with its road to intersect, connect Section 2 - Stock Transfer Office; Books Every railroad and canal corporation organized in this State shall maintain an office therein where transfers of its stock shall be made, and where its books shall be kept for inspection by any stockholder or creditor of such corporation, in which shall be recorded the amount of capital stock subscribed or paid in, and by whom, the names of the owners of its stock and the amounts owned by them, respectively, the transfers of said stock, and the names and places of residence of its officers. Recommended Repeal. Section 3- No Discrimination in Service All individuals, associations and corporations shall have equal right to have persons and property transported over railroads and canals, and no undue or unreasonable discrimination shall be made in charges for, or in facilities for, transportation of freight or passengers within the State or coming from or going to any other State. Recommended Repeal. Section 4-Consolidation Prohibited; Restrictions Current on Officers No railroad, canal or other cor- Repeal. poration, or the lessees, purchasers or managers of any railroad or canal corporation, shall consolidate the stock, property or franchises of such a corporation with, or lease, or purchase the works or franchises of, or in any way control any other railroad or canal corporation owning or having under its control a parallel or competing line; nor shall Recommended any officer of such railroad or canal corporation act as an officer of any railroad or canal corporation owning or having the control of a parallel or competing line; and the question whether railroads or canals are parallel or competing lines shall, when demanded by the party complainant, be decided by a jury as in other civil issues. Current Section 5- Limitation of Powers No incorporated company doing the business of a common carrier shall directly or indirectly, prosecute or engage in mining or manufacturing articles for transportation over its works; nor shall such company directly or indirectly engage in any other business than that of common carriers, or hold or acquire lands, freehold or leasehold, directly or indirectly, except such as shall be necessary for carrying on its business; but any mining or manufacturing company may carry the products of its mines and manufactories on its railroad or canal not exceeding fifty miles in length. Repeal. Recommended of either, by abatement, drawback Section 8-Passes Prohibited; Exceptions No railroad, railway, or other Current Repeal. Recommended Section 9-Street Railways No street passenger railway shall be constructed within the limits of any city, borough or township, without the consent of its local authorities. Recommended Repeal. Section 10- Acceptance of this Article No railroad, canal or other trans- Repeal. Recommended Section 11 - Duties of Secretary of Internal Affairs Current The existing powers and duties of the Auditor General in regard to railroads, canals and other transportation companies, except as to their accounts, are hereby transferred to the Secretary of Internal Affairs, who shall have a general supervision over them, subject to such regulations and alterations as shall be provided by law; and, in Recommended Repeal. or Any amendment or amendments to this Constitution may be proposed in the Senate or House of Representatives; and, if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each House, such proposed amendment amendments shall be entered on their journals with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall cause the same to be published three months before the next general election, in at least two newspapers in every county in which such newspapers shall be published; and if, in the General Assembly next afterwards chosen, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each House, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall cause the same again to be published in the manner aforesaid; and such proposed amendment or Recommended Amendments to this Constitution may be proposed in the Senate or House of Representatives at any regular session of the General Assembly. If agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each House, they shall be entered on their journals with the yeas and nays taken thereon; and the official charged with the duty of administering statewide elections shall publish each amendment three months before the next general or municipal election in at least two newspapers in every county in which such newspapers are published. If at the next regular session of the General Assembly the proposed amendment is agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each House, the official charged with the duty of administering statewide elections shall again and in like manner publish the proposed amendment; and it shall be submitted to the qualified amendments shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the State in such manner, and at such time, at least three months after being so agreed to by the two Houses, as the General Assembly shall prescribe; and, if such amendment or amendments shall be approved by a majority of those voting thereon, such amendment or amendments shall become a part of the Constitution; but no amendment or amendments shall be submitted oftener than once in five years. When two or more amendments shall be submitted they shall be voted upon separately. None. electors of the Commonwealth in Section 2 (New) - Amendment by Initiative Recommended Amendments to this Constitution may be proposed by petition, signed by a number of qualified electors equal to five per cent of the total number of votes cast for Governor at the last preceding gubernatorial election, and filed with the official charged with the duty of administering statewide elections. Each petition shall set forth the full text of the amendment proposed, and shall be verified by the affidavit of the persons soliciting the signatures. The official shall transmit the petition to the General Assembly, when in session, or as soon as it convenes. If an amendment proposed by petition is agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each House, it shall be advertised and submitted to the qualified electors of the Commonwealth as provided in section one of this article as though it had been agreed to by two succeeding regular sessions of the General Assembly. If (1) the proposed amendment is rejected, or (2) it is agreed to in an amended form, or (3) no action is taken thereon within four months from the time it is received by the General Assembly, if the General Assembly is in session so long, and, |