majority of all the votes of the said joint assembly, a majority of all the members elected to both Houses being present and voting, shall be declared duly elected; and in case no person shall receive such majority on the first day, the joint assembly shall meet at twelve o'clock meridian of each succeeding day, during the session of the Legislature, and take at least one vote, until a Senator shall be elected.

Section 3. Whenever, on the meeting of the Legislature, a vacancy shall exist in the representation of this State in the Senate of the United States, the Legislature shall proceed, on the second Tuesday after the commencement and organization of its session, to elect a person to fill such vacancy, in the manner herein before provided for the election of a Senator for a full term; and if a vacancy shall happen during the session of the Legislature, then on the second Tuesday after the Legislature shall have notice of such vacancy.

Section 4. When the election shall be closed, as aforesaid, the president of the convention shall announce the person, who shall have received a majority of votes aforesaid, to be duly elected a Senator, to represent this State in the Senate of the United States; and he shall, in the presence of the members of both Houses, sign four several certificates of the election, attested by the tellers; one of which certificates shall be transmitted, by the president of the convention, to the Governor of this Commonwealth, one to the person so elected, and the remaining two shall be preserved among the records and entered at length on the Journals of each House.

Section 5. It shall be the duty of the Governor, immediately after receiving the certificate of the election of any Senator, to certify his election, under the seal of the State, which certificate shall be countersigned by the Secretary of State.

Forms of Certificate of Election of United States Senator.

The following is a copy of the certificate issued and signed, as required by law, when each House has cast a majority of its votes for the same person for United States Senator, viz:

I do certify that the members of the Senate and the members of the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, having assembled in joint assembly, in the chamber of the House of Representatives on ........ .... day of ........, A. D. .... in conformity with the act of Congress of the United States, entitled "An act to regulate the times and manner of holding elections for Senators in Congress," approved July 25, A. D. 1866, and the "Act to define the time and regulate the manner of electing Senators to represent this State in the Senate of the United States," approved January 11, A. D. 1867, to supply the vacancy in the Senate of the United States occasioned by of which will occur on the fourth day of March next, the Journals of the Senate and House of Representatives having been severally read, showing the names of the persons

......

voted for, and the number of votes received in each House by each person, it appeared that received a majority of all votes cast in each House, and the said is declared duly elected Senator to represent this State in the Senate of the United States for the constitutional term commencing on the fourth day of March next.

......

....

President of Senate and President of Joint Assembly.

Teller on part of the Senate.

Teller on part of the House of Representatives.

The following is a copy of the certificate issued when no one person has received a majority of the votes cast for United States Senator in both Houses, viz:

I do certify that the members of the Senate and the members of the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, having assembled in joint assembly, in the chamber of the House of Representatives, on the ........ day of ........... A. D........., in conformity with the act of Congress of the United States, entitled "An act to regulate the times and manner of holding elections for Senators in Congress," approved July 25, A. D. 1866, and the act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled "An act to define the time and regulate the manner of electing Senators to represent this State in the Senate of the United States," approved January 11, 1867, to supply the vacancy in the Senate of the United States. occasioned by which will occur on the 4th day of March next, the Journal of the Senate and of the House of Representatives having been severally read, showing the names of the persons voted for and the number of votes received in each House by each person, t appeared that no one person received a majority of all the votes cast in both Houses. Whereupon, the joint assembly, a majority of all the members elected to both Houses being present and voting, proceeded to choose, by a viva voce vote of each member present, a person for the office aforesaid, and it appearing that

.....)

of all the votes cast, the said

had a majority is declared duly

elected Senator of the United States from the State of Pennsylvania for the constitutional term commencing on the 4th day of March next. (Signed and attested as in the preceding certificate.)

Manner of Meeting of Joint Assembly.

The manner of meeting of the joint assembly for the election of Senator is similar to that of the joint meeting to count the vote cast for Governor, etc,

Selection of the Members of the Senate and House who are to Assist in Counting the Vote for State Treasurer and Auditor General in years that the Legislature is not in session.

