THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 191a.
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PAGE SEVKW
My Lady of
The Flowers
By F. A. M1TCHEL
During (be siege of l'nrls In 1S70 1
threw down my palette and brushes
III I . Ill Kill f n 111 licl.Dr 1tft1 r mill I 111
i (in 1 nr:i 1 lnria ' 1 nrn 1 wn a wi 111 11 1 mi 1
Most of the women lincl left the cnp.
nil tpinrp inn i;onnnnu nrrivmi xnnut
umuiuwi uwiiuhu amy uuumu 1 t'i
TTfiv n tin n tw In ncaiuf in I i l 1 11
uiu wuuiv nit: uvu s iiucu 1 wiiih.
nviiii? nn nis it m tho nnfr. tih
nn uiiKiitT siiiiii ill inn 1 invcrs mm
nw kiiui wnms. 1 urn h o iiusshi to
ue next nuu uie nexi, uouik uiu sunie
It wns probably not five minutes
mm uio umn s no nnromi t in room no-
nr 1 iviiN mnmv 111 invn wiin npr.
orcoucn to isecn my numirnuou to ray
a ftht illil t ho ntlmrs fiimnlv hnn1wl
11 m iiit ii(iv'rM 111111 iiiiKSPii mi.
From that moment my thoughts
lUAi uuy x iuukuu ir uur 10 como
crnin. nr. r n mn nnr. wnnr or rjio
111 nnr k nim . 1 iiriiYr k iiiv rnnr 1 -wna
The Prussians cnxno mid went
uuir KuuiK iuit x aria iu me imuus ul
I1LT lilt! IHri( 111 111 I I1H Ctlllllllll III KU-
tl nrtistlt tpmnommnnh T InnrrrMl tr
vuru BjiretiuiiiK ure luroumiout uiu
But I did not dream of Beeinp her.
fr t 1 in TniiPiifipnii rnnii nn run
trpprs lonmni nr. me nurninir or mmi
II.. 1 .1 A 1 .1
I was standing one day on the curb
list uuusiuu me garuen 01 ine iune-
it-B wuuu, Hearing snouts in uie uirec-
Ists coming. When they came near
woman, and when she tmsacxl me 1
no riling -n-IMi liniK
I J . . I V -A IT . L . 1 .JVJkiVJ..
She was iny lady of the flowers!
What a change from that pitying
gurc scattering flowers and kind
3ader of a mob! Her dress was now
hort, and on her head she wore a red
ap. Iler face was lighted with a zeal
uch as Joan of Arc's might have
UIU. U UiUUlL'UL L WUH IUU I till
lyzed to move, and then as the throng
f wretched creatures passed on I
urned and hurried after them.
Guided by their leader, some of their
IIIIIIH'I- I llNIIlllir M rilTT N I T 1 fr 1 I I 111" III IH
roleum, they marched rapidly toward
he palace of the Tullerles und, leav-
i? mo Krrppr in npn n rnnr pmm nr
houtlng madmen In the court. Car
ylng their petroleum to whero others
iiu inncpu Kinmini in rno nmimnir.
hey poured It on the wood and lgnit
d It.
I could not keep her whom I had
ailed the flower lady, but now the
ictroleum lady, In view for the Jos
ling crowd. But presently when n
ed flame burst forth I saw her stand
ng on a barrel, her face lighted as I
an iiiiuH'uu juuua wuy nave uccn m
he moment of victory. The crowd
urged forward and she was lost to
lew
Then came the turn when tho com
nune, after rolling like tho crest of
wave about to break, went down
vith a crash. There was lighting, men
nml litntii nr. 41 ..I .-. ... 1 .1.1 1
larrlcadcs, from windows, from the
ops of houses, at tho soldiers In the
tvAits Tt- ii'x ii M. . ln.-i r... .... nm ,1
ffort for a Utopia. Tho barricades
vere taken, men on the roofs were
ilcked off, and tho firing degenerated
nto random shots.
Night camo on, and I walked down
i street whero the last barricade had
cn defended. I had been hunting my
ady of the flowers. Vainly I had
i inrtiiir. i nun nnr mnnn nnr nnii 1
bought I should go mad If I did not
lnd her. I wished to draw her away,
o beg her to abandon her road to ruin
ind let mo lovo her forever. I came
o tho deserted barricade, climbed It
ind stumbled down on tho other side.
iiuru. iyiuk uu uiu iiuvuuium.. iijimeu
y a lamp in n window, was the
trhltn filter rf yii lnilxr nt flu fliwnro
n my arms. I huggod her to mo to
irlng back tho ebbing life. I covered
er face wltli kisses.
