Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-10-11

caIcd ~ ns o0Tp0reSe seAl. Onc; oK ealo
Of the Secretary q State, ana the other.
register Of decd. for the county in which
posit.d al smoas y ths archives q such leisy
detail NOTES thsrscS 4 such chsrter q
s. re-
holders. Aforesaid, published for q. least
thirty days n three newspapers Of gsn-
as: ana stssS,ssa0n '9sn *
Squalihed voters Of, such city or village
voting 1t the next election. and not
If sa .ysa sh eaae ,ub ss yt
Minnesota Minnesota. The ieEis1asure e"G may pre-.
scribe serb: the duties Of the commission reia-
ter to the vote 81 the people.
The board Of freeholders above pro
yided for shall be permanent. and all
the corporate limits shall be filled by APP
pointment Ia the same manner as the
board shall always contain its 'iSil com:
plement Of members. 49,. .2ea,
1T shall be feature Of all such char.
eher thns for mayor or CHEF
one or two houses: il OF two, houses at
eral vote Of the citixens.s.,. gs~.-rl =. H.
I'm submitting any such charter or
amendment thereto 70 the qualified voters
S ;%sh city syse as ss Sc tssnfss
the choice OF the voters, and may be
voted on separately without prsjujice to
or 9"e
'The legislature may provide general
l lsws elating t9: affairs Of cities: The ap.
Of which may be to
Or to cities, Of fifty and not less than
fifteen thousand inhabitants. or to cities
Of fifteen thousand inhabitants Or less.
cees Of eithe ap essss ana which &c shall ipf
paramount while in. force to the pro-
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:
u.s.. Sec; SO: Any city Or village In this
ss to the city zws s .t xs
as follows: The legislature shall provide.
under such RESTRICTIONS as It deems prop
ssa ses and 20 esf PAST
shall have been qualified voters thereof.
to be appointed by the district Judges Of
SaSe is s5ct as IN whsa s city may
determine, for term in no event 10 ex-
coed six years, which board shall. within
six months after its appointment. return
village draft OF said charter, signed by
the members of said board. or majority
fSe sSSa shall 9x
village at the next election thereafter.
and II four-sevenths Of the qualified vot-
ers voting at such election shall ratify
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,
such charter shall require three-fourths
majority vote Of the qualified voters
limits saf now e'estGa change the
der this act the legislature shah pre-
wseh suc law ch sns sha limits @
Duplicate certificates shall be made set
ting forth the charter proposed and its
cstaa which shall lie signed tx the
and authenticated by its corporate seal.
One Of said certificates shall lie Deposited
IN the office Of Secretary Of State. and
ONCE Of the Register Of Deeds for the
shall be deposited ,, among tho archives
shall take judicial notice thereof. such
charter so deposited may be amended by
made sy board 1S
newspapers OF general circulation In such
S Or Of yh e Ra vcePs 81 BY Such cy
or village voting at the next election. and
not otherwise; but such charter shall al
be my with and speest to
OF Minnesota. The legislature may pre-
scribe the duties Of the commission fela-
tive to submitting amendments of char.
tor n no u0f nf he md ohnn
provide that upon application of five per
cent Of the legal voters Of any such city
or village, by written petition, such COM
people proposed amendments to such
charter set forth in said petition. The
board y, Of fresholders al above provided for
by, death, disability to perform duties.
resignation or removal from the. coEpo-
rate limits. or expira ton Of term IL office,
shall be lled by in the
tain its full complement Of members,
ters that there shall be provided .more
other things. for mayor or chief mag
istrate, and a legislative body of either
sha Se eeetsd
eral vote Of the electors. s.,.Is
In submitting any such charter or
amendment thereto to the qualified voters
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. 4, -
1.-THE legislature may provide general
laws relating to affairs OF cities, .he ep-
plication of which may he .iml-ed 10
cities of over fifty thousand Inhabitants.
or to cities of hfty and rot less thsn
twenty thousand Inhabitants or to cities
Of twenty and not less than ten thousand
Inhabitants or to cities Of ten thousand
habitants 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
msdemeanors." - .- ..,.Ii-
. The changes to be effected by the pro-
posed amendment are az 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 IL the case under the existing
constitution. -..l..g,
; q 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, II the amend
ment is ratified, Of the discretionary au-
thority conferred by the existing consti-
tuition. SD 50.
8. Under the existing constitution it