The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-12-12

ing any State office for first official term ineli
gible for reelection at the end of such term.
SEC 10 The Judges of the Supreme Court in Of
fee when this constitution shall take effect shall
continue until their commissions severally expire.
Two Judges in addition to the ntfrnber now compo-
sing the said shall be elected at the first gen
era election after the adoption of this constitution.
courts which not specified in this constitution
shall continue in existence until the first day of
f,eeembcr, in the year one thousand eight hundred
and seventyfve, without abridgcmcnt of their pre-
sent jurisdiction, but no longer The Court of
SchuyIkin Lebanon and Dauphin is hereby sbol-
ished; and all causes and proceedings pending
and disposcd OF In the Courts of Oyer and Term
iner and Quarter Sessions of the Peace OF said
SEC. II The registers courts in existence
shall be abolished the first day of January next
succeeding the adoption of this constitution.
SEC Isl The General Assembly shall, at the
next after the adoption of this constitution
by this constitution. The judges in commission
when such designation shall be made shall con-
new districts in which they reside But when there
shall be two judges residing in the same district,
shah be assigned and the additional law judge
shall be assigned to the other district.
SEC. Il The General ssembly shall, at the next
succeeding session after each decenial census and
not ener designate the several judicial districts
as required by this constitution.
SEC Is Judges learned in the law of any court
of record holding commissions in force at the adop
tion of this constitution shall hold their respective
Offices until the expiration OF the terms Tor which
they were commissioned. and until their successors
shall be duly qualified. The Governor shall com
mission the president Judge of the Court of First
Criminal Jurisdiction for the counties of Schuyl-
Kill. Lebanon and DauPhn as q judge of the Court
of Common Pleas OF Schuylkil county for the un-
expired term of his Office.
SEC 10. After the expiration of the term of any
president Judge of any Court of Common Pleas in
commission at the adoption of this constitution, the
Judge of such court learned in the law and oldest
in commission shall be the president judge thereof,
and when two or more Judges are elected at the
Same time in any judicial district they shall dicide
by lot which shall be president judge; but when
president Judge of court shall
shall continne to be president judge of that court
Associate Judges, not learned in the law, elected
after the adoption of this constitution, shall be
commissioned to hold their offices for the term Of
five years from the first day of January next after
SEC. IL. The General Assembly af the first ses
sion after the adoption of this constitution shall n
and determine the compensation of the Judges of
the Supreme Court and of the Judges of the seve-
Se 11rornp Of the fteeptb section of the article
on Legislation shall not be deemed Inconsistent
herewith Nothing contained IN TINS constitution ION
to any law judge of this Commonwealth now in
SEC IS The Courts of Common Pleas in the
counties of Philadelphia and Allegheny shall be
composed of the president Judges of the District
Court and Court of Common Plea of said counties
until their offices shall severally end and of such
other Judges as may from time to time he selected
For the purpose of first srganizatictS in Phfla-
delphia the Judges of the Court number one shall
be Judges Allison Pierce and Paxson: of the
Court number two, Judges Hare. Mitchell and one
other Judge TO be elected; of the Court number
three, Judges Ludlow, Finetter and Lynd, and of
'AiS A''" ~ ''iiN
one other Judge to be elected.
The judge first named shall be the president
Judge of said courts respectively. and thereafter
the president Judge shall be the Judge oldest in
commission; but any president judge reelected in
the same court district shall continue to be pres
dcnt Judge thereof
The additional Judges for Courts Numbers two
and four shall be voted for and elected at the
general election after the adoption OF this constitu
tion in the same manner as the two additional
Judges Of the Supreme COnrt, and they shall de-
eide by lot 20 which court they shall belong. Their
term of Office shall commence on the first Monday
of January. in the year one thousand eight hun
dred and ~ svcnty-tive
SEC. 10. In the county of Allegheny. for the pur-
pose o h'HI otSal.LttiOh ui|itI thc SShstI'uIi0h
the judges Of the Court OF Common Pleas at the
time of the adoption of this constitution shall be
the judges Of the Court number one and the judges
Of the Dist ric Court at the same date shall be the
Judges Of tftc Common Pleas number two.
The president Judges of the Common Pleas and
Courts number and two respectively, until their
Offices shall end and thereafter the judge oldest
in commission shall be president Judge; but any
president ddge reelected in the same court dis
trict shall eontinSe to be resident judge thereof
SIC. %. The organization of the Courts of Com
mon Pleas under this constitution for the counties
oil fhilaIclphia ana Allegheny, shall take cilcct
eight hundred and sevent y-ve, and existing courts
in said counties shall continue with their present
powers ana lurls llciIon untI that datc; but no
new suits shall be instituted in the Courts of NIsi
Prlus after the adoption of this constitution;
SEC. n. The causes and proceedings pCnditI in
the CudTt of Nisi Prius Court of Common Pleas.
and District Court in Philadelphia shall be tried
ana disposed OF IN the Court OF Common Pleas.
The records and dockets of said courts shall be
transferred to the ProthonotaTys office of said
county.
SEC. - The causes and proceedings pending in
the Court of Common Pleas in the county of Ale
number ONE and tke causes and procee sings pend
ing in the District Court shall be tried and disposed
of in the court number TWO.
SEC. q. The Prothonotary of the Court of Com
mon Please of Philadelphia shall be first appoint
ed by the Judges OF said court the first Monday
of December. in the year thousand eight hun
dred and seventy five; and the present Prothono-
tary of the District Court in said county shall be
q a N lTllysr
Pleas until said date, when his commission shall
expire and the present Clerk of the Court of Oyer
afd Terminer and Quarter Sessions of the Peace
in Philadelphia shall be the clerk of such court
until the expiration of mis- present commission on
the first Monday of December in the year one thou
sand eight hundred and seventy-fve
SEC. ~. In cities containing over fifty thousN nd
office at the time of the adoption of this eonstitu
tion shall continue in office until the expiration of
ward officers in the year one thousand eight hun
dred and seventy-fve one alderman shall be elect
ed in each ward, provided in this constitution
SEC. %. In PhiIadeIphia magistrates in lieu of
aldermen, shall be chosen required in this con-
stltutlon at the election in said city for city AMI
ward officers in the year one thousand eight hum
dred and seventy five; their term of Office shall
commence on the first Monday of April succeeding
their election.
The term of Office of aldermen in said city. hold
ing or entitled to commissions at the time of the
adoption of this constitution shall not be affected
thereby
SEC. 2o. All persons in office In this Common
wealth at the time of the adoption of this constiu-
tion and ut the first election under it. shall hold
their respective offices until the term for which
they have been elected or appointed shall expire,
and until their successors shall he duly qualifed
unless otherwise provided in this constitution
SEC q. The seventh article of this constitution.
prescribing oath of office. shall take effect on
and after the first day Of January, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-fve.
SEC. Is. The terms of office of county commission
sioners and county auditors chosen prior to the
year one thousand eight hundred and seventy five,
which shall not have expired before the first Mon
day in january, in the year one thousand eight
hundred and seveDty-siX, shall expire that day.
SEC. -. All State, county. city, ward. borough,
and township officers in Office at the time of the
adoption of this constitution, whose compensation
is not provided for by salaries alone shalt continue
To receive the compensation allowed them by law
until the expiration of their respective terms of
! office.
SEC. 80. All State and judicial officers heretofore
elected, sworn, affirmed, In office when this con-
stitution shall take effect, shall severaly within
one month after such adoption, take and subscribe
an oath (or afirmation) to support this cOnstitu-
ton.
SEC 81 The General Assembly at its first ses-