Her eyes openod. Sho looked Into
nlno and recognized mo. Sho was too
ur tuuu iu Divuii, mil tutuuu iuudu
InrlntiH windows hpr nnnl enmo forth
meei nuno iu a htviuk xuruwoii. uur
TUT IIltM'T 1 1 1 Iz IULU IMHfll II 11UH11 Ul MJVU.
11H 1 1 1 1 1 ' I V f 1 1 1UU1 LtWLl U inSliJlA Ul IHllVi
touLs. Her breaths grew shorter till at
they ceased. Bbo was aoaa.
K)oo
MAKING
FARM
Ooo
TO grasp tho Idea of money making
through selecting tho better types
of live stock farmers need to
learn the story of llanostlno Hello do
ICol, queen of (ho dairy world. This
llolstcln cow, now five years old nnd
owned by Dlumilck &. Uro., Ohio breed
ers, produced last year 27.-10i.-l pounds
of milk testing 3.S0 per cent fat This
moans over nlno gallons of milk per
day, or enough to supply thirty-six fam
ilies each with a quart of milk dally.
If modo Into butter her fat production
would equal 1,322 pounds of butter, or
over three and one-half pounds per
day for 305 days.
This Is all tho moro remarkable be
cause It was mado without her being
dry at all before freshening. No other
cow has over produced such an enor
mous amount of butter fat In a yearly
test, and only ono has exceeded Bano
tino's milk record.
llanostlno Belle Do Kol is a strong,
rigorous cow of wonderful capacity
and weighs In the neighborhood of
1.C00 pounds. Sho is tho daughter of
Bauostlno Belle, who was a grand
daughter of Euphrasia A., ono of tho
greatest foundation cows tho breed
has ever produced. Tho siro of Banos
tlne Bello Do Kol Is Friend nengcrveld
De Kol Butter Boy.
During tho time that Bauostlno Belle
Do Kol was In tho tost alio received
nearly if not all tho tlmo moro or Iops
ensilage nnd alfalfa. When available
sho received roots and mixed grain ra
tion, the foundation of which was bran
oats. Sho was also fed somo dried
DESTRUCTIVE APPLE PEST.
Lesser Worm Continues Its Evil Work
Even on Fruit In Barrels.
In a bulletin on Insects which do se
rious damage to tho apple the United
States department of agriculture treats
of the lesser applo worm. Tho larvae,
It says, do not reach full development
as early in tho fall as those of the cod
ling moth and may find their way to
barrels with tho fruit, wboro they con
tinue to feed, often doing considerable
damage. Tho plcturo Illustrates ap
ples thus Injured as found In barrels
in the Washington market, in New
York city.
Tho lesser applo worm Is probably a
native insect, and it infests other
fruits, wild and cultivated, Including
Photograph by United States department
of agriculture.
Djxnnx nr lesser aitm worms to av-
riffl AFXEn DABBELIHa.
apples, haws, plums, prunes, cherries,
peaches and species of Crataegus. It
has also been reared from tho black
knot of plum and from galls on oak
and elm.
Its life history and habits probably
parallel thoso of the codling moth. It
la known to bo present quite generally
In orchards from Canada south to
Georgia and west to tho Itocky moun
tains. It has been found abundantly In
apples in tho Puget sound district in
Washington and Is known also from
British Columbia.
The schedulo of treatments recom
mended for tho codling moth will bo
effectivo in tho control of this species.
Tho treatment for tho codling moth
is limited almost entirely to spraying
tho trees with arsenlcals, such as pads
green or arsenate of lead. Tho latter Is
now principally used. In tho cast tho
poison is usually combined with a
fungicide. In somo sections banding of
trees is also employed and under spe
cial conditions is a valuablo adjunct to
spraying. From two to flvo spray ap
plications nro given, according to the
section of tho country and tho Boason.
Of all treatments tho first is much
the most important This is given as
soon as the blossoms have fallen and
bns for its object tho placing of poison
in tho calyx cup of each llttlo apple.
This treatment may bo successfully
given during tho eight or ten days bo
tween tho dropping of tho petals and
tho closing of tho calyx lobes.
