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" Bellefonte, Pa., October 29, 1926.
—_—
“Sleeper” on Continent Strange to
Americans.
Washington.—Life on a Continental
“sleeper” is described in a bulletin
from the Washington headquarters of
the National Geographic society.
French sleeping cars are different
from the usual sleepers in America,
although they have some things in
common with the most recent Ameri-
can compartment coaches, says the
bulletin. An aisle extends down one
side of the car, about the length of an
American coach, and from this aisle
doors open into the compartments.
The latter have a floor plan some-
what like that of a grand piano; they
are narrow at the entrance door, and
flare to a greater width at the other
side of the car. In the “scallop” is a
door leading to a small lavatory which
is sandwiched between two adjoining
compartments and is shared by their
occupants. An ingenious device bolts
both lavatory doors at once, insuring
privacy. :
You are almost ready to believe that
the electrical designer sought to play
a joke on the passengers. Switches
are cleverly hidden so that they seem
a part of the decorations. You poke
about unti! you are lucky enough tc
touch them by accident.
In the compartments two bunks
may he prepared, a lower and an up-
per placed across the train, not in the
direction of travel as in America. No
curtains are used and you necessarily
share the little room rather intimately
with whomever the other ticket has
been sold to. Ticket agents must, of
course, be exceedingly careful in their
sales. There can be no haphazard sell-
ing of upper and lowers to men and
women as in America.
Continental sleeping cars are filled
to overflowing with “gadgets,” partic-
ularly the upper berth, by way, per-
haps, of consolation for loss of the
lower. Little nests of nickeled hooks
fold out of each other fanwise so that
you may hang every garinent you pos-
sess on a separate hook, and still have
racks and nets and hammocks besides.
The lower berth even has a special lit-
tle sloping plush rest and hook for
your watch so that you may hang it
open beside your head. From the ceil-
ing a broad web strap extends down
to the side of the upper berth at the
middle to keep its occupant from roll-
ing out—the original, no doubt, of the
similar devices new being introduced
into America.
The generally accepted custom at
bedtime is for the holder of the lower
berth. to surrender the compartment
to his fellow traveler until the latter
retires, and then to retire himself. In
the morning the order is reversed; the
occupant of the lower berth rises first
unless destinations differ and the up-
per traveler must leave the train first.
There are no smoking rooms on Conti-
nental sleepers. In the corridor, held
against the outer wall by a spring, are
hinged seats which may be lowered.
Here one sits and smokes if he likes,
while his compartment companion
dresses; and at other times if he pre-
fers the scenery on the corridor side
of the train. When lowered, unfortu-
nately, these seats pretty well block
the aisle, so that you must hop up
whenever passengers or train attend-
ants wish to pass.
RE
Legion to Distribute Portraits of Wil-
son.
The American Legion adopted a
resolution providing for the distribu-
tion of portraits of Woodrow Wilson
to all Legion Posts that desire then:.
The resolution reads:
Whereas, the late President of the
United States, Woodrow Wilson, was
the Commander-in-Chief of the Amer-.
ican forces during the World War, and
thereafter a member of the American
Legion, and
“Whereas, every member of the
American Legion must have been a
part of those forces during the World
War, and So
Whereas, it is a fact that few posts
of the American Legion have in their
hall a picture of Woodrow Wilson,
therefore be it resolved, that for the
sake of uniformity and economy, Na-
tional Headquarters of the American
Legion be requested to procure for
such posts as may desire prints of a
suitable picture of Woodrow Wilson
and make these available to all Amer-
ican Legion Posts at the lowest possi-
ble price.”
Tree and Bird Day.
Gov. Pinchot proclaimed Friday,
Oct. 22, as Arbor Day and Bird Day.
