Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-11-19
ARTICLE XIV,

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ARTICLE XIV,
County orripERs.
SrcrIox l. County oiIicers shan consist Of rhcr,
offs, coroneri prothonotaries, registers Of will,
recorders Of deeds, comm nssqners treasursrs. sur
rcyors, auditors, or controllers, clerks Of tho
courts. district attorneys aud such Others as ma
from time to time bo established by Law and N,
sheriff OF lrcaFurcr shall be eligible for the term
next succeeding the ono for Which he may u
elected. ..0t ~ I
Sac. 2, County officers shall be elected at Tho
general elections, and shall hold their Offices for
tho term Of three years, beginning on the hrs,
Monday OF January next after their election, and
until their successors shall bc duly qualified all
vacancies not otherwise provided for shall be fllel
, In such manner as may be provided by law.
, SEC. 3. NO person shall be appointed TO any
Office within any county who shall not hare beer
n citizen and m inhabitant therein one year ncxi
before bis appointment, Il the county shall havs
been 50 long erected, but " 1t shall not have been
so long erected, then within the limits or III,
county counties out Of which II shall have hoes
taken. .la..
SEC. 4. Prothonotarics, clerks of the courts re,
corders Of deeds, regisers Of wills. county sur
vyors, and gherifFs shall keep their ofices in thu
county town Of tho county in which they respec.
lively shall be officers iiif ri'l
Sec. 5, The compensation Of county officers
shall be regulated by law, and all county officers
who are or may be saariod shslpay all fees which
thoy may be authorized to receive into the treas
ury of the county or State, as may be directed by
law. 10 counties containing oyer ono hundred
and fifty thousand iDhsbtsnts all county ofhesrs
shall be paid by salary aud the salary Of any sueh
officer and his clerks heretofore paid by fees, shall
not sApred tue aggregate amount OF fers earned
during his term and collected BY or for him.
SEC 0. The General Assembly shall prpvidoby
law for the strict accountability of al county,
township and borough officers, as well for the fee,
which may be collected by them as for oil public
or municipal moneys which may be paid to them.
SEC. 7. Three county commissioners and three
county auditors shall be elected in each COUNTY
where such officers are chosen, in the year ono
thousand eight hundred and seventy I've, and
every third year thereafter; and in tho election Of
said officers each qualified eector shall vote for
no more than two persons, and the three persons
having the hgest number Of votes shall be eleccdJ
any casual vacancy in the Office Of cousty com.
missioner or county auditor shall be filled BY Tho
Court of Common Pleas Of the county in which
such vacancy shall occur, by the appointment Of
an elector of the proper county who shall have
voted for the commissioner or auditor whose place
ARTICLE XIV. g i3
CITIES AND cirY CHARTERS, i
SECTION ]. Cities may be chartered wheneverA .
majority Of the electors Of my town or boroux-
vote at any general election in favor Of the same
SIC. 2. No debt shall be contracted or liability
incurred by any municipal commission, except in
pursuance OF an appropriation previously made
therefor by the municipal government. =
SEC. .. Every city shall create a sinking fund,
which shall be invioably pledged fer the pay mept
of It's funded debt. =
ARTICLE XVI. tf
PRiyArE CORPORATIONS.
srcrroS !, All existing charters, or grants
OF special or exclusive privileges, under which
bona hde Organization shall not have taken place
and business been commenced in good faith at
the time Of the adoption of this constitution, shall
thereafter have no validity.
SEC. 2. The General Assembly shall not remit
the forfeiture Of the charter of any corporation
now existing, or alter or amend the same, or pasr
any other general or special law for the benefit Of
such corporation, except upon the condition that
such corporation shall thereafter hold lis charter
subject to the provisions of this consultation.
SIC. s. Tho escroise or the right Of eminentds
main shall never be abridged or so construed 10
to prevent the General Assembly from taking ths
property and franchises Of incorporated companies
and subjeelng them to public use, the same as
the property ofindiyjdual; and the exercise Of
the police power Of the State shall never be
abridged or so construed as to permit corpora
tions to conduct their business In such m,nnor
Ae " tuiflDEc Tue eQhal fipntt OF trliytduAls
the general well being OF the State.