Storing Onions.
Onions to keep well must bo stored in
a cool and dry place. A llttlo freezing
does not necessarily hurt them if they
aro not exposed to frequent freezing
and thawing.
TTTrTTTTTTI
i-ivcry iarmor snouia got cnougn
pigs to mako his own meat next
winter. Bacon is apt to bo
high, and those who nro raising
crops to buy 1'ielr Bupply aro
likely to regret It Tho best plan
la to ralso your own meat and
have plenty of feed to finish tho
porkers. Farm and Ranch.
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THE LITTLE
PAY
Dy C. C. BOWSFIELD
ooO-
beet pulp, especially when fresh roots
were not available. Iter grain ration
from tho first was gradually Increased
i to twenty-flve pounds or n llttlo more,
but later reduced to as low ns nine
pounds per day.
As near as can bo estimated, the nv
erago amount of grain fed was twelvo
or fourteen pounds dally. She also re
ceived, when it was available, green
corn with tho stalks and also green
clover and any other green feed that
might be available, Including feed
from tho pasture
A cow of fair qualities produces four
gallons of milk dally. Sho is not worth
keeping for a dairy unless sho will do
this, and remember it takes no mors
feed, room or labor for ono giving five
gallons than for ono giving three or
four.
This reasoning applies with equal
forco to other kinds of stock, but more
particularly horses and swine. It re
quires only n llttlo intelligent care In
selection to raise a horse that will bring
$250 to $000, whereas $100 to $200 is
the prlco of an ordinary animal. Tho
feed bill Is not a dollar more.
In raising cows breeding and selec
tion will produce animals that will
earn $100 to $100 a year or that will
sell for $100 to $500, while tho indif
ferent kind nro worth next to nothing.
There Is tho pamo difference in breed
ing hogs. Tho gain comes chiefly after
tho owner has produced something n
llttlo better than ordinary. This truism
applies to poultry, fruit and farming
generally.
TWO WAYS WITH HOGS.
Cnre Taken With Animals Repaid
Owner In Amount of Pork Yielded.
Tho results of different treatments
of hogs camo to my notice last spring,
when a neighbor sold two average pigs
eight weeks old to a man who did not
have any other hogs, says a West Vir
ginia correspondent of tho American
Agriculturist lie bought the two hogs
to make pork tho next fall and, of
course, wanted to givo them a good
chance to do their best They wore fed
whoat middlings, milk and scraps from
the table, In addition to tho pasture
thoy gathered. They were grade
Chester Whites, farrowed in April.
These two pigs dressed between 100
and 175 pounds each when about seven
months old.
Tho pigs that had not been sold and
out of tho same litter were allowed to
run on pasture, and when corn was
ready to feed they were fed enough
corn to put them In pork condition,
but when slaughtered nt about tho
same tlmo as tho other two thoy only
weighed sixty-five to seventy pounds
each. Thcro was a difference of nearly
100 pounds between these well fed
hogs and their mates not so fed, and
It was whoWy duo to different treat
ments. It Is easy to see which was tho
moro economical pork producer tho
well cared for hog or the ono which
got enough feed to barely live until
fattening time. The difference in value
was almost $10, as pork sold at 10
cents n pound hero last fall. The two
well cared for hogs did not eat nenr
$10 worth of feed from tho tlmo they
were separated from their mates until
they were slaughtered.
- Toss those aggravating rocks
from the wagon track before tho
freeze-up or you may Just count
on Jolting over them nil winter
long.
It Frightens Them.
Do your chickens or your neighbor's
fly over your picket fenco Into your
garden? If so nail a llttlo strip to
each post and
stretch a white
twlno string
about six or
eight Inches
abovo tho top of
tho pickets. Tho
samo plan will
FENCE.
apply to woven wlro fencing. A white
twino string stretched along each pan
el of fence has all tho horrors of tho
Inquisition fer a hen, and sho will posi
tively avoid It Tho sketch will give
you tho idea (AA Btrips, B string). A.
G. Humphreys.
Little Farm Hints.
Never mix sun slaked llmo with ma
nure, as It will causo tho cscapo of am
monia, ono of its most valuablo ele
ments. Clean out tho chaff and hayseed on
tho barn floor and scatter it over baro
places in tho lots and pastures. This
scattered seed represents good money
value, and It should bo put to good pur
pose. If you want spinach for use in early
spring, at tho time when dandelion
greens nro ripe, sow seed in September
or October. Frequently it docs not
winter well, especially If not protected
by covering lightly with litter.
