THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 191a.
PAGE SEV1
ONE TILT WITH O'LOUGHLIN
WAS ENOUGH FOR RAFTERY.
Tom Raftery, now playing
with San Francisco, tells n joke
on himself concerning I1I9 cx
perlencca In breaking Into the
big league. About three years
ago Tom went to Cleveland X
from Portland, lie realized that
lie was going In fast company X
and was a bit self conscious, v
Tom decided that he wasn't X
going to make any holler, but
would simply play the game. X
Well, for some fifteen names bo
didn't open his mouth. He was !.
so meek that Turner, the third v
baseman, went to him and ad- J.
vised him to ginger up and put Y
some life Into his play. J.
"Get after the umpire nnd t
show that you are trying to X
win," Turner told Raft T.
Well, that same day Tom de- X
cidwl that ho would follow In-
Rtnutloin and started after Silk 4.
O'l.oughlln. Raftery kicked on J.
everything that was called and .j.
finally topped It off with the re- Y
mark that he feared O'Loughlln X
would be run over by n car bo- t
cause lie could not see It coming. X
That pot on O'Loughlln's T
nerves and without a nioinent's 4
delay he brushed the catcher
aside and w heeled Tom around j-
by the shoulders. X
'Say. busher," he opened flro.
on't get thrown out of this
"don
league before you are In It"
Tom caught the Idea right
away and you can bet that Silk
O'Loughlln had the right of way
thereafter.
NniAfJ WANTS TO BE "HOPE"
nn With Idea of Becoming Champion.
Sluce the defeat of Jim Jeffries,
or The Japanese have tried to put
nrti.'u Tim iTifil.tii iin minn-Ti Tin imiir.
George Near, an Indlnn, who halls
e is going after Johnson's scalp.
Near Is a husky, weighing about 1S5
ounds, nnd Is well built. lie peems
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fighter
The Indian recently participated in
Marathon race in Arizona. lie is
ow training in Los Angeles.
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printer Bobby Kerr Hopes to Build
Olympic Team.
Goodby to Hobby Kerr, one of the
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lips of Great Britain.
OSE PRA SES N CKLANDER.
rack Shot Putter Says Finlander Has
Wonderful Build and Is Comer.
The great Finn shot putter, Nleklnnd-
, jhuijm jiuau ue-iiue us uiu u.i
lilt man In the world and a comer
1th tho weights. Tho Finn stands
feet 4 inches, 43 chest nnd very llttlo
omach, his waist measurement be
g 30.
Nleklander gave both Hose nnd Mc
onald, tlio Americnn competitors In
n uiviniiic Raines at ntocKuoiin. uiu
lit nf -Hinlr Hri in ihn two hnnriori
lot put, nnd It was only by inches that
cDonald took second placo from the
Inn,
WALSH AFTER A RECORD.
hicago Pitcher Likely to Establish
New Twirling Mark.
ritchor Ed Walsh of tho Chicago
flilr Qar AinnHnnn Ion mm tnnin la
(1 Jn motlerii baseball. Tho season
ids Oct 0.
Tim rnpnr1 nf Kovontv-tAvn irnmoa Is
III Inlnl l 111! I I Ann li' 1 fill IVATirlin
ho pitched seventy-two games in
r a mi l.. 1 J...,tl...i,wl 1.
ilin Clarkson in 1SS0.
Mensor a Speed Marvel.
Eddie Mensor, tho Portland (North-
1 by tho rittflburgh l'irates for ?3,000,
as ranked by Fielder Jones, presl-
... tt Hui Vnrthwwitnnl ntiil mnnn.
jr of the Whlto Sox wlien they won
10 world'B championship In 1000, as
le fastest man In minor lenguo base
ill before he Joined the Corsairs.
Montreal Rewards Olympio Winners.
Tho city of Montreal presented Ilodg
n, who won several swimming races
1110 uiyininc games, wuu u uiuiuuuu
udded gold locket, whllo Toronto gavo
eorgo Goulding, tho Olympic cham
nn walker, n cabinet of silver valued
De Oro Will Defend Pool Title.
Alfredo Do Oro will play Frank
tierman for tbo pool championship In
ctobcr. Do Oro holds tho title.
