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THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1913.
NATIONS TO UNITE
IN PERRY TRIBUTE
Will Galsbrate Centenary of
Battle of Lake Erie.
PRESIDENT WILL SPEAK.
Put-in-Bay, O., to Ba Scene of Cele
bration a Hundred Years After Bat
tle, Marking Century of Peace Be
tween English Speaking Peoples.
Taft to Be Orator of the Day.
The Perry's! victory centennial com
mission, whoso headquarters arc at
Cleveland, O., have Just announced the
program for the exercises at Put-iu-B'ay,
Ohio, Sept 10 and 11. This cele
bration will bo international in its
scope, as It. will commemorate the
equal valor and heroism of the sailors
of both iloots participating In the bat
tle of Lake' Erie, which was fought on
Sept 10, 1813, and also the fact that
this battle marked the end of naval
warfare on the great lakes and was a
herald of the century of peace between
the English speaking peoples that ,wlll
have ensued since the signing of the
treaty of Ghent, Dec. 21, 1814.
Delegations consisting of the gover
nors and their staffs, state officials,
members ofaho United States senate
and house of representatives and other
distinguished citizens from the ten
Btates participating in this centennial
will be present
Ten States Represented.
These states are Rhode Island, which
was the birthplace of Commodore Per
ry; Kentucky, which furnished many
of the members of his crew and 75 per
cent of the soldiers of General Harri
son's army, which, following the battle
of Lake Erie, won the battle of the
Thames, and tlio lake states New
York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illi
nois, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minne
sota, which wore most directly affect
ed by this battle, and Louisiana, on
whose soil the last battlo of the wnr
of 1812 was fought The delegations
from Rhode Island, Illinois, Michigan
and Wisconsin will go to the bay on
special boats chartered for this pur
pose. The exercises will be opened on the
morning of Sept 10, at 11:45 o'clock,
with a national salute, this being the
hour at which the first shot of the bat
tle of Lake Erie was fired 100 years
ago.
The exercises will be held In the
largo coliseum nt'Put-ln-Bay. Commo
dore George II. Worthington of Clove
land, president general of tho inter
state board of the Perry's victory cen
tennial commissioners, will call the
meeting to order and introduco Gover
nor Cox of Ohio, who will preside.
President to Speak.
President Woodrow Wilson will
epcak for tho United States and n dis
tinguished Canadian for the Dominion
of Canada. The oration of tho day
will bo delivered by former President
Taft and addresses will also bo deliv
ered by Lieutenant Governor It B.
Burchard of 'Ithodo Island, represent
ing Perry's native state, and Rev. J. A.
Carey of Chicago, representing tho ne
gro race, which did valiant service in
tho battlo of Lake Erie.
After theso exercises tho invited
guests will go to Cedar Point, where a
banquet given by the interstate board
will bo held. This banquet will bo at
tended by tho official representatives
of tho United States government and
tho Dominion of Canada and tho rep
resentatives of the ten states partici
pating in the centennial. The presi
dent of the Daughters of tho War of
1812 and tho governor of each of tho
participating states will bo invited to
respond to tho toasts.
The morning of Sept 11 tho guests
will return to Put-in-Bay. On this day
will occur tho impressive ceremony of
tho removal from their present graves
of the bones of tho American and Brit
,lsh officers killed in tho battlo of Lake
'Erie to tho crypt In the Perry memo
rlal.'whero they will bo rclnterred with
International honors.
Sailors Buried In Lake.
Following tho battlo of Lake Erie,
tho sailors who were killed In tho en
gagement were buried in tho lake. The
bodies of tho officers were brought to
Fut-in-Bay island, whero they were
burled. That funeral was described
by Historian Georgo Bancroft as fol
lows: An .opening on the margin of Put-In-Bay
was selected for the burial place for
the officers who had fallen. Tho day was
serene, the breezes hushed, the water un
ruffled by a wavelet The men of both
fleets mourned together. As tho boats
moved slowly In procession tho musicians
played dirges, to which the oars' kept
time. The (lags showed tho sign of sor
row. Solemn minute guns wero heard
from tho ships. Tho spot whero the
funeral train went on shore was a wild
solitude. Tho Americans and British
walked in alternate couples to tho graves,
like men who In the presence of eternity
renewed tho relations of brothers and
members of one human family, and the
bodies of tho dead wero likewise borne
along and burled alternately, English and
American side by side and undistin
guished. Tho exercises on tho 11th of Septem
ber will bo conducted by American and
British chaplains jointly, ns was done
s hundred years ago.
