2 jffiffMbPcnttflyLVAniftfieirei CLOSING SERVICES IIT STUM CMP tVIo»t Successful Meeting Ever Held There Ends With Interest ing Ceremonies Special to The Telegraph Stoverdale, Pa., Aug. 10. —Last even ing on® of the most successful camp meetings ever held at Stoverdale came ,to a close. The early morning wor ship at 6.30 was led by the Rev. Jo seph Welrich, of Middletown. At 9.15 a prayer and praise service was con ducted by the Rev. O. G. Romig, of Hershey. This was a very enthusiastic service and a large number present jgave their testimonies. At 10 o clock a 'practical sermon on "Foreign Mis sions" was preached by the Rev. I. H. I Albright. Ph. D., of Middletown. For [nearly an hour the speaker held the close attention of the large audience as he defined his theme, "The Field Is the World." At the close of the dis course a free-will offering for mis sions was taken, which amounted to 1*18.49. _ I The regular Sunday school session i-was held at 1.30 and was In charge of the pastor. An address on the lesson was delivered by Evangelist Shelhorn. At 2.30 the large auditorium was Willed, many having come from a dis tance. A very earnest sermon was [■preached by the Rev. John Brinser, !of Elizabethtown, on "The Beati tudes." The Christian Endeavor service at i 6.30 was conducted by the Rev. C. A. I Lynch, of Harrisburg. The address was delivered by Elmer Schilling, of "ilarrisburg. At 7.30 the closing service of the icamp was held and the sermon was preached by Evangelist Shelhorn, ®fter which the campers formed a *ircle under the auditorium and bade forewell. This custom has been ob served at Stoverdale camp for many jyears and is always a very impressive service. 4 _ _ „ The pastor, the Rev. O. G. Romig, submitted the following financial re 'port at the close of the camp: Offer ings at preaching services. S4O; Chris tian Endeavor services, $6.40; Junior services, $20.28; for home missions, [517.52; for foreign missions, $18.49; , total, $102.96. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NOTES Mrs. Howard Eichelberger. Mrs. Martin Eshenauer. Webster Kohlhaas, Currv Smithe and F. E. Engle were guests at the Idylwyld cottage. The members of the Hershey Young Women's Christian Association held a corn roast on Saturday afternoon in the woods. Miss Alice M. Elder and Miss Mary G. Kurch chaperoned the party. Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Brininger spent Saturday with friends in the grove. Misses Anna McCord, Emma Mor ris, Ethel Horner, Kathryn Bishop, Fredith Eichelberger and Mary Nlss ley are enjoying a two weeks' vaca tion at Idylwylde cottage. Miss Ardelle Froyd, of Camp Hill, visisted friendß in the grove. Miss Grace Barnhart spent the ■week-end at Clyfrest cottage. George Hibshman, Miss Anna Bren neman, H. Brenneman, of Harrisburg; Mr. and Mrs. George W. Rodfong and John Rodfong, of Middletown, wert at Utopia yesterday. Guests at Chelsea cottage during the week-end were Miss Sara Bratten, Mrs. John Shettel, of Harrisburg, and George Bowers, of Harrisburg. Miss Sadie Christ, Alice Straub, Ella Wilson. Luella Lehman and Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Lehman occupied the Oleander on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sutch. Miss Katherine Sutch, Frank Beatfy, Misses Edna Landis, Mary Landis, Miss Annie Hoover, of Harrisburg, were week end guests at the Prince Albert. Raymond Book, Harry Marks, of Harrisburg; Miss Margaret Bender, of Selinsgrove; Mrs. Alice Zimmerman, of Mechanicsburg, and Miss Esthet Fink, of Annville, are spending sev eral days with Mrs. George Henry at the Ruhelm. The week-end guests at Pine Lodge were Miss Mabel Holtz, of Camp Hill; Augustus Ebner, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Loban and Miss Esther Loban, of Harrisburg. Mrs. E .A. Shoop and A. E. Swartz bach were at Emory Villa on Sunday. The Forest Glade guests were Mr. and Mrs. Richard Deimler and family, of Hummelstown, and Mrs. Emma Juillard and Miss Bertha Coupland, of HarrUburg. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Caveny and Allen Boyer and Kenneth Boyer, of' Harrisburg spent Sunday at the Rajah. Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Leese and son Walter, John Buck, Miss Eva Daniel. Mrs. Annie Buck, Ezra Strohm, of Linglestown; Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Buck, of Harrisburg, and Mr. Yates and Mr. Harlacker, of Steelton, were recent guests at Kamp Komfort. The Tooya Camp Fire Girls, of Her shey. held a cornroast on Thursday evenin*. Miss Mary Burch, guardian of the fire, chaperoned the girls, Misses Ethel Foltz, Uhe Mauyan, Josephine Hershey, Goldie Haback, Verne Stuckey, Carrie Smith, Katherine Leit hiser, Martha Keeney and Sara Han ehue. ARM AND COLLARBONE BROKEN Special to The Telegraph Halifax, Pa., Aug. 10.—Samuel, the 8-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward E. Koones, of this place, fell off the front porch at his home in Front street on Saturday evening and broke his left arm near the shoulder and his collarbone. WILL REPAIR CHURCH Special to The Telegraph Halifax, Pa., Aug. 10.—Membars of the United Brethren Church of Fish erville have decided to repair the in terior of their edifice with a fresh cot of paint, new carpet, stoves and windows. TENTH ANNUAL PICNIC Special to The Telegraph Halifax, Pa., Aug. 10.