Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-12
Number One.
JOINT RESOLUTION

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
Assembly met. That the following
amendment to the Constitution Of
by, proposed. in accordance with the
eighteenth article thereof
That section one OF article eight.
which reads as follows:
Section /. Every male citizen
twenty,-onc years OF age. possessing
the. following qualifications. shall be
entitled to vote az all elections. sub
ject however. to such laws requiring
and regulating the registration of cleo
tors as the General Assembly may en-
First. He shall have been citizen
OF the United States at least one month.
Second. He shall have resided in
ously been a qualified elector or ma
born citizen OF the state. he shall
nave removed therefrom and returned.
men SIX months) Immediately prF ed
ing the election.
Third. He shall have resided e. the
election district where he shall offer
10 vote at least two r:tonths imT.edi-
Fourth. II twenty-five, years Of
age and upwards. he shall have paid
within, two years a State or county
TAX which shall have been assessed at
east two months and paid at least one
month before the election" be amend
lows:
Section /. Every citizen. male or
female, OF twenty-one years or age,
possessing the following qualifications.
shall be entitled to vote at all cleo
requiring and regulating the registra-
ton OF electors as the General As
First. He or she shall have been a
tod "a
one month.
Second. He or she shall have resid-
previously beer a qualified elector or
native born citizen Of the State, he or
she shall have removed therefrom. and
atsly pr. cedtng the the eiection. SECTION
Third. He or she shall have resid-
Cd in the election district where he or
tion.
Fourth. If twenty-five years of age
and upwards, he or she shall have paid
within two years a State or county
tax, which shall have been assessed at
least two months and paid at least one
Fifth: Wherever the words he. -"
his him." and himself occur in
my section of article VIII Of this Con-
sutution the same shall be, construed
as II written. respectively. he or she.
his or her" him or her" and him
self or herself"
true copy Of Joint Resolution No. l.
ROBERT MrAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Two.
a JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing an amendment to section
eight of article nine Of the Constitu-
tion of Pennsylvania.
Section l. BE il resolved by the
senate and House Of Representatives
Of the Commonwealth OF PpnnSylva MIA
in General Assembly met THAT the
following is proposed as an amend =
ment to the Constitution of the Com
lnonwealth OF Pennsylvania. in accord
ance with the provisions OF the eigh-
teenth article thereof.
Amend section eight. article nine of
the Constitution Of tho Commonwealth
Of Pennsylvania, which reads as fol-
lows:
Section 8 The dabt Of any county.
city. borough. towrahip sChptl district
or other municipaitv or incorpora ted
district. except as herein provided
shall never exceed seven per centum
able property therein, nor shall any
such municipality or district incur ans
new debt. ar increase its Indebtedness
to an amount exceeding z two per centum
upon such asse ssed valuation Of prop
erty. without the assent pf the electors
manner as shall he provided BY law
but any city the debt If which now
exceeds seven per crntum OF such as.
sessed valuation. may he authorized by
centum. in the aggregate. AZ srv ons
time. upon such valuation. svcept that
any debt or debts hereinafter incurred
by the city and county Of Philade iphis
for the construction and development
of subways for transit purposes. or fol
or the reclamation of land to be usee