8 | Auction Sale of Cut Glass! The greatest cut glass sale in the history of Harrisburg ■ I will be held at # Berger's Auction House, 315 Brtad Street! I Commencing Monday Evening, August 24, at 7.30 C I We have received a carload of genuine American cut glass J 1 of the finest cut and patterns from Hammonton, N. J., assigned J ito R. W. Trainor, which MUST BE SOLD REGARDLESS I OF COST, VALUE OR LIMIT, to settle with creditors. # Sale will continue until every piece is disposed of. An % opportunity of this kind occurs once in a lifetime. C Where you can buy the highest quality cut glass at your J i own price. % Come and convince yourself goods will be sold private M I as well as at auction. 3 ' i A. Berger, Auctioneer, | ! 1 315 Broad Street / CLOSING OUT OUR ENTIRE STOCK GUARANTEED GARDEN HOSE THIS HOSE SOLD UP TO 20c A FOOT Guaranteed to ho this season's liose. made of high grade rubber with corrugated cover, braided and an extra fine jacket. Also nonkink able. Rubber is advancing in price—buy hose now. It will l>e a great saving to yon in the future. HARRISBURG RUBBER CO. If IT S MADE OF RI BBKK WE HAVE IT. 203 WAI.MT STitKFT Special Prayers For Peace . in Roman Catholic Church HomirXit realiza,lon < h < <>ying - I h© celebrants of tho masses yes- In every Roman Catholic church in a J so made the announcement the Harrisburp: diocese special prayers . .„«,V » , » s while the were incorporated into all the masses \* " 'ft?, 1 . 01 ? • ,) n prayer. In and the rosary was recited by the con- , the diocese a requiem gregations attending the last mass in ! ' " ,0 sl,n K 'his week, each church. The observance was , .. ... made in accord with the dying wish ... iBD. MEN l> SHOOT of the late pontiff that the faithful Serjeant Kennedy and Corporal Hog pray for the early cessation of the ers, of Company 1. ant! Private Dunn, of European strife. i Companv D, all of Harrisburg, are At each mass the celebrant offered ! anion* the ninety Pennsylvania rlfle the prayer Pro Pace (for peace). At ", Icn . to-day began tlir annual the conclusion of the late mass the pfJL'"™lllS\?, Pennsylvania priests led in the recital of the rosary. , ir(i , ri;ty ' pl ,, Krf ; m < At the reading of parish announce- nre and regimental matches and the ments a letter from Bishop Shanahan ; first threo stapes of the Bradley match. a— ■ i . - ':—i- T—■ i » i- n ■■ ■ .. T . djSL UNION SUIT^'-^JL 11 \ Only one thickness of material any- / i,^ Mi \i 1 where. Coat cut, closed crotch'and I .An! MB I bark. All cooling fabrics, SI.OO to I / „g| B-J Ik? i\ I 53.00 Remember, — if it isn't coat | /SI K TO. 1 cut it isn't OLUS. Ask your dealer. I j •Hi GIRARD CO. LA. OFFICIAL MAP OF THE EUROPEAN WAR WITH Charts of Strategic Points and the following other original features: Portraits of European Rulers ALL Army Strength European Nations I Naval Strength. Men and Vessels FOR Dirigibles and Aeroplanes /"11VII V Chronicle of Nations Involved UINLY Triple Alliance and Entente Hague Peace Conference 1 Capitals of Europe I II Population European Countries * V National Debts of Europe fTISITQ European Coin Values 1 o Area of European Countries By Mail, 12 Cents Distances Between Cities Battles of Past Century FROM THE TELEGRAPH As explained in the War Map Coupon printed daily in another column 13— MONDAY EVENING, MMir STOUGN TIL HITTERS JIRE MEN Mount Carmel Traction Company Head Tells of Results at Mt. Carmel pn ■ Approximately 700 men and women at tended the fifth pre liminary mass meet ing in the interest of the Stough campaign . i held in the Fifth. " |J|uJ| Street Preshyte ri a n , JuS Church yesterday af ' ent huslastlc kl'iildlH' song service was ron ducted by Charles F. Mai l "Broß Clippinger, chairman of the music commit tee. Ex-Mayor E. Z. IITT r iiafc* Gross, of Pino Street Presbyterian Church, presided. W. G. Hean, of Grace Methodist Episco pal Church, offered prayer. E. W. Samuel, M. D., of Mt. Car- I mel, general manager of the Shamo | kin and Mt. Carmel Street Railway I Company, delivered the address of the i day. He said in part: j "There were over 4,000 trail hitters in Mt. Carmel during the Stough cam | paign and 1,400 of them were men. j The Methodist Episcopal Church re ceived 225 new members; Presbyter ian, 550; l"n,ited Evangelical, 200 and I engaged an architect to enlarge the church building. All churches in j town increased 100 to 300 per cent. Harrisburg should have 10,000 con versions during the campaign. The services next Sunday afternoon I will be held in the Harris Street I United Evangelical Church. Flowers for I lector's Wife.