THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1912.
AGfi SEVittt
1
GLASSY CATCHERS
BRING BIG SUM
Next to Pitchers, They Are
Most In Demand.
RAY SCHALK COST FORTUNE.
Former Milwaukee Backstop Is Sixth
Player Whose Release Has Drought
Price In Fivo Figures He Has Made
Good Since Joining Chicago Team.
Next to pitchers, the'x batu-y part-
One of them, Kay Schalk, reeoutly
irnni? it .siimmmi. tiinr sum nnvinx: noon
I.. i!.. ..
Schalk Uiuh bceon.es tho second back-
...!... t,. 1... i.iiixilinkml nt n FM-t.ui M1M f 1 1 1 r
nto the flvo figures. Illy only nreue-
o Hostou for $10,000 In tho same trade
hat took Mike Kelly to tho Hub two
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tlllll Ui 11121 (111), il UUML'ltiai Kl'lllUS
est drawinc card in baseball.
Hoston didn't gamblo In buying Kelly.
'tin i-nipnrfi Amoripnnn nn iinnprrri 11
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Ul 11 til wrk. iu uuuui iv kuwii
nnli n fnflf n mlnnr lnntnipr trhn linn
Sehnlk thus bocomos tlio sixth ball
layer whoso rolcanc hns cost Into the
re ugures, i-ne ouier utc ueuig
on p. .Mnrnunrn. "igitv itiiKsini.
inr ;son nnu ivoiiy.
For Catcher Kelly, 0Toc-lo'a back-
A ...t. I 1. .... 4 il.n4 tlin
liililiL II til i uaru i'i i.u ivji u iuiuvi
Schalk has now been playing with
Is the general opinion of those who
nvn vninifui 111a uwiri; riinr nn iriimir
1 lli;iKf L'lMMl.
Schalk Is twenty years old. He was
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uni uul uia uumu ui tjbv umu.w.
line Kuue. 110 lias vwu uiuyuig uai.-
11 Tor nitonc mrm toiith hiiu ni'iruu
sr spnsnn with the Tnvlorvllle. 111..
ub In the Illinois and Missouri
ill jui 11 juar ufeu u dwui 111 uiu
npioy or uio MiiwnuKee Amcncuu
ssoc'iauuii ciuu suiv wiu yuuuu uuiu
itph si'vnrnl trnmos nml tnon recom-
ini n in niire-nnHi u aiuwuuhki!
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nh lioucht him for S1.000 and ho
limit hi niiuiiL miriv Kumua uviun:
e f eason closed.
When the 1912 campaign oponed
urIx Duffy, tho Mllwaukeo manager,
elded to mako Schnlk his regular
tcher Tho youngster quickly sur
Iped the critics with his wonderful
tchlnir nnd throwlniz and ns ho lm-
outs flocked to Mllwaukeo to look
m orer.
RARIDEN GREAT BLOCKER.
venting Players In Reaching Plate.
ni!rf is iiul 11 imcKHUiu 111 iin; ra-
nal leaguo who has It on Bill Rarl-
il. T1 . T1 . 1 1
u ui uiu uuaiuu uruvcb wuuu il
nolo by American itcsb Association.
XJIIEIt ItAlilVUN OF IIOSTOH NXTIOKAIA
nes to blocking players nt tho plate.
iikim iii'rvn in no ir nin. mnrn iiitvi.
n It does at tho second sack, but
t Is where Rarlden shines.
Qe's nn earnest, hardworking young
ow, ana tno mora games uo is al
ed to catch tho better ho likes It
Great French Hurdler Coming,
oan Anderson, tho greatest hurdlo
h Jumper and all round athlcto lu
in L'Hmrii riniiiv in i-iiiiiii in
country and enter tho University
California. Ho la cxpoctcd In De-iber.
J0m
HOW AN UMP CURED f
AN IRASCIDLE MANAGER. X
"It took an umpire In the Vlr-
glnla State league last year to Y
hang one on to u llery maiiagcr."
