Bellefonte, Pa., October 15, 1920.
SSA,
DAN McCANN AND UNCLE SAM.
Said Dan McCann to a foreign man who
worked at the self-same bench,
Jet me tell you this,” and for emphasis,
he flourished a monkey wrench,
“Don’t talk to me of this bourjouissee,
don’t open your mouth to speak
Of your socialists or your anarchists, don't
mention the Bolsheveek,
For I've had enough of this foreign stuff,
I'm sick as a man can be
Of the speech of hate, and I'm tellin’ you
straight that this is the land for me!”
Jf you want to brag, just take that flag,
an ’boast of its field of blue,
An’ praise the dead an’ the blood they sed
for the peace of the likes 0’ you.
I'll hear no more,” and he waved once
more, his wrench in a forceful way,
0’ the cunning creed of some Russian
breed. I stand for the U. S. A.!
I'm done with your fads, and your wild-
eyed lads, don’t flourish your flag o’ red
Where I can see, or at night ther’ll be tall
candles around your bed.”
“So tip your hat to a flag like that! Thank
God for its stripes an’ stars!
Thank God you're here where the roads
are clear, away from your kings and
czars.
I cant just say what I feel today, for I'm
not a talkin’ man,
But first an’ last, I am standin’ fast for
all that's American.
80 don't you speak of the Bolsheveek, it's
sick of that stuff I am,
One God, one flag is the creed I brag!
boostin’ for Uncle Sam.”
—Holyoke Transcript.
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LESSONS IN CITIZENSHIP.
Election Laws.
LESSON VII.
NOMINATING (Primary) ELECTIONS.
What is the purpose of Primary
Election?
Answer: The chief purpose of
Nominating or Primary Elections is
to give to every voter a thorough op-
portunity to test the Candidates for
public office prior to their final elec-
tion.
How are the Primaries safeguard-
9
Answer: The Primaries in Penn-
sylvania since 1913 are held at one
time under a uniform law.
What are the main features of the
Uniform Primary Act of 1913?
Answer: One Primary shall be
held each year in every election dis-
trict in the Commonwealth in which
nominations are to be made, and dele-
gates and alternate delegates to Na-
tional Party Conventions, State Com-
mitteemen, or party officers, including
members of the National Committee
are to be elected. :
When are the Primary elections
held?
Answer: The Primaries shall be
held on the third Tuesday in Septem-
ber in all odd numbered years and on
the third Tuesday in May, in all even
numbered years. :
What is the Primary called that is
held on the third Tuesday in Septem-
ber?
Answer: The Primary held on the
third Tuesday in September is known
as the Fall Primary while the one held
on the third Tuesday in May is known
as the Spring Primary.
What candidates are nominated at
the Spring Primary?
Answer : Candidates for all offices
to be filled at the General election are
nominated at the Spring Primary.
What candidates are nominated at
the Fall Primary?
Answer: Candidates for all offices
to be filled at the municipal election
are nominated at the Fall Primary.
This includes all Borough and Town-
ship officers.
How are the Primaries conducted ?
Answer: Primaries must be con-
ducted in conformity with the laws
governing the conduct of general
elections, in so far as the same are
por Loined By the Drovisions of te} ing a gift to an elector to influence’
Uniform Primary Act; or are notin-
consistent with its terms, provided
that no elector shall be permitted to
receive any assistance in marking his
ballot unless he makes affidavit that
he cannot read the names on the bal-
lot, or that by reason of physical dis-
ability, he is unable to mark his bal-
Who bears the expenses of holding
Primary Elections?
Answer: Each county of the Com-
monwealth is required by law to bear
and pay expenses of holding the Pri-
mary in said county.
What are the qualifications for elec-
tors at Primary elections?
Answer: The qualifications for
electors at Primary elections are the
same as the qualifications for electors
at a General election, except that with
respect to the payment of taxes, it
shall be sufficient if an elector shall
have paid within two years before the
next succeeding election a State or
County tax which shall have been as-
sessed at least two months before the
said election and paid on or before the
day of the Primary and in cases where
personal registration is required, his
qualifications and identity must be
proved in the same manner, which
electors in the election districts in
which he offers to vote are, or here-
after may be required by law to prove
their qualification or identity on elec-
tion day, and he may be challenged, as
at elections. .
What ballot can an elector demand
at a Primary election?