—Flowers, the gift of the choir of St. Andrew's : Episcopal Church, were presented last I evening to -Mrs. James F. Bullitt, wife i of the pastor, it being tier first Sunday jin Harrisburg since June. Mrs. Bul litt and her youngest daughter have been traveling in New England. The Rev. Mr. Splcer at Market Square. The Rev. \Villiaro C. Spieer, a Harrisburg boy, preached at the Mar ket Square Presbyterian Church yester day. His sermons were strong exposi- I tions of the gospel, his morning dis j course on "Orthodox Christianity" be ing especially forceful. Mr. Spieer will i occupy the same pulpit next Sunday. Ninth Revenue District Collections Six Millions Reports from Washington, D. C., show a big increase in revenue collec tions for the fiscal year, 1914, ending June 30. The total collections from all sources represented $380,008,893,116. as against I V'H4,424.153.85. I Pennsylvania contributed $33,422.- 532.99 to the total internal revenue coi le< tions of $380,008,893.98. New Jersey's collections amounted to $13,829,051.13, ; and Delaware's was $629,774.26. In the Ninth district, representing j Central and Northeastern Pennsylva nia and including Harrisburg and Dau | pliin counties, the collections were $6,- IHiRD CLASS CITIES CONVENTION TOPIC [Continued from First Page.] Park kitchens, when the cooking class lof the Park Department prepare and serve a luncheon to the city officials. Miss Jessie Dowdell, the instructor, will be in charge. Harrisburg's delegation, including Mayor John K. Royal, Commission ers W. L. Gorgas. H. F. Bowman, W. H. Lynch and M Harvey Taylor, City Engineer M. B. Cowden and Assistant City Clerk Ross R. Seaman and Dr. J. M. J. Raunick, City Health Of- I fleer. City Solicitor D. S. Seitz, who was scheduled to deliver an informal address on some subject pertaining to the operation of the third class city i commission form of government as applied to Harrisburg, will probably not go to Meadville. City Cleric I Charles A. Miller will likely 'not ac company the delegation either. The Convention Program ! Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock the j convention officially opens, although i the first hour will be. given over to | registration and reception of dele j gates. At 11 the convention will be I called to order and the usual invoca tion, roll call of delegates, reports of I committees, etc., and officers will be | read. The address of welcome will be I delivered bv Mayor John E. Reynolds, ! of Meadville, and Mayor John V. Ko- I sek, Wilkes-Barre, will respond. The alternoon session will include j the following papers, which will be I generally discussed: "Defects in the Initiative and Referendum Provisions of th" Clark Act," City Solicitor James A. Gardner, New Castle; "Six Months i'nder the New System of Government," A. M. Fuller, president Allied Civic Bodies, Meadville; "Would Cities Be Benefited by Pay ment of Taxes Earlier in the Year?" ' Mayor D. W. Nevin, Easton. At 4 I o'clock, at the close of the afternoon ! session, the visitors will be taken on | an inspection trip to the water works, j At 8 o'clock there will be an even | ing session, when Professor Ford H. : McGregor, University of Wisconsin, ! will deliver an illustrated lecture on | "Garbage Collection and Disposal." The Meadville Chamber of Com | merce will be host for a big reception and smoker to the third class city delegates at 9 o'clock and this will I conclude the first day's program. Wednesday's l>i* -usMon Wednesday's program will include the followTng: Morning, "Honest Weights and Measures," Mayor Spen cer M. Degolier, Bradford; 4 The Clark Theory in Theory and Practice," City Solicitor Frank P. Cummings. Wil liamsoort; "Municipal Distribution and Supply of Milk," Mayor Samuel N. Carson, Jamestown, N. Y. Afternoon—"Commissions in Con nection With the Present Form of Government," City Solicitor F. P. Schoonmaker, Bradford; "Methods of Making Assessments in Cities," City