St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-02
TO PREVENT FOREST FIRES.
Senator MastePman's Bill Pro-
vides for PatroIling the
State.
THE GHOST OF ECONOMY
Defeats the Confirmation Of
the Legislative Expense
Committees Report.

Senator Sheehan asks for the sub
mission of a constitutional amendment
to be known az section 80 of article +
providing that any city OF over $4,000
inhabitants may frame its own charter.
The constitutional amendment proposes
to delegate power to the Legislature to
enact law which shall provide fer
board of fifteen freeholders who shall
have been for at least five years voters
of the city. This board is to be APP
pointed by the district judges of the
judicial district in which such city is
located.
The board shall within six months
after such appointment return to the
chief magistrate of such city a draft of
charter signed by the members Of the
board or majority Of tham. Such
charter shall be submitted to the quail
fled voters of tbs city at the next cleo
ton thereafter, and if four seyenths of
the qualified voters shall ratify the
same it shall at the end of thirty days
become the charter of the city and su-
persede any existing charter and amend
ments.
A duplicate certificate shall be made
setting forth the charter proposed and
its ratification, which shall be signed
by the chief magistrate Of the city and
authenticated by its corporate seal. One
of such certificates shall be deposited
in the office OF the secretary OF state and
the other shall be deposited among the
archives of the city, and all courts shall
take judicial notice. The charter may
be amended by proposal made by a
board of fifteen freehoIders, published
for at least thirty days in three news
papers of general circulation in the
city, and accepted by three-ffths of the
qualified voters of the city voting at the
next election, and not otherwise; but
the charter shall always be iii harmony
with and subject to The constitution and
laws of the state.
The board of freeholders. provided for
above, shall be permanent. and all the
vacancies by death, disability to per-
form duties. resignation or removal
from the corporate limits shall be filled
by appointment III the same manner as
the original board was created. and the
board shall always contain its full COM
pIement of members. 1t shall be fea-
ture of ali charters that there shall be
provided, among other things, for a
mayor, or chief magistrate, and a legiS-
lative body Of either one or two houses :;
if Of two houses, ut least one of them
shall be elected by general vote of the
citizens. In submitting any such char
ter or amendment to the qualified voters
of the city, any alternate section or
article may be presented for the choice
OF the voters. ana may be voted on sepa-
rately, without prejudice to other arti-
eles or sections of the charter or any
amendment.
The legislature may provide general
laws relating 10 affairs of cities, the ap.
plIcatiOn of which may be limited TO
cities of over $4,000 inhabitants. or to
cities of $4,000 inhabitants or less,
which shall apply equally TO all such
cities of either class, and in case of cit
| les of over $4,000 inhabitants shall be
| paramount while in force to the provis-
! ions relating TO the same matter included
in the local charter herein provided for.
| But no local charter provision nor ordi-
nance passed hereunder shall super
sede any general law of the state defin-
ing or furnishing crimes or mIsdemean-
! orS.
This proposed amendment shall be
submitted to the people of the state fol-
their approval or rejection at the next
! general election.
Ee Patriotic.
Senator Heneman's joint resolution
TO promote patriotism is worthy of seri-
Gus consideration and is Wel!-directed
! criticism of the dilatory action on finan.
ciaI matters by the United States sen
ate. 1t calls attention to the failure OF
the national government to take action
to remove the depressed condition OIL
financial staguation. and requests The
Minnesota senators and representative:
in congress to do all in their power Il
stir up feeling Of patriotism and Il