The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-08-15
Number Two.
A JOINT RESOLUTION


Proposing an amendment to section
seven, article three Of the Consti.
tuition Of Pennsylvania, so as to
permit special legislation regulat-
ing labor.
Section /. Be it resolved by the
Senate and House Of Representatives
Of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva-
mia in General Assembly met, That
the following is proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution. of the
Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania, in
accordance with the provisions OF the
eighteenth article thereof. Amend.
ment to Article Three, Section Seven.
Section 2. Amend section seven,
article three of the Constitution Of
Pennsylvania, which reads as fol-
lows:--
"Section z. The General Assem-.
bly, shall not pass any local OF spes
eial law authorizing the creation, ex-
tension, or impairing of liens:
Regulating the affairs OF counties,
cities, townships, wards, boroughs.
or school districts:
Changing the names Of persons
or places:
Changing the venue in civil or
criminal cases:
Authorizing the laying out, open.
ing, altering, or maintaining roads.
highways, streets or alleys:
''Relating TO ferries or bridges, or
Incorporating ferry or bridge compa-
pies, except for the erection Of
bridges crossing streams which form
boundaries between this and any
other State:
.'vacating roads. town plats. streets
or alleys:
-Relating to cemeteries. grave
yards. Or public grounds not Of the
State:
Authorizing the adoption or legiti
nation of children:
Locating or changing county-seats,
erecting new countes. or changing
county lines:
Incorporating cities, towns, or vii
iages. or changing their charters:
For the opening and conducting
OF elections, OF 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, elec-
ton or school districts:
Changing the law Of descent OF
succession:
Regulating the practice or juris.
diction Of, or changing the rules of
evidence in, any judicial proceeding
or inquiry before courts, aldermen,
justices OF the peace, sheriffs. COM
mi6stoners, arbitrators, auditors, mas
faro In ahananrU - nfhaN kVsfhttn oI 10
or providing or changing methods for
the collection of debts, OF the en-.
forcement Of judgments, or prescrib-
ing the effect Of judicial sales Of real
estate:
Regulating the fees, or extending
the powers and duties of aldermen,
justices OF the peace, magistrates OF
constables:
Regulating the management Of
public schools, the building or re-
pairing Of school houses and the rails.
ing OF money for such purposes:
-Ftxng the rate OF interests
Affecting the estates of minors OF
persons under disability, except af
ter due notice to all parties IN In
teJest, TO be recited In the special
enactment:
'skemitting fines, penalties and for
FIXTURES, or refunding moneys legally
paid into the treasury;
'Txempting property from taxa
ton:
Regulating labor. trade, mining
or manufacturing:
Creating corporations. or amend
tng, renewing or extending the char
kers thereof: ~
'.Qranting 70 any corporation. asso
ciation or individual any special o.
exclusive privilege or immunity, or &