102 AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF LANCASTER COUNTY. 



SECTION THE THIRTY-SECOND. 



All Elections, whether by the People or iu General Assembly, shall 

 be by Ballot, free and voluntary. And any Elector, who shall receive 

 any Gift or Eeward for his vote, in Meat, Drink, Monies or otherwise, 

 shall forfeit his Eight to elect for that Time, and suffer such other 

 Penalty as future Laws shall direct. And any Person who shall directly 

 or indirectly give, promise or bestow any such Eewards, to be elected, 

 shall be thereby rendered incapable to serve for the ensuing year. 



SECTION THE THIRTY-THIRD. 



All Fees, License Money, Fines and Forfeitures heretofore granted, or 

 paid to the Governor, or his Deputies for the Support of Government, 

 shall hereafter be paid into the public Treasury, unless altered or abol- 

 ished by the future Legislature. 



SECTION THE THIRTY-FOURTH. 



A Eegister's Office for the Probate of Wills and granting Letters of 

 Administration, and an Office for the Eecording of Deeds, shall be kept 

 in each City and County. The Officers to be appointed by the General 

 Assembly, removable at their Pleasure, and to be commissioned by the 

 President in Council. 



SECTION THE THIRTY-FIFTH. 



The Printing Presses shall be free to every Person who undertakes to 

 examine the Proceedings of the Legislature, or any Part of Government. 



SECTION THE THIRTY-SIXTH. 



As every Freeman, to preserve his Independence, (if without a sufficient 

 Estate) ought to have some Profession, Calling, Trade or Farm, whereby 

 he may honestly subsist, there can be no Necessity for, nor Use in es- 

 tablishing Offices of Profit, the usual Effects of which are Dependance 

 and Servility, unbecoming Freemen, in the Possessors and Expectants ; 

 Faction, Contention, Corruption and Disorder among the People. But 

 if any Man is called into public Service, to the Prejudice of his private 

 Affairs, he has a Eight to a reasonable Compensation. And whenever 

 an Office, through Increase of Fees, or otherwise, becomes so profitable 

 as to occasion many to apply for it, the Profits ought to be lessened by 

 the Legislature. 



SECTION THE THIRTY-SEVENTH. 



The future Legislature of this State shall regulate Entails in such a 

 manner as to prevent perpetuities. 



SECTION THE THIRTY-EIGHTH. 



The penal Laws as heretofore used, shall be reformed by the future 



