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court of common. pleas compesed of
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TREE TR TE PR RR TAT a
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
“THE CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED
TO THE CITIZENS OF THE COM-
MONWEALTH FOR THEIR AP-
PROVAL OR REJECTION, BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYL:,
VANIA, AND PUBLISHED BY OR-
DER OF THE SECRETARY OF
THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PUR-
SUANCE OF ARTICLE- XVIII OF
THE CONSTITUTION.
Number One.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing. an amendment to Article
IX of the Constitution ef
‘ Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
Senate and House of Representa-
tives in General Assembly met, That
the following amendment to the
Constitution of Pennsylvania be, and
the ‘ame is hereby, proposed, in a¢-
cordance with the XVIII article
thereof: —
Section 16. The State, or any mu-
nicipality thereof, acquiring or appro-
priating property or rights over or in
property for public use, may, in fur-
therance of its plans for the acaui-
sition and public use of such proper-
ty or rights, and‘ subject to:such re-
strictions as the Legislature may from
time to time impose, appropriate an
«excess of property over that actual
dy to be occupied or used for public
use, and may thereafter sell or lease
such excess, and impose on the prop-
«erty so sold or leased any restrictions
appropriate to preserve or enhance
the benefit to the public of the prop-
erty actually occupied or ‘used.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 1,
CYRUS BE. WOODS,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Two.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania so as to consolidate |.
the courts ‘of common pleas of Phil-
adelphia | ty. | fi
Section. 1. Be ' Tesolved by the
Senate and House of Representa
tives of the Commonwealth Penn-
fylvania in General Asse bly. met,
“That the following amendment to the
Constitution of Pennsylvania be, and
. the 8 is hereby, proposed, in ac-
cordance, “with the eighteenth article
thereof: ats
. That section six of article five be
Section’. In the county ef Phila
delphia all the jurisdiction and
powers now vested in the several
numbered courts of common pleas of |
that county, shall be vested in one
all the judges. in commission: In: sald
shall extend to all Procesdizgs.at law |:
and in equity; which shall have been.
instituted in the several numbered
courts and shall be subject | te. Such |
change "a8 ‘may’ be made by Ww and
subject 3 ‘change © of enue as provi
ded by law. The president judge of
the said court shall be selected as
provided by law. The number of
indges+ ifr said «conrt- may be byvlaw
increased f from time fo time. This 8
mendment gral take effect om the
first day of January ‘succeeding its a
doption, Gy
“In the county of Allegheny all the
Jurisdiction and powers now vested
in the several numbered courts of
common pleas, shall be vested in
one court of common pleas, com-
posed of all the. judges in commission
in said courts. Such jurisdietion and
puwers ‘shall’ extend to alll proceel-
ings at'law ‘and in’ ‘equity which shall
have beeh instituted in’ the several
numbered courts and shall be subject
to such. change as’ may ‘be fade by
law and. subject to" ehange of venue
as -provided., by law. The presh
dent judge ‘of the. said court
shall (be selected as, provided by
4 The number ‘of judges "In
said court may bé by law increased
from time to time. This amendment
ahall take effect on t the "mest day ot
its’
3 ‘adoption.
bunn
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A true’ copy of Joint
No. ‘3.
CYRUS E. weooDe. ©
Secretary 3% the Co SIMON
Number 2 i33 anor A
A JOINT RESOLUTION. FEE
bu *
of tor £ harposen, wp
d | ment. te Ouch, ainking-fund. to. be. in
to pay existing debt; and the debt cre-
ated to supply deficiency in revenue
shall never exceed in the aggregate
at any one time, one million dol
lars,” be amended 50 as to read as
follows: .
Section 4. No debt shall be crea-
ted by or on behalf of the State, ex-
cept to supply casual deficiencies of
revenue, repel invasion, suppress in-
surrection, defend the State in war,
or to pay existing debt; and the debt
created to supply deficiencies in rev-
enue shall never exceed in the aggre-
gate, at any one time, one million dol-
lars: Provided, however That the
General Assembly, irrespective of
any debt, may authorize the State to
issue bonds to the amount of fifty
millions of dollars for the purpose of |
improving and rebuilding the highways |
of the Commonwealth,
Section: 2. Said proposed amend.
ment shall be submitted to the qual.
ified electors of the State, at the gen-
eral election to be held on the Tues-
day next following the first Monday of
November in the year nineteeen hun-
dred and eighteen, for the purpose of
deciding upon the approval and rat!-
fication or the rejection of said
amendment. Said election shall be
opened, held, and closed upon sald
election day, at the places and within
the hours at and within which said
election is directed to be open-
ed, held and closed, and in accord-
ance with the provisions of the laws
of Pennsylvania governing elections,
and amendments thereto. Such a-
mendment shall be printed upon the
‘ballots in the form and manner pre-
scribed by the election laws of Penn-
sylvania, and shall in all respecis
conform to the requirement of such
laws, :
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No, 3.
