Montour American
FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor.
Danville, Pa., Sept 2. 1909.
HARRIMAN'S GREAT MANSION.
Features of Railroad Magnate's Sum
mer Home at Arden, N. Y.
An army of mechanics ha? been
■working day and night on the Simmer
borne at Arden. Orange county. N. Y.,
of E. 11. Harriman, president of the
(Union Pacific railroad, who recently
sailed from Cherbourg, France, for
New York. The residence surmounts
the top of Tower hill, which com
mands a view for miles around.
Mr. Uarriman owns practically the
Whole mountain, from the peak of
Which. Tower hill, signal beacons
burned in Revolutionary days to warn
the Continentals of the movements of
the British or the approach of maraud
ing Tories and Indians. In all Mr.
Harriman controls about 40,000 acres,
and for the most part he holds the
rights of way to this vast estate, thus
obtaining a privacy which was denied
blm in his former summer home at
Woodbury.
The Tower hill house is 1,300 feet
above tidewater and is reached by a
private inclined railroad 3.300 feet long,
which rises 700 feet. This road con
nects with the Erie railroad near Turn
er's.
For two years several hundred men
have been employed on the house,
■which is still far from complete. But
the central part is being finished tem
porarily for Mr. Harriman. This por
tion alone contains forty rooms, be
sides the servants' quarters, which are
permanently finished.
The house Is being built with stone
quarried on the mountain, and the
timber for the exterior wood trim
mings was also hewed in Mr. Harri
man's forests. All the material used
is American product The one stone in
the structure which Mr. Ilarriman's
quarries could not supply is a huge
block of granite, carved into a stag's
bead with spreading antlers. This will
crown the main doorway. The stone
for this came from up state.
The house is 3CO feet long north
and south and 350 feet east and west,
having three stories, with a tower sixty
feet high. The tower is 12 by 12 "feet
tThe house is surrounded by a stone
kail, built some distance away from
It on the brink of a precipice,
i Around the outside of the house,
pacing the edges of the cliffs, are log
gins. covered galleries or porticoes hav
ing colonnades on one side, which Is
open to the air. The woodwork of
these was carved by well known art
ists, and the paneled ceilings are deco
rated. There is an enclosed court
paved with marble, in which are a
fountain and beautiful statuary.
There is a swimming pool on the
lawn near the house containing pure
mountain spring water, and in the
house are baths of every description.
The house is fireproof. The staircases
ore of iron arid marble and bronze.
The elevator shafts are walled with
terra cotta. and all pillars and beams
are of iron and cement. Nothing short
of a volcanic eruption can destroy the
railway man's home.
There are three acres of marble
mosaic floors, and the rooms are fin
ished in Japanese, French. German.
Italian and colonial styles.
While the actual cost of the house
is not known to any one but Mr. nar
riman. it is stated that already more
than $3,000,000 has been paid out.
The house has been over four years
in course of construction.
Milk on a Stick.
In winter time milk goes to the buy
«r in a chunk instead of a quart, says
la Glasgow paper. The people in Sibe
ria buy their milk frozen, and for con
venience it is allowed to freeze about
n stick, which comes as a handle to
carry it by. The milkman leaves one
chunk or two chunks, as the case may
be, at the houses of his customers.
The children in Irkutsk, instead of cry
ing for a drink of milk, cry for a bite
of milk. The people in winter time do
not say, "Be careful not to spill the
milk," but "Be careful not to break
the milk." Broken milk is better than
spilled milk, though, because there is
an opportunity to save the pieces. A
•quart of frozen milk on a stick Is n
ivery formidable weapon in the hand of
an angry man or boy. as it is possible
to knock a person down with It. Ir j
kutsk people hang their milk on hooks
Instead of putting it in pans, though, j
of course, when warm spring weather 1
comes on they have to use the pans or
pails as the milk begins to melt and i
drop down the hooks.
The Illusion of Night.
I sometimes fancy that every great
.city must have been built by night.
•At least it is only at night that every i
jpart of a great city is great. All archi-1
tecture is great architecture after sun-1
set. Perhaps architecture is really a ;
nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks. !
At least I think many people of those!
nobler trades that work by night (jour- 1
nalists, policemen, burglars, coffee stall
keepers and such mistaken enthusiasts 1
as refuse togo home till morning) i
must often have stood admiring some '
iblack bulk of building with a crown of
! battlements or a crest of spires and
then burst into tears at daybreak to '
Idiscover that it was only a haberdash-1
scris shop with huge gold letters across!
(the face of it.—u. A. Chesterton in '
News.
Llressed FOr the fart.
"What subject have you taken fori
your address at the Civic club?"
