Beamish, 071532 PAAGO, AGO 55

• Case Date: July 15, 1932
• Court: Pennsylvania

Honorable Richard J. Beamish, AGO 55 Opinion No. 55 Pennsylvania Attorney General Opinions Opinions Of The Attorney General July 15, 1932          Constitutional Amendments—Publication—Art. XVIII, Sec. 1 of the Constitution of Pennsylvania.          Publication of proposed constitutional amendments in at least two newspapers in every county in which such newspapers shall be published, by one advertisement appearing not less than three months before the next general election, is a full compliance with Art. XVIII, Sec. 1 of the Constitution of Pennsylvania.          Honorable Richard J. Beamish,          Secretary of the Commonwealth,          Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.          Sir: We have your request for an opinion concerning the number of times proposed amendments to the Constitution of Pennsylvania must be published in order to comply with the provisions of Article XVIII, Section 1, of the Constitution of Pennsylvania.          The pertinent part of that section provides:

"Any amendment or amendments to this Constitution may be proposed in the Senate or House of Representatives, and, if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each House, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall cause the same to be published three months before the next general election, in at least two newspapers in every county in which such newspapers shall be published; * * *"

         This section requires one advertisement in at least two newspapers in every county in which such newspapers shall be published, appearing not less than three months before the next general election.          In re North Whitehall Township 47 Pa. 156 (1864) is controlling. In that case an order of the court prescribing the notice to be given of the time and place of meeting of the commissioners appointed...