—On August 15 the tenth annual picnic of "the Fisherville Lutheran pastorate will be - held in Miller's Grove, near Fisher ville. The Rev. S. S. Games, of Me chanicsburg, the Rev. J. B. Swope, of Kalamazoo, Mich., and J. Frank Matter, of Everett, Bedford county, are expected to speak. The Halifax band will furnish the music. TEACHERS OF LYKENS SCHOOLS Special to The Telegraph Lykens, Pa., August 10.—Teachers have been elected for the ensuing vear by the Lykens school board as "fol lows: Supervising principal, C. Toole; first assistant, C. Jarret; second as sistant. Miss Jones; music and draw ing. Miss Knofeher; A grammar, W. R. Zimmerman; B grammar, Delia Ulsh; sixth grade, Grace Matter; fifth grade, Anna Forney; fourth grade, Misses Reeher and Kinley; third grade. Misses Jones and Ralph; second grade, Edith Grill; primaries. Misses Shyre and Kerr. MONDAY EVENING, | WEST SHORE NEWS | Thieves Steal "Good Old Country" Ham and Sausage Lemoyne, Pa., Aug. 10. —Robbers gained entrance to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Moses Palmer, in West Hum mel avenue, on Friday evening by breaking the screen on a cellar win dow. The thieves managed to get one shoulder and two "good old coun try" hams and three yards of smoked sausage. The robbers had several dozen jars of canned peaches ready to take when it is thought that they were frightened away. The robbery was not discovered until the next morning. DEATH OF MRS. DRAYER New Cumberland, Pa., Aug. 10.— Mrs. Michael Drayer died very sud denly yesterday morning at her home in Market street, from a stroke, of paralysis. Mrs. Drayer was 80 years of age and is survived by her aged husband. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock from the Evangelical Luth eran Church, Silver Spring township, the Rev. A. G. Wolf, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, New Cum berland, officiating. GIRLS CAMPING OUT New Cumberland, Pa., Aug. 10.— Misses Stella Urich. Elmira and Car rie Mentz, Esther Miller, Edith Tay lor and Sara Mentz went to Williams Grove to camp for a week. The party was chaperoned by Mrs. David An derson, of Lemoyne. HEALTH BOARD ORGANIZED Marysville, Pa., Aug. 10.— Marys-1 ville board of health,' recently ap pointed by borough council, has or ganized as follows: President, W. T. White; secretary. Dr. E. W. Snyder; health officer, S. A, Shope. Other members of the board are George M. Fisher, Jacob D. Carmlchael and W. T. Whltmyer. STATE TRACING TYPHOID • Marysville, Pa., Aug. 10.— W. J. Morris, of the State Health Depart ment. in an effort to trace the cases of typhoid fever, existing in this place, has sent six samples of water taken from the mains for examination at the State Labratory at Philadelphia. The Marysville Water Company-has had men busy cleaning out their reservoir at the top of Valley street. CIVIC CLI'R MEETING Marysville, Pa., Aug. 10.—Marys ville Civic Club will hold a special meeting in the Board of Trade rooms in the Flatlron building on Friday evening, August 14. Mrs. F. W. Getb has been elected secretary. CHURCH FESTIVAL WEDNESDAY Marysville, Pa., Aug 10.—The Mite Society of the Church of God wil hold a festival on tha church lawn on Wednesday evening, August 12. Ice cream, cake, sandwiches and candy will be on sale. BOYS CAMPING OUT Special to The Telegraph Lykens. Pa., Aug. 10.—The Ureka Boys left Thursday for a ten-day camping trip at Newport. Those in the party were Augustus Hoff, James Smith, Frank Troxell, Weldon Davey, William Evans, George Martin, Allen Deibler, James Hoffman and Francis Oakes. To Detect Eavesdropper on Telephone by Little Electrical Cut-in Device A motor-driven tell-tale device for party-line telephones has been pat ented, according to the Electrical World, which will give conversing parties the location of any subscriber who may "listen in" while they are using the line. The rising receiver hook at the interloping station stavts a. motor-driven signal wheel which gives the code of the station attempt ing to use the line. The motor cannot be stopped or the circuits interrupted until the signal is completed. Six Grandsons Carry Body of Court Crier to Grave The funeral of George W. Barnes, who was for more than thirty years crier in the Dauphin county court, took place thiß morning. Services were con ducted at the home of Mr. Barnes' daughter. Mrs. J. W. Hawthorne. 110 South street, with whom he lived for the past several years. The Rev. Dr. William N. Yates, pastor of the Fourth Street Church of God, officiated. Many beautiful floral tributes from friends and from the Masonic frater nity, of which Mr. Barnes was a mem ber, and also from members of the Dauphin county bar and Courthouse attaches, were received at the home yesterday and this morning, although the funeral was .quiet. Six grandsons, the number that survive, carried the casket, they being George N. Barnes, Howard Barnes, R. Edgar Barnes and Charles H. Barnes, all of Harrlsburg; Thomas P. Hawthorne, Philadelphia, and Howard H. Hawthorne. Pittsburgh. Burial was made in Harrlsburg Ceme tery. BURY J. G. RIFE Funeral services of Jefferson G. Rife, 246 Maclay street, who died at a Phila delphia hospital, were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon from his home. The Rev. E. E. Snyder, pastor of St. Mat thew's Lutheran Church. Seneca and Green streets, officiated. Burial was made at the East Harrlsburg Cemetery. — ■ 1 RELIEF FROM DYSPEPSIA All conditions of depressed vitality ter r . • . .. , ~ 200 Ladies' Skirts of white cordelaine, long Rus 1< a Ladies and Misses Dresses of striped voiles 300 Ladies and Misses Dresses of crepe, voile sian tunics and sport skirts; values ai qj and white with flaring Russian and white; value up to $29.50. Q/\ up to $6.95. Special 1 cJ/O tunics; values to $15.00. Special .. . Special Udies , a „ white; values up tQ 175 Misses' Dancing Frocks in taffeta and »lace 125 Ladies' and Misses' Dresses of crepe de chine $4.95. Special */OG and net; values to $25.00. (t»£ qj- and taffetas, only one of a kind ; d»Q Qf\ 25 Ladies' Coat Suits of linen ; values Special *&%}•&%} values up to $39.75. Special up to $18.50. Special 28-30-32 North Third Street. Recent Deaths in Central Pennsylvania Special to The Telegraph Marietta. —James D. A. Trego, 82 veare old, died Saturday from heart failure. During the Civil war he serv ed two enlistments, first in the infan try and later In cavalry, and was with Sherman on the march to the sea. He was a member of the Odd Fellows at Hahnstown. Quarryvllle.—Enos F. Jones, 31 years old, died Saturday after a long illness. He was a hotel keeper. Marietta.—Mrs. Rebecca Gable. 81 years old, died at the Lancaster Gen eral Hospital yesterday, having been in that institution since 1893. Columbia. —Dr. M. W. Raub, cura tor of Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, and for many years health officer of the city, died at his home on Saturday afternoon. Columbia. —Mrs. Ida J. Hunsicker, 61 years old, mother of Mrs. G. W. Kenszler, and wife of the pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church, died from the effects of a stroke of paralysis East Lampeter.—Daniel R. Doner, 89 years old, died Saturday morning from apoplexy. He was a retired nurseryman and farmer. BOY SCOUTS' FESTIVAL New Cumberland, Pa., Aug. 10.— Next Saturday evening. August 15, the Boy Scouts will hold a festival on the school grounds, corner of Fifth and Bridge streets. A False Standard of Culture has gained ground in this century which looks upon the bearing and rearing of children as something coarse and vulgar and to be avoided, but the advent of Eugenics means much for the motherhood of the race. Happy is the -vlfe who. though weak and ailing, depends upon Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to restore her to health, and when head aches and backaches are a thing of the past, brave sons and fair daugh ters rise up and call her blessed. —Ad- vertisement. i LEGAI/ NOTICES PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO 'THE CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED TO THE CITIZENS OF THE COMMON WEALTH FOR THEIR - APPROVAL. OR REJECTION. BY THE GENERAL, ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMON WEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMON WEALTH. IN PURSUANCE OF AR TICLE XVIII OF THE CONSTITU TION. Number One. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to section one, article eight of the Constitu tion of Pennsylvania. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania In General Assembly met, That the following amendment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania be, and the same is here by, proposed, In accordance with the eighteenth article thereof:— • That section one of article eight, which reads as follows: "Section 1. Every male citizen twenty-one years of age. possessing the following qualifications, shall be entitled to vote at all elections, sub ject, however, to such laws requiring and regulating the registration of elec tors as the Genert.l Assembly may en act: "First. He shall have been a citizen of the United States at least one month. "Second. He shall have resided in the State one year (or, having previ ously been a qualified elector or na tive-born citizen of the State, he shall ' HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH? have removed therefrom and returned, then six months) immediately preced ing the election. Third. He shall have resided in the election district where he shall offer to vote at least two months immedi ately preceding the election. "Fourth. If twenty-two years of age and upwards, he shall have paid within two years a State or county tax, which shall have been assessed at least two months and paid at least one month before the election," be amend ed so that the same shall read as fol lows: t Section 1. Every citizen, male or female, of twenty-one years of age, possessing the following qualifications, shall be entitled to vote at all elec tions, subject, however, to such laws requiring and regulating the registra tion of electors as the General As sembly may enact: First. He or she shall have been a citizen of the United States at least one month. Second. He or she shall have resid ed in the State one year (or, having previously been a qualified elector or native-born citizen of the State, he or sh* shall have removed therefrom, and returned, then six months) Immedi ately preceding the election. Third. He or she shall have resid ed in the election district where he or she shall offer to vote at least two months Immediately preceding the elec tion Fourth. If twenty-two years of age and upwards, he or she shall hsve paid within two vears a State or county tax, which shall have been assessed at least two months and paid at least one month before the election, i Fifth. Wherever the words "he." "his," "him," and "himself" occur in any section of article VIII of this Con stitution the same shall be construed as If written, respectively, "he or she." "his or her," "htm or her," and "him self or herself." A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 1. ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Two. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to section eight of article nine of the Constitu tion of Pennsylvania. Section 1. Be It resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met. That the following Is proposed as an amend ment to the Constitution of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania, in accord ance with the provisions of the eigh teenth article thereof: —■ Amend section eight, article nine of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which reads as fol lows: "Section 8. The debt of any county, city, borough, township, school district, or other municipality or incorporated district, except as herein provided, shall never exceed seven per centum upon the assessed value of the tax able property therein, nor shall any such municipality or district Incur any new debt, or Increase Its indebtedness to an amount exceeding two per centum upon such assessed valuation of prop erty, without the assent of the electors thereof at a public election in such manner as shall be provided by law; but any city, the debt of which now exceeds seven per centum of such as sessed valuation, may be authorized by law to Increase the same three per centum, In the aggregate, at any one time, upon such valuation, except that any debt or debts hereinafter Incurred by the city and county of Philadelphia for the construction and development of subways for transit purposes, or for the construction of wharves and docks, or the reclamation of land to be used in the construction- of a system of wharves and docks, as public Improve ments, owned or to be owned by said city and county of Philadelphia, and which shall yield to the city and county of Philadelphia current net revenues In excess of the Interest on said debt or debts, and of the annual Installments necessary for the cancellation of said debt or debts, may be excluded In as certaining the power of the city and county of Philadelphia to become oth erwise Indebted: Provided. That a sinking fund for their cancellation shall be established and maintained," so that It shall read as follows: Section 8. The debt of any county, city, borough, township, school district, or other municipality or incorporated district, except as herein provided, shall never exceed seven per centum upon the assessed value of the taxable prop erty thereto, nor shall any such mu niclpallty or district incur any new debt, or increase its Indebtedness to an amount exceeding two per centum upon such assessed valuation of property, without the consent of the electors thereof at a public election In such manner as shall be provided by law; but any city, the debt of which on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, exceeded seven per centum of such assessed val uation, and has not since been reduced to less than such per centum, may be authorized by law to Increase the same three per centum In the aggregate, at any one time, upon such valuation. The city of Philadelphia, upon the condi tions hereinafter set forth, may in crease its indebtedness to the extent of three per centum in excess of seven per centum upon such assessed valu ation for the specific purpose of pro viding for all or any of the following purposes,—to wit: For the construc tion and Improvement of subways, tun nels, railways, elevatfd railways, and other transit facilities; for the con struction and improvement of wharves and docks and for the reclamation of land to he used In the construction of wharves and docks, owned or to be owned by said city. Such Increase, however, shall only be made with the assent of the electors thereof at a pub lic election, to be held In such manner as shall be provided by law. In ascer taining the borrowing capacity of said city of Philadelphia, at any time, there shall be excluded from the calculation a credit, where the work resulting from any previous expenditure, for any one or more of the specific purposes here inabove enumerated shall be yielding to said city an annual current net rev enue; the amount of which credit shall be ascertained by capitalizing the an nual net revenue during the year im mediately preceding the time of such ascertainment. Such capitalization shall be accomplished by ascertaining the principal amount which would yield such annual, current net revenue, at the average rate of Interest, and sinking fund charges payable upon the indebt edness Incurred by said city for such purposes, up to the time of such ascer tainment. The method of determining such amount, so to be excluded or al lowed as a credit, may be presented