Solicitor Thomas C. Hare, Altoona; at 4 o'clock there will be a trolley ride to Exposition Park, Conneaut Lake, with a steamer ride to Iroquois Club and dinner at the club at 6 p. m. Thursday morning at 9 o'clock there will be an open forum when problems pertaining to the five different branches of commission government will be discussed by Superintendent of Finance and Accounts Casslus L. Baker, Erie, and Park Commissioner Robert J. Wheeler, Allentown, open ing the talk. Mayor Reynolds, of Meadville, will open the discussion on sewerage disposal plants in cities of the third class and Clifton Rodgers Woodruff, secretary of the National Municipal League, will discuss "The City Manager Plan and Expert City Management." At 2 o'clock City Solicitor Gardner, chairman of the law committee, will report upon any resolutions or sug gestions relative to legislation after which the meeting place for next year will be fixed and officers for the en suing year will be elected. • HARRISBURG 9S6dl TELEGRAPH Mrs. George Law to Become British Nurse ■ . : - ;v ' ■ & "•:!• ' . <>*:& i.- :', -: A - '£..;: ''• - : if? :M'3 <\ >vT<".. ,co-ot%.^ Tlv |JJbdr N pr -^3 Mrs. George Law, the American mil lionaire widow, who has spent most of her time, in London in the last few yeads, has announced that she will go to the front as a hospital nurse. She will probably seek the British army in the field in Belgium, and act with scores of other women who have al ready gone into the field. Mrs. Law has been persona grata at the Court of St. James for several years, and she is said to enjoy intimate acquaint | ance with the royal family. Obstinate Acne Yields Quick!) Cheeks, Temples, Nose and Nicely Cleared I As with a Fairy'* Wand "Aha!" You say—"they are disappear ing fast" after a short use of 3. S. S., the wonderful blood purifier. Yes, those pesky little red spots do fade away quickly nor do they come back. Looking through a powerful micro scope you find the skin a marvelous network of tiny blood vessels, glands, ducts, and ceils in all of which the active principle of S. S. S. is nt work; it is driving nut impurities, through the skin pores and new materials rush in to I create and sustain new healthy tissue. I This influence is carried to the outer I skin where the broken down cells and I their deadened nerve bulbs are rebuilt, the red spots dry up. fleck away and are replaced by brand new skin. | You will thus waste no more ttme with I external ointments for any form of skin trouble. Be sure to get a bottle of S. S. S. | today of any druggist. Shun all substi | tutes. Don't be Imposed upon. Insist upon S. 9. S. Write for book "What the Mirror Tell 1!" to The Swift Specific Co., 101 Swift Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. Resorts ATLANTIC CITY. K. J. HOTEL FRONTENAC D iU $ ] Irom Beach. The :oosi popular sec!loi I Between the two famous piers, 1 to all attractions; modern, high clans i hotel, as good as the best; capacit) 260 Will make very special terms of J8 (10, ' (12.50, sl6 up weekly. Including large I ocean rooms, metal beds, elevator. I baths, phones, superior table with whlt« I service; table supplied direct from farm, I pure water, sanitary plumbing, porches I overlook the ocean and Boardwalk ] Booklet. W F. WATTS LEXINGTON Pacific and Arkansas Avs. -SPACIOUS GBOUNDS WITH TENNIS AND CRO QUET COURTS ADJOIN BEACH AND BOARDWALK. Only medium priced hotel where guests may go from house to surf in bathing attire without using streets, which is prohibited. Use of bath houses, with attendants to care for suits, is free. Metal beds. Bunning \\;ater in rooms. Fresh and sea water baths. public and private. Special rates. $1.60 to daily; 18 to $17.r,0 weekly, including choice table supplied fr I'll 11, \ DCIPHI \ "ll\ Sl' V' TO HUSTON, PnoVIIHIM R, SAX W\ All. J \< KSOW ILLR Through tickets on sale from ;«nd to all principal points Including; meals and stateroom accommodations on steamers. Fine steamers. Best service. Low fares. Staterooms de Luxe. Baths. Marconi wireless. Automobiles carried. Send for booklet. i'lt> Ticket Office, 105 Souih \lntli St.. I'hlln., Pa. \V. I*. Turner, I*. T. 11., Ilnltlmore, lid. Jf CHAS.H. MAUK (KS UNDERTAKER I 1 Sixth and Kellmr Street. Larfett ettihlinhment Beit facilitiet. Near to you at your phone. Will fo anywhera at your call. Motor aervicr. No funeral too imall. None too "xpensive. Chapelt, roomi, rauit. «c„ uaed with out chargo business Locals FOOI> COST INVESTIGATION Whether the war ts responsible for the. high price of food or the spec ulator remains to be proved, hut the fact remains that the U..