The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-10-30

citation or Individual any special or ex-
elusive privilege or immunity, or to
any corporation, association or indi-
yidual the right to lay down railroad
track.
Nor shall the General Assembly in.
directly enact such special or local
law by the partial repeal OF O 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
whore the granting Of such powers
and privileges shall have been provia-
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 Z. 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 legltf
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 oi
elections, or fixing or changing the
place of voting.
Granting divorces:
Erecting new townships or bor'
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, cleo
Non 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
tees Of the peace, sheriffs, commits
sioners, arbitrators, 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 d.
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
to any corporation, association, or in.
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.
Secretarv Of the Commonwealth