by the General Assembly. In Incurring Indebtedness, for any one, or more of said purposes of con struction, improvement, or reclama tion, the city of Philadelphia may Is sue its obligations maturing not later than fifty years from the date thereof, with provision for a sinking-fun/ suf ficient to retire said obligation at ma turity, the payments to such sinking fund to be in equal or graded annual Installments. Such obligations may be in an amount sufficient to provide for and may include the amount of the in terest and sinking-fund charges accru ing and which may accrue thereon throughout the period of construction and until the expiration 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 required by section ten of article nine of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, until the expiration of said period of one year after the completion of such work. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 2. ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Three. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to section twenty-one of article three of the Constitution of Pennsylvania. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Sen ate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met. That the fol lowing amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania be, and the same is hereby, proposed, In accordance with the eighteenth ar ticle thereof:— Amend section twenty-one, article three of the Constitution of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania, which reads as follows: "No act of the General Assembly shall limit the amount to be recovered for Injuries resulting In death, or for Injuries to persons or property, and In case of death from such Injuries, the right of action shall aurvlv«,'and the General Assembly shall prescribed for whose benefit such actions shall be prosecuted. No act shall prescribe any limitations of time within which suits may be brought against corporations for Injuries to persona or property, or lor other causes different from those AUGUST 10, 1914. fixed by general laws regulating ac tions against natural persons, and such, acts now existing are avoided," so that It shall read as follows: The General Assembly may enacf laws requiring the payment by em {iloyers, or employers and employees olntly, of reasonable compensation for njurles to employees arising in the course of their employment, and for occupational diseases of employees, whether or not such injuries or dis eases result in death, and regardless of fault of employer of employee, and fixing the basis of ascertainment of such compensation and the maximum and minimum limits thereof, and pro viding special or general remedies for the collection thereof; but in no other cases shall the General Assembly limit the amount to be recovered for injuries resulting in death, or for injuries to Sersons or property, and in case of eath from such Injuries, the right of action shall survive, and the General Assembly shall prescribe for w.hose benefit such actions shall be prosecut ed. No act shall prescribe any limi tation of time within which suits may be brought against corporations for in juries to persons or property, or for other causes, different from those fixed by general laws regulating actions against natural persons, and such acts nows existing are avoided. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 3. ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Four. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to the Con stitution of Pennsylvania abolishing the office of Secretary of Internal Affairs. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania In Gener al Assembly met. That article four of the Constitution of Pennsylvania shall be amended by adding thereto section twenty-three, which snail read as fol lows: The office of Secretary of Internal Affairs be, and the same is hereby, abolished; and the powers and duties now vested in, or appertaining or be longing to, that branch of the execu tive department, office, or officer, shall be transferred to such other depart ments. offices, or officers of the State, now or hereafter created, as may be directed by law. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 4. ROBERT McAFEE. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Five. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to the Con stitution of this Commonwealth In accordance with provisions of the eighteenth (XVIII) article thereof. Section J. Be It enacted by the Sen ate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania In General Assembly met, and It Is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the following Is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in ac cordance with the provisions. of the eighteenth (XVIII) article thereof:— AMENDMENT. Laws may be passed providing: for a system of registering. transferring, In suring of and guaranteeing land titles bv the State, or by the counties there of, and for settling and determining adverse or other claims to and Interests In lands the titles to which are so registered, transferred, Insured, and guaranteed; and for the creation and collection of Indemnity funds; and for carrying the system and powers here by provided for into effect by such ex isting courts as may be designated by the Legislature, and by the establish ment of such new courts as may be deemed necessary. In matters arising in and under the operation of such sys tem, Judicial powers, with right of ap ?eal, may be conferred by the Leglsla ure upon county recorders and upon other officers by It designated. Such laws may provide for continuing the registering, transferring, insuring, and guaranteeing such titles after the flrst or original registration has been per fected by the court, and provision may be made for raising the necessary funds for expenses and salaries of of ficers. which shall be paid out of the treasury of the several counties. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 5. ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Six. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to section eight, article nine of the Constitution of Pennsylvania. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Sen ate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the fol lowing is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania, In accordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof. Amendment to Article Nine. Section Eight. Section 2. Amend section eight, ar ticle nine of the Constitution of Penn sylvania, which reads as follows: "Section 8. The debt of any county, city, borough, township, school dis- I trlct, or other municipality or incor porated district, except as herein pro vided. shall never exceed seven per centum upon the assessed value of the taxable property therein, nor shall any such municipality or district incur any new debt, or Increase its indebtedness to an amount exceeding two per centum upon such assessed valuation of prop erty, without the assent of the elec tors thereof at a public election in I such manner as shall be provided by ;law; but any city, the debt of which I now exceeds seven per centunj of such assessed valuation, may be authorized by law to Increase the same three per centum, in the aggregate, at any one time, upon such valuation, except that, any debt or debts hereinafter incurred by the city and county of Philadelphia for the construction and development of subways for transit purposes, or for the construction of wharves and docks, or the reclamation of land to be used in the construction of a system of wharves and docks, as public Improve ments, owned or to be owned by said cltv and county of Philadelphia, and which shall yield to the city and county of Philadelphia current net revenue in excess of the Interest on said debt or debts, and of the annual installments necessary for the cancellation of said debt or debts, may be excluded in as certaining the power of the city and county of Philadelphia to become oth erwise Indebted: Provided, That a sinking-fund for their cancellation shall be established and maintained," so as to read as follows: Section 8. The debt of any county, city, borough, township, school dis trict, or other municipality or incor porated district, except as herein pro vided, shall never exceed seven per centum upon the assessed value of the taxable property therein, nor shall any such municipality or district incur any [ new debt, or Increase Its Indebtedness to an amount exceeding two per cen tum upon such assessed valuation of property, without the assent of the electors thereof at a public election In such manner as shall be provided by lav. but any city, the debt of which now exceeds seven per centum of such assessed valuation, may be authorized by law to increase the same three per centum !n the aggregate, at any one time, upon such valuation: except that [any debt or debts hereinafter incur red by the city and county of Philadel phia for the construction and develop ment of wharves and docks, or the re clamation of land to be used In the construction of a system of wharves and docks, as public improvements, owned or to be owned by said city and county of Philadelphia, and which shall yield to the city and county of Philadelphia current net revenue In ex cess of the-interest on said debt or debts and of the annual Installments necessary for the concellatton of salri debt or debts, may be excluded In ascertaining the power of the city and county of Philadelphia to be come otherwise Indebted: Provided, That such indebtedness Incurred by the city and county of Philadelphia Bhall not at any time. In the aggregate, exceed the sum of twenty-flve million dollars for the purpose of Improving and developing the port of the said city and county, by the condemnation, purchase, or reclamation or lease of land on the banks of the Delaware and Schulvklll rivers, and land adjacent thereto: the building bulkheads, and the purchase or construction or lease of wharves, docks, sheds, and ware houses. and other buildings and facil ities, necessary for the establishment and maintenance of railroad and ship ping terminals along the said rivers: and the dredging of the said rivers and docks: Provided, That the said city and county shall, at or befora the time of so doing, provide for the collection of an annual tax sufficient to pay the Interest thereon, and also the principal thereof within fifty years from the In curring thereof. A true copy of Joint Resolution No.