Demoraitcan.
Bellefante, Pa., August 11, 1922.
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WHAT REALLY MATTERS.
It matters little where I was born,
Or if my parents were rich or poor,
Whether they shrank from the
world’s scorn,
Or walked in the pride of wealth secure;
But whether I live an honest life,
And hold my integrity firm in my clutch,
1 tell you, my brother, as plain as 1 can,
It matters much!
It matters little how long I stay
In a world of sorrow, sin and care;
Whether in youth I am called away,
Or live till my bones and pate are bare!
But whether I do the best I can
To soften the weight of adversity’s
touch
On the faded cheek of my fellowman,
It matters much!
cold
It matters little where be my grave,
Or on the land or on the sea,
By pouring brook, ‘neath stormy wave,
It matters little or naught to me;
But whether the Angel of Death
down
And marks my
touch,
As one that shall wear the victor’s crown,
It matters much!—EX.
comes
brow with His loving
rence reer plement.
ARE BUSINESS-LIKE
MARRIAGES JUSTIFIABLE?
By L. A. Miller.
The question is often asked, why is
it that there are more unhappy ma:-
riages now than in former times?
Are there more?
It must be remembered that the fa-
cilities for hearing of them have been
increased to such an extent, and the
greediness of the people, and of news-
papers for news of this character is so
much greater than it was a half cen-
tury ago, that a dozen cases of domes-
tic infelicity are heard of now, where,
under the old style, not more than one
would have become public property.
In those days marriage was more
of a commercial transaction than it is
now, which had a tendency to create
uncongenial alliances. It was an oid
custom, brought from the mother
country, where it continues to the
present time. Parents did the match-
making. The social and financial fea-
tures were the ones they looked after
most carefully, leaving cupid to shoot
in vain. In some respects the com-
mercial marriage was a good one; ut
least it had the advantage of being
planned on a business-like basis.
The whole affair was talked over
coolly and dispassionately by the par-
ents, much as if they were bartering
a piece of property; love being one of
the smallest considerations in the
transaction. The prospective husband
was awarded a dowery, or bonus for
taking the girl off the father’s hands.
This bonus was expected to be a fair
share of the old man’s wealth. As
un-American as this custom is, it had
a deep hold here, and it is only within
a recent period that wives have not
been expected to bring something
more than their hearts and a few suits
of clothes to their new homes.
In the rural districts it is yet the
custom for the parents to give each
daughter a cow, a feather bed, and a
horse and saddle in many instances.
And where the parents were well fixed
they gave more. The country bride
usually has the making of her own
match. She is aided and abetted more
or less, however, by her mother and
all the neighbor women, except such
as have daughters who are on the
same trail. One reason that country
girls are allowed to have so much say
in the matter is that if they should
ever rue their bargains they cannot
jaw their parents about it. As a rule,
however, they do not rue it, since they
are not so apt to make mistakes as city
or town girls, because they are not so
helpless and dependent. If their hus-
bands meet with reverses they can
take a hand in managing affairs; or if
they turn out to be worthless they can
hustle for themselves. They do not
expect to recline on beds of roses when
they get houses of their own to man-
age, consequently they are not disap-
pointed when they find the new life
but little different from that they left.
The bachelor and maid, who are
such from choice, are true philoso-
phers. They cannot see the advan-
tages of changing a tolerable condi-
tion for one that may be intolerable,
or at least no better than their pres-
ent one. They are free to come and
go as they please; to indulge their
tastes without hindrance and to en-
joy the society of whomsoever may be
agreeable without fear of exciting
jealousy.
Why should our bachelor friend de-
ny himself the many pleasures he
would have to forego were he to mar-
ry? As it is, he is never at a loss for
the society of ladies, whereas, if he
had a wife the chances are she would
soon lose her taste for going out and
enjoying life as she did before mar-
riage. She would be exacting about
his return at all times and hold him
to strict account of his whereabouts
when out of her sight. This is ex-
tremely annoying to a man, and it
will drive him into forbidden paths
sooner than almost anything else. The
silliest part of this howl against
bachelors is the demand for compulso-
ry marriage. Voluntary marriage is
often bad enough, dear knows; but
how much worse would compulsory
marriage be? What is the result of
the instances where it is practiced!
Most miserable! Learning to love is
all bosh, a delusion and a snare. One
may learn to admire, but not to love.
