Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1908-10-22
Amendment Nine-To Article Fourteen
Section Two


Section 10. Amend section two of article
fourteen which reads as follows:-
County officers shall be elected at the.
general elections and shall hold their
Offices for the term of three years begin
ming on the first Monday of January
next after their election, and until their
successors shall be duly qualihcd' All
vacancies not otherwise provided FOR,
shall be filed in such manner as may be
provided by law" so as to read
County officers shall be elected at the
municipal elections and shall hold their
Offices for the term of four years. begin
ming on the first Monday of January
next after their election, and Until their
successors shall be duly qualified; ali
vacancies not otherwise provided for.
shall be filed in such manner as may be
provided by law.
Amendment Ten-To Article Fourteen,
Section Seven.
Section IL Amend section seven. arti-
Gle fourteen. which reads as follows:-
Three county commissioners and three
county auditors shall be elected in each
county where such officers are chosen,
in the year one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-tive and every third year
thereafter: and in the election of said
officers each qualified elector shall Vote
for no more than two persons. and the
three persons having the highest rumhe
Of votes shall be elected; any casual va
cancy in the office of county commits
sioner or county auditor shall be filed,
by the court of common pleas of the
county in which such vacancy shall oc-
cur, by the appointment of an elector OF
the proper county who shall have voted
for the commissioner or auditor whose
place is to be>filled," so as to read
Three county commissioners and three
county auditors shall be elected in each
county where such officers are chosen. in
the year one thousand nine hundred and
eleven and every fourth year thereafter;
and in the election of said officers each
qualified elector shall vote Cor no more
than two persons. and the three persons
having the highest number of votes shall
be elected; any casual vacancy in the
office of county commissioner or county
auditor shall be filled, by the court Of
common pleas of the county in which
such vacancy shall occur. by the ap-
pojntment of an elector of the proper
county who shall have voted for the
commissioner or auditor whose place is
to be filled.
Schedule for the Amendments
Section H. That no Inconvenience may
arise from the changes in the Constilu-
tion of the Commonwealth, ard in order
TO carry the same into complete opera
ton 1t is hereby declared, that
In the case of officers elected by the
people all terms of office fixed by act of
Assembly at an odd number of years
shall each be heightened one year. but
the Legislature may change the length OF
the term, provided the terms for which
such officers are elected shall always be
for an even number of years.
The above extension of official terms
shall not affect officers elected at the gen.
eral election of one thousand nine hum
dred and eight; nor any city, ward. bor-
ough. township, or election division ofil-
GERS whose terms of office, under exist
ing law, end in the year one thousand
nine hundred and ten.
In the year one thousand nine hundred
and ten the municipal election shall be
held on the third Tuesday of February,
as heretofore; but all officers chosen at
that election to an office the regular term
Of which Is two years, and also all cleo
ton officers and assessors chosen at that
election. shall serve until the first Mon
day of December in the year one thou-
sand nine hundred and eleven. All offi-
GERS chosen at that election to Offices tie
term of which is row four years, or IS
made four years by the operation of these
amendments or this schedule, shall serve
until the first Monday of December In
the year one thousand nine hundred ana
thirteen. All justices of the peace, mag
istrates, and aldermen, chosen at that
election, shall serve until the first Mon
day of December in the year one thou
nil nd ti,a