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Bellefonte, Pa., August 20, 1926.
CHARLEY KEICHLINE
HAS FAITH IN FLORIDA.
It is evident that Charles Keich-
line’s recent visit with his friends in.
this place didn’t cool his enthusiasm
for Florida. The following letter,
under date of August 12th would in-
dicate that the “land of flowers” look-
ed even better to him on his return
than it had ever done before.
: Lake Worth, Florida.
Friend George: j :
Just a few lines this evening to
let you know that I have not forgotten
any of my good friends in Centre
county. I have been very busy since
my return here trying to keep the
mail straightened out and am every
minute more conscious of how Flori-
da is growing on me.
“You can’t keep a good man down.”
Coming into Florida, a little over a
year ago, it seemed tome a good
State, the most attractive feature of
which had been neglected. After
traveling over its length ard breadth
‘my first impression became a convic-
tion. Florida is a good State and I
don’t believe you can keep a good
State down any more than you can
“keep a good man down.” . Also, this
State never really has been down so
low as its traducers would have the
world believe.
When its rapid strides forward be-
gan to make inroads on the popula-
tion of other Commonwealths there
was a great uproar and effort to
.quelch “the upstart.” Loud cries of
“fake real estate” and “crooked land
deals” were heard throughout the
North and just enough of these were
true to make the exceptions seem to
prove the rule.
But Florida formed a vigilance
committee that has run all the
“crooks” and “fakirs” out of the
State. Not quite all, perhaps, for the
ilk is found everywhere in the North,
and there'll always be some, but here
the committee is hot on their trail
every moment. :
The long neglected feature of Flor-
ida, I referred to above, is the fertil-
ity of her soil. According to location
this State will yield bountifully crops
of any kind that grow any other place
in the world.
Plant cucumber seeds here in Octo-
ber and you will have fine big cucum-
bers in the Chicago markets for
‘Christmas. Set out tomato plants in
November and in January you north-
erners will have the luscious, colorful
vegetable on your dining table as you
look out through windows drifted with
the January snows.
Consider the pleasure of working in
a climate that is life giving to vege-
tation every one of the 365 days in
the year.
I know the heat here now is not
nearly as oppressive as that you are
having these very moments. The pa-
pers tell me of many who are dying
from heat prostration up there. There
are none doing that here.
So Florida is a good State and she
can’t be kept down. Some day she
will be supplying eighty per cent. of
the United States. with fresh garden
products all through the winter. To-
day she ships more than 100,000 car
loads annually and the surface is bare-
ly scratched.
And Florida is good socially, as well
as morally and physically. If you
doubt this come down and see. The
State has a welcome for every one and
1, personally, am hoping to see many
of my Centre county friends during
the winter so that I can do my part
in extending a bit of the general cor-
diality.
Your friend,
C. C. KEICHLINE.
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Real Estate Transfers.
Lillian A. Mayer, et bar, to Fred H.
Miller, et ux, tract in Spring town-
ship; $2,000.
H. Laird Curtin, et ux, to J. O. Hev-
erly, tract in Boggs township; $1.
Elrea E. Ellenberger, et ux, to Ed-
na P. Ellenberger, et bar, tract in
State College; $1.
J. L. Price, executor, to Jesse O.
‘Stutsman, tract in Bellefonte; $8,000.
John L. Holmes, et al, to John A.
Jacobs, et ux, tract in Ferguson town-
ship; $300.
Harry C. Klegler, et ux, to W. H.
Gilbert, tract in Miles township; $1.
E. R. Taylor, sheriff, to Moshannon
National bank, tract in Philipsburg;
$1,500.
E. R. Taylor, sheriff, to Moshannon
National bank, tract in Philipsburg;
“$506.
Walter Cohen, et ux, to Club Din-
ers, Inc., tract in Bellefonte borough;
$16,000.
Thomas J. Decker, et ux, to Colonel
G. Decker, tract in Bellefonte; $1.
Elmira E. Wellers, et al, to Bert B.
Kessling, tract in Boggs township;
$900.
