Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-06

BLY, OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENN
sFftRAEiA Az P6BLISHE6 H BY 0kRER II
PURSUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE
CONSTITUTION.
NUMBER THREE.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing amendments to sections eight and
twenty-one of article four, sections eleven and
twelve of article five, sections two, three and
fourteen of article eight, section one of article
twelve. ana sections two and seven OF article
fourteen of the Constitution of Pennsylvania
and providing schedule for carving the
amendments into effect
Section /. BE it resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Commonwealth
OF pennsylvania i'll General Assembly met, That
she following are proposed as amendments to
the Constitution OF the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, in accordance with the provisions of
the eighteenth article thereof
Amendment One-To Article Four Section
Eight.
Section q Amend section eight Of article four
ofthe Constitution of Pennsylvania, which reads
as follows
"He shall nominate and, by and with the ad~
vice and consent of two-thirds of all the mem
hers OF the Senate, appoint Secretary Of the
Commonwealth and an Attorney General during
pleasure, a Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton for four years, and such other officers of the
Commonwealth as he is or may be authorized by
the Constitution or by law to appoint; he shall
have power to fill all vacancies that may happen
IN offices to which he may appoint, during the
recess of the Senate, by granting commissions
which shall expire at the end of their next ses-
sion; he shall have power to fill any vacancy that
the office of Auditor General, State Treasurer
Secretary of Internal Affairs or SUPERINTENDENT
OF Public instruction. in judicial Office, or in
any other elective Office which he is or may be
authorized to fill; if the vacancy shall happen
during the session of the Senate, the Governor
shall nominate to the Senate, before their final
adjournment, proper person to fill said
vacancy; but in any such case of vacancy in an
elective office, person shall be chosen to said
Office at the next general election, unless the
vacancy shall happen within three calendar
months Immediately preceding such election in
which case the election for said office shall be
heid at the second succeeding general election.
IN acting on executive nominations the Senate
shall sit with open doors, and in confirming or
rejecting the nominations of the Governor the
vote shall be taken by yeas and nays, and shall
lows:-
He shall nominate and by and with the advice
and consent of two-thirds of all the members of
the Senate appoint Secretary of the Common
wealth and an Attorney General during pleasure,
superintendent of Public Instruction for four
years, and such other officers of the Common
wealth as he is may be authorized by the
Constitution or by law to appoints he shall have
power 10 MI all vacancies that may happen, in
offices to which he may appoint during the recess
oi the Senate, by granting commissions which
snail expire at the end of their next session; he
shall have power to FIJI any vacancy that may
happen during the recess Of tine Senate in the
once OF Auditor General State Treasurer, Secre-
tary of Internal Affairs or Superintendent of
Pubhc instruction, in q judicial office, or in any
other election Office which he is or may be auth
orlled to fill i the vacancy shall happen during
nominate to the Senate, before their final adj
tourhment proper person to fill said vacancy;
out IN any such case of vacancy, in an elective
office, person sha! be chosen TO said office on
the next election day appropriate to such Office
according to the provision of this Constitution
unless the vacancy shall happen within two
calendar months Immediately preceding such
election day, in which case the election for said
once shall be held ont the second succeeding cleo
uon day appropriate to such office. In acting
on executive nominations the Senate shall sit
with open doors, and, in confirming or rejecting
the nominations ofthe Governor, the vote shall
be taken by yeas and nays, and shall be enter
ed on the journal.
Amendment Two-ro Article Four Section
Twenty-one.
section 3. Amend section twenty-one ofarticIe
four, which reads as folows-
The term of the Secretary of Internal Affairs
shall be four years; of the Auditor General three
years, and of the State Treasurer two years
These officers shall be chosen by the qualified
electors of the State at general elections No
person elected to the Office of Auditor General or
State Treasurer shall be capable of holding the