The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-03-08
OFFICIAL cory OF THE CHARTER
AMENDMENT

Village Recorder Plotts has received
an official copy Of the law recently
passed amending eur village charter.
Below is copy of the law:
An act to repeal chapter emo hundred
Of special laws Of A. d. 1881, and to
amend section fourteen, chapter five,
special laws Of A. d. 1873, being AZ act
entitled IAN act to incorporate the vii
lage Of Worthington, Mobiles county,
Minnesota"
Be it enacted by the legislature OF
the state of Minnesota:
That chapter one hundred (lOO) Of tho
special laws of 1881, relating to az
amendment OF section fourteen (l4) of
chapter five (5) special laws of 1873, in.
cooperating the village of Worthington,
Mobiles county, be and the sau,e is here
by repealed.
That section fourteen (l4) of chapter
five (5) of the special laws Of 1873, being
ac act to Incorporate tho village Of
Worthington, approved March 8, A. D.
1873, he amelAled 50 lis to read ~ fol-
lows:
SECTION Ii. Tie legal voters Of said
village are hereby authorized t0 vote
upon and determine whether license
for the sale of intoxicating, spurious,
| viuous, malt er ferulvnted liquors rs 4
beverage shall be granted by said VIII
lage council or not at the next annual
| election after the passage of this act
and the recorder Of said village is here
by required at each subsequent annual
election upon receiving \ petition for
that purpose of fifty OF more legal vot-
| ers OF said village, not less than twenty
days before such annual election, tv
give at least ten days notice that the
question of granting licehsa will be
submitted, which question shall Ike de-
termined by ballots having thereon the
words For Llc.nss'' or against Ii
cense" as the voters may elect; prOvid-
ed. however, that the neglect Sf said
recorder to give the required notice
shall not iuvalidate the vote aud de-
| Examinations made under the provis-
ions of this act.
The votes upon said question shall be
upon the same ballots used ia tho cleo
tion of village officers and Shall be tax
en-, canvassed, returned and announced
in the same manner rs is provided by
law for taking. canvassing, returning
! and announcing the votes for the cleo
tion of officers of said village. which
until it shall he revoked vt 4 subsequent
annual election, and if such return
show that Il majority of the votes cast
1T such election on said question shall
be "For License" then the Village
Council SHALL grant liceuse subject T.,
such ordinances as may he in force or
that said council may adopt. Provid-
| cd, that the license fee shall not bs less
than three hundred dollars nor more
than one thousand dollars, and all ap
| plicants for license must furnish good
| and sufficient bond in the sum Of two
thousand dollars in such form as said
council may direct aud to be by them
approved. And if the returns shaw
that a majority of such votes cast At
such election on sail question are "A
gainst License" theh no license for
such traffic shall Ike granted. Al IL
cense money for the sale thereof aud
| all tiues for the violation of any IF the
ordinances regulating such traffic e'.all
be paid into the treasury for the .lss Of
the village.
This act shall take effect and 10 In
force from and after its passage.
Approved Feb. 26, 1858.