Bellefonte, Pa., September 10, 1920.
LESSONS IN CITIZENSHIP.
Lesson IIL
The President and His Cabinet.
Who is the most important officer
in the United States?
Answer: The President. He is elect-
ed every four years by presidential
electors assembled in the Electoral
College.
Who are these electors?
Answer: The presidential electors
are men elected by the voters of all
the States and Territories. Each
State is entitled to as many electors,
as that State has Senators and Repre-
sentatives in the National Congress.
The electors merely register the
choice of the party electing them.
They vote by States.
What are the chief powers of the
President ?
Answer. He is Commander in
Chief of the Army and Navy. He
makes treaties with foreign nations,
subject to the consent of the Senate
and appoints, subject to the consent
of the Senate, his Cabinet, all Ambas-
sadors and Ministers to foreign pow-
ers, and their aides; and all Justices
and Judges of the Federal Courts. He
also has considerable power over the
legislation of Congress by his mes-
sages to Congress, and the veto pow-
er, but his chief business is to see
that all the laws are properly exe-
cuted.
Does the Electoral College elect any
other Federal Officer?
Answer: Yes, the Vice President
who succeeds the president in case cf
death or disability. The Vice Presi-
dent is also president of the Senate.
What are the qualifications for
President ?
Answer: He must be a natural
born citizen of the United States, at
least thirty-five years of age and have
been a resident of the United States
for fourteen years. (Paragraph V,
Section 1, Article II.)
What are the qualifications for Vice
President ?
Answer.
dent. :
What compensation does the Presi-
dent receive?
Answer: $75,000.00 :
What compensation does the Vice
President receive ?
Answer: $12,000.00
Who are the members of the Presi-
dent’s cabinet ?
Answer: The Secretary of State,
Secretary of Treasury, Secretary of
War, Secretary of Navy, Secretary of
Interior, Secretary of Agriculture,
Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of
Labor, Postmaster General, and At-
torney General.
What compensation does each re-
ceive?
Answer: $12,000.00
What are the duties of the Secre-
tary of State?
Answer: The Secretary of State
conducts all negotiations with foreign
governments and with the Governors
of the States on behalf of the Presi-
dent. The Department of State fur-
nishes passports to those who travel
abroad and protects our citizens in
other lands.
What are the duties of the Secre-
tary of Treasury?
Answer. He is head of the Depart-
ment that manages the financial busi-
ness of the country. It collects the
internal revenue and the custom
duties. It has charge of the expendi-
ture of all money appropriated by
Congress, manages the public debt,
organizes and inspects national banks,
controls the mint and supervises the
making of paper money. In addi-
tion to all this financial business, the
Department of the Treasury controls
the life saving service which is main-
tained for the rescue of ship wrecked
persons, it also supervises the con-
struction of all public buildings and
has charge of the hospitals maintain-
ed for disabled soldiers.
What are the duties of the Secre-
tary of War?
Answer: He has charge of the
American Army, purchases all sup-
plies for the soldiers, controls the
transportation of troops. He also
has the management of improve-
ments of rivers and harbors, superin-
tends the signal service and controls
West Point Military Amademy.
What are the duties of the Secre-
tary of the Navy?
Answer: He has charge of the
Navy of the United States, purchases
all naval supplies, looks after the
building and epuigment of vessels,
supervises the navy yards and docks
and controls the Naval Academy at
Annapolis.
What are the duties of the Secre-
tary of the Interior?
Answer: The Secretary of Interior
looks after national affairs of a pure-
ly domestic nature. He directs the
sale of public lands, issues patents,
superintends educational affairs that
are of national importance, superin-
tends the work of irrigation when
such is authorized by Congress; and
investigates methods for the protec-
tion of miners. He also has charge
of pensions and Indian affairs.
What are the duties of the Secre-
tary of Agriculture?
Answer: He is head of the depart-
ment that has charge of spreading
knowledge among the people of the
United States. It also distributes
valuable seeds and plants. It studies
plant life and gives to the farmer the
benefit of its investigations. This
department also has charge of the
weather bureau, and it conducts the
examination of animals, meat and all
food products that are sent from ore
State to another. It also has charge
of the forests of the United States.
What are the duties of he Secretary
of Commerce?
Answer: “Fosters, promotes aud
develops foreign and domestic com-
merce, and looks after the transporta-
tion facilities of the United States.”
What are the duties of the Secre-
tary of Labor?
Answer: He is the head of a de-
partment for the weifare of the wage
earners of the United States. One of
its chief duties is “to collect and re-
port full statistics of the condition ¢f
labor and the distribution of its pro-
ducts.” It enforces immigration
The same as for Presi-
laws. The children’s bureau is a
| division of this department, and it re-
! ports upon child welfare.
'" Do any of the other departments
have sub divisions?
Answer: Yes, they all have. Some-
times they are called divisions, but
more often bureaus and the officer at
| the head of each division is known as
a director or commissioner or super-
intendent. For example, the United
States Commissioner of Education,
Philander Claxton, is head of a sub-
division under the Department of In-
terior. ;
Is there any agitation to add anoth-
er department to the Cabinet at the
present time? 3
Answer: Yes, some are urging a
separate Department of Education
and some a Department of Health.
What additional department di
our State and National W. C. T. U.
resolve to petition for? :
Answer: Department of Social
Service, including Health and Child
Welfare.
What is a Cabinet meeting ?
Answer: It is a joint meeting of
the President and all the heads of
Departments called at the White
House by the President to discuss and
advise him on any important subject.
As no records are kept, no one knows
just what takes place.
Do the ten Departments attend all
executive business? i
Answer: No, there are the Inter-
state Cmmerce Commission, Civil Ser-
vice Commission, Federal Trade Com-
mission, Federal Reserve Board, Ship-
ping Board, Farm Loan Board, Gov-
ernment Printing Office, Smithsonian
Institute and Library of Congress.
