The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1873-12-03

| Ohd year Their term of service shall begin on
! the first DAY of December next aftcr their cleo
ton, Whenever vacancy shall occur In either
House the presiding officer thereof shall Issue
writ of election TO ill such vacancy for tho re-
maindor OF the term.
! SIC. 2. Senators shah be elected for the torn
Of four years and Representatives for the term
' oi two years
: src g. The General Assembly shall meet at
| twelve uclock noon, on the rstTucsdsy Of jan
uarv every second year, and at other times when
convened by the Governor, but shall hold no ad-
! journcd annual session after the year one thou
| sand eight hundred and seventy eight In case
| OF vacancy ia the Office of United States Seua-
! tor from this Commonwealth In srecess between
! sessions, the Governor shall convene the two
I houses by proclamation on notice not exceeding
! sixty DAYS tn i'll the same.
Sic s. Senators shall be at least twenty-five
years OF age, and Representatives twenv-ohe
| years Of age. They shall have been citizens and
Inhabitants of tue State four years, and inhabi-
tauts of their respective districts one wear next
before their election (unlcss abecnt on the pub
lie business of the United States or Of this State
and shall reside In their respective districts dur
ing their terms OF service.
SEC. c. No Senator or Representative sIall,
during the time for which he shall have been
elected, he.appoinled to any civil Office under
this COMMONWEALTH, and no memb Der OF Congress
or othcr person holding any office Except of at
torncy at law or In the mililla) under the United
States or this Commonwealth shall be q member
of either house during his continuance In Office,
Sac. Z. No person hereafter convicted OF cm
begzlement of public moneys bribery. PERJURY
or other infamous crime, shall hr eligible 10 the
General Assembly, or capable of holding any Of
ice of trust orproft IN this Commonwealth.
SIC. 8. The members OF the General Assembly
shall receive such salary and mileage for regular
and special sessions as sllall 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
cd during such term. se 10.
SEC. 9. The Senate shall at the beginning and
close OF each regular session, apd at such other
tlmes as may be necessary, elecQonc OF its mem
bcrs president pro tcmpore, Yhb 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 its
members.
Sro. 10. A majority OF each House shall con-
stitute quorum, but smaller number may ad-
journ from day TO day. and compel the attend
aucc of absent members.
SIC H. Each house shall have power TO de-
termine the rules of its proceedings and punish
its members or other persons for contempt or
disorderly behavior in its presence, to enforce
obedience to its process, TO protect its members
against violence, or offers of brides or private
solicitation, and with the concurrence of two
thirds, 10 expel member, but not a second time
for the samo cause, and shall have all other pow
ers necessary for the legislature of a free State.
A member expelled for corruption shall not
thereafter be eligible to either honse aud punish
ment for contempt or disorderly behavior shall
not bar an indictment for the same osense.
SsSEc. l2. Each house shall keep journal of its
proceedings and from time TO time publish the
same, except such parts ne require secrecy, and
the yeas and nays of the members on any qucs-
ton shall, at the desire of any two of them, be
entered on the Journal. ....
SEC 49, The sessions of each house and of
committees of the whole shall be open, unless
when the business is such rs ought to be kept
secret.
SKc II. Neither house shall, without the
consent of tho other, adjourn for than three
days, nor to any other place than that In which
he two houses shall be sitting. tl
SEC II. The members of the General Assem-
bly, shalt in all cases except treason, felony, yio
lstion of their oath of office, aud breach or sure
ty of the peace be privileged from arrest during
their attendance at the sessions OF their respeo-
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.
sRc lG. The State shall be divided into fifty
Senatorial districts of compact and contiguous
territory, as 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 be entitled to one Sen
ator for each ratio, aud to m additional Senator
for surplus OF population exceeding thrae-fl;hs
of ratio; but no county shall form q separate
district unless 1t shall contain four htths OF
ito, except where the adjoining counties are
each entitled to one or more Senators, when
such county may I've assigned a Senator on less
than four-hfths and exceeding oue-haf OF a ra-
ito. and no county shall be divided unless enti-
tied to two or more Senators. No city or county
shall be entitled TO separate representation eX-
ceeding one-sixth Of the whole number o: Sena-
tors. No ward. borough, or township shall be
divided in the formation of district. The Sena-
torial ratio shall be ascertained by dividing the
sUh AZ fnn of ha all hV nj nFnb nbur
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Sac II. The members of the House of Rep
resentatives shall be apportioned among the
several counties on a ratio obtained by dividing
the population of the State MS ascertained by the
most reeen. United States census by two hun
dred. Every county containing less than tive
ratios shall have one representative Tor every
full ratio, aud an additional representative when
the surplus exceeds half q ratio but each eoun-
~ 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 rep
resentatives allotted to the county IN which 10 l.
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 aud contiguous
territory, each district TO elect its proportion OF
representatives according to its population, but
no district shall elect more than four represen-
tatives.
SEC IS. Tho General Assembly at It's first ses-
sion after the adoption Of this constitution, and
Immediately after each United States dccennlal
census, shall proportion the State into Senator
ial and Representative districts agreeably To the
provisions of tho two next preceding sectioGs.
ARTICLE III.
LECIsLAI1oS.
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 10 change
its original purpose.
SIC 2 No bill stall be considered unless re-
ferrvd to a committees returned therefrom, and