The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-10-22

the vacancies by death, disability to per-
FORM duties, resignation or removal from
the corporate limits shall be filled by APP
original board was created, and said
board shall always contain its full COM
plement of members.
ut shall be a feature Of all such char
tiers that there shall be provided, among
other things, for mayor or chief mag
er ana body Of sthsf
least one Of them shall be elected by gem
| eral vote Of the citizens.
amendment thereto to the aae qualified Voters
section or article may be presented for
Voted on at tai %ou ana te
other articles or sections Of the charter
or any amendment thereto.
laws relating to atfaif y 81 pfo cities. the ap.
cities Of over fifty thousand inhabitants.
fifteen thousand inhabitants, or to cities
Of fifteen thousand inha bitants or less,
Which W;t,sa g shall apply equally to all such Oh
paramount while in force to the pro-
visions relating. to the same matter in
cluded in the local charter herein 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. 36. Any city or village in this
state may frame charter for it's own
as city tent With
as follows: The legislature shall provide.
under such restrictions as it deems prop
err e1li for or a a board Of fifteen freeholders.
snail have been qualified voters thereof,
to be appointed by the district judges of
the judicial district in which the city or
he 1ap iS1 la llrQ "
determine, tor a term in no event 10 ex-
coed six years, which board shall, wi thin
six nc months tt; after its appointment, return
70 the chief magistrate of said city or
village draft of said charter, signed by
the members of said board, or majority
tn se oS s1s haTsr rs shall al Il 1
and If ,four-sevenths Of the qualified vot-
y yaa II sb sEfh fbs an shall III fS
days thereafter, become the charter Of
such city or village as a city, and super
sede any existing charter and amend
having patrol limits now established,
majority vote Of the Qualified Voters
patrol limits now established.
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 its
ratification. which shall lie signed ty the
chief magistrate o! said city CT villa sc
and authenticated by it's corporate seal.
One of said certificates shall lie deposited
Office Of the S egsfer of fe Sesds tor the the
county in which such city or village lies,
of such city or village, and all courts
shall take judicial notice thereof. Such
charter so deposited may be amended by
a. Axy h~ -
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 all
the constitution and laws Of the State
scribe the duties of the commission rela-
ter to the Vote Of the peepie. and nd Shall shall
cent Of the legal voters Of any such city
mission Shall Submit to the vote oSs" Of fo the
people proposed amendments to such
charter set forth in said petition. The
shall be permanent, and all the vacancies
| by death, disability to perform duties,
resignation or removal from the corpo-
shall be filled by, appointment in the
same manner as the original board was
created, and said board shall always con-
1T shall be feature of all such char
tiers that there shall be provided, anon g
other things, for mayor, or chief mug
! tstrate, 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 :,
amendment thereto to the qualified voters
Of such city or village any alternate Sec
ton or article may be presented for the
on separately without prejudice to other
articles or sections of the charter or any
amendments thereto.
laws relating to affairs of cities, ehe o.
plication of which may be 4iml-ed to
cities Of oyer fifty thousand iaha5itan ts,
twenty thousand inhabitants or to cities
Of twenty and not less than ten thousand
inhabitants, or to cities Of ten thousand
| equally to all such cities of either class,
and which shall be paramount while in
force to the provisions relating to the
herein provided for. But no local charter
provision or ordinance passed Hereunder
shall supersede any general law of the
misdemeanors.' $500.
Ths changes e be effected by the pro-
| 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.
! thority conferred by the existing consti-
tuition. .t =, i. ~. a..-''H lesIG7
8. Under the existing constitution it
| Is provided that where legislativ We body
consists Of two houses, "at least one Of
| of the citizens"
By the proposed amendment such cleo
ton must be by central vote ''of the
4. Under the existing constitution i, Is
| provided that the legislature may provide
general laws relating to the affairs Of
cities, the application of which may be
TO cities of over fifty thousand inhabi-
tantS, or H... F. ....' \ -,.' ~
| TO. cities of fifty. thousand inhabitants
and not less than fifteen thousand in
r. cities Of fifteen thousand inhabi-
tants or less, etc. a.
By the proposed amendment it is pro-
| general laws relating to the affairs Of
cities. the application Of which may be
| limited - - :
TO cities of over fifty thousand inhabi-
tants, or "
To cities of fifty thousand and not less
than twenty thousand inhabitants, or
TO cities of twenty thousand and not
less than ten thousand inhabitants, or
TO cities Of ten thousand Inhabitants
or less, etc. s ,S's' .'4 A.
In other words, there are three classifi-