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ADDRESS


ADDRESS, legislation. In Pennsylvania it is a resolution of both, branches of the legislature, two-thirds of each house concurring, requesting thegovernor to remove a judge from office. The constitution of that state, art.5, s. 2, directs that "for any reasonable cause, which shall not be, groundfor impeachment, the governor may remove any of them [the judges], on theaddress of two-third's of each branch of the legislature." The mode ofremoval by address is unknown to the constitution of the, United States, butit is recognized in several of the states. In some of the stateconstitutions the language is imperative; the governor when thus addressedshall remove; in others it is left to his discretion, he may remove. Therelative proportion of each house that must join in the address, varies alsoin different states. In some a bare majority is sufficient; in others, two-thirds are requisite; and in others three-fourths. 1 Journ. of Law, 154.

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