CALEB CONOVER CALEB I" ~ RAILROADER ciwovcitr"' . HAISTORY o/* LOVE,POLITICS,INTRIGUE; ~p eoput Gf=- A RICH &r POWERFUL BOSS AND AN INTREPID YOUNG REFORMER <&>#>/ BY ALBERT PAYSON TERhUNE- RIGHT 1907 B V *xl_BE.«T PAVSON TtßHONft.] Anice looked at liiin with a sort of wonderment, which always possessed her when he spoke of his social as pirations. That a man of his indom itable strength and largeness of na ture should harp so eternally and yearn so strenuously In that one petty strain, never ceased to amaze her. "The feet of clay on the Image of Iron," she told herself as she dis missed the thought. "By the way," asked Conover, as she rose to leavo the room, "were you thinking of going to the Standish meeting to-night?" "Yes," she answered, meeting hiß quizzing gaze fearlessly, "if you can spare me." "I'm sorry," he said, 'but I'm afraid I can't. I've about a ream of cam paign stuff togo through, and I shall need your help." "Very well," answered Anice, and he could cipher neither disappoint ment nor any other emotion in those childlike brown eyes of hers. "Lord!" he muttered to himself as she went out, "what a politician that woman would have made! The devil himself can't read her. If 1 had mar ried a girl like that instead I won der if that heart-trouble of the wife's 1b ever likely to carry her off sudden." An hour or so of sunlight remained. Anice, tired from her ill-day confine ment indooi-B, donned hat and Jacket and sallied forth for n walk. She turned her steps northward toward the open country that lay beyond Pompton Avenue. There was a sting In the early fall air in that high lati tude which made walking a pleasure. Moreover, after the atmosphere of work, tobacco, politics and reminis cences that had been her portion since early morning, it was a Joy to be alone with the cool and the sweetness of the dying day. Besides, she wanted to think. But the solitary stroll she had planned was not to be her portion, for, as she rounded the first corner, she came upon Cllve Standish deep In talk with Ansel. Clive's tired eyes br jhtened at the sight of her. The look of weariness that had crept into the candidate's face since she had last seenyhlm went straight to Anlce's heart. With a hurtled word of dls i - ■> As she rounded the first corner, she came upon, Clive Standish. missal to his campaign manager, Standish left his companion and fell Into step at Miss Lanier's side. "This is better than I expected," said ho. "I always manage to include Pompton Avenue In my tramps lately, but this is the first time I've caught a glimpse of you." "You are looking badly," she com mented. "You are working too hard." "One must, in a light like mine. It's nothing to what I must do during my tour. Everything depends on that. I start to-morrow." "So soon? I'm sorry." "Why?" he asked in some surprise. "I'm afraid you'll find Mr. Conover stronger up-State than you think. I don't like to see you disappointed." "You care?" "Of course I do. 1 hate to see any one disappointed." "How delightfully impersonal!" grumbled Cllve, In disgust. "I thought you were averse to per sonalities. You've said so In both the speeches I've heard you make." "You came to hear me? I —" "One likes to keep abreast of the times; to hear both sides—" "And having heard both " "One forms one's own conclusions." "And yours are —" "Quite formed." "Anice!" exclaimed Standish impa tiently, "nature never cut you out for a Sybil. Can't you be frank? If you only knew what your approval—your good wishes —mean to me, you would be kinder." "There are surely enough people ■who encourage you and —" "No, there are not. I want your en couragement, your faith; Just as I had It when we were boy and girl to gether. you and I!" •'"You forgot, I'am in the employ ot Mr. Conover. As long as I accept his wages, would it be loyal of me to—" "Then why accept them? If only—" "One must make a living in some way. I have other reasons, too." "That same wretched old mystery again! As for making a living, that's a different thing, and it has changed too many lives. Once, years ago, for Instance, when I was struggling to make a living and a bare, scant one at that I kept silent when my heart clamored to speak. I kept silent be cause I had no right to ask any wo man to share my hard luck. Hut now I'm on my feet. I've made the 'llv ling' you talk about. And there's enough of it for two. So I —" "I congratulate you on your suc cess," said the girl nervously. "Here is my corner. 1 must hurry back. I've a long evening's work to " "Anice!" "Good-by!" "You must hear me. I —" "Hello, Miss Lanier! Parleying with the enemy, eh? Come, come, that isn't playing square. 