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in any House without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but 

 in a manner to be prescribed by law. 



Section XXIY. That the legislature shall not grant any title of 

 nobility or hereditary distinction, nor create any office, the appointment 

 of which shall be for a longer term than for good behavior. 



Section XXV. That emigration from the state shall not be prohibited. 



Section XXVI. To guard against transgressions of the high powers 

 which we have delegated, WE DECLARE That everything in this arti- 

 cle is excepted out of the general powers of government, and shall for 

 ever remain inviolate. 



SCHEDULE. 



That no inconvenience may arise from the alterations and amendments 

 in the Constitution of this Commonwealth, and in order to carry the 

 same into complete operation, it is hereby declared and ordained, 



First. THAT all laws of this commonwealth, in force at the time of 

 making the said alterations and amendments in the said Constitution, and 

 not inconsistent therewith, and all rights, actions, prosecutions, claims 

 and contracts, as well of individuals as of bodies corporate, shall continue 

 as if the said alterations and amendments had not been made. 



Second. THAT the President and Supreme Executive Council shall con- 

 tinue to exercise the executive authority of this Commonwealth, as 

 heretofore, until the third Tuesday of December next; but no inter- 

 mediate vacancies in the Council shall be supplied by new elections. 



Third. THAT all officers in the appointment of the Executive Depart- 

 ment shall continue in the exercise of the duties of their respective offices 

 until the first day of September one thousand seven hundred and ninety- 

 one ; unless their commissions shall sooner expire by their own limita- 

 tions, or the said offices become vacant by death^ or resignation ; and no 

 longer, unless re-appointed and commissioned by the Governor ; except 

 that the Judges of the Supreme Court shall hold their offices for the 

 terms in their commissions respectively expressed. 



Fourth. THAT Justice shall be administered in the several counties of 

 the State, until the period aforesaid, by the same justices, in the same 

 courts, and in the same manner, as heretofore. 



Fifth. THAT no person now in commission as Sheriff shall be eligible 

 at the next election for a longer term than will, with the time, which he 

 shall have served in the said office, complete the terra of three years. 



Sixth, THAT, until the first enumeration shall be made as directed in 

 the fourth section of the first article of the Constitution established by 

 this Convention, the City of Philadelphia and the several counties shall 



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