William C. Taylor, et ux, to Joseph
C. McGowan, tract in Spring town-
ship; $2,600.
Walter E. Dreibelbis, et al, to Mat-
tie M. Dreibelbis, et al, tract in Fer-
guson township; $700.
John M. Hartswick, et al, to Paul
C. Boeger, tract in State College; $2,-
400.
Kathryn C. Leathers to G. M. Rem-
ley, et ux, tract in State College; $1.
Frank D. Gardner, et ux, to C. D.
Lauck, tract in Ferguson township;
$350.
C. D. Lauck, et ux, to Edward C.
Martz, tract in Ferguson township;
$4,665.
Austin L. Patrick, et ux, to Monroe
J. Armes, tract in State College; $900.
Sarah C. Hawkins to Reese Wil-
liams, et ux, tract in Philipsburg;
$200.
American Lime & Stone Co. to
Guyer G. Ertley, tract in Marion
township; $4500.
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FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
DAILY THOUGHT.
Opportunity knocks once at every man's
door—but generally he is down street tell-
ing some one about the good chances he
has missed. .
needs serious consideration, It is the
question of shoes. Both men and wom-
en are likely to wear shoes that fit too
snugly or which are too short. Oth--
ers actually will undergo punishment
from a silly notion that a bit of dis-
comfort is entirely justified if the ap-
pearance of the foot is thereby en-
hanced. Foolish people! =
“Then, too, there is the feminine
question of high heels. They may look
all right. But they do not give the
body a square deal. If nature had
intended folks to walk on the bias the
feet would have been built that way
instead of flat. Some women actually |
are made ill by over-indulgence in
high heels, due directly to faulty pos-
ture.
“Corns, bunions, callouses and in-
flamed joints are direct penalties of
shoes that are either too tight or too
short. Look your feet over—they
will indicate whether in foot-wear,
you are wise or silly.
“While your feet are the nearest
things to the ground, they neverthe-
less are extremely useful members.
Give them a square deal. That is all
they ask. It’s the least you can do.
“In China foot-binding was once the
rage. But China has stopped it. Take
a hint from that almond-eyed nation.”
It is a habit that all nervous people
should cultivate, that of letting them-
selves go and allowing both body and
mind a few minutes’ rest during the
day.
The best time is directly after the
noon meal.
A short nap at this time strength-
ens the nerves and makes it more like-
ly that the rest of the day will be
spent in comfort.
Nervous women, particularly, often
become too tired before the day is
over to digest food or to go to sleep,
a condition that may be prevented by
just this short period of relaxation.
While it is better to lie down, it is
not necessary.
‘A few minutes in an easy chair in
a~dark room, the body in an easy po-
sition, and the mind a blank, will help
considerably.
Summer weather brings with it
many problems having to do with the
care and feeding of infants. Each
summer hundreds of infants die be-
cause of lack of knowledge on the
part of the mother. There is no rea-
son why these infants should not sur-
vive the warm days of summer, pro-
viding the mother understands and
puts into practice the principles of
care and feeding which every mother
should know. Nearly every family
physician will tell you that probably
the one great outstanding problem in
warm weather is that of feeding. It
is most important, and too much
thought cannot be given to it.
The acute intestinal diseases of
summer, with their large infant mor-
tality, offer one of the largest fields
for an active life-saving campaign,
and which it is the duty of every
mother to try to prevent. If every
mother would study this problem and
take advantage of all that is to be
learned, the mortality rate of infants !
during the summer months would be
materially reduced.
Those” mothers who have Nature's
food for their infants are indeed for- |
tunate. Unfortunately, however,
many mothers are inclined to be care-
less in choosing their diet, with the re-
sult that baby’s digestion is upset and
serious bowel trouble might follow. .
It is as important for nursing moth-
ers to exercise the greatest care in,
eating proper foods and to observe all
the rules for cleanliness, as it is im- |
portant for those mothers who select
a safe food that will properly feed
their babies from the bottles to nour-
ish and strengthen their children. |
In the case of bottle-fed babies, the
greatest danger lies in an unclean
milk supply, and in careless methods
of preparing the feedings. Not only
is it vitally essential that the milk be
clean, but it is equally essential that
it be kept clean. All utensils, bottles,
spoons, etc., used in the preparation
of the mixture must be sterilized in
boiling water before they are used.
