The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-27

erecting new cOuDtleS, OF cnauSinS
county lines;
incorporating cities, towns, or villages,
or changing their charters;
For the opening and conducting Of
elections, or fixing or changing the place
Of voting;
Grating divorces;
Erecting new townships or boroughs,
changing township lines, borough limits,
Or school districls;
Creating oficies, or prescribing the
powers and duties of officers in counties,
cities, boroughs, townships, election or
school districts;
Changing the law Of descent or sue
cession;
Regulating the practice or jurisdiction
of, or changing the rules of evidence in
any judicial proceeding or inquiry be-
fore courts, aldermen, justices Of the
peace, sherifs, commissioners, arbi;ra-
tors, auditors, masters in chancery, or
other tribunals, or providing or chang
lug methods tor the collection Of debts,
or the enforcing OF Judgments, or pre-
scribing the effect of judicial sales OF
real estate!
Regulating the fees, or extending the
powers and duties of aldermen, justices
Of the peace, magistrates. or constables;
Regulating the management Of pub
lie schools, the building and repairing OF
school houses, and the raising of money
for such purposes;
Fixing the rate of interest;
Affecting the estates OF minors or per:
sons under disability, except after due
notice to all parties in interest, to be re-
cited in the special enactment;
Remitting fines. penalties and forfeit
ures, or the rctundiLg moneys legally
paid into the Treasury;
Exempting property from taxation;
Regulating labor; trade, mining, or
manufacturing.
Creating corporations, or amending,
renewing, or extending the charters
thereof;
Granting to any corporation, associa
ton, or individual any special or exclu,
sive privilege or immunity or to any
corporation, association or individual the
right TO lay down railroad track. Nor
shall the General Assembly indirectly
enact such specia! or local law by the
partial repeal OF general law, but laws
repeating local or special acts may be
passed. Nor shal! any law be passed
granting powers or privileges in any case
where the granting of such powers and
privileges shall have been provided for
by general law, nor where the courts
have jurisdiction to grant the same or
give the relief asked for.
SEC s. No local or special bill shall
be passed unless notice of the intention
to apply therefor shall have beer pub
lished in the locality where the matter
Or the thing to be affected may be stu
ated, which notice shall be at least thirty
days prior to the introduction into the
General Assembly Of such bill, and in
the manner to be provided by law; the
evidence OF such notice having been pub
lished, shall be exhibited in the General
Assemble before such act shall be
passed.
SC 0. The presiding officer of each
house shall, in the presence Of the house
over which he prescribes, sign all bills
and joint resolutions passed by the Gen
sral Assembly, after their titles have
been publicly read Immediately before
siguing, and the fact OF signing shall be
entered on the journal.
Sec 10. The General Assembly shall
prescribe by law the uumber, duties and
compensation of the officers and en-
ployees OF each house, and no payment
shall be made from the State Treasury
or be 10 any way authorized 10 any per-
son, except to au acting officer or em-
ployee elected or appointed in pursuance
of law.
Sec II. No bill shall be passed Civ
ing any extra compensation to any pub
lie officer, servant, employee, agent or
contractor made, nor providing for the
payment of any claim against the Com
monwealth, without previous authority
OF law.
Sec y. All stationery, printing,
paper, and fuel used in the Legislative
and other departments OF government
shall be furnished, aud the printing,
binding, and distributing of the laws,
journals, department reports. and all
other printing and binding, and the re-
pairing and furnishing the halls aud
rooms used fer the meetings of the Cen
eral Assembly and its committees, shall
be performed under contract, to be given
to the lowest responsible bidder below
such maximum price and under such
regulations as shall be prescribed by law;
no member Or officer Of any department
of the government shall be in any way
interested in such contracts, aud all such
contracts shall be subject to the approval
of the Governor, Auditor General and
State Treasurer.
Sec l3. No law shall extend the
term of any public officer, or increase or
diminish his salary or emoluments after
bis election or appointment.
Sec II. All bills for raising. revenue
shall! originate in the House Of Repre-
sentatives, but the Senate may propose
amendments as sn other bills.
Sec 10. The general appropriation
bill shall embrace nothing but appro-
pria.ious for the ordinary expenses OF
the executive, legislative and judicial de-
paTtments Of the Commonwealth, interest
on the nublic debt and for nuhlic