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    THE CITIZEN, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1913.
PAGE SEVEN
TntfRoosrOfE
BIT vi
THOMAS DIXON
Copyright, 1011,
SYNOPSIS
Btuart, southern lawyer In New York, U
In lovo with Nan Primrose. Ills friend,
Dr. Woodman, who has a young daugh
ter. Is threatened with the loss of his
drug business by BlvenB, whom ho be
friended years before. Stuart visits tb
Primroses.
Nan wants Stuart to accept a placo with
Blvcns chemical trust. He dislikes Blv
ens' methods and refuses. Blvens ca
on htm.
Blvcns Is In lovo with Nan. Stuart re
fuses tho offer, and Nan breaks her en
gagement with tho lawyer. Blvens asks
Woodman to enter tho trust
"WJ6dmari wHl"rio ylcld'and sues Blvens'
company. Tho promoter tells the doctor
h and Nan aro engaged. Harriet Wood
man Is studying music. Stuart takes Nan
for a day In tho country.
Stuart pleads with Nan to glvo up Blv
cns, but tho spell of millions Is on her and
ha yields to It.
Nan becomes Mrs. Blvens. Harriet
loves Ptuart, but !'0 floes not knew it
Nine ye.rs tes. Stuart becomes district
aUornev. lie Investigates criminal trusts.
Kan asks bl.T. to call.
Btuart wants Woodman to end his suit
against Blvens, but tho doctor stands
firm. Blvcns aids Stuart In his lnvestl
cation of crooked financiers.
Stuart's revelations did In bringing on a
crisis. Blvens promises to aid tho Van
Dam Trust company, which Is In trouble.
Woodman needs money badly.
In the stock market slump engineered
by Blvens, Woodman and many others
loso all. The trust company falls because
Blvens, at command of tho money king,
breaks his word. Stuart faces his critics
In front of Blvens' bank.
CHAPTER XII.
Temptation.
WHEN Stuart had seated him
self on a luxurious leather
covered chair in the little
Bitting room bo gazed Into
the flickering flro with a fooling of
etrango excitement
Ho could hear Blvens giving orders
to Ills employees about tho removal of
his millions to the vaults below. It
Would tako hours to complete tho task,
pe could hear tho deep vibrant ring of
tho gold, as tho men dumped It into
bags.
As he listened to tho curious sound
ho began dimly to realize that tho
foundations of his life and character
were being undermined. There could
bo no mistake about It, although he
had mado somo brave talk to Blvens
faco as ho stared at tho daring display
of his money.
He lifted his oyea from tho Are and
they rested on an exquisite miniature
of Kan which had been painted Just
after he marriage, no forgot tho ten
black years of loneliness and struggle.
Ho was standing beforo her again in
all the pride and strength of those last
days of passionate longing and bitter
rebellion. His heart gave a throb of
fierce protest against tho fato that had
robbed him of the one thing on earth
ho had ever really desired. Ho tried
In vain to tseparato her from th6 strug
gle of character and principle he was
fighting with Blvens.
When Blvens entered he found his
tall figure bent low In tho chair and a
bcowI on his faco. Tho llttlo black eyes
sparkled with the certainty of victory.
He know tho poison was at work and
its wine had found tho soul.
"Now, Jim, down to business! You
can see that I havo tho cosh. What
I must havo to do the big thing I've
dreamed Is a right hand man whom
x cuu Lxuov viiu my iwiney, my uouy
and my soul. He must bo a man with
brains and farseelng eyes. A man
who will fight to tho death and bo loyal
with every breath, who will work
day and night, a man of iron nerve,
Iron muscle and a heart of steel. Come
in with mo, Jim, for all you'ro worth,
with all your brain and will and per
sonality, without a single reservation,
and I'll glvo you a partnership of one
fourth Interest in my annual Income,
and I'll guarantee that It shall never
be less than a million a year."
Btuart sprang to his foot and stared
at Blvens, gasping.
"You mean this aro you serious? I
expected tho offer of a generous salary,
Col, but this is simply stunning.''
"I told you IM mako yoa a proposi
tion so big and generous you couldn't
get away frm it. But mind you, I've
tho best reasons for making It We
aro entering tho last phase of a world
struggle for financial Supremacy. This
country is to be tho real center of
modern power. Wo must bocomo and
will bocomo quickly the economic
masters of tho world. When that hap
pens somebody Is going to bo master
hero."
, Blvens rose and paced back and forth
by Thomas Dixon
a moment.
