THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1912.
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PICTURESQUE NECKWEAR NOW
THE WHIM
With the now season comes a form
of neckdrcsslng which Is completely
revolutionizing the neckwear trade.
Revolutionary and Dlrectolre periods
predominate In plcturosquo rolling
and half standing shancs. combined
with jabots, rovers and vests. The
general effect is enhanced by the
sheerness, softness and sllkiness of
the material used, harmonizing with
tne present wide use of soft drapery
stuffs.
Laces are especially In evidence In
the neckwear for late summer and
fall, those soft lacos. like shadow
lace, which are adapted to the much-
demanded pleatings and .dranings
Venlse, val, mallnc nnd cluny, to-
getner with soft nets are also greatly
favored. Bohemian lace Is a new
favorite for fall, this in the more ex
pensive pieces, though very clever
Imitations may be had at popular
prices.
The so-called Robespierre collar
has taken an unusually strong hold
on popular fancy, and is appearing
in numerous variations at present
writing with the promise of many
new ones for the fall. In general
this is the roll, or the stand up and
turn down collar, V shaped neck,
and double jabot of soft net, lace or
chiffon. The central piece of the
jabot takes numerous shapes, a
straight band of ribbon; a strip of
lace; a vest-like affair made of sat
in; tab ends; or two revers either
joined or set a little apart, the lace
frills around the outer edges. But
ton trimming is especially appropri
ate on some of these shapes; In fact
there are buttons, buttons, every
where pearl, crystal, satin, crochet
in the new neckwear.
Collars or black satin in combina
tion with lace, follow the popular
black and white vogue. One creation
to be worn with a white serge or
mohair frock, showed the wide roll
collar of black satin, running into a
V shaped vest which had white pearl
buttons and simulated buttonholes,
with a wide frill of white shadow
lace edging it. Another was a Mack
satin collar and two wide severs, col
lar and revers edged around with a
Pleating of tulle.
The woman who depends on a
quick change of neckwear to freshen
a costume will find lingerie affairs
to her heart's delight. Some are
plain and tailored like a little one of
handkerchief linen, with scalloped
hemstitched edge, a button on each
of the two front points, and two
scalloped tabs, joined by five but
tons and buttonholes. Another col
lar, jabot and cuff set suggested the
use of bordered handkerchiefs. In
the lingerie designs there are numer
ous dainty combinations of hand em
broidery and lace, handkerchief
linen and soft batiste. One of these
showed a wide embroidered collar
with quite sharp points inset with
lace. A vest of two strips of val in
sertion, V shaped at the neck and
fagotted together to the waist line,
was edged with narrow pleatings of
val lace. From under the lace came
two revers made of strips of the in
sertion Collar and revers were fin
ished with braid fagottlng.
In tailored neckwear the many va
riations of the high Robespierre are
very smart, especially in black and
wh te and will be greatly in evi
dence during the cooler fall days.
This style Is much after the fashion
of the stock worn by our own Revo
lutionary ancestors, made of black
or coiorea satin, crusn or straight,
and with broad or narrow turnovers
of white pique, ratine or linen, re
movable for laundering. Often the
stock is of white material and the
turnover of satin. One favored style
closes in front under a flat bow. In
another a space of about three in
ches is left open under the chin or is
filled with tucked net or folds of
satin.
What tho Fashionable Folks Are
earing.
Two garments nrf nntnhlo in tho
outfit of the girl to-day and whatever
else her wardrobe may lack it will
have one or more "Polo" blouses and
a Blazer" coat.
The Polo Blouse.
The nolo blouse is made nf silk.
usuauy of the washable sort, and is
bum on the simplest of tailored
lineb like a man's shirt with turn
over co,.ar aught by linko studs.
Turn baik . uffs to match, finish the
sieeie that is usually wrist length.
The fastenng is down the front with
pearl buttons in the regulation
model
The Blazer Coat.