"Woman's n,oral obligations as a j
citizen."
"What a lovely subject! And what j
aro you going to wear?"
"That new gown I brought home
with me from Paris. And just think: I
I had it so (leverly packed In with my
old clothes that the customs house in
spector never discovered It was there."
—Baltimore American.
An Explanation.
"now In blazes did the compositor
happen to head my foreign travel let
ter with the words "Foreign Drivel?'"
"I don't know. Perhaps he read it."
—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
1 INCREASE
1 HIKE
Tlie borou K" schools opened Moil
day with a total enrollmeut of 1150 an
advance of forty-two over last year's
enrollment. The increase occurs in the
gta.les where mere uie 990 pupil* un
rolled as against 9'iO last year.
The attendance at the high tel.col
wl.ich it was supposed would be affect
ed to some extent by the nowly
ized Parochial high soiiool aud the
high school ou the sout i side,is twen
ty less thau last year. Moudav there
were 160 pupils eurolled while last
year's enrollment was 180. At the
clo eof school last year there were 183
p-iplls holding promotiou cards to the
high school. The difference then of 23
represents not only the number affect
ed by the new high school# but the
number of pupils who have stopped
school as well.
There were forty-one non-re6ident
! pupils iu attendance at the high school
j Mouday. Seveuteen of these have
j contracts signed by boards of direct
i crs.oue is paying her own tuitiou and
i the remaiuiug twenty-throe are chi 1 -
' ilren of residents of South Danville
| sju I Riverside who are paying the
; tuition fee of twenty-five dollars in
!>ret'ereuco to sending their children to
the uew high school uu the south side.
The schools in the different wards
! ium pretty evenly divided. The over
crowded condition ot the senior sec
ondary sohoo! in the first ward which
would have resulted if last year's lines
were followed, has, tinder the system
of trauefers adjusted by the board,
been overcome. The senior secondary
schools now stand as folliws: first
ward,so; secoud ward.4B: third ward,
50 ; fourth war 3, 53.
The attendance at the grammar
schools following the same lines as
! last years evenly divided as follows :
| secoud ward, 43; third ward, 42;
! fourth ward, 27.
THE LIVERY StABLE DOG.
I Soma Ways In Which He Differs From
the Fashionable Pets.
The common livery stable dog is to
tally unlike the "powder puff" or
"toots and skigums" dog, but his dis
position is infinitely better. To lie on
; a cushion and growl and snap at the
| hand that would caress it is considered
| the height of folly in the livery stable
I variety.
j The livery stable dog approaches you
ingratiatingly and offers you a dirty
paw to shake. After you have shaken
1 it he solemnly gives you the other.
I Then he crawls up in your lap and
licks you on the mouth.
The livery stable canine is a most
j industrious digger of holes. The the-
J ory is that he is going to lie down In
the hole he digs, bat he does no sue 1 *
1 thing. He goes and lies down right
in the middle of the sidewalk, where
| people will have to step over blm. Ho
will never get out of anybody's way.
I He even lies down In the middle of
the street and tries to make carts,
j wagons and automobiles avoid him.
! He doesn't enjoy as large a vocab
ulary as the powder puff or skigums
j dog. A phrase like "Does urns want
| ums ltty bass?" would scare him to
death. His advantages have not been
such as to acquaint him with such
hifalutin talk, but he does know a few
| simple phrases like "Olt to blazes out
[ of here, you darned pest!" He under
stands that perfectly.—Puck.
Feats That Never Happened.
A grotesque and foolish view of the
west leads many who are not ac
quainted with that part of the country
to perpetrate amusing blunders re
garding the possibilities of the typical
.western weaiKins, the rifle and the six
shooter. To shoot an animal's eye out
at a hundred paces is a common feat
In wild west literature. Sometimes it
is done with a six shooter—ln type, not
anywhere else. Of course, no man
can see the eye of an animal that far.
I have had a good rifleman tell me he
could cut off a robin's head at a hun
dred steps. The truth is that he could
not see the head clearly that far. You
read that the desperado Slade could
with a six shooter at fifty or sixty
steps hit a man In any button of his
coat that he chose, but you may be
sure that neither Slade nor any one
else could do anything of the kind.
Even trick and fancy shooting at its
best coulel ever cover feats ascribed as
matters of course to the average fron
tiersman by those devotees of frenzied
fiction who never saw the frontier.—
Outing Magazine.
Eluding the Officers.
