Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-11-21
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Of Governor his seat as Senator shall become
vacant whenever he shall become Governor, aud
In the Senate.
SEC. Is. Every bill which shall have passed
both houses shall he presented to the Governor
II he approve. he shall sign II but II he shall
not approve, he shall return II with his objec-
tions to the house In which 1t shall have origi-
mated, which house shall enter the objections at
large upon their journal, and proceed to recon-
slider IT, II, after such reconsideration, two.
thirds of all the members elected to that house
shall agree to pass the BILL 1t shall be seut with
the objections to the other house, by which, like
wise, 1t shall be ieconsdered, and If approved by
two-thlrds of all the members elected to that
house, IL shall be n law; but In such cases the
votes of both houses shall be determined by yeas
and nays, and the names of the members voting
for aud against the bill shall be entered or the
Journals of each house respectively. If any bill
shall not be returned by the Governor within ten
days after 1t shall have been presented TO him.
the same shall be a law 10 like manner as If he
had signed 1t, unless the General Assembly, by
their adjournment, prevent its return, In which
case it shall be law, unless he shall tlle the
cretary of the Commonwealth, and give notice
thereof by public proclamation within thirty days
after such adjournment.
SEC. l6. The Governor shall have power to dis
approve of any item or items of any bill making
appropriations of money, embracing distinct
items, and the part parts of the bill approved
shall be the law, and the item or items of appro-
pration disupproved shall be void, unless re-
passed according to the rules and limitations
prescribed for the passage of other bills over the
executive veto.
SEC. II. The Chief Justice of tho Supreme
Court shall preside upon theltral of any contest.
ed election of Governor or Lieutenant Governor.
and shall decide questions regarding the admis-
sbty of evidence, and shall, upon request of
the committee, pronounce his opinion upon other
questions of the law involved in the trial. The
Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall exer-
else the duties of their respective Offices until
their successors shall be duly qualified.
SEC. 1S. The Secretary OF the Commonwealth
shall keep record of all official acts and pro-
ceedings of the Governor, and when required lay
the same, with all papers, minutes and vouchers
relating thereto, before either branch OF the Gen.
eral Assembly, and perform such other duties as
may DC enjoined upon him by law.
SEC. 10. The Secretary of Internal Affairs
shall exercise nll the powers and perform all the
duties of the Surveyor General, subject to such
changes as shall be made by law. His depart
ment shall embrace bureau of industrial statis-
tics, and he shall discharge such duties relating
to corporations to the charitable institutions, the
agricultural, manufacturing, mining, mineral,
timber and other material or business interests
of the State may be prescribed by law. He
shall annually and at such other times as may
be required by law, make report to the General
Assembly.
tion shall exercise ali the powers and perform
all ihe duties of the Superintendent of Common
Schools, subject to such changes as shall be
made by law.
SEC. 2l. The term of the Secretary Of Internal
Affairs shall be four years, of the Auditor Gene
raj, three years, and of the State Treasurer two
years These officers shalt be chosen by the qua
lifted electors of the State ut general elections.
No person elected to the office of Auditor Gene
raj or State Treasurer shall be capable OF holding
he Dffi fmr tprp
siEc. %. The present Great Seal of Pennsylya-
MIA shall be the seal of the State.
All commissions shall be in the name and by
authority of the Commonwealth of Penusylva-'
MIA, and be sealed with the State seal and signed
by the Governor.
ARTICLE V.
TuB JUDICIARY.
SECTION l. The judicial power Of this Com
monwealth shall be vested In the Supreme Court,
In courts of common pleas, courts of over aud
terniuer and general Jail delivery, courts of
quarter sessions of the peace, orphans courts,
magistrates courts, and In such other courts as
the General Assembly may from time to time es-
tablish.
SEC. 2. The Supreme Court shall consist of Sc
ven judges, who shall be elected by the qualified
electors of the State at large. They shall hold
their offices for the term of twenty-one years,
If they so long behave themselves we'll, but shall
not be again eligible. The Judge whose commits
thereafter each judge whose commission shall
first expire shall IN turn be chief justice.
SEC. 8. The jurisdiction of the Supreme Cours
shall extend over the State, and the judges there
of shall, by virtue of their offices be justices of
oyer and terminer and general Jail delivery In
the several counties they shall have original
juridiction in cases of Injunction, aud where u
corporation is party defendant, of habeas cor.
pus, of MANDAMus To courts Of inferior jurlsdic-
tion and of QUO wARRASTo as to all officers of
the Commonwealth whose Jurisdiction extends
over the State, but shall not exercise any other
original jurisdiction they shall have appellate
jurisdiction by appeal, CERTIoRARI or writ Of er-
ror IN all eases, rs Is now may hereafter be
provided by law.
SEC. 4. Until otherwise direct by law, the
courts of common pleas shall continue as at pre-
sent established, except us herein changed not
more than four counties shall, at any time, bo
included in one judicial district organized for
said courts.
SEC. 5. Whenever n county shall contain forty
thousand inhahtants it shah constitute a sepa-
rate judicial district, and shall elect one judge
learned in the law; and the General Assembly
shall provide for additional Judges. Counties
containing u population less than is sufficient to
constitute separate districts shall be formed into
convenient single districts, or, If necessary, may
be attached TO contiguous districts as the General
Assembly may provide. The office Of associate
counties forming separate districts but the sew
erul associate judges In Office when this eonsitu
tiou shall be adopted shall serve for their unex-
pred terms.
sEc. 8. In the counties of Philadelphia and AIs
legheny, all the Jurisdiction and powers now
vested In the District Courts and Courts of Com
mon Pleas, subject to such changes as may ba
made by this constitution or by law, shall be Ia
Philadelphia vested in four, and in Allegheny in
two distinct and separate courts of equal aud CO.
ordinate jurisdiction, composed of three judges
each the said courts In Philadelphia shall be
designated respectively as the Court of Common
Pleas number one, number two. number thres,
aud number four, aud in Allegheny as the Court
of Common Pleas number one aud number two,
but the number of said courts may be by law ie-
creased, from time TO time, and shall In like
manner designated by successive be numbers; the
number of judges ia any of said courts, or in any
county where the establishment OF an additional
court may be authorized by law, may be inoreas-
ed from time TO time; and whenever such 10.
crease shall amount In the whole to three, such
three judges shall compose distinct and sepa-
rate court as aforesaid, which shall be num-
bered AS aforesaid. Iu Philadelphia all suits shall
be Instituted In the said Courts of Commen Pleas,
without designating the number of said court,
and the several courts shall distribute and appor-
tion the business among them in such mannsr as,
shall be provided by rules of court, and each
court n which any suit shall be thus assigned