Bellefonte, Pa., October 15, 1926. ‘Nation’s Fire Loss Runs Into Millions. The nation’s fire loss in 1925 was $562,751,466, according to the Nation- al Board of Fire Underwriters, the country’s authority on the subject. ‘This was an increase of $13,689,432 over 1924. The increase in the an- nual fire loss since 1928 is $403,759- 969. Who pays this tremendous annual tribute to destruction? Not only the owners of the property destroyed; not only the families of the 20,000 persons who die in fires every year. Every resident of the country pays his share for this loss, exceeding half a billion dollars annually, is what keeps insur- ance rates high. These destructive fires—one dwelling house burns in our country every four minutes day and night—are what make it necessary for the taxpayers to maintain fire depart- ments. The national fire loss is a na- tional problem, and for that reason President Coolidge has set apart the week of October 3 to 9 for public in- struction as to the causes of fires and means of preventing them. Just what this half-million dollar drain on our national wealth means may be visualized this way: Uncle Sam, in taxing the incomes of his peo- ple, allows an exemption of $200 for every child. That is exempted, pre- sumably, because it is sufficient to keep a child in school for a year. On this basis it appears that the money we waste by fires every year would ‘keep more than 2,000,000 children in .school. Yet we go on wasting it, for it is waste, because it can be prevented. Insurance experts, fire department of- ficials and engineers firmly state that 75 per cent. of the fires that cause this tremendous total loss are preventable. How? By being careful with matches, cigars and cigarettes, and by keeping’ chimneys clean so that they do not throw burning embers upon roofs. But caution alone will not save our nation $568,751,466. What is more needed is PREcaution. The reason why buildings burn is that they are ‘built so they will burn. The funda- mental way to prevent their burning is to “build so it won’t burn.” This does not necessarily mean that the average home-owner must adopt expensive masonry construction to substitute the traditional American wood frame house. It means to build wisely with wood, but protect it at its most vulnerable points. This is the path to an appreciable reduction in our enormous annual fire loss and protection for yourself and your family. How much money have you to burn ?—Exchange. Paris Limits Number of Legionnairez to 30,000. The National France convention committee of the American Legion an- nounces that the French government has limited the number of American Legionnaires who can be cared for.in Paris during the Legion convention in September, 1927, to 30,000, that total being as many as the housing ac- commodations will permit. There are no large hotels in Paris, as Americans know them .in the large cities of the United States. No other conventions will be permitted in the French capi- tal during the proposed Legion con- vention week, September 19-23, 1927. Because of this limitation, an al- lotment of space on the 24 ocean lin- ers that will. carry the Legionnaires to France has been determined, based on Legion membership in each State, the booking of berths, beginning No- vember 15, 1926, will be done in each State by the department France con- vention officer until March 1, 1927, when those unfilled will be returned to John J. Wicker, Jr., national travel director of the committee, who will then fill them direct from his office from States whose allotments were not sufficient to care for the demand. Country Going Backward in Cases of Drunkenness. The United States as a whole has gone backward rather than forward with respect to liquor drinking and drunkenness as a result of the Vol- stead act, according to a survey made public this week by the Moderation League, composed of scholars, jurists, industrialists and professional men. The survey covered a nation-wide study of liquor conditions during the past year. In hundreds of the principal cities of the country the number of intoxi- cated persons has exceeded all pre- vious records, and even surpassed pre- prohibition figures, the report stated. The number of cases of drunken auto- mobile drivers has run to new high levels, and liquor drinking by youths of both sexes has risen to such an ex- traordinary degree, it was announced, that it now constitues one of the most alarming factors of the present situa- tion. Considering all phases of the situation, conditions in the original dry States today are worse than were conditions in the so-called wet States in 1914, the report declares. remem Cuts, Threshes, Plows 100 Acres in One Day. Hutchinson, Kan.