. All of these are independent of any
Department head.
i Who appoints their chief officers?
i Answer: The head of each of
these is appointed by the President
and confirmed by the Senate just as
are the heads of the various Depart-
ments,
Do you know how many persons
are employed by the Executive Civil
Service ?
Answer: Over 500,000.
How many of these are appointed
by the President?
Answer: Over 10,000.
Who appoints the others?
Answer: The heads of the various
Departments.
How many of these employees are
affected by the law passed in Congress
in 1883, providing competitive ex-
aminations and appointment accord-
ing to merit instead of according to
party affiliation?
Answer: This rule has been ex-
tended until now it reaches almost
every Department and includes about
two-thirds of the employees.
Poultry Culling Demonstrations.
During the summer of 1919 the
Poultry Specialists of the Pennsyl-
vania State College gave 247 poultry
demonstrations. About 6,000 peopie
attended these meetings and repre-
sented about 500,000 hens. At the
i demonstrations, the common methods
of culling the poor producers were
demonstrated and the people attend-
ing were all given an opportunity to
handle both good and poor producers.
Under the direction of the poultry
specialists, they were allowed to ac-
tually cull the flock, thus getting
practice and experience in culling
that would enable them to examine
their own flocks with confidence.
At the 247 demonstrations, the
people examined about 19,000 birds.
Of this number 6,000 were thrown out
as culls and the remaining 13,000 were
kept by the owners to use as breed-
‘ers. In practically every case the
remaining birds laid practically as
many eggs as the entire flock had
produced before culling and the feed
bill reduced one third.
Actual figures of last year’s work
are given below.
Number of counties 16
Number of hens examined 18,619
Number of good hens found 12.565
Number of medium hens found 270
Number of poor hens found 3.77
Number of people attending 2,829
Number of demonstrations held 247
Hens represented 442.307
During the week of September 21-
24th, twenty (20) culling demonstra-
tions will be given in Centre county.
Everyone interested is invited to at-
tend. Exact dates and places if these
demonstrations will be given in a lat-
er issue.
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The Usual Thing.
“Sir,” thundered Senator Blawhaw,
“day and night, from every stump and
husting, I have denounced in no un-
certain tones the merciless rapacity
of the soulless profiteers, and——"
“But,” we asked, “what have you
done about it?”
“Done? Heavens above! Haven't
I just said I denounced it ?”’—Kansas
City Star.
HOOD’S SARSAPARILLA.
At This Season
Loss of Appetite
Is very common. In many cases it
is due to impure blood, which cannot
give the digestive organs the stimu-
lus necessary for the proper perform-
ance of their functions.
Thousands know by experience
that Hood’s Sarsaparilla restores ap-
petite and would advise you to give
it a trial this season. It originated
in the successful prescription of a
famous physician. Get it today.
Take Hoods Pills if you happen to
need a laxative—they don’t gr 5
ROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO TH
CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED T
THE CITIZENS OF THE COM-
MONWEALTH FOR THEIR APPROVAL
OR REJECTION, AT THE ELEZTION
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
SUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF
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
B
0
PU
THE
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
ower by general law to provide for the
ncorporation 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.
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,
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 clectors thereof at a public
election in such manner as shall be pro-
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 eity 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, such obligations may be in
an amount sufficient to provide for, and
be
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 sinki d
charges as required by section ten, article
nine of the Constitution of Pennsylvania,
until che expiration of said period of one
vear after the completion of said work.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 2.
CYRUS E. WOODS,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
SUBMITTED TO
THE CITIZENS OF THE COM-
MONWEALTH, FOR THEIR APPROVAL
OR REJECTION. BY THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTI
OF PENNSLYVANIA. AND PUBLISHED
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF
THE COMMCNWEALTH, IN PUR-
SUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE
CONSTITUTION.
Number One-A.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
T'roposing an amendment to article three
(IIT) of the Constitution of the Com-
monwealth of Pennsylvania.
i. Be it resolved by the Senate
ROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE
CONSTITUTION
Section 1.
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 passed
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.
12 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,
scetion six of the Constitution of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
thant the subject of an
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, propcsed, in
s0
amendment or
accordance with the eighteenta 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-
nlement and the subject to which such
law is extended or on which it is con-
fortad shall be clearly expressed in its
e.
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-
ing gualifieatjons, 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
j of the United States at least ome 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, them six
Joins immediately preceding the elec-
on.
“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
Sifigen of the United States at least ome
month.
. Second. He or 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 months), 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.
Fourth. 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.”
be true copy of Joint Resolution No.
edd
4 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 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 election in favor of the same,”
be, and the same is hereby, amended te
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-
vughs, which shall become effective in any
city or borough only when submitted to
the electors chereof, and approved by a
majority of those voting thereon.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
“rd.
article fifteen,
No.
CYRUS E. WOODS,
Secretary of the Commenwealth.
Number G5-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 incorporated district
to bec>me 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
onus cr operating the same, or any par:
ereof.
ad true copy of Joint Resolution No.
JA.
CYRUS E. WOODS,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Six-A.
A JOINT RESCLUTION
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 ennsylvania in General
Assembly met, That the following amend-
ment to the Constitution of Pennsylvauia
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 by
aw. The president judge of the sald
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.
A true copy of
6.A,
Joint Resolution No.
CYRUS BE. WOODS,
by Seoretary of the Commonwealth.
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Dresses
We have opened a big line of Taffeta,
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and Tricotine one-piece Dresses in ma-
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handsomely embroidered in the silk self
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well as the largest. Prices that will as-
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Dress Goods
Our line of new Plaids in wool is very
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binations that make a handsome skirt.
Shoes
See our line of Children’s School
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