'Evening Standish!" Caleb Conover, crossing the Btreet from the side entrance of his own grounds, had confronted the two be fore they noted his approach. Look ing from one to the other, he grinned amusedly. "I've heard there was more'n one leak in our camp,"he went on, "but 1 never sposed this was it." Trembling with confusion, perhaps with some deeper emotion, Anice nev ertheless answered coolly: "I hope my absence hasn't delayed any of your work? 1 was on my way back, when you " "Now look at that." exclaimed Caleb with geniune admiration. "Here's my hated enemy as rod and rattled as if I'd caught him stuffing ballot-boxes or cheering for Conover! And the lady in the case is as cool as cucumbers, and she don't bat an eye. Standish, she's seven more kinds of a man than you are, or ever will be, for all your big shoulders and bigger line of talk. Well, we won't keep you any longer, son. No use askin' you In, I s'pose? No? Then maybe I'll drop around to your meeting this evening. I'd 'a' come before, but It always makes me bashful to hear myself praised to the public. Good night." CHAPTER VII. An Anonymous Letter. /ll_IT was late that evening when Iwl J I Olive reached his rooms. kaLJ for a few brief hours of y5938l '"est before setting forth on his tour of the State. He was tired out, discouraged, miserable. His much-heralded meeting had been the dreariest sore of fiasco. Scarcely had the opening address begun and the crowded house warmed up to the oc casion, when every light in the build ing had been switched off. Inquiry showed that a break had oc cured in the gas mains which could not be remedied until morning. Can dles and lamps were hurriedly sent for. Meantime, through a certain con fusion followed the plunging of the place into darkness, the crowd had been, on the whole, orderly. In spite of this, the chief of police, with twen ty reserves, coming on the scene, had ordered Standish civilly enough to dismiss the audience. Then the po licemen had filed up on the stage, Il lumining it by their bulls-eye lanterns, and clustered omnlously about the speakers. In response to Clive's nngry protest, the chief had simply reiterated his order, adding that his department was responsible for the city's peace and quiet, and that the crowd showed an Inclination to riot. Nor could the Arm of the Law be shaken from this stand. The audience, during the col loquy between Standish and the chief had grown Impatient, and an occasion al catcall or shrill whistle had risen from the darkened auditorium. At each of these sounds the police had gripped their nightsticks and glanced with a fine apprehension at their leader for commands. The upshot of the matter had been the forced dismissal of the spectators. Standish had scouted Ansel's sugges tion that the whole catastrophe was a ruse of Conover's, until, as he walked down the dark aisle toward the door, he heard a policeman whis per: "I was waltln' for the chief to give some of us the tip to pinch him." "An' let him make a noise like a martyr?" grunted a second voice easi ly recognized as Hilly Shevlin's. "You must think the Hoss is as balmy in the belfry as you blue lobsters. He'd 'a' had Geoghegan broke If he'd—" The rest of the reply had been lost. No other disengaged hall could be found In the vicinity; and the meet ing from which Clive had expected so much had gone by the board. He walked home in a daze of chagrin. How could he hope to light a man who employed such weapons; who swayed such power in every city de partment; who thus early In the cam paign showed plainly he would stop at nothing in beating his opponent? Then the young candidate's teeth clenched tight. and the sullen <:rlt that for so many centuries has carried the bulldog race of yellow-haired, strong- Jawed Anglo-Saxons to victory against hopeless odds came to his aid. He shook his big shoulders as if tossing off some physical weight, entered his rooms and switched on the electric light. On his study table lay a special de livery letter, neatly typewritten, as was the single sheet of foolscap It contained. Standish glanced at the bottom of the page. There was no signature. Then he read: "The date for the various count; conventions has not been formally set It is unofficially given as a week from Saturday. Instead, the caucus will be held in three of the eight counties next Saturday. The Machine's men know this. The League's don't. It will be sprung as a surprise, with two days' notice Instead of the customary seven. This will keep many of the League's people from attending. At the Bow den and Jericho caucuses telegrams will be received saying you have withdrawn. "At Matawan and Haldane the reg ular delegates will be notified to meet at the town halls. While they ar«. waiting outside the locked front doors, the county chalrn an and his own crowd wJll step In tho back way and hold their caucus and elect their dele gates. Floaters will be brought Into several counties. In Wills County the chairman will fail to hear the names of your delegates. Have your mana ger arrange for the Wills men to bolt at the right time. Force the State Committee at once to declare the date for the county conventions. Notify the League's men at Matawan and Haldane of the 'back door' trick, and have the telegraph operators at Jeri cho and Bowdon warned not to re ceive or transmit any fako message of your withdrawal. "On your State tour you will find newspapers closed to your speeches and advertisements, and a number of the halls engaged before you get to town. Arrange for Injunctions re straining the papers from barring your notices, and have someone go ahead of you to secure halls. And arrange for police protection to break up row dyism at your meetings." Cllve Standish read and re-read this remarkable epistle. That It had come from the Conover camp he could not doubt. He had heard, before