Democratic watchman. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1855-1940, September 10, 1926, Image 6
Bellefonte, Pa., September 10, 1926. Has Your Child Been Examined Be- fore Entering School? “The department of health, through its oreo child health, co-operat- ing with the parent-teacher associa- tions of various counties, is making a great effort to have the children en- tering school for the first time this fall properly examined prior to ad- mission. This is for the purpose of correcting any physical defects that might handicap them in their school career. Investigations indicate that adenoids and diseased tonsils, poor vision and dental defects are the most troublesome factors. The proper cor- rection of these not only gives the child a chance to progress in school, but affords him a general happiness which is his absolute right. : “In view of the thousands of chil- dren who will start school for the first time this autumn, it will be impossibi : for the health department, even with the cooperation of parent-teacher as- sociations, to cover more that a mini- mum territory. This appeal therefore is made by the department in behalf of all children about to enter school. And it is directed to parents. “Pennsylvania’s educational system and its advantages are as good as any, and better than most, in the United States. Your child has the right to receive the maximum result from these benefits by a healthy mind and a healthy body. . “Give your children the right start therefore by taking them to your pri- vate physician and submitting them to a thorough physical examination. Ie the tonsils are diseased or adenoids are present, and the doctor recom- mends it, by all means have them re- moved. Incidentally, there is no par- ticular age for this operation. The test is—are they diseased and does the skilled physician recommend the re- moval? If the vision is poor, it is equally your obligation to have the correction made by a recognized eye specialist. Don’t forget the teeth. And by all means have your child vaccinated. Why run the risk of smallpox when. such a painless pre- ventive exists? Moreover, your child can not remain in school unvaccinated. It is the law. Jo “The state will do everything it can for your child’s educational welfare. The health department will exert its power to conserve the life and happi- ness of the citizens. But you, as par- ents, owe it to your children person- ally to attend to this vital pre-school duty. It is yours and yours alone to perform. Send your child to school without physical disadvantages. Whether yours is altogether healthy now is for the doctor alone to say. Take the trouble to find out. It will » pay.’ Rights of Pedestrians. In Norristown, the other day, a po- liceman was “given a pointer” by the president judge of the county. At the street intersection where the police- man stood, Judge Williams came near being struck by an automobile which crossed the street at great speed the moment the traffic signal permitted. The judge called the officer’s atten- tion to his own danger and the mani- fest disregard of the motor driver for him and received the reply: “I paid no attention to the motorist as he had the right of way according to the traf- fic signal.” It was here that the policeman re- ceived the pointer, for the judge re- plied: “Signal or no signal, a pedes- trian always has the right of way. The Supreme Court of the State of Pennsylvania recently so ruled. It is your duty and that of the motorist as well, to see that a person crossing the street is protected.” Needless to say, the policeman was enlightened, and, with the recital of this incident, the reading public should be as well. The law expects a person crossing the street to exercise due caution, but by traffic signals or any other signal it does not give the motorist prece- dence over the pedestrian, and the motorist can take it only at his risk. 1 New Golf Game. Handicapped in his golf game by rheumatic pains that troubled him every time he swung at the ball, N. E. Warwick, of Cleveland, Ohio, re- fused to give up his favorite sport. Instead, he invented a remarkable new form of golf, says Popular Sci- ence Monthly, in which the ball is hurled with a whipping motion above the head instead of being driven from the ground. With light, whiplike sticks he now elaims he can make a better score than ever before. The heads of the sticks are cups that hold the ball. Warwick has developed three kinds of clubs—the hurler, for the long shots ordinarily made with driver or bras- sie; the midiron, and the sinker, cor- responding to the putter. With the hurler Warwick claims to get more distance than the ordinary golfer gets in the average drive off a tee. First Animal Protection. The first step in the enactment of humane legislation was taken in 1822, when a bill providing punishment for the ill treatment of cattle was intro- duced into the British parliament by Richard Martin, an Irish nobleman, later nicknamed by King George IV “Humanity Martin.” To Richard Martin belongs the credit for the first eonviction under the law for the pro- tection of animals. The misused animal was dragged into court to show evidence of its master’s cruelty, and the driver was found guilty. Two years later, Martin formed a society for the enforcement of his anti-cruelty act. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was thereupon organized. From this society originat- ed the American Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Animals, found- ed in New York in 1866 by Henry Bergh. Qualities That Give Fern a Staple Value | " Hawall has an especially interest- ing species of fern which is so thick- ly covered with fine wool that it is gathered for stuffing pillows and even mattresses. The columnar trunks of the tree fern of the tropics are frequently used for telephone poles and are so highly prized for upright supports in the construction of native huts that they are never left behind but carried on when the family moves as a valuable piece of household furniture, The fern stem is a well-known source of supply for the manufacture of rope and, since it is impervious to the action of wa- ter, it is In most cases superior to hemp. The great strength of the fern stalk is thought to come partly