The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-20


erecting new counties, or changing
county lines;
Incorporating cities, towns, or villages,
or changing their charters;
For the opening and conducting of
elections, or fixing or changing the place
of voting;
Granting divorces;
Erecting new townships or boroughs,
changing township lines, borough limits,
or school districts;
Creating officies, or prescribing the
powers and duties of officers in counties,
cities, boroughs, townships, election or
school districts;
Changing the law of descent or sue.
cession;
Regulating the practice or jurisdiction
of, OF changing the rules of evidence in
any judicial proceeding or inquiry be-
fore courts, aldermen, justices Of the
peace, sheriffs, commissioners, arbitra-
tors, auditors, masters in chancery, or
other tribunals, or providing or chang
lug methods for the collection OF debts,
or the enforcing Of judgments, or pre-
scribing the effect of judicial sales of
real estate!
Regulating the fees, or extending the
powers and duties of aldermen, justices
of the peace, magistrates, or constables;
Regulating the management of pub
lie schools, the building and repairing Of
school houses, and the raising of money
for such purposes;
Fixing the rate of interest;
| Affecting the estates of minors or per:
sons under disability, except after due
notice to all parties in interest, to be re-
cited in the special enactment;
Remitting fines. penalties and forfeit
ures, or the refundiLg moneys legally
paid into the Treasury;
Exempting property from taxation;
Regulating labor; trade, mining, or
manufacturing.
Creating corporations, or amending,
renewing, or extending the charters
thereof;
Granting to any corporation, associa.
ton, or individual'any special or ezclu-
sive privilege or immunity or to any
corporation, association or individual the
right to lay down a railroad track. MOI
shall the General Assembly indirectly
enact such specia! or local law by the
partial repeal of general law, but laws
repeating local or special acts may be
passed. Nor shall! any law be passed
granting powers or privileges in any case
where the granting Of such powers and
privileges shall have been provided for
by general law, nor where the courts
bave jurisdiction to grant the same OF
give the relief asked for.
Sec 8. No local or special bill shall
be passed unless notice of the intention
to apply therefor shall have beer pub
lished in the locality where the matter
or the thing to. be affected may be stu.
ated, whiGk notice shall be at least thirty
days prior to the introduction into the
General Assembly of such bill, and in
the manner to be provided by law; the
evidence of such notice having been pub,
lished, shall be exhibited in the General
Assemble before such act shall be
passed.
Sto 8. The presiding officer of each
house shall, in the presence of the house
over which he prescribes, sign all bills
and joint resolutions passed by the Gen
J eral Assembly, alter their titles hav,
been publicly read Immediately before
signing, and the fact of signing shall b.
entered on the journal.
, Sec 10. The General Assembly shal
prescribe by law the number, duties anc
compensation OF the officers and en-
ployees OF each house, and no payment
shall be made from the State Treasury
or be ID any way authorized to any per
} son, except to an acting officer or EN-
= ployee elected or appointed in pursuanc
: of law.
Sec II. No bill shall be passed Civ
ing any extra compensation to any pub
l lie officer, servant, employee, agent o
t contractor made, nor providing for tn
payment of any claim against the Com
monwealth, without previous authorit.
Of law
Sec II. All stationery, printing
paper, and fuel used in the legisativ
t and other departments OF government
a shall be furnished, and the printing
0 binding, and distributing of the laws
: journals, department reports, and a
e other printing and binding, and the re
: pairing and furnishing the halls an
n rooms used for the meetings of the Ger
: eral Assembly and its committees, sha
e be performed under contract, to be give
y to the lowest ~esponsib!e bidder belo
e such maximum price and under sue
+ regulations as shall be prescribed BY la7
no member or officer of any departmer
y of the government shall be in any wa
e interested in such contracts, and all sue
f contracts shall be subject to the approv'
y of the Governor, Auditor General an
IS State Treasurer.
q Sec l3. No law shall extend I'll
If term Of any public offioer, or increase {
e diminish his salary or emoluments afte
e his election or appointment.
d Sec IA. All bills for raising revenu
e shall originate in the House of Repr'
e sentatives, but the Senate may propos
amendments as sn other bills.
|, Sec Is. The general appropriate
Z bill shall embrace nothing but apprt
is pria:ions for the ordinary expenses
: the executive, legislative and judicial d