The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1914-08-12
Number Six.

A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section
eight, article nine of the Constitu-
tion of Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
Senate and House Of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
in General Assembly met, That the
following is proposed as an amend
ment to the Constitution of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, in accord
ance with the provisions of the eigh-
teenth article thereof.
Amendment to Article Nine, Section
Eight
Section 2. Amend section eight, ar
ticle nine of the Constitution of Penn
sylvania, which reads as follows:-
Section 8. The debt Of any coun.
ty, city, borough, township, school
district, or other municipality or in
corporated district, except as herein
provided, shall never exceed seven
per centum upon the assessed value
Of the taxable property therein, nor
shall any such municipality or dis.
trict incur any new debt, or increase
its Indebtedness to an amount exceed
ing two per centum upon such as.
sessed valuation of property, without
the assent of the electors thereof at
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 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 wharves and
docks, or the reclamation of land to
be used in the construction of a sys-
TEN of wharves and docks, as public
improvements, owned or to be owned
by said city and county of Philadel-
phia, and which shall yield to the
city and county Of Philadelphia cur
rent net revenue in excess Of the in
terest 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 city and county of Phila-
delphia to become otherwise indebted:
Provided, That a sinking-fund for
their cancellation shall be established
and maintained" so as to read as
follows:-
Section 8. The debt of any county,
city, borough, township, school dis
trict, or other municipality or incor-
porated district, except as herein pro-
vided, shall never exceed seven per
centum upon the assessed value of the
taxable property therein, nor shall any
such municipality or district incur
any new debt, or increase It's indebt-
edness to an amount exceeding two
per centum upon such assessed valua-
tion of property, 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 assessed 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
wharves and docks, or the reclama-
ton of land to be used IN the con-
struction of a system of wharyes 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 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
otherwise indebted: Provided, That
such Indebtedness incurred by the
city and county Of Philadelphia shall
not at any time, in the aggregate, ex-
ceed 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
land on the banks of the Delaware
and Schuylkill rivers, and land ada
cent thereto; the building of bulk
heads, and the purchase or construc-