"Somebody's going to bo master here,
Tim," he repented, "and it's not going
to be a mob, the stupid, howling, slob
bering thing that clutched at your
throat that day in front of my bank."
"No."
"Nor will it bo a clumsy soulless cor
poration called a 'trust' either, a
thing that can bo badgered and hound
ed by every hungry, thieving politician
who gets Into ofllce. The coming mas
ter of masters, tho king of kings will
be a man a man on whose imperial
word will hang tho fato of empires. I
met the king of America the other
day in tills panic, no sent for me.
You can bet I answered the call. He
made mo eat dirt and swear that I
liked tho taste of it But I'll get even
with him yet!"
Tu-o livid spots suddenly appeared
on tfe swarthy cheeks and ho choked
Into silence for a moment continuing:
"The world is waiting for its real
master not a multi-millionaire, but the
coming billionaire, Tho king of kings
is yet to come. If I had been ready
in this panic with tho capital I havo
today I could have mado a billion.
With tho power and experience I now
have and one snch man as you on
whom I can depend I'd double my
fortune every year. That moans that
in five years I will bo a billionaire,
and only forty-two.
"A billion dollars will double Itself
In seven years. At forty-two Td bo
worth a billion. At forty-nine I'd
have two billions. At fifty-eight Td
bo worth four billions and Just old
enough to really begin to do things.
"Give mo one billion answerable to
my will alone and I can rulo this
nation. Glvo mo four billions and
no king or emperor, president or par
liament on Oils globe daro to mako
peace or war without consulting mo.
"now long could tills republic stand
if such a man should see fit to change
its form? Even now our petty million
aires buy courts and legislatures, and
tho control of great cities. But the
new king would know no limitations
to this power. If Europe now cringes
at the feet of our present millionaire
king of Wall street emperors beg his
favor and princes wait at his door,
what could the real ruler of the world
do?"
Blvens' voice again sank Into low,
passionate whispers, while his black
eyes again became two points of fierce
gleaming light
When tho crucial moment came for
Stuart's manhood to answer, the
speech of bravo denunciation died on
his lips. At tho door of this yellow
empire, mightier than kings in purple
rule, his conscience halted, hesitated
and stammered. Ho found himself,
in spite of honor and character, for
the moment measuring himself with
Blvcns m tho struggle for supremacy
which would sooner or later come be
tween them if he should enter such
an alliance.
"You needn't rush your decision,
Jim. Take your time. Think it over
from every point of view. You'ro
bound to accept in tbo end."
Stuart flushed and his hand trembled.
"IfB no uso in my quibbling, Cal,
your offer is a stirring one It tempts
me Immensely. I feel tho call of thn
old blood struggle in me. I'm begin
ning to see now that tho world's battles
ro no longer fought with sword and
gun."
"Take your time, Jim," Blvcns broke
in, rising. "In tho meantime IVo got
to soo more, of yoa. Nan wants It, and
I want tt Tho politicians havo turned
you down, but tho big men who count
are afraid of yoa and they'll go out
of their way to meet you. Come up to
dinner with us tonight I want you to
make my homo your homo whether you
accept my offer or not"
Btuart hesitated.
"Beally, Cal, I oughtn't to go to
night I'm afraid rvo let you take
too much for granted. I've got to fight
this thing out alone. Ifs tho biggest
thing physically and morally I've over
been up against I've got to bo alone
for awhile."
"Oh, nonsense, bo alone as much as
you like la tea Nan Insisted on my
bringing you tonight and you've got
to come, to save me from troublo if
nothing else, rvo an engagement down
town after dinner. You and Nan can
talk over old times. I promiso you
faithfully that not a word of busi
ness shall bo spoken."
Stuart felt the foundations of life
slipping beneath his feet and yet he
couldn't keep bade the answer:
"All right, m 00 me."
As Stuart dressed for tho dinner that
nhtht ho thwight of njtrrM. .with 0
pan'g. Tie Wi prcafesa tier to try to
keep out of danger. But could she
know or understand tho struggle
through which he was passing? Ho
wondered vaguely why ho had seen so
little of her lately. She had become
more and moro absorbed In her music,
and her manner had grow shy and
embarrassed. Yet whenever ho had
resented It and stopped to lounge and
chat and draw her out sho was always
her old sweet self. The doctor, too,
had avoided him of late, and ho notic
ed that his clothes had begun to look
shabby. Ho caught him hurrying from
the house and laid his hand affection
ately on his arm.
"Those are tough times, doctor, and
if you need any help you must let
mo know."