The blazer coat Is the nlil tlma fix.
vonte revised in striped color con
trasts as of yore, still there are
many changes run on this model of
loose sack shape, and some very
ri'i 1 v i nnrc nro mint nr rrnni
iffl Iflffin nViitrt Tnnw .J
iiv usiuuiary paten pocKets or this
sporty garment which is useful to
slip oier a too thin frock at the
Fancy Parasols.
Parasols not to be nutrlnnn liv tho
novelties in other dress accessories,
have taken strange and bizarre
forms this year. Pagoda shapes
abound with curves that would as
tonish the original models. Flat
outstanding types are seen In both
me sun and the rain varieties, which
their makers claim give added pro
tection from the elements, because
nf linllnnrl nnrocn a r9 Iaasi .htnl.
w Q r l M IS Wl
ire the top notch of elegant expen-
in cut-as urfiiit?nr n ir tr ? tin rm rat
:lusivo dealers.
Seed IVarls und Hat Pins.
It's the thine to usn mntnhlnt? hnt
)Ins now, and these of very inoder
ite size, in enamol, or seed pearls or
hose of tho fresh water variety, but
is only Imitation stones aro used, at
t cost of CO cents to ?1 each, these
iro not prohibitive luxuries to oven
1 modest purse. The same stylo
)ins in an black in dull finish aro
ised for mourning headwear. Seed
icari necklaces, brooches, earrings,
and other Jewels, nro greatly desir
ed by up-to-dato dressers, and ac
cord well with the fussy styles In
vogue. Sllvor shoo buckles nro an-'
other fad for Colonial pumps nnd
slippers, and these are rivalled in
favor by tho rather more costly
buckles of cut steel.
"Wash rag hats arc the latest,
thing for outing wear, and are 'worn'
like Panamas with any costume.
Panamas are very large and trlm-i
mod with a band of velvet or rib-1
bon. 1
Fashion Notes.
The vogue of the separate coat Is
increasing.
Auto veils of Shetland silk aro
much worn.
Tho word "bustlo" is being whis
pered about.
Pretty dresses for morning wear
aro made of linen.
.Many of the new sleeves are long
and finished with a frill.
Some few gowns havo the panniers
looped up well toward the back.
Many striking combinations of
colors aro used for afternoon wraps.
The vogue for black and white has
extended to the bathing costume, and
some of the smartest are of black
and white stripes.
Stripes of linens and the various
weaves of muslin and cotton voile
are popular.
Linens and cotton voiles take the
lead In the list of fabrics for smart
blouses.
Blouses of satin are trimmed with
lace, and have often long, full sleeves
of lace with tight lace cuffs and
plaited frill.
Wraps of Oriental red, Mediterran
ean green and lapis blue are worn
with ball gowns.
HOW TO DUST.
When you clean a room, it is not
enough to stir up the dust. You
must remove It. When you brush
a feather duster over a desk or a
chair, you merely scatter the dust.
Soon it settles and you have your
work to do over again. In the
meantime, while the dust Is In tho
air, you are probably breathing it
Into your lungs, Irritating your nose
and throat and putting yourself in
danger of catarrh.
Don't use a feather duster. Take
a soft, dry cloth when you dust and
shake it frequently out of the win
dow. Another method Is to use
slightly moistened cloths, rinsing
them out in water when you have
finished.
It Is hard to sweep a room with
out raising dust. If you can af
ford It, buy a vacuum cleaner. The
next best thing in sweeping a car
pet Is to moisten a newspaper, tear
it into scraps and scatter these upon
the floor. The damp pieces of pa
per will catch the dust. Sprinkle
moist sawdust on bare floors. This
will prevent the stirring up of much
dust when you sweep. Neither pa
per nor sawdust should be dripping
wet only moist.
