. History and government of Pennsylvania. A supplement to Elementary American history and government by James Albert Woodburn and Thomas Francis Moran . modern ocean steamship; etc. REFERENCES Philadelphia Commercial Museum: Pennsylvania and its various Chamber of Commerce: Pamphlets on various States: Census Reports on Pennsylvania. THE GOVERNMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA The Fundamental Laws. William Perms Great Law, whichwas accepted by the colonists on his arrival, was the first con-stitution of the colony. On his second trip to the province, in1699, Penn p
. History and government of Pennsylvania. A supplement to Elementary American history and government by James Albert Woodburn and Thomas Francis Moran . modern ocean steamship; etc. REFERENCES Philadelphia Commercial Museum: Pennsylvania and its various Chamber of Commerce: Pamphlets on various States: Census Reports on Pennsylvania. THE GOVERNMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA The Fundamental Laws. William Perms Great Law, whichwas accepted by the colonists on his arrival, was the first con-stitution of the colony. On his second trip to the province, in1699, Penn permitted the repeal of the Great Law, and theadoption of the so-called Charter of Privileges. Under theCharter of Privileges the colonists in Pennsylvania liveduntil the Revolution, when a state constitution was have from time to time been made in the funda-mental law of the state, and entirely new constitutions adoptedin 1790, in 1838, and in 1873.^ The present Constitution of Pennsylvania, while adopted in 1873, is generallyknown as the Constitution of 1874, the year it went into effect. HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA 43. 44 ELEMENTARY HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT The Constitution of 1874. The general organization of theGovernment of Pennsylvania is much like that of the UnitedStates. We find that in Pennsylvania, as in the United States,there are three great departments of government, the executive,the legislative, and the judicial. The Executive Department The Governor. The chief executive of Pennsylvania is calledthe governor. He is chosen for four years, is ineligible forimmediate reelection, but may be chosen again after an must be a citizen of the United States, at least thirty yearsof age, and have been an inhabitant of the state for seven yearsnext preceding his election. He must not hold any other officeeither under the state or the United States. He is chosen atthe general election on the Tuesday after the first Monday inNovember, and ho
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