Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-08-19

DRoPosED AMENDMENTS TO THE
l. CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED TO
THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMON
WEALTH FOR THEIR APPROVAL OK
REJECTION, BY THE GENERAL As
SEIBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH
or PENNSYLVANIA, AND PuB-
LISHED BY ORDER OF TIE SECRE-
TARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, IN
PURSUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF
THE CONSTITUTION
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing amendments to sections elshl
and twenty-one of article four sections
eleven and twelve of article five, sec
tions two, three and fourteen OF aftlcie
eight section one of article twelve, ana
sections two and seven of article FOUR
teen. of the Constitution of Pennsyl-
vania and providing scheuule lor
CARRYING the amendments into ERECT
Section l. Be it resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives OF the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen
eraI Assembly met, That the following
are proposed amendments to the Con-
stitution of the Commonwealth OF fehh-
sylvania in accordance with the proVl-
sions of the eighteenth article thereoi :
Amendment One-To Article touf' sec
ton Eight.
Section . Amend section eight of article
four of the Constitution Of Pennsylvania
which reads as follows:-
He shall nominate and, by and with
the advice and consent OF two~thlros OF
all the members of the Senate appolht
a Secretary of the Commonwealth ana
an Attorney General during pleasure, a
Superintendent of Public Instruction FOR
four wears and such other officers or
the Commonwealth as he is or may pe
authorized by the Constitution or py
law to appoint; he shall have power TO
fill all vacancies that may happen, in Of
81 ,,.hi1 i1h hn
the recess of the Senate, by granting
commissions which shall expire at the
end of their next session; he shal nave
power to fill any vacancy that may nap
pen during the recess of the Senate, III
the Office of Auditor General, State
Trca slIrer. Secretary of Internal AHafS
or Superintendent Of Public Instruction
in a judicial office, or in any other cleo
tive office which he is or may be au-
thorized to fill; if the vacancy shall hap
pen during the session of the SENATE
the Governor shall nominate to the Sen
ate, before their final adjournment a
proper person to fill said vacancy; but
In any such case of vacancy, in an cleo
tive Office a person shall be chosen 10
said Office 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
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 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
a Secretary of the Commonwealth ana
an Attorney General during pleasure, a
Superintendent of Public Instruction Tor
four years, and such other officers OF the
Commonwealth as he is or may be au-
thoriZcd 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 re-
cess of the Senate, by granting commits
sionS which shall expire at the end oil
their next session: he shall have power
to Ill! any vacancy that may happen
during the recess of the Senate, in the
office of Auditor General State Treas
urer Secretary of Internal Affairs oI
| SUPERINTENDENT of Public instruction, in
a judicial Office, or in any other elective
office which he is or may be authorized
| TO fill; if the vacancy shall happen dur
eifiui snail i,@.--..,- -, % ,'tu 5ena,e,
fore their final adjournment. n proper
person to I'll said vacancy; but in any
sucn case OF vacancy, in an elective Of
|
| fee on the next election day appropria te
| to such office according to the provisions
| of this Constitution, unless the vacancy
| shall happen within two calendar months
| Immediately preceding such election day
| in which case the election for said Office
| shall be held on the second succeeding
! election day appropriate to such office
| In acting on executive nominations the
! Senate shall sit with open doors, and IL
| confirming or rejecting the nominations
| of the Governor the vote shall be taker
| by yeas and nays, and SHAH be entered
| ON the Journal.
| Amendment Two-To Article Four, Sec
ton Twenty-one.
| Section 3. Amend section twenty-one o
| article four. which reads as follows:-
''The term of the Secretary of Interna
| 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 Genera
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 Interna
| Affairs, the Auditor General, and the
State Treasurer shah 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 yea
| one thousand nine hundred and nine
| shall serve for three years. and his sue
| cessors shall be elected at the genera
election in the year one thousand min,
| hundred and twelve and in every fourtl
| year thereafter No person elected to tn,
| office of Auditor General or State Treas
| urer shall be capable of holding th
| same Office for two consecutive terms.
| Amendment Three-To Article Five, Sec
| ton Eleven.
| 4 oil or or
| ticle five. which reads as follows:-
| Except otherwise provided in thi
| Constitution, justices of the peace or al
| dermen shall be elected in the severa
wards, districts, boroughs and townships
at the time of the election of constabes
| by the qualified electors thereof, in sucl
| manner as shall be directed by law ant
| shall be commissioned by the Governo
for Il term of five years. No township
ward district or borough shall elect NOR
than two justices of the peace or alder
men without the consent of a majort!