from the hard outer shell and partly from the intricate network of dark strands within, The Boston fern finds a ready com- mercial value in annually supplying millions of American homes with liv- Ing ferns, while the dagger fern and the fancy fern of the northeastern part of the United States are gath- ered in enormous quantities in late Summer and autumn and put in cold storage for winter use. When taken from the refrigerator months later these fronds are still as fresh as when cut, and supply the ever-increasing commercial demand as a setting for bouquets of roses and other cut flow- ers, Living Organism That Possesses No Shadow At night a host of small creatures found safety in being divested of all pigment. In the course of evolution they ‘had scraped off all the mercury from the back of their beings, becom- ing so. transparent that the food which they swallowed was the most conspicuous and opaque part of thej- anatomy, I could never quite escape from a decided Alice In Wonderland feeling when I looked into a dish of night plankton scooped from the surface. By keenest scrutiny I could perceive only the usual hosts of small fry, when, reaching down and lifting out what seemed only an area of clear water, there would materialize before my eyes a phyllosoma., This was a creature who cast no more shadow than the thinnest skim of clear ice. Yet it was a living animal, more than three inches long, with all the general organs which we ourselves possess— eyes, mouth, feet, stomach, nerves, muscles and a strong will to live. Phyllosoma, or “leaf person,” was che only name I could give them, al- though glass crab would be more ap- propriate, for they were the young of some lobsterlike crustacean and noth- ing is known of the intermediate stages.—“The Arcturus Adventure,” by William Beebe, “Dog Days” What are the “Dog days?” Beginning on July 8 is the period supposed to be the hottest of the year, and which in ancient astronomy was associated with the rising of the Dog star. Astronomy and religion being then closely connected, it was thought that the pestilences and drought of vege- tation often occurring at the period in the heats of Italy could be warded off by propitiatory offerings to the god of the Star, and red dogs were, there- fore, sometimes sacrificed. From this old belief has survived our modern Dog days, though the term is often confused with the hot period during which dogs used to be sup- posed to be especially subject to mad- ness. The Automower An American motorist touring this country pulled up at the roadside, where an aged countryman was mow- ing. “Air yew a native?” asked the tour- st, and, receiving an affirmative re- ply, added: “Then you don’t know what this is?” He indicated his lux- urious car, “Aye, that be a motor car.” “No; it’s an automobile.” “Ave, said the aged one. won't know wot this be.” *o his scythe. “It’s a scythe.” “You be wrong; it’s an automow- grass.”—London Tit-Bits. “An’ you He pointed Age of Figureheads The age of sail was pregnant with strange belief and sentiment. To the imaginative and superstitious sailor the figurehead not only expressed the Individuality of the craft, but it made her a living thing. To many, it was the guardian spirit in whose sacred care the inexplicable future lay. More than one old salt has refused to go to sea behind a naked bow, and when owners skimped in the matter of fig- urehead, shaggy eyebrows contracted and doleful predictions thundered forth as to the fate that awaited the “unlucky craft. Nature’s Largest Plants Scientists are now turning their at: tention to submarine farming, for the ocean beds contain rich pastures of vegetables. In the northern Pacific alone there are-2,000,000 square miles of unexplored sea bottom. As good to eat as any vegetables grown in the garden are the giant seaweeds coyer- ing 10,000 square wiles off the Straits of Fuca. These kelps, as they are called, are the largest plants in the world, for the stem is often 100 feet long and carries a tuft of leaves 80 feet across. | 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- £ordsnes 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- pn 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 City of Pittsburgh to levy special assessments against both abutting and non-abutting property, peculiarly benefited, for the payment of any publie improvement whatsoever; to lay out and build as additional publie 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 eitlier 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 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: Sectlon 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 buildings and State Institutions; and for the enlargement of existing State build- ngs and State Institutions. 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 publc 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 acerue thereon throughout the period of construction and until the expi- ration of one year after the completion of the work for whieh 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. 7-A. CLYDE L. KING, Secretary of the Commonwealth. No. 8A. 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 mine of the Constitution of Pennsylvania is hereby amended by ad- ding thereto seetiom 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 eopy 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. Sectien 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: i 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, CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS 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. 7 8. 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 ied con 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. LYDE L. KING, Secretary of the Commonwealth, the No. 1—1926. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to article eight, section seven, of the Constitution of tho Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. ity sembly met, That the following amend- 1 ment to the Constitution of the Common- wealth of Pennsylvania be and the same is hereby Droposed, 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, | t 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- Yices authorized by this section may be used. 1 true copy of Joint Resolution No. 1— and by of util the he mai for visi boa equ CLYDE L. KING, Secretary of the Commonwealth. and 6. No. 21926. A JOINT RESOLUTION pal 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- Loraance with the eighteenth article there- of: Section 4. The General 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- gen ers 1 ed Assembly is fited thereby, fstate So charged shall be classified as ur= an, made tions. spectively, general city tax. Provided, however, that it is the intent of this section that substanti reserved to A) posers bs ships situated in Alle, hen A this end the charter ne Y aty oughs and townships or increase its indebtedness to an amount | ions of the consolidated city, under their municipal 3 Sivisons, more municipal divisons of the consolidat- ed city may, with the consent 2liget of such divisions at election, be united to form a sing] - ipal division. Single music of municipal Ted in the charter. limitations which are of Sn esbondingy purpose of carrying out any lawfi - er of said divisionse y Hiewial pow maintain, thereof, provded this taken to include the bridges, nances thereof, nor main or trumk lines force, necessary buildings, of ‘indebtedness for acceptance thereof by the missioners. Legislature, subject majority of the electors of the consolidat- CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS and, for this purpose, real suburban and rural, and assessments in accordance with such classifica- 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. For the creation, by the board of commissioners, of special districts for the purpose of acquiring, taining, puble property, work, improvement, utili- ty or service, of any one municipal division, and for the payment of the costs and maintenance of such property, work, improvement, utility or service, construeting, main- operating or contracting for, any not for the exclusive benefit there may be special taxes lev- throughout such special districts re- separate and apart from the the cities, boroughs and town- To provide for the the said cities, bor- as municipal divis- shall tinued existence of ment of municipalities of th Later p eir respective classes, except as provided in charter, and with their present bound- aries, provided that the city of Pittsburgh and that any two or of a major- of the electors voting thereon in io any general or special] Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate The said municipal divisions shall have and House of Representatives of the Com. | and continue to possess the following pow- monwealth of Pennsylvania in General As- | ers: The constitutional and legal capacity corporations, except as lim- The power to lay and collect taxes to incur indebtedness, subject to the Or may be imposed boroughs or townships classification, for the law upon cities, The power to acquire, own, operate or contract for publie property, works, improvements, ities or services, which shall be within municipal division, and principally for use and benefit of the inhabitants power shall not be construction and ntenance of through-traffie streets and tunnels, subways and appurte- construet, all kinds sewer, power and water service, run- ning through more than one municipal di- on, and designated as such by the rd of commissioners. The power to maintain a local police and local fire department, with the appurtenances and ipment therefor, which may be supple- mental to the police force and fire depart- ment of the consolidated city. The power to establish a limitation the consolidated city allowed by the Constitution to the county to the separate All other powers not specifically granted by the charter to the consolidat city; Provided, - however, That a munici- division may surrender, by majority vote of the electors voting thereon at any eral or special election, any of its pow- to the consolidated city, subject to the board of com- he said charter may be amended by the to ratification by a 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— CLYDE L. KING, Secretary of the Commonwealth. to a consolidated eity 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 bowers and duties vested in the county of Allegheny, and the poor districts thereof, and such other powers appropriate to a munieipality as may be specified therein, exeept such bowers as are specifically reserved by this section to the municipal divisions herein provided or. 2 2. Tor 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 bot county, except as otherwise provided in | ton, the charter. 3. For the organization of a government for the consolidated eity and county, and | cus for the election or appointment of the con- stitutional and other necessary officers thereof, and for their powers and duties. 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. . For the transfer to the consolidated city of the preperty 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- font of other provisions of this Constitu- tion. 6. For the assessment of property for POULTRY The Season's Delicacy undays Dinner That’s the thing that appeals to h young and old when tired and hungry.. Our Meats are Always Just Right—whether beef, veal, pork, mut- , lamb or fowl. Seasoned in our own big refrigerator, they go to our tomers in prime condition.—Clean, Sanitary, Wholesome. Orders by telephone always receive prompt attention. Telephone 450 P. L. Beezer Estate Market on the Diamond BELLEFONTE, PA. PILLS 34-34 CHICHESTER S LAMOND B. Ladica! Ask your Pils 1a Hon and Gond ran metallic boxes, sealed with Blue Ribbon, taxation, the levying and collection of tax- 8 Take no other. Buy of es, and the payment of the cost of any = Drugyit. Asklor oli OnkS ren public improvement, in whole or in part, oe years known as Best, Safest, Always Reliable by special assessment upon abutting and LD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE non-abutting property materially bene- SO a cool, clean stateroom arriving in Journey. night—| 7:30 a.m, A Refreshing Night’s Ride on Lake Erie ‘Take a palatial C & B Line Steamer from Buffalo to Cleveland and enjoy the morning, Fare $5.50—Round Trip Fare, $9.50 New Tourise A Rinbile Rate: $5.00 and up with Special Two Day Round rested by the break in yous Each way—every ving at 9:00 p.m.; arriving ag