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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE
CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED TO
run CITIZENS OF THE COMMON
WEALTH FOR THEIR APPROVAL OR
IJ EJECTION. BT THE GENERAL AS
SEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH
OF PENNSYLVANIA. AND PUBLISH
ED BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY
OF THE COMMONWEALTH. IN PUR
SUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE
CONSTITUTION.
Number One.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section
one. article eight of the Constitution
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 Penn
sylvania be, and the same is hereby
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
electors as the General Assembly mav
enact:
"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 previous
ly been a qualified elector or native
born citizen of the State, he shall have
removed therefrom and returned, then
six months) immediately preceding the
election.
•Third. He shall have resided In the
election district where he shall offer to
vote at least two months immediately
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 be
fore the election." be amended so that
the same shall read as follows:
Section 1. Every citizen, male or fe
male. of twenty-one years of age, pos
sessing the following qualifications,
shall be entitled to vote at all elections,
subject, however, to such laws requir
ing and regulating the registration of
electors as the General Assembly mav
enact:
First. He or she shall have Deen a
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I citizen of the United States at least
11 one month,
I Second. He or she shall have re
f sided in the State one year (•>l*, having
I previously been a qualified elector or
i native born citizen of the State, he or
• she shall have removed therefrom and
! returned, then six months) Immediate- I
I ly preceding tho election.
| Third. He or she shall have resided I
I the e!?:t!on district whore he or she i
j shall iiTer to vote at least two months;
lmmodi.it-sl;/ preceding the election.
| )«nurtn. If twenty-two years of age'
I ana upn avds. he or she shall have paid '
| withi.i two years a State or county tax.
I which shall have been assessed at least
i two months and paid at '.east one month
| before the election.
| Fifth. Wherever the words "he." I
1 "his.' "him." and "himself" occur in
any section of article VII of this Con-I
; stitution the same shall be construed
as if written, respectively, "he or she," i
"his or her." "him or her," and "him- !
j self or herself."
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 1. i
CYRUS E. WOODS,
Secretary of the Commonwealth. j
Number Two.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
j Proposing an amendment to section
eight of article nine of the Consti-;
tution of Pennsylvania.
Sectton 1. Be it resolved by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives of
j the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in
' General Assembly met. That the fol
j lowing is proposed as an amendment to
ilhe Constitution of the Commonwealth
, of Pennsylvania, in accordance with the I
provisions of the eighteenth article :
thereof:—
Amend section eight article nine of!
tne Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, which reads as fol- I
! lows:
"Section 8. The debt of any county, '
city, borough, township, school district, j
or other municipality or. incorporated'
i. st , r , lct " exce Pt as herein provided, !
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 property I
without the assent of the electors there- i
2 a L a ,i P^ b,lc ?*;tion tn such manner
as shall be provided by law; but anv!
city, the debt of which now exceeds'
seven per centum of such assessed vai-
l nation, may be authorized by law to
j increase the same three per centum, in
j 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 sub
ways 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 improvements
owned or to be owned by said city and !
county of Philadelphia, and which shall !
yield to the city and county of Phila
delphia current net revenues in fvl .pl
I of the interest on said debt or debts
and the annual Instalments necesMfirv
,for the cancellation of said debt or
. debts, may be excluded in ascertaining
i SW, P „ ol f' e 1 r i of . th £ clty a,,d county of
Philadelphia to become otherwise in
debted: Provided. Thai a sinking-fund
! for their cancellatloYi shall be estab
lished and maintained." no that it shall
read as follows:
Section 8. The debt of any county,;
borough, township, school district !
Sr »°f . er ,T,unici Pality or Incorporated i
district, except as herein provided, shall !
never exceed seven per centum upon
■ the assessed value of the taxable prop
e>;ty therein, nor shall any such mu
nicipality or district Incur anv new
debt, or increase its Indebtedness to an
amount exceeding two per centum upon
WW asse ssed valuation of property
I without the consent of the electors' 1
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 thojsand 1
! eight hundred and seventy-four ex
ceeded seven per centum of such as
, sessed valuation, and has not since been
i reduced to less than such per centum !