He declared that in no other State
is observance of this day more sig-
nificant than in Pennsylvania, with
its 13,000,000 acres of forest land,
and asked that all the school chil-
dren and all the people of the State ob-
serve the day properly. He says:
“I recommend to all the people of
the State, and particularly to the
school children, the proper observance
of Arbor Day. Every teacher and ev-
ary pupil should do something defin-
ite to protect the trees and care for
the birds. The reciting of poems and
the holding of indoor exercises no
longer satisfy those deeply interested
in tree life and bird lore. What we
need is actual tree planting, more ob-
ject lessons in practical forestry, and
an abundant bird life. Those we can-
not have unless we keep fire out of the
woods. The interest and enthusiasm
which accompany the ideal Arbor Day
should bear fruit in the form of more
growing trees, a richer bird life and
better forests.”
em —
Few Chinchillas Left.
The chinchilla, a little rodent of the
Andes mountains in South America,
has the finest and most valuable fur
of all animals. It has been hunted for
this fur until it has become practical-
fy extinct, though once there were
great numbers of the diminutive crea-
tures, says J. E. Gargan in Our Dumb
Animals.
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
DAILY THOUGHT.
Beware of losing your enthusiasms, for
when your enthusiasms are gone your
youth is gone.—Philips Brooks. :
FUN FOR TONIGHT'S PARTY THAT
WILL NOT TAKE LONG TO PRE-
PARE.
—A festival which dates back to the
day of the Druids does not readily
adapt itself to anything modern, so
if you live in the country you are for-
tunate, for you can have your party
out of doors.
Set the “fortune” cake in the cen-
tre of the table and have it rather
high and surrounded with bright
leaves. If you ice it with green frost-
ing and in the centre place a round
mold of orange-colored jelly-cannon-
ball size—it will look attractive at
night. Also place around its base a
wreath of popcorn.
A ring, a thimble and a coin should
be baked in the cake. The guest who
receives the slice containing the ring
should be warned that she will speed-
ily marry. The one who finds the
thimble, a life of “single blessedness,”
but the lucky finder of the coin should
be informed that riches will come to
her.
Stack plenty of fruit at each end of
the table and carry out a glowing
color scheme. Have plenty of red
grapes, red and yellow skinned ap-
ples, golden pears, etc. Of course,
oranges add a pretty touch.
The souvenirs can be made from
orange shells. Take out the sections
(these can be used in a salad for the
party) and cut in the shells grotesque
eyes, nose and raouth. Paste thin bolt-
ing cloth over the openings and set a
tiny candle in each shell.
The young women who wait on the
table should be dressed as witches.
The dresses should be nut-brown,
orange or green and the hats the
traditional high-pointed affair.
“Hallowe’en punch” or cider should
be served from a jug also tied to
cross poles, the same as the coffee. It
will be clever to have bright tincups.
These can be painted at home, in
which to serve the drinks.
Each “witch” can carry a basket of
nuts on her arm to pass to the guests
and in many of the nuts place a for-
tune or prophecy written on a bit of
paper.
The guests will have lots of fun if
vou have them try to kiss the Hal-
lowe’en Blarney stones. Place a large
white stone upon a small table and
tell the members that the fairies have
woven a spell over it and that anyone
who succeeds in kissing it while blind-
folded will ever afterward be of a
“jolly and cheerful disposition.”
When this fun is over, bring on the
“fortune wheel.” Have all the guests
seated about the fire, two feet apart.
Have an 18-inch hoop covered with
gay ribbons and a bunch of paper
chrysanthemums and sleighbells for
the hub, and let one of the players
start it and the one sitting next to
him giving it a push, sending it on un-
til it goes around the circle. The
guests can all chant that old song as
it goes around:
Fortune’s wheel! Oh, speed along,
As we sing this mystic song,
Give happiness, fame, power and
wealth
True love long life, good friends and
health,
Success in business, music, art.
And, best of all, a merry heart.
If a player fails to touch the wheel
as it passes or sends it to the middle
of the ring instead of to his neighbor,
or if the wheel falls at his feet, his
fortune is deferred for that year and
he must leave the ring. It is lots of
fun to keep the game up until only
one player is left. :
A very popular way to find out the
initial of your true love is to use a
wedding ring from someone in the
crowd. Suspend it by one of your
own hairs into an empty tumbler.