Here is an amusing description of
one of Balzac's periods of lmpeeunios
ity. Mery, the i>oet, a great friend of
Balzac, was an inveterate gambler
and rarely left the card table before
daybreak. His way lay past the Cafe 1
de Paris, and for four consecutive
mornings he had met Balzac strolling
leisurely up and down dressed In a
pantalon a pieds (trousers not termi
natlng below the ankle, but with feet j
in them like stockings) and frock coat
with velvet facings. The second morn
ing Mery felt surprised at the coinci
dence: the third he was puzzled: the
fourth he could hold out no longer and
asked Balzac the reason of these noc
turnal perambulations roundabout the
same spot.
Balzac put Ills hand In his pocket
and produced an almanac showing that
the sun did not rise before 3:50. "I am
being tracked by the officers of the
tribunal de commerce and obliged to
hide myself during the day, but at this
hour I nin free and can take a walk,
for as long as the sun Is not up they
cannot arrest me."
Careless.
Visitor—So that's Miss Overton
Don't you think she carries her age
remarkably well? Artist—No, I don't.
She has dropped several years of It to
my personal knowledge. lllustrated
Bits.
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Results of Saturday's Games
Shickshinny, 4; Danville, 2
Berwick, 6: Bloomeburg, 4.
Alrten, 8; Nescopeck, 2.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
W. L. P.O.
Nautlcoke 16 4 .789
Danville ..14 6 .700
Shickgtiinny 11 9 .550
Nesoopeck.. 10 11 .476
Benton 8 10 .444
Bloomsburg 9 13 .429
Berwick 7 18 .350
Alden 6 15 .286
The Danville base ball team invaded
the enemy's country again on Satur
day, only to be made the victims of
another sand bagging plot, which for
bould dlsregard of fairness has the
best efforts of Captain Kidd lashed to
the mast. The Shickshinny team ably
assisted by Umpire Hagemeyer, of
Blootnsbcrg and a gaug cf bandits,
| composed of the foreign element cf
' that section,took the game away from
i Danville by main force, and finally
| when the Danville manager could no
j longer endure the injustices cf the
| official and the lewd sneers and jibes
lof the spectators and with lrew his
men from the field, the game was giv
■ en to Shickshinny by a score of 9 to 0.
UMPIRE HAGEMEYER
SOARED BY THE MOB.
After Catcher Peyton, of Shlckshin
| ny, came to the bat in the third In
| uings aud was called out by Hagemey
j er when he was hit by a ball from his
own bat, the game degenerated into
[ the most barefaced robbery that the
I Hloomsbarg official could make it. Up
j to this time Hagemeyer had been um
piring fairly, which he is thoroughly
j capable of doing as all Danville fans
| know. When he retired Peyton the
Shickshinny Black Hauders Burged out
to the base lines with clubs in their
hinds and barling the vilest epithets
i at the umpire, threatened his life when
| the game was finished. From that
j moment Hagemeyer lost his nerve aud
started giving the game to Shickshin
ny.
la Danville's half of the fifth Hage
meyer had his first chance to get back
i inio the good graces of the foreign
fans. With one out Hess came to bat.
Pitcher Bcrns gave the Danville cap
tain three balls running aud then put
j a strike over the plate. Ou the next
ball pitched the Danville player, be
lieving he had been given four balls,
started for first, when Hagemeyer call
led him ont ou two strikes. Umlaut',
! next up, drove the longest hit of the
j game, a three bagger into right field.
He reached third safely on his hit,
when Shickshinny's first biseman
' rushed up to the umpire to inform
him that the Danville runner had not
touched first base. On the Shickshin
uy player's word the official declared
Umlauf out.
To show the ugly temper of the mob
that the locals were up against,in the
seventh Coveleskie accidentally hit
Skelton. Shiuny's third baseman. The
hall just grazed the batter's breast and
, did not hurt him aud he look his base,
but the incident was enough to in
flame the bandits and the Black Hand
sign was at once sent for "Pinkie's"
blood. Out to the base lines they
surged again, clubs in the air and
threatening the Danville pitcher.
With Skelton ou sacri
ficed, Skeltou going to third. Burns
' hit a grounder to Coveleksie who ran
in and caught Skelton trying to make
home. Mitchell drove a grounder to
ward second and reached first on Liv
engood's error. Butz drove a two'bag
j ger Into right field, Ammerman get
ting the ball and throwing to the
plate. Botna was coming toward the
rubber when the Danville catcher got
the ball and tug him three feet |from
the plate, but Hagemeyer called him
safe.
HAGEMEYERJTRIES TO PUT
HESS OUTOF'THE GAME?
This was the proverbial straw.
