The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1873-12-10

! term, or uuni tuo disability be removed, shall
! dcYolve upon the President RIO TEMroRE of the
Senate and tho President pro tcmporc OF the
Senate shall IN like manner become Governor if
y vacancy or disability shall occur IN the Office of
I "overn"ri ms srat Senator shall become va
cant whenever he shhtl become Governor aud
shall DO illrd 10y election as any other vacancy
/ In the Senate.
sac 10. Every bil which shall have passed
/ both houses shall be presented tn the Governor,
/ IL he approve, he shall sign 10 but IL he shall
/ not APPROVE, he shall return It with his ohlcc-
ttuus To the house IN which Il shall have origin
atcd, which house shall enter the objections at
/ large upon their journal, aud proceed tn recon-
slider II. IT, after such reconsideration, two
/ thirds oi all the mCmbcTs elected 60 that house
shall agree to piss the bill II shall be sent with
| tie objections to the other house lv which Ike
! WISE it shah be rcconsidcrrd. and II approved
! by two thirds of all the members elected to that
| house, IL shall be Il law; but In such cases the
votes of both houses shall he Determined by yeas
! and nays, aud the names OF the members voting
! for and against the bill shall bc entered on the
Journals OF each house respectively. Ii any hill
| shall not bc returned by The Governor within
| ten DAYS after II shall have been presented to
| him, the same shall be a law IN Ike manner MS
/ II he had signed IT, unless the General Assembly
/ Nv their adjournment, prevent Its RETURN Ia
| which case Il shah be law unless he shall file
/ the same, with his objections. in the oiace OF
The Secretary OF the Conmonwc .lth and give
notice therCnt lV public proclamation within
| thirty days after such adjournment.
SEc l6. The Governor shall have power TO
| ing appropriations Of fhonfy, embracing distinct
items, and the part or parts of the bill approved
shall he the law, aud the item or items OF appro-
prlation disappruvcd shall be void unless repass-
| cd according to the rules and Limitations pre-
scrihed for the passage OF other bills over the
| executive veto.
SEC. II. The Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court shall preside upon the trial of any con
! tested election Of Governor or Lieutenant Gov
ornor, and shall decide questions regarding the
admissioiitN OF evidence, and shall, upon request
OF the committee, pronounce his opinion upon
other questions OF law Involved In the trial The
Governor and Lcutcnant Governor shall exer-
else the duties uf their respective Offices until
thclr successors shall he duiy qualified.
SrC. IS. The Secretary of the Commonwealth
shall keep record Of all Official acts and pro-
ceedings OF the Governor, and when required
laf the same with all papers minutes and youch-
ers relating thereto, before either branch of the
General Assembly, and perform such other du-
ties as may bc culoined upon him hy law.
SEC 10. The seer ctary of Internal Affairs shall
exercise all the powers aud perform all the du
| ties oi the Surveyor General, subject to such
changes rs shall be made hy law. His depart
ment shall embrace bureau of industrial sta
tstics, and he shall discharge such duties rclat-
lnG To corporations, to the charitable instltu-
lions, The agricultural manufacturing miuiug,
mineral, timber and other material or business
interests OF the state rs may hc prescribed by
law. lie shall annually, and at suth other times
as may he required by law, make report TO the
General Assembly.
SEC. 20 Tho Superintendent Of Public In
struction shall exercise all'thc powers and per-
! form all the duties OF the Superintendent Of
Common Schools, subject 10 such changes as
shall be made Ivy law.
SEc. n. Tho term OF the Secretary of Inter
tcrnal Affairs shall be four wears, OF The Auditor
General, three years, aud o! the State Treasurer
two years. These officers shall bc chosen by the
qualified electors OF the State at general ele-
tons. No person elected TO the Office OF Audi
tor General or State Treasurer shall 0c capable
Of holding the same onlce for two consecutive
terms.
SEC. %. The present Great Seal Of Pcnnsy-
vanla shall be the seal of the State.
All commissions shall be in the aame aud hy
authority of the Commonwealth of Pcnns, Ivan
Ia and be scaled with the State seal and signed
by the Governor.
ARTICLE "
THEJuuIctARY.
SECrGoN /. The judicial power of this Com
monwcalth shall be vested in the Supreme Court,
In courts OF common pleas, courts OF over and
tcrmincr, ana general Jail delivery, courts of
qu1rtcr sessions of the peace, orphans courts,
magistrates courts, and In such other courts as
the General Assembly may from time to time
establish.
SIC. 2. rho Supreme Court shall consist OF
seven judges, who shall be elected by the quail
fled electors of the state at large. They shall
hold theig Offices for the term OF twenty-onc
years. If they 90 long behave themselves well,
but shall not bC again eligible. The judge whose
commission shall hTst expire shall be chief jus
ticc and thereafter each Judge whose commits
siou shall first expire shall In turn be chief JUS
tice
Sac 3. The jurisdiction of the Supreme
Court shall extend over the State, and the judges
thereof shall, by virtue of their offices. hc las
ticcs of oyer ANA tcrminer aud general Jail de-
livery In The several counties they shall have
original jurisdiction IN eases of injunction, and
where u corporation is party defendant OF ha-
beas corpus of MASpANus to courts of inferior
jurisdiction aud of QuO wARRANlo as to all Of
fccrs Of the Commonwealth whose jurisdiction
extends oyer the State, but Shall not exercise
any other original jurisdiction they shall have
appellate juri dicttUn by appeal CiErIoRARI or
writ ol error in all cases, as Is now or may here
after be proyldod by law.
sEc L. Unlil Otherwise directed by law, the
COURTS Of cCWlnoa pleas glpll continue us at
present established except as herein changed
not mare than four cupnties shall, at any lime,
be Included IN one Judicial district organized for
'asd sfs so5'''w g. Whenever county SHAH contain for
~ thousand inhakitauEs p hall const tuIe sep
arStc JUDICIAL district and shall elect one Judge
learned IN the law aud the GcAerl Assembly
shall provide for additional Judges, as the bust
ness Of the said districts may require. Counties
containing population less lhqn is sufficient To
constitute separate districts shall bc formed into
conycnirut single districts or, il necessary, may
be attached To contiguous districts us The Gcuer-
al Assembly may provide. The Office Of asso-
clate Judge not learned in the law, IS abolished
in counties forming separate disirietsi but the
several associate judges In Office WhCn ibis con
stitutlon shall be adopted shall serve for their
Ulc p.rC5 terms
SIC G. In lhe counties of Philadelphia and
Allegheny, all the Jurisdiction and powers nov
vested Ia the Distinct C0nrts and Courts of Coni
mon Pleas, subject to such changes as may be !
Madc by tlls constitution or by law, shall bu IN
PhladephiI vested in t4sr, and in Allegheny ia
tSo distinct qud separate courts of equal ami CO.
ordinate jurisdiction, composed Of three judges |
each the sall courts IN Philadelphia shall be
designated rtsptcifyry Ia iiie Caprt of Common !
Pleas number one, nHmbur Two, numler three, (
and number l0ar, and in Allegheny as ihe Court
of Common Pleas number Que aud number. two,fl
but the number OF said courts may be by idw I