Would Pay Vice President $25,000,
Senator Saulsbury of Delaware Is tho
author of n bill just Introduced In con
gress to lncreaso tho salary of tho vice
president from $12,000 to $25,000 a
year.
MEXICO j
When Mexico's troubles are ended and the
last fako story ho3 died,
When tho lnsurrectos are quiet and the
Ink on tho scare heads has dried.
Wo shall rest, and faith wo shall need it,
sit back for a morning or two
Till tho writers of nightmare stories shall
set us a-etcwlng anew.
And Juaree at last shall bo happy, El
Tho towns on tho IUo Grando will never
sco soldiers mere.
They shall hove real bull lights to plcaso
them, with no"cr a belligerent call.
They will dozo for a day at a sitting In
the shodo of an old 'dobo wall.
And Undo Port Diaz shall pralso us, and
Uncle Port Dlaz shall blame.
And no ono shall root for Huerta or boost
tho Zapata game.
But each who would read of frljolcs shall
pick up hlB paper and faint
For tho Joy of tho thing when ho sees It
tho Mexican war yarn that ain't.
Denver Republican.
NOW PLAN MONUMENTS
TO BEAUTIFY THE CANAL
Architect's Report Is Laid Before Con
gress by the President.
President Wilson has Just sent to
congress a report by tho commission of
fine arts outlining a plan for beautify
ing tho Panama canoC This includes
two monuments and impressive archi
tectural features at tho entrance.
Daniel C. French, a New York
sculptor, and Frederick Law Olmstead,
landscapo architect of Boston, s.pent
two weeks on the isthmus, nnd the re
port submitted by tho president is
based on their recominendatlQns. The
commission does not find the canal
construction work to be of architec
tural beauty.
"Tho entlro absence of ornament and
no evidences of the aesthetic" ono
of tho phrases describing tho work on
tho canal. This, however, tho commis
sion admits was to bo expected of a
work that was to bo "strfttly for util
ity." "Like the pyramids, it is lmpressivo
because of its scale and simplicity,"
observes tho commission. "Anything
dono merely to beautify would have
been an impertinence in a work of that
character."
One important recommendation made
by tho commission is for a monument
at Culebra, where tho canal passes
through tho continental divide. It is
proposed that tho monument bo at
least 100 feet high and of greater
width, suitable for some inscription
that moy bo read from tho otherSsldo
of tho canal. Tho commission nlsorec
ommonds n monument at Gold hill, the
highest point in tho Culebra cut and
some suitable structure in tho form of
an archlat tho point whero tho chan
nel front Llmon bay ends nnd tho canal
actually begins, and something similar
at tho Pacific entrance.
A fringe of trees rising from the
waters in Gatun lake Is condemned
from an architectural viewpoint. Colo
nel Goothals said it would have been
too expensive to have removed tho
trees.
Tho commission recommends an ad
ditional lighthouso nt tho Atlantic en
trance of tho canal. Tho plan of tho
shops at Balboa is condemned as un
sightly, but this work has advanced so
far that a change in tho plan Is not
practical.
Tho commission approves the gen
eral plan for beautifying tho Pacific
entranco to tho canal.
$1,000,000 MARRIAGE PLOT.
Alleged Scheme Discovered to Despoil
Three Indians of Lands.
Judgo E. J. Van Court of Oklahoma
was In Carlisle, Pa recently taking
tho depositions of two young Indians
at tho Carlisle school in n suit involv
ing an alleged marriage conspiracy to
get possession of tho $1,000,000 estate
of tho Dcrrisaws, an Indian family.
It is alleged that Becloy Derrisaw, then
eighteen years old, was lured from his
homo In Oklahoma a year ago by a
companion, conducted to McAlester and
induced to marry ono Salllo Clndlo,
aged thirty years. Ho married with
out tho permission of It. B. Hutchin
son, his guardian. Under tho Oklaho
ma law a marriage without such per
mission can bo annulled. ,Tho purpose
of tho present suit Is to annul tho Der
risaw marriage.
Beoloy Derrisaw, his brother Oscar,
eleven, nnd his sister Mattlo are joint
heirs to tho $1,000,000 estate It is
alleged that tho schemers also had
picked out mates for Oscar nnd Mattlo.
Tho guardian sent tho girl to an Ari
zona Indian school nnd Oscar nnd .Bee
ley to Carlisle.