Remember that the Idea in sweep
ing and dusting is to remove the
dust not to stir it un and act ac
cordingly. Karl de Schweinltz, Ex
ecutive Secretary, Pennsylvania So
ciety for the Prevention of Tuber
culosis. WHAT IT COST TO
BRING UP ONE GIRL.
Cleveland. Here's a mother's es
timate of the cost of supporting and
educating a daughter from seven
teen to thirty-five:
From seventeen to twenty, $75 a
month; from twenty to twenty-live,
?100 a month; from twenty-flvo to
thirty-five, $150 a month.
Mrs. 'Clara E. Kroehle. who died
Juno 27, left an estate of $35,000.
Her will when probated leaves the 1
bulk of the estate to her daughter,
Gertrude Virginia, seventeen, F. C. !
Bosworth of Lakewood, trustees, is 1
to Invest the funds and turn over 1
the money as above, which Mrs. 1
Kroehle made In the will, as was es
timated is the girl's.
Mrs. Kroehle provides that at
no time shall the trustee give the
daughter more than is indicated.
TELEGRAPH COMPANY TO
USE GIRL MESSENGERS.
Pittsburgh. The Western Union
Telegraph company will put girls in
as messengers in their Pittsburgh
offices. The change is to be made
soon, according to J. J. Delhi, su
perintendent of messengers. Tho
company is using girls in Con
nellsvllle, Greensburg and some of
the smaller cities. In Pittsburg tho
girls will be put first in tho branch
offices.
Girls aro more conscientious and
less liable to interruption on deliv
ery trips, Diehl says. Tho fact that
boys can make more at other work
and do not enter the messenger ser
vice so readily as In the past, the
company says, is another reason for
the change.
LOOKOUT.
(Special to Tho Citizen )
Lookout, Aug. 17.
Rev. and Mrs. Bowen and son,
Wesley, attended tho Ladies' Aid at
the homo of Mrs. George Lott at
Stalker on Thursday last.
Mrs. Bennlo Dennlston and son,
Harold, recently visited friends at
this place.
Miss Myra Hill and Mrs. McDer
mltt, of Scranton, are visiting at J.
G. Hill's.
Mrs. John W. Cole is entertaining
her brother from McKean county.
'Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hawley spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ford
Daley at Tanners Falls.
There will bo a variety supper in
the basement of tho church at this
place on Saturday evening, August
24, for tho benefit of tho pastor.
Come and bring your friends.
Mrs. John It, Maudsley Is visiting
her son, Harry Maudsley, and wife at
Blngharaton. N. Y.
Mrs. L. W. Hanklns, of Auburn,
N. V recently visited frlonds at
this place.
Some from hero will attend the big
time at Honesdale on August 28
the day tho boys who fight fire will
bo there.
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Hill and
Mrs. Lottlo Feroo spent Sunday af
ternoon at R. Ross', Tyler Woods.
The Citizen Is a flrst-clasa ad
vertising medium. Try a Cent-A-Word
ad.
TO NATIONALIZE
LAWNTENNIS
Complete Supervision of Ranking
Planned by Association.
WANT RECORDS OF PLAYERS.
President R. D. Wrenn Hopes to In
clude Every Section of the Country
In the Movement Would Be Good
Thing For the Sport.
Robert D. Wrenn, president of the
United States National Lawn Tennis
association, sounded the first note in
flic progressive movement toward the
nationalizing of tlic game nt n meeting
of tho ranking committee In Now York
recently. It was stated by Mr. Adeo,
who is secretary of tho committee, that
it is tluj wish of the president of tho
association that every plnycr in tho
United States who compotes in tourna
ments may bo registered with tho rank
ing committee this season. This will
afford the national association a com
prehensive list upon which to work nnd
tho names of the active competitors
through whom tho betterment of tour
naments ma- ho brought about.
"It is the earnest desire of Mr.
Wrenn to give to lawn tennis nn active
administration," said Mr. Adee, "and
he has been planning and working to
ward that end. Every branch of tho
game is being carefully gone over, and
even now Henry W. Slocum and his
committee associates arc busily en
gaged In a complete revision of tho
rules.