If there is not a natural affinity there
can be no love, any more than there
can be a union of oil and water. These
can be agitated until they mix, but
when allowed to become quiet they
separate and are still oil and water.
Compulsory marriage is a travesty
on a sacred rite, a sin against God and
man, a shame to any people. In the
first place it requires two persons to
swear falsely, to perjure hemselves;
and in the second place it cuts two
persons off from society and blights
their lives. The married state is the
natural state for man, and the one he
should aim to reach and to honor.
He is guided toward it by instinct,
gravitates toward it naturally and is
aided in reaching it by the customs of
society, when he enters it deliberate-
ly and with the intention to be useful
and happy in it, he will be, provided
he is supported in his determination
by the one whom he has chosen to be
his confidant, companion and partner.
In olden times when a couple were
married they considered themselves
bound by holy ties and felt that it
would be a sin indeed to violate even
the smallest vow they had taken. They
became resigned to the fate they had
chosen, and “come weal, come woe,”
they considered it a sacred duty to
meet it with cheerful resignation.
Thoughts of divorce rarely entered
their minds. If a spirit of dissatisfac-
tion arose they sought a way to put it
down. They made due allowance for
the weaknesses of each other and bore
each other’s burdens. Paul said to
Timothy that it was better not to
marry. He evidently did not mean
that for all classes of men, but for
such as Timothy and himself. Their
calling required them to lead ramb-
ling, unsettled lives. It is better for
any man not to marry until he is set-
tled down. If he must wander from
place to place, he had better do
alone. The man who is away from
home a great deal cannot become at-
tached to it as closely as he ought.
It is not home to him when he returns
once a month, or two or three times a
year. He is merely a visitor, and he
feels that he is only such. To enjoy
a home one must become acclimated
to it, feel drawn towards it, and have
a desire to return to it whenever sep-
arated from it.
has no home at all. Neither has the
man whose presence is not a scurce of
happiness in his domicile.
NASH ROAD TEST LEAVES
NOTHING TO CHANCE.
A circular road, one-half mile in
diameter, which lies just back of the
long rows of saw tooth buildings that
comprise the Kenosha factory of The
Nash Motor company typifies the fact
that in the production of Nash cars
nothing is “left to chance.” That road
is just as much an art of Nash manu-
facturing equipment as are the bat-
tery of electric furnaces in the heat-
treating department and the marvel-
ous drop hammers of the forge shop.
The fact that close inspection fol-
lows each operation throughout the
factory in the manufacture of parts
that go into the completed car and
that each part is reinspected after it
has been assembled with a co-ordinate
part, and that the entire car is in-
spected after it leaves the assembly
line, does not satisfy The Nash Motor
company. Before a Nash car is ship-
ped to a dealer to be turned over by
him to the buyer the company makes
sure by first hand information that
the car is in perfect condition.
Thus after the Nash Six leaves the
final assembly and trim shop and. is
complete in every detail it is taken
immediately out on the testing road,
where in the hands of a mechanic,
trained by long experience to detect
the slightest indication of improper
functioning of any part of the car, it
is given a rigid test.
Se Loire aftr driving the ‘car out
onto the circular road, puts it in low
speed, then in second and finally into
high. He circles the road many
times, frequently alternating these
speeds and as frequently going into
the reverse.
If he detects the slightest inaccura-
cy in the functioning of any part he
takes the car to the “hospital,” a
special adjusting department where
the trouble is immediately remedied.
The car is then taken out again by
the tester and driven over the track
to make absolutely sure that it is in
perfect condition.
Freshman Quota at Penn State is
Nearly Filled.
Except in the schools of agriculture
and mining and in the department of
architectural engineering, the quota
of 1000 Freshmen authorized by the
Board of Trustees to be admitted this
fall to The Pennsylvania State Col-
lege is almost filled, according to an
announcement made recently by Pro-
fessor A. H. Espenshade, registrar of
the college. Applicants of high scho-
lastic standing may still secure ad-
mission into the courses previously
mentioned.
There has been an overwhelming
demand for courses in electrical and
mechanical engineering and in the
liberal arts school. The quota that
could be admitted to the business
course has been filled for some time.
More than three times the number of
women students who can be accommo-
dated in the college dormitories have
already applied for admission. The
recently announced plans of President
John M. Thomas for expansion of the
college into the Pennsylvania State
University to care for 10,000 men and
women students, will enable the col-
lege to admit all qualified Pennsylva-
nia boys and girls who may apply for
an education at their State university.