Tho conspirators are said to be led
by an Oklahoma banker.
TO REFIT CONSTELLATION.
Appropriation Asked In Congress For
Navy's Oldest Ship,
Tho old frignto Constellation, built
in Baltimore In 1707, when President
Washington laid tho foundations of tho
American navy, nnd under Captain
Thomas Truxtun, tho victor of'dcclslvo
'fights with tho French frigates La In-
purgento in 1709, and La Vengeance
In 1800, which established tho United
States as a maritime- power, has come
into tho records of congress again as
a living part of tho nation's naval es
'tabllshmcnt
An appropriation of $50,000 was ask
cd by Representative' Llnthlcum of
Maryland for tho "repair and littjng
out" of tho historic ship, tho oldest
in tho navy. Tho Constellation is nt
N'ewnort. Tho resolution would nro
rido for her transfer to Baltimore for
)ubllc exhibition.
SPENT 23 YEARS
IN AFRICAN WILD
Black Men Are Splendid Race,
Says Missionary.
WOMEN ARE SUFFRAGETTES.
More Advanced In Every Way Than
the Men, Says Scotchman, Returning
to America Cannabalism Rarely
Practiced, and Never by the Women.
Opposed to Conversion.
Daniel Crawford, a Scotchman, who
lost himself In tho heart of Africa for
twenty-three years and who recently
produced n book called "Thinking
Black," arrived in New York n fow
days ago. The missionary author Is
a short man with sandy hair, beard
and mustache. He has sharp llashlug
eyes nnd n mnnnor of speaking rapidly
and with great emphasis.
"For twenty-three years," said Mr.
Crawford on his arrival, "I never wore
n collur, never saw a train of cars and
hardly ever spoke to af white man. I
rpally feel'more negro than white man.
A quarter of a century ngo I was n
young man, and I was dying of con
sumption. I heard that the climate of
Africa would be good for my trouble,
and I went there as a missionary. I
struck into tho heart of the country
alone and lived by my rifle.
Blacks a Magnlfioent Race.
"I found the black men in Africa a
magnificent race," Mr. Crawford con
tinued. "I settled nmong the Luban
tribes. There nre about a million of
those people. They speak a wonderful
language, which it took mo years to
learn. There are twenty-three tenses
of the verb and the noun has nineteen
genders. I translated tho Bible Into
the Luban language and nlso wrote u
grammar, which, incomplete though it
is, gives a pretty good idea of tho
tongue."
'Did you find any of these peoples
cannibals?" Mr. Crawford was nsked.
'Very few," he replied, "and it may
Interest you to know thnt there Is no
such thing ns a female cannibal. Al
though the men may eat human flesh
tho women of tho same tribe never do.
The women are further ndvanced than
the men and they band together to pro
tect themselves from 'man tho mon
ster.' Yes, tho movement for equal
suffrage Is probably stronger in Cen
tral Africa than anywhere In the
world."
Advised Against Conversion.
"And wore you able to convert these
people to Christianity?"
'The tribesmen with whom I made
my residence were ready to profess
Christianity, but I .dissuaded them
from it They would have been but
nominal Christians, nnd I feared that
a change of faith would result in their
destruction. Unless you have seen
them ns they are you can have but n
faint conception of theso black men in
their natural stnte. The 'civilized'
blacks hnve picked up njl your vices
and fow of your virtues. But the negro
under nntural conditions possesses n
culture of his own. Ho has a definite
and delightful code of etiquette."
Mr. Crawford said that after his
visit to this country was over ho would
return to Africa to live again among
tho people with whom he hns chosen
to speud tho greater part of his life.
LESS AMERICANS TO CANADA.
Report Shows Decrease of Such Im
migration to Dominion.
Immigration figures for tho first
three months of the fiscal year just
issued nt Ottawa, Ont, show nn ln
creaso of British and European im
migrants over tho same period last
year and a heavy decreaso In Imralgra
tlon from tho United States.
American settlers entering Canada
during the first quarter this year num
bered 44,003, as against 53,343 in the
same period last' year. Total arrivals
wore 210,200, as against 175,340 in tho
same period last year. Of theso 84,305
came from Great Britain, nn Increase
of 15,000. Tho government estimates
that tho American settlers brought
with them in ensh and effects up
ward of $07,000,000.
SHINS RUE SLIT TROUSERS
First Man to Wear Them la Kicked
by Newsboys.
