VtiE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER r, 1912.
PAGE SKV
Fair Premiums
(Continued Prom Pago Six.)
rium Jelly, Mrs. James Johns... 2Go
Grape Jelly, Edith Knrslake 50c
Grnpo Jelly, Mrs. Al. Blake 25c
Apple Hutter, Mrs. II. N. Miller.. COc
Apple Hutter, Mrs. Geo. L. Eck. . . 25c
Pencil Hutter, Mrs. C. E. Spry... 50c
Pench Butter, Mrs. H. N. Miller.. 25c
Plum Hutter, Mrs. II. N. Miller. . 50c
Plum Uutter, Mrst. H. N. Miller. . 2Gc
Tomato nutter, Mrs. H. N. Miller 50c
Tomato Uutter, Mrs. C. E. Spry. 25c
Mixed Pickles, Mrs. II. N. Miller. COc
Mixed Pickles, Mrs. C. E. Spry.. 25c
Cucumber Pickles, Mrs. J. V. Mil
ler 50c
Cucumber Pickles, Mrs. H. N. Mil
ler "C
Tomato Pickles, Mrs. I,. O. Mum-
ford 60c
Tomato Pickles, Mrs. C. E. Spry. 25c
Chow-chow Pickles, Mrs. C. E.
Spry 50c
Chow-chow Pickles, Mrs. Homer
Hallow 20c
Piccalilly Pickles, Mrs. II. W. Kim
ble buc
Piccalilly Pickles, Mrs. H. N. Mil
ler 2(.c
Tomato Catsup, Mrs. Homer Hal
low cue
Tomato Catsup, Mrs. L. O. Mum-
ford 25C
Mustard Pickles, Mrs. Homer Hal
low 50c
Mustard Pickles, Mrs. Al. Hlako. 25c
CHANGES.
Beech Grove, No. 10S9 $00
Pleasant Valley Grange, No. 1074 50
LADIES' HANDIWORK.
Tlnot Ghntvl Mrs S l Pnllq.... fidf"
Hest Slippers, Mrs. S. N. Pulls... 60c
Best Slippers, Mrs. It. W. Gammell 25c
Hest Fancy Apron, homemade,
Mrs. C. E. Spry 50c
Best Fancy Apron, homemade,
Mary R. Gilchrist 25c
Best Infant's Sack, homemnde,
Mrs. I,. S. Partridge 50c
Best Infant's Sack, homemade,
Mrs. Chas. Sutton 25c
Best Skirt, homemade, Mrs. Chas.
Sutton 50c
Best Skirt, homemade, Mrs. Chas.
Sutton 25c
Best Socks, homemade, Mrs. J. B.
Faatz 50c
Hest Socks, homemade, Mrs. L. S.
Partridge 25c
Best Dress, homemade, Mrs. L. S.
Partridge 75c
Best Dress, homemade, Mrs. James
Johns 50c
Best Knitted Spread, homemade,
Miss Hattio Rockwell 50c
Best Tufted Spread, homemade,
Mrs. O. E. Miller 50c
Best Ladies' Corset Cover, home
made, Mrs. C. E. Spry 50c
Best LadieB' Corset Cover, home
made, Mrs. C. E. Spry 25c
Best Ladies' Underskirt, home
made, Mrs. R. W. Gammell. 60c
Best Ladiei' Underskirt, home
made, Mrs. C. E. Spry...... 25c
Tl .. 1 rnl V. . r, .1 r, XTW
C E. Spry 50c
Best Man's Shirt, homemade, Mrs.
C. E. Spry 25c
tiesi I'uiow imams, uomeinauu,
Mrs. L. S. Partridge 75c
Best Pillow Shams, homemade,
Mrs. James Johns 50c
Work Apron, homemade, Mrs. J.
B. Faatz 50c
Work Apron, homemade, Mrs. S.
M Pullis 25c
Knitted or Crochet Gloves, home
made, Mrs. J. L. Biglow ... COc
Knitted Shawl, homemade, Mrs.
L O Mumford 50c
Knitted Shawl, homemnde, Mrs.
James Johns 25c
Pair Wool Blankets, homemade,
Mrs. O. E. Miller 75c
Pair Wool Blankets, homemade,
Mrs. W. A. Bates 50c
Patched Garment, Mrs. Homer
Ballou 50c
Patchwork Quilt, Mrs. Polly Var-
coe 75c
Patchwork Quilt, Mrs. W. A. Hates 50c
Hug, any kind, Mrs. J. W. Miller. 50c
Hug, any kind, Mrs. O. E. Miller. 25c
Silk Quilt, Mrs. J. B. Faatz 75c
Silk Quilt, Mrs. J. L. Biglow COc
Specimen Darning, Mrs. S. M. Pul
lis COc
Specimen Darning, Mary R. Gil
christ 25c
Specimen Knitting, Mrs. L. W.