-ccnt noonday luncheon in the city remains the same In quality and price at the Court Dnlry Lunch. John H. Menger, proprietor, Court and Strawberry avenues. STERLING TIRE REPAIRS We have told you that the name of "Sterling" on a tire repair job stands for the same thing as Sterling on qual ity silverware. It is our guarantee that the job is the highest excellence in vulcanizing. To prove it we solicit your next blowout or repair Job on tires or tubing. Sterling Auto Tire Company, 1451 Zarker street. LEGAL NOTICES Pennsylvania State Highway Depart ment, ilarrisliurg. Pa. Sealed proposals will be received at said office until 10 a. in., September 1, 1914, when bids will be publicly opened and scheduled, and contract awarded as soon there after as possible, for the reconstruction of 8552 lineal feet of Brick Block pave ment, 16 feet wide, situated in West Berwick borough, Columbia county. Plans and specifications may be seen at office of state Highway Department. Harrisburg; 1001 Chestnut street, Phil adelphia; 2117 Farmers Bank Building, Pittsburgh, and First National Bank Building, Blooinsburg, Pa. Full parti culars and information on application to Kdward SI. Bigelow, State Highway Commissioner.* Pennsylvania State Highway Depart ment, llarrlsburg, I'a. Sealed proposals will be received at said office until 10 a. m., September 1, 1914, when bids will be publicly opened and scheduled, and contract awarded as soon there after as possible, for the reconstruction of 1T,820 lineal feet of pavemen_L_(lo,oso feet Asphaltic C'ontrete and 7770 feet Brick Block). 16 feet wide, situated in Flnleyville borough and Union town ship, Washington county. Plans and specifications may be seen at office of State Highway Department, Harris burg; 1001 Chestnut street, Philadel phia; 2117 Farmers Bank Building. Pittsburgh, and Montgomery Building, Washington, Pa. Full particulars and information on application to Edward M. Bigelow, State Highway Commis sioner. Pennsylvania State Highway Depart ment, Harrisburg, I'u. Sealed proposals will be received at said office until 10 a. m„ September 1. 1914, when bids will be publicly opened and scheduled, and contract awarded as soon there after as possible, for the reconstruction of 1393 lineal feet of Brlclt Block pave ment, 16 feet wide, situated In Duryea borough, Luzerne county. Plans and specifications may be seen at office of State Highway Department, Harris burg; 1001 Chestnut street, Philadel phia; 2117 Farmers Bank Building. Pittsburgh, and First National Bank Building, Bloomsburg, Pa. Full par ticulars and information on application to Edward M. Bigelow, State Highway Commissioner. Pennsylvania State Highway Depart ment, Harrisburg, Pa. Sealed proposals will be received at said jfflce until Id a. m., September 1, 1914, when bids will be publicly opened and scheduled, and contract awarded as soon there after as possible, for the reconstruction of 15,063 lineal feet of Brick Block pavement, 16 feet wide. situated In Franklin township. Greene county. Plans and .specifications may be seen at office of State Highway Department, Harrisburg; 1001 Chestnut street, Phil adelphia; 5117 Farmers Bank Building', Pittsburgh, and Montgomery Building. Washington, Pa. Full particulars and Information on application to Edward M. Bigelow, State Highway Commis sioner. Pennsylvania State Highway Depart ment, Harrisburg, Pn. Sealed proposals will be received at said cfflce until 10 a. m., September 1, 1914, bids will he publicly opened and scheduled, and contract awarded as soon there after as possible, for the reconstruction of 4,257 lineal feet of Brick Block pave ment. 12V4 feet wide, situated In Now Eagle borough, Washington county. Plans and specifications may be seen at office of State Highway Department, Harrisburg; 1001 Chestnut street. Phil adelphia; 2117 Farmers £tank Building, Pittsburgh, and Montgomery Building. Washincton, Pa. Full particulars