Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-10-16
RESOLUTION
PROPOSING Amendments to the Constitu-
tipn of the Commonwealth.

nROPOSING Amendments TO the Consitu-
tipn of the Commonwealth.
N, S,nr, and Tus. Of of the
CoIs Of Ienasyiranid General Assembiy met
That following amendments are proposed to the CON
Of the Commonwealth in aTcordance win inc
provisions OF the tenth article thereof
YIRsr AxEsrNrST.
There shall be an srtcc to said constitution
to be designsted as article eleven, as follows:
ARTICLE VI.
OF PUBLIC DEBTS.
SECTION l. The state may contract debts, to supply
causal deficits failures to meet expenses
not otherwise provided tor but the aggrs'te
such debts and contingent whether contracted by
virtue acts of the general assembly or AT
different pc time, shall exceed seven hundred
y tousa nd dollars and the money arising IRON 'e
creation Of debts shall be applied TO the purpose for
which obtained 10 repay the debts so contraetei
and to no other purpose whatever
2 Ia addition To the above imites power, the
debts repei invasion suppress isur
defend the state in OF to re"m the present
outstanding indebtedness of the state but the money
arising the contraction of such debts shall b" applied
purpose for which II rai,i or to repay such
debts and TO no other purpose whatever.
.. Except the debts above specified in sections
and of this article debt whatever shall be ere
ted BY or behalf OF the state.
SECTION l. provide the payment of the present
debt and additional debt contracted Aforesaid the
legislature shall at its first session after the adoption o
this amendment. create suking fund, which siAi pc
sufficient to the accruny interest on such debt and
annually reduce the principal Thereof by sum not less
than hundred and ry thousand dollars which sin
fund shall consist OF the net OF tie
public works, from time 10 time owned by the state, or
the proceeds of the sale of the any part thereof
and OF the income rocces of sale Of stocks owned ny
the state together with Other funds resources that may
lie designated ty law. The said sinking fund may be
increased from time 10 time by assigning to IT any part
OF the other of the state not required
for the ordinary AID current expenses of government;
and unless in OF invasion, insurrecton no
part of the said sinking fund shall be used or applied
otherwise than in extiugushment Of the public debt
until the of such debt reduced below the sum
OF five millions Of dollars
The credit of the commonwealth shall not in
any event be pledged loaned to any ndi'd-
ual company corporation. association nor sha the
commonwealth hereafter become joint owner or stock
holder in any company, association or corporation
SECTIoS 6. The commonwealth shall not assume the
debt any part thereof of county city borough or
township of corporation association unless such
debt shall have been contracted to enable the state rcl
suppress domestic insurrecon defend itself IN
Of assist the il the discharge Of any
portion of its present indebtedness.
SECTION J. The legislature shall not authorize any
county city borough township or incorporated DISTRICT
by virtue of of its citizens oth-r~i tn tec"me
stakeholder in any company ASSOCIATION or corpraono
obtain money for loan its credit 10 any corporation,
association, institution or party.
SECOND AMENDMENT.
There shall additional article 10 said constitution,
to be designated article eleven as follows:
ARTICLE
OF NEW COUNTIES.
No county shall be divided by lire cutting OF over
tenth OF it, population, (ei'her to form new county
oherws without the assent Of such county
by a vote the electors thereof; shall any
county be estabshe containing less than four hundred
square miles.
THIRD AMENDMENT.
From section the first article Of the constitution,
strike out the woris 2 he eify Of ihiodehia' and 81
each county erectireiy from section five. same article,
strike the words. of ihdd'ia and # the s'rsr1i
counties; from section same article, strike out the
words, " neither TIE cI'y cf Philadelphia tnT Gay, and
in lieu thereof the words dHd and strike out
section four article, and in lieu thereof insert the
following:
..srCrInxi Tn tho vco- one thousnnd eirbt hundred
si=tyour. and in seventh year thereafter,
reprc ntatves, the number of hundred, shall i,
and distributed equally throu ghput the state
h districts in prororton to the number Of taxable inhah
ants the several parts thereof that county
containing at least three thousand five hundred taNabrs
may he allowed Il separate representation; but
than three counties shall be Joined. and county shall
he div dcd. in the formation Of district ANY city
taininc sufficient number Of taxabes TO entte il to at
least two representatives shall have separate represen
atinn assigned it and shall he divided into convenient
districts Of territory Of equal taxable popuia
NAV be- eneh Of which districts shall elect
representative"
At end section sevcn article insert these
words .'r, city IT T,1dpLd s7H b. dirdod int singh
senatorial dieis Of contiguous trritory soy e9ai
trrabe population as Issihe but no ra'd shall be
diri4sd IN fis formation Ner.cf,
The legislature, at its first session after the adoption Of
this shall divide the city of Philadelphia into
senatorial and trict in the above
provii.d such districts remain unchanged until tn.
apporunment in the year thousand eisbt hundred
and sixty four.
FOURTH AMENDMENT.
There shall he a, additional ssGSau 81 a taa 1 and
follows
To be Section XVI, ArticieI
The Legislature shall have the power TO alter revoke
annul any charter OF Incorporation hereafter conferred by
under special general law, whenever their
opinion it he injurious to the citizens Of the
monwcalrh in such manner. however, that injustice
shall be done to the cOrpOrators.
IL SENATE, !
March 7. 1851
Rr,olrei That this resolution pars the amend
On e.Itia lrnVf
%, 5. On the third amendment, yeas - nays T.
On til. fourth amendment, yeas Is, nays I.
Extract from the journal:
GEO W. UAMERSLEY, CerE.
IS House. OF REFRESHMENTS
April 90 1857
Rrso'r, That this resolution pass On the first am-r
IS. L. on the second amrndmcu ut.
ST. nays ~ On the third nulent. yeas nays 81
/ and the fourth amendment, yeas So, nays5.
Extract from the Journal:
JACOB ZIEGLER, Clerk.
SEcRE1ARY's OFFICE.
Filed May >, 1857 A. G. CURTIN,
S.cretdry of he Commonwealth.
SEcRETARY's OFFICE.
HARRISBURG, June -, 1857.