Penticost COc
Specimen Knitting, Ida Faatz 25c
Best Ten Yards Rag Carpet, Mrs.
R. W. Gammell 75c
Best Ten Yards Rag Carpet, Mrs.
Mary Glcason 50c
Best Worsted Quilt, Mrs. C. E.
Spry 75c
Best Worsted Quilt, Mrs. W. A.
Bates COc
Best Woolen MIttenB, Mrs. S. M.
Pullis COc
Best Woolen Mittens, Mrs. Chas.
Sutton 25c
Best Woolen Stockings, Mrs. S. M.
Pullis COc
Best Crochet Collar, Mrs. F. E.
Brown COc
FANCY WORK.
Best Set Embroidered Center and
Dollies in white, Mrs. Al.
Blako 75o
Best Set Embroidered Center and
Dollies In white, Mrs. C. E.
Spry COc
Embroidered Handkerchief, homo
made, Mrs. A. W. Larabeo. 75c
Embroidered Handkerchief, homo
made, Mrs. W, A. Hates.... 50c
Embroidered Dollies, homemade,
Mrs. A. w. Larabeo 75c
Embroidered Dollies, homemade,
Mrs. Al, Blako COc
Embroidered Infant's Socks, homo-
made, Mrs. Chas. Sutton... COc
Embroidered Infant's Socks, home
made. Mrs. L. S. Partridge. . 25c
Embroidered Infant's Bonnet,
homemade, Mrs. L. S. Part
rldgo COc
Embroidered Infant's Bonnet,
homemade, Mrs. Chas. Sut
ton 25c
Embroidered Infant's Shawl homo-
made, Mrs. L. W. Penticost. GOc
Embroidered Infant's Shawl home
made, Mrs. Homer Uallou.. 25c
Embroidered Infant's Shirt, home
made, Mrs. Chas. Sutton.... GOc
Piano Cover, homemade, Mrs. L.
W. Penticost 50c
Fancy Center Piece, Battenberg,
Mrs. L. W. Penticost 50c
Fancy Center Piece, Battenberg,
Mrs. ChnB. Sutton 25c
Embroidered lint, Ulanche Stnrnes 50c
Ladles' Shirt Waist. Mrs. C. E.
Spry 50c
Ladles' Shirt Waist, Mrs. A. W.
Larabeo 25c
Ladles' Night Dress, Mrs. Al.
Wake 50c
Ladles' Night Dress, Mrs. L. W.
Penticost 25c
Ladles' Dressing Sacque, Mrs. C.
E. Spry 50c
Ladies' Dressing Sacque, Mrs.
Chas. Sutton 25c
Set Handmade Underclothes, 3
pieces, Mrs. J. W. Miller. . . . 75c
Sot 11 ami inn do Underclothes, 3
pieces, Mrs. Chas. Sutton .. GOc
Specimen White Embroidery, Mrs.
L. W. Penticost 60c
Specimen White Embroidery, Mrs.
A. W. Larabeo 25c
Hemstitched Handkerchief, Mrs.
C. E. Spry GOc
Hemstitched Handkerchief, Mrs.
C. E. Spry 2Gc
Lace Battenberg, homemade Mrs.
W. L. Penticost COc
Laco Battenberg, homemade Mrs.
Chas. Sutton 25c
Cotton Lace, homemade, Ida Faatz COc
Cotton Lace, homemade, Mrs. C.
