Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1873-11-26

The article on taxation aud hnance
requires that all taxes shall be uaiform
upon the same class Of subjects. All
properly shall be subject to taxation.
but the General Assembly may, BY
general law, exempt public property
used for public purposes, sctual places
of religious worship, places OF burial,
not held for private or corporate profit,
and Institutions OF purely publ, charity.
Neither the State, nor any county,
city, borough, OF township, shall loan
their credit or become stockholders in
any company, association, or corpora
tiop.
Municipal debts shall not exceed
seven per cent. Of the arsessed value Of
its taxable property; but any city. the
debt Of which now exceeds seven per
centum Of such assessed valution, may
be authorised by Law to increase the
same three per centum, IN the sggre-
gate at any one time, upon such valua-
tiou.
The State sinking fund shall be
naintaiued aud the debt reduced BY
not less than $3.50 600 per annum; and
the money of the sinking fund shall not
be invested or loaned upon the security
Of any thing except the bonds of the
United States or Of this State.
The making Of pross Ost Of public
money, or using it for any purpose not
authorized by law, shall b . nisds-
uesnor, punishable BY Iav-and part
Of the puulshmeat shall be disquAlihcs-
tion to hold Office for . period not less
than hve years.
The tenth article requires TIE MAIN
tenance of an efficient system Of public
schools, and an appropriation Of one
million of dollars each year for this
pu.pose. 1t forbids the appropriation
of any Of the school fund to the support
Of any ssctarian school, and renders
women eligible to any Office Of control
Of the schools.
The eleventh article provides for the
organization of the militia.
The twel;h article forb,ds persons
heiding Offices of profit under the Uni
ted States from holding Office Of profit
under the State, and disquaii6es al
persons who shall fight duel, or send
challenge for that purpose, or be alder
or abettor of . duel, from holding any
ofhcs Of honor or profit in this State.
The thirteenth article forbids the
erection of any new county which SHAH
reduce any county to less than foul
hundred square miles or less than 20,
600 inhabitants, or the erection Of any
county Of les. area or less population
nor shall any line thereof pass withir
ten miles of the county seat of any
county proposed to be divided.
The fourteenth article provides fol
the election and qualifications of coun.
ty officers. Iu counties exceeding l50..
600 inhabitants all county officers sbai.
be p.id by fixed salaries, and aH fee.
collected shall he r.id into the coupt,
treasury In the election of count,
commissioners IN auy county each elec.
tor shall vote for no more tLap two per.
son. and the three nerson. having IN,
b;eb.s, number Of votes shall be elec.
ted. This is to secure /. repr.sen,a,iye
Of the minority party in eyerv board o.
commissioners
Hinder the 6f,e.ntb .r,;ci. o;,;e. mn,
be chartered whenever .pr town or bor,
or,h ~ No, la. than m nm ,o,,y..
,;on .l.U vo,. IN t.,. 49,, IT,,
shall contract no debt exeep, in nur,u.
spce of an APPROXIMATION previou.I,
made md ,bav .h,U crs.,. . s;,l;,,
fupd piedeed for it, pavment
Nv the ar,;cI. nm p,;v.,. co,nor.,;on.
the State NAV under ,ts rights Of emf.
nsot d.m,;n ,.ls ,h. n,o,s,,v .,t
f,.,cb;,.s of ;nco,,o,.,.d .o,,n.,;s,
and sub;ect them 10 pubEc ms. IN.
same a, the nronertv of individual.
Foreign CORPORATION, are reouired tr
have a place Of business and an author
i.ed agent within the State unon whom
process NAV be served Cornor.t;on,
are confined s,n,.ssyv n N. h,.;,.s.