Captaiu Hess ran in fromj'third aud
protested the decision,but Hagemeyer,
thoroughly frightenedfcby the menac
ing mob, refused to listen to the Dan
ville captain'sTprotest and said the de
cision should stand. Hess then very
properly told the Bloomsburg ofiioial 1
that it would be an excellent idea if
he would "go some place and die aft- j
er ho had' finished umpiring this ;
game." Hagemeyer thereupon rcse in 1
his might aud retired the Danville
captain to the bench. Manager Hoff
man refused to'*take" Hess from the
game and the Danville players left the 1
field.
STATE POLICE]ABSENT.
It is usual at games placed on the
Shickshinny grouuds to have at least '
three members of the Statej,coustabul
ary present to maintain order aud pro
tect the members of the visiting team
and the umpire. Unfortunately tor
Danville the" constabulary had beeu j
called tol McKees "[Rocks and the I
grounds™on' Saturday "were without j
police protection. The actions of the
crowd at the game had anything j
kuowTTin the line of hoodlumlem stop-i
ped. Two of the crowd of men who j
came down from Nanticoka to help j
Shinny's ga.tg perpetrate their rob
bery,occupied a space directly in front
of the grand stand and performed lewd
dances whenever Shinny gained an
advantage over their opponents. The
exhibition was so disgusting that it
was absolutely unsafe for a lady to be
on the grounds.
THE DANVILLE TEAM
PLAYED A GOOD GAME.
sin i
111 SI'S lit
Chester Mowrer, one of Uuole Saui's
xailor boys, is spending » ten days'
furlough at the home of his fattier,
liogur Mowrer, East Mahoning street.
This is Mr. Mowrer's first visit home
sinoe his t.uliftment five years ago. llh
! is at present a baker on board the U.
S. S. Hartford, the school ship ot the
Naval Academy at Annapolis.
Mr. Mowrer left this city in lUO4 at
the age of nineteen. He was assigned
first to tiie training station at Nor
folk, Virginia. In 1007 he was trans
ferred to the U. S. S. Virginia and
tonred the world with the fleet. It is
of interest that there were four Dan
ville boys on the cruise, Reynolds,
Turner, Jacobs and Mowrer.
Mr. Mowrer was unaware of the
nearness of the other Danville boys
until notified in a letter from houie
{ received almost at the end of the trip.
| Since the return of the fleet Mr
I Mowrer has been on board the Hart-
I ford. George Jacobs,son of onr townf
| niau, W. Fred Jacobs,a student at the
Naval Academy was under instruction
! ou the schoolship and it was the meet
j iug of the two, with the resulting rt -
! miniscences that caused Mr. Mowrei's
' present visit home,
j The three month's cruise of the
Hartford is finished and at the end of
his leave, Mr. Mowrer will report at
Philadelphia for assignment.
; 1c is interesting to note that Mr.
Mowrer's rise from ordinary seaman
to baker with the corresponding iu-
I crease in salary was due to his ap-
I preuticeshlp with John Jacobs' Sous
1 of this city.
Before he left town Mr. Mowrer was
in poor health and was compelled to
spend one year on a farm Now lie is
i the picture of health, broad, deep
1 chest, dear oomplexion and the keen
; eye that be speaks a life on the ocean
wave. He speaks in glowing terms of
i life in the navy. His enlistment he
says, was the best move he ever made.
I While for, say the first two years, the
: life is somewhat arduous, after that
1 period one develops a fouduess for it
and it is seldom indeed that a Bailor
is found who does not prefer it to a
life on land.
The class of men iu the navy has
' gren ly improved in the last four year .
Prev oils to this time a great numht-i
of s' (men were foreign born, Swedes
and Danes predominating. Now, ow
ing to the effort on the part of the
government to make the service at
tractive together with the ten per
cent, increase allowed in 1908, and the
increase of $«.30 for re-enlistiuent,the
sailors are , for the most part, na
tive born Americans and the Improve
ment is apparent. Mr. Mowrer says
that on a moderate salary the seaman
! can save far more than the average
man ou land. There are many chances
of promotion and after thirty years
service the sailor is retired on three
i quarters pay.
Mr. Mowrer's liking for the service
1 is evidenced by a narrow red strip on
the left arm of his uniform denoting a
Ire enlistment for another four years.
A Nice Distinction.
Mrs. Farmer—And you say that the
last man you worked for was SI Hlg
! gins? Rambling Resteasy—No, ma'am.
I said dat he wuz de last man dat era
ployed me —Chicago News.
Abruzzi's Big Climb.
i A dispatch from l'eshawar, India.
I says the recent record climb of the
I Duke of the AliVuzzi was not made up
| Mount Godwin-Austen, but up Bride
I peak.
i ————-————
The Danville team, under circumst
ances that would have dlscourged any
team in the country, played good ball.