A martyr to fashion, W. Lefflngwoll
Doak, a member of tho north side gen
tility of Pittsburgh, was mobbed by a
gang of newsboys in that city. Doak
was the first wearer of tho prophesied
slit trousers.
When tho boys saw tho innovation
they gathered about Doak, voicing un
complimentary criticisms. Finally they
began to jostle him and kick him in the
shins. At sight of a policeman they
scattered.
Doak's trousers wero ol a light check
material. Tho slit extended from tho
bottom outside to about six inches
from tho knee. Bright green hosiery
of tho length women wear wero dis
closed. '
New Gold Field In Kongo.
A gold field of exceptional richness
has been discovered in tho southern
part of tho province of Katanga, in
tho Belgian Kongo, ncordlng to dis
patches Just received In Antwerp.
Some of the samples are declared to
j Held an ounce of gold to the ton.
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
THE CONSTITUTION SUBMIT
TED TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS
COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR AP
PROVAL OR REJECTION, BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OP THE
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYL
VANIA, AND PUBLISHED BY OR
DER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE
COMMONWEALTH, IN PURSUANCE
OF ARTICLE 2Vni OF THE CON
STITUTION.
Number One.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to article
nine, section rour, or tno (jonsuiu
tion of tho Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, authorizing the State to
Issue bonds to tho amount of fifty
millions of dollars for the improve
ment of the highways of the Com
monwealth.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of tho Commonwealth of Pennsylva
nia in General Assembly met That
the following amendment to tho Con
stitution of tho Commonwealth or
Pcnnslvvanla bo. and the Bamo is
horeby, proposed, in accordance with
tho eighteenth article tnereoK
That section four of article nine,
which reads as follows:
"Section 4. No debt shall bo ere
ated by or on behalf of tho State,
except to supply casual deficiencies
of revenuo, repel invasion, suppress
insurrection, defend tho State in war,
or to pay existing debt; and tho debt
created vto supply deficiency in reve
nuo shall nover exceed, in tho aggro,
gate at. any ono time, one million ot
dollars," be amended so as to read
as follows:
Section 4. No debt shall bo cre
ated by or on behalf of. tho State,
except to supply casual deficiencies
of revenue, repel invasion, suppress
Insurrection, defend the State in wnr,
or to pay existing debt; and the
debt crcatod to suppy deficiencies In
revenue shall never exceed, in the
aggregate at nny ono time, one mil
lion of dollars: Provided, howover(
That tho General Assembly, irre
spective of any debt may authorize
tho State to issue bonds to the
amount of fifty millions of dollars for
the purpose of imp'roving and rebuild
ing of highwnys of the Common
Wealth. 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 tho Consti
tution of Pennsylvania, so as to
permit special legislation regulat
ing labor.
Section 1. Bo 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 of Pennsylvania, in
accordance with the provisions of tho
eighteenth article thereof. Amend
ment to Article Three, Section Seven.
Section 2. Amend section seven,
article three of tho Constitution of
Pennsylvania, which reads as fol
lows: -"Section
7. Tho General Assem
bly shall not pass any local or spe
cial law authorizing tho creation, ex
tension, or impairing of liens:
"Regulating tho affairs of counties,
cities, townships, wards, boroughs.
or school districts:
"Changing tho names of persons
or places:
"Changing tho venue in civil or
criminal cases:
"Authorizing tho laying out, open
ing, altering, or maintaining roads,
highways, streets or alleys:
"Rplating to ferries or bridges, or
incorporating ferry or bridge compa
nies, except for the erection of
bridges crossing streams which form
boundaries between this and any
other State:
"Vacating roads, town plats, streets
or alloys:
"Relating to cemeteries, grave
yards, 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, or changing then: charters:
"For tho opening and conducting
of elections, or fixing or changing
the place 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 officers in coun
ties, cities, boroughs, townships, elec
tion or school districts:
"Changing tho law of descent or
succession:
"Regulating the practico or Juris
diction of, or changing tho rules of
evidence In, any Judicial proceeding
or inquiry uoioro courts, aldermen,
justices or tho peace, sheriffs, com
missioners, arbitrators, auditors, mas
ters in chancery, or other tribunals,
or providing or changing methods for
the collection of debts, or tho en
forcement of Judgments, or prescrib
ing tho effect ot Judicial sales of real
estate: '
"Regulating tho fees, or extending
tho powers and duties of aldermen,
Justices of tho peace, magistrates or
constables:
"Regulating the management of
public schools, tho building or re
pairing of school houses and tho rais
ing of money for such purposes:
"Fixing tho rate of interest:
"Affecting tho estates of minors or
persons under disability. cxccDt af
ter duo notico to all parties In in
terest, to bo recited in tho special
enactment:
"Remitting fines, penalties and for
feitures, or refunding moneys legally
paia into tno treasury:
"Exempting proporty from taxa
tion:
"Regulating labor, trade, mining
or manuracturing:
"Creating corporations, or amend
ing, "renewing or extending the char
ters thereof:
"Granting to any corporation, asso
ciation or individual any special or
exclusive privilege or Immunity, or to
any corporation, association or indi
vidual the right to lay down a rail
road track:
"Nor shall tho General Assembly
indirectly enact such Bpecial or lo
cal law by tho partial repeal of a
general law; but laws repealing local
or special acts may bo passed:
"Nor shall any law lis passed
granting powers and privileges in
any case whero tho granting of such
powers and privileges shall have
been provided for by general law,
nor where the courts havo jurisdlc?.
