Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-11-28

SEC. 4. The General Assembly shall meet at
twelve O'Clock noon, on the first Tuesday OF jan
| uary every second year, and at other times when
| convened by the Governor, but shall hold no ad-
jou,ned annual session after the year one thou
sand eight hundred and seventy. eight. In case
of 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-
ceediug sixty days to I'LL the same.
SEC. s. Senators shall be at least twenty. five
| 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 (unless absent on the public
| business of the United States oil Of this State,)
and shall reside in their respective districts dur
| ing their terms of service.
| SEC. 6. 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
| torney-at-law or In the milita) under toe United
| States or this Commonwealth shall be a member
of either house during his continuance In office.
| SEC. z. No person hereafter convicted of en-
| bczzlement 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
aud 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
which he may have been elected, receive any in
crease of salary, or mileage, under any law pass
ed during such term.
SEC. 9. The Senate SHALL at the beginning an6
| close of each regular session and at such other
| times as may be necessary, elect one of its men,
bers president pro tempore. who shall perform
the duties of the Lieutenant Governor, In any
case of absence or disability of that officer, aud
,rha fi,a eaij off nfI
Shall he vacant The House of Representatives
shall elect one of its members as Speaker. Each
house shall choose its other officers, aud shall
judge of the election and qualifications of its
members.
SEC. 10. A majority Of each House shall con-
stutc II quorum, but smaller number may ad-
journ from day to day, and compel the attend
ancc 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-
derly behavior In its presence, to enforce obcdi
ence TO its process. TO protect its members
against violence, offers of bribes private
| lcnation, and with the concurrence of two
thirds, to expel IA member, but not II second time
| for the same cause, aud shall have all other
powers necessary for the Legislature of free
Sttte. member expelled for corruption shall
| not thereafter be eligible to either house, and
| punishment, or contempt or dsorderly behavior
shall not bar an indictment for the came oilense.
| SEC. ~. Each house shall keep journal of its
proceedings ana from time 10 time publish the
same, except such parts as require secrecy, and
| the yeas and nays Of the members on any ques-
tion shall at the desire of any two OF them, be
entered on the journal.
SEC. l3. The sessions OF each house aud OF
committees of the whole shall be open, unless
when the business is such as ought to be kept Sc
cret.
SIC. "a. Neither house shall, without the con-
sent Of the other, adjourn for moro than three
days, nor to any other place than that in which
the two houses shall be sitting.
SEC. Is. The members of the General Assem-
bly, shall III all cases. except treason, felony, vo
laton of their oath of office, and breach or sure
" of the peace, be privileged from arrest during
their attendance at 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.
SEC. 16. The State shall be divided into fifty
Senatorial districts of compact and CONTIGUOUS
territory, as nearly equal in population may
be, and each district shall be entitled to elect
Senator. Each county containing one or more
ratios OF population shall be entitled to one Sena-
tor for each ratio, and to an additional Senator
for n surplus of population exceeding three-dfths
OF ratio but no county shall form a scperate
district unless It shall contain fourhfths of Il
ito, except where the adjoining counties are each
entitled to one or more Senators, when such
county may be assigned Senator on lees than
four -fsths, RCd exceeding one-half OF ratio,
and no county shall be divided unless entitled to
Two or more senators. NO city or county snail
be entitled to separate representation exceeding
one-siXth of the whole number Of Senators. No
ward, borough, or township shall be divided in
the formation of district. The Senatorial ratio
shall be ascertained by dividing the whole popu-
lation Of the State by the number nifty.
SEC. IT. The members of the House OF Repre-
sentatives shall be apportioncd among the sever
al counties, on a ratio obtained by dividing the
population of the State as ascertained by the
most recent United States census by two hun
drat Epr tlin leg We
ratios shall have one 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 five ratios or more shall have
one representative for every full ratio. Every
city containing population equal to ratio
shall elect separately its proportion OF the repre-
sentatives allotted Ia the county in which il is
located. Every city entitled to more than four
representatives, aud 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 represen-
tutives.
SEC. IS. The General Assembly at it's FIRST ses-
sion after the adoption OF this constitution, and
Immediately after each United States decenpial
census, shall appoTtion the State into Senatorial
and Representative districts agreeably TO the
provisions OF the two next preceding sections.
ARTICLE III.
LEGISLATION.
SECTION /. No law shall be passed except by
bill, and no bill shall be so altered or amended
on its passage through either house as to change
its original purpose
SEC. 2. No bill shall be considered unless
ferred to a committee, returned therefrom, and
printed for the use of the members.
SEC. 5. No bill, except general appropriation
bills, shall be passed, containing more than one
subject, which shall be clearly expressed in Its
title.
Sec. 4. Every bill shall be read at length on
three different days in each house all amend
ments made thereto shall be printed for the use
of the members before the final vote is taken on
the bill, and no bill shall become law unless
on its final passage the vote be taken by yeas
and nays, hte names of the persons voting for
and against the same be entered on the journal,
and majority of the members elected to each
house be recorded thereon as voting in its favor.
SEC. 5. No amendment to bills by one house
shall be concurred in by the other, except by a
vote of q majority of the members elected there
to taken by yeas and nays, and the names of
those voting for and against recorded upon the
journal thereof; and reports of committees of con
| ference shall be adopted In either house only by
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