St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-22
CHARTER BILL RACE.
Both Howard and Sheehan Meas.
ures Reach the House TODAY

Both Howard and Sheehan Meas
ures Reach the House Today
The Howard charter bill and the
Sheehan home rule bill are running
race for admission to the house. The
Sheehan bill passed the senate yester-
day. The Howard bill went to the en-
crossing committee, and ten quill driV-
ers were put to work upon it, Senator
Howard supervising the work Senator
Sheehan followed his bill to the en-
crossing committee and put an extra
man to work at engrossing it.There
was an argument between the authors
of the bills as to whether they should
be contemporaneouS, and it was de-
cided to allow the home rule bill to go
on its way. The Howard bill will also
go over to the house today. There is
no doubt that both measures will go
through the house without much delay.
Section Sc of the Sheehan bill, as
amended. is as follows:
Any city or village in this state NAV
frame charter for it's own government
as a city, consistent with and subject
to the laws of the state as follows:
This legislature shall provide under
such restrictions as is deemed proper
for board of fifteen freeholders, who
shall be, and for the past five years
have been qualified voters thereof, to
be appointed by the district judges of
the judicial district in which the city
or village is situated, which board shall
within six months after it's appointment
return to the chief magistrate of such
civ villa a raj Fl IF oh RITZ
signed by the members Of said board
or a majority thereof. Such charter
shall be submitted to the qualified vot-
ers of such city or village at the next
election thereafter, and if four-sevenths
of the qualified voters voting at said
election shall ratify the same, it shall
at the end of thirty days thereafter
become the charter of such city or
village as city, and supersede any
existing charter and amendments
thereof. Provided that in cities having
patrol limits now established such
charter shall require a three-fourths
vote of the qualified voters voting at
such election, to change the patrol
limits now established.
Before any city shall incorporate I'M
der this act, the legislature shall pre-
scribe by law the general limits with
in which such charter shall be
framed. Duplicate certificates shall
be made setting forth the charter pro-
posed and it's ratification, which shall
be signed by the chief magistrate of
said city or village, and authenticated
by it's corporate seal. One of said GER
tificates shall be deposited in the Of
flee of the secretary of state, and the
other, after being recorded in the of
flee of the register of deeds for the
county in which such city or village
lies, shall be deposited among the ar
chives of such city or village, and all
! courts shall take judicial notice there
of. Such charter so deposited may be
amended by a proposal therefor made
by board of fifteen freeholders afore-
said, published for at least thirty days
in three newspapers of general cir
| culation in such city or village, and
accepted by three-flfths of the quail
| fled voters of such city or village vot-
| ing at the next election, and not other
| wise; but such charter shall always
| be in harmony with and subject to
the constitution and laws of the state
| of Minnesota. The legislature may
| prescribe the duties of the commission
relative to submitting amendments of
| charter to the vote of the people.
The board Of freeholders above pro-
vided for shall be permanent, and all
! the vacancies by death, disability to
| perform duties, resignation and re-
| moval from the corporate limits
shall be filled by appointment in the
same manner as the original board
was created, and said board shall al
| always contain it's full complement of
members. 1t shall be a feature of all
! such charters that there shall be pro-
vided, among other things, for a
mayor or chief magistrate and legis-
| lative body of either one or two hous-
es: if of two houses, at least one
of them shall be elected by general
vote of the citizens. In submitting
| any such charter or amendment there
| to to the qualified voters of such city
or village, any alternate section OF
article may be presented for the
choice of the voters, and may be
voted on separately without the preju-
dice to other articles or sections OF
the charter or any amendment there
to. p-s-
The legislature may provide gen
eral laws relating to affairs of cities
the application of which may be linn.
tied to cities of over $4,000 inhabitants
or to cities of fifty and not less thar
fifteen thousand inhabitants, or tC
cities of $1,000 inhabitants CIR less
which shall apply equally to all sucf
cities of either class, and which shall
be paramount, while in force, to the
provision relating to the same matter
included in the local charter hereir
| provided for but no local charter pro
vision or ordinance passed thereun.
der shall supersede any general law
of the state defining or Furnishing
crimes or misdemeanors.