pROPOSEB AMENDMENTS TO THE *■ CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED TO THE CITIZKNS OF THIS COMMON WEALTH FOR THEIR APPROVAL OR REJECTION, BY 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 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to section twen ty-six of article five of the Constitution of the 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 the eighteenth article thereof:— That section 26 of Article V., which reads as follows: "Section 2G. All laws re lating 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 the process and judgments of such court®, shall be uniform; and the General Assem bly is hereby prohibited from creating other courts to exercise the powers vested by this Constitution in the judges of the Courts of Common Pleas and ( Orphans' Courts," be amended so that the same Bhall read as follows: Section 2ti. All laws relating to courts Fhall 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 the process and Judgments 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 prescribe the powers .and ju risdiction 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 court! the jurisdiction theretofore exercised by courts not of record, and to abolish the same wherever it may be deemed neces sary for the orderly and efliclent adminis tration of justice. A true copy of Resolution No. 1. ROBERT McAFEE, 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 qualifi cation of the right to vote. Resolved (if the House of Representa tives concur). That the following amend ment to the Constitution of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania be, and 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 ths said section shall read as follows: Section 1. Every male citizen twenty rme years of age, possessing the follow ing qualifications, shall be entitled to vote at all elections, subject however to iiueh 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 at least one month. Second. He shall have resided in the State one year (or if. having previously been a qualified elector or native-born citizen of the State, he shall have re moved therefrom and returned, then six months). Immediately preceding the elec tion. Third. He shall have resided in ths election district where he shall offer to vote at least two months immediately preceding the election A true copy of Resolution No. 2. ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Three. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Const!* tution of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania, so as to consolidate the courts of common pleas of Allegheny County. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate ftnd House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen eral Assembly met: That the following amendment to the Constitution of Penn sylvania be, and the same is hereby, pro posed, In accordance with the 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 ft. Tn the county of Philadel phia all the jurisdiction and powers now vested In the district courts and courts of common pleas, subject to such changes ns may be made by this Constitution or by law. shall be in Philadelphia vested In five distinct and separate courts of equal *nd co-ordinate Jurisdiction, composed r»f three judges each. The said courts In Philadelphia shall be designated respect ively as the court of common pleas num ber one, number two, number three, number four, and number five, but the number of said courts may be by law Increased, from time to time, and shall be in like manner designated by successive numbers. The number of judges in any of said courts, or in any county where the establishment of an additional court may be authorized by law, may bo in creased. from time to time, and when ever such Increase shall amount in the whole to three, such three judges shall compose a distinct and separate court as aforesaid, which shall be numbered as aforesaid. In Philadelphia all suits shall be instituted in the said courts of com mon pleas without designating the num ber of the said court, and the several courts shall distribute and apportion the business among them in such manner as shall be provided by rules of court, and each court, to which any suit shall be thus assigned, shall have exclusive juris diction thereof, subject to change of venue, as shall he provided by law. In the county of Allegheny all the Jurisdiction and powers now vested In the several numbered courts of cnmmoi pleas shall be vested in one court of com mon pleas, composed of all the judges In commission in said courts. Such Juris diction and powers shall extend to all proceedings at law and In equity which shall have been instituted In the several numbered courts, and shall be subject te such changes as may be made by law. and subject to change of venue ns pro vided by law. The president judge of said court shall be selected as provided by law. The number of judges In said court may be by law Increased from time to time. This amendment shall taktt effect on the first day of January sue cecding its adoption. 