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... Chester and Delaware . Seventh . The county of Montgomery , and all that portion of Bucks county not included in the Tenth district . Eighth . - The county of Berks . Ninth . The county of Lancaster . Tenth . The counties of Northampton ...
... Chester and Delaware . Seventh . The county of Montgomery , and all that portion of Bucks county not included in the Tenth district . Eighth . - The county of Berks . Ninth . The county of Lancaster . Tenth . The counties of Northampton ...
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... Chester , in the county of Chester ; the judges of the Seventh district shall meet at the court - house , in Norristown , in the county of Montgomery ; the judges of the Tenth district shall meet at the court - house , in Allentown , in ...
... Chester , in the county of Chester ; the judges of the Seventh district shall meet at the court - house , in Norristown , in the county of Montgomery ; the judges of the Tenth district shall meet at the court - house , in Allentown , in ...
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... Chester . Twentieth . - The cities of Scranton and Carbondale , and the following wards , boroughs , and townships in the county of Luzerne , viz : The boroughs of Goldsboro ' , Pleasant Valley , Blakely , Dunmore , and Jermyn , and the ...
... Chester . Twentieth . - The cities of Scranton and Carbondale , and the following wards , boroughs , and townships in the county of Luzerne , viz : The boroughs of Goldsboro ' , Pleasant Valley , Blakely , Dunmore , and Jermyn , and the ...
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... Chester shall elect four members . The county of Clarion shall elect two members . The county of Clearfield shall elect one member . The county of Clinton shall elect one member . The county of Columbia shall elect two members . The ...
... Chester shall elect four members . The county of Clarion shall elect two members . The county of Clearfield shall elect one member . The county of Clinton shall elect one member . The county of Columbia shall elect two members . The ...
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... Chester . 16. Bedford and Somer- set . 17. Butler and Lawrence . 18. Clarion and Jefferson . 19. York . 20. Union , Snyder , and Mifflin . 21. Schuylkill . 22. Wayne and Pike . 23. Berks . 24. Huntingdon , Blair , and Cambria . 25 ...
... Chester . 16. Bedford and Somer- set . 17. Butler and Lawrence . 18. Clarion and Jefferson . 19. York . 20. Union , Snyder , and Mifflin . 21. Schuylkill . 22. Wayne and Pike . 23. Berks . 24. Huntingdon , Blair , and Cambria . 25 ...
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Allegheny Allegheny county amendment Assembly AUDITOR Beaver Bedford Berks Berks county bill Blair Bolton's Hotel born borough Bradford Bradford county Butler Cambria Centre Centre county Chester Chester county Clarion county Clearfield Clerk Committee common schools Commonwealth corporation COUNTY-Continued court Crawford Creek Dauphin Dauphin county Delaware dist district shall meet educated elect one member elect two members electors Emer Erie Fayette Fifth division Franklin George Governor Hart Hartranft Henry House of Representatives Huntingdon Indiana James Jefferson John Jones House Joseph Lancaster Lancaster county Lebanon Lehigh Lochiel Hotel Luzerne Luzerne county Lycoming March McKean Mercer Mifflin Mills Montgomery Northampton Northumberland Noyes Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pittsburg Prothonotary Samuel Schell Schuylkill Schuylkill county SECT Senate session Snyder Somerset Speaker decided Ster street SUPREME JUDGE Susquehanna thereof Thomas Tioga tion Total township TREASURER Trun turnpike Valley Venango vote ward shall constitute Washington West William Wright
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Page 62 - The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of man ; and every citizen may freely speak, write and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty.
Page 3 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining, in the meantime, exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Page 114 - Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in the Senate or House of Representatives ; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two Houses, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals, with the yeas...
Page 32 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President shall be the Vice-President. if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of...
Page 110 - Municipal and other corporations and individuals invested with the privilege of taking private property for public use shall make just compensation for property taken, injured or destroyed by the construction or enlargement of their works, highways or improvements, which compensation shall be paid or secured before such taking, injury or destruction.
Page 15 - To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased, by the consent of the legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful 'buildings.
Page 127 - The general appropriation bill shall embrace nothing but appropriations for the ordinary expenses of the executive, legislative, and judicial departments of the Commonwealth, interest on the public debt, and for public schools; all other appropriations shall be made by separate bills, each embracing but one subject.
Page 126 - Granting to any corporation, association or individual any special or exclusive privilege, immunity or franchise whatever.
Page 79 - ... and shall not be permitted to withhold his testimony upon the ground that it may criminate himself, or subject him to public infamy; but such testimony shall not afterwards be used against him in any judicial proceeding, except for perjury in giving such testimony...
Page 537 - The rules of parliamentary practice, comprised in Jefferson's Manual, shall govern the House in all cases to which they are applicable, and in which they are not inconsistent with the standing rules and orders of the House, and joint rules of the Senate and House of Representatives.