E. Spry 25c
Best Specimen Crochet Linen,
homemade, Mrs. L. W. Penti
cost 50c
Hest Specimen Crochet Linen,
homemade, Mrs. C. E. Spry. 25c
Best Specimen Wool Lace, home
made, Mrs. J. B. Faatz COc
Best Specimen Wool Lace, home
made, Ida Faatz 25c
Best Specimen Lace Handkerchief
Mrs. A. W. Larabee 75c
Best Specimen Lace Handkerchief
Mrs. Al. Blake 50c
Best Specimen Point Lace, home
made, Mrs. A. W. Larabeo. 60c
Best Specimen Point Lace, home
made, Mrs. L. W. Penticost. 25c
Best Specimen Applique, home
made, Mrs. A. W. Larabee. 50c
Best Specimen Applique, home-
. made, Mrs. James Johns. . . 25c
Best Specimen Battenburg, home
made, Mrs. A. W. Larabee. 50c
Best Specimen Battenburg, home
made, Mrs. Homer Ballou. . 25c
Best Specimen Drawn Work,
homemade, Mrs. -Al. Blake. . 50c
Best Specimen Drawn Work,
homemade, Mrs. J. W. Miller 25c
Best Specimen Mexican Drawn
Work, Mrs. A. W. Larabee. 50c
Hest Specimen Mexican Drawn
Work, Mrs. Chas. Sutton.. 25c
Best Specimen Hand Embroidery
Mrs. R. W. Gammell 75c
Best Specimen Hand Embroidery
Mrs. L. M. Hartman 50c
Best Specimen Hemstitching, Miss
Lottlo Roe ouc
Best Specimen Hemstitching, Mrs.
A. W. Larabee 25c
Best Specimen Honiton, E. F.
Olver 75c
Best Specimen Honiton, Mrs.
Homer Ballou 50c
Best Specimen Silk Embroidery,
Mrs. A. W. Larabee 75c
Best Specimen Silk Embroidery,
Mrs. James Johns 60c
Best Specimen Canvas Work, Mrs.
O. E. Miller 60c
Best Specimen Canvas Work, Mrs.
James Johns 25c
Best Specimen Fancy Hag, Mrs.
L. W. Penticost 50c
Best Specimen Fancy Bag, Miss
L. M. Hartman 25c
Best Specimen Fancy Bureau Cov
er, Mrs. C. E. Spry 75c
Best Specimen Fancy Bureau Cov
er, Mrs. L. W. Penticost 50c
Best Specimen Table Scarf, Mrs.
L. W. Penticost 75c
Best Specimen Table Scarf, MrB.
James Johns COc
Best Specimen Cushion Cover Mrs.
James Johns uc
Best Specimen Cushion Cover Mrs.
L. W. Penticost z&c
Best Specimen Fancy Protected
Collars, Mrs. J. B. Faatz.. 50c
Best Specimen Fancy Necktie
Case, Mrs. J. U. Faatz COc
Best Specimen Fancy Handker
chief Case, Mrs. J. B. Faatz COc
Best Specimen Fancy Handker
chief Case, Mrs. James Johns 25c
Best Specimen Fancy Laundry
Bag, Mrs. A. W. Larabeo . . . COc
Best Fancy Photograph Case, Mrs.
L. S. Partridge 7Cc
Best Fancy Pincushion, Mrs.
James Johns COc
Best Fancy Pincushion, Ida Faatz 25c
Best Fancy Shoo Bag, Mrs. Al.
Blake, COc
Best Fancy Shoo Bag, Mrs. James
Johns 2Gc
Fancy Slumber Robe, Ida Faatz 76c
Fancy Embroidered Pillow Cases,
Miss Hattio Rockwell 75c
Fancy Embroidered Pillow Cases,
Blanche Barnes GOc
Fancy Embroidered Sofa Pillow,
Miss Flora nrush 7Gc
Fancy Embroidered Sofa Pillow,
Ida Faatz COc
Fancy Sofa Pillow, any kind, Mrs.
J. n. Faatz 75c
Fancy Sofa Pillow, any kind, MIsb
M. Cummins COc
Fancy Tray Cloth, Mrs. James
Johns 7Gc
Fancy Tray Cloth, Mrs. Chas.
Sutton COc
Largest Display of Fancy Work,
Mrs. R. W. Gammell 2.00
Largest Display of Fancy Work,
Mrs. Chas. Sutton 1.00
Tatting, homemade, Mrs. L. W.
Penticost COc
JIardanger Embroidery, Mrs. L. W.
Penticost ouc
Tenniffe Dollies, Lace, Mrs. L. W.
Penticost COc
Embroidered Silk Lunch Cloth,
Mrs. L. W. Penticost COc
Needlo Case, Mrs. James JohnB. GOc
PAINTINGS AND FLOWERS.
Calendnr, painted, Ethel Bonear. 7Cc
China, hand-painted, Seomoro
Barnes 7Cc
Crayon Sketch, J. R. Chandler. . . 76c
Oil Painting, Mrs. James Johns.. 1.00
Oil Painting, J. R. Chandler COc
Penciling, Ethel Bonear 76c
Penciling, Ethel Bonear, COc
Exhibit of Painting, Mrs. James
Johns 1.00
Portrait, J. R. Chandlor 75c
Water Colors, Uary R. Gilchrist. 76c
Water Colors, J. R. Chandlor.... COc
Ink Sketch, Ethel Honear 7Gc
Specimen Rcxbcgonia, Mrs. L. O.