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25,000 Persons Get Special Fishing
Permits.
More than 25,000 permits have been
issued by the State Department of
Fisheries for use of such special fish-
ing devices, such as the outline, spear
and gig, burr hook, loop and snare
and fyke and dip nets.
Numerous inquiries are being made
in regard to the use of the fish bas-
ket or eel rack which will come in sea-
son on August 15.
The rush for permits has almost
swamped the departmental forces
which have been working over time to
keep the applications up to date. Nu-
merous applications have to be return-
ed because of failure of applicants to
give their license number.
Hard to Believe.
The wife was greatly pleased with
her success at the womaan’s meeting.
On her return home she said to her
husband: “Yes, I was absolutely out-
spoken at the meeting this after-
noon.”
The husband looked incredulous. “I
can hardly believe it, my dear,” he
said. “Who in the world was it that
outspoke you?”
it |
The man who is at
home wherever he hangs up his hat, |
COMBINATION LAND AND
| WATER VEHICLE.
i Numerous attempts have been made
to combine in one vehicle, a hybrid
| type that would have the characteris-
| tics of the automobile, when traveling
i on land, and a motor beat, when used
{in the water. Naturally any attempt
| to solve this problem involves a care-
ful consideration of engineering prin-
ciples,that are not diffiucit to apply in
the case of either vehicle if used sin-
gly, but which are exceedingly diffi-
cult to reconcile when the two are
used in combination.
One such vehicle may be used on
land as a two-ton capacity motor
truck, capaoie of a speed of twenty-
five miles an hour, and can also be
used in the water owing to the water-
tight construction of the body and mo-
tor compartment, where it will attain
speeds of eight or nine miles an hour.
It is believed that a vehicle of this
character may have certain advantag-
se useful to many persons.
The common power plant is used
for propulsion, both on land and in
the water. When the vehicle is op-
erating in the water the propeller
placed at the front end of the car is
shifted into gear by an ingenious
hand-actuated clutch mechanism, so
‘that it is rotated at the required
speed. What is the rear end of the
car on land becomes the how of the
boat in the water. The steering is ac-
complished by the same steering gear,
as disks attached to the front wheels
: perform the functions of rudders cn a
boat. While this type of vehicle is
provided with a chain drive, it is said
that new models are to be equipped
with a completely enclosed shaft-gear
drive system that will not be affected
by water, inasmuch as the parts will
revolve in cil-tight and water-proof
housings. The arrangement of the ax-
les and auxiliary parts is such that if
moved and their impending action-or
resistance be eliminated, which will
give the craft more speed.
The body is of steel and while it
cannot be shaped on the best stream-
line form on account of the project-
ing axle parts and operation of the
suspension mechanism, at the same
time it does not offer as much resist-
ance as its appearance would indicate.
Of course when the axles are remov-
ed, filler plates are supplied to’ im-
prove the outline and reduce the re-
sistance. The car is equipped with a
fifty horse power, four cylinder en-
gine of conventional constructiom. It
has a three speed and reverse selec-
tive change speed gear box of the us-
ual form.—Reformatory Record.
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COAL AS A TYRANT.
Coal is the food of industry. Take
away the nourishment, unless some
other nutrition may be supplied, in-
dustry will shrivel and decay. Con-
sidering the enormous consumption of
fuel in this country the wonder is
that the curtailment of production for
over seventeen weeks, or one-third of
a year, has not caused a greater de-
rangement of the business world.
There is not a village or hamletzin
the entire country which has not been
consuming coal during the period
from April 1, when the strike began,
and if one looks at the smoke stacks
of a great city and glances at the
steam being emitted from the pipes of
the tall skyscrapers, if he reflects that
every trolley car, every steam train,
every electric light, postulates a sup-
ply of coal, he will obtain some com-
prehension of our dependence upon
this commodity. It is remarkable that
the stocks on hand April 1, coupled
with the meager output of some bitu-
minous mines, have sufficed to keep
the country moving ahead at almost
normal speed for so long a period.
Trouble due to the lack of fuel first
developed in the steel and iron indus-
try, because that is the greatest con-
sumer, but even then it was not be-
cause of the lack of production or
storage at certain points, but for the
reason that fuel was not transported
with customary regularity, owing to a
strike of a class of railroad workers.
