98 AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF LANCASTER COUNTY. 



SECTION THE NINETEENTH. 



For the present tlie Supreme Executive Council of this State shall 

 consist of twelve Persons, chosen in the following Manner : The Freemen 

 of the City of Philadelphia and of the Countys of Philadelphia, Chester 

 and Bucks respectively, shall choose by Ballot one Person for the City 

 and one for each County aforesaid, to serve for three Years and no longer, 

 at the Time and Place for electing Eepresentatives in General Assembly. 

 The Freemen of the Countys of Lancaster, York, Cumberland and Berks 

 shall in like Manner elect one Person for each County respectively, to 

 serve as Counsellors for two Years and no longer. And the Countys of 

 Northampton, Bedford, Northumberland, and Westmoreland respect- 

 ively, shall in like Manner elect one Person for each County, to serve as 

 Counsellors for one Year and no longer. And at the expiration of the 

 Time for which each Counsellor was chosen to serve, the Freemen 

 of the City of Philadelphia and of the several Countys in this State 

 respectively, shall elect one Person to serve as Counsellor for three 

 Years and no longer; and so on every third year forever. By this 

 Mode of Election and continual Potation, more Men will be trained to 

 public Business, there will in every subsequent Year be found in the 

 Council a Number of Persons acquainted with the proceedings of the 

 foregoing Years, whereby the Business will be more consistently con- 

 ducted, and moreover the Danger of establishing an inconvenient 

 Aristocracy will be effectually prevented. All Vacancies in the Council 

 that may happen by Death, Eesignation, or otherwise, shall be filled at 

 the next general Election for Eepresentatives in General Assembly, 

 unless a particular Election for that Purpose shall be sooner appointed 

 by the President and Council. No Member of the General Assembly or 

 Delegate in Congress, shall be chosen a Member of the Council. The 

 President and Vice-president shall be chosen annually by the joint Ballot 

 of the General Assembly and Council, of the Members of the Council. 

 Any Person having served as a Counsellor for three successive Years, 

 shall be incapable of holding that Ofiice for four Years afterwards. 

 Every Member of the Council shall be a Justice of the Peace for the 

 whole Commonwealth by Virtue of his Office. 



In Case new additional Counties shall hereafter be erected in this State, 

 such County or counties shall elect a Counsellor, and such County or 

 Counties shall be annexed to the next neighboring Counties, and shall 

 take Eotation with such Counties. 



The Council shall meet annually, at the same Time and Place with 

 the General Assembly. 



The Treasurer of the State, Trustees of the Loan-office, Naval- 

 ofl&cers Collectors of Customs or Excise, Judge of the Admiralty, 

 Attornies-General, Sherifls, and Prothouotaries, shall not be capable 