Mumford GOc
Specimen Cnlla Lily, Mrs. Will
Uelknnp GOc
Specimen Calla Lilly, Mrs. N. H.
Llpport 25c
Specimen Geranium, Mrs. Will Uel
knnp GOc
Specimen Geranium, Ida Faatz.. 25c
Specimen Rose Geranium, Ida
Faatz GOc
Specimen Hose Geranium, Mrs.
Will nclknnp 25c
Specimen Palm, MrB. J. A. Llppert GOc
SpeclmenAster In Uloom, Mrs. N.
H. Llppert GOc!
Specimen Aster In Uloom, Miss
Hattio Rockwell 25c
Greatest Variety of House Plants
by Ono Exhibitor, Mrs. Will
Uelknnp 2 U0
Greatest Variety of House Plants
by Ono Exhibitor, William
Christ 1.00
Greatest Vnrlety of Wild Flowers,
Mrs. Polly Varcoo 2.00
Greatest Variety of Wild Flowers,
Mrs. J. A. Llppert 1.00
Greatest Variety Cut Flowers,
William Christ 1.00
Greatest Variety Cut Flowers,
Mrs. Polly Varcoo GOc
Finest Uouquet Dahlias, MrB. John
Goodllno 50c
Finest Douquet Dahlias, Mrs. J. W.
Miller 23c
Uouquet Sweet Peas, Mrs. Will
Uclknap GOc
Bouquet Sweet Peas, Ida Faatz. . 25c
Bouquet Asters, Mrs. Polly Var
coo 50c
Bouquet Itoses, Mrs Polly Varcoo bOc
Hest Cut Paper Flowers, Mrs. J.
A. Llppert C0c
Hand Mado Rafia Basket, Mrs.
James Johns GOc
Hand Made Rafia Basket, Edith
Karslako 25c
Specimen of Burned Wood, Mrs.
J. W. Miller 60c
PARTITION SALE OF LANDS OF
ROBERT HAWKEY, DEC'D.
By virtue of an order and decree
of the Orphans' Court of Wayne
County mado the 14th day of Octob
er 1912, tho undersigned Master in
Partition will expose to public sale
and sell to the highest bidder, at the
Sheriff's office in tho Court House
at Honesdale In said Wayno County,
Saturday, November 23rd, 1912, at
2 o'clock p. m., the following de
scribed real estate, viz.:
A certain lot or parcel of land sit
uate In the township of Dyberry,
Wayne county, Pennsylvania, begin
ning at a stones corner in the east
ern line of land surveyed to Sylvanus
Seely (now Richard L. Seely's) ;
thence by said tract north ten de
grees east 6ixty-one rods to a stones
corner; thence by land late of Je
hlal Justin's north flfty-flve degrees
east flfty-flve and one-half rods to
a stones corner, the southwest corn
er of Peter Coles land; thence by
other lands of the said Spencer
Hlandln south twenty-three degrees
east sixty-two rods to a post and
stones corner, In the northern line
of land surveyed to Stephen Day,
Jr.; thence by said line south sixty
seven degrees west eighty-seven and
one-fourth rods to tho place of be
ginning. Containing twenty-four
acres and sixty-five perches, be the
same more or less.
Also a certain lot or parcel of
land situate In Texas, Wayno coun
ty, Pennsylvania, bounded and de
scribed as follows: Beginning in a
corner In tho southern line of land
in tho warrantee name of Stephen
Day; thence by land now or late
Isaac P. Foster's, south twenty
three rods to the middle of the
Honesdalo and Clarksvlllo turnpike
road; thenco along the middle there
of north sixty-one and one-half de
grees west twelve and one-tenth
rods and north eighty-sir degrees
west twelve rods; thence by land of
Ira Hapeman north eight degrees
east seventeen and seven-tenths
rods to a post corner in a small
brook, and thenco by other land of
said Robert Hawkey south eighty
seven degrees east twenty and one
fourth rods to tho place of begin
ning. Containing two acres and
elghty-flvo perches, bo tho samo
more or less.