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 sylvania. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate 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 Constitu tion of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva nia, In accordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof:— Amendment to Article Nine, Section Eight Section 2. Amend section eight, article nine, of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, Which reads as follows: "Section 8. The debt of any countj% r !ty. borough, township, school district, or other municipality or incorporated dls rict, except as herein provided, shall nev r exceed seven per cetotum upon the as -ssed value of the taxable property there i. nor shall any such municipality or i«vrict incur any hew debt, or Increase m indebtedness to an amount exceeding vo per centum upon such assessed val ation of property, without the assent of le electors thereof at a t»i• t>Uc election in tich manner as shall be provided by law; ut any city, the debt of which now ex eds seven per centum of such assessed aluation. may be authorized by law to increase the same three per centum, in lie aggregate, at any one time, upon such . aluation," so ns to read as follows: Section 8. The debt of any county, city, •lorough. township, school district, or oth r municipality or incorporated district, xcept as herein provided, shall never ex eed seven per centum upon the assessed value of the taxable property therein, nor hall any such municipality or district ln ur any new debt, or increase its indebt dness to an amount exceeding two per cntum upon such assessed valuation of roperty. without the assent of the elec tors thereof at a public election in such ianner as shall he provided by law; but ny city, the debt of which now exceed* even per c.« ntum of such assessed val ation. may be authorized by law to in roast* the same three per centum, in the ggregate, at any one time, upon such aluation, except that any debt or debts .ereinafler Incurred by the city and coun y of Philadelphia for ths construction nd development of subways for transit urposes, or for the construction of h li ves and docks, or the reclamation of ind to be used in the construction of a ystem of wharves and docks, as publlo nprovements, owned or to be owned by ikl city and county of Philadelphia, and hicli shall yield to the city and count** 112 Philadelphia current net revenue in ex •ss of the interest on said debt or debts nd of the annual installments necessary »r the cancellation of said debt or debts, ay be excluded in ascertaining the pow of the city and county of Philadelphia » become otherwise Indebted: Provided, hat a sinking fund for their cancellation lall be established and maintained. A true copy of Joint No. 4. ROBEH'i' McAFEE, Secretary of the C-jmmon%vealth. Trustee's Salt- in Bankruptcy. In Be Estate of I .. W. .1. McCartney ■ N° I, .»•> in Bankrupt. I Bankruptcy. By virtue of an order made by J lin \Y. Codding, Esq., Referee in Bankruptcy, 011 September IS, 1011, the undersigned Trustee of \V .1. McCartney of Sonestown. i dlivan County, Pennsylvania, linkrupt. will expose to sale at ;inblie vendue or outcry at the Court House in the Borough of j 1 porte, Sullivan County, Penn sylvania, on Tuesday, October 17, I'.lll at one oclock P. M., the l'ol l iwing described real estate of said bankrupt, free and divested from all liens against same, viz : Lot No. I. Ten acres of land situated in Forks Township, Sul van County, Pennsylvania, being . part of the JohnMusser warrant, upon which is erected a large it-am sawmill with machinery and fixtures complete. Also all the liemlock ami hardwood timber nnil •ark standing and being upon the (ihn Musser warrant in Forks Township. Sullivan County, Penn sylvania aforesaid, containing one nindrcd and forty six acres of land be the same more or less, with the right to remove same at ny time within ten years from the late of purchase. Said property being purchased by the said W. J. McCartney from Lee R. Gavitt ind others by deed dattd February , 1007, which deed is still un recorded. The coal, oil and other minerals under and upon said ten acres of land being reserved by the grantors in said deed. Lot No. 