Tho older man's volco trembled as he
replied:
"Thank you, my boy, that's a very
unusual speech to hear theso days. It
renews my faith in tho world."
"You'ro not In trouble?"
Tho doctor lifted his head gently.
"My troubles aro so much lighter
than those of the people I know I
cant think of them. So many of my
friends and patients havo given up
In tills panic. So many havo died for
the lack of bread. I'll let you know
If I'm In troublo myself."
He paused and pressed Stuart's
hand.
"I'm glad you asked mo. The sun
will shine brighter today. I must
hurry."
With a swing of his stalwart form
and a generous wave of his hand ho
was gone.
When Stuart reached the drive ho
alighted and walked slowly toward the
Blvens palace. He had never boon
there before, ne had always avoided
the spot Ho smiled now at tho child
ishness of his attitude toward Nan.
Tho full moon had Just risen and
flooded tho drive and park and river
with silvery mystery, no studied tho
effects of tho building with wonder
and admiration. Evidently Blvens had
given his architects a free hand and
they had wrought a poem In marble.
So fascinated was Stuart with tho
beauty and perfection of the great
house he walked around tho block 1m
foro entering, viewing It from every
angle. What a strange thing, this
medieval palace, standing In stately
beauty in tho midst of the hideous,
ugly uniformity of the most modern,
unromantlc and materialistic city of
the world! What was Its meaning?
nad a new master of tho world real
ly been born? Surely his like had
never been seen In tho history of man
this modern money maniac, this
strange creature of Iron muscles, al
ways hurrying, daring, scheming, plot
ting, with never a moment's relaxation.
Stuart was shown Into tho drawing
room by a powdered flunky whose cos
tume was designed by one of tho court
tailors of Europe. While awaiting tho
arrival of the mistress of tho house ho
looked about the room with increasing
amazement, no found tho perfection
of grace, elegance, quiet richness and
surprising beauty.
Ue began to realize for tho first time
the triumph of tho woman who . had
bartered him for gold, nis eye rested
on a lifo size portrait of Nan done by
tho foremost artist of Europe. The
artist had caught tho secret of her
character and expressed it with genius
in tho poise of tho superb form, tho
incarnation of sensuous, soulless beauty
dominated by keen Intelligence.
Ue wondered if she really showed
tho ten years added to her ago. At
least he knew that sho had not been
happy. There was somo consolation
in that Uer ceaseless efforts to win
back his friendship had left no room
for doubt lie sank deep into the great
chair and silently waited her coming.
When Nan's radiant figure appeared
in tho doorway, her bare arm 'extend
ed, her Hps parted In a tender smile,
Stuart knew that his faco was red.
The fact that ho know it increased his
confusion until tho wholo room became
a blur. Her hand touched his. Tho
shock was sobering; ho remembered
himself and smiled.
"What a long, long time, Jim!"
"A thousand years I think, Nan," he
stammered.
"Nino hundred, to bo exact sir, but
better late than never. I began to
think your stubbornness would post
pone this call until the next world.
Mr. Blvens was detained downtown on
business. I am awfully sorry he's not
here to Join In my welcome. But I
am disappointed In you."
"Why?"
"My vanity Is hurt I expected to
find you, after nino years, wjth deep
lines of suffering written on your face.
You are better looking than ever. The
fow gray hairs about your temples are
extremely becoming. Your honors have
given you a new repose, dignity and re
serve power."
"Allow mo to return tho compliment
by saying that you aro even a more
startling disappointment to mo. I was
sure that I should find you broken.
You are far more beautiful than over.
Tho only changos I sco merely add
to your power tho worldly wisdom
which marriage writes on every wom
an's face, a now strength, a warmth
and fascination and a conscious Joy at
which I wonder and rago,"
"Why wonder and rago?"
She drew him gently to a seat by her
side, leaned forward and gazed smil
ingly at him.
"When I sco you tonight in all this
splendor, so Insolently happy"
Nan sprang to hor feet laughing.
"You aro delicious tonight Jim, and
I'm so glad you are here. Come Into
tho art gallery. It will tako you days
to see it; wo'H Just peep in tonight"
Ho followed her Into a stately room
packed with masterpieces of art
Stuart gazed a moment in 'rapture.
"You must spend days hero, Jim.
Now, honestly, with all your high-
"What a long time, Jim!"
browed Ideals, wouldn't you like to own
this?"
"No. Not if I had the wealth of
Croesus."
"Why not?"
