St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-04
ONE RUGBEAR LESS.
All May Now Read and Under
stand the Charter Changes.

stand the Charter changes.
The revision of the Minneapolis city
charter, drawn up in bill form by Rep
resentatiye w. II. Tripp, was introduced
in the state senate OH Jan. %. Yester-
day it was printed for distribution
There has been so much said about
what the charter contains and what it
does not contain that the following syn
Opsis has been prepared, so that no one
in MINNEAPOLIS may longer remain in
ignorance concerning its provisions:
The title is: IAN act to revise. amend
and consolidate the charter of the city OF
Minneapolis, and TO unite the various
boards and departments OF said CITY,"
The ward boundaries are left as they are.
Dir. Bells plan for a rediviSion OF the
Seventh and Twelfth wards, which has
caused such opposition iii the Twelfth
ward, is not included in the change.
There is also no new territory. Each
ward will have two aldermen except the
Tenth, Twelfth and Thirteenth wards,
which after the first Monday in May
will have only one alderman, provided
that as soon as 1000 votes are cast in
any one of these wards it shall be en-
titled to TWO aldermen. 1t extends the
terms of the aldermen who are elected
to serve until January, 1898, to May of
that wear. The day of election is fixed
on the first Monday in April, except
that the election in 1898 shall be held on
the first Tuesday in April. The alder
men, mayor and city officers are elected
for two years.
Chapter 2 contains the celebrated
lone man clause. 1t reads:
"All heads of departments and other
officers and agents necessary for the
proper management of the affairs of
the city shall be appointed by the mayor
by and with the consent OF the city
council. unless otherwise provided in
this act
Chapter 3 has to do with the duties of
the mayor. which are defined thus:
The mayor shall be the chief eXecu-
tive of the city and eX-otficio head of
the police and fire departments. 1t
shall be the duty Of the mayor to see
that all officers of the city discharge
| their respective duties. and to that end
may bring appropriate action against
any delinquent officer; to appoint, by
and with the consent of the city council,
all neadS of departments to bureaus, and
| he shall be responsible for the good Or
der and efficient government of the city.
| The mayor shall call together the heads
| of the departments for consultation and
| advice upon the affairs Of the city at
| least once a month. and at such meet
| ings he may call on the heads of the de-
partments for such reports as he may
deem proper"
The mayor is made a member eX-
| oficio of all boards, and he is given
| power to remove from Office any head of
| department, director or other officer APP
pointed by him.
The fourth chapter creates fourteen
departments, as follows: Police, fire,
! public works, city clerk, city treasurer,
| city comptroller, law. taxes, educa-
ton, parks, public libraries, health,
charities and correction, public debt,
| The department of education is as at
| present except that 1.-THE school board
shall MOI in any one year contract any
| debt or incur any expense greater than
the amount of the school fund subject to
their order, without previous order or
resolution of the city council" The
same is true of the park board and the
library boards. The department Of
health is placed under the control of the
commissioner of public health. His
salary is s., 600 year. His duties are
the same as at present. The department
of charities and correction is placed
under four directors. not more than two
of whom shall belong to the same pc
litica party, all appointed by the mayor.
| The duties are the same as now repOSed
with the supervisors of the poor and the
| superintendent of the poor. They will
| also have control Of all the almsh0nses.
| warehouses, hospitals and other places