"The president has conferred with
this committee and has written to Miles
S. Charlock of tho Crescent Athletic
ciub of New York, its chairman, upon
tho chief points which are to bo devel
oped in its systematic work this Ben
son. Already upward of a thousand
letters have been sent out to prayers
and tournament committees throughout
the country. More will follow. Our ef
forts tD establish a complete list can
not be successful, however, unless ev
ery player Interested In the game lends
his assistance toward making our rec
ords absolutely complete.
"At tho last annual meeting it was
ruled that ten players were to bo rated
numerically, and the following ninety
men were to be rated in groups of ten
each.
"It has occurred to Mr. Wrenn to
offer valuable suggestions to the com
mittee, so that no section of the coun
try may be overlooked. Heretofore tho
eastern players have monopolized the
ranking list Wo propose now to ascer
tain whether or not thoy rightfully be
long tliere. Undoubtedly there arc bril
liant performers in other sections of
tho country who have not received
their Just recognition. They are about
to receive their Just reward unless thoy
persist in biding themselves. I think
that I can confidently state that this
committee is inaugurating the most im
portant movement for the development
of lawn tennis that tho game has ever
known in this country.
"Necessarily we have to deal with a
larger territory than any other nation.
This makes tho task more dlfllcnlt.
Mr. Wrenn has wisely pointed out,
therefore, that middlo season and late
season playing should count for more
In arriving at a Just rating than the
early season performances. Then at
least three tournaments most bo con
sidered for o singles rating and two for
a doubles, with, of course, occasional
exceptions as of champions who have
previously assured their positions.
"One of the greatest difficulties this
committee will have to contend with is
tho shifting of doubles teams, which
makes an adequate rating almost Im
possible. An effort will bo made to es
tablish permanent pairings so that
Americans may not fall behind in this
department of tho game.
"Wo nro planning to begin work on
tho ratings not later than Sept. 25. To
facilitate this work every player is
having mailed to hl,m n record blank
upon which data may bo readily en
tered and sent to this committee."
Tho committee includes Miles S.
Charlock of tho West Side Tennis club
and Crescent Athletic club, chairman;
Charles M. Bull, Jr., Crescent Athletic
club, and George T. Adee, Country
club of Westchester, secretary. Mr.
Charlock has ably planned tlio system
atizing of the campaign so that every
player In this country may bo listed In
the national association records even if
his name fails to appear on the honor
roll of 100 at tho close of tho season.
Altogether it is tho first movement of
national scope which tho association
has undertaken.
JOHNSON'S LATEST AMBITION.
Champion Heavyweight Wants to Bo
come Crock Baseball Player.
Jack Johnson, heavyweight cham
pion of tho world, wants to become a
baseball player. Johnson recently made
application for the first base position
on tho American Giants in Chicago,
Rnbe Poster's colored scmlprofcsslanal
team, and win bo given a chance for
too place.
Manager Foster asked Johnson to
report for morning practice for a cou
ple of weeks for tho purpose of de
veloping his batting powers. Johnson
says lo played a fair game of boll
foveral years ago,, and ho has no doubt
that ho can "como back."
I PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
T THE CONSTITUTION SUBMIT
TED TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS
I COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR AP
PROVAL OR REJECTION. BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
1 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
nine, section four, of the Constitu
tion of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, authorizing the
State to Issue bonds to the amount
of fifty millions of dollars for the
Improvement of tho highways of
the Commonwealth.
