Debates of the Convention to Amend the Constitution of Pennsylvania: Convened at Harrisburg, November 12, 1872, Adjourned, November 27, to Meet at Philadelphia, January 7, 1873, Volumen1B. Singerly, state printer, 1873 |
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... inquire where I can examine a copy of Purdon's Digest ? Mr. DARLINGTON . In ... INSTRUCTIONS TO COMMITTEES . the securing of such reforms as are clearly ... directed to procure printed blank yeas and nays for the use of the Convention ...
... inquire where I can examine a copy of Purdon's Digest ? Mr. DARLINGTON . In ... INSTRUCTIONS TO COMMITTEES . the securing of such reforms as are clearly ... directed to procure printed blank yeas and nays for the use of the Convention ...
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... instructing a dif- ferent committee upon a different subject , and the Chair is of the ... instructed to receive proposals and report to the Convention as soon as ... inquire , first , whether we have the power to step aside of a contract ...
... instructing a dif- ferent committee upon a different subject , and the Chair is of the ... instructed to receive proposals and report to the Convention as soon as ... inquire , first , whether we have the power to step aside of a contract ...
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... instructed to inquire into the expediency of prohibiting the Legislature from granting special ex- emptions from taxation of property other- wise taxable . Resolved , That the Committee on Legis- lature be instructed to inquire into the ...
... instructed to inquire into the expediency of prohibiting the Legislature from granting special ex- emptions from taxation of property other- wise taxable . Resolved , That the Committee on Legis- lature be instructed to inquire into the ...
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... instructed to inquire into the ex- pediency of giving to foreign born resi- dents of the Commonwealth all the privi- leges of State citizens : Provided , They shall have resided within the State for two years , be of the age of twenty ...
... instructed to inquire into the ex- pediency of giving to foreign born resi- dents of the Commonwealth all the privi- leges of State citizens : Provided , They shall have resided within the State for two years , be of the age of twenty ...
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... instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a court of pardons . Mr. M'ALLISTER offered the following resolution , which was read and laid on the table : Resolved , First , that no legislative , ex- ecutive or judicial ...
... instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a court of pardons . Mr. M'ALLISTER offered the following resolution , which was read and laid on the table : Resolved , First , that no legislative , ex- ecutive or judicial ...
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Página 107 - That all courts shall be open; and every man for an injury done him in his lands, goods, person, or reputation, shall have remedy by the due course of law, and right and justice administered without sale, denial, or delay.
Página 453 - No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he shall have been elected, be appointed to any civil office of profit under this state, which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been increased during such term, except such offices as may be filled by elections by the people.
Página 305 - To guard against transgressions of the high powers which we have delegated, WE DEcLARE, that every thing in this article is excepted out of the general powers of government, and shall forever remain inviolate; and that all laws contrary thereto, or contrary to this Constitution shall be void.
Página 153 - No railroad corporation shall issue any stock or bonds, except for money, labor or property actually received and applied to the purposes for which such corporation was created; and all stock dividends, and other fictitious increase of the capital stock or indebtedness of any such corporation, shall be void. The capital stock of no railroad corporation shall be increased for any purpose, except upon giving sixty days' public notice, in such manner as may be provided by law.
Página 161 - In all criminal prosecutions for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted ; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact.
Página 161 - Every citizen may freely speak, write and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press.
Página 183 - English language, and write his name : provided, hoicever, that the provisions of this amendment shall not apply to any person prevented by a physical disability from complying with its requisitions, nor to any person who now has the...
Página 143 - Representative districts may be altered from time to time as public convenience may require. When a Representative district shall be composed of two or more counties, they shall be contiguous, and the districts as compact as may be.
Página 197 - No railroad corporation shall consolidate its stock, property or franchises with any other railroad corporation owning a parallel or competing line; and in no case shall any consolidation take place except upon public notice given, of at least sixty days, to all stockholders, in such manner as may be provided by law.
Página 154 - All moneys raised by taxation in the towns and cities for the support of public schools, and all moneys which may be appropriated by the State for the support of common schools, shall be applied to, and expended in, no other schools than those which are conducted according to law, under the order and superintendence of the authorities of the town or city in which the money is to be expended ; and such moneys shall never be appropriated to any religious sect for the maintenance, exclusively, of its...