Whero practlcablo tho fruit orchards
should bo planted in autumn. Amoug
tho principal advantages are lelsuro
time, better physical condition of soli
nnd tho early establishment and conse
quent earlier growth of trees. Owing
to its less hardy nature tho peach 1b to
to excepted from tho fall planting.
pHi
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
THE CONSTITUTION SUBMIT
TED TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS
COMMONWEALTH FOB THEIIt 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 Ono.
A JOINT RESOLUTJON.
Proposing an amendment to article
nlno, section four, of tho Constitu
tion of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, authorizing the
Stato to Issue bonds to tho amount
of fifty millions of dollars for the
improvement of tho highways of
tho Commonwealth.
Section 1. Bo It resolvod by tho
Scnato and House of Representatives
of tho Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania in General Assembly mot, That
tho following amendment to tho Con
stitution of tho Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania be, and the same Is
hereby, proposed, in accordance with
tho eighteenth artlclo thoreof:
That section four of artlclo nine,
which reads as follows:
"Section 4. No debt shall bo creat
ed by or on behalf of tho State, ex
cept to supply casual deficiencies of
revenue, repel invasion, suppress in
surrection, defend tho Stato in war,
or to pay existing debt; and the debt
created to supply deficiency In reve
nuo shall never exceed, in tho aggre
gate at anyone tlmo, ono million of
dollars," bo amended so as to read as
follows:
Section 4. No debt shall bo created
by or on behalf of the State, except
to supply casual deficiencies of rev
enue, ropol invasion, suppress Insur
rection, defend the State In war, or
to pay existing debt; and tho debt
created to supply deficiencies in rev
enue shall never exceed, In tho ag
gregate at any one time, ono million
of dollars; 'Provided, however, That
the General Assembly, Irrespective of
any debt, may authorize the Stato to
issuo bonds to the amount of fifty
millions of dollars for the purpose of
improving and rebuilding tho high
ways of the Commonwealth.
A true cony of Joint Resolution
No. 1.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Two.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to section
seven, artlclo three of the Constltu
tlon 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 iPennsyl-
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
tno 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 tho creation, exten
sion, or impairing of Hens:
"Regulating the affairs of coun
ties, cities, townships, wards, bor
oughs, or school districts:
"Changing the names of nersons or
places:
"Changing the venuo in civil or
criminal cases:
"Authorizing the laying out. oDen-
ing, altering, or maintaining roads,
highways, streets or alleys:
"Helating 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,
streots or alleys:
Relating to cemeteries, grave
yards, or public grounds not of the
Stato:
"Authorizing tho adoption or legi
timation of children:
"Locating or changing county-
seats, erecting now counties, or
changing county lines:
"Incorporating clt es. towns, or
villages, or changing their charters:
For tho opening and conducting
of elections, or fixing or changing the
piaco or voting:
"Granting divorces:
"Erecting new townships or bor
oughs, changing township lines, bor
ough limits or school districts:
"Creating offices, or prescribing
tho powers and duties of officers in
counties, cities, boroughs, townships,
election or school districts:
"Changing tho law of descent or
succession:
"Regulating tho practlco or Juris
diction of, or changing tho rules of
ovldenco in, any Judicial proceeding
or inquiry boforo courts, aldermen,
Justices of tho peace, sheriffs, com
missioners, arbitrators, auditors,
masters In cbancory, or other tribun
als, or providing or changing meth
ods for tho collection of debts, or tho
enforcing of Judgments, or prescrib
ing tho effect of Judicial sales of real
cstnto:
"Regulating tho fees, or extondlng
tho powers and duties of aldermen.
Justices of tho peace, magistrates or
constables:
"Regulating tho management of
public schools, tho building or repair
ing of school houses and the raising
of money for such purposes:
"Fixing the rate of Interest:
"Affecting tho estates of minors or
porsons under disability, except after
duo notico to all parties In Interest,
to bo recited In the special enact
ment: "Remitting fines, penalties and
forfeitures, or rofundlng moneys leg
ally paid Into tho treasury:
"Exempting property from taxa
tion: "Regulating, labor, trade, mining
or manufacturing.