"It's a crime to rob tho world of
these masterpieces Of genius. They
should bo the free Inheritance and In
spiration of all tho children of men."
Nan gazed at Stuart in vague be
wilderment nnd then a mischievous
smile crept into tho corners of her
mouth.
"You'ro trying to throw dust in my
eyes, but I can tell you what you aro
really thlnklug. You aro really won
dering why tho wicked prosper."
"You nre wrong," he replied slowly.
"Why tho wicked prosper has never
worried me In the least Tho first big
religious Idea I over got hold of was
that this Is tho best possible world God
could have created because it's free.
Man must chooso, otherwise his deeds
have no meaning. A deed of mine Is
good merely because I havo the power
to do Its opposite If I chooso. In this
free world, step by step, I can riso or
fall through suffering nnd choosing."
"Oh, Jim," Nan broke in softly, "I've
mado you suffer horribly. You havo
the right to bo hard and bitter."
Ue looked at Nan cautiously and be
gan to study her every word and
movement and weigh each accent Did
sho mean what her words and tones
implied? In a hundred llttlo ways
moro eloquent than speech sho had
said to him tonight that tho old love
of tho morning of life was still tho ono
living thing. Ho put her to llttlo tests
to try the genuineness of hor feeling.
Ho threw off his restraint and led her
back to the scenes of their youth.
When dinner ended sho was leaning
close, her eyes misty with tears, nnd n
faraway look In them that told of
memories moro vivid and alluring
than all tho splendors of her palace
Stuart drew a breath of conscious tri
umph, and his figure suddenly grew
tenso with a desperate resolution. But
only for a moment
He frowned, looked at his watch
and rose abruptly.
"I must bo going, Nan," ho said with
sudden coldness.
"Why, Jim," sho protested, "It's only
10 o'clock. I wont hear of Buch a
thing."
"Yes, I must" ho persisted. "I've
an important caso tomorrow. I must
work tonight"
"You shall not gol" Nan cried. "I've
waited nino years for this ono even
ing's chat with you. Como into tho
music room, sit down and brood as
long as you Ilka. I've planned to
charm you with an old accomplish
ment of mine tonight"
Sho led him to a rich couch, piled
tho pillows high, made him snug, drew
a harp near tho other end and began
to tuno its strings.
Stuart gazed at tho paintings on tho
cellTng and In n moment was lost in
visions of tho future his excited fancy
began to weave.
A volco whispered:
"Unless you are a coward, grasp the
power that is yours by dlvino right of
nature. Why should you walk whllo
pygmies rldo? Why should you lag
behind tho age hi this fierce struggle
for supremacy? The woman who sits
beforo you is yours if you only daro
to tear her from tho man who holds
her by tho fiction of dying customs!"
He felt his heart throb as another
Poke within cried:
"Yet why should I, an heir to Im
mortality, whoso will can shape a
world, why should I live a beast of
prey with my hand against every
nan?"
The answer woe the memory of dirty
flngor nails closing ou his throat while
a mob of howling fools surged over
his body and cursed him for trying to
save them from themselves. Again bo
heard a woman's voice as sho held his
head close, whispering:
"Ivo something to say to you, Jim!"
His Hps tightened with sudden de
cision. Tho golden gates of tho for
blddon land swung open and. his soul
entered.
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AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND
DIItECTINO A SPECIAL ELECTION
FOIt THE PURPOSE OF OBTAIN
ING THE ASSENT OF THE ELECTORS
OF THE BOROUGH OF HONESDALE
TO AN INCREASE OF THE BOROUGH
INDEBTEDNESS.