tlon to gnfnt tho same or give tho
relief asked for," so as to read as
follows:
Section 7. Tho General Assembly
shall not pass any local or special
law authorizing the creation, exten
sion or impairing of liens:
Regulating the affairs of counties,
cities, townships, wards, boroughs, or
school districts:
Changing the names of persons or
places:
Changing tho venue in civil or
criminal cases:
Authorizing tho laying out open
ing, altering, or maintaining roads,
highway, streets or alleys:
Relating to ferries or bridges, or
incorporating ferry or bridge compa
nies, 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, graveyards,
or public (grounds not of the State:
Authorizing the 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, vor fixing or changing the
place of voting:
Granting divorces:
EBflcting new townships or bor-
ouglrs, changing township lines, bor
ough! limits, or school districts:
Creating offices, or prescribing the
powers and duties of officers in coun
ties, cities, boroughs, townships,
election or school districts:
Changing the law of descent or
succession:
Regulating the practico or jurisdic
tion of, or changing the rules of evi
dence in, any judicial proceeding or
inquiry, before courts, aldermen, jus
tices of tho peace, sheriffs, commis
sioners, arbitrators, auditors, masters
In chancery or other tribunals, or
providing or changing methods for
the collection of debts, or the en
forcing ,of judgments, or prescribing
tho effect of judicial sales of real
estate:
Regulatlngi the fees, or extending
tho powers and duties of aldermen,
justices of the peace, magistrates or
constables:
Regulating the management of pub
lic schools', the building or repairing
of school houses and the raising of
money for such purposes:
Fixing the rato of interest:
Affecting the estates of minors or
persons under disability, except af
ter duo notice to all parties in in
terest, to be recited in tho special
enactment:
Remitting fines, penalties and for
feitures, or refunding moneys legally
paid Into the treasury:
Exempting, property from taxation
RegulatifHj labor,- trade, mining or
manufacturing; but the legislature
may regulate and fix tho wages or
salaries, the hours of work or labor,
anu maite provision lor tno protec
tion, welfare and safety of persons
employed by tho State, or by any
county, city, borough, town, town-i
ship, school district village or other
civil division of the State, or by any
contractor or sub-contractor perform
ing work, labor or service for tho
Stato, or for any county, city, bor
ough, town, township, school district,
village or other civil division thereof:
Creating corporations, or amending,
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 the General Assembly
indirectly enact snch special or local
law by tho partial repeal of a gen-
oral law; but laws repealing local or
special acts may bo passed:
Nor shall any law bo passed grant
ing powers or privileges in any caso,
whero tho granting or such powers
and privileges shall have been pro
vided for by general law, nor whero.
tho courts havo jurisdiction to grant
the same or glvo the relief asked for.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 2.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of tho Commonwealth.
Number Three.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to section
thrco of article eight ot the Consti
tution ot Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Be it resolved by tho
Houso of Representatives of tho
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (If
the Senate concur), That the fol
lowing is proposed as nn amend
ment to tho Constitution ot tho Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, In ac
cordance with the provisions of the
eighteenth article thereof:
Soction 2. Amend section three of
article eight which reads as follows:
"AH judges elected by tho electors of
tho State at largo may bo elected at
either a general or municipal elec
tion, as circumstances may require.