The four members of the Senate and six members of the House of Representatives (who with other State officers, are to count the vote for State Treasurer and Auditor General in years when the General Assembly is not in session), shall be selected by each House proceeding at twelve o'clock noon on the last Tuesday of the regular session preceding the annual election at which any State Treasurer or Auditor General is to be elected to choose by viva voce vote the number of members aforesaid, each Senator being entitled to vote for but two members, and each member of the House entitled to vote for three members, and the four Senators and the six Representatives receiving the highest number of votes shall be the persons named in the first section of this act. Act May 9, 1879, P. L. 51.

LEGISLATION PROHIBITED BY THE CONSTITUTION.

No law shall be passed except by bill, and no bill shall be so altered or amended, on its passage through either House, as to change its original purpose.

No bill shall be considered unless referred to a committee, returned therefrom, and printed for the use of the members.

No bill, except general appropriation bills, shall be passed containing more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title.

Every bill shall be read at length on three different days, in each House; all amendments made thereto shall be printed for the use of the members before the final vote is taken on the bill, and no bill shall become a law, unless on its final passage the vote be taken by yeas and nays, the names of the persons voting for and against the same be entered on the journal, and a majority of the members elected to each House be recorded thereon as voting in its favor.

No amendment to bills by one House shall be concurred in by the other, except by the vote of a majority of the members elected thereto, taken by yeas and nays, and the names of those voting for and against recorded upon the Journal thereof; and reports of committees of conference shall be adopted in either House only by the vote of a majority of the members elected thereto, taken by yeas and nays, and the names of those voting recorded upon the journals.

No law shall be revived, amended, or the provisions thereof extended or conferred, by reference to its title only, but so much thereof as is revived, amended, extended or conferred shall be re-enacted and published at length.

The General Assembly shall not pass any local or special law-
Authorizing the creation, extension or impairing of liens:

Regulating the affairs of counties, cities, townships, wards, boroughs or school districts:

Changing the names of persons or places:

Changing the venue in civil or criminal cases:

Authorizing the laying out, opening, altering or maintaining roads, highways, streets or alleys:

Relating to ferries or bridges, or incorporating ferry or bridge companies, except for the erection of bridges, crossing streams which form boundaries between this and any other State:

Vacating roads, town plats, streets or alleys:

Relating to cemeteries, grave yards or public grounds not of the State: Authorizing the adoption or legitimation of children:

Locating or changing county seats, erecting new counties, or changing county lines:

Incorporating cities, towns or villages, or changing their charters: For the opening and conducting of elections, or fixing or changing the place of voting:

Granting divorces:

Erecting new townships or boroughs, changing township lines, borough limits, or school districts:

Creating offices, or prescribing the powers and duties of officers in counties, cities, boroughs, townships, election or school districts: Changing the law of descent or succession:

Regulating the practice or jurisdiction of, or changing the rules of evidence in any judicial proceeding or inquiry before courts, aldermen, justices of the peace, sheriffs, commissioners, arbitrators, auditors, masters in chancery, or other tribunals, or providing or changing methods for the collection of debts, or the enforcing of judgments, or prescribing the effect of judicial sales of real estate:

Regulating the fees, or extending the powers and duties of aldermen, justices of the peace, magistrates or constables:

Regulating the management of public schools, the building or repairing of school houses, and the raising of money for such purposes: Fixing the rate of interest:

Affecting the estates of minors or persons under disability, except after due notice to all parties in interest, to be recited in the special enactment: Remitting fines, penalties and forfeitures, or refunding moneys legally paid into the treasury:

Exempting property from taxation:

Regulating labor, trade, mining or manufacturing:

Creating corporations, or amending, renewing or extending the charters thereof:

Granting to any corporation, association or individual any special or exclusive privilege or immunity, or to any corporation, association or individual the right to lay down a railroad track:

Nor shall the General Assembly indirectly enact such special or local law by the partial repeal of a general law; but laws repealing local or special acts may be passed.

Nor shall any law be passed granting powers or privileges in any case where the granting of such powers and privileges shall have been provided for by general law, nor where the courts have jurisdiction to grant the same or give the relief asked for.

No local or special bill shall be passed unless notice of the intention to apply therefor shall have been published in the locality where the matter or the thing to be affected may be situated, which notice shall be at least thirty days prior to the introduction into the General Assembly of such bill and in the manner to be provided by law; the evidence of such notice having been published, shall be exhibited in the General Assembly before such act shall be passed.