The first Constitution of Pennsylvania was adopted in 1776; the present Constitution in 1790. The legislative power is vested in a General Assembly, consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives. The representatives are elected annually on the second Tuesday in October, by the citizens of Philadelphia and of the several counties, apportioned according to the number of taxable inhabitants. The number cannot be less than 60, nor more than 100. The senators are chosen for four years, one fourth being elected annually, at the time of the election of the representatives. Their number cannot be greater than one third, nor less than one fourth of the number of the representatives. [In 1829, it was enacted by the General Assembly, "that until the next enumeration of taxable inhabitants, and an apportionment thereon, the senate, at a ratio of 7,700 [taxable inhabitants], shall consist of 33 members"; and "the House of Representatives, at a ratio of 2,544, shall consist of 100 members."-The following statement shows the representative number, and the number of members of the legislature, at different periods. Ratio. Senators. Ratio. Representatives. 78 25 31 The executive power is vested in a Governor, who is elected by the people on the second Tuesday in October, and who holds his office during three years, from the third Tuesday in December next following his election ; and he cannot hold the office more than 9 years, in any term of 12 years. The General Assembly meets annually (at Harrisburg), on the first Tuesday in December, unless sooner convened by the Governor The judicial power is vested in a Supreme Court, in Courts of oyer and terminer and gaol-delivery, in Courts of Common Pleas, an Orphans' Court, a Register's Court, a Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace for each county, and in such other courts as the legislature may, from time to time, establish. The judges of the Supreme Court and the several Courts of Common Pleas, are appointed by the Governor, and hold their offices during good behavior. The right of suffrage is possessed by every freeman of the age of 21 years, who has resided in the state two years next preceding an election, and within that time paid a state or county tax, assessed at least six months before the election. THE EXECUTIVE and Legislature. The term of the present Governor will expire on the 3d Tuesday in December, 1832; and the terms of the Senators in October, in the years 1830, 1831, 1832, and 1833. District. Senators, with the Expiration of their respective Terms. William G. Hawkins, Speaker of the Senate. Benjamin Reiff, 1831, Montgomery. 1831, and Wayne. Lehigh, Pike, Districts. Thomas S. Cunning- 1833, Daniel Sturgeon, 1830, Fayette. Districts. ¡ Erie, Craw ford, &c. Warren, Thos. Ringland, 1830, and Greene. Joseph M. Fox, 1830, { & Armstrong. John Brown, 1831, Alleghany. (Bedford and Moses Sullivan, 1833,{ William Piper, 1833, Somerset. Beaver and Frederick Smith, Speaker of the House of Representatives. The Senators and Representatives receive $3 for each day's attendance, and 15 cents a mile for travel; the Speaker of each House, $4 a day. William Duane, Prothonotary, The judges of the Supreme Court hold Circuit Courts throughout the state, for which they receive, in addition to their salaries, $4 a day while on the circuits. The jurisdiction of the following two District Courts for Philadelphia and for Lancaster and York counties, is the same as that of the Court of Common Pleas in other counties. District Court for the City and Co. of Philadelphia. District Court for the Cos. of Lancaster and York. Ebenezer G. Bradford, President Judge, $1,600 1,600 Salary. $2,000 2,000 2,000 The State is divided into the 16 following Districts, for the sessions of the Courts of Common Pleas. The President Judge of the District of Philadelphia has a salary of $2,000, and two Associate Judges $400 each. The President Judge in the other districts have salaries of $1,600, and their Districts. 4. Huntingdon, Mifflin, Centre, and Clearfield, 5. Beaver, Butler, and Alleghany, 6. Erie, Crawford, Mercer, Venango, and Warren, 7. Bucks and Montgomery, 8. Northum'd, Lycoming, Union, and Columbia, 9. Cumberland, Adams, and Perry, 10. Westmore'd, Indiana, Armstrong, and Cambria, 11. Luzerne, Wayne, and Pike, 12. Dauphin, Lebanon, and Schuylkill, 13. Susquehanna, Bradford, Tioga, and McKean, 14. Washington, Fayette, and Greene, 15. Chester and Delaware, 16. Franklin, Bedford, and Somerset, President Judges. Thomas Burnside. Charles Shaler. Seth Chapman. John Young. Edward Herrick. Thomas H. Baird. Isaac Darlington. Allen Thompson. The state is divided into five districts for the sessions of the Supreme Court, which, as a court in bank, holds six regular terms, for argument &c., annually; viz. for the Eastern District, at Philadelphia, on the 2d Monday in March, and on the 2d Monday in December; for the Lancaster District, at Lancaster, on the 2d Monday in May; for the Middle District, at Sunbury, on the Wednesday following the second week of the term of the Lancaster District; for the Western District, at Pittsburg, on the first Monday in September; and for the Southern District, at Chambersburg, on the Monday week next following the second week of the term of the Western District. It is only in the city and county of Philadelphia that the Supreme Court has original jurisdiction, and there only when the sum in controversy exceeds $500; all issues of fact are tried by jury before a single judge, at nisi prius. For the other counties of this state, Circuit Courts are held, which are unlike courts of nisi prius, as judgment may be rendered at them, subject to revision by appeal, in the Supreme Court in bank, and causes are only brought into them by removal from the Courts of Common Pleas. They are held by one judge in each county, at least once a year. SCHUYLKILL NAVIGATION FOR 1829. BANKS. From a Statement reported to the Legislature, January 6, 1830. Grand Totals, 10,310,333 84 (6,196,703 69 1,959,777 30 EDUCATION. The principal literary seminaries in this state are the University of Pennsylvania with its Medical School, at Philadelphia; Dickinson College, at Carlisle; Jefferson College, at Canonsburg; Washington College, at Washington; Western University, at Pittsburg; Alleghany College, at Mead |