NEW MAN
PROVED FAILURES ,
Not One 01 Four Greon Pilots
Had Successful Season,
KLING A BIG DISAPPOIHTKENT
Leader of Boston Nationals Was Ex
pected to Show Rare Generalship.
O'Day Will Rotiro to Ranks of Um
pires Davis and Wolverton Failures.
Not one of tho four managers lead
ing mnjor league baseball teams for
U10 first time In their careers this year
put the Clarices, Chances, McGrawa
and Macks in tho background.
The National league had two fresh
men tacticians in Hank O'Day of the
Cincinnati club and John Kllng of tho
lloston club.
Hank O'Day, an old tlmo pitcher, had
been for years ono of tho successful
members of the National league staff
of umpires, and his nppolntnient to a
post where men Uko Buck Ewing, Bob
Allen, Bid Mcl'hcc, Joe Kelley, Ned
Hanlon, John Ganzcl and Clark Grif
fith had failed caused great surprise
among the fans.
But August Herrmann, tho president
of the Beds and a well liked figure in
the sjtort, told the doubters that O'Day
had watched the best pitchers, catchers
nnd batsmen of tho Nntlounl league
perform from tho first season they en-
Photo by American Press Association.
JOIINNY KLINO.
tered the league, and surely had mas
tered the sport from the side of tactics.
He had seen tho keen brained Kllng,
Dooin, Brcsnahan nnd Archer vie with
hitters like Wagner, Zimmerman,
Doyle nnd Mngcc. lie had seen pitch
ers like Mathewson, Brown and Bucker
go through with their wizardry.
It looked at the start of tho season
that Garry's confidence in O'Day was
not misplaced. Tho ex-ump quickly
shot tho Beds Into the lead, and they
held the top place in tho National
league race for many weeks, but there
was a sudden collapse. The Giants
soon collared thu Beds, and once out
of tho lead, O'Day's team fell out of
sight.
Unquestionably Hank will dUBt his
old bluo suit and return to the umpire
Btaff again nest spring. Herrmann Is
looking around for a successor, with
F. Otto Kunbe of tho Phillies nnd Bill
Sweeney of Boston tho leading candi
dates. John Kllng, tho Cub catcher, who
helped Chance to win his pennants in
1000, 1007, 1003 nnd 1010, had long
been wanted by other clubs ns mana
ger. Many owners believed that tho
success of tho Cubs was due to Kling's
generalship.
Hlvals tampered with him, and be
cause Chicago would not let him go
Kllng refused to play during tho sea
son of 1000, and Cub pennant suc
cesses stopped. Ho rejoined tho Cubs
In 1010, nnd Chance's men resumed
their championship ways.
Kllng "was traded to Boston in tho
spring of 1011 and played last season
under tho direction of Fred Tenney.
When tho Boston club changed hands
Tenney was dismissed and Kllng took
charge. But Kllng hasn't been n suc
cess with tho Braves. They are still
playing tall end ball, although it is pos
Biblo that tho catcher may pull them
out of their rut if tho owners give him
another chance.
The American league had two now
bosses Uils year in Harry Wolverton of
the Highlanders nnd nnrry Davis of
tho Clevelands. Neither has mndo n
Bticcess of it Injuries to players put
Wolverton'a team down nnd out this
year.
On this account tho showing of tho
team has not been held against Wolver
ton, and ho will bo at tbo helm again
next year.
Harry Davis, tbo brainiest of tho
Mack school, didn't do much for tho
Naps.
Ill thinking fans In Cleveland con
demned Davis, nnd ho resigned. Thoy
expected him to mold a pennant winner
right from tho start, but this happens
only In fairy books.
XQOME MANAGERS ARE NEVER
SATISFIED WITH PITCHERS. 4
Illll Carey, part owner of tho
Springfield club of the Connecti
cut league, tells ore. Iteeently a
manager 01 one of the clubs in a
Homlpro. league came to I1I111 in
fiearch of a good pitcher. "What's
tho matter with your present
pitcher?" naked Mr. Carey.
"Hasn't he won every game this
season for you?" "Yes," replied
tbo manager, "but last week he
won by only one run." it got u
little too close for comfort for
tho semlpro.'s manager.
