Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-07
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Secretary of the Comm
Number Six.
JOINT RESOLUTION.

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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 Il, AsSempiy STono:ed met Ihat dns t0I
to the Constitution of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania. in accordance
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:-
Section s. The debt of any county,
city, borough. township. school dis
trct, 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
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 incurred
bv the city and county of Philadelphia
for the construction and development
of subways for transit purposes, or for
the construction of wharYes and docks,
or the reclamation of land to be used
in the construction of system of
wharves and docks, as 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 revenue in
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
county of philadelphia to become 9TH
erwise t6s indebted; ID. tbn1r Provided, That q
shall" shall Be established and maintained"
so as to read as follows-
Section s. The debt of any county,
city, borough. ,nsdi township, z. school dis
porated district, except as herein pro-
vided. shall never exceed seven per
centum upon the assessed value Of the
such municipality or district incur any
new debt, or increase its Indebtedness
to an amount exceeding two per CEN
property, without the assent of the
electors thereof at a publin' 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
time, upon such valuation; except that
any debt or debts hereinafter incur-
red by the city and county of Philadel-
mia for the construction and Develop
ment of wharves and docks, or the re-
ciamation of land to be used in the
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 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
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
rivers, and land adjacent
the purchase or construction or lease
OF wharves. docks, sheds, and ware-
houses, and other buildings and faciI.
ities, necessary for the establishments
and maintenance of railroad and shin
and the dredging of the said rivers and
docks: Provided, That the said citv
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 fifty years from the In
thereof.
A true copy OF Joint Resolution No. G.
ROBERT McAFEE.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.