The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-12-12

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disaPprove of any item or Items of any bill max
ing appropriations 4 money, embracing dis
proved shall be the law, and the item or items
OF appropriation disapproyed shall be void, un-
tions prescribed for the passage of other bills
over the executive Veto
SEC IL. The Chief Justice OF the Supreme
Court shall preside upon the trial of any con-
tested election OF Governor or Lieutenant Gov
ernor, and shall decide questions regarding
the admissibility of evidence, and shall, upon
request of the committee, pronounce his opin-
the trial. The Governor and Lieutenant Gov
ernor shall exercise the duties of their respect
I've oinces until their successors shall be duly
! SEC. IS. The Secretary of the Commonwealth
+ shall keep record or all official acts aud pro-
! ceedings OF the Governor, and when required
vouchers reIs ting thereto Safore etber Ss,anS
of the General Assem- bly,. and perform such
other duties as may be en5oIned upon him by
SEC. 10. The Secretary of Internal Affairs
sbs s6 oterclse m an az inc powers ano perform all
such changes as shall be made by law. His de-
statistics, and he shall discharge such duties
relating to corporations, to the charitable in
| stitutions. the agricultural. manufacturing,
J mining, mineral, timber, and other ma terial or
! business interests of the State may be pre-
! other times as may be required by law make
| report to the General Assembly.
SEC. 20. The Superintendent of Public In
! struction shall exercise all the powers and per-
form all the duties OF The Superintendent of
Common Schools; subject to such changes as
| SEC. 81. The term of the Secretary OF Inter
| nal Affairs shall be four years OF the Auditor
| General three years, and Of the State Treasurer
! two years. These officers shall be chosen by
! elections. No person elected to the ONCE of
/ Auditor General or State Treasurer shall be
| capable OF holding the same Office for two
! sEc. 2. The present Great Seal of Pounsyl-
! vania shall be the seal of the State.
All commissions shall be in the name and by
authority of the Commonwealth OF Pennsylva-
mia, and be sealed with the State seal aud sign
| ed by the Governor.
ARTICLE V.
THE JUDICIARY.
SECTION I. The judicial power OF this Com
monwealth shall be vested in the Supreme
Court, in courts of common pleas, courts of
/ oyor and termirer and general Jail delivery,
| courts, magistrates courts. and in such other
courts as the General Assembly may from time
! SEC 2 The Supreme Court shall consist of
! seven judges, who shall be elected by the quail
/ flied electors OF the State at large. They shall
| hold their offices for the term of twenty-one
years, IL they so long behave themselves wLll,
commission shall first expire shall be chief jus
| ticc, and thereafter each judge whose commits
sion shall first expire shall in turn be chief jus
tice.
SEC. 3. The jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
shall extend over the State, and the judges
thereof shall, by virtue of their offices, he JUS
tices OF oyer and terInlner and general Jail do
| livery in the several counties toey shall have
/ original jurisdiction in cases of Injunction, and
where corpor .tion is party defendant, of
haheas corpus, OF AASDAMUS to courts OF infe-
rior jurisdiction and of QUO wARRANro as 10
diction extends over the state, but shall not
exercise any other original jurisdiction; they
shall have appellate Jurisdiction by appea l.,
CERTIoRARI or writ OF error in all cases, is
now or may hereafter be provided by law.
SEC. 4. Until otherwise directed by law, the
courts OF common pleas shall continue as at
| present Established, except as herein changed |;
lie included In one judicial district organized
for said courts. -.,-,,
! thousand inhabitants it shall constitute sepa-
rate judicial district aud shall elect one judge
shall provide for additional judges as the bus
! iness of the said districts may require Coun-
! ties containing population less than is Suffi-
cent to constitute separate districts shall be
formed into convenient single districts, or, il
| tricts as the General Assembly may provide.
The office OF associate judge, not learned In the
! law, is abolished in counties forming separate
districts; but the several associate Judges in
office when this Constitution shall be adopted
shall serve for their unexpired terms.
SEC. 8. In the counties of Philadelphia and
! Allegheny, all the Jurisdiction and powers now
vested in the District Courts and Courts OF
Common Pleas, subject to such changes as may
be made by this constitution or by law, shall be
in Philadelphia vested In four, and in Alleghe-
ny in TIVE distinct and separate courts of equal
and coordinate jurisdiction, composed OF three
judges each the said courts in Philadelphia
shall bc designated respectively as the Court Of
Common Pleas number one, number two, mum
as tho Court of Common Pleas number one md
number two, but the number of said courts
| and shall he in like manner designated by stic-
| cesSive numbers the number of judges i'm any
|
| tablishment of an additional court may oe aa-
thorized by law, may be increased from time
| to time; and whenever such increase shall
amount in the whole TO three. such three judg
es shall compose a distinct and separate court
as aforesaid, which shall be numbered rs afore-
said. In Philadelphia all suits shall be institu
ted in the said Courts of Common Pleas. with
| out designating the number of said Court, and
fhe several courts shall distribute and appor-
tion the business among them in such manner
| court to which any suit shall be thus assigned
shall have exclusive Jurisdiction thereof, sun
ject to change OF venue, as shall be provided
by Jaw. In Allegheny each court shall have
exclusive jurisdiction OF all proceedings at law
and in equity commenced therein. subject to
change of venue may be provided by law.
SEC. Z. For Phi:adelphis there shall be one
for all said courts, to be appointed by the
judges of said courts and TO hold Office for three
said judges; the said Prothonotary shall ap3
point such assistants as may be necessary ana
sistants shall receive fixed salaries To be deter
mined by law and paid by said county; all fees
. collected in said Office except such as may be
by law.due to the Commonwealth, shall be paid
by the Prothonotary into the county treasury.
Each court shall have its separate docket, W hich
shall contain the judgments and liens OF all the
sa9 5e az sad Is or ns in DG S conn,s Of Pb
adelphia and Allegheny respectively shall.frouI
lime to time in turn, detail one or more OF OF
Termin9r and the courts OF Quarter Sessions OF
the Peace of said counties in such manner as
SIC O. Judges OF the Courts of Common Pleas
learned in the law shall be judges of the courts
of Oyer and Terminer. Quarter Sessions of the
Peace, and General Jail Delivery. and of the
Orphans' Court, and within their respective
districts shall BE justices of the peace as to
/ criminal matters
SEC. 10. The judges of the courts of Common
Pleas, within their respective counties, shali
/ have power to issue writs of CEIerIoRi 10 JUS
tices of the peace and other inferiorcourts not
! of re. ord, and to cause their proceeding 10 be
brought before them and right and justice TO
! be DONE. -,
| Constitution, justices of the peace or aldermen
| shali be elected in the several wards, d.strict'
lius at
ton of constabIe~, by the qualified electors there
of in such manner as SHAH be directed D law, ana ana
shall be commissioned By the Governor for term
; of 6ye years No township, ward, district or b9r-
ourh shall elect more than two justices Il the
nesce or aldermen without the consent Of major
itv of the qualified electors within such townsil p
ward or borough. No person shall be elected 10
slch office unless he shall have resided within the
! township borough, ward or district for one ear
next preceding his election In cities contaihii ig
rar kfty thnrlsand inl.aitants, NOT more than one