'J. All the hemlock ind hardwood timber and bark standing, growing anil being upon i tract ol land situated in Forks Township, Sullivan County, Penn sylvania, known as the Richard I' -tcrs warrant, containing one 1u nd red and twelve acres of land be the same more or less, which iniber and bark were purchased 10m E. M. Dunham of Sayre, Pa., vho was at that time the owner of he Richard Peters warrant afore said, by n contract in writing dat ed May , I !«<><». The two aforesa'd lots of land adjoining each other and constitut ng one property. The timber up >n said tracts amounting to about i, 000. 000 feet of lumber. Some is located along the public road lead ing from Laporte to Forksville md about four miles from the Hail road and being a very desirable lumbering proposition. The tim >cr upon said tracts being chiefly lardwood, consisting of beach, ■ircli maple and other hardwoods ,\ it h a sprinkling of hemlock and icing of good quality. Te.inis of sale. Fifty per cent of the purchase price on the strik ing down of the property and the .a lance 011 final confirmation by tln* Fniteil States District Court for the Middle District of Penn sylvania. Security to be given by he purchaser to comply with the terms of sale. A. 11. Buschhausen, 'Trustee. Laporte, Pa., October 2, 11)11. Indemity for Lost Registered Parcels. | Under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved March 4. 1911, indemnity w ill be paid for tin value of domestic third and fourth class registered matter mailed on and after July 1, 1911 lost while in the custody of the postal service, up to the limit of 825 in any one case. The entire indemnity feature (foreign and domestic)of the Registry Service is briefly stated as follows: Indemnity will be paid on ac count of the loss of registered mail in the postal service: 1. For the value of domestic registered mail of the first class (sealed) up to SSO. 2. For the value of domestic registered mail of the third and fourth classes (unsealed,)np to $25. 3. In any amount claimed, within the limit of 50 francs (ap proximately $9.05), on account of the loss of any article of whatever class, regardless of its value, in I lie international mails exchanged between the United States and any country embraced within the Universal Postal Union, except for the loss of "Parcel Post" registered mail, and losses arising under circumstance beyond con trol ("force majeure"). Special attention is directed to this subject printed in articles 2 to 4. page 95 and 9i> of the July 1911 Postal Guide. MUNCY VALLEY. Son Paul of Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Taylor is improving. Mr. and Mrs. Bredvenner and son Harry of Shiekshinny visited at El lory Phillips' last week. Hiram Deitriek, wife and grand daughter Anna liu&sel of Sliick shinny were guest of Kllery Phil lips a few days last week. Ernest Palmaticr has returned lo York State after spending a couple weeks with his parents here. Brady llodge of Souestown called on friends here Sunday. Brady Crawford and wife and . Mr. Farnian and wife of Picture Bocks called at Kllery Phillips' a week ago Sunday. Remarkable Performance by Pullet. A pullet in the employ of Jack Petrey of Weston, is the principal actor in a remarkable poultry performance. This pullet came in to this world of strife on April 29, 1911; on the 23rd. of August she found her nest with nine eggs, and after 27 eggs had been layed, the ' the pullet was set and on Oct. 1, at the age of live months and three days she had hatched her lirst ' brood of chicks. , "The Liver Pills act 5 So Naturally and ! Easily." ' Such a statement, coming from ' the cashier of a bank, shows what confidence responsible people have in these pills. Mr. A. L. Wilson after trying them wrote: "I have usoil Dr. Miles' Nerve 1 anil Liver l'llls and also your Antl-I'aln Pills, on mystlf, with t?ood results. The Liver Pills ant no naturally and so easily that I scarcely know that I have taken a pill, frequently 4 being troubled with headache I take an Antl-Paln Pill and get Immediate relief In every case." » A. L. Wilson. Sparta. 