Answer: Each elector shall have
the right to receive the ballot of the
party for which he is enrolled provid-
ed that if he is challenged, he shall be
required to make an oath or affirma-
tion that at the last preceding election
he voted for a majority of the Candi-
dates of the party to which he claims
to belong.
In determining the number of can-
didates voted for at a presidential
election, how are the group of presi-
dential electors counted ? 3
Answer: The group of presidential
electors shall be counted as two can-
didates in counting the number of
candidates voted for at a presidential
election.
If an elector who has been chal-
lenged at a Primary election takes an
affidavit that he voted for a majority
{ of
‘exceeding Five Hundred Dollars or to
which he asks a ballot, shall he be en-
titled to receive that party ballot?
Answer: ]
affidavit, the voter shall be entitled to !
receive the desired party ballot and to |
cast his vote according to law.
If the voter refuses or is unable to
take such an affidavit can he secure
the party ballot? : di
Answer: No, if he is unwilling or
unable to execute such an affidavit, he
shall be denied the party ballot, but
he shall not be deemed thereby to be
guilty of any violation or attempted
violation of the Primary Law. ;
What happens in case two party
candidates receive an equal number of
votes at a primary election?
Answer: In case of a tieat any
Primary election, the candidates re-
ceiving the tie vote shall cast lots be-
fore the County Commissioners or be-
fore the Secretary of the Common-
wealth, as the case may be, on the
third Friday after the Primary and
the one to whom the lot shall fall shall
be entitled to the nomination. :
Suppose the tie vote is not authori- |
{atively determined by the third Fri-
day after the Primary what action is
taken?
Answer: If the tie vote has not
been determined authoritatively until :
after the third Friday, then the day
for casting of the lot shall be the sec-
ond day after the tie vote is deter-
mined.
For the purpose of casting lots to
decide a tie vote must the candidates
appear in person?
Answer: No, the candidates may
appear in person or by proxy appoint-
ed in writing. !
Is there any penalty attached to
voting or trying to vote at the Prima- |
ries without possessing the proper
qualifications ?
Answer: Any person who votes or
attempts to vote at the Primary
knowing that he does not possess the
qualifications of a voter at such Pri-
mary or who shall have unlawfully in
his possession an official ballot outside
the polling place, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof shall be, sentenced to pay a
fine not exceeding one thousand dol-
lars or to undergo imprisonment for a
period not exceeding one year, or
either or both at the discretion of the
Court.
What penalty is attached to voting
or attempting to vote more than once :
at a Primary?
Answer: Any person convicted of |
voting or attempting to vote more |
than once at a Primary election shall |
be sentenced to pay a fine not exceed- |
ing five thousand dollars or to under-
go imprisonment for a period not ex- !
ceeding three years or either or both
at the discretion of the Court.
What penalty is attached to at-
tempting to influence the vote of an
elector who is being assisted at the
polls?
Answer: Any person who shall as- |
sist a voter in marking his ballot con-
trary to the provisions of the law, or
who shall attempt to influence the
vote of the voter whom he is assisting
or who shall mark the vote in any
other way than that requested by the
voter, whom he is assisting, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be required to
pay a fine not exceeding Five Hun-
dred Dollars or to undergo imprison-
ment for a period not exceeding one :
year or either or both at the discre-
tion of the Court.
Is there any penalty for a voter
making an affidavit falsely, as to his
inability to read the names on the bal-
lot or that by reason of physical disa-
bility he is unable to mark the ballot ?
Answer: Yes. Any voter making
such an affidavit falsely or any voter :
permitting another person to mark’
his ballot without having made an af-
| fidavit of his inability to read the
names on the ballot, or of his physic-
al inability to mark his ballot shall
be considered guilty of a misdemean-
or and upon conviction shall pay a fine !
not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars,
or undergo imprisonment for a per-:
iod not exceeding one year or either
or both at the discretion of the Court.
What penalty is attached to offer-
him to vote or refrain from voting '
for a candidate at a Primary election ?
Answer: Any person who shall be |
convicted of directly or indirectly |
promising or offering to give any gift
or reward in money, goods or other
valuable thing to any person with in-
tent to induce him to vote orto re-
frain from voting for any particular .
candidate or candidates, at any Pri- |
mary; or shall directly or indirectly |
procure for or offer, or promise to:
procure for such person, any gift or
reward with the intent to influence
such person to give his vote or to re- |
frain from giving his vote for any
particular candidate or candidates,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine not |
undergo imprisonment for a period of
years not exceeding three; or either
or both at the discretion of the Court.
