The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-12-04


SEC. II. No Ex POST FAoTo law,
nor any law impalrlng the obligation
OF contracts,or making irrevocable any
grant ofspecial privileges or immunities,
shall be passed.
SEQ. 1S. No person shall be attauted
of treason or felony by the Legislature.
SEC. l9. No attainder shall work
corruption of blood, nor, except during
the life of the offender, forfeiture Of
estate to the Commonwealth; the estate
of such persons as shall destroy their
own lives shall descend or vest as in
cases of natural death, and if any person
shall be killed by casualty, there shall
be no forfeiture by reason thereof.
SEC. 20. The citizens have a right
in a peaceable manner to assemble to-
gether for their common good, and to
apply to those invested with the powers
of government for redress of grievances
or other proper purposes, by petition,
address or remonstrance.
Sec. FL. The right of citizens to
bear arms in defense of themselves and
the Slate shall not be questioned.
Sec. %. No standing army shall, in
time of peace, be kept up without the
consent of the Legislature and the
military shall, in all cases, and at all
times, be in strict subordination to the
civil power.
Sec. 20. No soldier shall in time OF
peace be quartered in any house without
the consent of the owner, nor in time
of war but in manner to be prescribed
by law.
SEC. "a. The Legislature shall moi
grant any title Of nobility or hereditary
distinction, nor create any office the
appointment of which shall be for q
longer term than duliug good behavior
SEC. 25 Emigration from the State
shall not be prohibited.
SEC. 26. To guard against transgres.
sions of the high powers which we
have delegated, we declare that every.
thing in this article is excepted out Of
the general powers Of government, and
shall forever remain inviolate.
ATICLE II.
THE LEGISLATURE.
SECTION l. The legislative power Of
this Commonwealth shall be vested in a
General Assembly, which shall consist
Of Senate and House of Representa-
tives.
SEC. 2. Members of the General
Assembly shall be chosen at the general
election every second year. Their term
OF service shall begin on the first day
of December next after their election.
Whenever vacancy shall occur in
either House, the presiding officer there
OF shall issue writ of election to fill
such vacancy for the remainder of the
term.
SEC, 3. Senators shall be elected for
the term of four years and Representa-
tives FOR the term of two years.
Sec 4. The General Assembly shall
meet at twelve o'clock noon, Oh the first
Tuesday of January every second year,
and at other times when convened by
the Governor, but shall hold no ad-
jOurned annual session after the year
one thousand eight hundred and seventy
eight. In case of a vacancy in the
Office Of United States Senator from
sessions, the Governor shall convene the
two houses by proclamation on notice
not exceeding sixty days to fill the same.
SEC. D. Senators shall be at least
twenty-five years of age, and Represen-
tatiyes twenty-one years of age. They
shall have been citizens and inhabitants
OF the State four years, and inhabitants
Of their respective districts one year
next before their election (unless absent
on the public business of the United
States or of this State), and shall reside
In their respective districts during their
term of service.
SEC 8. No Senator or Representa-
tive shall, during the time for which he
shall nave been elected, be appointed to
any civil office under this Common
wealth, and no member of Congress or
other person holding any Office Except
OF attorney-at law or in the miitia)
under the United States or this Com
monwealth shall be a member of either
house during his continuance in office.
SEC, 1. No person hereafter convicted
OF embezzlement Of public moneys,
bribery, perjury or other infamous crime
shall be eligible to the General Assembly
Or capable of holding any office of trust
or profit in this Commonwealth.
SEC. S. The members of the General
Assembly shall receive such salary and
mileage for regular and special sessions
as Shall be fixed by law, and no other
compensation whatever, whether for
service upon committee or otherwise.
No member OF either house shall, during
the term Tor which he may have been
elected, receive any increase of salary.
or mileage, under any law passed during
such term,
SEC. 8. The Senate shall, at the
beginning and close of each regular
session and at such other times as NAV
be necessary, elect one of its members
president pro tempore, who shall per-
form the duties Of the Lieutenant Gov
ernor, 10 any case of absence or disa-
bility of that officer, aud whenever the
said office Of Lieutenaut-G Governor shall
be vacant. The House of Representa-
tives shall elect one of its members as
Speaker. Each House shall choose its
other officers, and shall judge OF the elec-
ton and qualifications of its members.
SEC. 10. A majority of each House