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THE LAST SHOT
By FREDERICK PALMER
Copyright* IVH by Scribnpr'* Sana.
Though the premier, could he have
beard Hub, might have smiled, even
grinned, he would have understood
Weeterllng s unconsciousness of incon
sistency. The chief of staff had set
himself a task In victory which had
no military connection. Without know
ing why, he wanted to win ascendancy
over her mind.
"The man of action!" exclaimed
Marta, her eyes opening very wide, as
they would to let in the light when
she heard something new that pleaeed
her or gave food for thought. "The
C&an of actioa, who thinks of an ideal
aa a thing not of words but as the end
o£ action!"
"Exactly!" said Westerllng, sen
sible of another of her gifts. She
could get the essence of a thing in a
few words. "When we have won and
set another frontier, the power of our
nation will be such In the world that
the Browns can never afford to attack
ua," he went on., "Indeed, no two of
the big nations of Europe can afford
to make war without our consent. We
shall be the arbiters of International
dissensions. We shall command peace
■ —yes, the peace of force, of fact! If
It could be won in afty other way I
should not be here on this veranda In
command of an army of invasion.
That was my Idea —for that I planned."
He was making up for having over
shot himself In his confession that he
had brought on the war as a final
£tep for his ambition.
"Yqu mean that you can gain peace
by propaganda and education only
-when human nature has so changed
'that we can have law and order and
houses are safe from burglary and
jjedestriane from pickpockets without
{policeman? Is that it?" she asked.
"Yes, yes! You have it! You have
lound the wheat in the chaff."
"Perhaps because I have been see
ing something of human nature—the
human nature'of both the Browns and
the Grays at war. I have seen the
Browns throwing hand-grenades and
the Grays in wanton disorder in our
dining-room directly they were out of
touch with their officers!" she said
«adly, as one who hates to accept dis
jjllusioninent but must in the face of
logic.
Westerllng made no reply except to
fenod. for a movement on her part pre
joocupied him. She leaned forward,
|bs she had when she had told him he
[would become chief of staff, her hands
■clasped over her knee, her eyes burn
tog with a question. It was the atti
tude of the prophecy. But with the
prophecy she had been a little mys
tical; the fire in her eyes had precipi
tated an Idea. Now It forged another
question.
"And you think that you will win?"
she asked. "You think that you will
win?" she repeated with the slow em
phasis which demands a careful an-
Bwer.
The deliberatenees of his reply was
In keeping with her mood. He was de
tached; he was a neferee.
"Yes, I know that we shall. Num-
Ibers make It so, though there be no
of skill between the two sides."
His tone had the confidence of the
iflow of a mighty river In Its destina
tion on Its way to the sea. There was
nothing In It of prayer, of hope, of des
peration. as there had been in Lan
stron's "We shall win!" spoken to her
:in the arbor at their last interview.
She drew forward slightly in her chair.
Her eyes seemed much larger and
nearer to him. They were sweeping
him up and down as if she were seeing
the slim figure of Lanstron in con
trast to Westerllng's eturdiness; as if
she were measuring the might of the
five millions behind him and the three
behind Lanstron. She let go
a half-whispered "Yes!" which seemed
to reflect the conclusion gained from
the power of his presence.
"Then my mother's and my own in
terests are with you—the interests of
peaoe are with you!" she declared.
' She did not appear to see the sud
den, uncontrolled gleam of victory In
his eyes. By this time it had become
a habit for Westerllng to wait silently
for her to come out of her abstrac
tions. To disturb one might make It
unproductive.
"Then if I want to help the cause of
peace I should help the Grays!"
The exclamation was more to her
self than to him. He was silent. This
girl In a veranda chair desiring to aid
him and his five million bayonets and
four thousand guns! Quixote and the
windmills—but It was amazing; It was
flnel The golden glow of the sunset
was running in his veins in a paean
of personal triumph. The profile
turned ever bo little. Now It was
looking at the point where Dellarme
had lain dying. Westerllng noted the
smile playing on the Hps. It had tie
quality of a smile over a task com
pleted—Dellarme's smile. She start
ed; she was trembling all over in the
resistance of some impulse—some im
pulse that gradually gained headway
and at last broke its bonds.
"For I can help—l can help!" she
cried out, turning to him In wild in
decision which seemed to plead for
guidance. "It's so terrible—yet If It
would hasten peace—l—l know much
of the Browns' plan of defense! I
know where they are strong in the
first line and—and one place where
they are weak there—and a place
where they are weak in the main
line!"
