The record-union., 1892-10-10
Amendment Number Five.
Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 14.7
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ISenate Constitutional Amendment No. 14.1
ARTICLE XII.
Section s. Any city containing popula-
ton OF more than three thousand five nun
dred inhabitants, may frame a charter for it's
own government, consistent with and subject
TO the Constitution and laws of this State by
causing board OF hfteen freeholders, who
snall have been for at least five years qualified
electors thereof, TO be elected by the
or special election, whose duty it shall
be, within ninety days after such elec-
ton, t to prepare ana ana, propose charter
cate, by the members of such Board or a ma
jOrity OF them and returned, one copy to the
Mayor thereof, or other chief executive officer
of such city, and the other TO the Recorder OF
the county. such proposed charter shall then
be published in two daily newspapers of gem
erai circulat on in such city tor at least twenty
days, and the first publication snail be made
within twenty days after the completion of
the charter; PROVIDED, that in cities containing
population OF not mere than ten thousand
Inhabitants such proposed charter shall be
published in one such daily newspaper: and
within not less than thirty days AFTER such
publication 1t shall be submitted to the uuali-
lied electors of such city at q general or
special election, and if majority of such
qualified electors voting thereat shall ratifv
the same, 1t shall thereafter be submitted TO
the Legislature Tor its approval or rejection
as whole, without power of alteration or
amendment. Such approval may be made
by concurrent resolution, and If approved by
each house. it shall become the charter of such
city, or if such city be consolidated with n
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 city
setting forth the submission of such charter
TO tie 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
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 at 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 newspaper
of general circulation in such city, and r;tti-
fed by at least three-fifths of the qualified
electors voting thereat. and approved by the
legislature as herein provided for the an
proval of the charter. In submitting any
such charter or amendments thereto any al
tentative article or proposition may be pre-
sented for the choice of the voters, and may
be voted on separately without prejudice to
others.
Now, therefore, pursuant TO the provisions
OF the Constitution. and an Act OF the Legisla-