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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1918
Page
2
The Commonwealth proposes two constitutional amendments. First, to allow bonds up to fifty million dollars to improve highways, with amended debt limits and submission at the November 5, 1918 election. Second, to empower general incorporation of banks and trust companies, altering notice and charter terms, with a statewide vote to ratify or reject.
Professor Albert J. Carney reports Belgium faces extreme hunger with dogs and cats eaten as a luxury. Scarcity of coffee and other staples drives substitutes such as strawberry leaves, sirup, and wild fruits. Germans regulate acorns and fat cats, and impose a $6 dog tax, increasing animal slaughter for food.
One year feed for a U S soldier requires 475 pounds beef or 275 pounds bacon 413 pounds wheat flour 458 pounds potatoes 55 pounds beans 27 pounds prunes 26 pounds coffee 73 pounds sugar 7 pounds syrup 1144 pounds condensed milk 11.5 pounds butter 114% pounds lard 314 pounds vinegar 1314 pounds salt. The list is presented as a rationale behind Liberty Bonds.
The War Industries Board announced that truck manufacturing is an essential industry and will receive priority on material. This directive aims to accelerate production for direct war needs.
A proposed amendment to Section 16 of Article III of the Pennsylvania Constitution is presented to authorize expenditures only by formal appropriation enacted by law. The text specifies that no money may be paid from the State Treasury without appropriation and outlines that the act of Assembly must limit amount purpose and duration of the appropriation.
A historic draft proposes amending Section sight of Article Nine to cap debt at seven percent of assessed property value for most municipalities, with Philadelphia City debt capped at ten percent. It also restricts new indebtedness to two percent without warrants by the Auditor General and state disbursements by the State Treasurer, via Joint Resolution No. 2.
The proposed amendment to section eight sets borrowing caps for counties cities boroughs townships and districts at seven percent of assessed value, while Philadelphia may exceed to ten percent with electors consent. It details debt deductions for revenue yielding projects and allows up to fifty year maturities with sinking funds.
The text outlines a method to exclude from debt calculations a portion of Philadelphia debt tied to improvements yielding annual net revenue. It details capitalizing that net revenue to estimate deductible principal, with rates and fund charges, and allows by General Assembly rulemaking. The city may issue bonds maturing up to fifty years with a sinking fund, and taxes for interest and fund charges not levied until one year after project completion. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 3.
A joint resolution proposes amending article nine section one to allow tax classing for graded or progressive taxes while preserving exemptions for public property, religious worship places, burial sites not for private profit, and purely public charities. Section 2 sets election date and ballot requirements for approval at the general election following the first Monday in November 1919.
L C Eddy, attorney at law located at 410 Pennsylvania avenue west offers general law business and prompt collections.
War conditions and the selective draft drive fear among Mexican residents in Laredo Texas causing families to flee or hide children to dodge enrollment. The latest scholastic census shows 5 569 total students in the Laredo Independent School District, a reduction of 763 from prior counts.
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