All water used in diluting the food or |
to be given plain as a drink, must be |
boiled and then cooled. It is safer to |
boil a fresh supply each day.
During the hot weather it is inad-
visable to make any change in the in-
fant’s food, unless such a change is
absolutely necessary or advised by the !
family physician. During the ex- |
treme heat of the day it is safer to
give a little less food than the baby
usually takes in cooler weather. Few
babies are underfed. The chief dan-
ger lies in overfeeding. In preparing |
the proper quantities are used. When |
condensed milk is used, it is better to
pour the milk from the can to the
spoon, allowing the milk to level it-
self. This will insure more accurate
measurements.
Incidentally, condensed milk is a
safe milk for infant feeding. Very
often fresh milk is hard to obtain, or
perhaps it is not always safe. The
Belgian Relief Commission used con-
densed milk extensively in France
during the late war and obtained won-
derful results. The Near East Relief
is using it almost exclusively in the
feeding of over 200,000 orphans.
To remove fruit stains from white
or fast colored materials, boiling wa-
ter is generally all that is needed if
the stain is taken at once. For silk,
wool or other delicate materials, luke-
warm water should be used and the
stain carefully sponged. Lemon juice
will give good results sometimes, but
oxalic acid is commonly used. Dis-
solve as many oxalic acid crystals in
luke-warm water as the water will
take up. Keep this solution handy in
a corked bottle. Apply to the stain,
allow it to remain a few minutes and
rinse thoroughly in clear water. Soap
and hot water will often remove grass
stains, and milk and ammonia are
sometimes effective. Denatured alco-
“There is one matter which still |
the food, care should be taken so that | £2
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TION.
simanr On dA.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to article nine,
section four of the Constitution of the
Comonweatlh of Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the Com-
monwealth of Pennsylvania in General As-
sembly met, That the following amendment
to the Constitution of Pennsylvania be and
the same is hereby proposed in accordance
with the eighteenth article thereof:
That section four of article nine of the
Constitution of Pennsylvania is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 4. No debt shall be created by
or on behalf of the State, except to supply
casual deficiencies of revenue, repel inva-
sions, supprss 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 aggre-
gate, at any one time, one million dollars;
Provided, however, That the General As-
sembly, irrespective of any debt, may au-
thorize the State to issue bonds to the
amount of one hundred millions of dollars
for the purpose of improving and rebuild-
ing the highways_of the Commonwealth;
Provided further, however, That the Gen-
eral Assembly, irrespective of any debt,
may authorize the State to issue bonds to
the amount of thirty-five millions of dol-
lars 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 thous-
and nine hundred and seventeen and the
eleventh day of November, one thousand
nine hundred and eighteen.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 1-A.
CLYDE L. KING,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
No. 2-A.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to article nine,
section four of the Constitution of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, author-
izing the State to issue bonds to the
amount of one hundred and fifty millions
of dollars for the improvement of the
highways of the Commonwealth.
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 ac-
cordance with the eighteenth article there-
of:
That section four of article nine is here-
by amended to read as follows:
Section 4. No debt shall be created by
or on behalf of the State except to svpply
casual deficiencies of revenues, repel in-
vasions, 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 aggre-
gate, at any one time, one million dollars;
Provided, however, That the General As-
sembly, irrespective of any debt, may au-
thorize the State to issue bonds to the
amount of one hundred and fifty millions
of dollars for the purpose of improving
and rebuilding the highways of the Com-
monwealth.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 2-A.
