Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-10-16

A MENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
| n PROPOSED TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS
COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR APPROVAL
OR REJECTION BY THE GENERAL ASSEM-
BLY, OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENN
sECRETARY OF THE CO MMoNWEH lHi5ls II I IN 4
PURSUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE
CONSTITUTION.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to section ten of arti-
Gle one of the Constitution, so that discharge
ola jury for failure TO agree or other necessary
cause shall not work an acquittal.
Section l. Be 1t resolved by the Ser ate and
House ofRepres entatives of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met. That
the following be proposed as an amendment to
the Constitution, that is to say, that section 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
/ 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
! 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 follows:
! No person shall, for any indictable offense, be
proceeded against criminally by Information, ex-
cept In cases arising in the land or naval forces
or in the militia when in actual service in time
OF war or puoilc danger, or by leave OF the court
for oppression or misdemear1or in Office, Noper-
son shall, for the same otfense, be twice put in
jeopardy of life or limb; but discharge ofthejury
for failure to agree, or other necessary cause, shall
not Work dcquit 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.
, A 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
SYLVANIA, PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, IN
PURSUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE
CONSTITUTION.
AJOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution Of
the Commonwealth.
Section l. Be it resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives ofthe Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met That
the following is proposed amendment to
the Constitution of the Commonwealth OfPenn-
sylvania, 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 sun
mltted to popular vote, at a general or special
election in the locality or localities to be affected
by ITS operation, under an order of the court Of
common pleas of the respective county after hear
ing ana application granted, and shall have been
approved by majority of the voters at such elec-
tion: Provided, That no such election shall be
same shall have beer advertised for at least
thirty 900 days in the locality localities affect
cd, IN such manner as the court may direct
true copy fthe Joint Resolution.
w. w. GRIEST,
Secretary ofthe Commonwealth