Pennsylvania Constitution Adopted in 1873 Proposes Broad Reforms
The document outlines changes to court structure, election laws, taxation, and corporate regulation. It calls for abolition of certain registers courts, realignment of judges, a new oath of office, uniform election rules, and strict debt and tax provisions, with phased transitions beginning January 1874.
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Court of Common Pleas
Orphans’ Court
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
General Assembly
Courts of Common Pleas and Orphans’ Courts
Commonwealth
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Public School System Provision and Women Election Rights
The article sets a state goal to maintain an efficient public school system and to appropriate at least one million dollars annually. It prohibits using funds for sectarian schools. It also grants women aged 21 and over eligibility for school office or management roles.
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General Assembly
Commonwealth
Commonwealth militia duty and exemptions outlined
The freemen shall be armed organized and disciplined for defense as directed by law. The General Assembly must provide militia funding from the Treasury and may exempt those with conscientious scruples against bearing arms.
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General Assembly
Commonwealth
Section on officers and corporate regulation in state constitution
The article outlines rules on officer selection, incompatibilities between state and federal offices, penalties for dueling, damages and jurydaw, banking note security, and charter control for corporations. It also covers corporate notices, telegraph regulations, and definitions of corporations within the state framework.
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Raiload
Secretary of Internal Affairs
General Assembly
Commonwealth
Constitutional Rules for City Chartering and Debt
Section 1 states cities may be chartered when a majority of voters in towns or boroughs with populations over ten thousand vote for it. Section 2 forbids debt unless a prior municipal appropriation exists. Section 3 requires every city to establish a sinking fund pledged for repayment of funded debt.
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United States
General Assembly
Commonwealth
Pucacee
Justices of the Peace
Notar
Courts of Common Pleas
Pesident
Submission of Constitution to Pennsylvanians for Dec ballot
An ordinance from the Constitutional Convention directs a December election to submit the amended Pennsylvania Constitution to qualified electors. It lays out ballot wording, county printing duties, and election administration in Philadelphia and other counties, with five commissioners in Philadelphia and county return procedures.
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Philadelphia
Thousan
General Assembly
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Edwin H. Fitler
Edward Browning
Joan P. Verree
Henry
Hagert
John O. James
Harrisburg
Toxors
MO. H. Walker
D. L. Imbrie
Quay
the Commonwealth
Doawit
Wit
Quotations and Aphorisms from 19th Century Thinkers
A compact collage of maxims and lines from T. W. Higginson George Eliot Bulwer and Hare. The notes mix reflections on faith shadow light resolve fashion and civilization.
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T. W. Higginson
George Eliot
Bulwer
Hare
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House of Representatives
Senate
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Courts of Record
House
Taxation and Finance
Wil's
Eve
Secretary of the
Govenor
Seluylkill
Lebanon
Dauphin
Oyer and Terminer
Said
Comay
Court of First Criminal Jurisdiction
Schuylkill
Schuylkill County
Passell
Cour
Allegheny
District Court
Allison, Pierce and Paxson
Mitchell
Ludlow
Finletter
Lyndh
Thayer
Briggs
Eote
Court of Common Vieas
The
Common Pleas
District Courts
Nisi Prius
Pathonotary’s
O Allegheny
Court of Common Pleas of
Court of Oyer and Terminer
Congress
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