The work of Coveleksie in the box WBB
j superb—of the twenty outs made by
the Danville team ten were to his
| credit as strike outs. In three innings
he fanned the side. Shinny totaled
five hits offals delivery during seven
innings of a game that with a pitcher
of less nerve in the box would have
developed into a rout. Individually
every member of the Danville team is
to be complimented for the fine dis
play of head work and forbearance,
when they were being robbed, mal
treated, and disgracefully defamed by
the lawless and rowdy element present
at the game.
The soore:
DANVILLE.
K. H. O. A. E.
Hess. :ib.. 1 0 I 1 0
Umlauf, ss 0 2 0 1 0
Livent;ood,2b 0 0 0 11 j
Ooveleskie, p 0 0 11 o!
Stock, lb 0 0 3 0 lj
Ammerman, rf .0 0 1 0 0'
Dooley, c 0 0 11 0 1
Metaler.cf . . .......0 0 2 0 0'
Mackert, If ...1 1 0 0 0;
Totals . 2 8 *l9 4 3;
SHIUK3HINN Y.
R. H. O. A. E. 1
Mitchell, If. . .. .11 0 0 0 j
Butz, 2b ...... 1 2 3 0 0
Cawley, es 0 0 11 Oj
Booth, rf 11 0 0 0 i
Williams, lb.. 0 0 8 0 0
Laird,of 0 1 0 0 0
Skeltou, 3b 0 0 2 3 0
Peyton, o ... 1 0 K 0 1
Burns, p 0 0 0 4 0
Totals 4 5 »20 8 1
•Peyton hit bv batted ball.
•Umlauf out for cutting first.
Danville.. 0 0 2 0 0 0 o—2
Shickshiuny 0 0 0 0 0 3 I—4
Earned runs. Shickshinny 1. Stolen
bases Umlauf, Metzler, Mackert 2
Skelton Two base hits, Putz 2,Laird
Three baso hits, Umlauf. Sacriflee
hits Peyton. Left on base. Danville
5. Shickshinny 5. Struck out, by Oov
eleskie 10, by Burns 6. Base ou balls
off Ooveleskie 1, off Burns 5. Hit by
pitohed ball Umlanf, Skeltou
of game 2 hours. Umpire Hagemeyer.
Proposed Amendments
To Penn'a Constitution
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE
CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED TO
I THE CITIZENS OF TIIIS COMMON-
I WEALTH FOR THBIR APPROVAL OR
I REJECTION. BY THE GENERAL. AS
SEMBLY OF TIIE COMMONWEALTH
OF PENNSYLVANIA. AND PUB
: LISHED BY ORDER OF THE SECRE
TARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, IN
PURSUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF
THE CONSTITUTION.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
i Proposing amendments to sections eight ]
and twenty-one of article four, sections j
eleven and twelve of article five, sec- !
I tions two. three, and fourteen of article !
eight, section one of article twelve, and ;
sections two and seven of article four- !
| teen, of the Constitution of Pennsyl- :
' vania. and providing a schedule for
carrying the amendments into effect,
j Section 1 He it resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the
! Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen
: eral Assembly met. That the following
are proposed as amendments to the Con
! Ftitution of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania. in accordance with the provi
sions of the eighteenth article thereof:—
Amendment One—To Article Four, Seo
tion Eight.
Section 2. Amend section eight of article
four of the Constitution of Pennsylvania,
which reads as follows:
"He shall nominate and. by and with
the advice and consent of two-thirds of
all the members of the Senate, appoint
a Secretary of the Commonwealth and
an Attorney General during pleasure, a
Superintendent of Public Instruction for
four years, and such other officers of
the Commonwealth as he is or may be
authorized by the Constitution or by
law to appoint; he shall have power to
fill all vacancies that may happen, in of
fices to which he may appoint, during
the recess of the Senate, by granting
commissions which shall expire at the
end of their next session; he shall have
power to tiil any vacancy that may hap
pen, during the recess of the Senate, in
the oftice of Auditor General. State
Treasurer. Secretary of Internal Affairs
or Superintendent of Public Instruction,
in a Judicial office, or In any other eleo
tive ofllce which he is or may be au
thorized to fill; if the vacancy shall hap
pen during the session of the Senate,
the Governor shall nominate to the Sen
ate. before their final adjournment, a
proper person to fill said vacancy; but
in any such case of vacancy. In an elec
tive office, a person shall be chosen to
said office at the next general election,
unless the vacancy shall happen within
three calendar months immediately pre
ceding such election, in which case the
election for said oftice shall be held at
the second succeeding general election.
