"Bellefonte, Pa., September 3, 1926.
‘MEMORIES OF
THE COUNTY FAIR.
Written for the Clearfield County
Fair which will be held at Clearfield
on September 14, 15, 16, 17. Inas-
much as our former townsman, Mitch-
ell I. Gardner, is now managing this
big exposition we presume all who
go to Clearfield next week will for-
ever after have memories of it such
as follows: 3
Like a picture of enchantment, touched
with color rare,
«Comes the unforgotten pleasures of the
County Fair.
How the brittle load of effort fell from
boyish hearts
‘When we knew the light of morning with
its gleaming darts,
Brought the hasty preparations for the
glowing ride
‘Which would soon be undertaken by the
country side.
In the dawning pearly light, we rose in
jolly haste,
Did the chores with ready hands, lest time
should go to waste.
‘Then, we hitched the horses up to buggy
and barouche,
Let them canter down the road as
wheels were singing ‘“who-o00-sh;”’
Riding through the songs of Autumn, na-
ture writes for men,
“Touching all the rhymes of heaven with a
golden pen.
the
+On the road were neighbors, too, whose
laughter floated back
‘Strong in the rhythmic throbs of joy, our
pleasures lack.
“When the road was amply wide, we let-the
horses race,
‘Wied with those whose horses moved in
swift and prancing pace.
“When we passed some slower team and
saw them fall behind,
How our shrieks of laughter, filled the
morning wind!
:8oon the grounds with its attractions
came into our view,
Like a Satyr freely dancing in the morn-
ing dew.
I can see the merry crowd, in bevies, come
and go;
I can see the flapping tents that held #he
“Greatest Show ;”
I can hear the ballyhoo designed the coin
to catch
‘When he gave his tempting spiel no ora-
tor can match.
XY can hear the bleating sheep and heifers
munching hay;
See the pigs glistening bright, the chick-
ens cackling gay.
After rounds of stalls and pens and spa-
cious halls of toys
‘Hunger called us to the meal that stilled
our lusty noise.
‘Then we ate our picnic grub that mother
packed with care,
‘While the joys that trickled in, were most
too much to bear.
‘Soon the bell was heard to ring and the
races then began;
As the trotters snorted by, we picked our
horse and man;
How they rushed adown the stretch with
whips to urge them on—
Is there thrill that comes to man like this,
that now has gone?
I have eaten peanuts,
were half as sweet
.As were those I crunched that day when
friend with friend would meet.
brown, but none
‘But the day went rushing by whose pleas-
ant autumn sport
Made our recreation seem to be almighty
short.
:X have heard the greatest singers sing and
seen the finest shows. .
:But they lack one-half the joys the Coun-
ty Fair impose.
Now my hair is turning white and daw
are filled with care;
Yet I live my youth again, when I attend
the fair.
House Fly Kills More Than Beasts.
The common house fly is responsi-
ble for more deaths every vear in the |
United States, than all the poisonous
reptiles and savage beasts of India or
Africa kill in those far-off jungles. |
The house fly is a carrier and distrib- |
utor of disease germs of many kinds.
‘That is why campaigns to kill the fly
should be given the greatest encour-
agement and also one of the reasons
why the campaign should be started
as soon as the fly begins to reappear
in the warm months.
The normal length of life in the
adult fly is not known, but this mat-
ters little since its rapidity of breed-
ing is almost beyond belief. Since the
house fly breeds almost entirely in
Stable surroundings, the decrease in
“the number of horses, due to. the de-
~velopment of motor-propelled vehi-
cles, has resulted in the production of
a greatly lessened number of flies,
«especially in cities. Flies are sfill too
numerous, however, and repeated ef-
forts to keep down their numbers are
necessary if the heavy toll of human
life is to be reduced to a minimum.—
Exchange.
Italian Headstones for Yankee Dead
- in France.
Because Congress failed to appro-
priate money for the purchase of
American granite to mark the graves
of American soldiers in France, head-
stones of Italian marble will be used,
Secretary of War Davis announced.
Many American patriotic societies and
the American Federation of Labor
urged that only American stone
should be used as markers for Amer-
ica’s dead heroes.
Biggest Air Signin U. S.
‘The biggest air sign in the country,
so far as shown, has recently been
erected at Salem, Mass., for the bene-
fit of aviators. The words “Salem,
Mass.,” are in white letters thirty
feet high and ten feet wide. They
cover nearly one-sixth of a mile and
are illuminated at night. The letters
are easily distinguished at high alti-
Square Receptacle for
Goldfish Always Best
According to a bureau of fisheries
bulletin, because of its narrow neck,
the so-called fish globe is not adapted
to keeping goldfish in a comfortable
and healthy state, its small amount of
water surface not permitting the proc-
ess of absorption of air on a scale
sufficient for the well-being of the
fish. Another objectionable feature of
the globe lies in its reflection and re-
fraction of light rays, which tends
to make the fish nervous and uneasy.
An aquarium with straight sides #
the most suitable for goldfish.
It should be of rectangular shape
and of equal width at the top and
bottom. The rectangular battery jar,
which may be purchased in the 5-
gallon size, will give good results.
The depth of water should be about
the same as the width of the aquari-
um, and the bottom should be cov-
ered with clean sand and gravel to
the depth of one and one-half inches.