CLYDE L. KING,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
No. 3-A.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to article nine of
the Constitution of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania by adding thereto an ad-
ditional section.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the Com-
monwealth 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 ac- |
cordance with the eighteenth article there-
of :
That article nine of the Constitution of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania be
amended by adding thereto the following
mew section:
Section 16. The General Assembly may
authorize the City of Pittsburgh to levy
special assessments against both abutting
and non-abutting property, peculiarly
benefited, for the payment of any public
improvement whatsoever; to lay out and
build as additional public improvements,
for the payment of which properties pe-
culiarly benefited shall be liable to spe-
cial assessments, rapid transit railway sys-
tems, drainage and sewerage systems, flood
protective works, wharves, piers and
, quays, highway tunnels and bridges, and
underground and overhead streets, supple-
menting original streets or street systems;
to levy general and special taxes and spe-
cial assessments therefor either before or
after the laying out and construction
thereof ; and to provide that all
taxes and special assessments so
whether payable presently when so levied
or in installments over a period of years
shall be credits or offsets to indebtedness
incurred for such purposes in calculating
the debt of such city; to provide for the
use and operation of any rapid transit sys-
tem by private corporations organized for |
that purpose. No law passed in pursuance
hereof shall authorize the construction of
any rapid transit railway system, flood
protective works, wharves, piers or quays.
highway tunnels or underground or over-
head streets, unless at a public election
held therefor a majority of the electors
voting thereon shall consent thereto.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 3-A.
CLYDE L. KING,
Secretary of the Commonweaith.
No. 4-A.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
: Proposing an amendment to article nine of
the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania by adding thereto a
section.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the Com-
monwealth of Pennsylvania in General As-
sembly met, That the following amend-
i ment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania
be and the same is hereby proposed in ac-
cordance with the eighteenth article there-
That article nine be amended by adding
thereto the following section:
Section 19. In addition to the purposes
stated in article nine, section four, of this
Constitution, the State may be authorized
to issue bonds to the amount of fifty mil-
lions of dollars ($50,000,000) for the ac-
quisition of lands and buildings and the
construction and improvement of state-
owned buildings and the equipment there-
of for the care and maintenance of penal
offenders, delinquents, mental defectives,
| epileptics, and persons mentally diseased.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 4-A.
CLYDE L. KING,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
No. 5-A.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to article nine of
the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania by adding thereto a sec-
tion.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the Com-
monwealth 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 ac-
cordance with the eighteenth article there-
of:
That article nine of the Constitution of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is
hereby amended by adding thereto the fol-
lowing section:
Section 1. That the State may be au-
thorized by law to create debt and to is-
sue bonds not exceeding in the aggregate
one hundred millions of dollars, for the
construction of office buildings in and a
Memorial Bridge in and adjacent to the
Capital Park; for the acquisition of lands
and the construction thereon of State
hol can always be depended upon,
buildings and State Institutions; and for
speeial |
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the enlargement of existing State build-
ings and State Institutions.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 5-A.
CLYDE L. KING,
Secretary of the Commonwealth,
, No. 6-A.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to article three
of the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the Com-
monwealth of Pennsylvania in General As-
sembly met, That the following amead-
ment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania
is hereby proposed in accordance with the
eighteenth article thereof:
That article three be amended by adding
thereto the following:
Section 85. The General Assembly may
by general law make appropriations of
money for assistance to aged indigent res-
idents of the Commonwealth. :
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 6-A.