"You do!" Westerllng exploded. The
plans of the enemy! The plans that
neither Bouchard's saturnine cunning,
nor bribes, nor spies could ascertain!
It was like the bugle-call to the hunter.
But he controlled himself. "Yes, yes!"
He was thoughtful and guarded.
"Do you think it is right to tell?"
Marta gasped half inarticulately.
"RlglHT ¥es to hoctnn »ho trievlt-
MONDAY EVENING, HARRI6BURG TELEGRAPH OCTOBER 5, 1914
abl®—to save lives!" declared Wester
ling with deliberate assurance. •
"I—l want to see an end of the kill*
Ing! I —" She sprang to her feet aa
If about to break away tumultuously,
but paused, swaying unsteadily, and
paesed her band across her eyes.
"We Intend a general attack on the
first line of defense tonight!" he ex
claimed, his supreme thought leaping
into words.
"And you would want the Informa
tion about the first line to-night if— lf
it is to be of service?"
"Yes, to-night!"
Marta brought her hands together
In a tight clasp. Her gaze fluttered
for a minute over the tea-table. When
she looked up her eyes were calm.
"It Is a big thing, isn't it?" she said.
"A thing not to be done in an Impulses
"1 Want to See an End of the Killing."
I try never to do big things in an im
pulse. When I see that 1 am in dan
ger of It I always say: 'Go by your-
Belf and think for half an hour!' So I
must now. In a little while I will let
you know my decision."
Without further formality she start
ed across the lawn to the terrace
steps. Westerling watched her sharp
ly, passing along the path of the sec
ond terrace, pacing slowly, head bent,
until she was out of sight Then he
stood for a time getting a grip on his
own emotions before he went into the
house.
CHAPTER XV.
In Feller's Place.
What am I? What have I done?
What am I about to do? shot bb forked
«hadows over the hot Java-flow of Mar
ta's Impulse. The vitality that Wester
ling had felt by suggestion from a still
profile rejoiced in a quickening of pace
directly she was out of sight of the
veranda. All the thinking she had
done that afternoon had been in pic
tures; some saying, some cry, some,
groan, or some smile went with every
picture.
The sitting-room of ihe tower was
empty to other eyes but not to hers.
The lantern was In the corner at hand.
After her hastening steps had carried
her along the tunnel to the telephone,
she set down the lantern and pressed
the spring that opened the panel door.
Another moment and she would be em
barked on her great adventure In the
finality of action. That little ear-piece
became a specter of conscience. She
drew back convulsively and her hands
flew to her face; she was a rocking
shadow In the thin, reddish light of
the lantern.
Conscious mind had torn off the
mask from subconscious mind, reveal
ing the true nature of the change that
war had wrought in her. She who had
resented Feller's part—what a part
ehe had been playing! Every word,
every shade of expression, every tell
ing pause of abstraction after Wes'er
ilng confessed that he had made war
for hiß own ends had been subtly
prompted by a purpose whose actuality
terrified her.
Her hypocrisy, she realized, was as
black as the wall of darkness beyond
ihe lantern's gleam. Then this demor
alization passed, as a nightmare
passes, with Westerllng's boast again
in her ears.
When war's principles, enacted by
men, were based on sinister trickery
jailed strategy and tactics, should not
women, using such weapons as they
had, also fight for their homes? Mar
ta's hands swept down from her eyes;
•he was on fire with resolution.
Forty miles away a bell in Lan
•tron's bedroom and at his desk rang
simultaneously. At the tttne he and
Partow were seated facing each other
across a map on the table of the room
where they worked together. No per
suasion of the young vice-chief, no
edict of the doctors, could make the
old chief take exercise or shorten hia
hours.
"I know. I know myself!" he said.
"I know my duty. And you are learn
ing, my bov. I<-
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PILMED BRANDED
AS fl FILSIfIER
Senator Oliver Says That He Has
Been in His Seat Oftener
Than the Monroe Man
Senator George T. Oliver branded
Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer as a
teller of untruths r about the
time that th£ hard-pressed Democratic
candidate for the Senate was declar
ing that there was no depression In
the iron industry in Pennsylvania and
that the idle mills were the result of
a plot. This all came within two days
after Palmer declared that the mills
were all busy and the retrenchments
began at Steelton-.
