Constitutions of Pennsylvania, Constitution of the United States, analytically indexed and with index of legislation prohibited in Pennsylvania . (176) Serious _defects in the Constitution of 1776 were soon recognized,and on September 15, 1789, an act was passed calling for a conventionto revise the Constitution. A convention was called and met Novem-ber 24, 1789, and continued in session until February 26, 1790, andthen adjourned that the people might examine their work. The con-vention reassembled August 9, 1790, and on September 2, 1790, form-ally proclaimed the new Constitution. ( 177). (1
Constitutions of Pennsylvania, Constitution of the United States, analytically indexed and with index of legislation prohibited in Pennsylvania . (176) Serious _defects in the Constitution of 1776 were soon recognized,and on September 15, 1789, an act was passed calling for a conventionto revise the Constitution. A convention was called and met Novem-ber 24, 1789, and continued in session until February 26, 1790, andthen adjourned that the people might examine their work. The con-vention reassembled August 9, 1790, and on September 2, 1790, form-ally proclaimed the new Constitution. ( 177). (178) 1790, Article I. CONSTITUTION OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1790. We, the people of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, ordain andestablish this constitution for its government. ARTICLE I. Sec. 1. The legislative power of this commonwealth shall be vestedin a general assembly, which shall consist of a senate and house ofrepresentatives. Corresponding provisions of prior and subsequent Constitutions:Constitution of :776, Sec. of 1838, Art. I, Sec. 1. (Verbatim.)Constitution of 1873, Art. II, Sec. 1. (Verbatim.) Sec. 2. The representatives shall be chosen, annually, by the citi-zens of the city of Philadelphia, and of each county respectively, onthe second Tuesday of October. Corresponding provisions of prior and subsequent Constitutions:Constitution of 17J6, Sec. of 1838, Art. I, Sec. 2. (Verbatim.)Constitution of 1873, Art. II, Sees. 2, 3. Sec. 3. No person shall be a representative, who shall not have at-tained the age of twenty-one years, and have been a citizen
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