The record-union., 1892-08-15
Amendment Number Five.
tsenate Constitutional Amendment No. 14.l
ARTICLE XI.

ARTICLE N.
Section s. Any city containing a pop,la-
ton OF more than three thousand five1hun-
dred Inhabitants, may frame charter for lis
own government, consistent with ana subject
TO the Constitution and laws of this state by
causing board OF fifteen freeholders. who
snail have been for at least five years qualified
electors thereof, to be elected by the
qualiled voters of said city at any general
or special election, whose duty it shall
be, within ninety days after such elFc-
ton, to prepare and propose n charter
for such city, which shall be Signed in Cupli-
cate, by tue members OF such Boaru or O. ina
louty OF them, and returned, one COPY to the
Mayor thereof, or other chief eXecutfVe officer
OF such city, ana the other to the Recorder OF
the county. Such proposed charter shall then
be punished IN two daily newspapers of gen
eral circulation in such city, Tor at least twenty
days, and the first publication shall he mace
within twenty days after the completion OF
the charter; provided, that in cities containing
a popu2tlon OF not more than ten thousand
inhabitants such proposed charter shall be
publlsned ~ one such daily newspaper; and
within not less than thirty Qays after such
publication it shall be submitted to the ouali-
lied electors of such city at u general or
special election, and if a majority of such
qualified electors voting thereat shall ratify
the same, IL shall thereafter be submitted to
the Legislature for its approval or reflections
as whole, without power OF alteration or
amendment. Such approval may be made
by concurrent resolution, and If approved by
a majority vote of the members e,ected IN
each house, ii shall become the charter of such
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county, then of such city and county and
shall become the organic law thereof and su
perSede any existing charter and all amend
mentS thereof and all laws inconsistent with
such charter A copy OF such charter certi
fed by the Mayor, or chief executive officer
and authenticated by the seal OF such citv'
setting forth the submission of such charferr
TO the electors, and its ratification by them
SHALL after the approval of such charter nv
the Legislature, be made, gin duplicate.
and deposited, one in the Office OF
the Secretary OF State, and the other
after being recorded in SAID re,
corder's Office, shall be 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 nj inter
walls OF not less than two years by proposals
therefor, submitted by the legislative author
ity OF the city to the qualified electors thereof
at general or special election held at least
forty days after the publication of such pro
posals for twenty days In daily newsnane,
OF general circulation in such city. and rati
lied by at least three-fifLhs of the Qualified
electors voting thereat, and approved bv the
Legislature, as herein provided for the an
provaI OF the charter. In submitting anv
such charter, or amendments thereto any IL
tentative article or proposition NAV he nre
Sented for the choice of the voters and rnay
be voted on separately without prejudice to
Others "
NOW, Therefore, pursuant to the provisions
OIL the Constitution, aud an Act or the Ierjsta