Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-27

| to said ONCE at the next general election,
: unless the vacancy shall happen within
! three calendar months Immediately pre-
! ceding such election, in which case the
! election for said office shall be held at the
| second succeeding general election. In
! acting on executive nominations the Sen
ate shall sit with open doors, and, in con-
| frmng rejecting the nominations of
| the Governor the vote shall be taken by
| yeas and nays, and shall be entered on
the journal" SO as to read as follows:--
| He shall nominate and, by and with the
| advice and consent Of two-thirds of all
! the members Of the Senate, appoint
Z Secretary of the Commonwealth and an
Attorney General during pleasure, a Su-
/ perintendcnt OF Public instruction for
/ four years, and such other officers OF the
Commonwealth as he is or may be au-
4 thorized 10y 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
7 which shall expire at the end of their
/ next session; he shall have power to fill
any vacancy that may happen. during the
| recess of the Senate, in the Office of Audi
| tor 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 adjourn
| ment, proper person to fill said va
| cancy; but in any such case of vacancy.
| in elective office, a person shall be
! chosen to said office on the next election
! day appropriate to such office, according
| to the provisions of this Constitution, un-
less the vacancy shall happen within two
| calendar months Immediately preceding
such election day, in which case the cleo
ton for said office shall be held on the
second succeeding election day appro-
pirate to such office. In acting on ex-
ecutive nominations the Senate shall sit
| with open doors, and, in confirming or
rejecting the nominations of the Gov
ernor, the vote shall be taken by yeas
and nays. and shall be entered on the
| journal.
Amendment Two-To Article Four Sec
! tion Twenty
Section g. Amend section twenty-one OF
| article four, which reads as follows:-
| THE term of the Secretary of Internal
Affairs shall be four years; of the Audi
tor 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 same office for two consecu-
tive terms" so as to read
The terms of the Secretary of Internal
Affairs the Auditor General, and the
| State Treasurer shall each be four years;
| and they shall be chosen by the qualified
electors Of the State at general elections;
! but State Treasurer, elected in the year
! one thousand nine hundred and nine,
| shall serve for three years, and his sue
cessors shall be elected at the general
election in the year one thousand nine
hundred and twelve, and in every fourth
year thereafter. No person elected to the
| Office OF Auditor General or State Treas
! urer shall be capable of holding the same
office for two consecutive terms.
! Amendment Three-To Article Five, Sec
ton Eleven.
| Section 4. Amend section eleven of ar
| ticle five, which reads as followS:-
| Except as otherwise provided in this
! Constitution. justices of the peace or
aldermen shall be elected in the several
wards, districts. boroughs and townships
| at the time of the election of constables,
by the qualified electors thereof, in such
manner as shall be directed by law and
| shall be commissioned by the Governor
| for term of five years. No township,
| ward, district or borough shall elect more
| than two justices of the peace alder
| men without the consent Of a majority
| of the qualified electors within such
| township, ward or borough; no person
| shall be elected to such office unless he
| shall have resided within the township,
| borough, ward district for year
next preceding mis- election. In cities con-
tanning over fifty thousand inhabitants,
not more than one alderman shall be
| elected in each ward or district" so as
| to read
! Except as otherwise provided in this
/ Constitution. justices of the peace or al
dermen shall be elected in the several
! wards, districts boroughs townships,
| by the qualified electors thereof, at the
! municipal election, in such manner as
| shall be directed by law, and shall be
I commissioned by the Governor for term
! Of CT n rI
( trict or borough shall elect more than
/ two justices OF the peace or aldermen
without the consent of a majority of the
! qualified electors within such township,
ward or borough; no person shall be
! elected to such office unless he shall have
! resided within the township, borough,
ward or district for one year next pre-
ceding his election. In cities containing
over fifty thousand inhabitants, not more
than one alderman shall be elected in
/ each ward or district
Amendment Four-To Article Five, Sec
ton Twelve.
! Section :. Amend section twelve of ar
/ ticle five Of the Constitution, which reads
as follows
I'm Philadelphia there shall be estab-
/ lished, for each thirty thousand inhabit-
ants, one court, not of record, of police
and civil causes, with jurisdiction not ex-
| ceeding one hundred dollars; such courts
! shall he held by magistrates whose term
! of office shall be five years, and they
/ shall be elected on general ticket by the
! qualified voters at large; and in the cleo
| tion of tho said magistrates voter
! shall vote for more than two-thirds of
/ the number of persons to be elected when
/ more than one are to be chosen they
| shall be compensated only by fixed sala-
| ries to be paid by said county; and shall
/ exercise such jurisdiction, civil and crimi-
! nal, except as herein provided, as is now
| exercised by aldermen, subject to such
! changes, not involving an increase of
tivil jurisdiction or comforting political
! duties. as may be made by law In
! Philadelphia the office of alderman is
! abolished" so as to read as follows:-
In Philadelphia there shall be estab-
| lished, for each thirty thousand inhab-
! itants. one court, not of record. of police
and civil causes, with jurisdiction not ex-
| ceeding one hundred dollars; such courts
Shall be holl lV mnaieirAtcS whose form