The record-union., 1892-10-31
Amendment Number Five.
Senate Constitutional Amendment No. IA.
A RrIcI.E X

ARTICLE XI.
Section S. Any city containing a popula.
ton OF more than three thousand five nun
dred Inhabitants, may fInme a charter for its
own government. consistent with and subject
to the Constitution and laws of this State by
causing board OF fifteen freeholders who
shhli have been for at least five years qualified
electors thereof, TO be elected by the
qualified voters Of said city at any general
or SPECIAL election whose duty it shall
be- within ninety days after such cleo
ton, TO prepare and propose a charter
for such city, which shall be signed, in dupli-
cate by the members Of such Board. or q ma
jority of them, and returned, one copy to the
Mayor thereof. or other chief executive officer
Ut such city, ana the o5her to the Recorder OF
the county. such proposed charter shall then
be published in two daily news papers of gen
erai circulat on in such city fora least twenty
days, and the first publication shall be MADE
within twenty days after the completion of
the charter; provided, that IN cities continuing
a population OF not mere than ten thousand
Inhabitants sucn proposed charter Shall be
published IN one such daily newspaper: and
within not less than thirty days alter sucH
publication it shall be submitted to the oIIali-
ned electors of such city at a general or
special election, and If a majority Of such
qualified electors voting thcrcat snail ratitv
the same, it shall thereafter be submitted to
the Legislature Ior its approval or rejection
as a whole, without power OF alteration or
amendment. such approval NAV be made
by concurrent resolution, and if approved b,-
q majority vote OF the members c!ected t1
each house, il shall become the charterof such
county, then Of such city and county and
shall become the organic law thereof and SUI
persede any existing ciarter ana all amend
Inents thereof. and all laws inconsistent with
such charter. A copy Of such charter, certi-
fed py the Mayor, or chief executive officer.
and authenticated by the seal OF such city
setting forth the submission OF such charter
to the electors, and its ratification by them
shall after the approval OF such charter by
the Legislature, be made, in duplicate,
and deposited, one in the Office OF
the Secretary of state, and the other
after being recorded in said Re-
corders Office, shall he deposited in the arch
ives of the city and thereafter all Courts shall
take judicial notice OF said charter. The
charter, SO ratified, may be amended at inter-
walls OF not less than two years by proposals
therefor, submitted by the legislative author
ity of the city 10 the qualified electors thereof.
at a general or special election. held at least
forty days after the publication OF such pTo-
posalS for twenty days in q daily newspaper
ofgeneral circulation in such city, and rati-
fed by az least three-Ifths of the Qualified
electors voting ti1ereat, and approved bvrhe
Legislature, as herein provided for the an
proval of the charter. In submitting any
such charter, or amendments thereto ailv al
Tentative article or proposition NAV be rre-
Sented for the choice OF the voters. and NAV.
be voted on separately without prejudice 10
others.
Now, therefore, pursuant to the provisions
of the Constitution. and an Act OF the Legisla-