Senator Oliver in his remarks on
Palmer's remarkable bratic- of cam
paign speeches said:
"Because I have the temerity to re
ply to his malicious and untruthful at
tacks on Senator Penrose, Mr. A. Mit
chell Palmer, who imagines that he is
a candidate for Mr. Penrose's seat in
the Senate, has honored me by making
me the object of one of his petulant
tirades. Mr. Palmer's statements about
me show conclusively that he is cither
the victim of woeful ignorance or is
guilty of willful mendacity, or both.
"His chief indictment against me is
that he says 1 spend my winters and
summers in Europe and come back
once in a while to vote as Mr. Penrose
tells me to. In the Fay of last year
I took a short trip to Europe for the
first time in more than ten years. It
was at a time when Congress was vir
tually in recess, and I neglected no
public duty In going away. This last
summer I was again suddenly called
abroad by an imperative duty which
I owed to one of my children. This is
the extent to which I spend my sum
mers and winters in Europe, and is a
fair index to the truth or .falsity of
Mr. Palmer's statements in general.
"I entered the Senate at the same
time that Mr. Palmer entered the
House. Since that time I have oc
cupied my seat oftener than he has
occupied his. and in making this com
parison I am willing to leave out of
consideration his almost Universal ab
sence during the present session. In
faict, he has been a conspicuous absen
tee ever since he obeyed the Presi
dential command to abandon his can
didacy for Governor and engage in a
rainbow chase for a senatorial toga.
"When I am in Washington I give
my entire time and attention to my du
ties as a senator. Mr. Palmer, "what
time he can spare from the advocacy
of measures designed to wreck the in
dustries of his State, devotes his at
tention to the dispensing of patronage
to his subservient henchmen."
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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 ono of article eight,
which reads as follows:
".Section 1. Every male citizen
twenty-one vcars of age. possessing
the loilowlng 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 General Assembly may en
act:
"First. He shall have been a citizen
of tiie United States at le.ast one month.
"Second. He shall have resided In
the State one year tor, having previ
ously been a qualified elector or na
tive-born citizen of the State, he shall
have removed therefrom and
then six months) Immediately preced
ing tjio 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:
Section 1. Every citizen, male or
female, of twenty-one >' jars or age,
possessing the following qualifications,
shall be entitled to vote at all elec
tions. subject, ho -ever, 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-borr. citizen of the State, he or
she 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 have paid
within two vears a State or county
lax, which shall 'nave been assessed at
least two months and paid at least one
month before the election.
Fifth. Wherever the words "he,"
"his," "him," and "himself" occur !•»
any section of article VIII of this Con
stitution the same shall be construed
as If written, respectively, "he or she,"
"his or her," "him or her," and "him
self or herself."
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 1.
ROBERT MiAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
1 Number Two.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to sefctlon
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-
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lance with the provisions of the eigh
teenth article thereof:—
! Amend section eight, article nine of
| the Constitution of the Commonwealth
iof Pennsylvania, which reads as fol
; lows:
"Section R. The debt of any county,
city, borough, township, school district,
or other municipality or Incorporated
district, except as herein provided,
shall never exceed F-even 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;
I but any city, the debt of which now
exceeds seven per centum of such as
sessed valuation, may be authorized by
I 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 wharxis 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, ami 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 malotalned,"
so that It shall read as follows:
Section 8. The debt of anv 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 therein, nor shall any such mu
nicipality or district incur any new
debt, or Increase Its indebtedness to an
amount exceeding two per centum upon
such 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 bo
authorized by law to Increase the same
thape 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 excess of seven
per centum upon such assessed valu
ation for tl)e specific purpose of pro
viding for all or any of the following
purposes,—to wit: For the construc
ts* and Improvement of subways, tun
nels, railways, elevated railways, and
other transit facilities; for the con- :
structlon and Improvement of wharves ]
and docks and for the reclamation of
land to be used In the construction of
wharves and docks, owned or to be
owned by said city. Such increase, j
however, shall only be made with the !
assent of the electors thereof at a pub- j
He election, to be held In such manner;
as shall be provided by law. In ascer- |
talnim? the borrowing capacity of said I
city of Philadelphia, at any time, there I
shall be excluded from the calculation'
a credit, where the work resulting from i
any previous expenditure, for any one
or more of the specific purposes here
inabove enumerated shall be yielding l
to said city an annual current net rev- j
enue: the amount of which credit shall j
be ascertained by capitalizing the an- i
nual net revenue during the year 1m- i
mediately .preceding tlia time of such |
* v
• J
■ I ascertainment. Such capitalization
• shall be accomplished by ascertaining
• the principal amount which would yield
such annual, . urrent net revenue, at the
f average rate of interest, and sinklng
i fund charges payable upon the lndebt
■ edness Incurred by said city for such
purposes, up to the time of such ascer
tainment. The method of determining
, suc*i amount, so to be excluded or al
[ - lowc as a credit, may be presented by
, I the General Assembly.