Section 1. Bo It resolved by tho
Senato and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania in General Assembly met, That
the following amendment to the Con
stitution of tho Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania be, and the same is
hereby, proposed, in accordance with
the eighteenth article thereof:
That section four of article nine,
which reads as follows:
"Section 4. No debt shall bo creat
ed by or on bohalf 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 deficiency in reve
nue shall never exceed, In the aggre
gate at anyone time, one million of
dollars," be amended so as to read as
follows:
Section 4. No debt shall be created
by or on behalf of the State, except
to supply casual deficiencies of rev
enue, repel Invasion, suppress insur
rection, defend tho State In war, or
to pay existing debt; and the debt
created to supply deficiencies in rev
enue shall never exceed, in the ag
gregate at any one time, one million
of dollars; 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 high
ways of the Commonwealth.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 1.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Two.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to section
seven, article three of the Constitu
tion of Pennsylvania, so as to per
mit special legislation regulating
labor.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania in General Assembly met, That
the following Is proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
in accordance with the provisions of
the eighteenth article thereof.
Amendment to Article Three, Section
Seven.
Section 2. Amend section seven.
article three of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania, which reads as fol
lows: "Section 7. The General Assembly
shall not pass any local or special
law authorizing the creation, exten
sion, or impairing of liens:
"Regulating the affairs of coun
ties, cities, townships, wards, bor
oughs, or school districts:
"Changing the names of persons or
places:
"Changing the venue in civil or
criminal cases:
"Authorizing the laying out, open
ing, altering, or maintaining roads,
highways, streets or alleys:
"Relating to ferries or bridges, or
incorporating ferry or bridge com
panies, except for the erection of
bridges crossing streams which form
boundaries between this and any
other State:
"Vacating roads, town plats,
streets or alleys:
"Relating to cemeteries, grave
yards, or public grounds not of the
State:
"Authorizing the adoption or legi
timation of children:
"Locating or changing county-
seats, erecting new counties, or
changing county lines:
Incorporating cities, towns, or
villages, or changing their charters:
For the opening and conducting
of elections, or fixing or changing the
place of voting:
"Granting divorces:
"Erecting new townships or bor
oughs, changing township lines, bor
ough limits or school districts:
"Creating offices, or prescribing
the powers and duties of officers in
counties, cities, boroughs, townships,
election or school districts:
"Changing tho law of descent or
succession:
"Regulating the practice or Juris
diction of, or changing the rules of
evidence in, any Judicial proceeding
or inquiry before courts, aldermen,
Justices of the peace, sheriffs, com
missioners, arbitrators, auditors,
masters in chancery, or other tribun
als, or providing or changing meth
ods for tho collection of debts, or tho
enforcing of Judgments, or prescrib
ing the offect of Judicial sales of real
estate:
"Regulating the fees, or extending
the powers nnd duties of aldermen.
Justices of the peace, magistrates or
constables:
"Regulating tho management of
public schools, tho building or repair
ing of school houses and tho raising
of money for such purposes:
"Fixing tho rate of interest:
"Affecting tho estates of minors or
persons under disability, except after
duo notice to all parties In lntorest,
to bo recited In .tho special enact
ment: "Remitting fines, penalties and
forfeitures, or refunding moneys leg
ally paid Into tho treasury:
"Exempting property from taxa
tion: "Regulating labor, trade, mining
or manufacturing.
"Creating corporations, or amend
ing, lenowlng or extending tho
charters thereof:
"Granting to any corporation, as
sociation or Individual any special
or exclusive prlvilego or immunity, or
to any corporation, association or In
dividual tho right to lay down a rail
road track.