Caleb's hint of the previous afternoon, that there Was a certain discontent and vague rumor of treachery, In more than one of the multifarious branches of the Boss's business and political in terests. For the unexpected strength developed by the Civic League and the eloquence of its candidate had shaken divers of the enemy's less res olute followers, and more than one of these might readily seek to curry favor with the winning side by cast ing Just such an anchor to windward. In any case, there was the letter. Its author's identity, for the moment, was of no great matter. "Anonymous!" mused Standish, eye ing with the missive with strong dis taste. "Is it a trick of Conover'e or a bit of treachery on the part of one of the men he trusts? In either cast, there's only one course a white man can take with a thing of this kind." Picking up the letter, he crumpled It into n ball and threw it into the fireplace. "Better not say anything about it to Ansel," he decided as he watched tho paper twist open under tho heat and break into blaze. "He'd only call me a visionary crank again. And If It's a trap, the precautions he'd take would play straight Into Conover's hand." Some blocks away, In his Pompton Avenue Mausoleum, the Railroader was giving final orders to the hench men to whom he had intrusted the de tails of watching Standlsh's forthcom ing tour. And some of these same de* tails he had even intrusted to tho un enthusiastic Gerald. CHAPTER VIII. Caleb Works at Long Range. | ILIVK Standish opened his up- I | State tour the following ftTOtl night In the small town of Wrvl Wayne. It was a farming contre, and the hall was tolerably well filled with bearded and tanned men who had an outdoor look. Some of them had brought their wives; sallow, dyspeptic, angular creatures with the patient, dull fuces of women who live close to nature and are too busy to profit thereby. The audience listened Interestedly as Cllve outlined the Boss-ridden con dition of the Mountain State, the ex orbitant cost of transporting and handling agricultural products, the un just taxes that fell so heavily on the farmer and the wage-earner, the false system of legislation and the betrayal of the people's rights by the men they were bamboozled Into electing to rep resent them and protect their inter ests. He went onto tell how New York and other States had from time to time risen and shaken off a similar yoke of Bosstsm, and to show how, both materially and in point of self respect, the voters of the Mountain State could profit by following Buch examples. In closing he briefly de scribed the nature, aims and purposes of the Civic League and the practical reforms to which he himself stood pledged. It did Cllve's heart good to see how readily his audience responded in In terest to Ills pleas. He had not spoken ten minutes before he felt ho had his house with htm. He finished amid a salvo of applause. His hearers flocked about him as he came down from the platform, shaking his hand, asking him questions, praising his dls- AOllTfla. (To Be Continued. J, BERRY'S BREAK BURSTS HIS BOOM Candidate's Crazy Talk Startled the Commonwealth. REFORMERS REPUDIATE HIM .:.j. Indorsement of Democrats For Con gress Too Much For Independent Republicans to Stand. [Special Correspondence.] Philadelphia, Sept. 13. Everything everywhere in the po litical situation in Pennsylvania pre sages a phenomenal Republican vic tory in November. Not only are the Republicans unit ed, harmonious and aggressive, but their old time opponents, the Demo crats, are hopelossly divided and de moralized. The nomination of John Kinley Tener by the Republican convention lor the governorship, by a unanimous vote and with every unsuccessful can didate promptly and sincerely pledg ing fealty to the nominee, has been followed by evldonce of a practical and indubitable character of c-arnest and enthulastlc support of the jjeket from the great body of the Republi can voters of the commonwealth. Fresh from an atmosphere of neigh borly good will, Mr. Tener came east and quickly found that while he is not personally ns well known here, the f.tory of his career, of Ills manly quali ties and his sturdy character, hail al ready impressed the voters and guar anteed him a cordial welcome. Fol lowing a flattering reception at a big meeting of farmers of Bucks and Montgomery counties, Mr. Tener was the central figure at an Immense pop ular picnic given on the outskirts of this city under the auspices of the active Republicans of northeastern Philadelphia. Nearly fifty thousand persons, men, women and children, participated in this wonderful outing. Republican success in Pennsylvania has always been certain when* the party organizations in tho counties of Allegheny and Philadelphia have united and harmonious. The majori ties that will be given to Mr. Tener and Ills colleagues in Philadelphia and Pittsburg this year, it Is predicted, will bo undoubtedly lnrge. And the same reports come from practically all of the interior counties. A Divided Democracy. TVhat a spectacle is presented by tho Democracy of Pennsylvania! Orim Democrats and Berry Demo crats are at each others' throats every hour. While present indications give Grim an advantage In that he has the regu lar Democratic