100 AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF LANCASTER COUNTY. 



SECTION THE TWENTY-SECOND. 



Every Officer of State, whether judicial or executive, shall be liable to 

 be impeached by the General Assembly, either when in Office, or after 

 his Eesignation or Eemoval for Mal-administration. All impeachments 

 shall be before the President or A^ice-President and Council, who shall 

 hear and determine the same. 



SECTION THE TWENTY-THIRD. 



The Judges of the Supreme Court of Judicature shall have fixed Sala- 

 ries, be commissioned for seven Years only, though capable of Re-ap- 

 pointment at the End of that Term, but removeable for Misbehaviour at 

 any Time by the General Assembly; — they shall not be allowed to sit 

 as Members in the Continental Congress, Executive Council, or General 

 Assembly, nor to hold any other Office, civil or military, nor to take or 

 receive Fees or Perquisites of any Kind. 



SECTION THE TWENTY-FOURTH. 



The Supreme Court and the several Courts of Common Pleas of this 

 Commonwealth shall, besides the Powers usually exercised by such 

 Courts, have the Powers of a Court of Chancery, so far as relates to the 

 perpetuating Testimony, obtaining Evidence from Places not within this 

 State, and the Care of the Persons and Estates of those who are non 

 compotes mentis, and such other Powers as may be found necessary by 

 future General Assemblies, not inconsistent with this Constitution. 



SECTION THE TWENTY-FIFTH. 



Trials shall be by Jury as heretofore. And it is recommended to the 

 Legislature of this State to provide by Law against every Corruption or 

 Partiality in the Choice, Return, or Appointment of Juries. 



SECTION THE TWENTY-SIXTH. 



Courts of Sessions, Common Pleas, and Orphans Courts shall be held 

 quarterly in each City and County; and the Legislature shall have 

 Power to establish all such other Courts as they may judge for the Good 

 of the Inhabitants of the State. All Courts shall be open, and Justice 

 shall be impartially administered without Corruption or unnecessary 

 Delay, All their officers shall be paid an adequate but moderate Com- 

 pensation for their Services — and if any officer shall take greater or other 

 Fees than the laws allow him, either directly or indirectly, it shall ever 

 after disqualify him from holding any Office in this State. 



SECTION THE TWENTY-SEVENTH. 



All prosecutions shall commence in the name and by the Authority of 

 the Freemen of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; and all Inditements 