, In incurring indebtedness, for any
(one, or more of said purposes of con
• I structlon. Improvement, or reclama
• tion, the city of Philadelphia may Is
-11 sue its obligations maturing not "later
i | than ttfty years from the date thereof
. with provision for a sinking-fun# suf
i flcient to retire said obligation at tna
i tnrity, the payments to such sinking
; fund to be in equal or graded annual
r installments. Such obligations may be
. In an amount sufficient to provide ior
■ and may Include the amount of the lr\-
• terest and sinking-fund charges accru
. ling and which may accrue thereon
11 throughout the period of construction
i | 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
|i 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
I . one year after inc completion of such
, work.
; A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 2.
. ROBERT McAFEE,
II Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Nunftpr Three.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
i Proposing an amendment to section
i j twenty-one of artlcl-i three of the
il Constitution of Pennsylvania.
I I Section 1. Be it resolved bv the Sen
\ ate and House of Representatives of
i the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania In
, ! ueneral Assembly met. That the fol-
I I lowing amendment to the Constitution
1, of the '""ommonwealtb of Pennsylvania
l be, and the same Is Hereby, proposed,
j Amend section twenty-one, article
In accordance with the eighteenth ar
ticle thereof:—
i! three of the Constitution of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, which
, reads as follows:
i: "No act of the General Assembly
shall limit the amoi nt to be recovered
for Injuries resulting In death, or for
; injuries to persons jr property, and In
. case of death from such Injuries, tne
[ right of anion Bltuii survive, and the
' Ueneral Assembly uhall orescrlbed for
whose benefit such actions snail be
prosecuted. No act shall prescribe any
i I limitations of time within which suits
; rtiay be brought against corporations
i j for injuries to persons or property, or
for other causes different from those
fixed by general taws regulating ac
-1 tlons against natural persons, and such
acts now existing are avoided," so that
It shall read as follows:
I The General Assembly may enact
• laws requiring the payment by em
fdoyers, or employers and employees
ointly, of reasonable compensation for j
j injuries to employees arising In the
. course of their employment, and f?r j
I occupational diseases of employees,
I whether or not such injuries or dis- j
i eases result in death, and regardless ,
of fault of employer of employee, and I
: fixing the basis of ascertainment of
I such compensation and the maximum I
I and minimum limits thereof, and pro- 1
| vldlng special or general remedies for ]
j the collection thereof; but In no other |
icases shall the General Assembly limit!
I the amount to be recovered for Injuries I
i resulting in death, or for Injuries to I
| persons or property, and In caso of I
i death from such Injuries, the right of I
action shall survive, and the General |
I Assembly shall prescribe for whom :
J benefit such actions shall be prosecut
ed. No lict shall prescrlho any limi
tation of time within which suits may (
I be brought against corporations for ln-
I Juries to persons or property, or for |
[other causes, different from those fixed I
|by general laws regulating actions I
I against natural persons, and such acts
nows existing are avoided.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 3. |
ROBERT McAKKE.
I Secretary of the Commonwealth.
| Number Four.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
I Proposing an amendment to the Con- I
| stltution of Pennsylvania abolishing
the office of secretary 01 internal .
| Affalm.
| He It resolved by the Senate and '
I House of Representatives of the Com- 11
i monwealth of Pennsylvania in Gener- j
ja! Assembly met, That article four of !
Ithe Constitution of Pennsylvania shall l
|be amended by adding thereto section
twenty-three, which shall read as fol- ;
! lows:— i
The office of Secretary of Internal ; 1
| Affairs be, and the same is hereby, |
abolished; and the powers and duties j
I now vested in, or appertaining or be-'
, longing to, that branch of the execu-|
jtlve department, office, or officer shall
]be transferred to such other depart
ments. offices, or officers of the State,
I now or hereafter created, as may be '
! directed by law.
i A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 4. I'
! ROBERT McAFEE. 1:
| Secretary of the Commonwealth.!'
Number Eive.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to the Con- '
j stitution of this Comrrtonwealth In i
I accordance with provisions of the;
I eighteenth (XVIII) article thereof. |
| Section 1. Be It enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives of I'
| the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania In
lOenoral Assembly met, and It is hereby j
I enacted by the authority of the same,!
