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AUTO OWNERS OBJECT TO
BEINCIAXEO BY UNCLE SMI
State and Local Clubs of the Ameri
can Automobile Association Almost
Unanimously Respond to Call of
Special Legislative Committee
Automobiliste throughout the coun
try are thoroughly aroused at the evi
dent desire oil the part of certain na
tional legislators to place upon motor
car owners a large percentage of the
amount to be derived from the war
tax measure.
State and local clubs of the Ameri
can Automobile Association almost
unanimously respond to the call of its
special legislative committee, of which
Dr. H. M. Rowe, of Maryland, served
as chairman, to make known to mem
bers of Congress their positive objec
tion to being seized upon anew as a
source of attack for purposes of rev
enue.
The protest sets forth the unfair
ness of any legislation which singled
out motor cars from other road ve
hicles. If gasoline motor cars were
called upon to pay, it was assorted, all
horse-drawn vehicles should be taxed,
frankly admitting that their mileage
is less and the tax should be accord
ingly graded.
The situation presented an oppor
tunity to A. A. A. clubs to emphasize
to the national legislators the just posi
tion which the association has taken
in contending that all road vehicles
should pay or none should pay.
In his communication to the Senate
finance committee. Dr. Rowe set forth
the following:
"In many States motor car owners
now pay two and three taxes, and fur
themore. are discriminated against as a
special class of road users in that
other vehicles go untaxed. If it is right
to tax one class of road vehicles, all
vehicles should be similarly t-eated.
"This would be equally true in the
imposition of any war tax, for it must
now be apparent to all that automo
biles have an equal right with all
other vehicles to the free use of pub
lic highways, built and maintained by
general taxation. Furthermore, the
self-propelled vehicle has become of
such common use that an extra tax
at this time would be a and
detrimental to the interests of the peo
ple at large. Moderate priced and mod
erate-powered cars greatly exceed the
comparatively small number of multi
powered motor cars.
"It is a conservative estimate to
say that over half of the 1,600,000
automobiles in use have a positive
commercial value, and the larger part
of the remaining fifty per cent, are
partially employed seriously; carrying
men to business or people to railroad
stations, and otherwise serving those
who abridge distance by road.
"We would coll your attention to!
the fact that as citizens we shall pay I
with ail others whatever general taxes
may be imposed in anv war measure ;
adopted. But we do vigorously protest
again any legislation which passes on
to us an unfair proportion of the bur
den. and also carries with it a dis
crimination against one class of road
vehicles." •
AUTOSINTHEEUROPEANWAR
Good Substitute When Continental
Railroads Are Put Out of Busi
ness in Conflict
M::nv ontinental railroads have
been deliberately put out of commis
sion to prevent their use or seizure bv
the enemy. Bridges have been blown
up. road bets destroyed and much of •
the rolling stock crippled beyond re- |
;iair. (.treat numbers of horses have:
been slaughtered an 1 there has been a
wholesale destruction of motor vehicles
thus materially decreasing the number
of automobiles and trucks on the con
tinent The cessation of hostilities will
find all the countries at war without i
adequate transportation facilities.
Motor trucks have proved themselves
invaluable in transporting supplies and
ammunition, aud in contributing to- 1
wards the rapid movement of troops. !
But no mechanism, however stronglv
constructed, could withstand the ter-:
rible treatment they have been receiv-1
ing in the field. War has left neither
the time nor the facilities for giving
the care necessary to keep the trucks
at their high point of efficiency. In the '
continual rush of the campaign, drivers
cannot stop to replenish the oil sup
ply or adjust small mechanical dif- •
Acuities. They keep the car going just
as long as they can and then are forced
to desert for another. On roads used
by the big armies, deserted motor
trucks are found at frequent intervals.
AUTOIBILE DEVELOPMENT
H. M. Jewett, Paige President, Shows
Why Motor Car Expenditures Are
Not Wasteful Extravagance
''Anything that gives us quicker
and mnre economical transportation
a boon to civilisation and the auto
mobile has certainly contributed its
share to this advancement," said H. M.
