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The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-11-19
ARTICLE XII.
Pubhc officers.

Sec |. All officers whose selection
isnot provided for in this constitution
shall be elected or appointed a. may
be directed hy law.
Sec :. No member Of congress from
this state, nor any person holding or
exercising any office or appointment
Of trust or p oft under the United
States, shall at the same time hold or
exercise any office III this state to
which a salary, fees or perquisjtes
shall he attached. The general as
sembly may by law declare what of
fees are Incompatible.
Sec ,. Any person who shall fight
a duet OF send a challenge for that
purpose, or be alder or abcttor in
fighting a duel, shall be deprived OF
the right Of holding any office Of hon
OF or profit i'll this state, and may be
otherwise punished as shah be pre-
scribed by law.
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ARTICLE IL.
T0Tatton and Finance.

Sec. |. All taxes shall be uniform
upon the same class Of subjects with
in the territorial limits Of the author
ity leyying the tax, and shall he levied
and collected under general laws; but
the general assembly may, by general
laws, exempt from taxation public
property used for public purposes,
actual places Of religious worship,
places Of burial not used or held for
private or corporate profit. and insti-
tutions of purely public charity.
Sec :. All laws eXempting property
from taxation, other than the proper
ty above enumerated, shall be void.
Sec 3. The power to tax corpora
tiOns and corporate property shall not
be surrendered or suspended by any
contract or grant to which the state
shall be Il party.
See 4. No debt shall be created hy
or on behalf of the state except to
supply casual deficiencies Of revenue,
repel invasion, suppress instruction.
defend the state in war, or to pay eX-
istirg debt, and the debt created to
supply deficiencies in revenue shall
never exceed in the aggregate at any
one time one million OF dollars.
Sec ). All laws authorizing the
borrowing Of money by and on behalf
Of the state shall specify the purpose
for which the money is to be used, and
the money 50 borrowed shall be used
for the purpose specified and no other.
See 6. The credit Of the common
wealth shall not be pledged or loaned
TO amy individual, company, corpora
ton or association.
Sec I. The general assembly shall
not authorize any county, city, Dor
ough, township or Incorporated dis
trict to become a stockholder in any
company, association or corporation,
or to obtain or to appropriate money
toror to loan its credit to any cOrpo-
ration, institution or individual.
Sec 8. The debt of any county, city,
borough, township, school district or
other municipality, or incorporated
district, except as herein provided.
shall never exceed seven per centum
upon the assessed value of the taxable
property therein, nor shall any NUM-
cipality or district incur any new debt
or increase its Indebtedness to an
amount exceeding two per centum
upon such assessed valuation of prop
erty without the assent Of the elect
ors thereof, at public election, in
such manner as shall be provided by
law, but any city, the debt Of which
now exceeds seven per centum. of such
assessed valuation, may be authorized
by law to increase the same three per
centum IN the aggregate at any time
upon such valuation.
Sec 8. The commonw ealth shall
not assume the debt, or any part
thereof, Of any city, county, borough
or township, unless such debt shah
have been contracted TO enable the
state to repel invasion, suppress do
mestic insurrection, defend itself in
time OF war, or to assist the state in
the discharge of any portion of its
present Indebtedness.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-11-19
ARTICLE Y.
EdUc0fI0yj-

Sec /. The general assembly shall
provide for the maintenance and sup
port of q thorough and efficient sys-
TEN of public schools. wherein all the
children Of this commonwealth above
the age Of six years, may be educated.
and shall appropriate at least one
million dollars each year for that pur-
pose.
Sec2. No money raised fer the sup
port Of the public schools of the com
monwealth shall be appropriated to
or used for the support Of any secta-
rian school.
Sec 3. Women twenty-one years Of
age and upwards shall be eligible to
any office under the school laws Of
this state.
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ARTICLE XIV.
County officers.

Sec l. County officers shall consist
OF sherltts, coroners, prothonotaries,
registers of wills, recorders of deeds,
commissioners, treasurers. SURVEYORS,
auditors, or controllers, clerks of the
courts, district attorneys and such
others as may from time to time be
established by law; and no sheriff or
treasurer shall be eligible for the term
next succeeding the one to which he
may be elected.
Sec 2. County officers shall be ell
eeted at the general elections, and
shall hold their Offices for the term of
three years, beginning on the first
Monday Of January next after their
election, and until their successors
shall be duly qualified; al vacancies
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ARTICLE II.
oath Of Office.