Ordinary washed sand and pebbles are
best for this purpose, as the more de-
sirable aquarial plants draw most of
their nourishment from the water and
require merely an anchorage. In order
to insure an abundant air supply,
plants of high oxygenating powers
should be selected for the aquarium,
Cleanliness, good light, plants well
distributed over the bottom, proper
food in moderate quantity, prompt re-
moval of sick fish, and avoidance of
overstocking are the essential factors
for the maintenance of a successitl
aquarium.
Railway Gauge Varies
The standard gauge of railways 1s
4 feet 81% inches in the United States,
Canada, Great Britain, a number of
countries on the continent of Europe,
etc.,, it being the gauge which pre-
vails on probably three-fourths of the
railways of the globe. There have
been various different gauges, and in
fact a number thereof are in use at
the present day. The old broad
gauge was 7 feet. There are nar-
row-gauge lines of 3 feet. In Ire-
land the usual gauge is 5 feet 3
inches; in France there are lines of
4 feet 9 inches; in Spain and Portu-
gal the normal gauge is 5 feet 5%
inches; in Russia, 5 feet; in India,
the prevailing gauge is 5 feet ¢
inches; in the British colonies, 3 feet
6 inches; in South America, 5 feet 6
inches, with various others.
Turtle Wanted Tit-Bit
While grazing in the meadows near
Tuckahoe, N. J, a cow owned by
Cnoch Stevenson attracted the atten-
tion of nearby residents by her con-
stant lowing. Mr. Stevenson was noti-
fled. When he arrived he was much
surprised to find that a large snapping
turtle had the cow by the tongue. After
a battle the turtle was killed and the
cow taken home for treatment.
Smaller Paper Money Planned.
Substitution of a bill abbut two-
thirds the size of the present currency
is under consideration by a special
Treasury Department committee, ac-
cording to Herbert D. Brown, chief of
the bureau of efficiency.
Brown said the committee was
studying the possibility of issuing
currency about the same size as that
used in the Philippine Islands.
The average life of government
money, according to Brown, has in-
creased to ten months of late. About
a year ago it averaged seven months.
“The life of notes of smaller denom-
inations,” said Brown, is very much
shorter than those of larger denomi-
nations, because they are in more ac-
tive use. A hundred dollar bill would
last almost indefinitely, because it has
less use.”
Because of inferior paper and ina-
bility of chemicals to stand up, Brown
said the treasury had abandoned the
practice of washing currency.—Ex.
Fogs Lifted for Aviators.
Annihilation of fog by electricity
has been achieved by the United
States Navy. Vertical curtains of
| charged air are used to precipitate
mists over airplane landing fields.
driven across the field they send the
fog to the ground and clear paths
long.
Asked Useless Question.
A lady calling at a house on Sec-
ond street found a boy industriously
scrubbing the front porch. “Is your
mother in?” inquired the lady. “D’ya
s’pose I'd be doin’ this darn scrubbin’
if she wasn’t?” demanded the boy.
Watch
Elimination!
Good Health Depends Upon Good
Elimination.
ETENTION of bodily waste in
the blood is called a “toxic con-
dition.” This often gives rise to a
dull, languid feeling and, sometimes,
toxic backaches and headaches. That
the kidneys are not functioning prop-
erly is often shown by burning or
scanty passage of secretions. Thou-
sands have learned to assist their
kidneys by drinking plenty of pure
water and the occasional use of a
stimulant diuretic. 50,000 users give
Doan’s signed endorsement. Ask
your neighbor!
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DOAN’S "a
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When these electrified screens are
about 1000 feet high and 2000 feet
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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE
P CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED TO
THE CITIZENS OF THE COM-
MONWEALTH, FOR APPROVAL OR
REJECTION BY THE GENERAL AS-
SEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF
PENNSYLVANIA, AND PUBLISHED BY
ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE
COMMONWEALTH, IN PURSUANCE OF
ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CONSTITU-
TION.
No. 1-A.
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 supply
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 themse-
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 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 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
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 Commonwealth.
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-
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 be amended by adding
thereto the following section:
Section 19. In addition to the purposes
stated in article nine, section four, of this
Constitutien, 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, fof 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
buildings and State Institutions; and for
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 amend-
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.
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 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 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 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
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 city 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,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
No. 8-A.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to article nine of
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 Genera’
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
incurred 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,
plers 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. r
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 9-A.
CLYDE L. KING,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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.
That 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.
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-
ices authorized by this section may be
used.
1k 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
new section to be known as section four
thereof.
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:
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 and 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
ine municipal divisions herein provided
or.
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-
fons 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-
mts
—
fited thereby, and, for this purpose, real
estate so charged shall be classified as ur-
ban, suburban and rural, and assessments
ads in accordance with such classifica
ons.
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, utility
or service, there may be special taxes lev-
ied throughout such special districts re-
spectively, separate and apart from the
Feneral city jax,
TO , 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, except 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:
& Ine, Sonstimtional and legal capacity
Of municipal corporations, except a -
ited in the charter. D Slim
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 orreponging. classification, for the
burpose of carrying out any lawful -
er of said divisions. y Pow
The power to acquire,
; own, construc
maintain, operate or ’ 5
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-traffie 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 muniei-
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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