Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-10-09

a MENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTIONS
G0s,pHWS ppaHOp0SED 1TI no THE CITIZENS OF THIS
OR REJECTION BY THE GENERAL ASSEM-
BLY, CT THE COMMONWEALTH of PENN
SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH. IN
CONSTITUTION.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to section ten ofarti-
Gle one of the Constitution. so that a discharge
of q jury for failure to agree or other necessary
cause shall not work acquittal.
Section l. Be it resolved by the Senate and
House of Repres entatives of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met. That
,,, ..... ~~""osed as an ..,or,e,. "a
the he that Is to saw that secton ten
of article one, which reads as follows:
mo person shall, for any indictable offense, be
proceeded against criminally by information, ex
cept in cases arising in the land or naval forces,
in the militia, when in actual service, in time
of war or public danger, or by leave of the court
for oppression or misdemeanor in office. Nc
person shall, for the same offense, be twice pu,
in jeopardy of life or limb; shall private pro.
perty be taken or applied to public use, without
authority of law and without just compensation
being first made or secured" be amended SO as
to read as followsi
No person shall, for any indictable offense be
proceeded against criminally by information, ex-
cept in arising in the land naval forces,
or in the militia, when in actual service in time
of war or public danger, or by leave of the court
for oppression or misdemeanor in Office, No per-
son shall, for the same offense, be twice put in
jeopardy of life or limb; but discharge ofhejur5
JorJatre TO agree, or other necessary cause, Shat
not tCork acquit al. Nor shall private property
be taken or applied to public use, without author
ity of law and without just compensation being
first made or secured.
true copy of the Joint Resolution.
w. w. GRIEST,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
a MENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
~ PROPOSED TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS
COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR APPROVAL
OR REJECTION BY THE GENERAL ASSEM-
BLY, OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENN
SYLyANIA, PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, IN
PURSUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE
CONSTITUTION. --
AJOTNT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of
the Commonwealth.
Section /. Be it resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met. That
the following is proposed as an amendment to
the Constitution of the Commonwealth ofPenn'
sylvana, in accordance with the provisions ofthe
eighteenth article thereof
Amendment.
Add at the end OF section seven, article three
the following words: "Unless before it shall be
introduced in the General Assembly, such propos-
ed special or local law shall have been first sub
mitted to popular vote, at a general or special
election in the locality localities to be affected
by its operation, under an order of the court of
common pleas of the respective county after hear
ing and application granted, and shall have been
approved by majority of the voters at such cleo
tion Provided That such election shall be
held unit the decree OF court authorizing the
same shall have been advertised for at least
thirty 800 days in the locality localities affect
ed, in such manner as the court may direct.
A true copy of the Joint Resolution.
w. w. GRIEST,
Secretary ofthe Commonwealth,