FANS STILL TALKING OF nECEMT
PITCHING DUEL BETWEEN
WOOD AND JOHNSON,
Baseball fans are still talking nlwut
the great game between the BostoD
nnd Washington teams at Kenwnj
park, Boston, Sept 0, which tho for
mer team won
by a score of 1
to 0. It was ono
of the greatest
fights that has
ever taken plnce
in baseball.
No ono who
saw It will ever
forget it, nnd
they never ex
pect to see such
nnother. All tho
circumstances
leading up to It
and attending it
throughout will
never come in
combination again.
For weeks the fans of the many
cities were talking of what would hap
pen when tho two great pitchers, Joo
Wood of tho Bed Sox and Walter
Johnson of tho Senators, mot on the
slab. The pair are without doubt two
of the greatest pitchers in tho game.
Ono frequently hoars of a battle of
pitchers, and there have been some,
but they have come, as a rule, unex
pectedly nnd without any preliminary
arrangements or notice thnt there was
to be a fight to a finish, as this ono
was.
Wood held tho opposing team score
less, while ono run was made off John
son. Not an error wns made behind
either man, and for that matter none
of tho fielding chances was dlincult
Tho pitchers had tho light pretty much
to themselves.
Clark GrlUlth made the Issue. Ho
said if Stahl would stack Joo Wood
against bis star ho would show that
ho bad the greatest pitcher In the
world. Stahl is from Illinois, but has
some points of similarity to tho man
from tho neighboring stnte of Mis
souri, and so the preliminaries to the
duel were arranged.
Each principal found Uie other a
worthy foeman, and both proved that
thoy deserved the reputation that they
enjoy. Johnson has not suffered to
any considerable extent Nevertheless
there is no analy
sis by which one
can reach the
conclusion that
ho was quite as
good a man as
nf' 'wiA- woou was on we
V&'S&W day mentioned.
A review 01
the accompany
ing data wllJ
give one an idea
of how evenly
the two men
worked:
Wood threw
tho ball Just 121
times in nine in
nings, serving It
to tho batsmen
JOHNSON.
103 times and throwing it to bases 13
times. Johnson, on nccount of Boston
not going to bat In tho ninth, threw tho
bull but 103 times in eight Innings,
serving it to tho batsmen 08 times and
throwing it to the bnses 5 times.
Wood's greater nuralior of throws to
bases wero piled up in tho first lnnlnff,
when ho wns trying to get Milan nt
first, which station tho Senator had
reached by cracking out a single. Wood
did not propose to tako nny chances
with Milan. Ho holds tho record for
stolen bases In tho league, so Joo mado
him stick closo to first nnd several
times came near nipping him. Milan
was finally forced at second.
Just before tho game President James
A. McAleor said to somo persons in tho
grand Htnnd: "It Is going to bo a groat
fight between two great pitchers. I
wish the scoro might bo 1 to 0 and thnt
wo might make tho 1." Ho surely got
his wish.
Trainer HJertberg to Get Fat Salary.
Krnio HJertberg, trainer of tho Swed
ish athletes for tho next four years, U
said to havo signed n contract for
something llko ?5,000 n year. With
tho exception of Mlko Murphy's feo at
tho University of Pennsylvania tldfl
is tho highest flguro over known to
havo been paid to an athletic coach.
Majors After Chinese Ball Player.
There's ono ball player on tho Chi
nese university team that la barnstorm
ing through America. Ilia namo 1
Aynu, nnd ho's a shortstop. They say
ho looks llko a Inundryman and playp
llko a Wugncr. Several big loaguo
clubs aro after him.
Maroons' New Field Will 8eat 30,000.
Tbo Chicago university athletic Sola
will neat 80,000.
i
WOOD.
PBOPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
THE CONSTITUTION SUBMIT
TED TO THE CITIZENS OP THIS
COMMONWEALTH KOIl THEIIt AP
PBOVAh OR 11E.IECTION, BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OP PENNSYL
VANIA, AND PUBLISHED BY 011
DEU OP THE SECRETARY OP
THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PUR
SUANCE OP ARTICLE XV1II OP
THE CONSTITUTION.
