CONSTITUTION OF 1776, 101 



shall conclude with these Words, "Against the Peace and Dignity of the 

 same." The stile of all Process hereafter in this State shall be, The 

 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 



SECTION THE TWENTY-EIGHTH. 



The Person of a Debtor, where there is not a strong Presumption of 

 Fraud, shall not be continued in Prison, after delivering up, bona fide, 

 all his Estate Keal and Personal for the Use of his Creditors, in such 

 Manner as shall be hereafter regulated by Law. All Prisoners shall be 

 bailable by sufficient Sureties, unless for capital Offences, when the proof 

 is evident or presumption great. 



SECTION THE TW^ENTY-NINTH. 



Excessive Bail shall not be exacted for bailable Offences; and all fines 

 shall be moderate. 



SECTION THE THIRTIETH. 



Justices of the Peace shall be elected by the Freeholders of each City 

 and County respectively, that is to say, two or more Persons may be 

 chosen for each Ward, Township or District, as the Law shall hereafter 

 direct. And their Names shall be returned to the President in Council, 

 who shall commissionate one or more of them for each Ward, Township 

 or District so returning, for seven Years, removable for Misconduct by 

 the General Assembly : But if any City or County, Ward, Township or 

 District in this Commonwealth, shall hereafter incline to change the 

 Manner of appointing their Justices of the Peace as settled in this Ar- 

 ticle, the General Assembly may make Laws to regulate the same, agree- 

 able to the Desire of a Majority of the Freeholders of the City or County, 

 Ward, Township or District so applying. No Justice of the Peace shall 

 sit in the General Assembly unless he first resign his Commission, nor 

 shall he be allowed to take any Fees ; nor any Salary or Allowance 

 except such as the future Legislature may grant. 



SECTION THE THIRTY-FIRST. 



Sheriffs and Coroners shall be elected annually in each City and 

 County, by the Freemen ; that is to say, two Persons for each Office, one 

 of whom for each, is to be commissioned by the President in council. 

 No person shall continue in the Office of Sheriff" more than three suc- 

 cessive Years, or be capable of being again elected during four years 

 afterwards. The election shall be held at the Time and Place appointed 

 for the Election of Representatives; and the Commissioners and Asses- 

 sors, and other Officers chosen by the People, shall also be then and there 

 elected, as has been usual heretofore, until altered or otherwise regulated 

 by the future Legislature of this State. 



