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... or justice . In the county , the board of commissioners has a few legislative powers ; the executive functions are not all vested in one person ; the sheriff is the chief executive officer ; the courts ร PENNSYLVANIA CITIZEN .
... or justice . In the county , the board of commissioners has a few legislative powers ; the executive functions are not all vested in one person ; the sheriff is the chief executive officer ; the courts ร PENNSYLVANIA CITIZEN .
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... Commissioners . - The county commissioners are the business managers of the county . To them is en- trusted the care of its public property - the court house , the poor house , the jail and the county bridges . If any new public ...
... Commissioners . - The county commissioners are the business managers of the county . To them is en- trusted the care of its public property - the court house , the poor house , the jail and the county bridges . If any new public ...
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... commissioners . When the county sues or is sued , it is done through the commissioners . They are also em- powered to borrow money . The commissioners are entitled to a clerk , whom they appoint and whose salary they fix . They also ...
... commissioners . When the county sues or is sued , it is done through the commissioners . They are also em- powered to borrow money . The commissioners are entitled to a clerk , whom they appoint and whose salary they fix . They also ...
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... commissioners . He must make quarterly and yearly reports of the condition of the treasury to the county commissioners . The treasurer cannot have two successive terms . He is paid a certain per cent . , generally determined by the ...
... commissioners . He must make quarterly and yearly reports of the condition of the treasury to the county commissioners . The treasurer cannot have two successive terms . He is paid a certain per cent . , generally determined by the ...
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... commissioners . The Coroner . — When a person's death is sudden and mysterious , or when it is a case of suicide or murder , it is the coroner's duty to investigate it . He also holds in- quests over the bodies of persons who die in ...
... commissioners . The Coroner . — When a person's death is sudden and mysterious , or when it is a case of suicide or murder , it is the coroner's duty to investigate it . He also holds in- quests over the bodies of persons who die in ...
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Страница vii - All men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience and no preference shall ever be given by law to any religious establishments or modes of worship.
Страница xxxviii - ... and if, in the Legislature so next chosen as aforesaid, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each House, then it shall be the duty of the Legislature to submit such proposed amendment or amendments to the people in such manner and at such time as the Legislature shall prescribe...
Страница xlix - ... states concerned, as well as of the Congress. The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular state. Sec. 4. The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union, a republican form of government, and shall protect each...
Страница ix - The person of a debtor, where there is not strong presumption of fraud, shall not be continued in prison after delivering up his estate for the benefit of his creditors in such manner as shall be prescribed by law.
Страница xlvi - In every case, after the choice of the president, the person having the greatest number of votes of the electors shall be the vice-president. But if there should remain two or more who have equal votes, the senate shall choose from them by ballot the vice-president.]* The congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes ; which day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Страница xxx - All taxes shall be uniform upon the same class of subjects within the territorial limits, of the authority levying the tax, and shall be levied and collected under general laws...
Страница xxxv - The General Assembly shall have the power to alter, revoke, or annul any charter of incorporation now existing and revocable at the adoption of this Constitution, or any that may hereafter be created, whenever, in their opinion it may be injurious to the citizens of this Commonwealth, in such manner, however, that no injustice shall be done to the corporators.
Страница xiii - ... 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 journal.
Страница xxxiv - Assembly from taking the property and franchises of incorporated companies, and subjecting them to public use, the same as the property of individuals; and the exercise of the police power of the State shall never be abridged or so construed as to permit corporations to conduct their business in such manner as to infringe the equal rights of individuals or the general well-being of the State.
Страница xlix - ... claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due. SEC. 3. New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned, as well as of the Congress.