When iron furnaces could not obtain
coke they had to go out of blast and
for lack of supplies of pig iron, pud-
dling furnaces which prepare the met-
al for rolling mills had to shut down.
Step by step from process to process
and department to department insuffi-
cient supplies of fuel would progress-
ively prostrate the whole industrial
system until work upon every new
building would have to stop and every
mill and factory would become quies-
cent. What sort of satisfaction can
there be in one class of workers
throwing out of employment all other
workers in order to gain personal
ends?
The protracted strike will bring re-
sults which were never anticipated
and which will make the country less
dependent upon coal. There is such a
thing as “white coal,” that is water
power, which may be utilized to gen-
erate electric current for distribution
over a great area to supply power,
light and heat. Perhaps the coal
strike will have advanced the electric-
al era a half century. Congress will
be apt to get busy on water power
projects which it has only tackled
heretofore in a half-hearted way. The
petroleum industry is complaining of
over-production, but new means will
be found to make use of oil for fuel
purposes, and gas, both natural and
artificial, will be brought into greater
play to supply heat.—Philadelphia In-
quirer.
i ———— fe stn.
An Unsolicited Order.
A group of men were sitting about
the writing table of a small town ho-
tel. One was preparing his expense
account, and another, noticing the
amounts, expressed surprise.
“It’s this way,” explained the
salesman. “My business is largely
sociable—keeping our customers en-
tertained—and consequently I have to
carry an expensive supply of liquor
with me,” he concluded with a wink.
There immediately arose a man un-
steady of feet, and approaching the
speaker, said: “Fren’, don’t know
what you sell, and don’t care. But
you can take my order right now.”—
Judge.
——Subseribe for the “Watchman.”
the vehicle is to be used for any length |
of time in the water they can be re- |
FARM NOTES.
—In 1919 Pennsylvania ranked first
in the number of cattle and calves
slaughtered, also, beef, veal and pork
sold as meat and meat products.
—Pennsylvania in 1919 sold 25,725,-
546 pounds of farm-made butter and
outclassed its nearest competitor, New
York, by over ten million pounds.
—Black rot of grapes infects both
the berries and the foliage. The dis-
ease can be successfully controlled by
the use of Bordeaux mixture. It
should be applied about three or four
\ times during the development of the
grapes and should be applied so thor-
oughly that every berry is covered on
both sides. The use of resin fish oil
soap in the spray spreads and sticks
this spray efficiently on the waxy sur-
face of the berries.
—Snails are becoming more abun-
dant in small gardens and about city
and suburban houses. Of those sub-
mitted many are found to be the large
spotted garden snail. These are sel-
dom in evidence during the day time
for they hide under boards and simi-
| lar objects—they feed at night. Air
dust or any
placed about the plants will prevent
damage. They can be poisoned by ap-
plying arsenic to boiled potatoes,
placing the pieces of potato about two
: feet apart where the snails are abun-
| dant.
—The Bureau of Chemistry of the
Pennsylvania Department of Agricul-
| ture has just completed the analysis |
of specimens of stomach and contents
i from twe
: sudden!
cows, which recently died
had been caused by this poison. The
| i
| fect that a railroad, running through
{a farm, had sprayed its right of way
i with an Insecticide to kill or eradi-
{ cate weeds. One of the cows broke
| through the fence and grazed along
| the right of way and another cow
! drank water from a brook, which had
| been contaminated as a result of the
i recent heavy rains, washing the In-
! secticides from the railroad bed, both
cows dying within twenty-four hours
after ingesting the poisons.
—The enforcement of the dog law
of 1921, which is under the direction
of the Bureau of Animal Industry of
the Pennsylvania Department of Ag-
riculture, develops almost daily a hu-
every dog lover in the State. Secre-
has repeatedly instructed the field
agents in charge of the work that the
dog’s life is not to be the toll exacted
failing to comply with the law.
The field agents frequently go much
further, however, in a manner of in-
A physician in Harrisburg recently
ordered a valuable blooded Airedale
destroyed because the dog destroyed
property belonging to neighbors. An
agent of the Bureau of Animal Indus-
found an excellent home for it on a
farm, in the southern section of the
State. On the farm the dog could run
with no danger of damaging neigh-
bors’ property.