CLYDE L. KING,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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No. 7-A.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to article nine,
section eight of the Constitution of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the Com-
monwealth of Pennsylvania in General As-
sembly met, and it is hereby enacted by
the authority of the same, That the fol-
lowing amendment to the Constitution of
the Comonwealth of Pennsylvania be and
the same is hereby proposed in accordance
with the eighteenth article thereof:
That article nine, section eight of the
Constitution of Pennsylvania is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 8. The debt of any city, bor-
ough, township, school district, or other
municipality or incorporated district, ex-
cept as provided herein and in section fif-
teen of this article, shall never ex-
ceed seven (7) per centum upon the
assessed value of the taxable prop-
erty therein, and the debt of any
county except as provided in section
fifteen of this article shall never exceed
ten (10) per centum upon the assessed val-
ue of the taxable realty therein; but the
debt of the City of Philadelphia may be
increased in such amount that the total
city debt of said city shall not exceed four-
teen (14) per centum upon the assessed
value of the taxable realty therein; nor
shall any such county, municipality, or dis-
trict incur any new debt or increase its
indebtedness to an amount exceeding two
(2) per centum upon such assessed valua-
tion of taxable realty in the case of coun-
ties, or taxable property in the case of
other municipalities or dstricts, without
the consent of the electors thereof at a
public election in such manner as shall be
provided by law; but the city of Philadel-
phia may incur any debt or increase its
indebtedness to an amount not exceeding
three per centum of the valuation of tax-
able realty in said city without the con-
sent of the electors. In ascertaining the
borrowing capacity of the City of Phila-
delphia at any time, there shall be deduct-
ed 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 puble utility or part thereof or fa-
cility therefor to the extent that such pub-
lic improvement or public utility or part
thereof, whether separately or in connec-
tion with any other public improvement
or public utility or part thereof, may yield
or may reasonably be expected to yield
revenue in excess of operating expenses
for or towards the payment of the inter-
est and sinking-fund charges thereon. The
method of determining such amount so to
be deducted shall 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 pro-
vision for a sinking-fund sufficient to re-
tire said obligations at maturity; the pay-
‘ment to such sinking-fund to be in equal
‘or graded, annual, or other periodical in-
stallments. Where any indebtedness shail
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 reclamation of
land to he 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
wheh may accrue thereon throughout the
period of construction and until the expi-
ration of one year after the completion of
the work for which said indebtedness shall
have been incurred, and said eity shall
not be required to levy a tax to pay said
interest and sinking-fund charges as re-
quired by section ten, article nine of the
Constitution of Pennsylvania until the ex-
piration of said period of one year after
the completion of said work.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 7T-A.
CLYDE L. KING, s
Secretary of the’ Commonwealth.
No. 8-A.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to article nine of
i the Constitution of the Commonwealth
| of Pennsylvania by adding thereto sec-
{ tion One B.
| Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the Com-
monwealth of Pennsylvania in General As-
sembly met, That the following amend-
ment to the Constitution of the Common-
| wealth of Pennsylvania be and the same
‘is hereby proposed in accordance with the
| eighteenth article thereof:
That article nine of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania is hereby amended by ad-
ding thereto section 1 B, which reads as
follows:
Section 1 B. Taxation laws may grant
exemptions or rebates to residents, or es-
tates of residents, of other States which
grant similar exemptions or rebates to
residents, or estates of residents, of Penn-
sylvania.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 8-A.
CLYDE L. KING,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
No. 9-A.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to article nine
of the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania by adding thereto an
additional section.
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 ac-
cordance with the eighteenth article there-
of:
That article nine of the Constitution of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania be
amended by adding thereto the following
new section:
Section 16. The General Assembly may
authorize the County of Allegheny to levy
special assessments against both abutting
and non-abutting property peculiarly ben-
efitted for the payment of any public im-
provement whatsoever; to lay out and
build as additional public improvements,
for the payment of which properties pe-
culiarly benefited shall be liable to special
assessments, rapid transit railway sys-
tems, drainage and sewerage systems,
flood protective works, wharves, piers and
quays, highways, tunnels and bridges, and
underground and overhead streets supple-
menting original streets or street systems;
to levy general and special taxes and spe-
cial assessments therefor, either before or
after the laying out and construction
thereof; and to provide that all special
taxes and special assessments so levied
whether payable presently when so levied
or in installments over a period of years
shall be credits or offsets to indebtedness
imcurred for such purposes in calculating
the debt of such county; and to provide
for the use and operation of any rapid
transit system by private corporations or-
ganized for that purpose. No law passed
in pursuance hereof shall authorize the
construction of any rapid transit railway
system, flood protective works, wharves,
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piers or quays, highways, tunnels or un-
derground or overhead streets unless at a
public election held therefor a majority of
the electors voting thereon shall consent
thereto.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 9-A.
CLYDE L. KING,
Secretary of the Commonwealth,
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No. 10-A. =
RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitu-
tion of Pennsylvania.
