† ART. XIV. Citizenship Defined, etc. SEC. 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States, and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States. Nor shall any State deprive any person of life liberty or property without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Chase's Dec., 364; 18 Stat., 395; 100 U. S., 303; ibid., 339; 103 U. S., 370; 100 U. S., 813; 103 ibid., 370; 107 id., 110; 13 Fed. Rep., 337; 12 ibid., 577; 4 Woods, 349; 109 U. S., 3; 106 U. S., 583; 1 Woods, 537; 24 Alb. L. J., 118; 53 Ala., 150; 58 ibid., 190; 3 Woods, 337; 3 Hughes, 9; 101 U. S., 22; 93 N. Y., 438; 10 Fed. Rep., 730; 21 Ohio St., 129; 48 Ind., 327; 48 Cal., 46; 55 Penn. St., 209; 94 U. S., 124; 95 U. S., 714; 96 ibid., 97; 92 U. S., 90; 110 U. S., 516; 109 ibid., 285; 16 Wall., 36; 113 U. S., 27. Apportionment of Representatives. SEC. II. Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective number, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed; but whenever the right to vote at any election for electors of President and Vice President, or for United States Representatives in Congress, executive and judicial offices, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be re + The fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States was proposed to the Legislatures of the several States by the Thirty-ninth Congress, on the 16th of June, 1866. On the 21st of July, 1868, Congress adopted and transmitted to the Department of State a concurrent resolution, declaring that "the Legislatures of the States of Connecticut, Tennessee, New Jersey, Oregon, Vermont, New York, Ohio, Illinois, West Virginia, Kansas, Maine, Nevada, Missouri, Indiana, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Iowa, Arkansas, Florida, North Carolina, Alabama, South Carolina and Louisiana, being three-fourths and more of the several States of the Union, have ratified the fourteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States, duly proposed by two-thirds of each House of the Thirty-ninth Congress; Therefore, Resolved, That said fourteenth article is hereby declared to be a part of the Constitution of the United States, and it shall be duly promulgated as such by the Secretary of State." The Secretary of State accordingly issued a proclamation, dated the 28th of July, 1868, declaring that the proposed fourteenth amendment had been ratified by the Legislatures of thirty of the thirty-six States. Pennsylvania ratified it February 13, 1867. duced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State. Of Persons Disqualified from Holding Office and Removal of Disabilities. SEC. III. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State Legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof; but Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability. Of Debts of the United States, and Debts incurred in Aid of Rebellion prohibited. SEC. IV. The validity of the public debt of the United States authorized by law, including debts incurred for the payment of pensions and bounties for the service in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned, but neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave, but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void. Congress Given Power to Enforce. SEC. V. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. Right of Citizenship not to be Abridged, etc. *ART. XV. SEC. I. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. 92 U. S., 211; 92 U. S., 542; 10 Biss., 283; 110 U. S., 651; 11 Bl. C. C., 200; 53 Mo., 58; 1 McArthur, 169; 8 Phila., 241; 4 Chicago Leg. News, 97; 112 U. S., 94; 6 W., 553; 21 Fed. Rep., 905. Power to Enforce Given Congress. SEC. II. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. *The fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States was proposed to the Legislatures of the several States by the Fortieth Congress, on the 27th of February, 1869, and was declared in a proclamation of the Secretary of State, dated March 30, 1870, to have been ratified by the Legislatures of twenty-nine of the thirtyseven States. Pennsylvania ratified it March 26, 1869. ANALYTICAL INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION OF STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. [ABBREVIATIONS Pr., preamble; Art., article; Sec., section; Sch.. schedule; p., page.) A. Paye. ACCUSED, right of, to be heard, Art. I, sec. 9,... Adoption of children, legislation for, prohibited, Art. III, sec. 7,.. election of, Art. V, sec. 11... in large cities, Sch., sec. 24, powers and duties of, not to be extended, Art. III, sec. 7, Allegheny, causes and proceedings of courts in, how disposed of, Sch., sec. 22, common pleas courts in, Art. V, sec. 6, criminal courts in, Art. V, sec. 8,. exclusive jurisdiction of each court, Art. V, sec. 6,. first organization of courts in, Sch., sec. 19, p. 97; Sch., sec. 20,. increase of judges in, Art. V, sec. 6,. president judge of, Sch., sec. 19,.. Amendments, future, general, Art. XVIII,....... not to be submitted oftener than once in five years, Art. XVIII, sec. 1, 94 published notice to be given of, Art. XVIII, sec. 1,. schedule to, 1873, . to be proposed by the Legislature, Art. XVIII, sec. 1,. Appeal from assessment for damages, General Assembly not to deprive, Art. XVI, sec. 8,..... right of, where trial by jury is dispensed with, Art. V, sce. 27, Appellate jurisdiction, by appeal, of Supreme Court, Art. V, sec. 3,. Apportionment of members of Assembly, Art. II, sees. 16, 17,. 