and Information on application to Edward M. Bigelow, State Highway Commis sioner. Pennsylvania State Highway Depart ment, HarrlsburK, Pa. Sealed proposals will be received at said office until 10 a. ni., September 1, 1914, when alternate bids will be publicly opened and scheduled. and con tract awarded as soon thereafter as possible, for the reconstruction of Vsofi lineal feet of Amlesite, Warren ite, Fllbcrtlne. Unionlte, One Course Concrete, Brick Block and Asphaltic Bituminous Macadam (Penetration Met hod i pavement, IB feet wide, situ ated in Galeton borough. Potter county. Plans and specifications may be seen at office of State Highway Department. Harrlsburg: 1001 Chestnut street, Phil adelphia: 2117 Farmers Bank Building. Pittsburgh, and First National Bank Building, Wellsboro, Pa. Full particu lars and information on application to Edward M. Bigelow, State Highway Commissioner. Pennsylvania State Highway Depart ment. Harrlsburg, Pa. Sealed proposals will be received at said office until in a. m., September 1, 1914, when bids will be publicly opened and scheduled, and contract awarded as soon there after as possible, for the reconstruction of 15,272 Hneal feet of Asphnltic Bitu minous Macadam (Penetration Method) pavement, 16 feet wide, situated in South Hanover and Derry townships. Dauphin county. Plans and specifica tions may be seen at office of State Highway Department, Harrlsburg; 1001 Chestnut street, Philadelphia: 2117 Farmers Bank Building, Pittsburgh, Pa. Full particulars and information on ap plication to Edward M. Bigelow, State Highway Commissioner. Pennsylvania State Highway Depart rnent. Harrlsburg;, Pa Sealed proposals will be received at said office until in a m„ September 1, 1914, when bids will be publicly opened and scheduled, and contract awarded as soon there after as possible, for the reconstruction of f.200 lineal feet of Brick Block pave ment. 10 feet wide, situated in Biglor township, Clearfield county. Plans arid specifications may be seen at office of State Highway Department, yarris burg: 1001 chestnut street, Philadel phia: 2117 Farmers Bank Building, Pittsburgh, and Clearfield Trust Build ing. Clearfield, Pa. Full particulars and information on application to Ed ward M. Bigelow, State Highway Com missioner. NOTICE Letters Testamentary on the Estate of Geo. \V, Barnes, late of Harrisburg, Pa. (Second ano State streets), Dauphin county. Pa., deceased, having been granted to the undersign ed residing in Harrisburg, Pa., all per sons indebted to said Estate are re quested to make Immediate payment, and those having claims will present them for settlement. CLEMENT STUDEBAKER. Executor. LEfJAL NOTICES P'IIOPOSED AMENDMENTS To" THE CON ST ITI' TION SUBMITTED TO THE CITIZENS OF THE COMMON WEALTH FOB THEIR APPROVAL OR REJECTION. BY THE GENERAL. ASSEMBI.Y 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. t „ 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-i AUGUST 24, 1914. ject, however, to such laws requiring and regulating the registration of elec tors as the General Assembly may en act : "First. He sh»!! 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 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 vot e a t least two months immedi ately preceding the election. Fourth. Ir 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' 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 natlve-borr. citizen of the state, he or she shall have removed therefrom, and i returned, then six months) immedl ately preceding the election. Third. He or she shall have resld -led in the election district where he or : she shall offer to vote at least two ! months Immediately preceding the elec i tion. Fourth. If twenty-two years of age and upwards, he or she 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 I 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," I "his or her," "him 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 nil 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 i the Constitution of the Common wealth 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, tile 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 I of subways for transit purposes, or for the construction of wharves and docks, or the reclamation of land to be