Jeirett. president of the Paige-Detroit
Motor Car Company, in an address he
tore a recent gathering of automobile
dealers. 'The Automobile industry—
What of Its Futuref" He took the"oc
casion to show the fallacy of the i lea
that the millions spent each year for
motor cars representel wasteful lux
ury.
••The prejudice against the automo
bile is being fast eliminated. When
motor cars first appeared upon our
i-treets and roads, every owner of a
horse felt that each automobile owne
vi a<t an enemy.
"Today there is still prejudice in
the minds of some people wh > reailv
do not understand the existing condi
tions.
"I have even heard some ill inform-1
ed men state that they are a real mcu I
: aoe on account of the enormous amount
' of money that is being .pent for them.
" us look into this subject for a
moment and see. comparatively speak
j ing. the relative amount of money that
1 is beinji spent each year by the people
j of the United States in luxuries.
"There are $409,191,852 spent for
tobacco; $265,(M10.000 spent for chew
i insj gum and candy; $260,700,000
spent in moving picture shows; $134.
T96.000 spent in carriages and wagons;
and only $2 49,202,000 spent for au
! tomobiles, of which $31,254,000 is
exported abroad, which leaves net, in
'the year 1913, $217.945,000 expend
cm for automobiles in the United States.
, "The automobile has increased land
values in the United States a hundred
fold more than ail the money spent
i on them. Think of the wonderful in
-1 crease in real estate values of subur
ban property, farm (lands, etc., that
| is attributable to the automobile, be
i cause it gives quick transportation.
"The automobile alone is responsi
• ble for 73 per cent, of the betterment
of roads in the United States."
TEST IF AUTOCAR AND TIRE
;S,»MM»-Mile Trip With a Reo Machine
Equipped With Miller Rubber
Company Tires
For a te«t of far and tire ertdur
j anve, Henry J. Adams, of Fostoria, 0.,
| complete.! a turee -fhousan-1-mile trip
! through the northeastern section of ttic
t country with n Reo car equipped with
Miller tires maiie by t'he Miller Rubber
Company ait Akron. Ohio. Adams ma«le
; the following route which he recent
! mends as being an ideai tour. Cleve
! land to Buffalo, to Rochester, down the
| State road to Montreal. ba*k through
j Rouses on l<a!;e -Champlain, across Ver
! inont an<l the Green niounta'ins up iuto
| New Hampshire and the White mown
(tains: across Maine to the Atlantic
i coast; then down the cost to Boston.
1 through Rhode Island and Connecticut
to New York City and across New Jer
sey to Philadelphia and on to Delaware,
Baltimore, Md„ from there to Washing
ton. P. C., over into Virginia and
I Mount Vernon. Washington's old home,
i over the Blue Ridge mountains t-o Get
I tysburg, Pa.; Harrisburg. Bedford, Cum
! norland, >fd., across the Allegheny
j mountains into West Virginia and back
| into Ohio.
The tour lasted twenty five days and
I Mr. Adams, upon his return home, sta*
i ed they were good for another trip. The
I Sterling Auto Tire Co. are the local
j representatives of IMnller tires at Har
risburg.
MOTORCYCLE NOTES
The Motorcycle Club of Milwaukee,
! Wis., has recently been incorporated-
The Freeport Motorcycle Club of
} Freeport, 111., recently opened its win
- ter season with a banquet in its club
1 rooms.
Prominent in the parade given under
| the auspices of tly> Keystone Motor
I Cycle Club were both Mr. Ray Heagv,
I carrying six people on his single
! cylinder, and Mr. Harvey Heagv, with
a side car and two passengers—both
I machines having the mark of Har ley
I Davidson. The parade attracted a
j iarge amount of interest of the many
I visitors and firemen. To-morrow the j
I club will run to Sunburv and return.
: stopping in the mountains for a ehest-
I nut hunt.