Does the law permit police officers
in or near a polling place during a!
Primary election ?
Answer: No. A police officer in!
commission whether in uniform or in |
citizen’s clothes is not permitted to be |
within one hundred feet of a polling |
place, during a Primary election, un- |
less while exercising his privilege of |
voting, or for the purpose of serving |
a warrant or in case of a disturbance '
of the peace, :
Can a police officer who breaks this !
law be punished ?
Answer: Yes, a police officer found |
without reason within a hundred feet
of a polling place on Primary election
day is guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction shall be sentenced to
pay a fine not exceeding One Hundred
Dollars, or undergo imprisonment for
a term not exceeding one year or
either or both at the discretion of the
Court.
Can a candidate withdraw his name
from a nominating petition?
Answer: Yes. Before the Primary
any candidate may withdraw his name
by a request in writing signed by
him and acknowledged before a nota-
ry public or justice of the peace, if
said request is filed with the Secreta-
ry of the Commonwealth (in case the
nomination papers are on file with the
Secretary of the Commonwealth), or
in all other cases with the County
Commissioners, at any time before
four o’clock of the Friday next suc-
nation petitions. :
When are overseers appointed for a
duties?
Answer:
or more citizens who are lawful vot-
ers of any election district setting
forth that the appointment of over-
seers is a reasonable precaution to se-
cure fairness of the Primary in said
district, it shall be the duty of the
Court of Common Pleas of the proper
County in its discretion to appoint
two overseers of election in said dis-
trict.
What is the work of the overseers
so appointed ?
Answer: These overseers are enti-
tled to remain within the polling place
during the casting and the counting of
the ballots.
Are the interests of the Candidates
in a Primary guarded in any way?
Answer: Yes, every candidate
shall be entitled to appoint two watch-
‘ers in each election district in which '
: such candidate is to be voted for.
These watchers must be qualified
electors of the district.
What privilege is granted to these
watchers ?
Answer: They are allowed to re-
main in the room outside the enclosed
space.
How can these watchers be identi-
fied ?
Answer: Each watcher is provided
with a certificate from the County
Commissioners stating his name and
the name of the candidate appointing
him, and if requested he is required
to show this certificate.
Is there any way in which candi-
dates may be nominated after the Pri-
maries have been held?
Answer: Yes, the law provides a
, supplemental proceeding for the nom-
‘ination of candidates for any office by
certified nomination papers.
Is any particular form necesseary
to use in making out such papers?
Answer: Yes, special blank forms
are furnished by the Secretary of the
Commonwealth, and no other form
shall be used for such purpose.
By whom must nomination papers
be signed ?
Answer: Nomination papers must
be signed by qualified electors of the
State electoral district or division as
the case may be, and filed in the prop-
er office.
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If the nomination is for any office to |
filled by the voters of the State at
| large, how many signatures of elec-
tors is necessary ?
Answer: In such case, the number
of qualified electors of the State sign-
ing such nomination papers must be
at least one-half of one per cent. of
the largest vote cast for any State of-
ficer elected in the State at the last
preceding election, at which time a
State officer was voted for.
How many voters’ signatures are
required in the case of all other nom-
inations ?
Answer: In the case of all other
the electoral district or division sign-
ing such nomination papers must be
two per cent. of the largest entire
vote for any officer elected at the last
preceding election in the district or
division for which such nomination
papers are made.
Does any elector signing a nomina-
tion paper have to add anything to his
signature ?
Answer: Yes, each elector must
add to his signature, his place of res-
idence and occupation.
Can any person sign more than one
paper for the same office?
Answer: No person may subscribe
to more than one nomination for each
office to be filled.
What must accompany the nomina-
tion paper when it is filed ?
Answer: An affidavit must accom-
pany the nomination paper, in which
at least five of the signers of the nom-
ination papers vouch for the signa-
tures on said paper, and also vouch
for the qualifications of the signers.
Where are nomination papers filed
and how long before election ?
Answer:
tial electors and members of the
House of Representatives of the
United States and for State offices in-
cluding those of Judges, Senators and
Representatives shall be filed with the
Secretary * of the Commonwealth, at
least sixty days before the day of such
election.