Sac. 4. In all elections for directors or man
ayers Of a corporation each member or shareholder
may cast the whole number Of his votes for ono
candidate, or distribute them upon two or moro
candidates. as be may prefer.
SEC. 5. No foreign corporation shall do any
business In this State without having one nnr.
known places Of busincss. and an saihorised agent
or agents IN the same, upon whom process may DO
served
SEC. 9. No corporation shall engage in any
business other than that expressly authorized In
its charter, nor shall II take hold any real es-
tate, except such as may be necessary and prope.
for its legitimate business.
SEC I. No corporation shall issue stocks os
bonds except for money, labor done. or money or
property actually received; and all fictitious in-
crease Of stock or indie btcdpess shall be void;
the stock and indebtedness Of corporations shall
not be increased except in pursuance of general
law. nor without; the consent Of the persons hold
ing the larger amount in value Of the stock Rrst
obtained at a meeting to DO held after sixty days
notice given in pursuance Of law.
SEC. 8. Municipal and Other corporations and
individuals invested with the privilege Of taking
private property for public use shall make Just
compensation for property taken, Injured or do
stroyed by the construction or enlargement Of
their works, highways, or improvements, which
shall be paid or secured before such
taking, injury, or destruction. The General As
sembly Is hereby prohibited from depryng any
person of an appeal from any preliminary assess
ment Of damages against any such corporations
or Individuals, made by riewers or otherwise; and
the amount Of such damages. in all cases OF ap-
peal, shall, on the demand Of either party, be do
termined by jury according to the course Of tho
common law. at
sEc 0. Every banking law shall provide for
the resstry and countersiguing by m officer ofthc
State. of all notes bills designed for circulation
and that ample security tothe full amount thereof
shall be deposited with the Auditor General for
the redemption of such notes or bills.
Src, 10. The General Assembly shall Laye the
power to alter, revoke, or apnul any charter of
now existing and rcvoeable at the
adoption Of this constitution, or any that may
hereafter be created. whenever In their opinion II
may be injurious TO the citizens Of this Common
wealth, in such manner, however than no injus-
tice shall be dnpe 70 the corporators. No law
hereafter onac.cd shall create, rosew, or extend
the charter Of more than one corporation.
SIC II. No corporate body to possess banking
and dscoun,ug privileges shall be created or or
ganred In pursuance of any law without three
months previous public notice at the place Of tho
intended location. o! the intention to apply for
such privilege 10 such manner as shall be pro-
scfibcd by Law, shall n charter for such privi-
lcge be granted for longer period than twenty
years. IH If
SIC. i2. Any association or corporation organ.
ized for tho purpose, or any individual, shall
have the right to construct and maintain lines Of
telegraph within this State, and to connect tho
,amc with other lines; and tue General Assembly
shall, by general law of uniform operation, pro-
vide reasonable rogulatons to give full effect to
his section. No telegraph company shall consoI-
date with or hold controlling interest In tho
stock or bonds Of any ether telegraph company
,wniuga competing line, vr acquire, by purchass
'r otherwise, any other competing line of tele.
graph.
SEC i3. The term "corposations," as used In
his article, shall bo construed to include all joint
stock companies or associations having any or tho
powcts or privileges Of corporations not possessed
oy Individuals or partnerships.
ARTICLE XVII.
RAiLnoAns AND CANALS. N
egcrioS I. All railroads and canals shall be
public highways, and all railroad and canal COM
lanios shall be common carriers. Any associa,
ion or corporation organized for the purpose
hall bave tho right to construct and operate o
ailrqad between aPy points within this State and
cenrcct at the State line with railroads Of other
States. Every railroad company shall havo tho
light with It's road TO incrscct, couucci with or
ross any other railfond, and shall receive and
transport eech the others passengcrs,t nnagc,and