"Creating corporations, or amend
ing, icnowlng or extending tho
charters thereof:
"Granting to any corporation, as
sociation or individual any special
or cxcluslvo privilege or Immunity, or
to any corporation, association or In
dividual tho right to lay down a rail
road track.
"Nor shall the General Assembly
indirectly enact such special or local
law by tho partial repeal of n general
law; but laws repealing local or
special actr. may bo passed:
"Nor shall any law bo passed
granting powers and privileges In
nny caso whero tho granting of
such powers, and prlv'lcges
shnll havo been provided for by gen
oral law, nor whero the courts hnvo
Jurisdiction to grant tho samo or givo
tho rellof asked for," so as to read
as follows:
Section 7. The General Assembly
shall not pass any local or special
law authorizing tho creation, exten
sion or Impairing of lines:
Regulating tho affairs of counties,
cities, townships, wards, Doroughs,
or school districts:
Changing the names of porsons or
places:
Changing tho venue in civil or
criminal cases:
Authorizing tho laying out, open
ing, altering, or maintaining roads,
highways, tsreots or alleys:
Relating to ferries or bridges, or
Incorporating ferry or brldgo com
panies, except for tho 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 tho adoption, or legiti
mation of children:
Locating or changing county-eeats,
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
p'ace of voting:
Granting divorces:
Erecting new townships or bor
oughs, changing township lines, bor
ough limits or school districts:'
Creating offices, or prescribing tho
powers and duties of officers in coun
ties, cities, boroughs, townships, elec
tion or school districts:
Changing the law of descent or
succession:
Regulating tho practlco or Jurls
Ictlon of, or changing tho rules of
ovldenco in, any Judicial proceeding
or Inquiry before courts, aldermen,
justices of the peace, sheriffs, com
missioners, arbitrators, auditors.
masters in chancery or other trib
unals, or providing or changing
methods for tho collection of debts,
or tho enforcing of Judgments, or
prescribing tho effect of Judicial sales
of real estate:
Regulating the fees, or extending
the powers and duties of aldermen,
Justices of tho peace, magistrates or
constables:
Regulating the management of
public schools, the building or re
pairing of school houses and tho rais
ing of money for such purposes:
Fixing tho rate of interest:
Affecting the estates of minors or
persons under disability, except after
due notice to all parties in Interest,
to oo recuea in tne special enact
ment: Remitting fines, penalties and for-
itures. or refunding mnncvn lor-nllv
pam into me treasury:
n,xemptlng property from taxation:
Reculatlncr lnhnr. trnilo mlnfnr nr
manufacturing; but tho legislature
maV rRZUlarn nnri fir tha trgcni
salaries, the hours of work or labor,
and make provision for tho protec
tion, welfare and K.ifotv nf nnrannn
empioyea Dy tne state, or by any
cuumy, cuy, Dorougn, town, town
ship, school district, village, or other
civil division of tho Stnt
any contractor or sub-contractor per-
lorming worn, laoor or services for
the Statfi. nr fnr .inv nnnntv
borough, town, township, school dis
trict,, viiiaee or nr.ner pivii r v a nn
thereof:
Cieatine cornor.itl nns. nr nmonrl.
Ing. renowlncr nr PTtiirtlni tho
charters thereof:
Grantlncr in nnv rni-nirn tnn noon
elation or Individual any special or
exclusive privilege or immunity, or
10 any corporation, association, or
individual the right to lay down a
rauroau tracK:
Nor shall the General Assembly In
directly enact Slloh nnorlnl nr lnenl
law bv tho nnrMnl ronn.il nf n nannr.
al law; but laws ropeallng local or
special acts may De passed:
iNor snail anv law ho n.isspri crant
ine nowors or nrlvllotrpa In nnv rain
where tho granting of such powers
ana privileges snail havo been pro
vided for by general law, nor whero
tho courts have Jurisdiction to grant
tho same or givo tho relief asked for.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
ro. z.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Three.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to section
threo of artlclo eight of tho Con
stitution of Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Bo it resolvod bv the
Houso of Representatives of tho Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania (if tho
Senato concur), That tho following
Is proposed as an amendment to tho
Constitution of tho Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, In accordance with tho
provisions of tho eighteenth artlclo
tneroor:
Section 2. Amend section threo of
article eight, which reads as follows
"All Judges elected by tho electors
of tho Stato at largo may bo elected
at either 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 offlcors, for
regular terms of sorvlco, shall bo
hold on tho municipal election day:
namely, tho Tuesday next following
tno ltrst Monday of November in each
odd-numbered year, but the General
Assembly may by law fix a different
day, two-thirds of all tho mombors
of each Houso consenting thereto
Provided, That such elections shall
always bo hold In an odd-numbered
year," so as to read:
Section 3. All Judges olocted by
tno electors of the state at largo
may bo elected at olthor a gcnoral
or municipal eioctlon, as clrcunv
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 sorvlco.