64,65 time of, Art. II, sec. 18, Appropriation bills, partial veto on, allowed, Art. IV, sec. 16,. general, Art. III, sec. 15........ 6+ Appropriations, no money to be drawn from treasury except by, Art. III, sec. 16, 68 to charitable institutions not under control of the State, forbidden, Art. III, sec. 17,.... 68 Page. Appropriations, to sectarian institutions, prohibited, Art. III, sec. 18,.... 68 for maintaining the militia, Assembly to provide, Art. XI, sec. 1,. Arms, right of the people to bear, not to be questioned, Art. I, sec. 21,... Arms, persons having conscientious scruples against bearing, exempt from, Art. XI, sec. 1,............. Army, standing, not to be kept, Art. I, sec. 22,. Arrest, members of General Assembly privileged from, Art. II, sec.15, .. Assemble, right of citizens to, Art. I, sec. 20,.. Assembly-See General Assembly. Associate judge, not learned in the law, abolished, Art. V, sec. 5,.. term of commission, Sch., sec. 16,... Attainder of treason or felony, Legislature cannot cause, Art. 1, sec. 18,. 62 not to work corruption of blood, Art. I, sec, 19,........... Attorney General, appointment of, Art. IV, sec. 8, member of the Board of Pardons, Art. IV, sec. 9, Auditor General, duties of, relative to railroads, transferred to Secretary of Internal Affairs, Art. XVII, sec. 11, contracts for stationery, &c. to be approved by, Art. III, sec. 12,..... 68 election and term of, Art. IV, sec. 21,.. eligible only for one term, Art. IV, sec. 21, Auditors of the counties, election of, Art. XIV, sec. 7, expiration of term of present, Sch., sec. 28, 76 96 62 72 72 93 75 75 89 B. BAIL, excessive, not to be required, Art. I, sec. 13,. 61 Ballot, each to be numbered, Art. VIII, sec. 4,. elections to be by, Art. VIII, sec. 4, endorsement thereon authorized, Art. VIII, sec. 4, officers of election to be sworn not to disclose, Art. VIII, sec. 4, Banks, charters of, limited to 20 years, Art. XVI, sec. 11, Biennial élections, for members of General Assembly, Art. II, sec. 2,. 62 Bills, amendments to be printed, Art. III, sec. 4,............. 66 appropriation, partial veto allowed, Art. IV, sec. 16, 74 general, Art. III, sec. 15,. 68 approval of, by the Governor, Art. IV, sec. 15,. 73 conference reports on, to be voted on by yeas and nays, Art. III, sec. 5, 66 interested members in, not to vote on, Art. III, sec. 33, notice of local or special, to be given, Art. III, sec. 8, objected to by Governer, how considered, Art. IV, sec. 15, retained, by the Governor, to become laws, Art. IV, sec. 15, exceptions to, Art. IV, sec. 15,.. 73 73 revenue, origin of, Art. III, sec. 14, 68 signing of, by presiding officers of both Houses, to be public, Art. III, sec. 9, 67 Page. Bills, signing of, to be entered on the Journal, Art. III, sec. 9, title of, to be clearly expressed, Art. III, sec. 3, veto of, by the Governor, Art. IV, sec. 15, yeas and nays on final passage of, Art. III, sec. 4,. Bribery, candidates for office guilty of, disqualified, Art. III, sec. 32, p. 71; Art. VIII, sec. 9,..... definition of, Art. III, sec. 29,. legislative, Art. III, secs. 29, 30,. persons convicted of, ineligible to the General Assembly, Art. II, sec. guilty of, Art. III, sec. 30,. punishment of, Art. III, sec. 31, testimony of witnesses in, Art. III, sec. 32, Bridges, or bridge companies, Assembly not to pass laws relating to, Art. III, sec. 7,................ exceptions to, Art. III, sec. 7,.... 67 66 73 83 ΤΟ 70 70 70 71 C. CANALS-See Railroads. Candidates for office guilty of bribery disqualified, Art. VIII, sec. 9, ..... Charitable institutions, appropriations to, forbidden, Art. III, sec. 17,.... 68 Charters, amending, renewing, or extending, by special legislation, prohibited, Art. III, sec. 7,... bank, limitation of, to 20 years, Art. XVI, sec. 11,.. corporations not to engage in business unauthorized by, Art. XVI, sec. 6,... no law to be passed creating more than one, Art. XVI, sec. 10,. repeal of, authorized, Art. XVI, sec. 10, ཅརྩ ༄ང རྩཚདུ 66 91 90 91 91 unused, to be void, Art. XVI, sec. 1, 89 sec. 7,..... validated or amended, prohibited, Art. XVI, sec. 1,.. Children, adoption or legitimation of, legislation for, prohibited, Art. III, Cities and city charters, Art. XV, Cities, commissions in, not to incur debts, Art. XV, sec. 2, 89 66 89 89 electors to vote in favor of, Art. XV, sec. 1, .... general laws, to establish, Art. XV, sec. 1, 89 68 incorporating, etc., General Assembly prohibited from, Art. III, sec. 7, 66 representative apportionment of, Art. II, sec. 17, senatorial representation of, Art. II, sec. 16,... sinking funds in, to be created, Art. XV, sec. 3,.. special legislation for, prohibited, Art. III, sec. 7,....... Citizens, right of, to assemble, Art. I, sec. 20,. to bear arms, Art. I, sec. 21,... Civil power, subordination of the military to, Art. I, sec. 22, |