BOND JOHN REYNOLDS & ORS. TO THE CORPORATION. KNOW ALL MEN by these Presents, that we, John Reynolds, of the City of Philadelphia, Gentleman, Stephen Page and Alexander Carlisle, of the same place, yeomen, are held & firmly bound unto John Baker, Esq'r, Treasurer of & for the County of Philadelphia, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the sum of five hundred pounds, lawful Money of Pennsylvania, to be paid to the said John Baker, or to his successor in Office, or to his certain Attorney, to which payment well and truly to be made we do bind ourselves, and each of us, our & each of our Heirs, Executors & administrators, jointly & severally firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals, Dated the sixth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety. WHEREAS, the said John Reynolds is now re-appointed keeper of the Gaol of the said City and County. NOW, THE CONDITION of this Obligation is such that if he, the said John Reynolds, his deputies and assistants, shall & do well and faithfully perform the trust & duties in them reposed, then the above obligation shall be void, otherwise remain in full force & virtue. Sealed & delivered in the presence of EVAN THOMAS, JOSEPH GOVETT, CHRISTOPHER BAKER. JOHN REYNOLDS. [Seal.] On the eleventh day of May, Anno Domini 1790, before me, William Colladay, Esq'r, one of the Aldermen of the City of Philadelphia, came Christopher Baker, of the City of Philadelphia, and made Oath that he did see the above named John Reynolds & Stephen Page Seal & deliver the above Instrument of writing & also saw Alexander Carlisle sign, seal and deliver the same, and severally acknowledged the said Instrument of Writing to be their Act & Deed and desired the same might be recorded as such. Witness my hand and Seal the day & year aforesaid. WM. COLLADAY. [Seal.] [Rece'd 11th May & Inrolled 7th July, 1790.] CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA-1790. WE, the people of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ordain and establish this Constitution for its government. ARTICLE I. Sect. 1. The legislative power of this Commonwealth shall be vested in a General Assembly, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. Sect. 2. The Representatives shall be chosen, annually, by the citizens of the city of Philadelphia, and of each county respectively, on the second Tuesday of October. Sect. 3. No person shall be a Representative, who shall not have attained the age of twenty-one years, and have been a citizen and inhabitant of the State three years next preceding his election, and the last year thereof an inhabitant of the city or county in which he shall be chosen; unless he shall have been absent on the public business of the United States, or of this State. No person residing within any city, town or borough, which shall be entitled to a separate representation, shall be elected a member for any county; nor shall any person residing without the limits of any such city, town or borough, be elected a member thereof. Sect. 4. Within three years after the first meeting of the General Assembly and within every subsequent term of seven years, an enumeration of the taxable inhabitants shall be made, in such manner as shall be directed by law. The number of Representatives shall, at the several periods of making such enumeration, be fixed by the Legislature, and apportioned among the city of Philadelphia, and the several counties, according to the number of taxable inhabitants in each; and shall never be less than sixty, nor greater than one hundred. Each county shall have at least one Representative; but no 47--10--3d Ser. (737) |