Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-31
Number Six.

A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to section
eight. article nine of the Constitution
Section /. Be it resolved by the SEN
ate and House of representatives of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in
General Assembly met, That the fol-
to the Constitution of the Common
with the provisions of the eighteenth
Amendment to Article Nine, Section
Eight,
Section 2. Amend section eight, ar
ticle nine of the Constitution Of Penn
sylvania, which reads as follows:-
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 its Indebtedness
to an amount exceeding two per centum
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
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 system of
CITY and county of Philadelphia, and
which shall yield to the city and county
excess of the interest on said debt or
debts, and of the annual installmenta
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
erwse indsbted fdr tbrIy Pbr9Iyided That
shall be established and maintained"
SO as to read as follows:-
Section s., The debt of any county,
trict or other municipality or incor-
porated district, except as herein pro-
vided, shall never exceed seven per
sxsbie property therein, nor shall any
such municipality or district incur any
new debt or increasSe, aaS, 1T, Its Indebtedness
tum upon such assessed valuation of
property, without the assent of the
electors thereof at Shall ppRts bs nz6Sdo6 sIsetio5
by law; but any city, the debt of which
now exceeds seven per centum of such
TO the same tbres ner
centum in the, aggregate at any one
time, upon such valuation; except thar
red by the city and county OF. Philadel-
mia for the construction and Develop
pmant OF wharves and docks, or the re-
cIamation of land to be used in the
construction of a system of wharvea
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
Philadeiphia current net revenue in 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
city and county of Philadelphia to be-
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 TS1pn of improving 1Ep
city and county, by the condemnation,
niirchase, or reclamation or lease OF
land ON the banks of the Delaware and
Schulykill rivers, and land adjacent
thereto; the building bulkheads, and
the purchase or construction or lease
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
of so doing, provide for the collection
Of an annual tax sufficient to pay the
interest thereon, and also the principal
thereof within fifty years from the In
kurring thereof.
A true copy of JoiHt Resolution No, 6.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.