Section IX. Further powers of the judges of the common pleas
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Further powers of the judges of the common pleas
The president of the court in each circuit, within such circuit, and the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, within their respective counties, shall be Justices of the peace, so far as relates to criminal matters.
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 Common Wealth shall hereafter Incline to change the manner of appointing their Justices of the Peace as settled in this Article, the General Assembly may make Laws to regulate the same agreeable 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 resigns his Commission, nor shall he be allowed to take any Fees, nor any Salary or allowance except such as the future Legislature may grant.
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