Sec |. Senators and representa-
tives and all judicial, state and coun-
ty officers. shall, before entering on
the duties of their respective offices,
take and subscribe the following oath
or affirmation:
II do solemnly swear (or aflirm)
that | will support, obey and defend
the constitution of the United States
and the constitution Of tais common
wealth, and that | will discharge the
duties of my office with fidelity; that
| have not paid or contributed. or
promised to pay or contribute, eth
er directly or indirectly, any money
or other valuable thing, to procure
my nomination or election Tor ap-
pointment. except for necessary and
proper expenses expressly authorized
by law; that | have not knowingly
violated any election Law of this com
mOnwealth, or procured it to be done
by others in my behalf; that | will
not knowingly receive. directly. or
indirectly, any money or other valu-
able thing for the performance or non
performance OF any act OF duty per
tain;r- 10 my Office, other than the
compensation allowed by law"
The foregoing oath shall be admin
istered by some person authorized to
administer Oaths, and in the case OF
state officers and judges Of the su-
preme court, shall be filed in the of
flee of the secretary of the common
wealth, and in the case Of other iH-
dicial and county officers, in the of
fee of the prothonotary of the county
in which the same is taken; any per
son refusing to take said oath or af-
tirmation shall forfeit his office, and
any person who shall be convicted
Of having sworn or affirmed falsely,
or of having violated said oath or
affirmation, shall be guilty Of perjury
and be forever disqualified from hold
ing any office Of trust or profit with
N this commonwealth. The oath to
the members Of the senate and house
of representatives shall be admins
tered by one Of the judges OF the
supreme court or of q court of COM
mon pleas, learned in the law, in the
hall OF the house to which the men,
bers shall be elected.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-11-19
ARTICLE NI.
Militia.

Sec l. The freemen of this com
monwe',lth shall be armed, organized
and disciplined for its defense when
and i'll such manner as may be direct
ed by law. The general assembly
shall provide for maintaining the mi
litia by appropriations from the treas
ury of the commonwealth, and NAV
exempt from military service persons
having conscientious scruples against
bearing arms.
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ARTICLE 81.
Impedch me@ and Rel10rdl from
Office.

LHICUtNHtCttt Offu IlCftOtUC CHt
Office.
Sec l. The house of representa-
tives shall have the sole power OF
impeachment.
Sec 2. All impeaehments shall be
tried by the senate; when sitting for
that purpose, the senators shall be
upon oath or affirmation; no person
shall be convicted without tire con,
currence of two-thirds of the mem
bers present.
Sec 3. The governor and all other
civil officers shall be liable to i'm
peachment for any misdemeanor in
office, but judgment i'll such cases
shall not extend further than 10 re-
moval from office and disqualification
to hold any office of trust or profit un-
.lcr this commonwealth; the person ac-
cused, whether convicted or acquit-
ted, shall nevertheless be liable to in
dietment, tTial, judgment and punish
ment according to Law.
Sec I. All officers shall hold their
offices cn the condition that they be-
have themselves well while in office
and shall be removed on conviction
of misbehaYior in office or Of any in
famous crime. Appointed officers
other than judges of the courts Of re-
cord and the superintendent Of public
instruction, may be removed at the
pleasure of the power by which they
shall have been appointed. All OF
ticers elected by the people, except
governor, lieutenant governor, mem
bers Of the general assembly and
judges. of the courts OF record, learn
ed in the law, shall be removed by the
governor for reasonable cause, after
due notice and full hearing, on the
address of two-thirds of the senate.
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auditor whom the court may in its dis
cretion, appoint. In every county or
phans' courts shall possess all the powers
and jurisdiction of register court, and
separate registers courts are herelv
abolished.
Sec %. The STYLE of all process shall
be The Commonwealth Of Pennsylva-
nia." All prosecutions shall be carried
on in the name and by the authority of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and
conclude against the peace and dignity
of the same.
Sec "A. In all cases of felonious homi-
eide, and i'll such other criminal cases as
may be provided for by law, the accused,
after conviction and sentence, may re-
move the indictment, record and all pro-
ceedingS to the supreme court forreview.
Sec 25. Any vacancy happening by
death, resignation OF otherwise, in any
court of record, shall be filled by appoint
ment 10y the governor, to continue till
the first Monday of January next sue
ceeding the first general election which
shall occur three or more months after
the happening of such vacancy.
Sec %. All laws relating to courts shall
be general and of uniform operation and
the organization, juriSdictiOnandp powers
of all courts of the same class or grade,
so far as regulated by law, and the force
and effect Of the process and judgments
of such courts shall be uniform; and the
general assembly is hereby prohibited
from creating other courts TO exercise
the powers vested by this constitution
i'll the judges of the courts of common
pleas and orphans courts.
Sec y. The parties, by agreement filed,
may, in any civil case, dispense with
trial by jury, and submit the decision of
such case to the court having jurisdic-
tion thereof, and such court shall hear
and determine the same; and the judg
ment thereon shall be subject to writ of
error as i'll other Cases.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-11-19
ARTICLE XIII.
NeW Counties.