In acting on executive nominations the
Senate shall sit with open doors, and, in
confirming or rejecting the nominations
of the Governor, the vote shall be taken
by yeas and nays, and shall be entered on
the Journal," so as to read as follows:
He shall nominate and. by and with
the advice Mini consent of two-thirds of
all the members of the Senate, appoint
a Secretary of the Commonwealth and
an Attorney General during pleasure, a
Superintendent of .Public Instruction for
four years, and such other officers of the
Commonwealth as he is or may be au
thorized by the Constitution or by law
to appoint: he shall have power to fill
all vacancies that may happen, in offices
to which he may appoint, during the re
cess of the Senate, by granting commis
sions which shall expire at the end of
their next session; he shall have power
to till any vacancy that may happen,
during the recess of the Senate, in th*
office of Auditor General. State Treas
urer. Secretary of Internal Affairs or
Superintendent of Public Instruction, in
a Judicial office, or in any other elective
office which he is or may be authorized
to fill; if the vacancy shall happen dur
ing the session of the Senate, the Gov
ernor shall nominate to the Senate, be
fore their final adjournment, a proper
person to fill said vacancy; but in any
such case of vacancy, in an elective of
fice, a person shall be chosen to said of
fice on the next election day appropriate
to such office, according to the provisions
of this Constitution, unless the vacancy
| shali happen within two calendar months
Immediately preceding such election day.
in which case the election for said office
shall be held on the second succeeding
election day appropriate to such office
In acting on executive nominations the
| Senate shall sit with open doors, and.in
confirming or rejecting the nominations
of the Cicvernor. the vote shall be taken
by yeas and nays, and shall be entered
' on the journal
Amendment Two—To Article Four, Sec
t!on Twenty-one.
Section 3 Amend section twfcnty-one of
article four, which reads as follows:
"The term of the Secretary of Internal
Affairs shall be four years: of the Audi
tor General three years; and of the State
Treasurer two years. These officers shall
be chosen by the qualified electors of the
State at general elections. No person ,
ejected to the office of Auditor General
: or State Treasurer shall be capable of ,
' holding the same office for two consecu
tive terms." so as to read:—
The terms of the Secretary of Internal
Affairs, the Auditor General, and the
| State Treasurer shall each be four years;
j and they shall be chosen by the qualified ,
j electors of tlie State at general elections; I
but a State Treasurer, elected In the year '
one thousand nine hundred and nine,
shall serve for three years, and his suc
cessors shall be elected at the general
, election in the year one thousand nine
■ hundred and twelve, and in every fourth
i year thereafter No person elected to the
i office of Auditor General or State Treas
j urer shall be capable of holding the
same office for two consecutive terms.
Amendment Three—To Article Five. Sec
tion Eleven.
Section 4 Amend section eleven of ar
| tide five, which reads as follows:
"Except as otherwise provided in this •
Constitution. Justices of the peace or al
dermen shall be elected in the several
wards, districts, boroughs and townships
at the time of the election of constables,
by the qualified electors thereof, in such
manner as shall be directed by law. and
shall be commissioned by the Governor
for at< rm of five years No township,
ward, district or borough shall elect more
than two Justices of the peace or alder
men without the eonsent of a majority
of the qualified e lectors within such town- 1
ship, ward or borough; ne» person shall
be electee! to such e»thce unless he shall
have resleieni within the township, borough,
ward or district for one year next preced
ing his election In cities containing over 1
fifty thousand inhabitants, not more than i
one alderman shall be elected in each
ward or district." so as to read:
Kxcept as otherwise provided In this
Constitution, justices or the peace or
aldermen shall be elected In the several
wards, districts, noroushs or townships,
by the qualified electors thereof, at the
municipal election. In such manner as
shall be dlrecteel by law. and shall be i
commissioned by the Governor for a
term of six years. No township, ward,
district or borough shall elect more than
two Justices of the peace or aldermen
without the consent of a majority of the
qualified electors within such township,
ward or borough: no person shall be
elected to such ofllce* unless he shall have
resided within the township, borough,
ward or '!. i for ono year n< \t
ceding his • lection. In cities containing
over liftv thousand inhabitants, not more
!£an one nld-tman shall bo elected in
each ward or district.
Amendment Four—To Article Five. Sec
tion Twelve.