Frank Shanghiiessy said In tell-
Ing a story he w:w In on. "Wo
woro playing In ltlchmond and
Just before tho game tho umps
came to nip for the batteries. I
told who would work for Roa
noke and he went over to the
Richmond bench to get that
club's batteries. I knew the
manager was sore on htm and
was surprised to see hlui walk
nway a few seconds later seem
ingly satisfied, as 1 thought tho
manager would glte him a rat
ting. "lie announced tho ltosnoke
batteries to the grand stand and
bleachers and then shouted, Tho
batterloi for Richmond today
dont know. I asked the man-
nonr nml hit tnlil inn to iro to
to
biases. Play ball.' " 4-
r-MM-'H''HH"H,'K'
Dy TOMMY CLAR.K.
This year's variety of football rules
has been accused of being oTorythlng
from n return to tho old eat 'cm nllvo
mass piny rules to being n slight modi
fication, which will hnvo llttlo effect
on tho style of play. Actually e. sur
vey of tho new football laws leads to
the bollof that tho gamo that will de
velop under Uiem will bo a close cousin
to Uiat played In 100-n Invitation
to tho tackles to stand up and bo
killed.
Last year's rules favored the dofonso
to such an extent that scoring was
almost lmposslblo nnd fluky In tho ox-
tremo. It nppoars that in tnoir enort
to strengthen the offonso tho rule mak
ers have gono to tho other boundary
and that scoring this yoar Is llkoly to
bo enormous and that any defense de
veloped will bo holploos against a
heavy, fairly fast back field, working
to gain ten yards In four downs.
Tho mass play died whon pulling
and pushing a man through tho lino
was abolished. Hut the tncklo now
will have to stand tho shock of his
opposing forward and thon of a heavy
man bent on making two or three
yards. IIo will not In all probability
get much help from tho secondary de
fense. To weaken tho defensive back
lino unduly will bo simply an Invita
tion to tho offense to work tho now
unrestricted forward pass to Ita heart's
content
Jack Johnson is going bftch. Any ono
who remembers Jnck In tho day whon
ho was glad to fight for $50 and some
times less recalls that they had to sot a
day watch on tho lunch counter In the
booze emporiums in many eltlos whon
Jack wns In tho vicinity, lie could
clean np In ten minutes the cntlro lay
out Intended for tho day. Now, In tho
hour of his enso and wealth, list to this
paltry lunch that ho struggles to dis
pose of dally:
Three spring chickens, cooked In dif
ferent styles; a snlad, two or three cars
of corn, fried sweet potato fritters, n
big dish of French peas, nn cntlro loaf
of hot bread, lco cream and cako.
Evidently Jack's stomach la going
bock on him.
Mike Murphy nayB that Billy Kramer,
tho American cross country champion,
will never run ngnln, and as Murphy
never misses tho mark whon It comes
to telling tho extent of an injury It
seems that Kramer's days as an athlete
aro over. It now nppears that tho ten
don of Achilles of his left le is se
verely injured.
According to tho veteran trainer
Kramer received his Injury by running
on tho deck of tho Finland without tho
proper massago after his exercise. The
training facilities wcro such that some
of the ntliletes had to go without tho
necessary nmount of attention, and
Kramer was ono of those who unfor
tunately had to sttffor ns n result of this
lack of accommodation.
Murphy cites tho fact that all the
races In which Kramer tried to cuter
nt tho Olympics ho proved that ho
could not do himself Justice, for after
running part of tho dlstanco his tendon
stiffened upon hlra to such nn extent
that ho could hardly move a muscle
after ho had used his leg for n little
time.
Garry Fitzgerald, Kramer's trainer,
says that ho thinks rest and caro may
brlns It around nil right, but Murphy
shook his head sadly nnd said: "I've
folt 'em that way beforo, and I never
saw one yet that camo around fit to
work on. No, sir, his racing days are
over. Now soo if I ain't right"
Iianolmll players aro frequently crit
icised for taking long chances on tho
bason, whon, In fact tho percentage Is
In their favor. Let a player try to
take an extra boso on n play, nnd If ho
t Is nailed he Is blamed for having been
too daring, and yet It took a perfect
throw and iwrfect handling of tho ball
to mnko the play possible.
A ball team which does not tnko lib
erties on the bases hasn't a clmnco to
ho winner. If every man who reaches
tho Backs would wait until he was bat
ted around the circuit very few runs
would bo scored, nnd tho game would
detcrlorato into an uninteresting exhi
bition of which tho public would soon
tiro. Furthermore, thero aro more ball
games won because of daring baeo run
ning than aro lost by it, for tho vory
good reason tbit any tlmo a ball hog
to be thrown, caught and the rnnnr
touched the percentage U In favor of
the runner.
