The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-08-28

ciation or individual any special or ex-
elusive privilege or immunity, or TO
any corporation, association or indi-
Vdual the right to lay down railroad
traSk.
Nor shall the General Assembly in
directly enact such special or local
law by the partial repeal of a general
law; but laws repeating local or spec
ial acts may be passed:
'Nor shall any law be passed grant
ing powers and privileges in any case
where the granting of such powers
and privileges shall have been provld-
ed for by general law, nor where the
courts have Jurisdiction to grant the
same or give the relief asked for."-
30 as to read as follows:-
Section T. The General Assembly
shall not pass any local or special law
authorizing the creation, extension or
impairing Of liens:
Regulating the affairs Of counties,
cities, townships, wards, boroughs, or
school districts:
Changing the names of persons OF
places:
Changing the venue in civil or Grim.
inal cases:
Authorizing the laying out, opening,
altering, or maintaining roads, high
ways, streets or alleys:
Relating to ferries or bridges, or in.
cooperating ferry or bridge compan.
les, except for the erection Of bridges
crossing streams which form bounda'
ries between this and other States:
Vacating roads, town plats, streets
or alleys:
Relating to cemeteries, graveyards,
or public grounds not of the State:
Authorizing the adoption, or leglti
nation of children:
Locating or changing county-seats,
erecting new counties or changing
county lines:
Incorporating cities, towns or will
ages, by changing their charters:
For the opening and conducting oil
elections, or fixing or changing the
place of voting.
Granting divorces:
Erecting new townships or Dor.
oughs, 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, elec-
Don or school districts:
Changing the law of descent or sue
cession:
Regulating the practice or jurisdic-
tion of, or changing the rules of evi-
dence in, any judicial proceeding or
inquiry before courts, aldermen, JUS
tices of the peace, sheriffs, commits
sioners, arbltrators, auditors, masters
In chancery or other tribunals, or pro-
viding or changing methods for the
collection of debts, or the enforcing
of judgments, or prescribing the ef-
feet 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 pub
lie schools, the building or repairing
of school houses and the raising of
money for such purposes:
Fixing the rate of interest:
Affecting 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
FIXTURES, 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 the wages or
salaries, the hours of work or labor, |
and make provision for the protection,
welfare and safety of persons employ |
ed by the State, or by any county, |
city, borough, village, or other civil di-
vision of the State, or by any contract |
or or sub-contractor performing work,
labor or services for the State, or for |
any county, city, borough, town, town
ship, school district, village or other
civil division thereof:
Creating corporations, or amending, |
renewing or extending the charters
thereof:
Granting to any corporation, asso-
citation, or individual any special or
exclusive privilege or immunity, or
" any SOl pOl dIiOllb dSoOSloIlOh, VI ~
dividual the right to lay down rail
road track:
Nor shall the General Assembly in
directly enact such special or local
law by the partial repeal of special
law; but laws repeating local or spec.
iau acts may be passed:
Nor shall any law be passed grant
ing powers or privileges in any case
where the granting of such powers
and privileges shall have been pro-
vided for by general law nor where
the courts have 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.