organization in vir tually every county In his favor, and that with two or three exceptions the Democratic newspapers of the state are supporting him, the Bryanitc fac tion Is keeping up a sharp fire of de nunciation, not only of Grim, but the leaders responsible for his nomina tion. Berry, himself, seems to have lost his head. He has been badly rattled over the many setbacks Ills candidacy has received. He is Irritable ami fret ful and has made an exhibition of him self upon several occasions during tho last week. The most sensational break he has made was his violent and unwarranted attack upon the newspapers of Penn sylvania In a speech at a farmers' pic nic at Chestnut Hill. Manifestly without preparation, and with a display of anger that startled and astonished his audience, Berry launched a tirade of abuse upon the reporters, whom he dubbed "newspa per snipes," and declared that they should "be burned at the stake." In the same outburst of temper Berry ar raigned the Democratic leaders who refused to favor his nomination. "That bunch at AUentown," he Rhoutod, "thought 1 would lie down. But I am just beglnnig and I want atop until 1 have them behind tho bars." Berry's attack upon the newspapers he admitted was because of the pub lication of the fact that he borrowed $15,000 from Ouffey, the Democratic boss, upon a note, for the payment of Which Berry is now being sued. Not only has he not paid the debt, but he admits that there was not a penny of interest paid, and the collat eral which was put up to insure pay ment of the principal when sold at public sale brought only S7OO. The simple rocital of the facts of tho case is what Berry took offense at and called forth his silly, venumuus end vindictive statements; The disastrous effect upon the Berry campaign of this crazy talk of the candidate was at once apparent to everybody Identified with the bolter's outfit. The endorsement by the Keystone Tarty of many Democrats for congress lias lost Berry thousands of votes. None of the substantial men who have figured as loaders in reform movements In Philadelphia have al lowed their names to be connected with tha Berry candidacy, and while there are many reasons why intelli gent Republicans should not vote the Berry ticket, admltedly tho most po tent cause for hostility to this com bination Is found In the alliance with Democratic aspirants for seats in coi, greas. •IK. TEXKK AT IIUMK. ( J'idiu lots. As a pitcher on the Chicago team he was thoroughly drilled In disci pline. He knows what It Is to stand on the flrinp: line, taunted by the Jeers or spurred by the cheers of thousands, his temper always cool aond hia nerve never shaken From this stern school he drifted into the realm of business, carrying with him the same Judgment and decision which made him a victor ; on the field Now. as a candidate for j the highest office in the gift of the millions of the state, and during the stress of a hot campaign, he can he ! depended upon to maintain the same poise that made him a winner in busi ness and athletics. He is not a man to shy at the cars. Knows How to Say "No." "Subserviency is not a weakness of John K. Tener There is too much Irish in his makeup for us Jo expect, or his political enemies to hope, that he will bend the pregnant knee at the behest of any man or set of men. Though modest of demeanor, he is nevertheless fearless and independent. His life is clean, his record above re proach. He acknowledges no conditions which are dishonorable; he bows to no power but the will of the people The asset which he prizes most highly is neither that of wealth, family nor j social position—it is the love the es- j teem, the friendship, the regard of the 1 men and women who have known him 1 long enough to realize that beyond per. adventure his 'yes' is 'yes;' that his 'no' is 'no;' that his word is as good as his bond; that he never either by word or action injured his neighbor In his life; that his one great aim has been to brighten the lives and im prove tho conditions of the people of his town and community. "Were John Kinley Tener to believe that the governorship of Pennsylvania meant his departure in any one par ticular from the principles which have won for him his splendid standing In Charleroi and throughout the Monon gahela valley, where he is known hot ter than he is anywhere else, I miss my guess if he would not stretch him self to his 112 1111 six feet five inches or thereabouts and tell the men who pro posed it. no matter how exaiti il their political or business position, togo to blazes and take the governorship with them." Candidates On the Go. The itinerary of the Republican state candidates this week takes them to the pietie of the Patrons of Husban dry, at Center Hall. Center county; the convention of the State League of Republican Clubs, at Pottsvillo; then to Reading and to the opening meet ing of the campaign in Lehigh coun ty, near AUentown. State Chairman Henry F. Walton says lie Is determined to have the candidates visit every county in the state, and in order to do this they will be kept constantly on the go from now until election day. This year the progressive western end of the state has been recognized In the selection of the party's stand ard bearer, and