Sec /. No new county shall be es-
tablished which shall reduce any
county to less than four hundred
square miles, or to less than twenty
thousand inhabitants; nor shall any
county be formed ofless ara, or con
tanning a less population, nor shall
any line thereof pass within ten miles
OF the county seat of any county pro-
posed to be divided.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-11-19
ARTICLE XVI.
Prircte Corporation

H.
Sec l. All existing chart \
grants of special or exclusiy-
leges, under which a bona fds l
ization shall not have taken pa
business commenced at the
the adoption Of this coh,.r
shall thereafter have no yal.-
Sec ,. The general assemll
not remit the forfeiture Of l.s
ter of any corporation nov ez
or alter or amend the same
any other general or special /
the benefit of such corporation
on the condition that such corfo1
shall thereafter hold its cLTte-,
to the provisions of this cons.t.
Sec ,. The exercise Of the r.I
eminent domain shall neTr
abridged or 50 construed SIS @ (
vent the general ASSEMBLY trol.
ing the property ofincorP,raod.
panies. amt suijrctmg tacm f..
lie use, the same as tie prop
individuals; and the cXciclsr@ d
police power of the state s.ail 2
be abridged or so construed aa q
mltcorporations to conduct ta,~
iness IN such mannerast0 0inirIn-.
equal rights ofHdjyiduals or ID.
eral well being Of the state.
Sec l. In all elections tordiTe
or managers of a corporation
member or shareholder may ca.
whole number of his votes l@
candidate, or distribute item
two or more candidates, as De.
prefer.
Sec 5. No foreign corporatioa'
do any business in this state vi.
having one or more known Pl',
business, and an authorized Ss-
agents in the same, upon WDol
cess may be served.
Sec :. No corporation shall e.,
in any business other than ,-~
pressly authorized in its chaI'',
shall it take or hold any re'. G.
except such as may be uecrs''''
proper for it's Legitimate bu'.l5S
See I. No corporation shal
stocks or bonds except ioI d.,
or labor done, or money or P'y. Z.
actually received and all d.. y,
increase of stock OF indeblei1'
corporations shall not be il'-
except in pursuance Of geiiae'.'.
nor without the consent oil W
sons holding the largeramoah.
ue of the stock first oDta'N''
meeting to be held after slA'' u =
notice given in pursuance - ~ p,
Sec 8. Municipal and otn', 4,
ratiOns and indiyid pals lnyes,',
the privilege of taking Prl''Sy :
erty for public use shall ~" p,-
compensation for property l'1.
jured or destroyed by the yyI J. d.
tion or enlargement Of th,l' f,
highways or Improvements ,...
compensation shall be PAD O :,
before such taking, injury o. o. y.
ton. The general assemo'! ,orr
BY prohibited from deprlYh's sI;1., nj
son of an appeal from shy p1''~
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-11-19
ARTICLE Ky.
Cities and City Cb0r.r

Ott''" H''N 'tty '''"i''
Sec /. Cities may he Ga
whenever a majority of thee
any town or borough having.
lation Of at least ten thou,u
v"te at any general election
Of the same.
Sec ,. No debt shal, he con
or liability incurred 10y any n
commission, except in pur>u
an appropriation previous,
therefor by the municipa.
ment.
Sec 3. Every city shall crra.
ing fund, which Shall be in
pledged for the payment Of
ed debt.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-11-19
ARTICLE VIII.
Suffrage and Elections.