I may be authorized by law to Increase
I the same three per centum in the ag- I
, gregate, at any one time, upon such '
j valuation. The city of Philadelphia I
i upon the conditions hereinafter set
l forth, may Increase Its indebtedness to !
the extent of three per centum in excess
of seven per centum upon such as
sessed valuation for 'he specific pur
, pose of providing for all or any of the I
following purposes. to wit: For the
; construction and Improvement of sub- 1
ways, tunnels, railways, elevated rail
ways, and other transit facilities; for
the construction and improvement of'
wharves and docks and for the re- I
I clamation of land to be used in the 1
construction of wharves and docks
owned or to be owned by said city'
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> ! Such increase, however, shall only be
i | made with the assent of the electors
i thereof at a public election, to be held
in such manner as shall be provided
i; by law. In ascertaining the borrowing
, capacity of said city of hiladelphia. at
I any time, there shall be excluded from
: the calculation a credit, where the work
. | resulting from any previous expendl
ture, for any one or more of the
; specific purposes hereinabove enumer- j
i ated shall be yielding to said city an i
j annual current net revenue: the amount
j of which credit shall be ascertained by j
j capitalizing the annual net revenue -
during the year immediately preceding !
the time of such ascertainment Such '
; capitalization shall be accomplished by !
I ascertaining the principal amount [
which would yield such annual, cur
rent net revenue, at the average rate i
; of interest, and sinking-fund charges i
payable upon the indebtedness incur- !
I red by said city for such purposes, up j
to the time of such ascertainment. The
■ method of determining sucn amount, so 1
; to be excluded or allowed as a credit. I
1 may be prescribed by the General As
j sernbly.
j In incurring Indebtedness, for any
, one, or more of said purposes of con
struction. Improvement, or reclamation,
. the city of Philadelphia may issue its
obligations maturing not later than
fifty years from the date thereof, with
i provision for a sinking-fund sufficient
to retire said obligation at maturity,
1 the payments to such sinking-fund to
be in equal or graded annual instal- I
ments. Such obligations may be in an !
amount sufficient to provide for and '
I may include the amount of the interest'
and sinking-fund charges accruing and I
i which may accrue thereon throughout i
the period of construction and until;
the expiration of one year after the !
; completion of the work for which said
i Indebtedness shall have been incurred; >
■ and said city shall not be required to'
levya tax to pay said interest and I
sinking-fund charges, as required by!
| section ton of article nine of the Con
i stltution of Pennsylvania, until the ex- I
plration of said period of one year after I
j the completion of such work. ji
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 2.
CYRUS E WOODS. !
S-ecretary of the Commonwealth. j i
Number Three,
i A JOINT RESOLUTION I
Proposing an amendment to section i
I twenty-one of article three of the '
Constitution of Pennsylvania.
Section X. Be it resolved by the Sen- 1
e ate and House vt Representatives of
11 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania lr.
| General Assembly met. That the fol
; j lowing amendment to the Constitution
I of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
! be, and the same is hereby, proposed,
j in accordance with the eighteenth ar-
I tide thereof:—
j Amend section twentv-one, article
| three of the Constitution or the Com-
I monwealth of Pennsylvania, which
[ reads as follows:
I "No act of the General Assembly
j shall limit the amount to be recovered
I for injuries resulting in death, or for
! injuries to persons or property, and in
j case of death from such Injuries, the
j right of action shall survive, and the
[ General Assembly shall prescribe for i
! whose benefit such actions shall be
i prosecuted. No act shall prescribe any 1
limitations of time within which suits I
may be brought against corporations
for Injuries to persons or property or
for other causes different from those
fixed by general laws regulating
actions against natural persons, and
such acts now existing are avoided "
so that it shall read as follows: '
The General Assembly may enact
laws requiring the payment of emplov- ■
ers. or employers and employes joint*
Iy, or reasonable compensation for In
juries to employes arising In the course
of their employment, and for occu
patlonal diseases of employes, whether
or not such injuries or diseases result
I in death, and regardless of fault of em
j ployer or employe, and fixing the basis
■of ascertainment of such compensa-
I a ?J? the . maximum and minimum
I limits thereof, and providing special or
: general remedies for the collection'
thereof; but In no other cases shall I
, the General Assembly limit the amount
to be recovered for injuries resulting
I in death, or for injuries to persons or
l property, and In case of death from
i such injuries, the right of action shall
I survive, and the General Assembly '
shall prescribe for whose benefit such
actions shall be prosecuted. No act '
shall prescribe any limitations of tlma '
within which suits may be brought
against corporations for injuries to per- .
sons or property, or for other causes \
different from those fixed bv general
laws regulating actions against na
tural persons, and such acts now exist
OCTOBER 23, 1015.
