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

| rotary Of the Commonw " ealth, and give notice
! thereof by public proclamation within thirty
| days after such Adjournment.
/ SEC. Is. The Governor shall havo power TO
/ ing appropriations OF money. embracing dis
tinct items, and the part or parts OF the bill aP-
OF appropriation disapproved shall be void I'M
less repassed according to the rules and ilInita-
/ tionH prescribed for the passage OF other bills
| over the executive veto
! SEC. Il. The Chief Justice OF tho Supreme
! Court shall preside upon the trial of any con- .
| tested election OF Goveruor or Lieutenant Gov
| the admissbility of evidence, and shall, upon 4
| request of the committee. pronounce his opin- :
| the trial. The Governor and lieutenant Gov /
ernor shall exercise the duties OF their respect
! I've Offices until their successors shall he duly
SIC. is. The Secretary of the Commonwealth !
ceedings OF the Governor. and when required /
| lay the same. with all papers, minutes and
vouchers relating thereto, before either branch
! of the General Assembly. and perform such
other duties as may be etjotned upon him by
Lag: 80 Tho soo-o,, =, 1n,orna, .r.,-.
the duties OF the Surveyor General, subject to
! such changes shall be made by law. His do
| statistics, aud he shall discharge such duties
relating to corporations, to the charitable in
! mining, mineral, timber, and other material or
business interests of the State as may be pre-
scribed by law. He shall annually and at such
other times as may be required by law. make
report to the GENERAL Assembly
! SIC. 20. The Superintendent OF Public In
| struction shall exercise II the powers ana per
form all the duties OF The Superintendent of
. Common Schools, subject to such changes as
! shall be made ny law.
SEC. 81: The term of the Secretary OF Inter
| nal Affairs shall he four years, OF the Auditor
General three years, and of the State Treasurer
two Sears These Officers F ,s sn" s,se be chosen by
/ elections No person elected to the ONCE OF
! capable OF holding the same Office for two con-
| SEC q The present Great Seal OF Pennsyl-
! vnnia shall be the seal OF the State,
All commissions shall be in the name and by
| MIA and he sealed with the State seal and 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
courts of quarter sessions of the peace. orphans
! courts, magistrates courts. and in such other
courts as the General Assembly may from time
| SEC 2 Tho Supreme Court shall consist OF
seven Judges, who shall be elect cd by the quail
! ified electors of the State at large They shall
! hold their Offices for the term Of twenty-one
but shall not be again eligible The judge whose
| commission shall first expire shall be chic: jus
! ticc. and thereafter each judge whose commits
sion shall first expire shall in turn be chief JUS
! SEC 3. The Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
| shall extend over the State, and the judges
thereof SHALL by virtue OF their Offices. be jus
livery in the several counties; they shnll have
original jurisdiction in cases of injunction, and
! where a corporation is a party defendant. of
habeas corpus, of NANDAAUs to courts OF infe-
| rior jurisdiction and of QUO wARRANTo as to
ali officers of the Commonw ealth whose juris-
| diction extends over the State, but shall not
| exercise any other original Jurisdiction ; they
shall have appellate jurisdiction by appeal,
| CERTIORARI or writ OF error IN all cases, as Is
SEC, A. Until otherwise directed by law, the
courts of common pleas shall continue at
present established, except as herein changed;
| not more than four counties shall. at any time.
Re included In one judicial district organized
SEC. 5. Whenever a county shall contain forty
thousand inhabitants it shall cOnstit Ute sepa-
rate Judicial district, aud shall elect judge
| learned in the law and tho General Assembly
shall provide for additional judges, as the bus
ties containing population less than is sum-
cIent to constitute separate districts shall be
| formed into convenient single districts, or, II
| necessary. may be attached to contiguous dis
! 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
shall serve for their unexpired terms;
/ A1IcSbeny. ali the jurisdiction and powers now
| vested in the District Courts and Courts of
| he made by this constitution or by law, shall 10
in Philadelphia vested in four, and in AllcRhe,
| ny in two distinct and separate courts Of equal
and coordinate Jurisdiction, composed of three
judges each the said courts i'll Philadelphia
shall be designated respectively as the Court of
Common Pleas number one number Two. MUM
Der three and number four, and in Allegheny
anmber two, but the number of aaid courts
may be by law incI eased, from time TO time,
cessive numbers the number OF judges in any
OF said courts, or in any county where the es-
| tablishment of an additional court may oe Ru-
| thorized by law may be increased from time
| to time: and whenever such increase shall
| amount in The whole to three such three judg-
| os shall compose distinct and separate court
said In Philadelphia all suits shall be institu-
| ted ia the said Courts OF Common Pleas. with
| out designating the number of said Court, and
! the several courts shall distribute and appor-
| tion the business among them in such manner
| as shall be provided by rules OF court. aud each
! q W assigned
/ shall have exclusive jurisdiction thereof, sun
ject to change of venue, as shall he provided
| by law. In Allegheny each court shall have
exclusive Jurisdiction OF sll proceedings at law
and in equity commenced thercin- subject To
| change of venue may he provided ny law.
SEC. Z. For Philadelphia there shall he one
| Prothonotary's Office, and one Prothonotary
for all said courts, to be appointed by the
judges of said courts and TO hold office for three
| years, subject TO removal by majority or the
said Judges; the said Prothonotary shall ap-
point such assistants rs may be necessary and
authorized by said courts, and he and ms as
sistants shall receive fixed salaries. to he deter
mined by law and Pad by saIf S1nhty' m rGsS S
hy law.due Ia the Commonwealth. shall DC l,ad
Escb conrt sbni have its separate docket which
shall contain the Judgments and liens OF All the
l SEC s. The said courts in the counties of Phil
| adrlpha and Allegheny respectively SHALL from
their Judges tn hold the courts of Oyer and
| TerminSr and the courts OF Quarter Sessions OF
the Peace OF said counties IN such manner as
SEC o Judges OF the Courts of Common Pleas
l. armed in the law shall be Judges of the courts
| of Oyer and Tcrminer. Quarter Sessions of the
Peace, and General Jail Delivery, and of the
Orphans Court. and within their respective
| di ltricts shall BE justices of the peace to
| criminal matters.
SEC. 10. The judges Of tho courts of Common
| Pleas, within their respective counties, shall
! have power to issue writs of CERTIoRI to jus
tices of the peace and other inferiorcOurts not
of re ord, and TO cause their procet ding to DC
/ br OGght before them and right aud Justice to
be done.
SIC, II. Except otherwise provided in this
Consultation. justices of the peace OF aldermen
shall be elected in the several wards, dis;rict-,
b Nroughs and townships at the time Of the ei"c-
ton Of ronstaba- by the qualified electors therc.
Of. in such manner shall be directed by aw Iua
shall be commissioned hy the Governor for rcrm
of FIVE years No aHnship. ward, .srr+. - lp.-
Ough shall elect more than tro justices OF the
pese., or aldermen without tle consent of u msj"r-
y ot The qualified electors within such Tship,
ward, or borough. No person shall i'e elected 70