CYRUS E. WOODS,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
' Number Four.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment | ‘to section
eight, article nine of the Consti- |
tution of Pennsylvania. |
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
Senate, and House of Representa-
tives of the Commonwealth of Penn-
sylvania in General _Assemb.y met,
and is hereby enacted by the author
fty of the same, That the Constity-
tion of the Commonwealth of Pent.
sylvania, in accordance with the pro-
vistons of the eighteenth article
thereof: — A
Adicuament to Article Nine, ection
Eight. ;
That section eight of article nine
of the Constitution be amended by
king out the wala section a and 1n- |
|serting in place. ‘thereof the Tollow-
ing:—
‘Section 8. Theldebt ‘of any county |
‘city, borough, township, school dis-
trict or other municipality or ineorpe-
‘dted district, except ds provided here
d tn and in section fifteen of this artl- |
cle shall never exceed seven (7) per
centum upon the assessed value of the
taxable property therein, but the
debt, of the: celty. of Philadelphia may
be: increased ‘in such’ ‘amount that the
total city debt of said city shall not |
exceed ‘ten per centum (10) upon the
assessed value of the taxable _prop- | i
erty “therein; nor shall .any such mu-
picipality or district incur. any mew
flebt, or increase its indebtedness to
an amount exceeding two (2) per
¢entum upon such assessed valuation
ef property, without the consent. or
tae electors thereof at a public eles
tion in such manner as shall be pro-
vided by law. In asc¢ertaining the
borrowing capacity of the said city
of’ Philadelphia, at any time, there
shall be excluded from the calcula
tion. and dedn from such debt
so much of the’debt. of said city as
Shall have been incurred, amd: the
proceeds thereof. invested, “im « any
public improvements of any. ry
which’ shall be yielding’ ‘to the said
city en annual - “current het revenie.
"Phe ‘amount ‘of sich deduction
be ascertained by capitalizing the
onal net, revenue from such he a
ment during. the , year immediately
Dreceding: the time of, TUR Secures
ments; and such capitalisation shai
be estimated by ascertaining the
principal amount ' which would yisld
'sifeh dnnus),’ ‘current het revenue, at
the ‘average rate’ of interest, and sipk:
ing-fund charges payable’ “upon” the |
iridedtednens incurred by said city
up to the’ time of ||
spch ascertainment.; The method of,
determining such amount, so. to be. deg
ducted, may be prescribed: bp the Gen.
eral’ Assembly. In incurring indebted:
ness for any purpose the city of Phile-
deiphia’ may issue its ‘Obligations "pad
turing not“later than fifty’ (50)° years
frog the date thereof, with provision
for a .sinking-fund sufficient’ to
said obligations at maturity, the pay-
equal or graded annual or other. per
fodical: instalments. Where any is
debtedness shall be: or shell have
been incurred by said city of Philadel-
phia for the purpose of the comstruct-
ion ‘or improvement of public works
revgnue is 0 be derived by said eity, |
Ganiias EEE Wael ‘samasey OF for the reclamation of land ¢s be at the Bijou, Friday, Sept. 28
¢
any character from which income or |
Where Motorists Lodge
The favorite route for motorists is the
Great National Highway, formerly
known as the National Pike. It winds
from the east through Cumberland and
down into Pittsburgh by way of
Brownsville, entering the main part of
the city right at the
Monongahela
House
PITTSBURGH
where copl, airy rooms with o
river view afford the most comfortable
‘summer quarters.
European Plan
Single Room, without bath, $1.00 and $1.50
per day. Single :oom with bath $2. 00, $2.50
and $3.00 per day. Each additional person
$1. 30 per day in any room, with or Without
ba
Complete Cafe Service from 25¢ Club
Breakfast to the most elaborate dinner.
J. B. Kelley, Manager
Smithfield St., Water St. and First Ave.
Pittsburgh
not give. your. lad.
the same ®_fizining?
WHY
The idle plant of the Great Western
File ‘works, occupying three acres ia
Beaver Falls, has been sold to the
Pittsburgh Radium company of Pitts-
burgh, a newly organized interest in
the vanadium and radium field, which
will partially rebuild the plant, e juip
it for the treatment of carnotite ores
and the extraction of vanadiu:a,
uranium and allied products.
“Get over there!” This shout and a
wild shove, as a fast passenger train
bore down upon them, sent Mrs. Laura
Meisel reeling from the path of a
Baltimore and Ohio engine just as the
locomotive crashed into her husband,
Albert E. Meisel, at the Tecumseh
street crossing of the railroad in
Hazelwood. The man gave his life
to save that of his wife.
Petitions are being circulated asking
the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie rail
road to inaugurate passenger service
between Connellsville and Browns.
ville by the way of Whitsett cutoff.