Reserving nevertheless from tho
parcel last described tho following
lot: All that certain lot of land
situate In Texas township, Wayno
county, Pennsylvania, bounded and
described as follows: Beginning at a
corner in tho middle of tho Hones
dalo and ClarkBville turnpike road,
at a point one hundred and eighty
eight feet westerly along said road
from tho lino of tho Benjamin Pol
ley tract; thenco north twenty-one
degrees east three hundred and
eighteen feet or thereabout to a
corner In a Btono fence; thenco
along tho line of said stono ifenco,
north soventy-nino and three-quarter
degrees west eighty feet to a
corner; thence south twenty-one
degrees west two hundred and
eighty-eight feet or thereabout to
tho middlo of tho said Honesdale
and Clarksvlllo turnpiko road, and
thenco along the middle of said
road, south elxty-flvo and one-quarter
degrees east, eighty feet to tho
place of- beginning. Containing
about fifty-seven ono-hundrodths of
an acre.
Being tho lands and premises
which wero of Robert Hawkey, lato
of Texas township in Wayne county,
deceased.
Tho promises to bo sold Is all
cultivated land with a two-story
framo dwelling houso thereon, front
ing on the stato road leading from
Honesdalo to Seelyvlllo, near tho
last named village.
Terms: Cash on dollvory of Mast
er's deed.
HOMER GREENE,
Master.
November 1, 1912.
ADVERTISE.
IF YOU
Want a Cook
Want a Clerk
Want a Partner
Want a Situation
Want a Servant Girl
Want to Sell a Piano
Want to Sell a Carriage
Wont to Soil Town Property
Want to Sell Your Groceries
Want to Sell Your Hardwaro
Advertise Regularly In This Paper
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-
I VAN1A, AND PUBLISHED nY OR
DER OF THE SECRETARY OF
I THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PUR-1
aUAINUW Uf AKT1ULE XVIII OF I
THE CONSTITUTION.
Number One.
A JOINT RESOLUTION. !
Proposing an amendment to article !
nino, section four, of tho Constitu
tion of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, authorizing tho
Stato to Issue bonds to tho amount
of fifty millions of dollars for tho
Improvement of tho highways of
the Commonwealth.
Section 1. Bo It resolved by tho
Senate and Houso of Representatives
of tho Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania In General Assembly met, That
tho following amendment to the Con
stitution of tho Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania be, and tho samo Is
hereby, proposed, In accordance with
tho eighteenth articlo thereof:
That section four of articlo nlno,
which reads as follows:
"Section 4. No dobt shall bo creat
ed by or on behalf of tho State, ex
cept to supply casual deficiencies of
rovonue, ropol invasion, suppress in
surrection, defend tho Stato in war,
or to pay existing debt; and the debt
created to supply deficiency in reve
nue shall never exceed, In tho 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 tho State, except
to supply casual deficiencies of rev
enue, repel invasion, suppress Imur
rectlon, defend tho State In war, or
to pay existing lebt; and tho dobt
created to supply deficiencies in rev
enue shall never exceed, in tho ag
gregate at any one time, one million
of dollars; Provided, howover, That
tho General Assembly, Irrespective of
any debt, may authorlzo 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 Constltu
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
tho following is proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
in accordance with the provisions of
the eighteenth article thereof.
Amondment to Article Three, Section
Seven.
Section 2. Amend section seven,
article three of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania, which reads a fol
lows: "Section 7. The General Assembly
shall not pass any local or special
law authorizing tho creation, exten
sion, or impairing of liens:
"Regulating tho affairs of coun
ties, cities, townships, wards, bor
oughs, or school districts:
"Changing the names of persons or
places:
"Changing tho venuo in civil or
criminal cases:
"Authorizing tho laying out, open
ing, altering, or maintaining roads,
highways, streets tor alleys:
"Relating to ferries or bridges, or
incorporating ferry or bridge com
panies, except for tho erection or
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 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 now 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 the law of descent or
succession:
"Regulating tho practice or Juris
diction of, or changing the rules ot
ovldenco In, any Judicial proceeding
or Inquiry before courts, aldermen,
justices of the peace, sheriffs, com
missioners, arbitrators, auditors,
masters In chancory, or other tribun
als, or providing or changing meth
ods for the collection of Jebts, or tho
enforcing of Judgments, or prescrib
ing tho effect of judicial sales of real
estate:
"Regulating tho foes, or extending
tho powers and duties of aldermen,
justices of the peace, magistrates or
constables:
"Regulating tho management o!
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 under disability, except after
duo notice to all partlos In intorest,
to bo recited In the special enact
ment: "Remitting Dnos, penalties and
forfeitures, or refunding moneys leg
ally paid Into the treasury:
"Exempting property from taxa
tion: "Regulating labor, trade, mining
or manufacturing.