SIMPLICITY OF CHALMERS
Important Points of the Popular Auto
mobile Explained
Simplicity, speed, non-stallable mo- :
tor, silence, abundant power, one op
eration in starting, reliability, inde
pendent ignition.
This startling system is built com
[ plete. except the storage battery, in 1
1 the Chalmers shops. More than $60,-
000 have been invested in a thoroughly j
modern and completely equipped elec- ;
trical department. "We build," says
Robert 1.. Morton, manager of the
Keystone Motor Car Company, the local
distributors, "every part of the gen
erator. This one fact alone is convinc-,
ing proof of our absolute faith in the j
superiority of the present Chalmers !
i starting system."
Perhaps the most striking quality of 1
: this system is its simplicity of opera- j
tion.
While running, the starting motor is
constantly in connection with the mo
tor of the car. This gives a positively
non-stallable motor. Whenever the I
: speed of the engine is so reduced under I
labor that it would ordinarly stall, the j
.-tarter at once takes up its operation. !
I The instant the clutch is released to
' hange gears the motor spins away on
electrical power, starting again with
out any perceptible intermission.
Recent Winners of Prizes
doe Woltere, in the recent 250-mile 1
sweepstake, captured first prize in 3 1
hours, 15 minutes and 52 seconds audi
the fastest lap in 1 minute and 29 sec
onds.
Carl Gottndy, running 102 miles
without a stop, won the longest non- j
stop prize. AH remarkable records
made with Excelsior 7.
FOLLOW THE GAME IN HALL
Baseball Fans Enjoy Baseball Contest
Reproduced on "Wizard" Board
The large crowd of fans that saw :
tihe first game between the Athletics
and Boston Nationals reproduced in
■Chestnut street hall yesterday after-!
noon, went away satisfied that the
genius who invented the "Wizard''
'board has produced a device tJhat gives
every fan in the country a chance to
take in the big series.
Before the first inning was half over
the members of t'he audience had for
gotten they were watching a mammoth
mechanical toy. To them it was the
real thing. They applauded, yelled at
the players and expressed satisfaction
or dissatisfaction with the turn of the !
game in the usual vehement language |
of the bleacherite. It was as much
fun to watch the crowd as it was to i
follow the game.
(hi Monday the board will be re
move,! to the Boar,l of Trade audi
torinin to make room for the food show '
to i>e held in the Chestnut street hall
• luring the coming week.
The Rest Cure
First Bridge Fiend—Caroline is suf
fering from nervous breakdown. The!
physicians say »he must positively rest
more.
Second Bridge Field—ls she doing
so *
first. Bridge Fiend—Yes; she no
longer watches the game when she's i
dummy.—Puck. I
TT QT \T?-T"NT)EPENT)EyT. SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 10. 1914.
NEWS OF
L V. SCRUBS TOP CENTRAL
, Absence of Bote From Lineup Weakens
Local Team, Who Lose First
Game, 28 to <i
Feeling the absence of Rote, the siat j
quarterback, Central High school put:
j up a weak game against the Lebanon j
I Valley scrubs yesterday afternoon at:
i Antiville, the latter team winning by ]
the score of 2S to 6. Central was out -j
played in all but the third quarter of '
the game when the locals carried the i
, hall over for their only score in an un
interrupted succession of plays after re
ceiving the kick.
The collegians knew more football
and'were able to diagnose plays better
when oil the defense.-Two of the scores
! made against them were because of
poor handling of punts. It was here!
i that Rote's loss was felt the most. |
Roth, Bingham and Byers |
played Central's best game, while Wal
ter. 'Venrich. Race and Loomis, a for- j
mer Teh star, played best for Leb-1
anon Valley.