Section 112. \tnend section twelve of arti- :
cle five of lie* Constituton, which read*
as follows
"In Philadelphia there shall be estab
lished. for each thirty thousand inhabit
ants. one court, not of record of police
an«l civil causes, with Jurisdiction ne»t exceed '
ing one hundred dollars: such courts sha'l
be held by magistrates whose term of office
shall be five years and they shall be electee! :
on general ticket by the qualified voters at i
ar»e; and In the election of the said magis- |
trates no voter shall vote fe»r more than two I
thirds of the number of persons to be electeel I
when" mofo" Tfian oTTe~7Tre '»o Ko chosen; j
they shall be compensated only by fixed
salaries, to be paid by said county; and j
shall exercise such jurisdiction, civil and
criminal, except as herein provided, as
Is now exercised by aldermen, subject to
such changes, not involving an Increase
of civil jurisdiction or conferring political
duties, as may be made by law In Phila
delphia the office of alderman la .abol
ished." so as to read as follows: —
In Philadelphia there shall be estab
lished. for each thirty thousand inhabit
ants, one court, not of record, of police
and civil catises. with Jurisdiction not
exceeding one hundred dollars; such
courts .shall be held by magistrates whose
term of oflice shall be six years, and they
shall be elected on general ticket at the
municipal election, by the qualified
voters at large; and in the election of
the said magistrates no voter shall vote
for more than two-thirds of the number
of persons to be elected when more than
one are to be chosen; they shall be com
pensated only by fixed salaries, to be
paid by said county; and shall exorcise
such Jurisdiction, civil and criminal, ex
cept as herein provided, as is now ex
ercised by aldermen, subject to such
changes, not involving an increase of
civil Jurisdiction or conferring political
duties, HS may be made by law. In Phila
delphia the office of alderman is abol
Ished.
Amendment Five—To Article Eight, Sec
tion Two.
Section 0. Amend section two of article
eight, which reads as follows:
"The general election shall be held an
nually on the Tuesday next following the
first Monday of November, but the Gen
eral Assembly may by law fix a different
day. two-thirds of all the members of
each House consenting thereto," so as to
read:—
The general election shall be held bi
ennially on the Tuesday next following
the first Monday of November in each
even-numbered year, but the General As
sembly may by law fix a different day,
two-thirds of all the members of each
House consenting thereto: Provided.
That such election shall always be held
in an even-numbered year
Amendment Six—To Article Eight, Sec
tion Three.
Section 7. Amend section three of article
eight, which reads as follows:
"All elections for city. ward, borough
and township officers, for regular terms
of service, shall be held on the third
Tuesday of February," so as to read:—
All Judges elected by the electors of the
State at large may be elected at either
a general or municipal election, as cir
cumstances may require. All elections
for judges of the courts for the several
Judicial districts, and for county, city,
ward, borough, and township officers for
regular terms of service, shall be held
on the municipal election day; namely,
the Tuesday next following the first Mon
day of November in each odd-numbered
year, but the General Assembly may by
iaw fix a different day, two-thirds of all
the members of each House consenting
thereto: Provided. That such election
shall always be held in an odd-numbered
year
Amendment Seven—To Article Eight, Sec
tion Fourteen.
Section S Amend section fourteen of
article eight, which reads as follows:
"District election boards shall consist of
a Judge and two inspectors, who shall
be chosen annually by the citizens Each
elector shall have the right to vote for the
Judge and one inspector, and each Inspect
or shall* appoint one clerk The first elec
tion board for any new district shall be
selected, and vacancies In election boards
filled, as shall be provided by law. Elec
tion officers shall be privileged from ar
rest upon days of election, and while en
gaged in making up and transmitting re
turns, except upon warrant of a court
of record or judge thereof, for an elec
tion fraud, for felony, or for wanton
breach of the peace In cities they may
claim exemption from Jury duty during
their terms of service." so as to read:—
District election boards shall consist ot
a judge and two inspectors, who shall be
chosen biennially, by the citizens at the
municipal election, but the General As
sembly may require said boards to be
appointed in such manner as it may by
law provide. Laws regulating the ap
pointment ot said boards may be enacted
to apply to cities only: Provided, That
such laws be uniform for cities of the
same class Each elector shall have the
right to vote for the judge and one in
spector. and each inspector shall appoint
one clerk The first election board for
any new district shall be selected, and
vacancies in election boards filled, as
shall be provided bv law. Election offi
cers shall be privileged from arrest upon
days of election, and while engaged in
making up and transmitting returns, ex
cept upon warrant of a court of record,
or judge thereof, for an election fraud,
for felony, or for wanton breach of the
peace In cities they may claim exemp
tion from Jury duty during their terms of
service.
Amendment Eight—To Article Twelve.
Section One.
Section 9. Amend section one, article
twelve, which reads as follows:
"All officers, whose selection is not pro
vided for in this Constitution, shall be
elected or appointed as may be directed
by law." so as to read:—
All officers, whose selection is not pro
vided for in this Constitution, shall be
elected or appointed as may b»» directed
by law. Provided. That elections of State
officers shall be held on a general election
day.and elections of local officers shall
be held on a municipal election day. ex
cept when, in either case, special elections
may be required to fill unexpired terms
Amendment Nine—To Article Fourteen.