111. Mr. Wilson was for a number of years cashier of the Flint , National Bank of Sparta. Dr. Miles' Nerve and Liver Pills 4 are different from others. Many ' kinds of liver pills are "impossible" ( after one trial on account of their harshness. Dr. Miles' Nerve and * Liver Pills do not act by sheer force but in an easy, natural way, with out griping or undue irritation. They are not habit forming. If the first bottle falls to benefit, your druggist will return the price. Ask him. MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind. \ TRADE DOLLARS. Authorized In 1873 and Demonetized < by the Act of 1887. A trade dollar is slightly larger than a standard dollar, but it is not current coin, and its metal value is only about 40 cents, though coin collectors will pay 80 cents for it. So many of these mongrel dollars were in circulation a generation ago that most persons were watchful to avoid getting one, but in recent years they have been so rare that many people never have seen one. Trade dollars were authorized by congress in 1873 for tho"purpose of stimulating commerce with the ori ent. For many years the Mexican silver dollar had been a highly val ued coin in nearly all far eastern countries. Hundreds of millions of them were shipped to China, Japan, the Philippines and other countries in that part of the world to pay for the products exported from them to Europe and the United States. ' American lawmakers thought ' that a coin of practically the same i weight and size as the Mexican dol- | lar bearing the imprint of the Unit- . ed States could be used advanta geously as a substitute for the Mexi can dollar. In the five years beginning with 1873 the United States mint pro duced nearly 30,000,000 of these ( dollars. Most of them were export ed, but enough of them remained in this country to be embarrassing because of their similarity to the standard silver dollar, and in 18S7 congress provided that for six months thereafter all trade dollars presented to the treasury should bo ' exchanged for standard silver dol lars, and after that time the trade dollars were left to shift for them- , selves, being worth only their metal value plus whatever premium coin 1 collectors might be willing to pay 1 for them. Nearly 8,000,000 of them were redeemed, and when the period for redemption ended only , 284,587 of them remained in this country, less than 1 per cent of the ' number that had been coined. The trade dollars have on one side a sitting figure of the Goddess of Liberty and on the other an eagle of a different design from that ' on the standard dollar. The inscrip- ! tion is "United States of America, Trade Dollar, 420 grains, 900 fine." The standard silver dollar weighs 412.5 grains. The weight of the Mexican dollar is 417.79 grains, but 97.27 per cent of it is pure silver, I so that though it weighs less its metal value is about 7 per cent more than that of the old trade dol lar. Probably this is the reason ' that the trade dollar never made a hit with the people of the far east. There is ground for suspicion that the originators of the trade dollar thought the orientals might be duped into taking it in preference to the Mexican dollar because of its slightly greater weight, notwith standing the fact that its silver val ue was about 7 per cent less. But the oriental money changers quick ly learned this difference in value, and the deception wouldn't work. The trade dollar was .authorized by the coinage act which became famous under the designation of "the crime of '73" in the free silver agitation which began a few years later and continued fiir more than twenty years. —Kansff City Star. psi &|*j 111 Dependable §1 $ Goods. M i*S H A" uf# We handle goods that are cheap, but not SmSS -Is<«->s• - &; cheap goods. M'e want our goods to become ® LTjtTj your goods and our store your store. If it is li Clothing, or H *m-x •*? **** II Shoes or HI H Anything m £■s*£4 to furnish man, woman or child up in classy, KISS. ■•s•■;■s>■ rase jsftg attractive and dapendable attire, then we have fajjfeg* jSjS f>®s i just the articles you need. fJive us a call now. |f| MAX MAMOLEN, LAPORTE. B Our Job Department M$T in tfie CoiiHty. Illegal Voting. Word reached the Commission ers on Saturday afternoon that the Democratic ballots were running short in the districts where the keystone party tickets were freely voted at. last general election. Under the new ballot law, as be fore mentioned in the News Item, people vvlio voted the keystone ticket, or a majority of it, at the last general election were not en titled to vote at this primary, at there was no keystone ticket in I In field. The fact that ballots were short shows ipueh illegal voting last Saturday. The election boards were not to blame for this, they were bound to give the voter the ballot he called for, unless there was a challenge. The blame rests with the party watchers and the conscience of the voter. There were sufficient Democratic ballots in