The lineup and- summary:
Lebanon V. S. Central High. j
P. Snavelv L. B flout/ I
1.00-mis 1.. T Byers j
! Vingst L. G Rmuckerl
Inman . Diffenbadi |
Bach man R. G Sel'heimer
Wenrich R. T Winn
Morrison R. R Hilton
Rave Q. R Zeigler
Kvans 1,. H. R Bingham
Walter R. H. R Roth
A. Suavely F. B Smelf/.et
Touchdowns, Ra,-e. 2; Walter, Swart:',
Bingham. Goals from touchdowns. Wal
ters. 4. "substitutions. McCalley for
\\ enrich. Rlouoh for Vingst. Rupp for,
Morrison, Ki.helberger for Evans,'
Swart/ for Suavely, Wenrich for CMvOal- j
lev. Referee. Bntterwick. Ufbuw Val j
lev. 1 mpire. Strickler, Lebanon Val i
ley. Head linesman, Jaeger, Spring
field Training. Time of quarters. 10'
minuter.
PLAY FOR GOVERNORS' CUP
Three Sixteen? Start Fall Tourney On
Links at Harrisburg Country
Club
The match play tournament at the
j Harrisburg Country Club for the board
of governors' trophy, started this aft
! ernoon. Piav will continue until Octo-
I ber 24. Three sixteens have been ar
; ranged, the drawings for which fol
low;
First Sixteen—W. P. Macguire vs.
S. ('. Todd. Carl B. Elv vs. W. Mc
: ("rcath, G. W. Reilv vs. A. M. Sides, R.
MeCreath vs. L. MeCreath, C. Pull vs.
- B. H. Evans. P. McCormick vs. •!. P.
i Pohonev, Jackson Boyd vs. W. K. j
' Wright, Frank Payne vs. J. A. Hem- 1
ent.
Second Sixteen—R. G. Goldsborough
vs. A. B. Hamilton. W. H. Gaither vs. i
W. W. Davis, H. M. Stine vs. E.
j Kiester, H. L. Hosford vs. E. J. Be-,
van, C. E. Ryder vs. R. G. Cox, C. B. j
j Miller vs. F. J. Brady, J K. Tener vs.
N. E. Saisicb, G. If. Brown vs. R. A.
; Hickok.
Third Sixteen—Paul Hocker vs.
i John Fox Weiss', F. J. Hall vs. T. J.
j Gould, B. F. Rover vs. R. B. Abbott, j
i L. E. Johnson vs. J. V. W. Revnders.
R. V. McKay vs. J. L. Shearer. Frank
Bell vs. T. C. Baldwin, J. E. Ericsou
' vs. C. W. Davis. W. C. Wright vs. D. R.
Palmer, W. B. M.cCaleh vs. R. Davis, i
FEDERAL LEAGUE
At Pittsburgh—First game.
R. H. E.'
Buffalo 115 4
> Pittsburgh 0 5 2
i (Sixteen innings).
Ford and Blair; Knetzer and Ber
,*•
Second Game— B. H. E.J
j Buffalo 0 1 2 !
I Pittsburgh 3 6 0'
j (Six innings, darkness).
Anderson and Allen; Lerlair and
| Roberts.
At Baltimore- R. H. E.
Brooklyn 4 15 01
j Baltimore 511 4'
Bluejacket and Watson; Smith and
, Jacklitsch.
INTER-LEAUIE SERIFS
Yaults Win OveT Giants
New \ork, Oct. 10.—Jeff Tesreau
and Jack Warhop engaged in a stir
ring pitchers' duel here yesterday in
| the second game of the series for the
Manhattan championship. The Nation
als' big moist ball t wirier became fa-'
tally erratic in the ninth inning while
(the diminutive little American Leaguer'
with tile underhand delivery emerged t
in a 2 to 1 victory.
R. H. E.
Nationals .. 01000000 o—l 6 1 1
! Americans . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2—2 8 1
Tesreau and Meyers; Warhop and
! Sweeney.
Cubs Take Lead
Chicago. Oct. 10.—The Chicago Na
tionals went into the lead for the city
■championship yesterday when they de- !
I i'eated their American League oppo-! i
nents. 2to 1. The game was a pitch-i
'ers' duel between Humphries and Benz,!