Wait until it is perfectly still, then
slowly repeat the alphabet aloud. If
the ring turn when you say a certain
letter, that is the one. You can spell
gai the whole name this way if you
ike.
It is great fun to seek one’s fortune
this way at a party. Blindfold a cer-
tain number at a time, and send them
out into the yard to hunt for a stick.
You must bring in the very first one
you touch. A straight strong twig
means a young and handsome lover.
A bent, withered one, an old one. If
it is crooked beware of your sweet-
heart’s past. A branched stick means
a widower. Another way to find out
the future is to place three dishes in
a row on a table, one filled with clean
water, one with dirty water and the
third empty. Blindfold each player in
turn and let him or her thrust his or
her hand into one of the dishes. The
clean water means a happy marriage,
the dirty water an unfortunate one,
and the empty means a life of single
blessedness.
If you have an open fireplace, nuts
can be burned, and should you have a
really good story teller among your
guests the lights could be lowered
while he or she told a ghost story to
get you in the humor for the games.
Then the chestnuts should be placed
on the hearth, two together, one nam-
ed for the person playing and the oth-
er for his cr her sweetheart. If they
burn quietly side by side there will be
a happy marriage. If they sputter
and leap apart means a quarrel.
VEAL BIRDS.
One and one-half pounds of veal
steak, one-fourth pound of salt pork,
three tablespoonfuls of cracker
crumbs, two tablespoonfuls of melted
butter, one-half cupful of cream, salt,
pepper, dash of cayenne, lemon juice,
onion juice; cut veal into pieces for in-
dividual serving, and grind the scraps
left with the salt pork. Add crumbs,
cream and butter; season highly. Add
hot water to mix. Spread on pieces
of veal; roll and fastén with tooth-
picks. Sear in hot butter, add boiling
water and simmer one and one-half
hours.
PUDDING SAUCE.
One wine glass of brandy, two
ounces of fresh butter, a cup of pow-
dered sugar. Set the butter and sugar
near the stove, where they will dis-
solve, add the brandy and beat thor-
oughly with an egg beater. Just be-
fore serving set in the top of a tea-
kettle and serve boiling hot.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE
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 revénue, 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, #t 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-
rardance 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 existin 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.
and House of Representiitives of the
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-
tordance with the eighteenth article there-
of:
That article nine of the Constitution of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania be
amended by adding theroto 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 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 te the purposes
stated in article nine, section four, of this
Constitution, the State may be authorized
to issue bonds to the amount of fifty mil-
lions of dollars ($50,000,000) for the ac-
quisition of lands and buildings and the
construction and improvement of state-
owned buildings and the equipment there-
of for the care and maintenance of penal
offenders, delinquents, mental defectives,
epileptics, and persons mentally diseased.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 4-A.
CLYDE L. KING,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
No. 5-A.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to article nine of
the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania by adding thereto a sec-
tion.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the Com-
monwealth of Pennsylvania in General As-
sembly met, That the following amend-
ment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania
be and the same is hereby proposed in ac-
cordance with the eighteenth article there-
of :
That article nine of the Constitution of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is
hereby amended by adding thereto the fol-
lowing section:
Section 1. That the State may be au-
thorized by law to create debt and to is-
sue bonds not exceeding in the aggregate
one hundred millions of dollars, for the
construction of office buildings in and a
Memorial Bridge in and adjacent to the
Capital Park; for the acquisition of lands
and the construetion thereon of State
buildings and State Institutions; and for
Be it resolved by the Senate
Coir
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 he
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 preseribed 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-obligalions at maturity; the pays
ment to such sinking-fund to be in equal
or graded, annual, or other periodieal 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 construetion 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 througheut 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
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:
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 I. Be it resolved by the Senate
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 ae-
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 te 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,
interest and sinking-fund charges as re- |
and House of Representatives of the Com- |
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| lice pewer
| the county of Allegheny,
| distriets thereof, and such
other than these of record, in the
districts thereof, and of
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.