-—What a few years ago would have been the wild- est dreams of imagination are now be- coming matter of fact, everyday stor- ies in the Kansas wheat fields. For instance, there’s the case of Irwin Brownlee, a young farmer near Zen- ith, west of here a few miles. He started in at daybreak one morning with a 50-horsepower tractor and a combine cutting a 20-foot swath. Hooked on behind were plows. As the wheat was cut and threshed the ground behind the harvester was im- mediately plowed. When night came Brownlee had cut, threshed and put in the bin 100 acres of wheat—some 3,- 000 bushels in all—and his land was plowed again. All in one day’s work. And he and two men did it. FARM NOTES. —One animal on the farm that we ought always to keep on the right side of—the horse. —Build the self-feeders so they will be ready for the spring crop: of live stock, say farm engineering work- ers. Lift the house plants that have been plunged all summer; bring them in to a frame or to a cool part of the house to get ready for winter indoors. Alfalfa .is not bad for horses, but fine for them, unless too much is fed. They will eat too much if given a chance, and they then incline to soften and sweat easily. Bull associations promote the rapid development of community breeding and increase the interest in better dairy cattle, say specialists at the Pennsylvania State College. —If you have never tried to keep a few sheep, just make the start. They are easy to take care of and return handsome profits. They also perform good service in eradicating weeds. —In the production of baby beef, the calves must be kept fat. Since calves grow more readily than they fatten, they must be fed more grain and less hay and forage than older steers. By feeding a mixture of grain they will eat more than if only one kind is fed. way of putting gains on hogs. It saves the labor of husking and crib- bing corn and the work of feeding. Cost account records kept last year by a successful Pennsylvania farmer revealed that the returns from hogged off corn were three times the price of corn on the local markets. —Instances of a variation of from. 18 to 30 cents in the price of eggs re- ceived by farmers often are noted at this time of year. Local market con- ditions and methods of selling fre- quently have an influence, but the quality of eggs produced is the chief cause of this difference in price. Small, dirty, old eggs will not com- mand the price of large, clean fresh eggs. —If you have kept notes on the be- havior of certain varieties of vege- tables this year you will know which ones to plant next year. Also con- sider the quality of the seed you had this year. Did it germinate well un- der the prevailing soil and weather conditions? Profit by this year’s ex- perience and get seeds that will germ- inate well and produce vegetables of fine quality and flavor, and also early ones. —There have been some feeding trials with beef steers to determine the value of clover as compared to alfalfa. When steers were fed in Indiana on silage, corn, and cotton- seed meal, clover hay was found to be fully equal to alfalfa hay, ton for ton. Doubtless these results may have been affected more or less by the fact that enough protein-rich concentrates were fed to balance the ration even though no legumes had been fed. This prob- ably resulted in the loss of the ad- vantage of alfalfa hay in its richer protein content. However, when fed in rations which are low in protein, alfalfa has been found to be worth more per ton than clover hay of equal quality. —The practice that some farmers follow of permitting their hogs to find shelter in straw stacks during cold weather is a very dangerous one for the reason that on cold nights hogs are inclined to burrow deep into these stacks, or perhaps to pile up closely together—and then when morning comes and when they crawl out of their nests they are frequently so warm from perspiration that they steam as they walk out into the cold air. Such a condition can very easily produce pneumonia and is therefore a very risky policy. The wiser course is to provide sheds of one kind or an- other that are dry under foot and so well ventilated that the animals can- not become excessively warm. —Farmers in Pennsylvania are buy- ing each year from outside the State approximately 25,000 cattle for dairy and breeding purposes while they sell only 3000 from the State, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Agri- culture. Most cattle owners appreciate the fact that unless they breed and raise healthy cattle it is practically impos- sible to dispose of them. In order to be a success, all live stock improve- ment programs must be built on the foundation of a healthy herd. Atten- tion must likewise be given to the pro- ductive capacity of the cows because the buyers of the future will demand evidence of production as well as health. The breeder who can furnish both will find a ready market for sur- plus dairy animals, asserts E. P Willits, Secretary of Agriculture. " With the number of cattle under su- pervision and the activity on the part of the owners to breed and raise bet- ter cattle, indications point to a time when a sufficient number of cattle will be raised to meet the needs in Penn- sylvania, and later on the State will become a selling rather than a buying territory. The opportunity to sell will con- tinue to exist after this occurs for the reason that adjacent States such as New Jersey, Massachusetts and Con- necticut will always be buying States. The owners who desire cattle in these States at this time are going through Pennsylvania and are buying their cattle in Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Tennessee and West Vir- ginia. Pennsylvania has numerous