Sec. /. Every male citizen twenty
one years offs age, possessing the fol-
lowing Qualifications, shall be entitled
to vote st all elections: ~
First. He shall have been a citizen
Of the United States at least one
month.
Second. He shall have resided in
the state one Year (or if, having pre-
viously been a qualified elector or
native born citizen Of the state, he
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not otherwise provide
filed IN suca manner
vide | by law. '' 0l
| Sec 3. No person ,,,n II
ed to any office within
who shall not have JeeD s.r /
an inhabitant therein =.
before his appointmenp, ~, |,
shall have been so lon,
if it shall not have been : "a =, /
ed, then within the limits y :,
or counties out of which,
been taken.
Sec 4. Prothonotaria.
courts, recorders of ds,
of wills, county surycyo.
IFS shall keep their oAico,
ty town of the county IN
respectively shall he oti.,'
Sec 5. The compensat.o..
officers shall be reguIat.5
and all county officer, j,
may be salaried shall -.
which they may be auth
ceiye into the treasury a..
or state, as may be dire.
In counties containing oy,.
dred and fifty Thousand n.
all county officers Shall
salary, and the salary Of Al.
fcer and his clerks. bpr,-.
by fees, shall not exceed !.
CRATE amount of fees earn.
his term and collected bv,
Sec 6. The general as,4-
provide by law for the stir.
ability of all county, town
borough officers, as well a
which may be collected h
for all public or munich,
which may be paid to then
Sec 7. Three connty @.
ers and three county audi
be elected in each county y
officers arS chosen, in tbe
thousand eight hundred an
five, and every third year
and in the election Of fsaid of
qualified elector shall vote +
than TWO persons, and the
sons having the highest
votes shall be elected; any
cancy in the office ofcomt
sioner or county auditor S.
ed by the court Of comm.
the countyin which such Va.
occur. by the appointment
tor OF the proper county
have voted for the c0Uim
auditor whose place is to
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usual places OF election.
Gee = All laws regulating the
holulhS OF eiectlohS Dy the cltizehs
OF ior Inc registration OF electors
Shall be uniform throughout the state,
puC no eiecCor Shail De deprived OF
tue PIl'He9e ol FoI'hS. by reason OF
MS name not oeliS registered
occ 0. ANY person VINO snail give,
oI promise OF oher TO give 10 an elec-
Tor any money, reward / OF oCher val
"aole eohSl(.elaV!oi lor MS FoVe Ut an
elect,oh ot ior "'Ci'hoiuli'S 'he same
OF VINO 9hall give OF promise 70 give
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'Il t'ie "i'l''''>i,' ,1Ii 'l;e'eo' anu '''t9
receive. for himself or for another,
any money, reward or other valuable
consideration for his vote at an elec-
tion, or for withholding the same,
shall thereby forfeit the right to vote
at such election, and any eIector
whose right to vote shall be chal-
ienged for such cause before the elec-
tion officers shall be required to swear
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-05-01
A pr1IIGFRENr LAWYER.

The recent encounter between Jay Could
and Joseph Marin recalls another Of the same KIND
in which one OF these same men figured. Some years
since M E L. Fancher. Judge OF the Supreme
Court and Mt Marin were engaged in trying cause
before Judge Barnard in the Supreme Court Circuit In
the course OF the trial Mr.. Fancher made a point
OF law for the Court rule upon, which, decided IN
the name. he hoped for and expected, would O0vate
the necessity OF his summing M, IL would virtually
give the case 70 his client The Court however, did not
rule immediately, and when the time came for summing
up Mr. Marin, who the opposing counsel, made a
long argument ID behalf Of his client. At its close Mr.
Fancher arose to address the jury when he saw the
Judge shake his head. Not understanding what II
meant, lie began again, and the Judge repeated
his negatOn which Mr.. Fancher this time rghty inter
preted signal not 10 continue as the Court had rued
Ia his favor. He tbereupOn resumed MS seat ana the
Judge directed the jury find verdict Tor MI Fan
cherss client. This greatly annoyed Mr. Mafrll VINO
tbou ght that bad been made TO appear ndlculOus
after lis argument He filed Dlu OF
executions, and when the matter again
came up before Judge Barnard, both lawyers
met in a corner Of the courtroom. MI. Marin hp-
proacbng Mr. Fancher accused HIM OF having lnsulled
him when the case was last tired. MI Fancher denied
rbe charge and Mr. Marin repeating it, reiterated his
dental ThereupOn Marin lifted bundle or papers
which he his hand and 10 the astohshuehJOi al
who saw the act struck Mr.. Fancher IN the lace unOD-
served, however by the Jadge who was trying cause
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-05-01

Mr.. John r. Thompson, for many years
Editor of The Southern Literary Messenger and more
recently connected with The EBening this city
died yesterday at 525 o'clock at the residence Of Mr.
Isaac Henderson in this city. He bad long been suffer
Ing from a constitutional pulmonary malady, and had
lately undertaken journey TO the West in tho hope
that his health might DO improved by the change. But
the disease had attained too firm hold for care or pal
ultion. He returned Tuesday aud sank rapidly and
peacefully to his death.
Mr.. Thompson was born at Richmond Va, on tire 23d
OF October 1922 He graduated at the University Of
Virginia in 1885, and after devoting some time 70 The
study OF the law, his bent for literature led him to
sume In 1si7, the chair OF Editor OF The Southern Lite
rary Messenger which he conducted with such taste aud
skill to give it at the place 1t always occupied as
the leading literary magazine OF the South He
varied his work in this capacity with occasional Jour
neys, and wrote book OF European travels, which
printed but never published, having been destroyed in
the IRE which consumed the bnderY Of Messrs. Derby
Jackson. During the in which he sustained with
all his energy the Southern cause, he North in
broken heatnand sptsand soon found that his personal
worth caused all political differences 10 forgotten He
last years though marked by great physical weakness
were probably satisfactory any his life. He
excellent literary workman, "A clever aud graceful
poet, man Of good and solid education, sufficiently
broad knowledge of the world, and liberal and genial
spirit In all personal relations he a sincere and
loyal gentleman IL Is understood that he has appointed
Mr. K II. Stoddard 10 act as his literary executor