The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-10-27

register of deeds for the county in which
posteS seong as sye nv sn n sueS city
4 or village, and all courts shall take Ju-
idicial notice thereof. Such charter SO
MACY bs board Of
4 holders aforesaid, published for at least
thirty days in three newspapers of gem
i and accepted by three-ffths of the
j qualified voters of such city or village.
4 voting at the next election, and not
i otherwise; but such charter shall always
j be in harmony with and subject to the
I Constitution and Laws of the State or
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.
.'rhe board of freeholders above pro
\ vided for shall be permanent, and all
/ the vacancies by death, disability TO per-
| form duties, resignation or removal from
the corporate limits shall be filed by APP
pointment in the same manner as the
original board was created, and said
| board shall always contain its full COM
plement of members.
at shall be a feature of all such char
tiers that there shall be provided, among
other things, for mayor or chief mag
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
|
voted on separately without. preju lice to
| other articles or sections of the charter
or any amendment thereto
Tine legislature may provide general
laws relating to affairs of cities. the ap-
plication of which may be limited to
cities of over fifty thousand inhabitants,
/ fifteen thousand inhabitants, or to cities
| of fifteen thousand inhabitants or less,
| which shall apply equally to, all such
| paramount while in force to the pro-
visions rela ting to the same matter in
| cluded in the local charter herein pro-
Vlded 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-
| demeanors." --' ..s
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 10 eX-
coed six years, which board shall, within
| six months after its appointment, return
to the chief magistrate of said city or
| village a draft of said charter, signed by
the members of said board. or a majority
thereof. Such charter sha::i Is submitted
to, the, qualified voters of sceh 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 cities
having patrol limits now established,
such charter shall require thrse-foufths
voting at such election to change the
patrol limits now established.
Before any city shall incorporate I'M
der this act the legislature shall pre-
scribe by law the general limits with in
which such charter shall be framed.
] Duplicate certificates shall be made, set
| ting forth the charter proposed and its
ratification, which shall lie signed ty the
chief magistrate OIL said city or V.llS ge
and authenticated by it's corporate seal:
One of said certificates shall he deposited
in the office of 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
proposal therefor made by board Of
i fifteen commissioners aforesaid, pub
lished for at least thirty days in three
city or village, and accepted by three
fifths of the qualified voters of such city
/ OT village NOllnS at the next election, anu
not otherwise; but such charter shall al4
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. and shall
provide that upon application 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 forth said nptltlnn
board of freeholders above provided for
| shall be permanent, and all the vacancies
resignation or REMOVAL from o the e 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 full complement of members!
! 1T shall be feature of all such char
tiers that there shall be provided, anon g
other things, for mayor or chief mag
i 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 electors. @.-
In submitting any such charter or
! amendment thereto to the qualified voters
Of such city or village any alternate sec
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 ep-
pElcatlon or which may be 1imI-ed to
| cities of over fifty thousand INHABITANTS
| or to cities of fifty and rot less than
| twenty thousand inha bitants or to cities
| of twenty and not less than ten thousand
| Inhabitants, or to cities of ten thousand
| inhabitants or less, which shall apply
i equally to all such cities of either class,
and which shall be paramount while in
i 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
i 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 Iln-
| 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 appIica-
/ ton by five per cent of the legal voters
/ Thus they will be deprived, If the amend
ment is ratified, of the discretionary au-
| thority conferred by the existing consti-
| tuition.
g. Under the existing constitution it
| is provided that where a legislative body
consists of two houses, "at least one of
them shall be elected by conceal vote
of the citizens
BY the proposed amendment, slich cleo
/ ton must he nv a ppntrl Ucta tho