Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-22

preceding the election.
Third. He or she shall have resided
in the election district where he or she
shall offer, to vote at least two months
Immediately preceding the election.
.,ourth. II twenty-five years of age
Years are or STATE or county @
which shall have been assessed at least
two months and paid at least one month
Fifth. Wherever the words "he,"
his" him." and himself" occur in
any section of article VIII of this Con-
stitution the same shall be construed as
his or her." him or her" and him
self or herself"
Proposed Amendment to the COnstitu-
tiOn No,
Shall Section Eight of Article Nine of
the Constitution De Amended SO as TO
read as FOLLOWS?
Section 5. The debt of any county,
! city, borough, township, school district,
or other municipality or incorporates
district, except as herein provided, snail
never exceed seven per centum upon
the assessed value OF the taxable prop
! erty therein, nor shall any such munlc-
| lpaiity or district incur any new DEBT,
or increase it's Indebtedness to an
amount exceeding TWO per centum upon
| such assessed valuation of property,
without the consent oil the electors
| thereof, at public election in such
| manner as shall be provided by law;
| but any city, the debt OF which on the
| first day of January, one thousand eight
seven per centum of such assessed val
| uation and has not since been reduced
to less than such per. centum, may be
| authorized by law TO increase the same
| three per centum in the aggregate, at
! any one time, upon such valuation. The
| city OF Philadelphia, upon the conul-
] tionS hereinafter set forth, may IN
| crease ITS Indebtedness TO the extent or
| three per centum III excess oil seven per
centuIn upon such assessed valuation
Ior the specific purpose OF pfoVlulnB Tor
all or amy OF the Following purposes
to wit: For the construction and i'm
! provement of suDways, tunnels, rail-
ways, elevated railways, ana other tran :
! sit facilities for The construction ana
Improvement of WharVcs and docks and
| for the reclamation OF land to be used
! in the construction OF WharNeS and
| docks. owned or 10 be owned by said
| city. Such Increase, however, shall
| only be mace with the assent Of the
electors thereof at a public election, to
| be held i'll such manner as snail be pro-
! vided by law. In ascertainlng the por-
! rowing capacity OF said city OF Phila-
( delphla at any time, there shall be
excluded from the calculation credit,
where tho work resulting from any pre-
vious expenditure, for any one or more
| OF the specific purposes negeinabove
enumerated small be yielding 10 said
city an annual current net revenue; the
amount of which credit shall be ascer-
tained by capitalizing the annual net
revenue during the year Immediately
preceding the time of such ASCERTAIN
ment, such capitalization shall be aG-
d
pal amount which would yield such an
nual, current net revenue, at the aver
age rate of interest and sinking-fund
charges payable upon the indebtedness
incurred by said city for such purposes,
up to the time of such ascertainment.
The method of determining such
amount 50 to be excluded or allowed as
q credit may be prescribed by the Cen
eral Assembly.
In incurring Indebtedness, for any one
or more of said purposes of construc-
ton, improvement OF reclamation, the
city of Philadelphia may issue it's obli-
cations maturing not later than fifty
vision for a sinking-fund sufficient to
retire said obligation at maturity, the
payments to such sinking fund to be in
equal or graded annual installments.
Such obligations may be in an amount
sufficient to provide for and may include
charges accruing and which may accrue
thereon throughout the period of con-
struction and until the expiration of
one year after the completion of the
work for which said indebtedness shall
have been incurred; and said city shall
not be required to levy a tax to pay
said interest and sinking-fund charges,
as required by section ten of article
nine of the Constitution of Pennsyl-
vania, until the expiration of said period
of one year after the completion of
such work.
Proposed Amendment to the C0nstitu-
tlOn No. 3
Shall Section TWenty-one of Article
Three of the Constitution be amended
so as to read as follows?
The General Assembly may enact
laws requiring the payment by em-
ployers, or employers and employees