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of Assembly; and for the more perfect Satisfaction of the Public, the 

 reasons and Motives for making such laws shall he fully and clearly ex- 

 pressed in the Preambles. 



SECTION THE SIXTEENTH. 



The Style of the Laws of this Commonwealth shall be " Be it enacted, 

 and it is hereby enacted by the Representatives of the Freemen of the 

 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and bv the 

 Authority of the same. And the General Assembly shall affix their Seal 

 to every Bill, as soon as it is enacted into a Law, which Seal shall be kept 

 by the Assembly, and shall be called "The seal of the l.\ws of Penn- 

 sylvania," and shall not be used for any other Purpose, 



SECTION THE SEVENTEENTH. 



The City of Philadelphia and each County in this Commonwealth re- 

 spectively, shall, on the first Tuesday of November in this present Year, 

 and on the second Tuesday in October annually for the two next Years, 

 to wit, the Year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven, and the 

 Year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight, choose six Persons 

 to represent them in General Assembly : But as Representation, in Pro- 

 portion to the Number of Taxable Inhabitants, is the only Principle which 

 can, at all times, secure Liberty, and made the Voice of a Majority of the 

 People the Law of the Land, therefore the General Assembly shall cause 

 complete Lists of the taxable inhabitants, in the City and each County in 

 the Commonwealth respectively, to be taken and returned to them on or 

 before the last Meeting of the Assembly elected in the Year one thousand 

 seven hundred and seventy-eight — who shall appoint a representation to 

 each in Proportion to the Number of Taxables in such Returns ; which 

 Representation shall continue for the next seven years afterwards; at the 

 End of which a new Return of the taxable Inhabitants shall be made, 

 and a Representation agreeable thereto appointed by the said Assembly, 

 and so on septennially for ever. The Wages of the Representatives in 

 General Assembly, and all other State-charges, shall be paid out of the 

 State Treasury. 



SECTION THE EIGHTEENTH. 



In order that the Freemen of this Commonwealth may enjoy the Bene- 

 fit of Election as equally as may be until the Representation shall com- 

 mence as directed in the foregoing Section, each County at its own Choice 

 may be didided into Districts, hold Elections therein, and elect their Re- 

 presentatives in the County and their other elective Officers, as shall be 

 hereafter regulated by the General Assembly of this State and no Inhabi- 

 tant of this State shall have more than one annual Vote at the general 

 Election for Representatives in Assembly. 

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