Section Two
Section 10 Amend section two of article
fourteen, which reads as follows
"County officers shall be elected at the
general elections and shall hold their
offices for the term of three years, be
ginning on the first Monday of January
next after their election, and until their
successors shall be duly qualified; all
vacancies not otherwise provided for.
shall be filled In such manner as may be
provided by law." so as to read:
County officers shall be elected at the
municipal elections and shall hold their
offic.s for the term of four years, be
ginning on the first Monday of January
next after their election, and until their
successors shall be duly qualified; all
vacancies not otherwise provided for.
shall be filled in such manner as may be
provided by iaw.
Amendment Ten—To Article Fourteen.
Section Seven.
Section 11. Amend section seven, article
fourteen, which reads as follows:
"Three county commissioners and three
county auditors shall be elected in each
county where such officers are chosen, in
the year one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-five and every third year there
after; and in the election of said officers
each qualified elector shall vote for no
more than two persons, and the three
persons having the highest number of
votes shall be elected; any casual vacancy
In the office of county commissioner or
county auditor shall be filled, by the
court of common pleas of the county in
which such vacancy shall occur, by the
appointment of an elector of the proper
county who shall have voted for the
commission* r or auditor whose place is
to bo filled." so as to read:—
Throe county commissioners and three
county auditors shall be elected in each
tounty wii re such officers are chosen.
In the year one thousand nine hundred
and eleven and every fourth year there
after; and in the election of said officers
each qualified elector shall vote for no
more than two persons, and the three
persons having the highest number of
votes shall bo elected; any casual vacancy
In the oilicc of county commlssoner or
county auditor shall be filled by the court
of common pleas of the county In which
such vacancy shall occur, by the appoint
ment of an elector of the pamper county
who shall have voted for the commis
sioner or auditor whose place is to be
filled.
Schedule for the Amendments.
Section 12. That no Inconvenience may
%rlse from ti>e changes in the^Constltu-
Hon of Tfie Commonwealth, and In "order
to carry the same into complete opera
tion, it is hereby declared that-
In the case of officers elected by the
people, all terms of office fixed by act of
Assembly at an odd number of years
shall each be lengthened one year, but
the legislature may change the length
of the term, provided the terms for which
such officers are elected shall always be
for an even number of years.
The above extension of official terms
shall not affect officers elected at the
general election of one thousand nine
hundred and eight; nor any city, ward,
borough, township, or election division
officers, whose terms of office, under ex
isting law. end in the year one thousand
nine hundred and ten.
In the year one thousand nine hundred
and ten the municipal election shall be
held on the third Tuesday of February,
as heretofore; but all ofllcers chosen at
that election to an office the regular term
of which is two years, and also all elec
tion officers and assessors chosen at that
election, shall serve until the first Mon
day of December in the year one thou
sand nine hundred and eleven. All offi
cers chosen at that election to offices the
term of which is now four years, or is
made four years by the operation of
these amendments or this schedule, shall
serve until the first Monday of December
in the year one thousand nine hundred
and thirteen. All justices of the peace,
magistrates, and aldermen, chosen at that
election, shall serve until the first Mon
day of December in the year one thou
sand nine hundred and fifteen. After the
year nineteen hundred and ten, and until
the Legislature shall otherwise provide,
all terms of city, ward, borough, town
ship, and election division officers shall
begin on the first Monday of December
in an odd-numbered year.
All city, ward, borough, and township
officers holding office at tborate of the
approval of these amendments, whose
terms of oflice may end in the year one
thousand nine hundred and eleven, shall
continue to hold their offices until the
first Monday of December of that year.
All judges of the courts for the sev
eral judicial districts, and also all county
officers, holding office at the date of the
approval of these amendments, whose
terms of office may end in the year one
thousand nine hundred and eleven, shall
continue to hold their offices until the
first Monday of January, one thousand
nine hundred and twelve.
A true copy of the Joint Resolution.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth,
Bridge Letting.
Plans and specifications are on file
at the County Commissioners' office in
Danville, Pa., for two Steel Bridges
with ooncrete floor. One 60 feet lung
by 14 feet wide. Oue 42 feet long by
14 feet wide. Bids will he received
until 12 o'clock noon, Saturday, Sept.
4th, 1909, said bids to be opened at
1:30 P. M. A certified check for $400.00
must be deposited with the Commis
sioners' Olerk at or before 10 o'clock
A. M., Saturday, September 4th by
each bidder for each bridge.
The County Commissioners reserve
the right to reject any or all bids.
By order of the County Commis
sioners.
Attest:—Horace C. Bine, Clerk.
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