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any manner, or for any purpose exceeding in
any year the income and revenue provided
Tor IL Tor such year, without the assent OF two
thirds of the qualified electors thereof yOrinn
at an election to be held for that purpose nor.
unless before or at the time Of incurring SUCH
Indebtedness, provision shall be made for the
collection o. an annual tax sufficient to pay
The interest on such Indebtedness as il IL j s
due, and also provision to constituted sinking
fund for the payment OF the principal thereof
on or before maturity, which shall not exceed
forty years from the time OF contracting the
same. Any Indebtedness or liability incurred
contrary to this provision shall be void
Amendment Number Three.
tSenate Constitutional Amendment No. II !
ARTICLE V.
Section Is. A Lieutenant-Covernor shall
be elected at the same time and place and M
the same manneras the Governor, and bis terII
OF Office and his qualifications OF eligibuitN
shall also be the same. He shall be Presldent
of the Senate, but shall have only "a casting
vote therein. He shall also, when the Ssnat5
is not in session, visit all the state instltu+
tions, prisons reformatory schools asylumg.
and other Institutions, supported in whole or
in part by the state and make careful examin-
ations of the manner in which The appropriate
tlons for the support OF such institutions, and
for permanent Improvements, have been eL-
pended, and report the result of his examine
ations to the Governor, to the Legislature, and
to any other otncer, or board OF officers, that
the Legislature may direct; provided, that in
case the office Of Lieutenant-Governor becOm-
ing vacant, or in the case Of the functions ot
Governor devOlvtng upon him, the President
pro tenn. OF the Senate or his successor, shall
perform the duties and receive the emOiu-
ments OF said Northumberland, during
the term OF such vacancy, or the time he Is
performing such functions of Governor. The
Legislature may by law prescribe the time
and manner That such examinations shall he
made. L. during q vacancy in the Office Of
Governor, the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS shall De
impeached, displaced, resign, die, or become in
capable OF performing the duties Of his Office,
or be absent from the State, the President pro .
the vacancy be nIled or disability shall cease
The Lieutenan t-GOvernOr shall be disc ualiLlC M
from holding any other Office, except as sle
laly prcvlced IN this Constitution, during
term for which he Shall hate been elected.
section l9. Governor, Lieutenant-GL
nor, Secretary OF State, Controller Treasy
Aitorney-General, Surveyor-Genefal, shal
stated tiIues during their continuance in
receive Tor their services q compensN
which shall not be increased nor dimini
during the term, Wnlcn compensation
heleby fixed for the following officers for
two terms next ensuing the adoption OF
Constitution, as follows: Governor, six d
sand 50, ,000ldollars per annuln; the AttorI
General, three thousand (S3, COO dollars
annum; the Secretary Of State, ContrOl
Treasurer, three thousand (S3,oCOl dols
each per Gnnum; Surveyor-General, thIwM
thousand $4,000 dollars per annum, and
for the following officer for the fractional term
and for tfS two terms next ensuing the fourth
y A.
ninety-two, as follows: LieutenantGovernor,
four thousand $4,000 dollars per annum,
and travelling expenses when he may be elu-
DloyeG in visiting and examining State insti-
Iutions. such compensation TO be In full iOf
all services by tneDl. respectively, rendered,
III any official capacity or employment what4
soever, during their respective terms Of Office;
provided, however, that the legislature after
the expiration OF their terms hereinDelo. q
mentioned, may, by law, diminish the come
pensarion Of any or all such officers, but in no
ft4,II flrrla
above the sums hereby fixed by this Constitu4
ton. Ehe Legislature may, in its discretion,
abolish the Office of Surveyor. General and
none of the officers herelnOeiOre named shall
receive for their own use any fees or peTqut-
sites for the performance OF any official duty.
Amendment Number Four.
Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 81
ARTICLE ".
Section 81. No bill making an appropria,
tion for money, except the general appropriate
tion bill. ahd the deficiency bill for the apprO4
pration Of money exclusively devoted to the
support Of the General Government and state
Institutions shall contain more than one
appropriation, and that for single and ccr1
tain purpose, to be therein expressed. When
the deficiency bill is presented to the Cover
nor, he may object TO one or more Items,
while approving other portions OF the bin
No officer OF the state shall have power to In
cur any deficiency except in case of actual
necessity, and then only upon the written
authority, frst Obtained, OF the Governor,
Secretary of State and Attoney-General.
ANY deficiency incurred in violation Of this
pro vision shall be void, and the Legislature
shall not have the power to appropriate money
to pay the same.
Amendment Number Five.
Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 14.0
ARTICLE XII
Section 8. Any city containing a popula,
ton of more than three thousand i've hunl
dred Inhabitants, may frame charter for its
own government, consistent with and subject
to the Constitution ana laws Of this State w
causing a board of fifteen freehOlders who
shall have been for at least five years qualified
electors thereof, to be elected by the
oualined voters of said city at any general
or special election, whose duty it shalp
be, within ninety days after such elecI
for such city, which shall be signed, in dupli-
cate by the members OF such Board, or a ma
iority Of them, and returned, one copy to the
Mayor thereof. or other chief executive Officer
the county. such proposed charter shall then
be published in two daily newspapers of gens
eral circulation In such city, Tor at least twenty
days, and the first publication sDall be mace
within twenty days after the completion OF
the charter; provided, that In cities containing
a population OF not more than ten thousand
inhabitants such proposed charter shall be
pu bI{shed in one such daily newspaper; and
within not less than thirty days aIter SUCH
publication It shall be submitted to the quali-
tied electors Of such city at a general Of
I 5ecial election, and IL q majority Of such
ntualaed electors voting thereat shall ratify1
the same IL shall thereafter be submitted toa
ihe Legislature for its approval or rejection
as a whole, without power OF eteration o.
amend nent. Such approval may be mad
nv concurrent resolution, and II approved b
a rnaior1tv vote Of the members e!ected IN
eacb house it shall become the charter of suct1
ctt5 or III such city be consolidated with a
county then Of such CITY ana county, andy
shaII fecorne the organic law thereof, and sus
nersede any existing charter and all amend|
- ents thereof and all laWs inconsistent with
such charter. A copy OF knch charter. certi1
fed by the Mayor, or cnlel executive ofhcerI
ma anthem ticated by the seal OF such city1
setttug forth the submission OF such charter
~ tne electors and its ratification by them.
s6aU gfter the approval OF such charter by
the LEGISLATURE, be made, IN duplicate,
and deposited, one ah the othce Of
alter being recorded in SAID re-
corder's q ONCE shall be deposited in the arch.
ives of the city, and thereafter all Courts shalt
take judicial notice OF said charter Tha
charter. SO ratified, may be amended at inter-
vaIs OF not less than two years by proposaIi
thereicr submitted by 1Ee legislative authorJ
jfv OF the city TO the qualified electors thereof
AZ general or special election, held at iFasi
forty days after the publication OF such pro-
pOgals for twenty days IN daily newspaper
Of general circulation in such CITY, and ratD
fed by at least three-fifths of the qualified
electors voting thereat. and approved by ths
legislature, as herein provided for the ape
proval of the charter. In submitting ann
tentative article OF proposition may be pref
;ented for the cnolce of the voters and may
be voted on separately without prejudice ID
others.
Of the Consultation. and an Act OF tie LeEisl&