Nomination papers for candidates
for all other offices shall be filed with
the County Commissioners of the re-
spective counties, at least twenty-
eight days before the day of such
election.
he Primaries shall be conducted
by the regular election boards duly
elected under existing or future laws,
who shall receive the same compensa-
tion for their services as they shall re-
ceive at General elections.
Inspectors of elections shall have
the right to appoint clerks to assist
them as at elections, who shall receive
the same compensation that the clerks
receive for similar services at the
elections.
What action is necessary for elec-
tion of officers and clerks before en-
tering upon their duties?
Answer: The election officers and
clerks must be sworn and execute
written oaths before entering upon
their duties.
. What hours are the polls open on
Primary election days?
Answer: The polls are open from
7a. mtoT..m.
Are any candidates voted for upon
a Non-Partisan Ballot?
Answer: Yes. Candidates for the
office of Judge of any Court of record
iin this State, and for all elective of-
fices of cities of the second class are
now voted for, upon a separate Non-
Partisan column or ballot.
Of what advantage is this to the
voter ?
Answer: The voter does not have
to declare himself a member of any
political party in order to vote for
Non-Partisan candidates.
How many judicial candidates then,
can the voter cast his vote for at a
Primary ?
Answer: No elector at a Primary,
however, even with such a ballot may
vote for more judicial candidates than
‘he would be entitled to vote for at the
General elections.
How are the names of Candidates
for any office placed upon the Prima-
ry ballot?
Answer: The names placed on the
Upon the petition of five
Nomination papers for
Candidates for the offices of Presiden-
the candidates of the party for ceeding the last day for filing nomi- Primary ballots are taken from nomi-
nation petitions signed by .a sufficient
number of qualified electors and at-
After executing such an Primary election, and what are their | tested before a notary public and filed
with the Secretary of the Common-
wealth or the County Commissioners,
according to the office to be filled.
With whom are nomination peti-
tions filed in the case of judicial can-
“didates?
| Answer: Nomination petitions for
judicial candidates must be filed with
the Secretary of the Commonwealth
at least four weeks prior to the Pri-
mary.
How many electors are required to
sign such a petition?
Answer: If it is for the office of
Judge to be filled by a vote of the
electors of the State at large, there
must be the signatures of at least one
hundred qualified electors in each of
at least five counties.
i
Women to Raise Fund Election Day.
A striking plan has been adopted by
the Anna Howard Shaw memorial
committee to obtain contributions on
, election day. Director Cortelyou, di-
rector of public safety, has issued an
| order granting permission for women
' sentinels to stand outside of each of
I the polling places in the city on No-
. vember 2. Each sentinel will carry a
banner and collection box.
woman voters go to the polls to cast
their first ballots they will be remind-
ed of the fight Doctor Shaw made in
bringing about the adoption of the
suffrage amendment and a thank of-
fering will be asked.
The idea on the election day sentin-
els originated in Philadelphia, but it
has spread all over the country and
has been enthusiastically adopted in
many places, Pittsburgh, New York,
Boston and Chicago being among
them. Suffragists will act as sentin-
els. Mrs. George A. Piersol, chairman
of the Philadelphia League of Women
. Voters, will organize and command an
army of more than 1000 women.
Male voters will not be asked to con-
tribute, but if they make offerings
they will not be refused.
All of the money derived from the
plan will go to swell the $500,000 me-
morial fund which was authorized at
As 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-
scribed 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 ninc,
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-
be
'delphia may be increased in such amount
the meeting of the National Woman :
Suffrage Association in Chicago last
winter.
‘association was changed to the Na-
tional League of Women Voters. Doc-
tor Shaw was president of the associ-
ation from the time of the retirement
of Susan B. Anthony until Doctor
: Shaw’s death, which occurred just on
| the eve of the suffrage victory.
{ Because Doctor Shaw was eminent-
i ly practical, it was decided that her
: memorial would best be in the form of
| some educational endowment. So the
money will be divided equally between
| Bryn Mawr College to endow a foun-
{ dation in politics, and the Woman’s
| Medical College of Pennsylvania, to
endow a foundation in preventive
i medicine. As the institutions are in
, nominations, the number of electors of | or near Philadelphia, the headquarters
of the memorial committee are located
there. Mrs. John O. Miller, of Pitts-
burgh, is chairman of the fund. Na-
tional headquarters are in the Finance
Building.
Millions Paid for Killed and Injured.