"Nor shall tho General Assembly
Indirectly enact such special or local
law by tho partial repeal of a general
law; but laws repealing local or
special acts may be passed:
"Nor shall any law be passed
granting powers and privileges In
niiy caso whore the granting of
such powers, and prlv'leges
shnll havo been provided for by gen
eral law, nor where the courts havo
Jurisdiction to grant tho same or give
tho relief asked for," so as to read
as follows:-
Section 7. Tho General Assembly
shall not pasts any local or special
law authorizing the creation, exten
sion or impairing of lines:
Regulating the affairs of counties,
cities, townships, wards, ooroughs,
or school districts:
Changing the names of persons or
places:
Changing the venue In civil or
criminal cases:
Authorizing the laying out, open
ing, altering, or maintaining roads,
highways, tsreets or alleys:
Relating to ferries or bridges, or
Incorporating ferry or bridge com
panies, except for the erection of
bridges crossing streams which form
boundaries between this and any oth
er State:
Vacating roads, town plats, streets
or alleys:
Relating to cemeteries, graveyards,
or public grounds not of tho State:
Authorizing the adoption, or legiti
mation of children:
Locating or changing county-seats,
erecting new counties or changing
county lines:
Incorporating cities, towns or vil
lages, by changing their charters:
For tho opening and conducting
of elections, or fixing or changing the
pce of voting:
Granting divorces:
Erecting new townships or bor
oughs, changing township lines, bor
ough limits or school districts:
Creating offices, or prescribing the
powers and duties of officers in coun
ties, cities, boroughs, townships, elec
tion or school districts:
Changing the law of descent or
succession:
Regulating the practice or Juris
ictlon of, or changing the rules of
evidence In, any Judicial proceeding
or inquiry before courts, aldermon,
Justices of the peace, sheriffs, com
missioners, arbitrators, auditors,
masters In chancery or other trib
unals, or providing or changing
methods for the collection of debts,
or the enforcing of Judgments, or
prescribing the effect of Judicial sales
of real estate:
Regulating the fees, or extending
the powers and duties of aldermen,
Justices of the peace, magistrates or
constables:
Regulating the management of
public schools, the building or re
pairing of school houses and the rais
ing of money for such purposes:
Fixing the rate of Interest:
Affecting the estates of minors or
persons under disability, except after
due notice to all parties in interest,
to be recited in the special enact
ment: Remitting fines, penalties and for
f .-itures, or refunding moneys legally
paid into the treasury
Exempting property from taxation:
Regulating labor, trade, mining or
manufacturing; but the legislature
may regulate and fix the wages or
salaries, the hours of work or labor,
and make provision for tho protec
tion, welfare and safety of persons
employed by the State, or by any
county, city, borough, town, town
ship, school district, village, or other
civil division of tho State, or by
any contractor or sub-contractor per
forming work, labor or services for
the State, or for any county, city,
borough, town, township, school dis
trict, village or other civil division
thereof:
Cieatlng corporations, or amend
ing, renewing or extending the
charters thereof:
Granting to any corporation, asso
ciation or Individual any special or
exclusive privilege or immunity, or
to any corporation, association, or
individual the right to lay down a
railroad track:
Nor shall tho General Assembly In
directly enact such special or local
law by the partial repeal of a gener
al law; but laws repealing local or
special acts may be passed:
Nor shall any law be passed grant
ing powers or privileges In any case
whore the granting of such powers
and privileges shall havo been pro
vided for by general law, nor where
tho courts have Jurisdiction to grant
the same or give tho relief asked for.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 2.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of tho Commonwealth,
Number Three.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to section
three of article eight of tho Con
stitution of Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Be It resolved by tho
House of Representatives of tho Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania (If tho
Senato concur), That tho following
is proposed as an amendment to tho
Constitution of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, in accordance with the
provisions of tho eighteenth article
thereof:
Section 2. Amend section three or
article eight, which reads as follows:
"All Judges elected by tho electors
of the State at largo may be elected
at elthor a general or municipal elec
tion, as circumstances may require.
