Bellefonte, Pa., August 20, 1920.
OUR GOVERNMENT AND OUR
CONSTITUTION.
What kind of a Government has
the U. S. A.?
Answer: The United States is a
democracy.
Why ?
Answer: The United States is a
democracy because the political power
everywhere comes from the people;
the will of the people prevails, not
only in the country taken as a whole,
but in all parts.
Would you call our
a pure democracy ?
Answer: No, for in such the vot-
ers directly transact the business of
government.
What then is our Government?
Answer: The United States is a
representative democracy or a repub-
lic.
Are all the powers
ment conferred upon
one body of persons?
Answer: No; the government pow-
er is divided into three portions: the
legislative, the executive and the
judicial.
Name each of these parts.
Answer: Congress, President and
Courts.
What are the duties of each?
Answer: Congress is the law-mak-
ing body, the President sees that the
laws are executed while the courts
decide upon the validity of the law
whenever disputes arise.
What is our Constitution and what
is its purpose?
Answer: ‘The United State Consti-
tution is the fixed, permanent law
which all citizens and officers of the
government must obey.
Since the Constitution is a fixed
law, must it remain unchanged?
Answer: No; a provision which
was wise fifty (50) years ago, might
be harmful now. This was recognized
and a provision for amending the Con-
stitution was provided.
Describe how amendments may be
passed.
Amendments may be passed in two
ways:
1. Congress by two-thirds vote of
both houses may submit an amend-
ment to the States and they may
ratify it in their Legislatures, or they
may call conventions in their States,
and when either three-fourths of the
Legislatures or conventions in three-
fourths of the States have ratified
the amendment, it becomes part of
the Constitution.
2. If two-thirds of the State Legis-
latures apply to Congress, that body
must call a National Constitutional
Convention, and that convention may
submit an amendment to the States,
and if three-fourths of the State
Legislatures or Conventions in three-
fourths of the States ratify the
Government
of our govern-
one person or
amendment, it becomes a part of the’
constitution.
What two classes of rights are de-
rived from our Constitution?
Answer: Civil and political rights.
What are civil rights?
Answer: Those enjoyed as an indi-
vidual under the sanction of the gov-
ernment, but not related to the gov-
ernment.
What are political rights?
Answer: Political rights are the
public rights of citizenship, which
make the citizen a participator in the
affairs of the government.
Who are citizens of the U. S. A.?
Answer: The fourteenth amendment
says: “All persons born or natural-
ized in the United States and sub-
ject to the jurisdiction thereof are
citizens of the United States and of
the State in which they reside.”
Under this provision the Supreme
Court has adjudged as citizens, all
persons born in United States except
children of diplomatic agents and hos-
tile aliens; all children born in for-
eign countries whose parents are
citizens of the United States. Wom-
en of foreign birth who marry citi-
zens of the United States and Indians
who pay taxes and no longer live in
tribal relations.
How can persons become naturaliz-
ed?
Answer: At least two years before
he can become a citizen, the alien
must appear before a State or Feder-
al court and take an oath of his in-
tention to become a citizen, and ve-
nounce all allegiance to foreign princa
or state, especially the one of which he
may be a citizen or subject. He must
swear to support the Constitution of
the United States. Then after two
years or not more than seven, he ap-
pears at the Court again, for full
admission. If the Judge is satisfied
that he has resided in the country
for five years, and can speak the
English language and write his own
name, and that he is a person of good
moral character, he is made a citizen.
Has he then all the rights of a
native-born?
Answer: Yes, except that he can-
not become President or Vice Presi-
dent.
Do his children thereby become citi-
zens, even if they are not born here?
Answer: They do.
Are any classes of aliens prohibit-
ed from becoming citizens ?
Answer: Yes; Chinese and Japan-
ese, also persons professing doctrines
of anarchy or who are opposed to or-
ganized government,
Since citizens of the Unite 3
are citizens of the State in a
fonds does it follow that the rights
oo fesnship are the same in al]
Answer: No; the ri hts of citi
of the United States Th ot sens
where the Same, as each State deter-
gE Bisel the civil and politi-
at 1s i
by is OY as to be engaged in
re there not certain rights i
are enjoyed in every Stator hia
Answer: There are.
Name these civil rights.
1. That all men have the right of
enjoying and defending life and lib-
erty, of acquiring, possessing and : io-
tecting property and reputation, and
of pursuing their own happiness.
. 2. That all have a right to worship
God, according to the dictates of heir
own conscience and that no orefer-
ence should be given by law on tc-
. count of religion and that mo verson
shall be prevented from holding office
on account of his religious belief.
3. Trial by jury.
4, Freedom of speech and the print-
ing press, only the citizen to be held
| responsible for the abuse of this jiv-
ilege.
