Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-10-02

RESOLUTION

RESOLUTION .f
PROPOSING Amendments TO the Consti,u-
tion of the Commonwealth
Re,o,rcd bye nas and House Of cfMe
Commonwealth Of feRnsyirasia in General AsemHy 'ef
That tho following are propo.sd 10 ". con
stitution Of the Commonwealth N aeeofasnce Win 'ne
provisions Of the tenth article thereo6
FIRST AMENDMENT.
There shall be additional article TO said constitution,
to be desisnst-d a. article eleven, - follows;
or PUBLIC DEBTS.
SECTION l. The state may contract debts, to supply
causal deficits failures In to meet expenses
otherwise provided for but the Aggregate o
such debts direct and contingent whether by
virtue acts Of the general assembly, or ~
different periods time shall exceed hundred
and y dollars the money arising from the
creation Of such debts shall be applied 10 the purpose for
which obtained or to repay the debts so Contracted
and to other purpose whatever
SECTION 2. In addition the above limited power the
contract debts TO repel suppress
reeon defend the state in to redeem the present
outstanding indebtedness Of the state. but the money
arising from the contraction ofsuch debts shall be applied
to the purpose for which it rae or to repay sueh
debts and to no other purpose Whatever
SECTION g. Excerpt the debts above specified In sections
and Of this article debt whatever shall bc crea-
ted by behalf of the state
sEcrroy4 To provide for the payment Of the present
debt additional debt contracted aforesaid the
legislature SHALL at its first session after the ndon OF
this amendment create sinking fund, which shall pe
annually reduce the principal thereof by sum not less
than hundred and nifty thousand dollars; which SIN
King fund hall consist Of the net annual ineom. OF 'e
public works. time to time owned by the state, or
the proceeds OF the sale OF the same or any part thereof
and OF the Income proceeds Of sale Of stocks owned by
the state together wh other funds resources that may
be designated by Law. The said sinking fund may he
increased from time to time by assigning to 1t any part
for the ordinary and current expenses Of government:
and unless In Of invasion, or iusurrecton no
part Of the said sinking fund shall be used or applied
otherwise than in extinguishment Of the public debt
until the OF such debt Is reduced below the sum
Of five millions Of dollars.
S. The credit of the commonwealth shall not in
any manner event be pledged or loaned TO indivt
ual, company, corporation association shall the
commonwealth hereafter become joint stock
holder in any company, association corporation.
SECTION O. The common wealth shall not assume the
debt any part thereof Of county city borough or
or Of any corporation or association unless such
debt shall have been contracted TO enable the state to epe
suppress domestic insurrecton, defend itself in
time Of to assist the state in the discharge Of any
portion of its present Indebtedness
SECTION T. The legislature shall not authorize any
county, city, borough township, incorporated district
by virtue Of vote of its citizens otherwise 10 become
tockbodcr in company association or corporation or
obtain for loan its credit to any corporation,
association, institution or party.
SECOND AMENDMENT.
There shall additional article to said constitution
to be designated article eleven, - follows:
ARTICLE III.
OF NEW COUNTIES
No county sliall b. divided by line cutting on over
tenth Of its population, (eher to form county
otherwise without the express assent Of such county
by a Of the electors thereof; shall any
county be established containing less than four hundred
square miles
THIRD AMENDMENT.
From section two Of the first article Of the constitution,
strike out the words, % the city Of IhtddehE,, and #
each county resecreiy from section five, article,
strike the words, of Ihrdhid and cf TIE sererai
coun" " from section article strike the
words, neither the c,.y Of Philadelphia, any" and
lieu thereof the xords and strike
section four article and in lieu thereof insert the
following:
and four, and In seventh thereafter,
representatives the number Of hundred shall BE-
aportione and distributed equally throughout the
by districts in proportion to the number nhab
ants in the parts thereof that say county
containing At least three thousand five hundred taxables
may he allowed . separate representation but more
than three counties shall he joined and county shall
lie divided, in the formation n district Any city
tanning suirent number Of ssables entitle at
shall have separate rrpresen
tation assigned It. and shall be divided into
districts Of contiguous territory Of equal taxable popu
be, each Of which districts shall elect
one representative"
At the section sevcn sau,s article insert
words .s city ef Philadelphia shall b. dried into sng'e
senatorial d,trcts Of contiguous rrory neary equui
in tazob'e population ysste but sOard shall be
d,rided in lte formation thereof"
The legislature its first session after the adoption of
this amendment shall divide the city Of Philadelphia
and districts the above
provided such districts TO remain unchanged until the
apportionment In the thousand eight hundred
and sixtyfour.
YouRsR AxrxpxEsr.
Of I m s. Suncsf.i :; ;s and read
follows:
To be Scfion XVI, AyficleI.
The legislature shall have the power to sltcr revoke
annu charter of incorporation hereafter conferred by
under any special general law whenever in their
opinion il he injurious to the citizens Of the
shall be done to the corporators
IL srsyry,
March q, ls57.5
E,sorred That this resolution pass On the frst amend
ment yeas %, nays7. Tn the second amendment yeas
%, nays s. On the third amendment, yeas u, nays l.
On the fourth amendment, yeas % nays I.
GEO W. nAMERsLEY, cle-k.
IL nousE OF RkPnEsrSrArIv.s
April ., 1857
R.solred That this resolution pass. On am-nd
ment yeas 1s T. On the second amendment, yeas
ST. nays 81. On the third ndment, yeas nays a.
and the fourth amendment, yeas SO, nays7.
-'' '''''' ' ~ JACOB zlEGLER, Clerk.
s''''isss,' Ti's s., S.''s,' 8, 1856: 40. CURTIN;
S.crefdry Of the Commonwealth.
HARRIsBuRG, J une q, 1857.
do certify that the above and foregoing true and
copy Of the original "Resouon relative to
Amendment Of the Constitution, the same remains
file in this Office.
Il In testimony whereof, have hereunto set my
L. hand and caused to be affixed the seal Of the
- Secretary Office, the day and year above written
A.G. CURTIN,
Secretary Of the C6m monreauh.
In SENATE, |
March e, 1857.
Resolution proposing amendments to the Constitution
Of the Common wealth, being under consideration,
On the question,
Will the Senate agree to the first smendmentf
The yeas and taken agreeably to the provis
ions Of the Constitution, and were as follow, viz:
YE,s-N,ssrs. Brewer Brorne CsJey Ely Erdns Fstter
Fnnien Frazer Ingram Jordon Kliin9er Knoe Laubach
Myer Sofeld iSeHers Shumdn Sterile .Nraub Welsh
wilkins Wright aud Tdagart (Speakere2l
NMs-Mssrs. trdbt Cressreu Finney Gregg Harris Pen
rose and Souther-7.
So the question determined In the afirmatixe.