All tho elections for Judges ot tho
courts for the several Judicial dis
tricts, and for tho county, city, ward
borough, and township officers, for
regular terms of service, shall be
hold on tho municipal election day:
namely, tho Tuesday noxt following
the first Monday of November In
,each odd-numbered year, but tho
General Assembly may by law fix a
different day, two-thirds ot all tho
mombers ot each Houso consenting
thereto: Provided, That such elec
tions shall always bo held in an
odd-numbered year," so as to read:
Section 3. All judges electod by
tho electors of tho Stato at largo
may bo elected at either a general
or municipal election, as circumstan
ces may require. All elections for
Judges ot the courts for tho several
judicial districts, and tor county.
city, ward, borough, and tpwnship
officers, for regula terms of serv
ice, shall bo hold on the municipal
election day; namely, the Tuesday
noxt following the first Monday of
November in each odd-numbered
year, but the General Assembly may
ey law ux a different day, t.wo-
thlrds of all the members of each
Houso consenting thereto; Provided
Tiiat such elections shall be hold in
an odd-numbered year: Provldod fur;
thor, That all Judges for tho courts
oftho several Judicial districts hold
ing offlco at tho present time, whoso
terms of office may end in an odd-
hold their offices until tho first Mon
day of January in tho next succeed
ing even-numbered year.
A truo copy of Concurrent Resolu
tion No. 3.
ROBERT McAFEE.
Secretary of tho Commonwealth.
Number Four,
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section
ono of article- nine of the Consti
tution of Pennsylvania, relating to
taxation.
Section 1. Bo it resolved hv tho
Senate and Houso of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva
nia in General Assembly mot, That
tho 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 ono of
article nlno of tho Constitution of
Pennsylvania, which reads as fol
lows: tho same class of fiuhiects. within
the territorial limits ot the authority
levying the tax, and shall bo levied
and collected under general laws;
but the General Assembly may, by
general laws, exempt from taxation:
public property used for public pur
poses, actual places of religious wor
ship, places of burial not used or
held for private or corporate profit
and institutions of purely public
charity," so as to read as follows:
All taxes shall bo uniform upon
the same class of subjects, within
the territorial limits of tho authority
levying tha tax, and shall be levied
and collected under general laws, and
tho subjects of taxation may be clas
sified for tho purpose of laying graded
or progressive taxes; but tho Gen
eral 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 pri
vate or corporate profit, and institu
tions or purely public charity.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 4.
ROBERT McAFEE.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Five.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to tho Con
stitution of Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Bo it resolved by the
Senate and Houbo of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva
nia in General Assembly met, That
tho following is proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution of
Pennsylvania in accordance with the
provisions of tho eighteenth article
thereof:
Article IX.
Section 15. No obligations which
have been heretofore issued, or
which may hereafter bo issued,
by any county or municipality, other
than Philadelphia, to provide for tho
construction or acquisition of water
works, subways, under-ground rail
ways or street railways, or tho appur
tenances thereof, shall be considered
as a debt of a municipality, within
the meaning of section eight of nr
tlclo nlno of tho Constitution of
Pennsylvania or of this amendment,
if tho net revenue derived from said
property for a period of five years,
either before or after the acquisi
tion thereof, or, whero tho same is
constructed by tho county or muni
cipality, after tho completion thereof,
shall have been sufficient to pay in
terest and sinking-fund charges dur
ing said period upon said obligations,
or if the said obligations shall boreo
cured by Hens upon tho respective
properties, and shall impose no mu
nicipal liability. Where municipali
ties or counties shall issuo obliga
tions to provide for the construction
of property, as heroin provided, said
municipalities or counties may also
issue obligations to provide for tho
Interest and sinking-fund charges ac
cruing thereon until said properties
shall havo bocn completed and In op
eration for a period ot one year; and
said municipalities and counties shall
not bo roquired to levy a tax to pay
said interest and sinking-fund
charges, as required by soction ton
ot articlo nlno ot tho Constitution
of Pennsylvania, until after said prop
erties shall have boon operated by
said counties or municipalities during
said nerlod Of ono year. Any of tho
saiu municipalities or counues may
Incur indebtedness in excess of seven
per centum, and not exceeding ten
of tho taxablo property therein, if
said increase of indebtedness shall
uuvu ueeu uasemuu uj uy mruu-iuuis
nf tho elec.tnra vnHni? nt n nnhllft
election, in such manner as shall bo
provided by law.
A truo copy of Joint Resolution
No. 5.
ROBERT McAFEE.
Secretary of .the Commonwealth.
5!
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