"Creating corporations, or amend
ing, i ono wing or extending tho
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 the right to lay down a rail
road trade.
"Nor shall the General Assembly
indirectly enact such special or local
law by tho partial repeal of a general 1
law; but laws repoallng local or
special acts may bo passod:
"Nor shall any law bo passed
granting powers nnd privileges In
any case where tho granting of
Btich powors, and prlv'logcs
shnll have been provided for by gen-1
oral law, nor whoro tho courts have
Jurisdiction to grant the samo or glvo ,
tho relief asked for." so as to read
as follows:-
Section 7. Tho Genoral Assombly
shall not pass any local or special
law autnorizing the creation, exten-1
slon or Impairing of lines:
Regulating tho affairs of counties,
cities, townships, wnrds, ooroughs,
or school districts:
Chauging the names of porsons or
places:
Changing tho venuo In civil or
criminal cases:
Authorizing tho laying out, open
ing, altering, or maintaining roads,
highways, tsreete 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
or Stato:
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-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'neo 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 the practice or juris
ictlon 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 trib
unals, or providing or changing
methods for tho collection of dobts,
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 the 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:
Affectlnc 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, trado, 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 tho 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:
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 the General Assembly in
directly enact such special or local
law by tho 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 powors or privileges in any case
whero tho granting of such powers
and privileges shall havo been pro
vided for by general law, nor whero
the courts havo jurisdiction to grant
the samo or give tho relief asked for.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 2.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secrotary of the Commonwealth.
Number Three.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amondment to section
threo of article eight of the Con
stitution of Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Bo It resolved by tho
Houso ot Representatives of tho Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania (If tho
Senate concur), That tho following
is proposed as an amendment to tho
Constitution of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, In accordance with tho
provisions of tho eighteenth article
thereof:
Section 2. Amend section three of
articlo olght, which reads as follows:
"All JudgeB elected by tho oloctors
of the State nt 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 officers, for
regular tonus ot service, shall bo
held on tho municipal election day;
namely, tho Tuesday next following
tho first Monday of Novembor In each
odd-numbered year, but tho General
Assombly may by law fix a different
day, two-thirds of nil the members
of each Houbo consenting tboreto:
Provided, That such elections shall
always bo held In an odd-numbered
yoar," so as to read:
Section 3. All Judges elected' by
tho oloctors of tho Stato at large
may be elected at either a general
or municipal oloctlon, as circum
stances may require. All elections
for judges of the courts for tho sev
eral judicial districts, and for county,
city, ward, borough, and township
officers, for regular terms of service,
shall be held on the municipal elec
tion day; namely, the 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 ot all the
members of each Houso consenting
thereto: Provided, That such elec
tions shall bo held In an odd-num-b
red year Provided further, That all
Judges for tho courts of tho several
Judicial districts holding office at
tho present time, whose terms of of
flco may end In nn odd-numbered
year, shall continue to hold their of
fices until tho first Monday ot Janu
ary in tho next succeeding oven
uumbcrcd year.
A true copy of Concurrent Resolu
tion No. 3.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of tho Commonwealth.
Number Four.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to section
ono of articlo nine of tho Consti
tution of Pennsylvania, relating to
taxation.
Section 1. Uo it resolved by tho
Senate 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 ot Pennsylvania, In
accordance with the provisions of
the eighteenth article thoreof:
Section 2. Amend section ono or
article nine of tho Constitution of
Pennsylvania, which reads as fol
lows: "All taxes shall be uniform, upon
tho same class of subjects, within the
territorial limits of the authority
levying the tax, and shall be levied
and collected under general lawB;
but tho General Assembly may, by
general laws, exempt from taxation
public property used for public pur
poses, actual places of religious
worship, places ot 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 shal' bo 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,
and tho 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 ot Joint Resolution
No. 4.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Five.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to tho Con
stitution of Pennsylvania.
He 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 tho Constitution of Pennsylvania,
in accordance with the provisions ot
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 bo 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 ot five years,
either before or after the acquisition
thereof, or, where tho samo 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 tho said obligations shall
be secured by liens upon the 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 article 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 the said municipalities or
counties may incur indebtedness in
excess of seven per centum, and not
exceeding ton per centum, of tho as
sessed valuation of tho taxablo prop
erty therein, If said increaso of in
debtedness 6hall havo been nssonted
to by three-fifths of the electors vot
ing at a public olectlon, In such man
ner as shall be provided by law.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 5.
ROBERT McAFEE.
Secretary of tho Commonwealth.
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