The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-08-15


vidual the right to lay down a rail-
road track:
Nor shall the General Assembly
Indirectly enact such special or To-
cal law by the partial repeal Of q
general law; but laws repeating local
OF special acts may be passed:
"Nor shall any law he passed
granting powers and privileges in
any case where the granting Of such
powers and privileges shall have
been provided for by general law,
nor where the courts have jurisdic-
ton to grant the same or give the
relief asked for,"-so as to read as
follows:-
Section z. The General Assembly
shall not pass any local or special
law authorizing the creation, extern
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 the venue in civil or
criminal cases:
Authorizing the laying out, open
ing, altering, or maintaining roads,
highways, streets or alleys:
Relating 10 ferries or bridges, or
Incorporating ferry or bridge compa-
MES, except for the erection Of
bridges crossing streams which form
boundaries between this and any
other State:
Vacattng roads, town plats, streets
or alleys:
Relating to cemeteries, graveyards,
or public grounds not of the State:
Authorizing the adoption, or legiti-
nation OF children:
Locating or changing county-seats,
erecting new counties or changing
county lines:
Incorporating cities, towns or viii
lagos, by changing their charters:
For the opening and conducting Of
elections, or fixing or changing the
place Of voting:
Granting divorces:
Erecting new townships or bor-
oughs, changing township lines, bor-
ough limits, OF 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 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
providing OF changing methods for
the collection of debts, or the en-
forcing of judgments, or prescribing
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 pub
lie schools, the building or repairing
! of school houses and the raising oi
money for such purposes:
Fixing the rate of interest:
Affecting the estates of minors OF
persons under disability, except af
ter due notice to all parties in in
terest, to be recited in the special
enactment: ..
Remitting fines, penalties and for
FIXTURES, or refunding moneys legally
paid into the treasury:
Exempting property from taxation:
Regulating labor, trade, mining ol
manufacturing; but the Legislature
may regulate and fix the wages Of
salaries, the hours of work or labor
and make provision for the protec
tion, welfare and safety of persons
employed by the State, or by any
county. city, borough, town, town
ship. school district. village, or othel
civil division Of the State. or by an!
contractor or eub-contractor perform
ing work, labor or service for tn,
State, 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 charter!
thereof:
Granting TO any corporation, asso
citation or individual any special o.
exclusive privilege or immunity, O.
TO any corporation, association. O
individual the right to lay down I
railroad track:
Nor shall the General Assembi.
indirectly enact such special or loca
law by the partial repeal Of a gen
erai law; but laws repeating local o
special acts may be passed:
Nor shall any law be passed grant
ing powers or privileges In any cas-
where the granting Of such power
and privileges shall have been pre-
vided for By general law, nor wher,
the courts have jurisdiction TO gran
the same or give the relief asked foI
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. Q.
ROBERT MoAFED,
Secretary Of the Commonwealth
Number Three.