That the following Is proposed as an!'
amendment to the Constitution of the !
i Common wealth of Pennsylvania. In sc- t
; cordance with the provisions of the i
S eighteenth (XVIII) article thereof:—
AMENDMENT,
j Laws may be passed providing for a i
system of registering, transferring, in-''
suring of and guaranteeing land titles ; j
by the State, or by the counties there- ! 1
j of, and for settling determining
I adverse or other claims to and Interests j j
tin lands the titles to which are so <
| registered, transferred, insured, and ' 1
guaranteed; and for the creation and,'
i collection of Indemnity funds: and for 1
i carrying the system and powers here- j '
by provided for into effect by such ex- 1
Isting courts as may be designated by | 1
i the legislature, and by the establish- ''
ment of such new courts as may be 1
: deemed necessary. In matters arising ! 1
: in and under the operation of such sys- '
! tern, judicial powers, with right of ap- I '
, peal, may be conferred by the Leglsla- '!
Iture upon county recorders and upon '
| other officers by it designated. Such i
I laws may provide for continuing the '
j registering, transferring, insuring, and!'
| guaranteeing such titles after the drat j '
or original registration has been per>
fected by the court, and provision may !'
jbe made for raising the necessary,;
! funds for expenses and snlaries of of
ficers, which shall be paid out of tha j '
i i treasury of the several counties,
i A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 6. ,'
ROBERT McAFEE, J (
Secretary of the Commonwealth.,®
Number Six. ;!
A JOINT RESOLUTION,
i Proposing an amendment to section , >
I eight, article nine of the Constitution ! J
of Pennsylvania. ,
I 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 tho Constitution of the Common- J
wealth of Pennsylvania. in accordance ,
with the provisions of thd eighteenth }
article thereof. (
Amendment to Article Nine. Section ,
Eight I
Section 2 Amend section eight, ar- \
tide nine ot the Constitution uf Penn- . (
sylvanla. which reads ns follows: — |
"Section 8. The debt of any county. I
city, borough, township, school dla-J
I trlct, or other municipality or Incor-
I pointed district, except as herein pro
vided. shall never exceed seven per
I 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
I upon such assessed valuation of prop
erty, without the assent of tho elec-
I tors 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
assessed valuation, may be authorized
by law to increase the same three per
; centum. In the aggregate, at any one
' time, upen such valuation, except that
nnv debt or debts hereinafter incurred
: bv the city and county of Philadelphia
! for tho construction and development
of subways for transit purposes, or for
the construction of wharves and docks,
I or the reclamation of land to be used
l ln the construction of a system of
I wharves and docks, as public lmprove
-1 monts. owned or to be owned by said
I city and county of Philadelphia, and
I which shall yield to the city and county
I of Philadelphia current net revenue In
excess of the Interest on said debt or
I debts, and of the annual Installments
' necessary for the cancellation of said
'debt or debts, may be excluded in as
certaining <h" power of trie city and
Icountv of Philcdelphla to become oth
erwise Indebted: Provided, That a
sinking-fund for their cancellation
i shall be established and maintained,"
I so as to read as follows:
I Section 8. The debt of any county,
Icitv. borough, township, school dis
trict, or other municipality or incor
porated district, except as herein pro
! vided shall never exceed seven per
icentuffi upon the assessed value of the
! taxable property therein, nor shall ajiy
such municipality or district incur any
; new debt, or increase its indebtedness
to an amount exceeding two per cen-
I turn upon such assessed valuation of
1 property, without the assent of the
electors thereof at a publl- electlpn
in such manner as shall be provided
by law. 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 In 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 he used In tbe
construction of a system of wharves
and docks, as public iinnrovements.
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 couceilatlon of said
debt or debts, may be excluded
In ascertaining tne power of tbe
city and county of Philadelphia to be
come otherwise indebted: Provide*!,
That such Indebtedness incurred Jn
the city and county of Phlladelpfl)
shall not at any time, in the
exceed tho sum of twenty-five mllllYt
dollars for the purpose of Improving
and developing the port of the said
city and county, by the condemnation,
purchase, or reclamation or lease p'
land on the banks of the Delaware and
Schulvkill rivers, and land adjacent
thereto; the building bulkheads, and
the purchase or construction or leas*
of wharves, docks, sheds, and ware
houses, and other buildings and faeil«
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: Trovlded. That the said city
and county shall, at or befofe the time
of so doing, provide for the collection
of an annual tax sufficient to pay tho
interest thereon, and also the principal
thereof within fifty years from the in
curring thereof.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. «.
ROBERT MCAFEE
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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