hereafter become 4 Joint OWNER "
steekhqiaers IN any cqInRrtEi5 ,ssspaiStip4sl or
eorrer4tiep fg fi.,.,.,a..F ,.te s.a4s fslg..4,
StcrmN o. The commonwealth shall not is
sumo the debt, or8apy rart thegeoi, q any cquii
", city. borough, ar teWHslp, of Of ang cpr-
poFation or aSSoeiati,,ns nnles4 snehgde4t shall
have been contracted to enabe the State to re-
pei invasion, AurJEess stqaaesie- nsnrrection,
defend its II in time or war, OF to assist the
state ntle discharge'of any portion OF itsjFi-
seaItia,h.tHedness. 3st So M
SEcrIbs :. The isei tturei shall not aetfhAfze
any county city, borough, township, or iue5i-
porateldistrict, by sittne Of s0te of its cfti-
Hens, 0p otherwise. 10 becomes stockhoi ltf in
any e6nlsIny, association or cdtbor,ttioa; otfro
obtain money for, orllai it's credit any cor
poration, associafioa SlfStitution ta apdits iad
,B0Gfn6 sETsEe8Nb AAFNBMRSF sl3 if
There Shall he an aefeiitionM article to SAID
constitution, to 6e designated as articl, MI, as
iolows:
ARTICLE XII a9s isa s9ilaH
OF NEW COUNTIES.
X o eeunty shll be divided NV Il lia4 cliftinr
off over one-teatli Of It's population, (eitser 10
form a new couaty 0r otherwisey y without the
express assent Of sueiI county hy vote III tile
electors thereof; nor shall any new cduiity be
established, containing ss than four hundred
square miles. ,f. lfsA 3aed
THIRD AMENDMENT.
From section twopofatlas Cess artic Of the
constitution, strike ont the woeds ..ofj tte fttg
9f P4iiafeiPhfg qAR n eaca coaaty respeetiuetg,
from section five, same articIs strike ont The
words, ef Pliladeig.ia and ot Jbe sererqI coua-
iles;' from section sever, same article, strike
ont the words, Rsfdor The citg q PaiiadeiPhiq
aor Gaigi and insert R Iicu thereof the words,
'-aaf 10; and strike OIL f'sectiQH f0af. salns
d4iciei, and iu len thereof insert the following
..AEcrteN J. II the year one thousand eight
hundicd ana siXty-tours aud IN every seventh
Scar thereafter, representatives 70 the numbef
OF one lRndret, shall BE- apportioned and lis
tribuJcd equally, throughout fhe 81 ltc. by dis
tricts. in proportion to tie humber Of t.Aahls
inha5itantsIn the several parts thereof; except
that any county combining 1t least three thou
sand hfe hundred taxablaS, may t. All WED
separate representation; lnt no more than three
eountes shall be iuined, and no county shall be
divided in tie iqFnaton efadistnes, Any city
containing assifilicieHt lflInisjer Of tiNRtis
entjlls II 10 al least TWO representatives., sg;dh
havea Seperate representation assigned il. aual
shall be divided into. convenient districts Of
contiguous territory. Of equal tax1bli populA-
tlon as near rs mas b., each Of which districts
shall elect one representative" .a{ te
At the erd Ct SECTION seven. sln}e article, in
Ser these words, .'fhe tiiy o. PhiiadeiDlia s8aH
BE- 3iriie3 INFO single Senatorial districts. Of coafig
'toas territory q Reesig sqpa 9E tgFptif popata-
ton possible: bHt 40 lsari shall be driie in the
formation larsof.Y FN44
The ls4s anre, at its first ssssisn, after the
adCp Cption Of this eameAsllHe,st, shall divide the
city Of Philrielfiiia iAtU seFatori,a and repre-
sentative distrets, IN the manner above ppfi7
dsdi such districts To remain unchanged llrtA
the appprtonment in the year oHe IhouSlud
eight hundred AMI sixty-iour.
foCRTH AMENDMENT.
There shall be an additional section 10 t.ie
first ',ricL, q. said constitution, which shall he
numberet' and read as tcil ,ws:
SEcrioy @e The legislltirc shan have the
power 70 alter, rcYokc on apnuL ..py charter pf
Incorporation hereafter couierFed bv, or under
any Special, Og general ljw, Whenever in their
opinion il may D.; injurious - ihe ctixgiis OF
the COMMONWEALTH; in such mlnuer, however,
that 20 injGslce sili be done 10 the eprpgr,tprs-
Aud Whereas, il is provided, in tie tentl r.
ticlt of THE @ ,uStitutinn, that ary aincn Intent
81, agreed upon sil iie silmitteiltp the p;6-
pI. in such manner auf Al such tim, IS, IL least
turee months after heing agreed - l.y the
Houses, as the Leg>l ttarc shall prsscrioi'.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it known. by. an
Act Of ylte Lcaislttu-e OF this C.,mHlonwralte
eutjilod 'AR Act Prescribing the 1lv,e anl
Manner Of Submitting u the People, for 'beir
Ratification OF Reisction the proposed Amend
uI,.9ts 10 the Constitution app rs'Fed May
twelltil AlnF5 Dotnini ieie thiasant eight iillaA
red aJlllfiIly Seyen, IL IL pfoYislei f,ai Us,
to %t4sI u A84A 8t8as@4 4St aAL )
Srcr1oxI. That, .1ar tt&lp&rpose Of a<cer-
taiia II te se1se Of tiir eft 1eils of this Gtp'-
moNwealtI In rrg1rI 10 the adoption orreftcti0a
of said AmcudmcntS, or either 0! them, the
Govcruai of this COMMONWEALTH shan iSSns 4
writ of election directed - the Sheriff ot each
and every County OF tiiis Gbuimohweattn. com
mandag thenls toaglEes notleegia the usual ,aAn
her. IL nSif sss tffin hy6 news fapefs III ehch
County (yroy ided that - many are published
therein,} lbd. an el.ettoa will ba held az eacl,
of tire townships walslS and districts ,hB'Tcln,
on the SECOND Tuesday of 0ctoler, in the yHar
at eur Lord one Thousand eight haatred aud
h.ty-Sryin, for the purpose Vf deciding upon
the adoption or rel ;cti9R Of the slht Amend-
liients- ur any uf. tbnm; which said elsctiVn SHALL
I've hsl tat the pl ICES. and opeBeI apd ellssd at
the time NJ and within whih the General III &c
.tion of tins comm lhonwcalth are hell, epeue and
closed; and il shall DC the duty 0l tlH' Judges.
inspectors and Clerks uf each Of said Town
ships wards and districts, receive at tho sait
election, tickets, either written or ilin ed, OF
partly written anl partly priated, igum eitlzgps !
dulv qualified TO vote for N eiabags Ut the Gau-
eral Assembly, and to deposit them in box or
boxes tu be- for that purpose provided by the
proper officers; which tickets shall he rsSpec-
lively llLciltd on the outsides ''First AmeHa7
ment = ,.Secand Amendment, = ssThrd Amend
mynf." ana s.Fourth Amendment" !" aud those /
who are firoiabl. to said AmenlmentS 0r any
&c them. may express their desire by voting
each Az mary separate written or prnLedi or
partlr written or printed tickets, containing on
fb, nsid. thereof the words "For the A.
mundments," and those opposed to such
Amendments or any of them, may express
thcif opposition by voting each as many seper-
ate written or printed ballots or iiclSetS- con-
tainiug on the inside thereof the words, IA