The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-11-28

De quartereu IN any house without the con-
sent of the owner, nor in time of war but in
manner to be prescribed by law.
SEC. "a. The Legislature shall not grant
any title of nobility or hereditary distinc-
ton, nor create any Office the appointment
of which shall be for q longer term than dur
ing good behavior.
SEC. 25. Emigration from the State shall
not be prohibited.
SEC. 26. To guard against transgressions
of the high powers which we have dele
gated, we declare that verything iii this
ticle is excepted out of the general powers
of government, and shall forever remain in
violate.
ARTICLE II.
THE LEGISLATURK.
SECTION 1. The legislative power of this
Commonwealth shall be vested in General
Assembly, which shall consist of q Senate
and House of Representatives..
SEC. 2. Members of the General Assem-
bly, 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 thereof shall issue writ of election
to fill such vacancy for the remainder of the
term.
SIC. 8. Senators shall be elected for the
term of four years and Representatives for
the term of two years
SEC. 4. The General ssembly shall meet
at twelve o'clock noon, on the first Tuesday
OF january every second wear, anu AT OLncr
times when convened by the Governor, but
shall hold no adjourned annual session after
the year one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-oight. In case of = vacancy i'll the
Office of United States Senator from this
Commonwealth, in recess between SeS-
sions, 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
five years of age, and Representatives TWEEN
of hall h.tNa he
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 re-
side in their respective districts during their
terms of service.
SEC. 6. No Senator or Representative
shall, during the time for which he shall
have bsen elected, be appointed to any civil
Office under this Commonwealth, and no
member of Congress or other person holding
any office (except of attorney y-at-law or in
the militia) under the United States this
Commonwealth shall be- member of either
house during his continuance in office.
SEC. Z. No person hereafter convicted of
elnb~zzlement of public moneys, bribery,
perjury other infamous crime, shall be
eligible to the General Assembly, or capa-
BILE of holding any Office of trust or profit in
. this Commonwealth.
4 SEC. 8. The members of the General AS
sembly shall receive such salary and mile
age for regular and special sessions as shall
be fixed by law, aud no other compensation
. whatever, whether for service upon commit
. tee or otherwise. No member of either
house shall, during the term for which he
may have been elected, receive any increase
of salary, or mileage, under amy law passed
! during such term.
SEC. 9. The Senate shall, at the beginning
and close of each regular session and at
such other times as may be necessary, elect
one of its members president pro tenpore,
-, ~
ant Governor, in any case of absence or disa-
bility Of that officer, and whenever the said
Office of Lieutenant Governor shall be va
cant. The House OF Representatives shall
elect one of its mombers as Speaker. Each
house shall choose its other officers, and
shall judge of The election and qualifications
of its mombers-
SEC 10. a majority of each House shall
constitute a quorum, but smaller number
may adjourn from day to day, and compel
She attendance of absent members.
SEC. IL. Each house shall have power to
determine the rules of its proceedings and
punish its members or other persons for con-
tempt or disorderly behavior in its presence,
/ to enforce obedience to its process, to pro-
teCt its members against violence, or offers
of bribes or private solicitation, and with
the concurrence of two-thirds, TO eNpel a
member but not a second time for the same
/ cause and shall have all other powers neces-
J sary for the Legislature of free State. 4
member expelled for corruption shall not
thereafter be eligible to either house, and
punishment for contempt or disorderly be-
havior shall not bar an indictment Tor the
same offenSe.
SEC II. Each house shall keep journal
OF it's proceedings, and from time to time
publish the same, except such parts as re-
quirs secrecy, and tho yeas and nays OF the
. members on any question shall, at the dosire
of any two of them, be entered on the journal.
Sec I3 The sessions of each house and OF
committees of the whole shall be open, un-
less when the business Is such as ought to
be kept secret.
/ Sec IA Neither house shall, without the
consent of the other, adjourn for more than
/ three days, nor to any other place than thai
! in which the two houses shall he sitting.
Sec Is. The members of the General As
! sembly shall in all cases, except treason,
felony, violation af their oath OF office, and
breach or surety of the peace, be privileged
from arrest during their attendance at the
sessions of their respective houses, ana II
going to and returning from the same and
for any speech or debate in either house
they shall not be questioned In any othsi
, place.
Sec. 16 The State shall be divided into
: fifty Senatorial districts of compact and con
! tiguous territory, as nearly equal In popuia
, ton as may be, and each district shall DC en-
/ titled to elect one Senator. Each county
| containing one or more ratios OF populatloI
shall be entitled TO one Senator for each IA
! ito and to an additional Senator tor a sur
/ plus of population exceeding three-htths o.
a ratio but no county shall form separate
district unless it shall contain four-htths o.
( a ratio, except where the adjoining counties
are each entitled to one or more Senators
. when such county may be assigned Senar
/ tor on less than four-fifths, and eNceeulne
half of a ratio, and no county shall be
divided unless entitled to two or more Sens-
tors. No city or county shall he entitled tt
separate representation exceeding one-slxtn
I of the whole number of Senators. 30 wAru .,C
borough. or township shall be divided in the
formation of a district. The Senatorial ra-
ito shall be ascertained by dividing the
whole population of the State by the mum
bsr ffty. =,
Sec. II. The members OF the House ol
Representatives shall be apportioned among
the several counties on ratio obtained oy
dividing the population of the State as as
certained by the most recent United states
census by two hundred. Every county con
tanning less than Ave ratios shall nave one