The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-11-03

res iSCeTS the county WHICH
/ such city or village lies. shall be des
posted among the archives of such city
or. vi liags, and all courts shall axe ju-
dicial notice thereof Such charter SO
therefor made by a board of fifteen free
holders aforesaid, published for at least
thirty days in three newspapers of gen
and accepted by three9ffths of or the
qualified voters of such city or village
voting at the next election, and not
Constitution and Laws of the State Of
Minnesota. The legislature may pre-
scribe the duties of the commission rela-
tive to submitting amendments of char
ter to the vote of the people. ..:
The board of freehOIders above pro
the vacancies by death, disability to per
form duties, resignation or removal from
the corporate limits SHAH be tilled by apo
original, board was created, and said
board shall always contain its full COM
plement Of members.
1T shall be feature of all such char
tiers that there shall be provided, among
other things, for a mayor or chief mag
istrate, and a Legislative. body of either
one or two houses; if of two houses at
least one of them shall be elected by gen.
eral vote of the citizens.
In submitting any such charter or
amendment thereto to the qualified voters
of such city or village any alternate
section or article may be presented for
! the choice of the voters. and may be
voted on separately without praju lice to
other articles or Sections OF the charter
or any amendment thereto.
THE legislature may provide general
plication of which may be limited to
cities of over fifty thousand inhabitants,
Or to cities of fifty and not less than
which shall apply equally to all such
cities Of either class, and which shall be
paramount while in, force to the pro
visions relating to the same matter in
Guided in the local charter herein pro-
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-
6emeanors.
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 its own
government as a city consistent with
and subject to the laws of this state,
as follows: The Legislature shall provide,
under such restrictions as it deems prop
er, for a board of fifteen freeholders,
who. shall be and for the past five years
to be appointed by the district judges of
the judicial district in which the city or
village is situated, as tine legislature may
determine, for term in no event TO eN-
coed six years, which board shall, within
six months after its appointment, return
to- the chief ma gistrete of said city or
village a draft of said snarter, signed by
the members of said board, or majority
thereof. Such charter sinai h. submitted
to- the qualified voters Of SCH city. or
village at the next election thereafter,
and if four-sevenths of the qualified vot-
| ers voting at such election shall ratify
the same it shall, at the end of thirty
days thereafter, become the charter of
such city or village as a city, and super
sede any existing charter and amend
ments thereof; provided that in cites
having patrol limits now tablished,
majority vote, of the qualified voters
voting at such election to change the
patrol limits now established. T..
Before any city shall incorpqra'te IN
S Theh SUCH ch sns Ssa sha Sa S
Duplicate certificates shall be made set
ratification. which shall lie signed Ky the
chief magistrate OF said city CT via ge
and authenticated by its corporate seal:
in the office of Secretary of State, and
the other. after being recorded in the
Office of the Register of Deeds for the
e epuI in which such city or village lies
shall take judicial notice thereof. SUCH
charter SO deposited may be amended by
proposal therefor made by a board Of
| fifteen commissioners aforesaid pub
| lished for at least thirty days in three
newspapers of general circulation in such
fifths 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
| the constitution and laws of the State
| of Minnesota. The legislature may pre-
| scribe the duties of the commission rela-
| tive to submitting amendments Of char
| ter to the vote of the people, ard shall
provide that upon applic2t ton OF tive per
| cent of the legal voters of any such city
or village, by written petition, such COM
mission shall submit to the vote OF the
| people proposed amendments to such
| charter set forth in said petition. The
| board of freenOiders above provided fof
| shall be permanent, and all the vacancies
by death, disability to perform duties
resignation or removal from the corpo-
rate limits, CIR expiration OF term Of otlce,
shall be filled by appointment in the
same manner as the original board was
created, and said board shall always con-
tain it's full complement Of members.
1t shall be feature of all such char
tiers that there shall be provided, amor Is
other things, for mayor or chief mag
istrate, and a legislative body Of either
one or two houses; if OF two houses, at
least one of them shall be elected by gem
eral vote of the electors.
In submitting any such charter or
amendment thereto to the qualified voters
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
THE legislature may provide general
laws relating to affairs of cities, The sp-
plicatlOn of which may be Iifnt-ed 10
cities of over fifty thousand ilha ants,
=" to" cities of fifty and not less than
- not less than ten thousand
titles Of ten thOI1Sa nd