all the voting precincts for the legal Democratic voters in the dis trict. Notice. The cider press atSonestown will open Thursday, Sept. 7, 1911, and run Thursday and Friday of each week until Nov. 4,1911, closing at noon on that day. John M. Converse E. J. Mullen attended court in Pliiladelghia the fore part of the week. Miss Hazel little, who has been spending the Summer in Laporte returned to her home near Nord niont Wednesday. Rev. E. A. Heim and family, who have been visiting Mrs. J. L. Smyth, returned to their home in New Mil ford Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Crossley are attending the Bloomsburg Fair and will also visit relatives in Ber wick, Kingston and Wilkes-Barre before returning home. W. A. M. Giier, the venerable gentleman who nominated Gar lichl for President at Chicago forty years ago, who has been spending the summer at Laporte left Monday for Danville, Pa. 60 YEARS' Ogfm^n^EXPERIENCE ™ I t ■ I j . I ii ■ k ■ 1 TRADE MARKS DESIGNS ' RM' 1 COPYRIGHTS AC. Anvone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention in probably patentable. Communica tion* Rtrictly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patent# sent free, oidost agency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive tvecial notice % wit hout charge, in the Scientific American. A handsomely Illustrated weekly. Largest cir culation of any scientific Journal. Terms, 93 a year . four months, sl. Bold by all newsdealers. MUNN & Co, 361 Broadway, YOfk Branch Olllce, SiS V Ht„ Washington, n .O. k LITERARY CRIME. Th» Destruction of the Graat Library of Alexandria. On Dec. 22, 640, after a siege that had lasted fourteen months, the great Mohammedan general Amrou found himself master of the renowned citj' of Alexandria, the capital of Egypt and at that time the commercial and intellectual me tropolis of the World. To his master, the Caliph Omar, Amrou wrote,' "I have captured Alexandria, a city containing 4,000 palaces, 4,000 baths, 12,000 dealers in fresh oil, 12,000 gardeners, 40,- 000 Jews who pay tribute and 400 theaters and other places of amuse ment." Amrou made no reference in his letter to the magnificent library, concerning which there has come down the following story: John the Grammarian, the most learned man of his day, being in Alexandria at the time, begged* of Amrou that he would give him the library. Amrou told him that it was not in his pow er to grant such a request, but that he would write to the caliph about it. Omar, on hearing the request of his general, sent back the reply: "If those books contain the same doctrine as the Koran they are of nc use, since the Koran contains all needful truth; on the other hand, if they contain anything contrary to the Koran they ought to be de stroyed. Therefore, whatever their contents may be, I order them to be committed to the flames." Accordingly they were distribut ed among the public baths of the city, where for more than six months they served to supply the fires. The loss to the intellectual wealth of the world by that ruling of Omar is incalculable. The stored up wisdom of ages was in that Alex andrian library, and with the de struction of the precious volumes facts were lost which were never to be recovered. The caliph's igno rant and fanatical belief in the in fallibility of the Koran worked hu manity tho harm that can never be atoned for while the world stands. —New York American. M. BRINK'S PRICES For This Week. ton 100 lb Corn Meal 30.00 1.55 Cracked Corn 30.00 1.55 Corn 30.00 1.55 [Sacks each fic with privilege of returning without expense to me. Schumacher Chop 30.00 1.55 Wheat Bran 28.00 1.45 Fancy White Mulds. 31.00 1.00 Oil Meal 30.00 2.00 Gluten 20.00 1.50 Alfalfa Meal 25.00 1.30 Oyster Shells 10.00 00 Brewers Grain 27.00 1.40 Choice Cottonseed Meal 3'_\oo 1.70 Luxury Flour sack 1.20 " " per bbl. 4.05 Beef Scrap 3.00 Oats per bu. .55 Charcoal 50 lb sack .00 Oyster Shells " .35 140 lb bag Salt coarse or fine .50 50 lb bag Salt .25 Buckwheat Flour 2.20 Slhumacher Flour sack 1.50 Muncy " 1.20 " " per bbl. 4.oft Spring Wheat,,(Marvel) " 1.00 Veal Calves wanted on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Live fowls and chickens on Wednesday. M. BRINK, New Albany, Pa. The Best place to buy goods Is otten asked by the pru pent housewife. Money saving advantages are always being searched for Lose no time in making a thorough examination of the New Line of Merchandise Now on jg;™[ ?????? ? ? ? STEP IN AND ASK ABOUT THEM. AJI answered at Vcraon Hull's Large Store. HILLSGROVE, PA.
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