■ with the latter having a stade the bet-!
ter of the argument, even though his
: side was defeated. The serie< now!,
stands two to one in favor of the Na-''
tionals. ' i
R. H E, i
Nationals .. 0 0 020000 o—20 —2 4 1 !
: Americans .. 00100000 o—l 5 3
Humphries ami Bresnahan; Benz.!
Wolfgang and Schalk. ,
ACADEMY TENNIS TOURNEY
First Round Will Be Completed By
Next Friday
Drawing for the tennis tournament c
at the Harrisburz Academy which will
open next week have been made. First j ] <
round matches must be played by Fri-!
day. The drawings follow:
B. Rutherford vs. Tate, Holmes vs. ! 1
Gurnette, Smiley vs. R. Shreiner, L. j
llart vs. llorton. Broadhurst, a bve,'
Jeffers vs. G. Shreiner. Wallis vs. .1. •
Hart, J. Strouse vs. Dunkle, I). Lescure ]
vs. Ebberts, Ross, a bye.
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SPORTING WORLD
STATISTICS OF THE FIRST
GAME IN WORLD'S SERIES
Played at Shibe Park, Philadelphia.
Winner—Boston, National League.
Loser —Athletics, American liengue.
Score —7 to 1.
Pitchers—Rudolph. Boston; Bender
l an.l Wyckoff, Athletics.
Umpires—iJineen, American league,
behind plate; Klem, National Ijeague,
on bases: Byron, National League, left
field; Hildebrand, American League,
i right field.
Paid Attendance—2o,s62.
Receipts— $4 9,6 39.
National Commtasion'g Share—s4,-
963.90. '
Players' Share—s26,Bos.
Clubs' Share —$17,570.10.
Each Club's Share —$3,935.05.
Standing of Clubs
W. U P.O.
Boston 1 0 1.040
I Athletics 0 1 .000
The official score;
BOSTON.
AB. R. H. TB. O. A. K.
I Moran, rf.. 5 0 0 00 0 1
I Evers, 2b.. 411 1221
Connolly, If 3 111110
j Whitted, cf 3 2 13 10 0
Schmidt, lb 4 1 2 211 1 0
! Gowdy, c. 323 6910
I Maranvl'e ss 402 2230
| Heal, 3b ... 4 0 0 0 1 2 0
j Rudolph, p 4 0 11030
Totals, .. 34 7 1 1 16 27 13 2
ATHLETICS.
AB. K. H. TB. 0. A. E.
Murphy, rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 0
1 Oldring, If 3 0 0* 0 2 0 0
! Collins, 2b 3 0 0 0 2 2 0
j Baker, 3'b . 4 0 1 2 3 4 0
| Mclnnes, lb 2 1 ft 010 1 0
j Strunk, cf 4 0 2 2 0 0 0
Barry, ss. 4000330
c. 2 0 0 0 3 0 0
I Lapp, ft ... 1 0 ft 0 2 1 0
! Bender, p . 2 0 0 0 1 2 0
Wyckoff. p 10 12 10 0
Totals. ..30 1 5 7 27 13 0
Boston 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 o—70 —7
Athletics 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 o—l
Two-base hits, Gowdy, Wyckoff. Ba-j
kcr. Three-base hits, Gowdy, Whitted.
Sacrifice hit, Oldring. Hits, off Bender,
jS in 0 innings (and 5 batters in the
■ sixth); off Wyckoff, 3 in 3 innings
1 (and to 3 batters in the sixth). Stolen
i bases. Moran, Schmidt, Gowdy. Struck
out, by Rudolph: Barry, 2; Murphv,
Oldring, Baker, Mclnnes, Schang; by
Bender: Connolly, Moran, Rudolph: by
Wyckoff: Evers, Maranville. First base
on balls, by Rudolph: Collins, Mclnnes,
2; bv Bender: Whitted, Connolly; by
Wyckoff: Gowdv. First base on errors,
! Athletics, 1. I<eft on bases, Boston, 3;
Athletics, 6. Double plays, Schmidt
and Deal; Barry, Collins and Mclnnes;
Bender, Barry and Mclnnes; Bender
1 and Mclnnes; Baker and Mclnnes;
Lapp. Collins, Lapp ami Baker. Time,
lh. 58 m. Umpires, Dineen behind
i plate, Klem on bases. Hildebrand iu
right. Byron in left.
