Morris tribune., 1896-10-28

state, In such manner as may be provided
! by law, and shall have been pronounced by
| said court capable of enjoying the rights
OF citizenship within the state. !"
The effect of the last above proposed
| amendment upon persons right TO vote
| for elective officers in this state will be:
] l. To eliminate the present requirement
| or one years residence in the United States
?. To require a residence in this state
next preceding an election. of six months
| Instead of four months as now required
3. To require a residence in the election
| district next preceding an election, of thir-
| ty. days instead of ten days as now re-
/ quired
f. To require a citizenship Of the United
| States of three months. The constitution
now permits citizens If the United States
to vote regardless of the period of citizen
ship, provided they possess the requisite
qualifications Of residence above indicated.
D. 10 repeal the present provisions Of the
constitution which enables person of for
eign birth to vote after having declared his
intention 70 become 4 citizen of the United
States. and before becoming Il fully natural
lied citizen thereof
In addition to the foregoing, Tho effect of
the adoption Of such last proposed aEaend-
ment will be to deprive Il foreign lorn per-
son of the right 70 hold an elective office in
this state before becoming A fully natural
lied citizen of the United States
VI.
"An act proposing an amendment to arti-
Gle fonr a. of the constitution Of the State
or Minnesota allowing cities already ircor-
porated. and villages desiring 10 l"come In
cofporated rs cities 10 frame their own
charters as cities y
Il is proposed 70 add to article fuu? Of
the constitution the following section;
'ScC. SO Any city ." village in this state
nay frame a charter for its own govern
ment as city consistent With and sui ect
TO the laws of this star us follows: The
legislature shall provide. lnlcr such re-
StrictionS as it deems proper, for a board Of
Fifteen freeho!ders. who snail DE and for the
past five years shall have been qualified
voters thereof, to be appointed hy the dis
trtct Judges Of the judicial district in which
the city or village is SitlaTed, Nhich !Card
shall, within six months after its GTroiDt-
reGt return to the chef magistrate f such
city or village a draft Of Such charter
signed 10y the members Of said board or a
majority thereof. Suah charter snail be
submitted to the qualified voUers OF such
city or village at the next election there
after. and If fOur-SeyenShs of the GEaIiied
voters voting at such election shall ratify
the same it shall, at the "nd IF thirty days
thereafter, become the charter of such city
or village AZ city, md Sunerse1e any eX-
listing charter and amendments Il ereOf; pro-
vided. that in cities having patrol limits
now established such charter sGaIl require
a three-fourthS majority vote of the quail
fed voters voting at such eierrioa to change
the patrol limits now established
Before any city shall incorporate under
this act the legislature shall prescribe by
law the general limits within which such
charter shall be framed Duplicate certiti-
Gates shall be made setting forth the char
ter proposed and its ratification, which shall
be signed by the chief magistrate of said
city or village, and authenticated by its cor
porate seal: One of said certificates shall
be deposited in the office of the secretary of
state, and the other, after being recorded
in the office of the register of deeds for the
county in which such city or village lies.
shall be deposited among the archives of
such city or village, and all courts shall
take judicial notice thereof. Such charter
so deposited may be amended by Il proposal
h 5neFefor made By board Of fifteen free
thirty days in three newspapers of general
circulation in such city or village, and ac-
cepted by three-tffths Of the qualified
voters of such city village voting at the
next election, and not otherwise: but such
charter shall always be in harmony with
ana subject 10 the constitution and laws of
the State of Minnesota. The legislature
may prescribe the duties of the commission
relative to submitting amendments of char
ter to the vote of the people.
The board of freeholders above provided
for shall be permanent, and all the vacan-
cIeS by death, disability to perform duties,
resignation or removal from the corporate
limits shall be filed by appointment in the
same manner as the original board was
created, and said board shall always con |
tain its full complement of members.
1t shall be feature Of all such charters
that there shall be provided, among other |
tblngS, for mayor or chief magistrate, and |
a legislative body Of either one or two |
houses; If Of two houses, at least one of |
them shall be elected by general vote Of |
the citizens.
In submitting any such charter or amend |
ment thereto to the qualified voters of such |
city or village any alternate section arti- |
Gle may be presented for the choice of the |
voters, and may be voted On separately |
without prejudice to other articles or sec |
tions OF the, charter OF any amendment |
thereto
The legislature may provide general Tvs
reiating, to affairs Of cities, the application
fifty thousand Inhabitants, or 10 cities OF
nfty and not less than fifteen thousand in- |
habitants, or to cities of fifteen thousand |
inhabitants, or less, which shall apply /
equally to all such cities of either class. and |
which shall be paramount while in force to
the provisions relating to the same matter
included in the local charter herein pro-
V1ded for But no local charter, provision
or ordinance passed hereunder shall super
sede any general law of the state defining
or furnishing crimes or misdemeanors."
The effect of the adoption of the last
named proposed amendment will be:
l. To vest cities and villages with the
right Of framing their own charters, sub
Ject to limitations imposed by the laws of
the state.
2. The charter will be framed by board
of fifteen freeholders, or a majority thereof.
3. The charter will thereupon be submit
ted to the qualified voters at the next en-
suing election. and will require for its rat
ihcation four-sevenths 40 of the qualified
voters voting at such election.
f. If ratified at such election the charter !
will thereupOn. after the lapse Of thirty
days become the charter of such city or
village.
s. A city will be unable to incorporate
under the proposed amendment until the
legislature shall have first prescribed by
law the general limits within which its
charter may be framed
g. A charter once adopted may be amend
ed in manner similar to that prescribed
for the framing and adoption Of the orig
inal.
. The board of freahOlders is 70 he Dnr-
petuaI and without limitation of term, ex-
cept that arising from death, disability to
perform duties, resignation or removal from
the corporate limits of the city village.
s. The charter must provide for a mayor
or chief magistrate and a legislative body
Of either one or two houses; if of two
houses. the members of at least one house
shall be elective ''by the general vote Of
the citizens"
.. Alternate articles or sections of pro-
posed charter may be voted upon; that is to
say, the voter may vote for one or the
other of two given articles or sections.
10. The legislature may classify cities