Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-09-18
LEWISBURG CHRONICLE WEST BRANCH FARMER SEPT 49, 1857
RESOLUTION
nROPOSTNG Amendments TO the Constitl
iion Of the Commonwealth.

RESOLUTION
nROPOSING Amendments TO the Constilu-
iion Of the Commonwealth.
Reso'pd lie Senate and Holse If Representation Of he
Com Of Itnnyyirdnd General AsemHy net,
sttuton Of the in accordance with the
provisions OF the tenth article thereof
FIRST AMESDMss1
There shall be an additional article to said
to be dcsisnated rs article eleven, as folloSs
ARTICLE x
OF PUBLIC DEBTS.
SECTION l. The state may contract debts, to supply
causa deficits failures in To meet Npenses
otherwise provided but the aggregate amount II
such debts direct and contingent whether contracted by
virtue of acts of the general assembly or At
different periods OF time shall exceed seven hundred
and y thousand doilnrsand the money arising from the
creation Of such debts shall he applied to the purror for
which it obtained repay the debts oou;rae
and IN other purpose whatever
2. In addition to the above limited power, the
state ontac debts to repcl INVASION suppress in-ur
rccon defend the state in 10 resm the present
outstanding Indebtedness of the state but thr money
arising from the contraction Of such debts shall be pied
to the purpose for which il raised to repay such
debts, and TO no other purpose whatever.
SECTION J. Except the debts above specified in sertinns
and of this article, debt whatever shall be crea
ted by on behalf of the state.
SECTION J. To provide for the payment Of the present
debt and additional debt contracted aforsai the
legislature shall at its first session after the adoon o
this amendment. create siukins fund, which shall be
annually to reduce the principal thereof by sum not less
than ndrd and fty thousand dollars which SIN
king fund hall consist of the net annual income oil the
public time time owned 10y the state, or
the proceeds Of the sale of the part thereof!
and the income proceeds of sale Of stocks owned by
state together with other funds that
bc designated by law. The said sinking fund may be
increased from time to time by assigning to it any part
OF the other of the state not required
for the ordinary ard current OF governments
and unless in case Of war, invason or nsurrccton no
part Of the said sinking fund shall be used applied
Otherwise than in sxtnguishment of the public dett
until the amount Of such debt Is reduced below the
OF five millions of dollars.
5. The credit of the commonwealth shall not in
any manner event be pledged loaned to inis
ual, company, corporation association, nor shall the
hereafter become joint owner stock
holder 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 Of any corporation association unless such
dcbt shall have been to enable the state to rep
invasion, suppress domestic nsurrecton d.ud itself in
war. the satr the discharge any
portion of its present Indebtedness.
SEc1IoS :. The Legislature shall not authorize any
county city, borough township, or incorporated district
by virtue Of vote Of its citizens ohrrwr to t-rune
sockhoder in company, association corporation,
to obtain money for loan its credit To any corporations
association, institution or party.
SECOND AMENDMENT.
There shall an additional article said constitution
to be designated as article eleven, follows:
ARTICLE XII.
OF NEW COUNTIES
No county shall be- divided by n line cutting OF
t-uth Of its population, feher to form county
otherwise without the express assent of such county
ty a Of the electors thereof: shall any
county be established containing less than hundred
square miles
THIRD AMENDMENT.
From section two Of the first article Of the constitution
strike the words, "cf the ey Of Phi aphit amt ef
sach county rerecfreiy; from section fve article
the words of Ihiiod,phI and If n, scrsru
counes from section seven same article STRIKE out the
EiS c,.g of and
insert lieu thereof the words and AMI strike
section four, article, and in lieu thereof insert the
following:
"SrcrIoy 1. In the year thousand eight hundred
and sixtyfour and in every seventh year thereafter
representatives. the number of hundred shall be
apporoned and distributed equally throughout the state
by districts in proportion to the number u inab
ans the parts thereof excerpt that any county
,ntainin. at least three hundred taxabics
may - allowed a separate reyrrscn ntaton; but
than three counties shai he joined and county shall
he divided In the formation Of district Any city
timing sufficient number Of taxable, to pttle it
least representatives shall have separate represcn
assigned it. and shall lee divided into
districts Of contiguous territory, f.qua taxable popua
be, each Of hch districts shall elect
r'rrr sentative"
At the end Of section seven article insert these
words .s city IF Fhiadpha haH bs dtrided singl,
s,ntor districts of contiguous t,7ory neaTiy iua
ia t,ohs popn'oton as rosshs IHt no icdTd shalt be
dirit,d an The formation thereoE'
The legislature at its first session after the adoption Of
this amendment shall divide the city Of Philadelphia into
senatorial and the above
prtyi.d such districts remain unchanged until
apIoriionnent in the year thousand eight hundred
anJ sixty four.
sNKsnss>~
There shall he additional section to the first article
Of said constitution, which shall be numbered and read
follows:
To be Section xxvI, Artici,
The Legislature shall have the power to alter revoke
annuI any charter of hereafter conferred by
under special general law, Whenever in their
opinion il he injurious to the citizens Of the
in such manner, however, that injustice
shall be done to the corporators.
In SENATE. !
March -. 1851
E.so'r,d That this resolution pass The first amend
yeas -, I. On the second m.ndmcnt, yeas
-. nays On the third amendment. yeas ~, nays
On the fourth anne ndmcnt. yeas -, uays 1.
GEO W. HAMERsLEY, Clerk
In House REPREsESTtTIvEs.
April ~, lS5.
R,sore That this resolution pass. On the first amend
mcnt yeas IS. Il. on the second amendment,
81, nays On the third mendment, yras =. nays "a
and the fourth amendment, yeas SO, nays I.
Extract from the Journal:
JACOB ZIEGLER, Clerk
sf'''1has,. rls4 m.y G.,'ssi 5, 1857. CURTIN.
S.cretrry Of Hs Commonwealth.
SEcRETArr's OFFICE |
HARRISBURG, June - 1857. |
| Pspnsy'ronia, SS:
correct copy Of the original Resoution relative
Amendment of the Constitution the same remain,
on file in this Office.
! Il In testimony whereof. have hereunto set my