His Genius
"Why do people think he's a geni
us? Nobody can understand what he's!
talking al>out,"
"No, but he can make people be
lieve that he does."- Exchange. j
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NOTICE —letters testamentary on the
estate of R. Catharine Byrem, late of i
| the borough of Steelton, Dauphin coun-
I ty, Pa., deceased, having granted 1
!to the undersigned, residing in En- 1
! haut. Pa., all persons indebted to said
estate ahe requested to make immerli- |
ate payment, and those having claims i
will present them for settlement, to
JAMES S. BARNES,
Executor.
Or H. U DRESS. Attorney.
Steelton Trust Co. Bldg.,
Steelton, Pa.
\OTICB
Notice is hereby given that applica- '
tion has h*en made to the Court of
Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Dau
phin County, by the following person j
and corporations for licenses to engage j
in the business of lending money, in ac- !
( ordance with the provisions of *the act l
of Assembly of June sth, 1913, entitled
An act regulating the making of <er- I
tain loans, etc.," and hearing thereon i
will be had October "Oth, 1914, at 10
o'clock a. m., at the Court House, Har
risburg. Pa.: that the. said applications;
are now on file in the office of the clerk !
of the Court of Quarter Sessions of !
Dauphin County:
Name and Place of Business:
No. 1. Profit-sharing Loan Society,
No. 9 N. Second St.. Harrisburg, Pa., No, i
337 June Sessions, 1914.
No. L\ Pennsylvania Investment Com
pany, No. 132 Walnut St., Harrisburg,
Pa.. No. 33$ June Sessions, 1914.
No. 3. Claude T. Davis, doing bust-I
ness as "Employees Discount Com- !
pany," No. 3fi N. Third St., Harrisburg, I
Pa., No. 233, September Sessions, 1914.
HENRY K. HOLLER.
Clerk of pourt. j
"PROPOSED AMKN'I iMK.VTS TO THE I
- L CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED TO
THE f'TTI/.ENS OK THE COMMON
WEALTH FOR THE IK APPROVAL OR
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El) BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY
OF THE COMMONWEALTH. IN PUR- '
T Hon. William Jennings Bryan
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JOHN G. WALL, Agent,
<th & Cumberland Sts. Hamsburg, Pa. Both I'hon.s
iSUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE
CONSTITUTION.
Number One
A JOINT RESOLUTION
i Proposing an amendment to section
J one. article eig-ht 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 eight
eenth article tfc
That section one of article eight,
which reads as follows:
"Section 1. Kvery male citizen twen
ty-pne years of age. possessing the
following qualifications, shall be enti
tled to vote at all elections, subject,
however, to such laws requiring and
regulating the registration of electors
as the General Assembly may enact:
"First. He shall have been a citiaen
of the United State* at least one month.
'•Second. H»> 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 be 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 with
in 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 amended so
■ that the same shall read as follows:
Section 1. Kvery citizen, male or fe
male. of iwenty-ono years of age. pos
sessing the following qualifications,
shall be entitled to vote at all elections,
I subject, however, to such laws re qui r
; ing and regulating the registration of
electors as the General Assembly may
j enact:
First. He or she shall have been a
citizen of the United States at.least one
month.
Second. He or she shall have resided
in the State one year (or. having pre
viously been a qualified elector or na
tive-born citizen of the State, he or
she shall have removed therefrom, and
returned, then six months) immediately
preceding the election.
Third. He or she shall have resided
l in the election district where he or she
: shall offer to vote at least two months
I immediately preceding the election.
