Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-14
Number One.
A JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to section
one, article eight of the Constitu-
tion of Pennsylvania.
Be it resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania in General
amendment to the Constitution OF
Pennsylvania be. and the same is here
by. proposed. in accordance with the
eighteenth article thereof
That section one of article eight
which reads as follows:
sestlon vo.l Every e9 male citizen
the following qualifications. shall be
entitled to vote at all elections. sub
Ject, however to such laws requiring
tors as the General Assembly may en-
act;
First. He shal! have been a citizen
OF the United States at least one month
Second. He shall have resided in
Ihe state one year Cor, having previ-
ously been. qualified elector or ma
tive-born citizen of the State. he shall
nave removed therefrom and returned
then six months) Immediately preced-
Third. He shall have resided in the
TO vote at least two months immedi-
ately preceding the election.
Fourth. If twenty-five years Of
age and upwards. he shall have paid
tax, which shall have been assessed at
ieast two months and paid at least one
ihoHtn DeIOre the election, be amend
lows:
Section 1. Every citizen, male or
Iemale, OF twenty one years of age,
shall be entitled to vote at all cleo
tons, subject, however, to such laws
requiring and regulating the registra-
n21 sion or electors as the General AS
First. He or she shall have been a
citizen of the United States at least
Second. He or she shall have, resid-
ed in the State one year Cor. having
previously been a qualified elector or
native borr. citizen of the state, he or
returned. then six months) immedi-
ately preceding the election.
ed in the election district where he or
she shall offer to vote at least two
months Immediately preceding the elec-
Fourth. II twenty-five years of age
and upwards, he or she shall have paid
within two years State or county
tax, which shall have been assessed at
least two months and paid at least one
month before the election.
Fifth. Wherever the words he
his. him" and himself occur in
any section of article VIII of this Con-
stitution. the same shall be construed
as as II written, respectively. he or She >
his or her" him or her." and him
true copy of Joint Resolution No. |.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary Of the Commonwealth
Number Two.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section
eight of article. nine of the Constitu-
ton of Pennsylvania.
Senate and House of Representatives.
OF the Commonw of Pennsylvania
in General Assembly met, That the
ment to the Constitution of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, in accord
ance with the provisions of the eigh-
teenth article thereof
Amend section eight. article nine of
the Constitution of the Commonwealth
Iof Pennsylvania, which reads as fol-
lows:
city. borough. township, school district.
or other municipality or Incorporated
district dbs,I 1os except o.as as herein provided
upon the assessed value of the tax
able property therein, nor shall any
such municipality or district incur any
new debt, or increase it's indebtedness
to an amount exceeding two per centum
upon such assessed valuation of prop
erty, without the assent of the electors
thereof at a public election in such
manner as shall be provided by law:
but any city. the debt of which now
exceeds seven per centum of such as
sessed valuation, may be authorized by
law to increase the same three per
centum, in the aggregate. at any one
time, upon such valuation, except that
any debt or debts hereinafter incurred
by the city and county of Philadelphia
for the construction and development
OF subways for transit purposes. or for
the construction of wharv es and docks,
or the reclamation of land to be used
In the construction of system of
wharves and docks, 8 public improve
ments, owned or to be owned by said
city and county of Philadelphia, and
which shall yield to the city and county
OF Philadelphia current net revenues in
excess of the interest on said debt or
debts. and of the annual installments
necessary for the cancellation of said
debt or debts. may be excluded in as
certaining the power of the city and
county of Philadelphia to become 9TH
erwise indebted: Provided That a
sinking fund for their cancellation
shall be established and maintained"
so that ii shall read as foliows:-
Section 8. The debt of any county
city, borough, township, school district
or other municipality or incorporated
district. except as herein provided. shall
never exceed seven per centum upon
the assessed value of the taxable prop
erty therein. nor shall any such ml-
nicipality or district incur any new
debt, or increase its Indebtedness to an
amount exceeding two per centund upon
such assessed valuation of property