I SPICY SPORTING CHATS. I
LIVING COST NOT
CAUSEDBYTARIFF
General Jackson in 1824 Out
lined His Views.
DECLARES FOH PROTECTION
Favors a Tariff For Preserving With
in Ourselves the Means of National
Defense and Independence Some
Figures to Show the Beneficent Ef
fect of a Protective Tariff.
Tho charge that Is being made that
the tariff Is rcsionslblo for tho higher
cost of living will probably bo believed
by ignorant men, who know nothing
of tho Bubjcct now nnd in all prob
ability never will until they have over
thrown the system that has been bo
beneflcont. There nppoars to be a
deep popular desire to havo tho tariff
reduced, in order that the consumer
may not bo taxed.
This expcrlmuut was tried by tho
Wilson tariff act during Grovcr Clove
land's second term. Undor this low
tariff, or tariff for revonue, thousands
of mon were thrown out of employ
ment nnd their families woro hungry.
A free bread fund was conducted by
tho New York World one year after
tho inauguration of a free trado presi
dent on a tariff for revenue platform.
Did tho Now York World or any other
free trade organ over find It necessary
to collect funds to feed the hungry un
der tho McKlnloy, tho Dlngloy or tho
Payne-Aldrich tariff acts, which em
body the Ideas earnestly supported by
General Jackson, as shown In his let
ter of 1824 to U H. Column, of Vir
ginia? In this letter ho further states:
"Providence has filled our moun
tains and our plains with minerals,
with lead, Iron nnd copper and given
us a climate and soil for tho growing
of hemp and wool. Theso being the
grand materials of our national de
fense, they ought to havo oxtended to
them adequate and fair protection, so
that wo may havo within our own
country a supply of those leading and
important articles so essential to all."
Genoral Jackson was not unmindful
of tho experience of tho patriots dur
ing the American Revolution. When
Washington's army was recruited
thore was not a single wool manufact
uring concern in tho country. When
General Washington assembled his
army there was not the slightest pre
tense mado to uniform it They camo
to the flag with the homespun fabrics
that wero within their reach. After
the campaign their clothing was abso
lutely worn out At Valley Forge 4000
patriots had actually to bo relieved
from duty bocause they were literally
naked.
Taught by Experience.
Tho Revolution would havo failed
then and there for want of wool manu
factories as a munition of war had It
not been that John AdamB and Benja
min Franklin obtained a loan from tho
king of France with which they pur
chased in Holland blankets and cloth
ing for Washington's army. It is with
this experlonco In mind that General
Jackson in tho aforesaid letter to Col
man said:
"I am In favor of tho tariff for pro
serving within ourselves the means
of national defense and independence.
Particularly In a Btato of war would
I advocate supporting it. Tho experi
ence of our late war ought to teach
us a lesson never to bo forgotten. If
our liberty and our republican form
of government, procured for us by
our Revolutionary fathers, are worth
tho blood and treasure at which thoy
were obtained, It surely is our duty to
protect and defend It. Can thero bo
an American patriot, who saw tho prl
vatlons, dangers and difficulties ex
perlenced for want, of a proper means
of defense, who would be willing again
to hazard the safety of tho country?
I hope thero is not, and if there is, I
am sure ho doos not deservo to enjoy
tho blessing of freedom."
In view of tho fact that during tho
last twelvo years of tho high duties
of tho war tariff, tho wool clip of tho
United States iucreased 100 per cent,
when that of Great Britain, with cli
matlc conditions superior to ours and
with freo trade, decreased more than
19 por cent, and also in vlow of tho
fact that under tho present tariff act
tho numbor of Bheep has lncroasod 54
por cent slnco tho present protective
duties upon wool wero established In
1897, what would General Jackson, if
hero today, say to Mr. Underwood's
report No. 4G on his wool bill (H. R
11,019), saying:
"Tho test of law and experlonco, by
which every human project must
stand, fully proves that protective du
tics on wool do not servo a useful
purpose. The fact must bo faced that
forty years of high protectlvo duties
have entirely failed to help tho wool
growing ludustry."