5. People shall be secure in their
persons, houses, papers and posses-
sions against unreasonable searches
and seizures.
6. In all criminal prosecutions, ac-
cused shall have the right of speedy
trial by an impartial jury; also the
right to be heard by himself and his
counsel, to meet the witnesses against
him face to face, to have power to
compel witnesses in his favor to at-
tend the court, and to testify, and
he shall not be compelled to testify
against himself.
7. No persons shall be deprived of
his liberty except by due process of
law.
8. No person, for the same offense,
shall be put in jeopardy of life or
limb.
9. All courts shall be open and ev-
eryone shall have justice without sale,
denial or delay.
1¢ Excessive bail shall not be re-
quired, excessive fines imposed nor
cruel punishment inflicted.
11. All persons shall be released
upon bail by sufficient security, ex-
cept for capital offences.
12. The writ of habeas corpus shall
not be suspended, unless in time of
rebellion or invasion.
13. No imprisonment shall be
made for debt, except in cases of
fraud.
14. All citizens have a right to as-
semble in a peaceful manner, and
petition for redress of grievances.
15. The military power must be
kept at all times in strict subordina-
tion to the civil power.
16. No soldier in time of peace can
be quartered in any home without the
consent of the owner.
Is there any such thing as Federal
citizenship ?
Answer: Yes; the first section of
the {fourteenth amendment confers
distinct citizenship and provides that
no State shall abridge its privileges.
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Edith Boozer is visiting her father,
A. Boozer.
Mrs. Huldah Meyer is stopping at
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Mr. and Mrs. John Kramer are en-
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Reading.
Clymer McClenahan and George
Crawford are on a motor trip through
the New England States. '
E. M. Huyett, wife and daughter,
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Mrs. Frank Brandt and sons, Joseph
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The Misses Nellie and Mabel Lohr,
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others who were entertained in this
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of Danville, and Miss Orpha Gramley,
of Spring Mills.
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ROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THR
CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED TO
THE CITIZENS OF THE COM-
MONWEALTH FOR THEIR APPROVAL
OR REJECTION, AT THE ELECTION
TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEM-
BER 2, 1920, BY THE GENERAL AS-
SEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH
OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND PUBLISHED
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF
THE COMMONWEALTH. IN PUR-
SUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE
CONSTITUTION.
Number One.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section eleven
of article sixteen of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania.
Be it resolved by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met,
That the following amendment to the
Constitution of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania be, and the same is hereby,
proposed, in accordance with the eigh-
teenth article thereof:—
Amend section eleven, article sixteen of
the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, which reads as follows:
“No corporate body to possess banking
and discounting privileges shall be created
or organized in pursuance of any law
without three months’ previous public
notice, at the place of the intended loca-
tion, of the intention to apply for such
privileges, in such manner as shall be pre-
seribed by law, nor shall a charter for
such privilege be granted for a longer
period than twenty years,” so that it shall
read as follows:
The General Assembly shall have the
power by general law to provide for the
incorporation of banks and trust com-
panies, and to prescribe the powers
thereof.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 1.
CYRUS E. WOODS,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Two.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to article nine,
section eight of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania. 2
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Sen-
ate and House of Representatives in Gen-
eral Assembly met, That the following
amendment to the Constitution of Penn-
sylvania be, and the same is hereby, pro-
posed, in accordance with the eighteenth
article thereof :—
That article nine, section eight, be
amended to read as follows:
Section 8. The debt of any county,
city, borough, township, school district, or
other municipality or incorporated dis-
trict, except as provided herein, and in
section fifteen of this article, shall never
exceed seven (7) per centum upon the
assessed value of the taxable property
therein, but the debt of the city of Phila-
delphia may be increased in such amount
that the total city debt of said city shall
not exceed ten per centum (10) upon the
assessed value of the taxable property
therein, nor shall any such municipality
or district incur any new debt, or increase
its indebtedness to an amount exceeding
two (2) per centum upon such assessed
valuation of property, without the con-
sent of the electors thereof at a public
election in such manner as shall be oro-
vided by law. In ascertaining the bor-
rowing capacity of the city of Philadel-
phia, at any time, there shall be deducted
from such debt so much of the debt of
said city as shall have been incurred, or
is about to be incurred, and the proceeds
thereof expended, or about to be expended,
upon any public improvement, or in the
construction, purchase, or condemnation
of any public utility, or part thereof, or
facility thereof, if such public improve-
ment or public utility, or part thereof,
whether separately or in connection with
any other public improvement or public
utility, or part thereof, may reasonably
be expected to yield revenue in excess of
operating expenses sufficient to pay the
interest and sinking fund charges thereon.
The method of determining such amount,
so to be deducted, may be prescribed by
the General Assembly.