Harrisburg, Pa.—More than $23,-
000,000 has been paid to persons in-
jured and relatives of those killed in
industrial accidents in Pennsylvania
during the last four years, according
to figures made public by Dr. Clifford
B. Connelley, Commissioner of the
Department of Labor and Industry.
During that period the Bureau of
i Workmen’s Compensation had re-
ports of 936,838 industrial accidents,
of which 13,477 resulted fatally.
So far this year, the Bureau has
paid compensation claims aggregating
$4,692,718 for deaths and injuries suf-
fered in the industries of this State.
About $1,500,000 of that amount was
. compensation for fatalities.
In the first eight months of 1920,
1,763 fatal accidents have occurred in
Pennsylvania plants, and there have
been 115,954 accidents of all sorts in
the establishments.
Since January 1, there have been
456 eyes lost, 47 arms, 201 hands, 68
legs and 92 feet. Twenty-one work-
ers were totally disabled by having
backs broken, heads injured so that
insanity resulted, or bodies mutilated
so that they were unable to resume
work. There has been $1,430,127
awarded to persons who suffered in-
juries of this type.
MEDICAL.
Throw Out
the Line
Give Them Help and Many Bellefonte
People Will be Happier.
“Throw Out the Life Line”—
Weak kidneys need help.
They’re often overworked—they
don’t get the poison filtered out of the
blood. >
Will you help them?
Doan’s Kidney Pills have brought
benefit to thousands of kidney suffer-
ers.
Bellefonte testimony proves their
worth.
Mrs. Edward Sunday, 244 Lamb St.,
Bellefonte, says: “I have used Doan’s
Kidney Pills and have always been
greatly benefitted by them when suf-
fering from kidney trouble. I cannot
speak too highly of Doan’s after
what thy have done for me.”
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that
Mrs. Sunday had. Foster-Milburn
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—
ROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE
P
B E COMMONWEALTH
OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND PUBLISHED
BY ORDER OF THE DCR AR To
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
At that time the name of the .
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 exceedin
two (2) per centum upon such assesse
valuation of property, without the econ-
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 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, such 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 sinking-fund
charges as required by section ten, article
nine of the Constitution of Pennsylvania,
until the 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
CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED TO
THE CITIZENS OF THE COM-
MONWEALTH, FOR THEIR APPROVAL
OR REJECTION, BY THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTII
OF PENNSLYVANIA, AND PUBLISHED
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF
THE COMMONWEALTH. IN 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-
moinwealth of Pennsylvania.
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 Pennsylvania
be, and the same is hereby, proposed, in
3000Tdance with the eighteenth article
ereof :—
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
procezdings 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 cleurly
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-
nlement and the subject to which such
law is extended or on which it is con-
ferred shall be clearly expressed in its
title.
oi 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-
i
one years of age,
ossessing the follow-
ing gualifieations, shall be entitled to vote
at all elections, subject, however, to such
laws requiring and regulating the regise
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
monks), 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, wit
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
i the General Assembly may enact:
First. He or she shall have been a
cisizen of the United States at least one
month.
Second. He or she shall have resided
in the State ome 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 montls), 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,
i 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,”
i “him,” and “himself” occur in any sec-~
i tion of article eight of this Constitution,
ithe same shall be construed as if written,
respectively, ‘he or she,” “his or her,”
“him or her,” and “himself or herself.”
2a true copy of Joint Resolution No.
CYRUS E. WOODS,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Four-A.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
i 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 Gene
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
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 an
ular class, may be given the 1 ht and
power to frame and adopt their own
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.
13 true copy of Joint Resolution No.
article fifteen,
partic
CYRUS E. WOODS,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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, pro-
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 become a stockholder in any com y
association, or corporation, or to 2.3
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 aut ority with
respect to the use or operation of transit
facilities, whether furnished by the city
or 27 a private corporation or party or
jointly by either or both. Nor shail
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
A cr operating the same, or any part
ereof.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No.
5.A
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 ennsylvania in General
Assembly met, That the following amend-
ment to the Constitution of Pennsylvaaia
be, and the same is hereby, proposed, in
SEcorgance with the eighteenth article
ereof :—
That section six of article five
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
jresident judge of the said court shall
e 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 jndge 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.
A on copy of Joint Resolution Neg.
6.A.
be
CYRUS E. WOODS,
Secretary of the Commonwealth,
65-31-13t.