THEODORE JUSTICE,
Tho man who votos tho Democratic
presidential ticket tills year votes for
freo trado bankruptcy and ruin. Tho
man who votos tho Republican ticket
votes for protection and prosperity.
Thoer is no escapo from that conclu
sion.
A tariff for revenue "only" moana
freo trade. Fanners do not want freo
trade. Laboring men do not wont
froo trade. Better think pretty bard
for a tlmo If you havo an Inclination
to Yoto that way.
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
THE CONSTITUTION SUBMIT
TED TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS
COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR AP
PROVAL OR REJECTION, BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYL
VANIA, AND PUBLISHED BY OR
DER OF THE SECRETARY OF
THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PUR
SUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF
THE CONSTITUTION.
Number One.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to article
nine, section four, of tho Constitu
tion of tho Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, authorizing tho
Stato to issue bonds to tho nniotint
of fifty millions of dollars for tho
Improvement of tho highways of
tho Commonwealth.
Section 1. Bo It resolved by the
Senate nnd Houso of Representatives
of tho Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania In General Assembly met, That
tho following amendment to tho Con
stitution of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania be. and the samo Is
hereby, proposed, in accordanco with
tho eighteenth article thereof:
That section four of nrticlo nine.
which roads as follows:
"Section 4. No debt shall bo creat
ed by or on bebnlf 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 tho debt
created to supply deficiency in reve
nue shall never exceed, in tho aggre
gate at anyone time, one million of
dollars," be amonded bo as to read as
follows:
Section 4. No debt shall be created
by or on behalf of the Stato, except
to supply casual deficiencies of rev
enue, repel invasion, suppress Insur
rection, defend tho Stato 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
tho General Assembly, irrespective of
any debt, may authorizo the Stato to
issue bonds to tho 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
benate and House of Representatives
of tho 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 accordanco 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
snail not pass any local or special
law authorizing tho creation, exten
sion, or impairing of Hens:
"Regulating tho 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 tho laying out, open'
ing, altering, or maintaining roads.
highways, streets or alleys:
"Relating to ferries or bridges, or
Incorporating ferry or bridgo com
panies, except for tho 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
Stato:
"Authorizing the adoption or legi
timation of children:
"Locating or changing county-
scats, erecting new counties, or
cnanging county lines:
"Incorporating cities, towns, or
villages, or changing their charters
"For tho oponlng and conducting
of elections, or fixing or changing tho
placo or voting:
"Granting divorces:
"Eroding 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 practice or Juris
diction of, or changing tho rules of
ovidenco in, any Judicial proceeding
or inquiry beforo 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 the collection of debts, or tho
enforcing of Judgments, or prescrib
ing tho effect of Judicial sales of real
estate:
"Regulating tho fees, or extending
tho powers nnd duties of aldormen.
Justices of tho peaco, magistrates or
constables:
"Rogulatlng tho management of
public schools, tho building or repair
ing of school houses and the raising
of money for such purposes:
"Fixing tho rate of Interest:
"Affecting tho estates of minors or
persons undor disability, except after
due notico to all parties in intorcst,
to bo rccltod In the special enact
ment:
"Romlttlng fines, penalties and
forfeitures, or rofundlng moneys log-
ally paid Into tho troasury:
"Exempting property from taxa
tlon:
"Regulating labor, trado, mining
or manufacturing.