Be it resolved that the folowing amend-
ment to the Constitution of the Common-
wealth of Pennsylvania be and the same is
hereby proposed in accordance with the
eighteenth article thereof.
hat article nine of the Constitution of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania be
amended by adding thereto the following
section sixteen:
Section 16. The debt of any city of the
second class shall never exceed ten per
centum upon the assessed value of the tax-
able property therein, nor shall any such
city of the second class incur any new debt
or increase its indebtedness to an amount
exceeding two per centum upon such as-
sessed valuation of property without the
consent of the electors thereof, at a public
election, in such manner as shall be pro-
vided by law.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 10-A.
CLYDE L. KING
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
BE
No. 1—1926.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to article eight,
section seven, of the Constitution of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the Com-
monwealth of Pennsylvania in General As-
sembly met, That the following amend-
ment to the Constitution of the Common-
wealth of Pennsylvania be and the same is
hereby proposed, in accordance with the
eighteenth article thereof:
That section seven, of article eight, is
hereby amended to read as folows:
Section 7. All laws regulating the hold-
ing of elections by the citizens, or for the
registration of electors, shall be uniform
throughout the State, except that laws reg-
ulating and requiring the registration of
electors may be enacted to apply to cities
only, provided that such laws be uniform
for cities of the same class, and except
further, that the General Assembly shall
by general law, permit the use of voting
machines, or other mechanical devices for
registering or recording and computing
the vote, at all elections or primaries, in
any county, city, borough or township of
the Commonwealth, at the option of the
electors of such county, city, borough or
township, without being obliged to require
the use of such voting machines or me-
chanical devices in any other county, city,
borough or township, under such regula-
tions with reference thereto as the Gener-
al Assembly may from time to time pre-
scribe. The General Assembly may, from
time to time, prescribe the number and du-
ties ‘of election officers in any political sub-
division of the Commonwealth in which
voting machines or other mechanical de-
Yicss authorized by this section may be
used.
1 true copy of Joint Resolution No. 1-—
CLYDE L. KING,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
No. 2—1926.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to article fifteen,
of the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, by adding thereto a
how Sackion to be known as section four
ereof.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the Com-
monwealth 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 ac-
gordance with the eighteenth article there-
of:
Section 4. The General Assembly is
hereby authorized to provide for the con-
solidation of the county, poor districts,
cities, boroughs and townships of the coun-
ty of Allegheny, and the offices thereof, in-
to a consolidated city amd county, with the
constitutional and legal capacity of a mu-
nicipal corporation, to be known as the
City of Pittsburgh, and to provide for a
charter for its government. The said char-
ter shall be submitted to the electors of
said county, at a special election to be pro-
vided for therein. If the majority of the
electors voting thereon, in the county as a
whole, and at least two-thirds of all the
electors voting thereon in each of a ma-
jority of the cities, boroughs and town-
ships thereof, vote in the affirmative, the
act shall take effect for the whole county.
If rejected, the said charter may be resub-
mitted to the electors in original, new or
modified form, at any subsequent election
until adopted.
It shall be competent, subject to the po-
lice power of the State, for the Legisla-
ture to provide in said charter:
1. For the exercise, by the consolidated
city, of all the powers and duties vested in
the county of Allegheny, and the poor
districts thereof, and such other powers
appropriate to a municipality as may be
specified therein, except such powers as
are specifically reserved by this section to
the municipal divisions herein provided
or. :
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2. For the election by the people of the
consolidated city, of a board of commis-
sioners, the number to be fixed by the
charter, in lieu of present county commis-
sioners, in which board shall be vested all
the powers of the consolidated city and
county, except as otherwise provided in
the charter.
3. For the organization of a government
for the consolidated city and county, and
for the election or appointment of the con-
stitutional and other necessary officers
thereof, and for their powers and duties.