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 publie
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. 11926.
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 IHouse 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-
Jleoy authorized by this section may be
used.
A true co of Joint Resoluti . 1—
ey py on 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-
tordance with the eighteenth article there-
of :
Section 4. The General
hereby authorized to provide
solidation of the county,
Assembly is
for the con-
poor districts,
ty of Allegheny, and the offices thereof, in-
to a consolidated city and
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-
Jerity 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 te the electors in original, new or
modified form, at any subsequent election
until adepted.
It shall be competent, subject to the po-
of the State, for the Legisla-
ture te provide in said charter:
1 For the exercise, by the consolidated
city, of ati the powers and duties vested in
and the poor
3 other powers
appropriate te a municipality as may be
specified therein, except such powers as
are specifieally reserved by this section to
the municipal divisions herein provided
for.
2. For the election by the people of the
consolidated eity, of a beard of commis-
sloners, the mumber to be fixed by the
charter, in lieu of present county commis-
sioners, in which board shall be vested all
the powers eof the consolidated city and
county, except as otherwise provided in
the charter.
3. For the organization of a government
for the conselidated eity and county, and
for the election or appointment of the con-
Stitutional and other necessary officers
| thereof, and fer their powers and duties.
+. For the erganization of all courts,
consol-
idated city, and for the procedure thereof,
Section 1 B. Taxation laws may grant | 22d for the appointment of judges and of-
'ficers thereof, which courts shall exercise
the jurisdietiom, powers and duties of the
magistrates, aldermen and justices of the
peace, and sueh other powers as may be
: conferred by law.
5. For the transfer to the consolidated
city of the property and indebtedness of
the eounty of Allegheny, and the poor
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-
temt of other provisions of this Constitu-
tom
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
neon-abutting property materially bene-
cities, boroughs and townships of the coun- j
county, with the | °
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
fited thereby, and, for this purpose, real
estate so charged shall be classified as ur-
ban, suburban and rural, and assessments
Bade 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
general city tax.
Provided, however, that it is the intent
of this section that substantial powers be
reserved to the cities, boroughs and town-
ships situated in Allegheny County. To
this end the charter shall provide for the
continued existence of the said cities, bor-
oughs and townships, as municipal divis-
ions of the consolidated city, under their
present names and forms of government,
subject to the laws provided for govern-
ment of municipalities of their respective
forms and classes, 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
ang continue to possess the following pow-
Ss:
1, The constitutional and legal capacity
of municipal corporations, except as lim-
ited in the charter.
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
o re reshonding classification, for the
urpose of carryin> out any lawfi -
er of said divisions. y 4 pow
. The bower 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-trafiic 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,
The power to maintain a local police
force, and local fire department, with the
necessary buildings, appurtenances and
equipment therefor, which may be supple-
mental to the police force and fire depart-
ment of the consolidated city.
5. The power to establish a limitation
of indebtedness for the consolidated city
and the municipal divisions thereof, pro-
vided that the total of the indebtedness of
the consolidated city and the municipal di-
visions thereof shall not, in the aggregate,
exceed the limits of the total indebtedness
allowed by the Constitution to the county
and to the separate municipalities.
6. All other powers not specifically
granted by the charter to the consolidated
city; Provided, however, That a munici-
pal division may surrender, by majority
vote of the electors voting thereon at any
general or special election, any of its pow-
ers to the consolidated city, subject to the
acceptance thereof by the board of com-
missioners.
The said charter may be amended by the
Legislature, subject to ratification by a
majority of the electors of the consolidat-
ed city voting thereon at any general or
special election; Provided, That no amend-
ment reducing the powers of municipal di-
visions shall be effective unless ratified by
a majorty of the electors voting thereon
in each of a majority of said divisions.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 2-—
1926.
CLYDE L. KING,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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