"Creating corporations, or amend
ing, ienowlng or extending tho
charters thereof:
"Qrantlng to any corporation, as
soclatlon 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 the Genoral Assembly
Indirectly enact such special or local
law by tho partial repeal of n general
law; but laws repealing local or
special actf. may bo passed:
"Nor shull any law ho passed
grnntlng powers and privileges In
any case whero tho granting of
such powers, nnd prlv'leges
shnll havo boon provided for by gon
oral law, nor whoro the courts havo
Jurisdiction to grant tho samo or glvo
tho relief nsked for," bo as to read
as follows:
Section 7. Tho General Assembly
shnll not pass 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
plnces:
Changing the venuo 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 bridge 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 Stato:
Authorizing tho 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
p'aco of voting:
Granting divorces:
Erecting new townships or bor
oughs, changing township lines, bor
ough limits or school districts:
Creating offices, or proscribing the
powers and duties of officers in coun
ties, cities, boroughs, townships, elec
tion or school districts:
Changing tho law of descent or
succession:
Regulating the practice or Juris-
Iction of, or changing the rules of
evidence in, any Judicial proceeding
or inquiry beforo courts, aldermen,
Justices of the peaco, 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 tho fees, or extending
tho 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 rals
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 bo recited in the special enact
ment:
Romlttlng fines, penalties and for-
f -mires, 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, 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 bo passed grant
Ing powers or privileges in any case
whero tho granting of such powers
and privileges shall have been pro
vided for by general law, nor whoro
tho courts havo Jurisdiction to grant
the same or give the relief asked for,
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 2.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Numbor Three.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to section
threo of nrticlo eight of tho Con
stltutlon of Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Bo It resolved by the
IIouso of Representatives of tho Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania (If tho
Senate concur), That the following
Is proposed as an amendment to tho
Constitution of tho Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, In accordance with tho
provisions of tho eighteenth article
thereof:-
Section 2. Amend section three of
nrticlo 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 tho
courts for tho several Judicial dis
tricts, and for county, city, ward
borough, and township officers, for
regular tonus of sorvlco, shall bo
held on tho municipal election day;
namely, tho Tuesday next following
tho first Monday of November in each
odd-numbered yoar, but tho Genoral
Assombly may by law fix a different
day, two-thirds of all tho mombors
of each IIouso consenting theroto:
Provided, That such elections shall
always bo held In an odd-numbered
year," so as to read:
Section 3. All Judges elected by
tho electors of tho Stato at large
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
onicere, for regular terms or service,
shall be held on tho municipal elec
tlon day; namely, tho Tuesday next
following the first Monday of Novem
ber In each odd-numbered year, but
the General Assembly may by law fix
a different day, two-thirds of nil tho
members of each Houso consenting
thereto: Provided, That such elec
tions shall bo held In an odd-num-b
red yoar Provided further. That all
Judges for tho courts of tho soveral
Judicial districts holding offico at
tho present time, whoso terms of of
fice may end In an odd-numbered
year, shall continue to hold their of
fices until tho first Monday of Janu
ary In tho next Bucceodlng even
numbered year.
A truo copy of Concurrent Resolu
tion No. 3.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secrotary of tho Commonwealth.
Number Four.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to section
ono of article nlno of tho Consti
tution of Pennsylvania, relating to
taxation.
Section 1. Bo It resolved bv tho
Scnato and House of Representatives
of tho Commonwealth of Pennsylva
nia in General Assembly met, That
tno following la proposed as an
amendment to tho Constitution of tho
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, In
accordance with tho provisions of
tho eighteenth article thereof:
Section 2. Amend section ono of
artlclo nine of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania, which reads as fol
lows:
"All taxes shall be uniform, unon
tho samo class of subjects, within tho
territorial limits of tho authority
levying the tax, and shall be lovled
and collected under general laws;
out tno 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 corporato
profit, and institutions of purely pub
lic charity," so as to read as fol
lows:
All taxes shall bo uniform uron
the samo class of subjects, within the
territorial limits of the authority
levying the tax, and shall be lovled
and collected under general laws.
and the subjects of taxation may be
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 oi Duriai not used or held for
private or corporato profit, and in
stitutions of purely public charity.
a truo copy or 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 of
the eighteenth article thereof:
Article IX.
Section 15. No obligations which
have been heretofore issued, or
wnich 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 the ap
purtenances thereof, shall be con
sidered as a debt of a municipality
within tho meaning of section eight
of article nlno of tho 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 samo Is con
structed by the county or munici
pality, after tho 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 eald obligations shall
be secured by Hens upon tho respec
tive properties, and shall impose no
municipal liability. Whero 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 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 ten of artlclo 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 ono year.
Any of tho said municipalities or
counties may incur indebtedness In
excess of seven per centum, nnd not
exceeding ten per centum, of the as
sessed valuation of tho taxable prop
erty therein, If said lncreaso of In
debtedness shall have been assented
to by three-fifths of the electors vot
ing at a public election, In such man
ner ns shall bo provided by law.
A truo copy of Joint Resolution
No. 5.
ROBERT McAFEE.
Secretary of tho Commonwealth.
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