The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-11-21

| days after such adjournment.
/ SEC l6. The Governor shall have power to
d1sapproye of any item or items of any bin max
ing aPproPriations OF money. embracing dis
tinct ltcms and the part or parts Of the bill ap
| proved shall be the law, and the item or items
Of of appropriation disapproved shall be void, un-
| tions prescribed for the passage of other bills
| SEC II. The Chief Justice of tho Supreme
/ Court shall preside upon the trial of any con-
| ernor, and shall decide questions regarding
! the admissibiltty of evidence, and shall, upon
tequesI req i OF the conmttee, pronounce MS opin-
/ the trial. The Governor and Lieutenant Gov
ernor shall exercise the duties of their respect
/ I've offices until their successors shall be duly
qualified.
shall keep a record of all official acts and pro-
! ceedings OF the Governor, and when reqnireH q
/ vouchers relating thereto, before either branch
of the General Assembly, and perform such
other duties as may be enjolned upon him by
! SEC. 49, The Secretary of Internal Affairs
! the duties Of the Surveyor General, subject 10
! such changes shall be made by law. His de-
/ statistics, and he shall discharge such duties
| relating to corporations, to the charitable in
! mining, mineral, timber, and other material or
| business interests of the State as may be pre-
scribed by law. He shall annually, aud at such
other times may be required by law, make
report to the General Assembly.
struction shall exercise all the powers ana per
! form all the duties OF The Superintendent of
!
! SEC 81 The term of the Secretary of Inter
/ nal Affairs shall be four years, OF the Auditor
! General three years, and of the State Treasurer
! two years. These officers shall be chosen by
! elections. No Ison elected to the ONCE of
Auditor General or State Treasurer shall be
| SEC. % The present Great Seal of Peunsyl-
| Ali commissions shall be in the name and by
authority of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva-
Nafa and hn lad SfpT fHSFr
! ed by the Governor.
ARTICLE V.
| THE JUDICIARY.
| SECTION 1. Tho judicial power OF this Com
! menw ealth shall be vested in the Supreme
| Court, in courts of common pleas, courts of
| oyer and termirer and general Jail delivery,
courts, magistrates courts. and in such other
| courts as the General Assembly may from time
| SEC 9 The Supreme Court shall consist of
seven judges who shall be elected by the quail
! hold their Offices for the term of twenty-One
| years, if they So long behave themselves well,
commission shall first expire shall be CHEZ JUS
! tice, and thereafter each judge whose commits
tice.
SEC. 3. The jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
thereof shall, by YiE:- ut tLeir Offices. he jus-
tices OF oyer and terminer and geuera: t-iI do
livery in the several counties; they shall have
! original Jurisdiction in cases of Injunction and
/ where Il corporation is a party defendant. of
|
rior jurisdiction and of QUO wARRASTo II 20
all officers of the Common wealth whose juris-
| exercise any other original jurisdiction they
shall have appellate Jurisdiction by appeal
| CERTIoRARI or writ Of error IN all cases, as i:
now or may hereafter be provided by law.
SEC. 4. Until otherwise directed by law, the
courts of common pleas shall continue as al
present established. except as herein changed
not more than four counties shall. at any time
te included in one judicial district organized
for said courts.
SEC. s. Whenever county shall contain forty
thousand inhabitants it shall constitYt sepa-
| rate Judicial district, and shall elect one judge
learned in the law and the General Assembly
shall provide for additional judges, as the bus
iness of the said districts may require. COun-
| ties containing population less than is suffi-
! formed into convenient single districts, or. If
! necessary, may be attached to contiguous Gis-
| tricts rs the General Assembly may provide
The office of associate judge, not learned In the
| law, is abolished in counties forming separate
| districts; but the several associate Judges in
Office when this Constitution shall be adopted
shall serve for their uneXpired terms:
SEC, 6. In the counties of Philadelphia atlC
Allegheny, all the jurisdiction and pow ers now
vested in the District Courts and Courts U
Common Pleas, subjec to such changes as may
he made by this constitution or by law, shall GC
IN Philadelphia vested in four and in AlleRhe
ny IN two distinct ana separate courts OF eana
judges each the said courts in Philadelphia
shall be designated respectively as the Court Oi
Common Pleas number one mum her TWO, mum
| ber three and number four, and in Allegheny
number two, but the number OF said courts
may be by law incI eased, from time TO time
| cessive numbers the numher of judges in any
OF said courts, or in any county where the es-
thorized by law, may he increased from ti1tn
to time; and whenever such increase shall
amount In the whole 10 three, such three judy
es shall compose a distinct and separate court
rs aforesaid, which shall he nuInb bered as afore-
said. In PhilsdelphiS all suits shall he institu-
ted in the said Courts OF Common Pleas, with
out designating the number OF said Court, and
! the several courts shall distribute and appor-
tion the business among them in such manner
| as shall be provided by les OF court. aud Ell ch
court to which any suit shall be thus assigned
shall have exclusive Jurisdiction thereof, sup
1ect to change of venue as shall be provided
by law. In Allegheny each court shall have
exclusive jurisdiction of all proceedings at law
and in equity commenced therein. subject tC
SEC. :. For Pbi:adeiphia there shall II be a'", ON,
| ProthOnotary's Office, and one Prothonutary
judges of said courts and to hold Office for thrc,
years, subject tn removal by majority OF the
point such assistants as may he necessary and
authorized by said courts, and he and his as
mined by law and paid ny said county; all fees
collected in said Office. except such as may hp
by lawIdue to the CommOnwt1'l h, shall be pa d
by the Prothopotary into the county treasury
Each court shall have its separate docket, W lich
shall contain the judgmC nis I'd liens of all the
said courts. as Is or may be uirected by law.
SEC 5. The ssid courts i'm the counties OF Ph
time to time, in turn, detail one more oi
their judges to hold the courts OF Oyer AN
! Termin5r and the courts of Quar- Seesions OF
| the Peace of said counties in sucn manner "a,
| may be directed by law.
| SEC. q Judges OF the Courts OF Common III -
| learned in the law shall be judges of the 4 urt,
| of OJ er and Tcrminer. Quarter Sessions Jh'
| Peace, and General Jail Delivery. and of T.I
| Orphans Court, and within their rcspecIiy,
| districts shall be justices of the peace as L
| criminal matters.
| SEC. 10. The Judges of the courts Of Common
Pleas, within their respective counties, sha
have power to issue writs of CERTIORI 10 jus
ticcs of the peace and other inferiorcourts not
| of re ord, and to cause their proceeding To b,
brought before them and right and justice &C
be done.
SEC. i. Except otherwise provided in this
Constitution, Justices of the peace or aldermen
shall be elected in the several wards districts
| borcughs and townships AZ the time Of the 'lec
tion of constaIJIes by the qualified electors there
of, in such manner as shall be directed by law na
of five years No township, ward district or bor
oush shall elect m'"e than two Justices &C q {
peace or aldermen without the consent of q mayor
ity of the qualified electors within such TOWNSHIP
ward, OF borough. No person shall he elected ie
such office unless he shall have resided wlttih i''
township, borough ward or district for one ycaI
next preceding his eeclion. In citias containing
fifty thousand Inhabitants, not inrA than one
alderman shall he elected in each ward or diStr c.