In incurring indebtedness for any pur-
pose the city of Philadelphia may issue its
obligations maturing not later than fifty
(50) years from the date thereof, with
provision for sinking-fund sufficient to
retire said obligations at maturity, the
payment to such sinking-fund to be in
equal or graded annual or other periodi-
cal installments. Where any indebtedness
shall be or shall have been incurred by
said city of Philadelphia for the purpose
of the construction or improvements of
public works or utilities of any character,
from which income or revenue is to be
derived by said city. or for the reclama-
tion of land to be used in the construction
of wharves or docks owned or to be owned
by said city. sueh obligations may be in
an amount sufficient to provide for, and
may include the amount of. the interest
and sinking-fund charges accruing and
which may accrue thereon throughout
the period of construction, and until the
expiration of one year after the com-
pletion of the work for which said in-
debtedness shall have been incurred; and
said city shall not be required to levy a
tax to pay said interest and sinkimg-fund
charges as required by section ten, article
nine of the Constitution of Pennsylvania,
until che expiration of said period of one
year after the completion of said work.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 2.
CYRUS E. WOODS,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
ROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE
P CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED TO
THE CITIZENS OF THE COM-
MONWEALTH, FOR THEIR APPROVAL
OR REJECTION. BY THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH
OF PENNSLYVANIA, AND PUBLISHED
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF
THE COMMONWEALTH. N PUR-
SUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE
CONSTITUTION.
Number One-A.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to article three
(III) of the Constitution of the Com-
monwealth of Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the Com-
monwealth of Pennsylvania in General
Assembly met. That the following amend-
ment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania
be, and the same is hereby, proposed, in
accordance with the eighteenth article
thereof :—
That article three be amended by add-
ing thereto the following:
Section 34. The Legislature shall have
power to classify counties, cities, bor-
oughs. school districts, and townships ac-
cording to population, and all laws passcd
relating to each class, and all laws passed
relating to, and regulating procedure and
proce2dings in court with reference to.
any class, shall be deemed general legis-
lation within the meaning of this Con-
stitution; but counties, cities and school
districts shall not be divided into more
than seven classes, and boroughs into not
more than five classes.
ia true copy of Joint Resolution
No.
CYRUS E. WOODS,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Two-A
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to article three,
section six of the Constitution of the
. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, so
that the subject of an amendment or
supplement to a law and the subject
to which such law is extended or on
which it is conferred shall be clearly
expressed in its title.
Be it resolved by the Senate and the
House of Representatives of the Common-
wealth of Pennsylvania in General As-
sembly met, That the following amend-
ment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania
be, and the same is hereby, proposed, in
accordance with the eighteenth article
thereof :—
That section six of article three be
amended so as to read as follows:
Section 6. No law shall be revived,
amended, or the provisions thereof ex-
tended or conferred, by reference to its
title only. So much thereof as is revived.
amended, extended, or conferred shall
be reenacted and published at length,
and the subject of the amendment or sup-
plement and the subject to which such
law is extended or om which it is con-
ferred shall be clearly expressed in its
title.
5 A true copy of Joint Resolution No.
CYRUS E.
WOODS,
Secretary of the
Commonwealth.
Number Three-A,
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section one,
article eight of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Sen-
ate and House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen-
eral Assembly met, That the following
amendment to the Constitution of Penn-
sylvania be, and the same is hereby, pro-
posed, in accordance with the eighteenth
article, thereof:—
That section one of article eight, which
reads as follows:
“Section 1. Every male citizen twenty-
one years of age, possessing the follow-
ing qualifications, shall be entitled to vote
at all elections, subject, however, to such
laws requiring and regulating the regis-
tration of electors as the General As-
sembly may enact:
“First. He shall have been a citizen
of the United States at least one month.
“Second. He shall have resided in the
State one year (or, having previously
been a qualified elector. or native-born
citizen of the State, he shall have re-
moved therefrom and returned, then six
Joaths), immediately preceding the elee-
tion.
“Third. He shall have resided in the
election district where he shall offer to
vote at least two months immediately
preceding the election.
“Fourth. If twenty-two years of age
and upwards, he shall have paid, within
two years, a State or county tax, which
shall have been assessed at least two
months, and paid at least one month
befora the election,” be amended so that
the same shall read as follows:
Section 1. Every citizen male or
female of twenty-one years of age, pos-
sessing the following qualifications, shall
be entitled to vote at all elcetions, sub-
ject, however, to such laws requiring and
regulating the registration of electors as
the General Assembly may enact:
First. He or she shall have been a
citizen of the United States at least one
month.
Second. He oi she shall have resided
in the State one year (or, having pre-
viously been a qualified elector or native-
born citizen of the State, he or she shall
have removed therefrom and returned,
then six montlis), immediately preceding
the election.