The cutoff was built several years ago
as a means of hauling freight from
| the Yough river points to Mononga-
'hela valley points Without going via
| Pittsburgh,
, A headless skeleton was found in
1 a suitcase by workmew excavating in
a back yard in Pittsburgh, ‘where
the old Moose temple is being razed
in’ preparation for the erection of a
new home. The skeleton was covered
with dirt and old newspapers and was
buried #ix feet under ground.
The population of the Pittsburgh
metropolitan district is 1,156,849, an in-
crease of 10.7 per cent since 1910. The
number of manufacturing establish-
merits i8°2,479, and the capital fivested
in industries is $706:660,130. In five
years wages and’ sglariés ibreased
18.5 per cent. .
a ToT
At the ‘pointiof a revolver William
, Morris of- Connellsvilte - held up a
gang of’ ‘workmen ‘who were- laying a
sewer in of “his ‘residence and
they were forced to quit wark: A de
tail eof policemen ‘was sent to .the
place and the’ Norkmien were put back
to works
stead of giving me the definition whem
, 1 applied to her, uniformly sent me to
'V the ‘dictionary 6 Baki ft, dnd tn this -
way I ‘gradually lesrned’ mibhy things :
Besides the m of the individual
"word ta question among other things,
E Uhow to #64 U'dictionsty, end the grest
a the use of the dict r
a Tar s0 thd vilhd
har)
several volumes will yot find it a great
convenience to have this, which is so
compact, so full, and so trustworthy
as to leave, in most cases, little to be
desired.” — Albert S. Cobk, Ph.D.,LL.D.,
Professor of the English Language and
Literature, Yale Univ. April 28,1811,
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-uére 1S a much better market for
g00a mules than there is for bad men.
You seldom meet a married men
who admits that he knows it all.
Time isn’t always money to the man
who does a credit business.
Many a man talks thru his hat in
stead of using a telephone.
The higher a man climbs the harder
will be his fall—if he fails.
Men deliberately He, while women
merely "#appress “the 4ruth.
About the omly satisfactory substi
tute for wisdom is silence.
Love may be blind but tt can usuafly
locate the almighty dollar.
When a fool doean’t set like a food
be fools a lot of
fT i
tused in the construction of wharves or
docks owned or to be owned by sald
joity, such obligations may be in am
amount sufficient to provide for, and
may include the amount.of, the fia-
terest and sinking-fand: charges ee
cruing and which may accrue there
on throughout the peried of construct.
ion, and until the expiration of ome
year after the completion of the. work
for which said. indebtednsss shall
have: been imewrred; cad said eity
shall not be required ts levy a tax'lp a
pay caid fsgerest and, aiskingfusd
| charges as regujred by gestion tem.
article -. nine. of the Comstitmtion of
Pelinbyiviila,’ until*the * expiration of
said period of oné year after the com-
pletion of sald work ¢
A true copy of Joint Resolution Nod.
CYRUS B. WOOD&
Anita Stewart is one of the very
ed by a great actrgas, Anita Stewart
possess the aplendid dictionaries = pe
Jack Frost, aged Thirty-eight, was
sénti to the workhouse for thirty days
by Magistrate: Borland in Pittsburgh.
Jack was arrested on a charge of
drunkeaness. “It's too early for you
substance.
and allays Feverishness.
Flatulency, Wind Colic,
Diarrhoea.
‘ears the
The Kind You Have es Bonghe and which has been
in use for over 80, years, has borne the signature of
and has been made under his per-
sonal supervision since its'infancys
Allow no one to deceive you in this.
All Counterieits, Imitations and #¢ Just-as-good *’ are but
- Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops and Secothing Syrups.
contains neither Opium, Morphine mor other Narcotic
Its age is its guarantee.
It is pleasant. It
It destroys Worms
For more than thirty years is
has been in constant use for the relief of Constipa tion,
all Teething Troubles and
It regulates the Stomach and Bowels,
assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children’s Panacea—The' Mother’s Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA auways
Signature of
«In Use For Over 30 Years
The Kind You Have Always Bought
THE cenTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY,
Every Farmer with
‘to be out,” .said Magistrate Borland,
“so I guess Rel pit. you away for a
Mille. on 4 8 :
dram Tal ga T8410 lc
N ———
Schoo! r ‘patrons of Teeaataes.
Eo near Washington, are on 8
8 8.
struc-
fsa RE they
( Tate heshth sutliof:
od to. practice in common
, Pleas court, tore The ‘girls
' were ‘Miss Sarai M. Soffel and “Miss
Lilly ‘Virginia Pickersgill. The clergy-
man was Rev. John B. Fortunato, in-
terpreter in the crimimal eowrt
Eighteen buildings, includ:ng seven
residences, comprising four blocks in
the business center of Clintonville,
were swept by fire that started in the
livery stable of E. W. Shaffer, entuil-
hg 3 refuse to send thetr | ;
th * Bi
wi ions |
fwe.or more cows
_needs.a Shady
A) T. YODER, -
t
Pong
dL oaaradrt lr misiolig ol
THE BEST: SEPARATOR MADE,
229 Live Livergood To
CRONE
a HO!
