The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-11-20

judge; but when the president Judge Of
court shall be re-elected he shall continu,
to be president Judge Of that court. As
socate judges, not learned in the law
elected after the adoption of this constitu
tiOn, shall be commissioned to hold theii
offices for the term OF five years from thu
first day of January next after their cleo
ton.
SEQ. II. The General Assembly nj tho
first session after the adoption of this con
stitution shall fix and determine tho com
pensation of the judges of the Supreme
Court and Of the judges of the several ju'
dioial disir cts of the Commonwealth, and
the provisions of the fftcentb section OF
the article on Legislation shall not he deem.
ed inconsistent herewith Nothing con.
tanned in this constitution shall be held 10
reduce the compensation now pnid 10 my
law judge Of this Commonwealth now IN
| commission.
SEC. IL. Tho Courts Of Common Pleas in
the counties of Philadelphia and Allegheny
shall he composed Of the president Judges
Of the District Court and Court Of Common
| Pleas of snid counties until their Offices
shall sevcrally end, and Of ruch other
judges as may from time 10 time be selected.
For he purpose of first organization in
| Philadelphia the Judges Of the Court mum.
Der one shall be Judges Allison, Pierce and
| Paxson; of the Court number two. Judges
Hare, Mitchell and one other judge to be
elected of the Court number three, Judges
| Ludlow. Finlettor and Lynd, and of tho
Court number four, in lges Thayer, Briggs
and one other judge to be elected.
The judge first named shall be president
judge of said courts respectively, and there
after the president judge shall be the judge
oldest in commission: but any president
judge reelected in the same court or dis
trict shall continue to be president Judge
thereof.
The additional Judges for Courts numbers
two and four shall be voted for aad elected
at the first general election after the adop-
ton of this constitution in the same man
ner as the two additional judges of the Su-
preme Court, and they shall decide by lot
to which court they shall belong. Their
| term of office shall commence on the first
Monday in January, in the year one
| thousand eight hundred and seventy y-five.
Sec. 10. In the county Of Allegheny, for
the purpose of first organization under
this constitution, the judges Of the Court
Of Common Pleas at the time of thc adop-
tion Of this Constitution shall be the judges
of the Court number one, and the judges
| of the District Court at the same date shall
| be the judges of the Common Pleas NUM-
Der two.
The president judges of the Common
Pleas and District Courts shall be president
| judges of said Courts number one and two
respectively until their Offices shall. end,
and thereafter the judge Oldest in commits
sion shall be pre- .ident judge; but any
! president judge reelected in .he same
| court IT district shall continue to be presi-
dent judge thereof.
Sc 20. The organization Of the Courts
| of Common, Pleassu this constitution,
for the counties of Philadelphia and ALE.
| ghenv, shall take effect on the first Monday
Of January, one. thousand eight ,huhtrcd
aud seventy five, and existing courts in
said counties shall continue with their
| present powers and juris iiction until that
date; but no new suits shall he instituted
in the Courts of Ns pras after the adop.
tion OF this. Constitution.
SgC. Il. TIC causes and proceedings
pend ing in the Courts of Nlsi prius, Court
of Common Pleas, and District Court in
Philadelphia shall!be tried and disposed OF
| in the Court OF Common Pleas. The records
and dockets of said courts shall be trans
ferrcd to the Pro;honotary's Office Of said
| county.
| SEC. -. Inc cauSeS tuu pTOceculuS 80
| pending in the Court of Common Pleas III
the county of Allegheny shall be tried and
| DISPOSED Of in the court number ONE; and
| the causes aud proceedings peudnS in the
District Court shall he tried and disposed
| Of il tho court number TWO.
SEC. %. The PI PIothouotary of the Court
| Of Common Pleas of Philadelphia shall be
first appointed by the judges Of said court
on the first Monday of December, in the
year one thousand eight hundred. and
| seventy-fve and the present Prothonotary
| O. the District Court in said county shall
| be the Prothonotary of the said Court of
Common Pleas until said date, when his
| commission shall expire, and the present
| Clerk of the Court of Oyer and Terminer
and Quarter Sessions OF the Peace in Phil
adelphia shall be the tclerk of such court
until the expiration of his present com
mission on the first Monday Of December in
the year one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-tiye.
Sec. p, In cities containing over fifty
thousand Inhabitants Except Philadelphia }
| all aldermen in Office at the time of the
| adoption of this constitution shall continue
| in Office until the expiration of their COM
| missions, and at the election for city and
ward officers in the year one thousand
eight hundred and seventy five one alder
man shall be elected in each ward, as pro-
vided in this constitution.
Sic. 25. In Philadelphia magistrates IN
lieu of aldermen, shall be chosen as re,
| quired in this constitution at the clecl lio n
in said city for city and ward officers in tn e
year one thousand eight hundred and
| seventy five; their term Of Office shall com
mence on the first Monday OF April sue
ceeding their election.
| The terms of Office of aldermen in said
| city, holding or entitled to commissions at
the time of the adoption of this constitu-
ton shall not be affected thereby.
SEC. 20 All persons in office in this com
monwealth at the time of the adoption OF
this constitution, and at the first election
under it, shall hold their respective offices
until the term for which they have be en-
elected or appointed shall expire, and until
their successors shall be duly qualified, un-
less otherwise provided in this constitution.
SEC. 81. The seventh article o: this con,
stitution, prescribing an oath of office,
shall take effect on and after the first day
of January. one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-hye.
SEC. 2S. The terms of office of county
commissioners and county auditors chosen
prior to the year one thousand eight hum