Whereas, There exists an appropriation
of $17,600.00 made by the Highway Depart
ment of tho Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania for Wayne county, which appropri
ation la available for paving purposes In
the borough of Honesdale; and
WHEREAS, In order to obtain and se
cure this appropriation tho said borough
must, "a," Connect the paved street with
an existing State Highway, "b," Have
the pavement completed before the first
of June 1314. And WHEREAS, The State
Highway engineers have made a survey
and draft of the streets proposed to be
paved, to wit: Main street from tho
south side of Fourth street to Weaver's
crossing forty feet In width, and from
Weaver's crossing to tho north line of tho
borough twenty-threo feet In width, along
which the Trolley line will run, nnd from
Weaver's crossing along West Park
street to the west lino of the borough six
teen feet wide, there connecting with an
existing State Highway: and WHEREAS,
tho State engineers estimate, tho cost of
a vitrified brick pavement along the said
streets at sixty-nine thousand dollars,
and WHEREAS, Tho paper obligations
of tho said borough together with the
present indebtedness would exceed two
per cent, of the last assessed valuation
of tho said borough; and WHEREAS,
The Wayne County Railway Company
are about to lay their rails upon Main
street and it Is desirable that tho said
street should be paved ns tho rails aro
laid; and WHEREAS, Deducting from
the" estimated cost, "a," The Appropria
tion, "b," The amount to be paid by the
Railway Company, as per their franchise,
which amount is to be paid direct to the
pavo contractor, would leave a paper in
crease of indebtedness of not exceeding
forty thousand dollars, and deducting the
two-thirds of the remaining cost of the
said pave to be paid by the owners of
real estate bounded by or abutting there
on, which amount Is to be paid direct to
the borough Treasurer would leave the
actual Increased Indebtedness less than
fifteen thousand dollars. THEREFORE:
Sec. First Be It enacted and ordained
by the Town Council of the borough of
Honesdale In the county of Wayne and
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in coun
cil assembled, and it Is hereby enacted
and ordained by tho authority of tho
same; That tho Town Council deslro to
make an Increase of the present In
debtedness and for that purpose set forth
the following statement.
"a." That the last assessed valuation
of the said borough is two million one
hundred and ninety thousand ono hun
dred and eighty dollars.
..I'0;!' TIiat tlie present Indebtedness Is
$17,450.00.
"c." That tho per centago of Increase
Is two per cent.
"d." That tho purpose of said Increase
Is to defray the cost of pave upon Main
and West Park streets.
Sec. Second That a special election be
held In the said borough on tho Eleventh
day of July, 1913, for the purposo of ob
taining by ballot tho consent of the elec
tors of tho said borough for tho said In
crease of indebtedness for the purposes
aforementioned.
The foregomg Urdlnance was on tho
Fifth day of Juno A. D. 1913, ordained
and enacted, adopted and passed by the
Town Council of tho borough of Hones
dale In council assembled as an ordin
ance of the said borough, to go Into ef
fect and operation from and after the
publication thereof according to law.
, MARTIN CAUFIELD,
President of tho Town Council of tho
Borough of Honesdale.
JOHN ERIC,
Secretary of tho Town Council of the
Borough of Honesdale.
Approved this Sixth day of June, 1913.
chas. a. Mccarty,
47wl. Burgess.
AN ORDINANCE FOR ASSESSING
UPON, AND COLLECTING FROM,
THE OWNERS OF REAL ESTATE
BOUNDING OR ABUTTING UPON
MAIN OR WEST PARK STREETS, THE
TWO-THIRDS OF THE BALANCE OF
THE COST OF PAVING AND CURB
ING THE SAME.
Section First. Bo It enacted and or
dained by the Town Council of tho bor
ough of Honesdale in tho county of
Wayne and Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania, In council assembled, and It Is
hereby enacted and ordained by the au
thority of tho same; that there be assess
ed upon and collected from -tho owners
of the real estate bounding or abutting
upon Main and West Park streets two
thirds of tho balance of the cost of pav
ing and curbing the same. This balance
to be ascertained by deducting from tho
aggregate cost of paving and curbing
the said streets; "a," The amount of tho
State appropriation, "b," The amount
paid by the Wayno County Railway Com
pany to the Pave Contractor. Tho
amount per foot front to be an equal as
sessment, as governed and controlled by
tho width of tho pavement in front of
each of the said owners of real estate
bounding or abutting upon the said
streets.
Section Second Tho assessment mado
as provided In Sec. First hereof, shall
be payable In five equal Installments; the
first Installment shall become duo and
payable thirty (30) days after tho com
mencement of the work, and the balance
In four equal annual Installments there
after: said Installments shall bear Inter
est at the rate of six per cent, per an
num commencing thirty (30) days after
tho beginning of the work until paid, but
the wholo amount of tho assessment may
bo paid at any time during the said
period.
Tho foregoing ordinance was on the
Fifth day of June A. D, 1913 enacted and
ordained, adopted and passed, by the
Town Council of tho Borough of Hones
dale, In council assembled, as an ordin
ance of the said borough, to go Into ef
fect and operation from and after tho
publication thereof according to law.
THE DELAWARE AND
Saratoga Springs
and
Lake
Ten Days9
Saturday, August 2, 1913
Arrange Your Vacation Accordingly.
and the final confirmation adoption and
enactment thereof after thirty days from
date. t "
MARTIN CAUFIELD,
President of Iho Town Council of the
Borough of Honesdale.
