Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-12-05

| convened by the Governor, but shall hold no ad.
jou,ned annual session after the year one thou
sand eight hundred and sevcnty-eght. In caae
of a vacancy In the Office of United States Sena-
tor from this Commonwealth, in a recess be-
tween sessions, the Governor shall convene the
two houses by proclamation on notice not ex-
ceeding sixty days to fill the same.
! SEC. 5. Senators shall be at least twenty fvo
years of age, and Representatives twenty one
years of age. They shall have been citizens and
inhabitants Of the State four years, and inhabi-
tants of their respective districts one year next
before their election (uness absent on the public
business of the United States oi of this State, }
and shall reside in their respective districts dur
ing their terms of service.
SEC. 0. No Senator or Representative shall,
during the time for which he shall have been
elected, be appointed to any civil Office under
this Commonwealth, and no member of Congress
or other person holding any office Except of at
torAey-at-law or in the militia) under the United
States or this Commonwealth shall he member
of either house during his continuance in Office.
SEC. z. No person hereafter convicted of EN-
bczz lcmcnt of public moneys, bribery, perjury or
| other infamous crime, shall be eligible to the
| General Assembly, or capable of holding any Of
! fee Of trust or profit In this Commonwealth.
SEC. 8. 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 mem
| Der of either house shall, during the term for
|
crease of salary, or mileage, under any law pass
! cd during such term.
| SEC. 9. The Senate shall, at the beginning an2
7 close of each regular session and Mt such other
! times MS may be necessary, elect one of its mem
/ bers president pro tempore. who shall perform
| the duties of the Lieutenant Governor, in any
case of absence or disability of that officer, and
| whenever the said Office of Lieutenant Governor
shall be vacant The House of Representatives
| shall elect one of its members as Speaker. Each
| house shall choose its other officers, and shall
! judge of the election and qualifications of It's
members.
SEC 10. A majority of each House shall con-
/ siitute quorum, but smaller number may nd
| journ from day TO day, and compel the attend
ance of absent members.
! SEC IL. Each house shall have power to deter
mine the rules of its proceeding aud punish its
members or other persons for contempt or disor
/ dcry behavior in its presence, to enforce obedi-
| euce TO its process. to protect its members
against violence, offers of brides private So
! lcltation, and with the concurrence of two
| thirds, To expel II member, but not second time
| for the same cause, and shall have all other
| powers necessary for the legislature of free
| State. A member expelled for corruption shall
! not thereafter be eligible to either house, and
! punishment, or contempt or disorderly behavior
shall not bar an indictment for the same oficnse
! SEC. -. Each house shall keep journal of its
! proceedings and from time to time publish the
/ same, except such parts az require secrecy, and
! the yeas and nays of the members on any ques-
| ton shall. nt the desire of any two of them, be
! entered on the journal.
! SEC. IS. The sessions of each house aud of
/ committees of the whole shall be open. unless
/ when the business is such ss ought to be kept Sc
/ cret.
! SEC. IL Neither house shall, without the con
J sent of the other, adjourn for more than three
| days, nor to any other place than that IN whici
! the two houses shall be sitting.
! SEC Is. The members of the General Assem-
bly, shall ia all cases. except trea son, felony vio-
! l1tin nf tlnir oF off unlh a.h Ors
( ty of the peace, be privileged from arrest during
/ their attendance ut the sessions of their respec-
/ tive houses, and in going to and returning from
the same and for any speech or debate In either
house, they shall not be questioned IN any other
place.
I SEC. To- The State shall be divided into fifty
! Senatorial districts Of compact ard contiguous
/ territory, ns nearly equal in population as may
be, and each district shall be entitled to elect one
/ Senator. Each county containing one or more
! ratios of population shall hc entitled to one Sena-
| tor for each ratio, and to an additional Senator
( for surplus of population exceeding three fths
| OF ratio but no county shall form a scperate
district unless ii shall contain fOur-tfths of
ito. except where the adjoining counties are each
, entitled to one or more Senators, when such
| county may be assigned Il Senator on lees than
! four-ffths, ard exceeding one-half of ratio,
! and no county shall be divided unless entitled 10
two or more Ser ators. No city or county shall
be entitled to separate representation exceeding
! onc-siXth of the whole number of Senators. No
ward, borough, or township shall be divided in
, the formation Of n district. The Senatorial ratio
shall be ascertained by dividing the whole popu-
! lation of the State by the number nifty.
| SEC. II. The members of the House OF Repre-
sentatiyes shall be apportioned among the sever
al counties, on a ratio obtained by dividing the
population of the state as ascerained hy the
most recent United States census by two hun
dred. Every county containing less than five
ratios shall have representative for every full
ratio, and an additional representative when the
| surplus exceeds half ratio; but each county
! shall have at least one representative. Every
county containing Ave ratios or more shall have
one representative for every full ratio Every
city containing a population equal to ratio
shall elect separately its proportion of the repre-
sentGtivcs allotted to the county in which 1t Is
! located. Every city entitled to more than -four
representatives, and every county having over
one hundred thousand inhabitants shall be di-
vided into districts of compact and contiguous
territory, each district to elect its proportion OF
representatives according to its population, but
no district shall elect more than four represcn-
tativcs.
SEC IS. The General Assembly nj its first ses-
sion after the adoption of this constitution, and
Immediately after each United States decennal
census, shall apportiOn the State rto Senatorial
and Representative districts agreeably to the
provisions OF the two next preceding sections.
ARTICLE III.
LRSIsLATIoN.
SECTION l. No law shall be passed except by
bill, and no hill shall be so altered or amended
on its passage through either house as to chang,
its original purpose.
SEC. 2. No bill shall be considered unless re
ferred TO a committee, returned therefrom, anC
printed for the use of the members.
SEC. 8. No bill, except general appropriation
bills, shall be passed, containing more than one
; subject, which shall be clearly expressed in III
title.
SEC. 4. Every bill shall be read at length OF
, three different days in each house all amend
ments made thereto shall be printed for the us
T Of the members before the final vote Is taken OF
the bill, and no bill shall become n law unes
on its final passage the vote be taken by yefl
, and nays, the names Of the persons voting TO
and against the same be entered on the journal
2 aud majority of the members elected to eacl
+ house be recorded thereon voting In its favor
, SEC. 5. No amendment to bills by one hous
shall be concurred in by this other, except by
vote of a majority of the members elected there
+ to taken by yeas and nays, and the names O
those voting for and against recorded upon tn
journal thereof; and reports of committees of con
| ference shall be adopted in either house only b.
the vote of majority of the members electe
G thereto, taken by yeas and nays, and the name
e of those voting recorded upon the journal.