Number One.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to article
nlno, section four, of tho Constitu
tion of tho Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, authorizing tho
Stato to Issue; bonds to tho 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 tho Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania in General Assembly met, That
tho following amendment to tho Con
stitution of tho Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania be. nnd the samo Is
hereby, proposed, in nccordanco with
tuo eighteenth article thereof:
That section four of article nine.
which rends as follows:
Section 4. No debt shall be creat
ed by or on behalf of tho State, ex
cept to supply casual deficiencies of
revenue, repel invasion, suppress in
surrection, defend tho State In war,
or to pay existing debt; and the debt
created to supply deficiency in reve
nue snail never exceed, in the aggre
gate at anyono time, one million of
dollars," bo 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 Stato in war, or
to pay existing debt; and the debt
created to supply deficiencies in rev
enuo shall never exceed, in the ag
gregate at any one time, ono million
of dollars; Provided, however, That
tne ueneral Assembly, irrespective of
any debt, may authorize the Stato to
issue bonds to the amount of fifty
millions of dollars for the purpose of
Improving and rebuilding tho 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, articlo three of the Constitu
tion of Pennsylvania, so as to per
mit special legislation regulating
labor.
Section 1. Be it resolved by tho
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
tho eighteenth article thereof.
Amendment to Articlo Three, Section
Seven.
Section 2. Amend section seven,
article three of tho Constitution of
Pennsylvania, which reads as fol
lows:
"Section 7. The General Assembly
snail not pass any local or special
law authorizing the creation, exten
sion, or impairing of Hens:
"Regulating tho affairs of coun
ties, cities, townships, wards, bor
oughs, or school districts:
"Changing tho 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 alloys:
Relating to ferries or bridges, or
Incorporating ferry or bridge com
panics, except for tho erection of
bridges crossing streams which form
boundaries between this and any
other Stato:
"Vacating roads, town plats.
streets 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 new counties, or
changing county lines:
"Incorporating cities, towns, or
villages, or changing their charters:
"For tho opening and conducting
of elections, or fixing or changing the
placo 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 ofilcers in
counties, cities, boroughs, townships,
election or school districts:
"Changing tho law of descent or
succession:
"Regulating tho practice or juris'
diction of, or changing tho rules of
ovldonco In, any Judicial proceeding
or inquiry boforo courts, aldermen,
Justices of tho 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 prescrlb
Ing tho effect of judicial sales of real
estate:
"Regulating tho foes, or extending
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 monoy for such purposes:
"Fixing tho rato of interest:
"Affecting tho estates of minors or
persons under disability, except after
duo notico to nil parties in interest,
to bo recited In tbo special enact
mont:
"Remitting fines, penalties and
forfeitures, or refunding monoys leg
ally paid Into tho treasury:
"Exempting property from taxa
tlon:
"Regulating labor, trado, mining
or manufacturing.
"Croatlng corporations, or amend
ing, lenowlng or extending the
charters thereof:
"Granting to any corporation, as
sociation or individual any special
or exclusive privilege 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
inw; but laws repealing local or
special nctp. may bo passed:
"Nor shall any law bo passed
granting powers nnd privileges in
any case where tho granting of
such powers, and prlv'loges
shall have been provided for by gen
oral law, nor whoro tho courts havo
Jurisdiction to grant tho samo or givo
tho relief asked for, so as to road
as follows:
Section 7. Tho Gon a;..Vl3;i'bly
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, ooroughs,
or school districts:
Changing the names of persons or
places:
Changing tho venue in civil or
criminal cases:
Authorizing the laying out. onen-
Ing, altering, or maintaining roads.
highways, tsreets 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 alloys:
Relating to cemeteries, graveyards.
or public grounds not of tho Stato:
Authorizing tho adoption, or legiti
mation of children:
Locating or changing county-seats,
erecting now 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 now townships or bor
oughs, changing township lines, bor
ough limits or school districts:
Creating offices, or prescribing tho
powers and duties of ofilcers in coun
ties, cities, boroughs, townships, elec
tion or school districts:
Changing the law of descent or
succession:
Regulating the practice or jurls-
Ictlon of, or changing tho 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 trib
unals, or providing or changing
methods for tho collection of debts,
or tho 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 tho peace, magistrates or
constables:
Regulating the management of
public schools, the building or re
pairing of school houses and tho rais
ing of monoy 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 bo 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 tho wages or
salaries, the hours of work or labor,
and make provision for tho protec
tion, wolfare 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 the 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:
Ci eating 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 tho 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 bo passed:
Nor shall any law be passed grant
ing powers or privileges In any case
whoro tho granting of such powers
and privileges shall havo been pro
vided for by general law, nor where
tho courts havo jurisdiction to grant
tho samo or give tho relief asked for.
