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VII. That the first Senate shall consist of eighteen members, to be chosen in districts formed as follows, to wit: The city of Philadelphia and the counties of Philadelphia and Delaware shall be a district, and elect three Senators: The county of Chester shall be a district, and shall elect one Senator: The county of Bucks shall be a district, and shall elect one Senator: The county of Montgomery shall be a district, and shall elect one Senator: The county of Northampton shall be a district, and shall elect one Senator: The counties of Lancaster and York shall be a district, and shall elect three Senators: The counties of Berks and Dauphin shall be a district, and shall elect two Senators: The counties of Cumberland and Mifflin shall be a district, and shall elect one Senator: The counties of Northumberland, Luzerne and Huntingdon shall be a district, and shall elect one Senator: The counties of Bedford and Franklin shall be a district, and shall elect one Senator: The counties of Westmoreland and Allegheney shall be a district, and shall elect one Senator: And the counties of Washington and Fayette shall be a district, and shall elect two Senators: Which Senators shall serve until the first enumeration before mentioned shall be made, and the representation in both Houses of the legislature shall be established by law, and chosen as in the Constitution is directed. Any vacancies which shall happen in the Senate, within the said time, shall be supplied as prescribed in the nineteenth section of the first article.

VIII. That the elections of Senators shall be conducted, and the returns thereof made to the Senate, in the same manner as is prescribed by the election laws of the state, for conducting and making return of the election of Representatives. In those districts, which consist of more than one county, the judges of the district elections within each county, after

having formed a return of the whole election within that county, in such manner as is directed by law, shall send the same, by one or more of their number, to the place herein after mentioned within the district, of which such county is a part, where the judges so met shall compare and cast up the several county returns, and execute, under their hands and seals, one general and true return for the whole district, that is to say; the Judges of the district composed of the city of Philadelphia and the counties of Philadelphia and Delaware shall meet in the statehouse in the city of Philadelphia; the Judges of the district composed of the counties of Lancaster and York shall meet at the court-house in the county of Lancaster; the Judges of the district composed of the counties of Berks and Dauphin shall meet at Middletown, in the county of Berks; the Judges of the district composed of the counties of Cumberland and. Mifflin shall meet in Greenwood township, County of Cumberland, at the house now occupied by David Miller; the Judges of the district composed of the counties of Northumberland, Luzerne and Huntingdon shall meet in the town of Sunbury; the Judges of the district composed of the counties of Bedford and Franklin shall meet at the house now occupied by John Dickey, in Air township, Bedford county; the Judges of the district composed of the counties of Westmoreland and Allegheney shall meet in Westmoreland county, at the court-house in the town of Greensborough; and the Judges of the district composed of the counties of Washington and Fayette shall meet at the courthouse in the town of Washington, in Washington county, on the third Tuesday in October, respectively, for the purposes aforesaid.

IX. That the election of the Governor shall be conducted in the several counties, in the manner prescribed by the laws of the state for the election

of Representatives; and the returns in each county shall be sealed by the judges of the elections, and transmitted to the President of the Supreme Executive Council, directed to the Speaker of the Senate, as soon after the election as may be.

Extract from an Act to enable Aliens to purchase and hold Real Estates, within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania-passed 24th March, 1818.

SECT. 1. From and after the passing of this act, it shall and may be lawful for all and every foreigner and foreigners, alien or aliens, not being the subject or subjects of some sovereign state or power which is or shall be at the time or times of such purchase or purchases at war with the United States of America, to purchase lands, tenements, and hereditaments within this Commonwealth, not exceeding five thousand acres, and to have and to hold the same to them, their heirs and assigns forever, as fully to all intents and purposes as any natural born citizen or citizens may or can do.

INSTRUCTIONS TO ALIENS

Arriving in the United States, who may be desirous of becoming citizens thereof.

Three things are indispensable to the naturalization of an alien, namely:

1. A report of himself on his arrival in the United States.

2. A declaration of bona fide intention to become a citizen.

3. A declaration, upon oath or affirmation, to support the constitution of the United States, and a renunciation of all foreign allegiance.

First-A report of himself, if of the age of twenty-one years; or, if under that age, the report to be made for him by his parent, guardian, master, or mistress. It must be made to the clerk of the district court of the district where the alien arrives, or to some other court of record of the United States, or of either of the territorial districts, or of a particular state.

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The foregoing is an example of a report for a whole family. Individuals of twenty-one years of age, having no family, may, of course, report themselves separately, observing the same form. In the case of a minor arriving alone, and having no parent, guardian, master, or mistress, he should be reported by some adult friend, residing in the United States. The clerk will receive and register the report; and his fee, for so doing, is fifty cents.

Secondly.-Two years after the date of the preceding report, (but no sooner,) the aliens mentioned therein may proceed to take the second preparatory step, which is a declaration of bona fide intention to become citizens, and must be made before the supreme, superior, district, or circuit court of some of the states, or of the territorial districts of the United States, or a circuit or district court of the United States, in the following form:

No. 2. Form of a declaration of bona fide intention to become a citizen.

I, JAMES ALVIN, a native of Cork, in Ireland, of the age of 42 years, and now or lately owing allegiance to his majesty the king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby declare, that it is bona fide my intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to renounce, for ever, all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty whatever; and particularly to renounce, for ever, all allegiance and fidelity to his said majesty the king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. JAMES ALVIN.

Sworn to, or affirmed, in open court.

Thirdly. Declaration, upon oath or affirmation, to support the constitution, and renunciation of foreign allegiance. This is the final step. It may be made three years after the declaration, (No. 2,) but

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