Acts similar to the one mentioned
above are doing much to create senti-
ment in favor of the new dog law and
are in a large measure responsible for
the general observance of the law
which is shown in the records.
‘—There are two bot flies that infest
the stomach and intestines of horses
causing them much annoyance and
greatly weakening their health so
that they easily become infected with
other diseases. They are known as
the common bot fly and the chin bot
fly.
The common bot fly lays its eggs on
the shoulders and legs of the horse,
while the chin bot fly lays most of its
eggs on the hairs of the throat and on
the chin and lips.
To avoid trouble from these pests
the eggs should be clipped off; do this
once a week so that none will hatch.
The eggs are yellow, are fastened to
the hairs and usually are deposited
close together. Be sure to look on the
under side of the throat and chin for
the eggs as well as on the chest and
legs.
he use of repellents has been suc-
cessful.
from equal parts of pine tar and lard.
This is rubbed on the parts of the
body where egg laying usually is done
the eggs will then probably be place
where they are not reached by the
horse with his mouth. A two per cent.
creolin compound has been effective
as have the coal tar disinfectants and
kerosene oil applied every two weeks.
A cloth slightly moistened with ker-
osene should be kept handy about the
stable and used to rub over the eggs
attached to the horses legs.
victims in every rural community in
Pennsylvania at this season of the
year and to answer the many inquiries
that are received, the Department of
Agriculture is preparing for publica-
tion a circular on the subject. In the
circular are listed sixteen remedies
that are claimed to have been used
with success by various persons.
The most effective method of com-
batting ivy poisoning for most people
is the use of hot water and soap.
When the rash first appears and be-
gins to itch, wash in several changes
of hot water, using freely of strong
laundry soap each time. The water
should be as hot as possible.
If the rash is scrubbed well with
pumice stone each time the soap is
applied, the irritating oil will be more
easily removed.
This treatment often clears up the
entire poisoned area at one time al-
though small areas of irritation may
be left. This treatment, which is
somewhat drastic for tender skins
should only be used in early stages
It has the great advantage of mini-
mizing the spread to other parts of
the body.
The main features in the treatment
are first, the use of a soap which con-
tains free alkali, as the laundry soaps
generally do; second, the use of very
hot water to make the soap penetrate
and wash out the oily ivy poison ef-
fectively; third, scrubbing with pum-
ice stone to further assist in getting
rid of this irritating substance.
slaked lime, soot, fine coal ashes, road :
inexpensive fine dust |
1 Northampton county. Ar- |
senic was found in both specimens, |
showing that the death of the animals |
formation furnished was to the ef- |
manitarian side that should appeal to |
tary of Agriculture Fred Rasmussen |
for the negligence of the owner in;
stances finding homes for good dogs. |
try, instead of having the dog killed, !
One such repellent is made
—Poison ivy is claiming scores of
A
ROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
| CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED TO
{ THE CITIZENS OF THE COM-
| MONWEALTH FOR THEIR APPROVAL
! OR REJECTION, AT
TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEM-
BER 7, 1922, BY THE GENERAL AS-
SEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH
OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND PUBLISHED
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF
THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PURSU-
ANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE
CONSTITUTION.
Number One.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section one
(1) of article fifteen (XV) of the Con-
stitution of the Commonwealth of Penn-
sylvania,
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 one of article fifteen, which
reads as follows:
“Section 1. Cities may he 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 to read
as follows:
Section 1. Cities may be chartered
whenever a. majority of the electors of any
at least ten thousand shall vote at
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 own!
{ charters and to exercise the powers sand
| 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 organization
and governm¥nt of cities and boroughs,
whieh shall become effective in any city
or borough only when submitted to the
‘ electors thereof, and approved by a ma-
jority of those voting thereon,
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 1.
BERNARD J. MYERS,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
ROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE
ip
THE CITIZENS OF THE
OR REJECTION, BY THE GENERAL
{ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH
: OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND PUBLISHED |
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF
| THE COMMONWEALTH. IN PURSU-
ANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE!
i CONSTITUTION.
Number One-A.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
1 Proposing an amendment to article seven-
teen, section eight, of the Constitution
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
authorizing the granting of free passes
or passes at a discount to clergymen.