A truo copy of Joint Resolution
No. 2.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Three.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to section
threo of articlo eight of tho Con
stitution of Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Bo it resolved by tho
House of Representatives of tho Com
mon wealth of Pennsylvania (If tho
Senate concur), That tho following
Is proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution of tho Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, In accordance with tho
provisions of tho eighteenth article
thereof:
Section 2. Amend section threo of
articlo eight, which reads as follows:
"All Judges elected by tho electors
of the Stato at largo may bo elected
at olthor a general or municipal elec
tion, as circumstances may require
All tho elections for judges of tho
courts for tho several judicial dis
tricts, and for county, city, ward,
borough, and township officers, for
rogular terms of sorvico, shall bo
held on the municipal election day;
namely, tho Tuesday noxt following
tho first Monday of Novombor in each
odd-numbered year, but tho General
Assombly 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
yoar," so as to read:
Section 3. All Judges elected by
tho electors of tho Stato at largo
may bo elected at olther a general
or municipal election, as circum
stances may require. All elections
for Judges of tho courts for tho sov
oral judicial districts, and for county,
city, ward, borough, and township
ofilcers, for rogular terma of servlco,
shall bo held on tho municipal elec
tion day; namely, the Tuesday next
following the first Monday of Novem
ber in each odd-numbered year, but
I the General Assembly may by law fix
a different day, two-thirds
ot ali
A
members of each Houso consj
thereto: . Provided, That such
tlons shall bo held In an oir"
b red year Provided further, Dnttffht
Judgos for the courts of Ja BUU&
Judicial districts holdlu.
tho present
tlmo, w h o s
snd in nn UcU4iS
fico may end
year, shall continue t('
flees until tho first Mf
nry in tho noxt anion" lob
nutr' -red yt.ir.
printing
A true copy of Concurrent .....
lion No. 3.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of tho Commonwealth.
Number Pour.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to section
ono of articlo nine of the Consti
tution ot Pennsylvania, relating to
taxation.
Section 1. Bo It resolved by tho
Senato and House of Representatives
of tho Commonwealth of Pennsylva
nia In General Assembly met, That
tho following Is proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in
accordance with the provisions of
tho eighteenth article thereof:
Section 2. Amend section ono or
article nlno ot the Constitution of
Pennsylvania, which reads as fol
lows:
"All taxes shall bo uniform, 'upon
the samo class of subjects, within tho
territorial limits of tho authority
levying the tax, and shall bo levied
and collected under general laws;
out tne ueneral 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 corporato
prdfit, and Institutions of purely pub
lic charity," so as to read as fol
lows: All taxes shal' bo uniform upon
the same class of subjects, within tho
territorial limits of the authority
levying the tax, and shall be levied
and collected under general laws,
and the subjects of taxation may ba
classified for the purpose of laying
graded or progressive taxes; but tho
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 corporato profit, and In
stitutions of purely public charity.
A truo 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 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 the provisions ot
the eighteenth article thereof:
Article IX.
Section 15. No obligations which
havo been heretofore Issued, or
which may hereafter bo 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 tho meaning of section eight
of article nine ot the Constitution of
Pennsylvania or of this amendment.
If tho net revenue derived from said
property for a period ot five years,
either before or after the acquisition
thereof, or, whoro 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 the said obligations shall
be secured by liens upon tho respec
tive properties, and shall Impose no
municipal liability. Where munici
palities of counties shall issue 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 have been completed and
In operation for a period of ono
year; and said municipalities and
counties shall not be required to levy
a tax to pay said interest and sinking-fund
charges, as required by sec
tion ten of articlo nine of tho 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 tho said municipalities or
counties may incur indebtedness in
excess of seven per centum, and not
exceeding ton per centum, of the as
sessed valuation of tho taxable prop
erty therein, if said Increase of In
debtedness shall havo 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 true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 5.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Socrotary of the Commonwealth.
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