shall bo held on tho municipal elec
tion aay; namely, tho Tuesday next
louowing the first Monday of Novom
ber in each odd-numbered year, but
the General Assembly may by law fix
a different day, two-thirds of all tho
mcmbors of each House consenting
thereto: Provided, That such elec
tions shall bo held In an odd-num-b
red year Provided further. That all
Judges tor tho courts of tho several
Judicial districts holding office at
tho present time, whoso terms of of
fice may end iu an odd-numbered
year, shall continue to hold their of
fices until tho first Monday of Janu
ary in tho next succeeding even-
numbered year.
A truo copy of Concurrent Resolu
tion No. 3.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of tho Commonwealth.
Number Four.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to snotlnn
ono of artlclo nlno of the Consti
tution of Pennsylvania, relating to
taxation.
Section 1. T?n It rnsnlvml hv lliii
Senato and Houso of Representatives
oi ino commonwealth of Pennsylva
nia in General Assembly met, That
tho following Is proposed as an
amendment tn thn flnnstlf ittlnn nf Vin
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in
accordance with tho provisions of
tho eighteenth artlclo thereof:
Section 2. Amnnrl copMnn ntin nf
artlclo nlno of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania, which, reads as fol
lows: "All taxes Rh.tll tin nnlfnrm unnn
tho same class nf mihlnrta. within thr
territorial limits of tho authority
levying the tax, and shall be levied
and collected under general laws;
but tho General Assembly may, by
treneral laws, oxnmnt frnm Inr-itlnn
public property used for public pur
poses, actual places or religious
worship, places of burial not used
or held for private or corporato
profit, and Institutions of purely pub
lic charity," so as to read as fol
lows: All taxes shall lm nnlfnrm nnnn
tho same class of snhlpnts. within thn
territorial limits of the authority
levying tho tax, and shall be levied
and collected nndpr pptipr.it l.iwa
and the subjects of taxation may be
classified for tho purpose of laying
graded or progresslvo taxes; but the
uenerai Assemniy may, by general
laws, exempt from taxation public
nronertv used fnr nnhllr nnrnncra
actual places of religious worship,
places or Duriai not used or held for
Private or cornoratn nrnflt. And In.
stltutions of purely public charity.
A truo cony 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 tho
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in
General Assembly met, That the fol
lowing is proposed as an amendment
to the Constitution of Pennsylvania.
In accordance with tho 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 tho
construction or acquisition of water
works, subways, underground rail
ways or street railways, or tho ap
purtenances thoreof, shall bo con
sidered as a debt of a municipality
witnin tno meaning or section eight
of article nine of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania or of this amendment,
if tho net revenue derived from eald
property for a period of five years,
either before or after tho acquisition
thereof, or, where the same is con
structed by the county or munici
pality, after the completion thereof,
shall havo been sufficient to pay in
terest and sinking-fund charges dur
ing said period upon said obliga
tions, or If tho said obligations shall
bo secured by Hens upon tho respec
tive properties, and shall impose no
municipal liability. Where munici
palities of counties shall issuo obli
gations to provide for tho construc
tion of property, as herein provided,
said municipalities or counties may
also Issue obligations to provide for
tho Interest and sinking-fund charges
accruing thereon until said proper
ties shall havo been completed and
In operation for a period of ono
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 ton of artlclo nine of the Con
stitution of Pennsylvania, until after
said properties shall havo been oper
ated by said counties or municipali
ties during said period of one year.
Any of the said municipalities or
counties may Incur indebtedness In
excess of seven per centum, and not
oxceedlng ten per centum, of tho as
sessed valuation of tho taxable prop
erty therein, if said increase of in
debtedness shall have been assented
to by three-fifths of tho electors vot
ing at a public election, In such man
ner as shall bo provided by law.
A truo copy of Joint Resolution
No. G.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of tho Commonwealth.
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