I Fourth. If twenty-two years of age
| and upwards, he or she shall have paid
I wMthln two years a State or county
j tax. which shall have been assessed at
least two months and paid at least one
i month before the election.
... Wherever the words "he."
' his," "him," and "himself" occur in any
I section of article VIII of this Cons tit u'-
; tion the same shall be construed as if
written, respectively, "he or she." "his
l or her." "him or her," and "himself or
herself."
A true copy of Joint Resolution Xo. 1,
ROBERT McAPEE,
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 Sen-
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 Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, in accordance with the
provisions of the eighteenth article
thereof:
t Amend section eight, article nine of
* _V on8 tltpti° n of the Commonwealth
of - Pennsylvania, which reads as fol
lows:
'Section R. The debt of anv county,
«ty, 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
ei*ty therein, nor shall any such munici
pality 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 assent of the eleotorß there
of at a public election In such manner
as shall be provided by law; but anv
city, the debt of which now exceeds
seven per centum of such assessed val
uation. 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 bv the city
and county of Philadelphia for the con
struction and development of subways
for transit purposes, or for the con
struction of wharves and docks, or the
reclamation of land to be used In tile
construction of a system of wharves
and docks, as public improvements
owned or to be owned bv said citv and
county of Philadelphia, and which'shall
yield to the city and county of Phila
delphia current net revenues in excess
of the interest on said debt or debts,
and of the annual installment* neces
sary for the cancellation of said debt
or debts, may be excluded in ascer
taining the power of the cirv and coun
ty of Philadelphia to become other
wise indebted: Provided. That a sink
ing fund for their cancellation shall be
established and maintained," so that
it shall read as follows.
Section M. 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 anv such munici
pality or district Incur anv 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 he provided bv law
but any city, the debt of which on the
first day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-four, ex
ceeded seven per centum of such as
sessed valuation, and has not since been
reduced to less than such per cenutm,
may. be authorized by law to increase
the same three per centum in the ag
gregate, at any one time, upon such
valuation. The city of Philadelphia
upon the conditions hereinafter set
forth, may increase its indebtedness
to the extent of three per centum in
excess of seven per centum upon such
assessed valuation for the specific pur
pose of providing for all or any of the
following purposes,-T-to wit: For the
construction ami improvement of sub
ways, tunnels, railways, elevated rail
ways, ant! other transit facilities; for
the construction and improvement of
wharves and docks and for the recla
mation of land to be used in the con
struction of wharves and docks, owned
or to be owned by said city. Such in
crease. however, shall only be made
with the assent "of the electors thereof
at a public election, to be held in such
manner as shall be provided bv law.
In ascertaining the borrowing capacity
of said city of Philadelphia, at any
time, there shall he excluded from the
calculation a credit, where the work
resulting from any previous expendi
ture, for any one or more of the spe
cific purposes hereinabove enumerated
shall be yielding to said city an annual
current net revenue; the amount of
which credit shall be ascertained by
capitalizing the annual net revenue
during the year immediately 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 in
terest, and sinking-fund charges pay
able upon the indebtedness incurred by
said city for such purposes, up to the
time of such ascertainment. The meth
od of determining such amount, so to
he excluded or allowed as a credit, may
be prescribed by the General Assem
bly.
In incurring indebtedness, for any
I one or more of said purposes of con
struction, improvement, or reclamation,
! the city of Philadelphia may issut its
obligations maturing not later than
fifty years from the date thereof; with
I provision for a si-king-fund sufficient
|to retire said obligation at maturity,
' the payments to such sinking-fund to
S be in equal or graded annual install
i ments. Such obligations may be in an
! amount sufficient to provide for and
j may include the amount of the inter
-1 est and sinking-fund charges accru
! ing and which may accrue thereon
of ascertainment of such compensation
' and the maximum and minimum limits
> thereof, and special or gen
j eral remedies for the collection thereof;
j but in no other cases shall the General
Assembly limit the amount to be re
j covered for injuries resulting in death,
: or for injuries to persons or property,
! and in case of death from such iniur
| ies, the right of action shall survive,
i and the General Assembly shall pre
! scribe for whose benefit such actions
, shall be prosecuted. No act shall pre
scribe any limitations of time within
I which suits may be brought against
.corporations for injuries to persons or
property, or for other causes, different
j from those fixed by general laws regu
lating actions against natural persons,
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
i 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.