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-
i sylvania be, and the same is hereby, pro-
posed, in accordance with the eighteenth
| article thereof :—
| That section eight of article seventeen,
! which reads as follows:
{ “Section 8. No railroad, railway, or
other transportation company shall grant
free passes or passes at a discount to any
{ person, except officers or employees of the
! company,” be amended to read as follows:
i Section 8. No railroad, railway, or
other transportation company shall grant
' free passes or passes at a discount to any
person, except officers or employees of the |
company and clergymen.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No.
BERNARD J. MYERS,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to article nine,
section four, of the Constitution 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 four of article nine, which
reads as follows:
“Section 4. No debt shall be created
| by or on behalf of the State, except to
i supply casual deficiencies of revenue, repel
| invasions, suppress insurrection, defend
the State in war, or to pay existing debt;
and the debt created to supply deficiencies
in revenue shall never exceed, in the ag-
gregate at any one time, one million dol-
lars: Provided, however, That the Gen-
eral Assembly, irrespective of any debt,
may sauthorize the State to issue bonds to
the amount of fifty millions of dollars
for the purpose of improving and rebuild-
ing the highways of the Commonweaith,”
be amended so as to read as follows:
| NUMBER 2-A.
i
}
Section 4. No debt shall be created by
or on behalf of the State, except to
supply casual deficiencies of revenue,
repel invasions, suppress insurrection, de-
fend the State in war, or to pay existing
debt; and the debt created to supply de-
ficiencies in revenue shall never exceed, in
the aggregate at any one time, one mil-
lion dollars: Provided, however, That
the General Assembly, irrespective of any
debt, may authorize the State to issue
bonds to the amount of fifty millions of
dollars for the purpose of improving and
rebuilding the highways of the Common-
wealth: Provided further, however, That
the General Assembly, irrespective of
any debt, may authorize the State to
issue bonds to the amount of thirty-five
millions of dollars for the payment of
compensation to certain persons from this
State who served in the Army, Navy, or
Marine Corps of the United States,
during the World War, between the sixth
day of April, one thousand nine hundred
and seventeen, and the eleventh day of
November, one thousand nine hundred
and eighteen.
Section 2. Said proposed amendment
shall be submitted to the qualified elec-
tors of the State, at the general election
to be held on the Tuesday next following
the first Monday of November in the year
nineteen hundred and twenty-four, for
the purpose of deciding upon the approval
and ratification or the rejection of said
amendment. Said election shall be
opened, held, and closed upon said elec-
tion day at the places and within the
hours at and within which said election is
directed to be opened, held, and closed,
and in accordance with the provisions of
the laws of Pennsylvania governing elec-
tions. Such amendment shall be printed
upon the ballots in the form and manner
prescribed by the election laws of Penn-
sylvania, anfl shall in all respects conform
to the requirement of such laws.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No.
2-A.
BERNARD J. MYERS,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number 3-A.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to article nine
section four, of the Constitution of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, au-
thorizing the State to issue bonds to
the amount of one hundred millions of
dollars for the improvement of the high-
ways of the Commonwealth.
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 four of article nine, which
reads as follows:
“Section 4. No debt shall be created
by or on behalf of the State, except to
supply casual deficiencies of revenue,
repel invasion, suppress isurrection, de-
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fend the State in war, or to pay existing
debt; and the debt created to supply de-
, ficiencies in revenue shall never exceed, in
| the aggregate at any one time, one mil-
lion dollars: Provided, however, That
the General Assembly, irrespective of
any debt, may authorize the State to
issue bonds, to the amount of fifty mil-
lions of dollars, for the purpose of im-
proving and rebuilding the highways of
the Commonwealth,” be amended so as
to read as follows:
Section 4. No debt shall be created
by or on behalf of the State, except to
supply easual deficiencies of revenue,
repel invasion, suppress insurrection, de-
{ fend the State in war, or to pay existing
i debt; and the debt created to supply de-
: ficiencies in revenue shall never exceed,
{in the aggregate at any one time, one
| million dollars: Provided, however, That
| the General Assembly, irrespective of any
. debt, may authorize the State to issue
! bonds, to the amount of one hundred mil-
{ lions of dollars, for the purpose of im-
| proving and rebuilding the highways of
the Commonwealth,
+3 true copy of Joint Resolution No.
3-A.