4. For the organization of all courts,
other than those of record, in the consol-
idated city, and for the procedure thereof,
and for the appointment of judges and of-
ficers thereof, which courts shall exercise
the jurisdiction, powers and duties of the
magistrates, aldermen and justices of the
peace, and such other powers as may be
conferred by law. ,
5. For the transfer to the consolidated
city of the property and indebtedness of
the county of Allegheny, and the poor
districts thereof, and of such property and
indebtedness of the cities, boroughs and
townships thereof as relate to the powers
and duties of said consolidated city, and
to provide for an equitable adjustment and
payment of such indebtedness, and for this
purpose, any taxation therein shall be uni-
form taxation within the meaning and in-
fone of other provisions of this Constitu-
on.
6. For the assessment of property for
taxation, the levying and collection of tax-
es, and the payment of the cost of any
public improvement, in whole or in part,
by special assessment upon abutting and
non-abutting property materially bene-
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fited thereby, and, for this purpose, real
estate so charged shall be classified as ur-
ban, suburban and rural, and assessments
Wade in accordance with such classifica-
ns. :
7. For the creation, by the board of
commissioners, of districts for the purpose
of regulating the location, height, area,
bulk and use of buildings and premises.
8. For the creation, by the board of
commissioners, of special districts for the
purpose of acquiring, constructing, main-
taining, operating or contracting for, any
puble property, work, improvement, utili-
ty or service, not for the exclusive benefit
of any one municipal division, and for the
payment of the costs and maintenance of
such property, work, improvement, usility
or service, there may be special taxes lev-
ied throughout such special districts re-
spectively, separate and apart from the
general city tax. = >
Provided, however, that it is the intent
of this section that substantial powers be
reserved to the cities, boroughs and town-
ships situated in Allegheny County. To
this end the charter shall provide for the
continued existence of the said cities, bor-
oughs and townships, as municipal divis-
ions of the consolidated city, under their
present names and forms of government,
subject to the laws provided for govern-
ment of municipalities of their respective
forms and classes, exeept as provided in
the charter, and with their present bound-
aries, provided that the city of Pittsburgh
may be designated by a term other than
city and may be divided into two or more
municipal divisons, and that any two or
more municipal divisons of the consolidat-
ed city may, with the consent of a major-
ity of the electors voting thereon in each
of such divisions at any general or special
election, be united to form a single munic-
ipal division.
The said municipal divisions shall have
and continue to possess the following pow-
ers:
1. The constitutional and legal capacity
of municipal corporations, except as lim-
ited in the charter.
2. The power to lay and collect taxes
and to incur indebtedness, subject to the
limitations which are or may be imposed
by law upon cities, boroughs or townships
of corresponding classification, for the
purpose of carrying out any lawful pow-
er of said divisions.
3. The power to acquire, own, construct,
maintain, operate or contract for all kinds
of public property, works, improvements,
utilities or services, which shall be within
the municipal division, and principally for
the use and benefit of the inhabitants
thereof, provded this power shall not be
taken to include the construction and
maintenance of through-traffic streets and
bridges, tunnels, subways and appurte-
nances thereof, nor main or trunk lines
for sewer, power and water service, run-
ning through more than one municipal di-
vision, and designated as such by the
board of commissioners.
4. The power to maintain a local police
force, and local fire department, with the
necessary buildings, appurtenances and
equipment therefor, which may be supple-
mental to the police force and fire depart-
ment of the consolidated city.
5. The power to establish a limitation
of indebtedness for the consolidated city
and the municipal divisions thereof, pro-
vided that the total of the indebtedness of
the consolidated city and the municipal di-
visions thereof shall not, in the aggregate,
exceed the limits of the total indebtedness
allowed by the Constitution to the county
and to the separate municipalities.
6. All other powers not specifically
granted by the charter to the consolidated
city; Provided, however, That a munici-
pal division may surrender, by majority
vote of the electors voting thereon at any
general or special election, any of its pow-
ers to the consolidated city, subject to the
acceptance thereof by the board of com-
missioners.
The said charter may be amended by the
Legislature, subject to ratification by a
majority of the electors of the consolidat-
ed city voting thereon at any general or
special election; Provided, That no amend-
ment reducing the powers of municipal di-
visions shall be effective unless ratified by
a majorty of the electors voting thereon
in each of a majority of said divisions.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 2—
1926.
CLYDE L. KING,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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