Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1881 — The Proposed Amendments. [ARTICLE]

The Proposed Amendments.

No. 1. Amend section 2of article 2 so as to read as follows: Section 2. in all elections, not otherwise providedjfor by this Coustitution, every male citizen of the United States of the age of twenty-one years and upwards, who shAU have resided in the State during the six months, and in the township sixty days, and in the ward or precinct thirty days .immediately preceding such election, and every male of foreign birth of the- age of .twenty-one years and upwards, who shall have resided iu the United States one year, and shall have resided in this State during the six mouths, and in the township sixty days, and in the ward or precinct thirty days immediately preceding such election, and shall have peolared his intention to become a citizen of the United States conformably to the laws of the United States on the subject of naturaliza* tion, shall be entitled to vote in the township or precinct where he may reside if he shall have been dulyregistered according to law. No. 2. By striking out the words, “no negro or mulatto shall have the right of suffrafle," contained in section 5 of the eecon/d article of the Constitution. No. 3. Amend sec-ion 14 of the second article to read: Section 14 All general elections shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first. Hon day in November; but township elections may be held ut such time as may be provided for by law: Provided, That the General Assembly may provide by law for the election of all judges of courts of general or appellate jurisdiction, by au election to be held for such officers only at which time no other officer shall be voted for; and shall also provide for the registration es all peisons entitled to vote. No. 4. Strike the word “white” from section 4 and 5 of article 4. No. 5. Amend the fourteenth clause of section 22. of article 4 to read aa follows: In relation to fees or salaries, except that the laws may be so made as to grade the compensation of officers iu proportion to the population and the necessary service* required.

No. 6. A tne ml section 1 of the 7th article to read: Section 1. The judicial power of the State shall be vested iu a Supreme Court, Circuit Courts, aud sueh other courts as the General Assembly may establish. No. 9. Strike out all th« sections of the thirteenth article, and iu lieu thereof insert the following; Section 1. No political or municipal corporation, iu this State, shall ever become indebted, in any manner of for anv purpose, to any amount in the aggregate, exceeding two per centum on the value of taxable property within such corporation, to be ascertained by the last assessment for State and county taxes, previous to the incuring of such indebtedness, and all bonds or obligations, in excess of such amount, given by such corporations, shall be void: Provided, That is time of war, foreign invasion, or other great public calamity, on petition of a majority of the property owners, ia number aud value, within the limits of such corporation, the public authorities, in their discretion, may incur obligations necessary for the public protection aud defense, to such au amount as may be requested in such petition.

The Pennsylvania railroad company have decided that the distance between New York and Philadelphia on their line, about ninety miles, must be traveled in ninety aainutos, and for this purpose are engaged in constructing a locomotive in the Altoona shops which it is thonght will accomplish this tremendous speed. The new driving wheels, which are now standing in the wheel house, are sev-enty-eight inches in diameter—nearly a foot taller than an ordinary man.