The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-12-10

he had signed it unless the general as
Samblv. hy their adjournment, prevent
lis return. in which case il shall become
a law unless he shall lie the same. with
his objections, in the O. flee or the Secre-
tary of the commonwealth and give no.
tice thereof 10y public proclamation With
in thirty days after such Adjournment.
See Is. The governor shall haze power
to diSapprove of any item or items OF any
bill making appropriations OF money en-
bracing distinct items, and the parts OF
the bill approved shall be the law and
theitem or items appropriations dlSap-
proved shall lie void unless. TepaSSed ac-
cording to the rules and limitations pre-
scribed for the passage of other bills over
the executive veto.
SecI7. Thechief justice of the supreme
court shall preside upon the trial 0f any
contested election of governor or heuten-
ant governor and shall decide questions
regarding the admiSSability OF evidence
andshall upon request OF the committee.
pronounce his opinion upon other ques-
tiOns of law involved in the trial. The
governor and lieutenant governor shall
exercise the duties of their respective
offices until their successors shall be du-
ly qualified.
Sec Is. The secretary Of tie common
wealth shall keep a record Of AL official
acts and proceedings Of tie governor and
when required lay the same, with all min
uteS and vouchers relating thereto, be-
fore either branch Of the general assem-
bly, and perform such other duties as
may be enj0ined upon him by law.
Sec l9. The secretary OF internal at-
fairs shall exercise all the powers and
perform all the duties of tie surveyor
general. subject to such changes as shall
he made bv law. His department shall
embrace a bureau Of industrial statistics
and he shall discharge such duties reIat-
ing to corporations. to the charitable in
stituti0ns, the agricultural, manufac-
turing. mining. mineral. timber and 9th
er material or business interests OF the
state as may be prescribed by law. lie
shall annually. and at such other times
rs may be required by law, make report
to the general assembly.
Sec 20. The superintendent Of public
instruction shall exercise all the powers
and perform all the duties Of the super
tendent Of common schools, subject to
such changes as shall be made by law.
Sec q. The term Of the secretary OF
internal affairs shall be four years. Of the
auditor general three years and Of the
state treasurer two years. These officers
shall he chosen by the qualified electors
of the state at general elections. No
person elected to the office OF auditor
general or state treasurer shall be Capa-
ble of holding the same office for two
consecutive terms.
Sec -. The present great seal Of Penn
sylvania shall be the seal of the state.
Al commissions shall be in The name
and by authority of the commonwealth
of PENNSYLVANIA and be sealed with the
state seal and signed by the governor.
ARTICLE '.
judiciary.
Sec !. The judicial power 0f this com
monWealth shall be vested in the sU-
premC court, in courts Of common pleas,
courts Of oyer and terminer and general
Jail delivery, courts Of quarter sessions
of the peace, orphans courts, magis-
trateS' courts and in such other courts
as the general assembly may from time
to time establish.
Sec2. The supreme court shall consist
Of seven Judges. who shall De elected 10y
the qualified electors of tie state at large.
They shall hold their Offices for the term
Of tWenty-One years, il they SO long be
have themselves, but shall not be again
eligible. The judge whose commission
shall first expire shall be chief Justice
and thereafter each judge whose com
mission shall first expire shall III turn
be chief justice.
Sec 3. The jurisdiction Of tie supreme
court shall extend over the state and The
judges thereof shall, by virtue OF theil
Offices, be justices Of oyer and tCrn!nc
and general jail delivery III the severa
counties; they shall have original juris
diction in cases Of injunction :iiIL where
. corporation is a party defeudeut, Of ha
beaS corpus, OF mandamUS TO courts o
inferior jurisdiction, and Of quo Warran
to as to all officers of the commonwealth
whose jurisdiction extends over the stat
but shall not exercise any other origina
jurisdiction; they shall have appellat
jurisdiction hy appeal, certiorari or Wri
of error in all cases, rs is Row Or ma
hereafter be provided hy law.
Seed. Until otherwise directed by law
the courts of common pleas shall con
tInuc as at present established. eXcep
as herein changed; not more than fou
counties shall. at amy tine, be includCt
i'll one judicial district organize q iOr SQi
courts.
Sec D. Whenever a county shall con
tain forty thousand inhabitants ii shaI
constitute separate judicial distric
and shall elect one judge learned in tn
law, and the general assembly shall pre-
vide for additional judges rs the buSinCS
of The said districts may require. Com
ties containing a population less than j
sufficient to constitute separate district
shall he formed into convenient Singl
districts or, if necessary, may Toe attach
Cd to contiguous districts as the genera
assembly may provide The office of as
sociatc judge. not learned III the law, i
abolished IL counties forming Separat
districts; but the several aSsOCiat
judges in office when this constituti0
shall be adopted shall serve for their ul
expired terms.
Sec 6. In the counties Of Philadtlphi
and Allegheny all the ju. is;iictiOn al,
powers now vested in the district court
and courts of commOn pleas. subject t
such changes as may be made by thi
constitution or by law. shall be. in Phil
adeiphia, vested IN four. and in Alleghe
ny III two distinct and separate court
OF equal and co ordinate jurisdiction
composed of three judges each; the sal,
courts in Philadelphia shall be desIgna
ted respectively as the cOult of common
pleas number one, number two, numbe
three and number four, and in AllGghc
nyas the court of common pleas numbe
one and number two: but the numbe
of said courts may be bV law increased
from time to time, and shall he in lik
manner designated 10y successive man
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