The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-24

By General Laws 1897, chapter 175, 1t
is proposed to amend Article seven,
Section eight, of the Constitution.
The section as now existing reads as
follows:
Section 8. The legislature may, not
withstanding anything in this article, pro-
vide by law that any woman at the age
Of twenty-one years and upward. may
pose Of choosing any officers for schools,
or upon any measure relating to schools,
and may also provide that any such
woman shall be eligible to hold any Office
pertaining solely to the management OF
schools"
1t is proposed by the said chapter to
amend the same so as to read as follows:
Sec 8. Women may vote for school
officers and members of library boards,
and shall be eligible to hold any Office
pertaining to the management of schools
or libraries.
Amy woman Of the age Of twenty-one
years and upward, and possessing the
qualifications requisite to male voter,
may vote at any election held for the
purpose of choosing any officers Of
schools or any members Of library boards,
or upon any measure relating to schools
or libraries, and shall be eligible to hold
any office pertaining to the management
of schools and libraries
The effect of the above amendment, if
adopted, will be to permit women to vote
for members of library boards and to be
eligible to become members Of such
boards in addition to the right to vote
upon school matters and to hold offices
pertaining to schools, as PROVIDED by the
original section of the Constitution. Fur
thernlore, the Constitution, if the pro-
posed amendment is adopted, will be
self-operative and not dependent upon
legislative action, as is now the case I'M
der the existing Constitution.
II.
BY General Laws 1897, Chapter 1S5, 1t
Is proposed to amend Article IA, Section
l of the Constitution.
The section as now existing reads as
fellows:
Section l. Whenever a majority Of
both houses Of the legislature shall deem
it necessary to alter or amend this con-
st.tUtion, they may propose such altera-
lions or amendments; which proposed
amendments shall be published with the
laws which have been passed at the same
session, and said amendments shall be
submitted to the people for their approval
or rejection; and If it shall appear, IN a
ma. amer to be provided by law, that a
majority of voters present and voting
shall have ratified such alterations and
amendments, the same shall be valid to
this Constitution If two or more altera-
tions or amendments shall be submitted
at the same time, it shall be so regulated
that the voters shall vote for or against
each separately"
1t is proposed by the said chapter to
amend the same so as to read as fol-
lows:
Section 1. Whenever a majority Of
both houses Of the legislature shall deem
it necessary to alter or amend this con-
stitution they may propose such altera-
tons or amendments, which proposed
amendments shall be published with the
laws which have been passed at the same
session, and said amendments shall be
submitted to the people for their approval
or rejection at any general election, ana
If it shall appear in a manner to be pro-
Vided by law. that a majority OF all the
electors voting at said election shall have
voted for and ratified such alterations or
amendments, the same shall be valid to
al intents and purposes as part of
tons or amendments shall be submitted
at the same time. it shall be so regulated
that the voters shall vote for or against
each separately.
The change proposed by the above
amendment requires the submission of
any proposed amendment to the constitu-
ton at a general election.
1t further provides that in order to be-
come effective the proposed amendment
shall receive ''the vote of a majority of
all the electors voting at said election"
instead "of q majority of voters present
and voting" as provided by the original
section of the Constitution. The existing
Constitution may be amended as decided
in Dayton VS.. City of ST. Paul % Mimi
400, though the amendment receive less
than a majority of the votes cast at an
election for other purposes held at the
same time and place BY the proposed
amendment the rule will, If the same is
adopted, be so changed as to require the
vote of majority of all the electors Vot-
ing at such election.