The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-11-03

Gated BY its corporate seal. One Of said
certificates shall be deposited in the ONCE
after e psnF S STATE ONCE Of
register Of deeds for the county in which
such city or village lies. shall be de-
posted among the a1chive. , Of such Ysh. city ~
dicial notice thereof. Such charter GO
deposited may be amended BY proposal
therefor made by board Of fifteen free
thirty days in three newspapers OF gen
and accepted by three-ifths Of the
voting at the next election, and not
otherwise; but such charter shall always
6e IN harmony with and subject to the
Minnesota. The legislature may pre-
scribe the duties Of the commission rela-
tive to submitting amendments of char
THE board Of freeholders above pro
vided for shall be permanent, and all
the vacancies by death. disability 70 per-
the corporate limits shall be filled by APP
pointment in the same manner as the
original board was created and said
D ofa shall always contain its full COM
1T shall be feature Of all such char
ters that there shall be provided, among
istrate, and legislative body Of either
one or two houses; II Of two houses at
leaSt one OF them shall be elected by gen.
eIaI vote OF the citizens.
IN submitting any such charter or
amendment thereto to the qualified voters
OF such city. or village any alternate
the choice Of the voters and may be
Vtseo on separately without preju lice to
otner articles or sections Of the charter
or any amendment thereto.
THE legislature may provide general
laws relating 70 affairs Of cities, the APP
p pit;at on Of which may be limited to
or to cities of fifty and not less than
fifteen thousand inhabitants, or to cities
or hfteen thousand inhabitants or less,
cities of either Glass, and which shall be
paramount while in force to the pro-
visions visions relating to the same matter in
vided for. But no local charter, pro-
vision or ordinance passed Hereunder
shall supersede any general law of the
state defining or Furnishing crimes or mis-
1t Is proposed by said chapter to amend
the same so as to read as follows:
Sec SO. Any city or village in this
state may frame charter for it's own
and subject to the laws of this state,
as follows: The legislature shall provide,
under such restrictions as it deems prop
who shall be and for the past five years
shall have been qualified voters thereof,
to be appointed by the district judges of
village is situated, as the legislature may
determine for term in no event TO ex-
coed six years, which board shall, within
to the chief magistrate Of said city or
village draft Of said charter signed by
the members of said board, or a majority
the qaaed voters sn Of eey e1
village at the next election thereafter,
and II four-sevenths Of the qualified vot-
n thirty
days thereafter, become the charter Of
such city or village as city, and super
sede any existing charter and amend
having patrol limits now tablished,
such charter shall require three-fourths
majority vote, Of the qualified voters
patrol limits now established.
Before any city shall incorporate un-
der this act the legislature shall pre-
which such charter shall be framed.
Duplicate certificates shall be made set
ting forth the charter proposed and it's
chief magistrate o. said city or villa ge
and authenticated by it's corporate seal.
One of said certificates shall be deposited
the other, after being recorded in the
| office of the Register Of Deeds for the
county in which such city or village lies,
Of such city or village, s and ali courts
shall take judicial notice thereof. Such
charter so deposited may be amended by
fifteen commissioners aforesaid, pub
lished for at least thirty days in three
newspapers of general circulation in such
ffths of the Qualified voters Of such city
! or village voting at the next election, and
| not otherwise; but such charter shall al
ways be in harmony with and subject to
Of Minnesota. The legislature may pre-
scribe the duties of the commission rela-
ter to the vote Of the people. and shall
provide that upon application of five per
cent Of the legal voters Of any such city
mission shall submit to the ve euen of eo the
people proposed amendments to such
charter set forth in said petition. The
board OF freeholders above provided for
shall be permanent, and all the vacancies
by death, disability to perform duties,
resignation or removal from the corpo-
rate limits, or expiration of term Of Office,
shall be filled by appointment in the
same manner as the original board was
created, and said board shall always con-
tain its FIJI he g ct
tiers that there shall be provided, among
other things, for mayor or chief mag
istrate, an. and q iegislaattive body OF either
least one of them shall be elected by gem
eral vote of the electors.
In submitting any such charter or
of such city or village any alternate Sec
ton or article may be presented for the
choice of the voters and may be voted
on separately without prejudice to other
articles or sections of the charter or any
amendments thereto.
1.-The legislature may provide general
laws relating to affairs of cities, The ep-
plication of which may be Aimi-ed TO
cities of over fifty thousand inha5itant
or to cities of fifty and not less than
twenty thousand inhabitants or to cities
of twenty and not less than ten thousand
Inhabitants, or to cities of ten 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 provided for. But no local charter
provision or ordinance passed Hereunder
shall supersede any general law of the
state defining or Furnishing crimes or
misdemeanors."
The changes to be effected by the pro-
posed amendment are as follows:
/. The term of Office of the commission
will be restricted by the proposed amend
ment to six years, instead Of being un-
limited, as Is the case under the existing
constitution.
2. The commission are required under
the proposed amendment to submit pro-
posed amendments of the charter Of the
city or village upon petition or applica-
ton by five per cent Of the legal voters.
Thus they will be deprived, IL the amend
ment is ratified, of the discretionary au.