usod 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 I of Philadelphia current net revenues in excess of the Interest on said debt or I debts, and of the annual installments ! necessary for the cancellation of said I debt or debts, may be excluded in as- Icertaining 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." Iso that it shall fead as follows: j Section 8. The debt of any county, city, borough. tmvnship, 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 therein, nor shall any such mu nicipality or district Incur any new I debt, nr Increase Its indebtedness to an I amount exceeding: two per centum upon I such assessed valuation of property, jwithout the consent of the electors 'thereof at a puhlic election In such I manner as shall be provided by law: but atiy city, the deht 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, elevated 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 I 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 he provided by law. In ascer taining the borrowing rapacity of said city of Philadelphia, at any time, there ] shall be excluded from the calculation la credit, where the work resulting from I any previous expenditure, for any one or more of the specific purposes here inabove enumerated shall he yielding j to said city an annual current net rev enue; the amount of which credit shall Ibe ascertained by capitalizing the an jnual net revenue during the year Im mediately preceding the time of surh I ascerta Inment. Such capitalization (shall be accomplished by ascertaining jtlie principal amount which would yield 'such annual, current net revenue, at the j average rate of Interest, and slnking ' fund charges payable upon the indebt edness incurred by said city for such ! purposes, qri to the time of such ascer- I tainment. The method of determining such amount, so to be excluded or al -1 lowed as a credit, may be x presented by | the General Assembly. I In incurring Indebtedness, for any I one, or more of said purposes of con struction, Improvement. or reclama tion, the city of Philadelphia may ls- I sue its obligations maturing not later than tlfty 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 he in equal or graded annual 'lnstallments. Such obligations may be in an amount sufficient to provide for ! and may Include the amount of the l«- [ terest and sinking-fund charges accru j ing and which may accrue thereon i throughout the period of construction land until the expiration of one year ! after the completion of the work for j 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 j 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 j work. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 2. ItORF.RT McAFEK, 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 bv the Sen ate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania In General Assembly met. That the fol lowing amendment to the Constitution I of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ' be, and the same Is hereby, proposed, in accordance with the eighteenth ar ticle thereof:— j Amend section twenty-one, article three of the Constitution of the Com- Imonwealth of Pennsylvania, which j reads as follows: | "No act of the General Assembly j shall limit the amount to be recovered I for Injuries resulting In death, or for i Injuries to persons or property, and In . case of death from such Injuries, the iright of action shall survive, and the I General Assembly shall Drescrlbed for whose benefit such actions snail be firosecuted. No act shall prescribe any. imitations of time within which sult«j may be brought against corporation* for Injuries to persons or property, or"| for otljer causes different from thossl fixed by general laws regulating ac tions against natural persons, andsuchj acts now existing are avoided.'' so that* It shall read as follows: The Oeneral Assembly may enacfl laws requiring the payment by em ijloyers, or employers and employees olntly, of reasonable compensation foii njurles to employees arising In thai course of their employment, and fop occupational diseases of employees,* whether or not such Injuries or dis«] I eases result In deaTh, and regardless of fault of employer of employee, anl by general laws regulating actions against natural persons, and such acts •jows existing are avoided. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. ROBERT McAFEE, , Secretary of the Commonwealth^ Number Four. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to the C"n-« stltutlon of Pennsylvania abolishing | the office of Secretary of Internal! I Affairs. Re It resolved by the Senate ana House of Representatives of the Come amended by adding thereto sectiorj [twenty-three, which shall read as fol-1 lows:— The office of Secretary of Internao Affairs be, and the same Is herebyj abolished; and the powers and duties now vested in. or appertaining or boJ longing to, that branch of the execu-i jtive department, office, or officer, shall! be transferred to such other depart-! ments. offices, or officers of the State, now or hereafter created, as may b« directed by law. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. iJ ROBERT McAFEK. Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1 Number Five. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to the Con-j stltutlon of this Commonwealth iit accordance with provisions of th® eighteenth (XVIIT) article thereof. Section 1. Re it enacted by the Sen-<) ate and House of Representatives ng the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania inJ Oeneral Assembly met, and It is hereby enacted by the authority of the same,! That the following is proposed as an 1 lamendment to the Constitution of thby law to increase the same three per centum, In the'aggregate, at any one time, upon such valuation, except that any deht or debts hereinafter incurred by the city and county of Philadelphia for the construction and development jof subways for transit purposes, or fop l the construction of wharves and docks, lor the reclamation of land to be used ]ln the construction of a. system of I wharves and docks, as public improve ments. owned or to be owned by sail® City and county of Philadelphia, anil which shall yield to the city and county of Philadelphia current net revenue in excess of the interest on said debt op debts and of the annual installments necessary for the cancellation of said deht or debts, may be excluded In as certaining tile power of the city and county of Philadelphia to become oth > erwlse Indebted: Provided. That ;i sinking-fund for their cancellation I shall be established and maintained." |so as to read as follows: I Section S. The debt of any countv, 'city borough, township, school dis 'trier or other municipality or incor ! porated district, except as herein pro -1 videil shall never exceed seven pep [centum upon the assessed value of the I taxable property therein, nor shall any | such municipality or district incu l a.njr I new debt, or Increase lis lndehtedne»a I to an amount exceeding two per cen 'tum upon such assessed valuation of 'property, without the assent of the I electors thereof at a publl- election In such manner as shall be provided I by law: but any city, the debt of which I now exceeds seven per centum of such 'assessed valuation, may lie authorized by law to Increase the same three pep centum In the aggregate, at any one time upon such valuation: except thus anv debt or debts hereinafter Incur red by the city and county of Philadel nhla "for the construction and develop ment of wharves ami docks, nr the re clamation of land to be used in the ! construction of a system of wharves land 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 op debts and of the annual Installments necessary for the concellation of sabi debt or debts, may bo excluded :in ascertaining the power of the I city and county of Philadelphia to be come otherwise Indebted: Provided, That such indebtedness incurred by the city and county of Philadelphia shall not at any time, In the aggregate, exceed the sum of twenty-five 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 ot land on the banks of the Delaware and Schulykill 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 before the time of so doing, provide for the collection of an annual tax sufficient to pav the Interest thereon, nnd also the principal thereof within fifty years from the In curring thereof. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 6. ROBERT McAFEE. Secretary of the Commonwealth.