Third. He or she shall have resided in
the election district where he or she shall
offer to vote at least two months im-
mediately preceding the election.
I'ourth. If twenty-two years of age
and upwards, he or she shall have paid,
within two years, a State or county tax,
which shall have been assessed at least
two months and paid at least one month
before the election.
Fifth. Wherever the words ‘he,” “his,”
“him,” and ‘“himself” occur in any sec-
tion of article eight of this Constitution,
the same shall be construed as if written,
respectively, ‘“he or she,” ‘his or her,”
“him or her,” and ‘himself or herself.”
a 2 true copy of Joint. Resolution No.
CYRUS E. WOODS,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Four-A.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section one
(1) of article fifteen (XV) of the Con-
stitution of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Sen-
ate and House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen-
eral Assembly met, That the following
amendment to the Constitution of Penn-
sylvania be and the same is hereby, pro-
posed, in accordance with the eighteenth
article thereof :—
That section one of
which reads as follows:
“Section 1. Cities
whenaver a majority of the electors of
any town or borough having a population
of at least ten thousand shall vote at any
general election in favor of the same,”
be, and the same is hereby, amended to
read as follows:
Section 1. Cities may be chartered
whenever a. majority of the electors of
any town or borough having a population
of at least ten thousand shall vote at any
general or municipal election in favor of
the same. Cities, or cities of any partic-
ular class, may be given the right and
power to frame and adopt their owa
charters and to exercise the powers and
authority of local self-government, sub-
ject, however, to such restrictions, limi-
tations, and regulations, as may be im-
posed by the Legislature, Laws also
may be enacted affecting the organiza-
tion and government of cities and bor-
oughs. which shall become effective in any
city or borough only when submitted to
the electors thereof, and approved by a
majority of those voting thereon.
3 true copy of Joint Resolution No.
4.4
CYRUS E. WOODS,
of the Commonwealth.
article fifteen,
Secretary
Number 5-A.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to article nine,
section seven of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Sen-
ate and House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen-
eral Assembly met, That the following
amendment. to the Constitution of Penn-
sylvania be, and the same is hereby. pra-
posed, in accordance with the eighteenth
article thereof: —
That article nine, section seven be
amended to read as follows:
Section 7. The General Assembly
shall not authorize any county, city, bor-
ough, township, or incorperated distriet
to become a stockholder in any company.
association, or corporation, or to obtain
or appropriate money for, or to loan its
credit to, any corporation, association,
institution, or individual.
This section shall not apply to any con-
tract entered into by the city of Phila-
delphia under legislative authority with
respect to the use or operation of transit
facilities, whether furnished by the city
or by a private corporation or party or
jointly by either or both. Nor shall
this section be construed to prohibit the
city of Philadelphia from acquiring by
contract or condemnation in the franchises
and property of any company owning or
operating transit facilities, or any part
thereof, within its corporate limits or
the shares of stock of the corporation
owning cr operating the same, or any pars
thereof.
_A true copy
DA,
of Joint Resolution No.
CYRUS E. WOODS,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Six-A.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Consti-
tution of the Commonwealth of Penn-
sylvania so as to consolidate the courts
of common pleas of Philadelphia
County.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the Com-
monwealth of Pennsylvania in General
Assembly met, That the following amend-
ment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania
be, and the same is hereby, proposed, in
accordance with the eighteenth article
thereof :—
That section six of article five be
amended so as to read as follows: —
Section 6. In the county of Philadel-
phia all the jurisdiction and powers now
vested in the several numbered courts of
common pleas of that county shall be
vested in one court of common pleas com-
posed of all the judges in commission in
said courts. Such jurisdiction and powers
shall extend to all proceedings at law
and in equity which shall have been in-
stituted in the several numbered courts,
and shall be subject to such change as
may be made by law, and subject to
change of venue as provided by law. The
president judge of the said court shall
be selected as provided by law. The num-
ber of judges in said court may be by
law increased from time to time. This
amendment shall take effect on the first
day of January succeeding its adoption.
In the county of Allegheny all the juris-
diction and powers now vested in the sev-
eral numbered courts of common pleas
shall be vested in one court of common
pleas composed of all the judges in com-
mission in said courts. Such jurisdiction
and powers shall extend to all proceed-
ings at law and in equity which shall
have been instituted in the several num-
bered courts, and shall be subject to such
change as may be made by law, and sub-
ject to change of venue as provided b
law. The president jndee of the sal
court shall be selected as provided by
law. The number of judges in said court
may be by law increased from time to
time. This amendment shall take effect
on the first day of January succeeding
its adoption.
He true copy of Joint Resolution No.
CYRUS E. WOODS,
Secretary of the Commonwealth,
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