ROBEIIT Ale A PEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Numbei Thrf >
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 he 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 survive, and the
General Assembly shall prescribe for
whose benefit such actions shall be
prosocuted. No act shall prescribe any
limitations of time within which suits
may be brought against corporations
for Injuries to persons or property, or
for other causes different from those
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 enact
laws requiring the payment by employ
ers, or employers and employes jointlv,
of reasonable compensation for injur
ies to employes arising in the course
of their employment, and for occupa
tional diseases of employes, whether or
not such injuries or diseases result in
death, and regardless of fault of em
ployer or employe, and fixing the basis
and such acts now existing are avoided.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 3.
ROBERT McAKEE,
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 General
Assembly met, That article four of
the Constitution of Pennsylvania shall
be amended by adding thereto section
twenty-three, which shall 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 mav 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 1. Be it enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives of
tlie 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 (XVlll) article thereof:—
AMENDMENT
I<aws may be passed providing for a
system of registering, transferring, in
suring of and guaranteeing land titles
by the State, or by the counties there
of, and for settling and determining
adverse or other claims to and inter
ests In lands the titles to which are so
registered, transferred, insured, ant
guaranteed; and for the creation and
collection of Indemnity funds; and for
carrying the system and powers hereby
provided for into effect by such exist
ing courts as may lie designated by the
Legislature, and by the establishment
of such new courts as mav be deemed
necessary. In matters arising in and
under the ope/Htion of such svstem,
judicial powers, with right of appeal,
may be conferred by the Legislature
upon county recorders and upon other
officers by It designated. Such laws
mav provide for continuing the regis
tering. transferring, insuring, and
guaranteeing such titles after the first
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 officers,
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 sectioi
eight, article nine of the Constitu
tion of Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives of
the Common wealth of Pennsylvania in
General Assembly met, That the fol
lowing is proposed as an amendment to
the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, In accordance with the
provisions of the eighteenth article
thereof.
Amendment to Article Nine. Section
Eight.
Section 2. Amend section eight, artl
cle nine of the Constitution of Penn- i
sylvanla, which reads 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 therein, nor shall any such munic
ipality 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 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 no*y
exceeds seven per centum of such as
sessed valuation, maybe 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 couh
ty of Philadelphia current net reve
nue in excess of the interest on sajfl
debt or debts, and of the annual In
stallments necessary for the cancella
tion of said debt or debts, may be ex
cluded In ascertaining the power of
the city and county of Philadelphia to
become otherwise indebted: Provided.
That a sinking-fund for their cancel
lation shall be established and main
tained," so as to read »s follows:
Section 8. The tieot 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 therein, nor shall any such munic
ipality 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 assent of the elector*
thereof at a public election In such
manner as slid 11 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 increuse the same three per
centum in the agjjreßaU", at any one
time, upon such valuation; except that
any debt or dehts hereinafter incurred
by the city and county of Philadelphia
for the construction and development 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 Phil
adelphia, 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 an
nual installments necessary for the
cancellation of said debt or debts, may
be excluded In ascertaining the power
of the city and county of Philadelphia
to become otherwise indebted: Pro
vided, 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 of
land on the banks of the Delaware and
Schuylkill rivers, and land adjacent
u.-'veto; the building of bulkheads, and
the purchase or construction or lease
of wharves, docks, sheds, and ware
houses and other buildings and facili
ties, necessat.v for the establishment
and maintenance of railroad and ship
ping terminals alons 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 col
lection of an annual tax sufficient to
pay the interest thereon, and also tlj«
principal thereof within fifty years
from the incurring thereof.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. &.
ROBKRT McAFKE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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