The record-union., 1892-10-28
( Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 81
ARTICLE ".
Amendment Number Five.
Senate Constitutional Amendment No 14a
ARTICLE XI.

fSeuate CONSTITUTIONAL Amendment NO, 4.l
ARTICLE XI.
Section Sc Any city containing poptlIa.
ton of more than three thousand five mum
dred Inhabitants, may frame charter tor its
own government, consistent with and SUBJECT
to the Constitution and laws OF this State by
causing a board OF fifteen fresholders. VINO
snail have been for at least 1ive years qualified
electors thereof, TO be elected by the
uualined voters of said city at any general
or special election, whose duty it shall
be. within ninety days after such el G.
ton, 10 prepare ana propose a charter
Ior such city, which shall be signed, In dupi.-
cate by the members OF such Board, or a ina
jority Of them, ana returned, one copy TO tho
Mayor thereof. or other chief executive oficer
of such city, and the other to the Recorder 0f
the county. such proposed charter shall then
be published in two daily newspapers OF gen
eraI circulat on In such city, iorat least twenty
days, and the first publication snail be Inaae
within twenty days after the completion Of
the charter; provided, that in cities containing
a population OF not more than ten thousand
inhabitants suca proposed charter SHAH be
published in one such daily newspaper; ana
within not less than thirty days after such
publication 1t shall be submitted to the quail
ueU electors OF such city at genera "
special election, and If a majority OF such
qualified electors voting thefeat snail rainy
the same, IL shall thereafter be submitted 10
the Legislature for its approval or rejection
as q whole, without power OF alteration or
amendment. such approval may oe nIde
by. con current resolution, and II approved By
a majority vote OF the members eected 70
each house, il shall become the charter OF such
CITY. O. IL such City re COESUBCilcu Win q
county. then OF such city ana county, and
shall become the organic law thereoi, anc su-
persede any existing charter ana ali amends
nents thereof. and all laws inconsistent with
such charter. A copy Of such charter. cerJi-
fed by the Mayor, or chief executive officer.
and Authenticated by the seal OF such city,
setting torth the submission OF such charter
to tine electors and its ratification by theIn
shall after the approval Of such charter BY
the Legislature, be made, in duplicate,
and deposited, one i'll the oflee OF
tic Secretary OF state, and the other,
orer being recorded in said re-
aordar;s once shall be deposited in the arch
80 n the city and thereafter all Courts shall
taIe judicial notice OF said charter IhS
charter SO ratified, may be amended at inter-
IraIs Of not less than two years by proposaIS
+hsreIcr submitted by the legislative atthor.
Ty Of the city 10 the qualified electors tbereng
az n general or special election, held athas1
sort,e davs after the publication OF such nross
nosals for twenty days in daily neyspa rsI
6f general circulation in such city, ana rittI
red by at least threc-nfths of the oualIfie1
electors voting thercat. and approved nv M
LEGISLATURE, as herein provided for the an.
proval of the charter. In subnittinr on1
such charter, or amendments thereto anv al
Tentative article or proposition MAJ be mrs.
sented for tie choice OF the voters. ana NAV
be voted on separately without prejudice ID
others.
Now, therefore, pursuant to the proyfsions
of the Constitution. and an Act OF the LesisIal