ELOT ES. :
‘ing a loss estimated at between $75,
600 and '$80;000. «
Thirty-five minutes after Ralph H.
Thomas had been held'up and robbed
by a negro highwayman in Pitts
burgh Patrolman Roundtree arrest- |
ed the highwayman and recovered a
watch, a stickpin and $1.26 stolen from
Thomas. i
Real estate agents make the state-
ment that there are fewer houses for
rent in Connellsville than has ‘ever’
been kmown. There is also a_ heavy
demand for houses and this demand
will be increased with new industrial !
activity.
1
~Six children were injured, ohe prob-
ably fatally, when a runaway automo-
ile, dashing down a mountain road
le, east of Mt., Pleasant,
THE OPEN FIRE
“To get the full flavor of a fire you
must know your wood,” writes Elisa-
beth Woodbridge, “I had almost said,
_ you must remember re the tree
stood before it was cut—white birch
in the dry, worn owt slopes, black
birches from the edges of the pasture
lots, chestnut from the ledges, maple
| from the swamps, apple from the old
orchard.” '
“But though this may be a refine-
ment of fancy, it is no .fancy that one
ey of wood differs from another. in
glory. There is the white birch,
light-hearted, volatile, putting all "its
pretty self into a few flaring moments
—a butterfly existence. There is black
birch,” reliictant;: but steady; thereids
crashed into a-group. of school’ cunaren Jostaitt vivaeious,. full of sudden en-:
and ground them against a wire fence,
Using a: shoe ‘asa weapon,” "George
Graham; prisoner in the Punxso-
tawney jail, Jasna Warden Andrew
Neil, aged inte woneon-
Ne with Rosle Syors, fit
teen, escaped from the institution,
ALE
Prempt help from Johnstown, Bos-
well and other places im the vielnity
rine: paw a sign, 0 of Jocome,
e. Bias "lose will
i serie i 900.644. Ten
beings were cofisumed
Fic destroyed. ‘on the farm
of Louis Zeigler at nn Pwenty
cows and five herses re burmed to
death and go stack of hay amd grain
destreyed. The loss exceeds $13,000.
Joseph Mijler; ‘aged simty-five, a
farmey; residing near West Alexander,
Pa, was gored fo death by an in
furiated bull. The afatr occurred but
a shert distance from from his house.
‘Ditplayed in a ‘s window na cate is
a radish said to be’ the largest ever
seen about Connellsville, It weighs
13% pounds’ sad measures -20. inches
in lodgthy
Mareus Anton, —_ of the Pitts-
burgh Board of Education, has been
appointed a member of the Pennsy!-
vania ;Board of Education.
Yeggs blew the “safe in’ the post
office at Grand Va''é+ ‘and escaped,
though pursued by a )osse.
ms; the apple, cheerful’. and
willing, the maple and oak, sober and
stanch, good for ‘he long pull”
, ¥Ot“them all T love the apple best.
For a quick blaze throw on the white
birch; for along ‘evening of reading,
whe one does not want distraction,
in the keeping up of many of the oid
customs. In some quarters the match
. makers still an fmportant- personage.
He or ‘she——usuglly ah old bacheldr or
a spinster or widow _has a long mem-
ory for the marriagéable girls and
boys among the peasantry of the coun-
ty, and even of adjoiring counties.
The young people are not at first con-
sulted; theiparents of both are ap
. proached, apd: the talk is not at all
of tha inclinations of those wha are
ROBT. CROME, 1 Tailor
ASA ~NIOOYRTSGT
O01 Mh.
~
10 marry, but of how much dower is to
go with the girl, and what the young
man’s father will allow him. For all
their warm hearts, the Irish are practi-
cal enough; they have to he. There
:8 plenty of innocent love making
which never leads .to marriage, be-
vause. the chanees fora living in Ire-
land are limited, and.a couple mus$:
Rave a little degree of certainty about
‘I the future. Sometimes’ a young
cares so much for some particular
that he breaks jghrough jpustom
finds a way of marrying her, On
vouth of the Barony Forth loved the
daughter of" a ‘Wicklow farmer whe!
nad two hundred acres: and eorres-
pending /high ideals for his daughter.
The youth, had ten bare.acres and a
hare, cottage, 2 appealed to the sym~
‘pathies of: ‘hig
ttrely to her advantage, abs loch®
sourly at the girl, and remarked:
“Well, your banns will be
timidly. id
“What's that to you?"—Harper's Mag:
azine. ;
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