sections where a large number of farmers are or soon will be breeding high-praduc- ing pure-bred cattle because of the good pastures, low land values, re- mote markets for the more perishable products, and favorable health condi- tions. These sections will become a source of supply for other areas. ——————t————— —FEngland has 83 women undertak- ers, and eight of these practice in London. The women undertakers in England specialize in arranging the funerals of children. ~—Subseribe for the “Watchman.” —Hogging off corn is an economical: 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, et 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- coraance 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- corqance 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 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 Constitution, the State may be authorized to issue bonds to the amount of fifty mil- lions of dollars ($50,000,000) for the ae- 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. l. 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 buildings and State Institutions; and for CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS Pr—— CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS 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 shall be or shall have been incurred by said City of Philadelphia for the purpose of the construction or improvements of public works or utilities of any character from which income or revenue is to be derived by said city, or for the 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 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. 7-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. S-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 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, piers or quays, highways, tunnels or un- derground or overhead streets unless at a public election held therefor a majority of ihe $lessorg voting thereon shall consent ereto. 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 tem 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. CLYD. . 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- Vices authorized by this section may be A true co of Joint Resol —_— 1996. Py Join esolution No. 1 CLYDE L. KING, Secretary of the Commonwealth. No. 2—1926. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to article fift of the Constitution of the Commonvoitn 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- Section 4. The General Assembly hereby authorized to provide for the con- solidation of the county, poor districts, cities, boroughs and townships of the coun- ty of Allegheny, to a consolidated 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. 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. 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- int 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- mm — is ssopsimmmnm— @ cool, clean stateroom journey. 7:30 a.m, Standard Time]. and the offices thereof, in- ' ——————————————————————— city and eounty, with the , i | 1 ! | | { i AA Refreshing Night’s Ride on Lake Erie Take a palatial C &B Line Dicamies from] Buttalo 18 $levetsnd ans enjoy Connections from Cleveland for Cedar Point, Put-in-Bay, Toledo, Detroit and other points. Your rail ticket is good on our steamers. night—between Buffalo and Cleveland lea Fare $5.50~Round Trip Fare, $9.50 New Tos Automobile Rie i00 and up with Special Two Day Round fited thereby, and, for this purpose, real estate so charged shall be classified as ur- ban, suburban and rural, and assessments made in accordance with such classifica- tions. by the board of 7. For the Sisarion, commissioners, of districts for the purpose of regulating the location, heigh bulk and use of buildings and pi hy 5 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 general city tax. Provided, however, that it is the intent of this section that substantial powers be reserved to the cities, boroughs and towne 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 and that any two more municipal divisons of the Son 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: a The Sonstituiions] and legal capacity municipal corporations, except a - ited in the charter. bas Im . 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 ob Sorresponding Slassigcation, for the rpose of carrying out any lawfi - er of said EE ? i pow 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 poiice force, and local fire department, with the necessary buildings, appurtenances and equipment therefor, which may be supple- mental to the police force d fire depart- ment of the consolidated A oh . 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. rT true copy of Joint Resolution No, 2-— CLYDE L. KING, Secretary of the Commonwealth. IN Our Meats whether they be Beef, Pork or Fowl, is always assured, because . we buy only the best and have our own refrigeration plant in which we season without freezing the flavor out of our products. Orders by telephone always receive prompt attention. Telephone 450 P. L. Beezer Estate Market on the Diamond BELLEFONTE, PA. 34-34 mm ye— CHICHESTER S PILLS ter Pills nT Red and DE ES rs no 3 ot. 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