' trig: are avoided.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No.
CYRUS E. WOODS,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Four.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Con
stitution of this Commonwealth in
accordance with provisions of the
eighteenth (XVIII) article thereof.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen
eral Assembly met, and it Is hereby en
| acted by the authority of the same,
I That the following is proposed as at
amendment to the Constitution of th«
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 and guaranteeing land titles bv
I the State, or by the counties thereof,
land for settling and determining ad
| verse or other claims to and interest In
lands the titles of which aj-e so regis
tered, transferred, insured, and guar
anteed; and for the creation and collec
tlon of indemnity funds; and for carry
ing the system and powers hereby pro
vided for into effect by such existing
courts as may be designated by th«
Legislature, and by the establishment
of such new courts as may be deemeo
necessary. In matters arising in and
J under the operation of such system,
judicial powers, with right of appeal,
may be conferred by the Legislature
upon county recorders and upon other
officers by it designated. Such laws '
may provide for continuing the regis
tering, transferring, insuring, and
guaranteeing such titles after the first
or original registration has been per
j fected by the court, and provision may
be made for raising the necessary funds
for expenses and salaries of officers,
which shall be paid out of the treasury
of the several counties.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 4.
CYRUS E. WOODS,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
NOTICE Letters of administration
on the estate of Martha E. Fox. late of
Hnrrisburg, Dauphin county. Pa., de
ceased, having been granted to the un
dersigned residing in Harrlsburg. All
persons indebted to said estate are re
quested to mate immediate payment,
and those having claims will present I
ihem for settlement.
W. STUART FOX, I
DAISY E. STRAUSNER,
Administrator.
Election Proclamation
NOTICE of an election to be held
November 2, 1915, to decide whether or
not the indebtedness of the City of
Harrisburg shall be increased.
Notice is hereby given that an elec
■' tlon will be held, at the time and
I places for holding the General Elec
tion in the City of Harrisburg, on Tues
| day, the second day of November, 1815,
between the hours of seven
I o'clock a. m. and seven o'clock p. m.,
| for the purpose of obtaining the assent
of the electors to a proposed increase
of indebtedness of the City of Harris
burg.
I The amount of the last assessed valu
ation of taxable property in the City
lof Harrisburg is fifty million, three
hundred and thirty-six thousand, seven
hundred and fifty-four dollars (S.iO.-
336,751).
The amount of the existing debt, of
the City of Harrisburg is one million,
nine hundred and thirty-one thousand,
seven hundred and linetepn dollars and
fifty-seven cents ($1,931,719.57).
The amount of the proposed Increase
| of indebtedness of the City of Harris
burg is three hundred and sixty thous
and dollars ($360,000).
The percentage of the proposed in
crease of indebtedness of the City of
Harrisburg is .0071319 (plus) per cent
The purposes for which the indebted
ness aforesaid is to be Increased are
las follows, viz:
"For the construction of a bridge
with the necessary approaches there
to, on the line of Walnut street, from
a point at or about the western Una
of the right of way of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company to a point at of
about the intersection of Twelfth arid
Walnut,streets, and the consequential
damages resulting therefrom." threa
hundred thousand dollars ($300,000)
"For the purpose of equipping the
fl.-e department with motor driven ap
paratus and remodeling fire houses to
accommodate the same," sixty thous
and dollars ($60,000;.
JOHN K. ROYAL,
Mayor of the City of Harrisburg.
(Corporate Seal)
Attest;
CIIAS. A. MILLER, City Clerk.
Harrisburg, Pa.. October 1, 1915.
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