BERNARD J. MYERS,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Four-A.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
{ Proposing an amendment to section one
of article fourteen of the Constitution
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, and it is hereby en-
acted by the authority of the same, That
the following amendment to section one
of article fourteen of the Constitution of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania be,
and the same is hereby, proposed, in
i accordance with provisions of the eight-
ecnth article thereof :(—
| That section one of
. whieh reads as follows:
“Section 1. County officers shall con-
. sist of sheriffs, coroners, prothonotaries,
registers of wills, recorders of deeds, com-
, missioners, treasurers, surveyors, auditors
or controllers, clerks of the courts, district
i attorneys, and such others as may, from
time to time, be established by law; and
no sheriff or treasurer shall be eligible for
the term next succeeding the one for
' which he may be elected,” be amended so
as to read as follows:
Section 1. County officers shall consist
of sheriffs, coroners, prothonotaries, regis-
ters of wills, recorders of deeds, com-
missioners, treasurers, surveyors, audit-
ors or controllers, clerks of the courts, dis-
trict attorneys, and such others as may,
from time to time, be established by law;
and no sheriff, except sheriffs in counties
having a population of less than fifty
! thousand inhabitants, and no treasurer
shall be eligible for the term next sue-
| ceeding the one for which he may be
i elected.
A true
4-A.
article fourteen,
copy of Joint Resolution No.
BERNARD J. MYERS,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number 5-A.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to article nine,
section one, of the Constitution of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, so as
to permit the exemption from taxation
of real and personal property owned,
occupied, or used by any branch or post
or camp of the Grand Army of the Re-
. public, the Spanish-American War Vet-
erans, the American Legion, the Ver-
erans of Foreign Wars, and the Mili-
tary Order of the Loyal Legion of the
United States.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the Com-
monwealth of Pennsylvania in General
i Assembly met, That the following amend-
ment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania
{is hereby proposed, in accordance with
the eighteenth article thereof :—
That section one of article nine be
amended so as to read as follows:
All taxes shall be uniform, upon the
same class of subjects, within the terri-
torial limits of the authority levying the
tax, and shall be levied and collected
under general laws; but the General As-
sembly may, by general laws, exempt from
taxation public property used for public
purposes, actual places of religious wor-
ship, places of burial not used or held
for private or corporate profit, institu-
tions of purely public charity, and real
and personal property owned, occupied,
and used by any branch, post or camp
of honorably discharged soldiers, sailors,
and marines,
A true copy of Joint Resolution No.
5-A.
|
BERNARD J. MYERS,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number 6-A.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section one,
article nine, of the Constitution of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen-
eral Assembly met, That the following
amendment to the Constitution of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania be, and
the same is hereby, proposed, in accord-
ance with the provisions of the eight-
e2nth aritcle thereof: —
That section one of article nine, which
reads as follows:
“All taxes shall be uniform, upon the
same class of subjects, within the ter-
ritorial limits of the authority levying
the tax, and shall be levied and collected
under general laws; but the General
Assembly may, by general laws, exempt
from taxation public property used for
public purposes, actual places of religious
worship, places of burial not used or held
for private or corporate profit, and in-
stitutions of purely public charity,” be,
and the same is hereby, amended to read
as follows:
All taxes shall be uniform, upon the
same class of subjects, within the terri-
torial limits of the authority levying
the tax, and shall be levied and collected
under general laws; but subjects of tax-
ation may be classified for the
purpose of laying graded and progressive
taxes, and, in the case of inheritance
and income taxes, exemptions may be
granted; and the General Assembly may,
by Jenoral laws, exempt from taxation
public property used for public purposes,
actual places of religious worship, places
of burial not used or held for private or
corporate profit, and institutions of purely
public charity.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No.
BERNARD J. MYERS,
Secretary of the Commonweaith.
Number 7-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
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen-
eral Assembly met, That the following
amendment to the Constitution of Penn-
sylvania be, and the same is hereby,
proposed, in accordance with the eight-
eenth article thereof: —
That article three be amended by add-
ing thereto the following:
Section 384. The Legislature shall have
power to classify counties, cities, bor-
oughs, school districts, and townships
according to population, and all laws
passed relating to each class, and all
laws passed relating to, and regulating
procedure and proceedings in court with
reference to, any class, shall be deemed
general legislation within the meaning
of this Constitution; but counties shall
not be divided into more than eight
classes, cities into not more than seven
classes, school districts into not more
than five classes, and boroughs into not
more than three classes.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No.
BERNARD J. MYERS,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
67-31-13