within the last lew days there has been an exhibition of appreciation of this fact in a remark able demonstration In honor of Mr. Tener by his admirers in Charleroi and surrounding towns representing all shades of political opinion and re ligious be'i"f. and in tributes of es teem from the toilers of Pittsburg and vlclnil v. Postmaster Dies In Jail. Death ended the career of William T. Brlggs, postmaster of Hartford, N. J.. in the county Jail at Camden, N. J. Brlggs, who was twenty-six years old, was arrested one week ago on a charge of being SIBOO short in his ac counts. lie confessed, according to the authorities, and said he hail spent the money in fast living. He was commit ted to jail in default of SIOOO bail. Brlggs was taken with delirium tre mens on Saturday, lie was one of the best known men in South Jersey. Real Lock, You may not believe in luck, but Just the same you are lucky to be In luck.— New Haven Times-Leader. ■pnOPOSRI* AMRNDMKNTS TO THE 1 CON STITTTT ION St PM ITT ISO TO THE CITIZBNS OF THIS COMMON WEAI.TII FOR TIIICIR APPROVAL, OR REJECTION, BY THE GENERAL. AS SKMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND PUBLISH ED BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PUR BUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CONSTITUTION. Number One. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to section twen ty-six of article live of the Constitution of tho Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Resolved (If the Senate concur), That the following amendment to section twen ty-six of article five of the Constitution of Pennsylvania be, and the same Is here by, proposed, In accordance with tho eighteenth article thereof:— That section 2ti of Article V., which reads as follows: "Section 2fi. All laws re lutlng to courts shall be general and of uniform operation, and the organization, jurisdiction, and powers of all courts of the same class or grade, so far as regu lated by law, and the force and effect of tiie process and Judgments of such courts, shall be uniform; and the General Assem bly Is hereby prohibited from creating other courts to excrcl.se the powers vested by this Constitution in the Judges of tho Courts of Common Pleas and Orphans' Courts," be amended so that the same shall read as follows: Section 2ti. All laws relating to courts shall be general and of uniform opera tion, and the organization, Jurisdiction, and powers of all courts of the same class or grade, so far as regulated by law, and the force and effect of tho process and iudgments of such courts, shall be uni form; but, notwithstanding any provi sions of this Constitution, the General Assembly shall have full power to estab lish new courts, from time to time, as the same may be needed In any city or coun ty. and to proscribe the powers and Ju vlsdlctlon thereof, and to Increase the number of Judges In any courts now ex isting or hereafter created, or to reorgan ize the same, or to vest In other courts Ihe Jurisdiction theretofore exercised by •Hurts not of record, and to abolish the lame wherever It may be deemed neces sary for the orderly and efficient adminis tration of Justice. A true copy of Resolution No. 1. ROBERT McAFEES. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Two. RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Consti tution of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania, so as to eliminate the require ment of payment of taxes as a quallfl l cation of the right to vote, j Resolved (If the House of Representa tives concur), That the following amend ' ment to the Constitution of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania be, anrl the same Is hereby, proposed. In accordance with the eighteenth article thereof: | That section one of article eight be amended, by striking out the fourth , numbered paragraph thereof, so that the said section shall read as follows: Section 1. Every male citizen twenty r>ne years of age, possessing the follow ing qualifications, shall be entitled to vote at all elections, subject hY>wever to such laws requiring and regulating the registration of electors as the General Assembly may enact. First. He shall have been a citizen of the United States nt least one month. Second. He shall have resided In the Statu ono year (or If, having previously been a qualified elector or native-born citizen of the State, be shall have re moved therefrom and returned, then six months), immediately preceding the elec tion. Third. ITe shall have resided in the election district where he shall offer to voto at least two months Immediately preceding the election. A true copy of Resolution No. 2. ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of tho Commonwealth. Number Three. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constl* tutlon of tho Commonwealth of Penn sylvania, so as to consolidate the courts of common picas of Allegheny County. Section 1. Re It resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of tho ' Commonwealth of Pennsylvania In Oen eral Assembly met, That the following amendment to the Constitution of Penn- I sylvanla be, and the same is hereby, pro posed, In accordance with tho eighteenth article thereof:— That section six of article five be amended, by striking out the said sec tion, and Inserting in place thereof the following: Section 6. In the county of Philadel phia all tho Jurisdiction and powers now vested in the district courts and courts of i common pleas, subject to such changes as may be made by this Constitution or ! by law, shrill be In Philadelphia vested In five distinct and separate courts of equal ; and co-ordinate Jurisdiction, composed of throe Judges each. Tho said courts in 1 Philadelphia shall be designated respect | 'voly as tho court of common pleas num | her one. number two, number three, | number four, and number live, but tho number of said courts may be by law : Increased, from time to time, and shall be In like manner designated by successive numbers. The numb« r of judges In any of said courts, or In any county whore tho establishment of an additional court I may be authorized by law. may be In \ creased, from time to time, and when over such increase shall amount in tho whole to throe, such throe Judges shall ; compose a distinct and separate court as ! aforesaid, which shall bo numbered as | aforesaid. In Philadelphia all suits shall I be instituted In the said courts of com • moii pleas without designating the num ber of the s'ald court, and tho several courts shall distribute and apportion tho 1 business among them in such manner as ! shall bo provided by rules of court, and j each court, to which any suit shall be I thus assigned, shall have exclusive Jurls | diction thereof, subject to ehango of j venue, ns shall be provided by law. In the county of Allegheny all the Jurisdiction and powers now vested In the several numbered courts of common ! pleas shall be vested in ono court of com • mon pleas, composed of all the Judges In j commission in said courts. Such Juris ■ | diction and powers shall extend to all I proceedings nt law and In equity which shall have boon Instituted In tho several numbered courts, and shall be subject to such changes as may T»o made by law, and subject to change of venue as pro j vldod by law. The president Judge of ! said court shall bo selected as provided iby law. Tho number of Judges in said j court may bo by law Increased from j time to time. This amendment shall take i effect on tho first day of January suc ! ceodlng Its adoption. 1 A true copy of Resolution No. 3. ROBERT McAFEE. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Four. A JOINT RESOLUTION • Proposing an amendment to section eight, » article nine, of the Constitution of Penn , sylvanla. Section 1. Be It resolved by the Senato " and House of Representatives of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania In General . Assembly met, That the following Is pro posed as an amendment to the Constltu * i tion of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva ! nla. In accordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof:— Amendment to Article Nine, Section Eight. Section 2. Amend section eight, article nine, of tho Constitution of Pennsylvania, which reads as follows: i "Section 8. The debt of any county, city, borough, township, school district, or other municipality or incorporated dis trict, except as herein provided, shall nev- I or exceed seven per centum upon the as sessed value «if tho taxable property there in. 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 val uation of property, without the assent of the electors thereof at a in blio election in ! such manner ns shall be piovided by law; | but any city, the debt of which now ex ceeds seven per centum of such assessed valuation, may be authorized by law to , Increase the same three per centum, in 1 the aggregate, at any ono time, upon such I valuation," so as to read as follows: I Section 8. The debt of any county, city, borough, township, school district, or oth er municipality or Incorporated district, i except as herein provided, shall never ex ceed seven per centum upon the assessed value of the taxable property therein, nor shall any such municipality or district In cur any new debt, or Increase its Indebt edness to an amount exceeding two per : centum upon such assessed valuation of property, without the assent of the elec tors thereof at a public election In such manner as shall be provided by law; but any city, the debt of which now exceed* seven per centum of such assessed val uation, may be authorized by law to ln ■ crease the same three per centum, In tho aggregate, at any one time, upon such | valuation, except that any debt or debts ! hereinafter Incurred by the city and coun ty 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 pubMo improvements, owned or to be owne<l \>y said city and county of Philadelphia, and which shall yield to the city and countv of Philadelphia current n«it revenue In ex cess of the Interest on said debt or debts and of tho annual Installments necessary for tho cancellation of said debt or debts, may be excluded In ascertaining the pow ] or of the city and county of Philadelphia to become otherwise Indebted: Provided, That a sinking fund for their cancellation shall be established and maintained. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 4. ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth,
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