Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-10
of Pennsylvania.


Section /. Be it resolved by the SEN
ate and House of Representatives of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in
iowine is proposed % as an maj aenSnspt en
to the Constitution OF the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, in accordance
with tbs, provisions of the eighteenth
Amendment to Article Nine, Section
Eight.
ticle nine of the Constitution OF Penn
sylvania. which reads as follows:-
Section s., The debt OF any county.
tricct, or other municipality or incor-
porated district, except as herein pro
vided, shall never exceed seven per
TAXABLE property therein, nor shall any any
such municipality or district incur any
new debt, or increase its Indebtedness
upon such assessed valuation of prop
erty, without the assent of the cleo
tors 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
assessed valuation. may be authorized
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 wharves and docks,
in the construction of a system Of
wharves and docks. as public improve
ments, owned or to be owned by said
which shall yield to the city and county
Of Philadelphia current net revenue in
excess of the interest on said debt or
necessary for the cancellation of SAID
debt or debts, may be excluded in as
certaining the power Of the city and
~ indehtRd. Provided
sinking-fund srTiTs @ for their canceiiation
shall Be established and maintained"
seetOn to rGsd Fl The deSt Of any county
city, borough. township, school dis
trict, or other municipality or incor-
pGfssed ppfgsd shall never exceed seven seven pper per
centum upon the assessed value of the
taxable property therein. nor shall any
new debt. or increase its indebtedness
to an amount exceeding two per CEN
tum upon such assessed valuation Of
property, without the assent Of the
in such manner as shall be provided
by law, but any city the debt of which
assessed valuation, may be authorized
by law to increase the same three per
centum IN the aggregate. at any one
any debt or debts hereinafter incur
red by the city and county of Philadel-
phia for the construction and develop
ment OF WHdtNeS anu uONhS' VI lHe re-
ciamation of land to be used in the
construction of system of wharves
and docks, as public improvements,
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 revenue i'm ex-
cess 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 ascertaining the power of the
come otherwise indebted: Provided,
That such Indebtedness incurred by
the city and county of Philadelphia
shall not at any time. in the aggregate,
exceed the sum of twenty five million
dollars for the purpose of improving
and developing the port of the said
CITY and county, by the condemnation,
purchase, or reclamation or lease OF
fand on the banks of the Delaware and
Schulykill rivers. and land adjacent
thereto the building bulkheads, and
Of wharves, docks. sheds. and ware
houses. and other buildings and facil-
tiles necessary for the establishment
and maintenance of railroad and ship
ping terminals along the said rivers;
and the dredging of the said rivers and
docks: Provided, That the said city
and county shall at or before the time
of so doing, provide for the collection
of an annual tax sufficient to pay the
interest thereon and also the principal
thereof within nifty years from the In
curing thereof.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 6.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary. Of the Commonwealth.