All tho elections for judges of the
courts for tho several judicial dis
tricts, and for county, city, ward,
borough, and township officers, for
regular terms of service, shall be
hold on tho municipal election day;
namely, tho Tuesday next following
tho first Monday of November In each
odd-numberod year, but tho Genoral
Assembly may by law Hx a different
day, two-thirds of all tho members
of each House consenting thereto:
Provided, That such elections shall
always bo held In an odd-numbered
year," so as to read:
Section 3. All Judges elected by
tho olectors of tho Stato at largo
may bo elected at either a general
or municipal election, as circum
stances may require. All elections
for Judges of tho courts for tho sev
eral judicial districts, and for county,
city, ward, borough, and township
officers, for regular terms of service,
shall bo hold on tho municipal elec
tion day; namoly, tho Tuesday next
following tho first Monday of Novom
ber in each odd-numberod year, but
tho General Assembly may by law fix
a different day, two-thirds of all tho
1 members &f each Houso consenting
j thereto: Wovlded, That such elec
tions snail be hold in an odd-num-
bored year Provided further, That all
Judges for the courts of tho soveral
' Judicial districts holding office at
tho present time, whoso terms of of
fice may end In an odd-numbered
I year, shall continue to hold their of
! flees until the first Monday of Janu
ary In the next succeeding even
numbered year.
A true copy of Concurrent Resolu
tion No. 3.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Four.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to se"tion
one of article nine of tho Consti
tution of Pennsylvania, relating to
taxation.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva
nia in General Assembly met, That
tho following is proposed a3 an
amendment to tho Constitution of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, In
accordance with the provisions of
the eighteenth article thereof:
Section 2. Amend section one or
article nine of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania, which reads as fol
lows: "All taxes shall be uniform, upon
the samo class of subjects, within the
territorial limits of the authority
levying the tax, and shall be levied
and collected under general laws;
but the General Assembly may, by
general laws, exempt from taxation
public property used for public pur
poses, actual places of religious
worship, places of burial not used
or held for private or corporate
profit, and institutions of purely pub
lic charity," so as to read as fol
lows: All taxes shall bo uniform upon
the same class of subjects, within the
territorial limits of the authority
levying the tax, and shall be levied
and collected under general ldws,
and the subjects of taxation may be
classified for the purpose of laying
graded or progressive taxes; but the
General Assembly may, by general
laws, exempt from taxation public
property used for public purposes,
actual places of religious worship,
places of burial not used or held for
private or corporate profit, and in
stitutions of purely public charity.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 4.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Five.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to the Con
stitution of Pennsylvania.
Be It resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in
General Assembly met, That the fol
lowing Is proposed as an amendment
to the Constitution of Pennsylvania,
in accordance with the provisions of
the eighteenth article thereof:
Article IX.
Section 15. No obligations which
have been heretofore issued, or
which may hereafter be issued, by
any county or municipality, other
than Philadelphia, to provide for the
construction or acquisition of water
works, subways, underground rail
ways or street railways, or the ap
purtenances thereof, shall be con
sidered as a debt of a municipality
within the meaning of section eight
of article nine of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania or of this amendment,
if the net revenue derived from said
property for a period of five years,
either before or after the acquisition
thereof, or, where the same Is con
structed by the county or munici
pality, after the completion thereof,
shall have been sufficient to pay in
terest and sinking-fund charges dur
ing said period upon said obliga
tions, or if the said obligations shall
be secured by liens upon the respec
tive properties, and shall Impose no
municipal liability. Where munici
palities of counties shall Issue obli
gations to provide for the construc
tion of property, as herein provided,
said municipalities or counties may
also Issue obligations to provide for
the interest and sinking-fund charges
accruing thereon until said proper
ties shall havo been completed and
in operation for a period of one
year: and said municipalities and
counties shall not bo required to levy
a tax to pay said Interest and sinking-fund
charges, as required by sec
tion ten of article nine of the Con
stitution of Pennsylvania, until after
said properties shall have been oper
ated by said counties or municipali
ties during said period of one year.
Any of tho said municipalities or
counties may incur indebtedness In
excess of seven per centum, and not
exceeding ten per centum, of the as
sessed valuation of tho taxable prop
erty therein, If said increase of In
debtedness shall have been assented
to by three-fifths of the electors vot
ing at a public election, In such man
ner as 6hall be provided by law.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 5.
ROBERT McAFEE.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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