JOHN ERIC,
Secretary of tho Town Council of tho
Borough of Honesdale.
Approved this Sixth day of June, 1913.
chas. A. Mccarty,
47wl Burgcsa.
NOTICE OF A SPECIAL- ELECTION
TO THE ELECTORS OF THE BOR
OUGH OF HONESDALE.
WHEREAS, The Town Council of tho
Borough of Honesdale, by an Ordinance
duly enacted, havo authorized and di
rected the grading, curbing and paving
of Main and West Park streets In tho
said borough, havo set forth' that the
cost therefor would Increase the debt of
the said borough to an amount exceeding
two per cent, of tho last assessed valua
tion thereof, and that a special election
for tho purpose of obtaining tho assent of
the electors of the said borough to tho
proposed increase of tho Indebtedness;
Therefore NOTICE is hereby given that
a public election will be held in tho
Court House In the said borough at tho
placo and by tho officers provided by law
for the holding of Municipal elections In
said borough on
FIUDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF
JULY, 1013,
for the purpose of obtaining the assent
of the Electors of the said borough to tho
increase of indebtedness, as mentioned
In the said ordlnanco; said Election to bo
held In tho manner and during the hours
fixed by law for holding municipal elec
tions and subject to tho provisions of
law relating to such elections.
Tho following Is a statement of the last
assessed valuation of said borough, tho
per cent, of Increase, the present Indebt
edness, and the purpose for payment of
which tho said Increase Is desired.
Tho last assessed valuation Is 12,190,
1S0.0O. Tho present Indebtedness Is $17,450.00.
The per cent, of increase desired Is two
per cent.
The purpose of said Increase is to de
fray the expense of grading, curbing and
Eavlng Main and West Park streets with
rick.
By direction of tho Town Council by
ordinance.
MARTIN CAUFIELD,
President otTown Council of the Borough
of Honesdale.
JOHN ERIC,
Secretary of the Town Council of tho
Borough of Honesdale.
Honesdale, Cth June, 1913. 47w4
AN Act prohibiting tho furnishing, by
gift, sale, or otherwise, of cigarettes
or cigarette paper to minors; requir
ing minors to divulge where nnd from
whom cigarettes or cigarette paper havo
been obtained; and providing penalties
for violation of this act.
Section i. Be it enacted, etc., That any
Eerson who shall furnish to any minor,
y gift, sale, or otherwise, any cigarette
or cigarette paper, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction there
of Bhall be sentenced to pay a fine of
not less than ono hundred dollars
($100.00) nor more than three hundred dol
lars (?300.00.)
Section 2. Any minor, being In posses
sion of a cigarette or of cigarette paper,
and being by any police officer, con
stable, Juvenile court officer, truant offi
cer, or teacher In any school, asked
where and from whom such cigarette or
cigarette paper was obtained, who shall
refuse to furnish such Information, shall
bo guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof, before any alderman,
magistrate, or Justice of the peace, such
minor, being of the age of sixteen or up
wards, shall be sentenced to pay a fine
not exceeding five dollars, or to undergo
an Imprisonment In tho Jail of the proper
county not exceeding five days, or both.
If such minor shall be under the ago of
sixteen years, ho or she shall be certi
fied by such alderman, magistrate, or
Justice to tho Juvenile court of the coun
ty, for such action as to said court shall
seem proper.
Section 3. Tho act approved May sev
enth, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-nine, entitled "An act to prohibit
tho sale of cigarettes to persons under
tho age of sixteen years, and prescribing
tho punishment for the same," and the
act approved April fourth, ono thousand
nine hundred and three, entitled "An act
for the protection of the health of per
sons addicted to the smoking of cigar
ettes, and imposing a fine for tho viola
tion of its provisions," and tho act ap
proved tho sixteenth of March, one
thousand nine hundred and five, entitled
"An act to amend an act, entitled 'An
act for tho protection of the health of
persons addicted to the smoking of cig
arettes, and Imposing a fine for tho vio
lation of Its provisions,' approved April
fourth, Anno Domini, ono thousand nino
hundred and three," and all other acts
and parts of acts, inconsistent with the
provisions of this act, are hereby re
pealed. Approved The Oth day of May A. D.
1913.
JOHN IC. TENER.
Tho foregoing Is a true and correct copy
of the Act of the General Assembly No.
137.
Robert McAfee,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Published by order of Court.
48eI2 Wallace J. Barnes, Clerk.
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