Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-11-04
STATE OF MINNESOTA.
Attorney Generals Once.


and 393. am, very respectfully,
H. W. CHILDS, Attorney General
GYNOPSES OF AMENDMENTS TO The
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF
MINNESOTA PROPOSED by THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE SAID
STATE AT THE LAST SESSION
THEllEOE.
BY General Laws 1897. chapter AS. it
ss proposed to amend Article seven,
xection eight. Of the Constitution.
The section as now existing reads as
1olows:
"Section 8. The legislature n1ay not
vide BY law that any woman at the age
OF twenty-one years and upward. may
vote at any election he'd for the pur-
pose Of choosing any off1cers for s seh
and may also provide that any such
woman shall be eligible to hold any office
3estainins solely to the management OF
1t is proposed by the said chapter to
amend the same so as TO read as follows:
Sec. g. Women may vote for school
ofhcers and members Of library boards.
and shall be eligible to ho.d any oiiice
pertaining to the management OF scnoos
Or libraries.
ANY woman Of the age OF twenty-oae
years and upward. and possessing the
sualifica tons requisite to male voter,
purpose Of choosing any ~, officers Ut
schools or any members Of library boards.
Or upon any measure rclat ng to schools
Of libraries. and shall be cliglb.e to ko!d
ary Office pertaining to the management
Of schools and libraries"
The effect Of the above amendment. II
adopted. Will be to permit women to voc
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 orilces
pertaining to schools, as provlued by the
original section Of the Constitution. Fur
thermore. the Constitution. II the pro-
posed amendment Is adopted. will be
self-operative and not dependent upon
legislative action as Is now the case un-
der the existing Constitution.
BY General Laws 1897. Chapter 1856. II
- proposed to amend Article H. Section
I Of the Constitution.
The section as now casting reads al
follows:
Both houses Of the legislature snail deem
Il necessary to alter or amend this con-
sans tnsy may
amendnents shall! be published with the
hws which have been passed at the same
sefs11; a1d sid shall De
Or ELECTION; and II II shall appear. in q
M .ner to be provided by law. that q
majority Of voters present and voting.
shall have ratified such alterations and
amendments. the same shall be valid to
all intents and purposes as part Of
11is Constitution. II two or more altera-
at the same time, It shall be go 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-
nws:
both houses of the legislature shall deem
x necessary to alter or amend this con-
stttution they may propose such altera,
ens s pe published %hSn R%RR sa
Rws which have been passed at the same
session. and said an,endments shall be
submitted to the people for their approval
n It shall appear in a manner to be pro-
vlded by law. that 4 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 intants and purposes as part OF
this Constitution. II two or more altera.
lions or amendments shall be submitted
al the Same time. II shall be SO regulated
that the voters shall vote for or against
Zach separately.
The change proposed by the above
amendment requires the subrpAssion 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 a majority Of voters present
and voting" as provided by the original
section OF the Constitution. The existing
Constitution may be amended as decided
I'm Dayton vs.. City Of st. Paul, % MINI.
400 though the amendment receive less
than 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, II the same Is
adopted. be SO changed as to require the
vote Of q majority OF all the electors vot-
ing at such election.
BY General Laws 1907. Chapter $50, 1t
y proposed to amend Article 4. Section
@ Of the Constitution.
The section a. now existing reads -
follows:
"s &c. So Any city or village in this
government a. q city oonsiste ut with ia s ana
subject to the laws Of this state 40 fol-
lows: The legislature shall provide, un-
Oet xuCQ TeStTlOSlOnS II II Q00mS proper,
for : board Of fifteen freeholders. Who
shall be and for the past Ave years shall
have been Quafifled voters thereof. to Be
appointed BY the district Judges OF the
7iiis1s Situated, Which boz Board d''s shs III
within six months after ito appointment
seta1rn to the chief naasistrate Of such
city or. village a draft Of such charter
s,gned by the members Of said board, or
q majority thereof. Such charter shall
. suSnitted e the ausnnsd voter. Of
sheresfter. and Il four.sevenths Of the
SuaMned voters voting ct such election
& thirty days Thereafter. become tho
charter Of such city or village % Z city,
ana sr.,crcsdc any existing charter and
e ;;;2 sas,sef; ,H.SSided that in
nshe1 such charter shall REQUIRE Z three
tOurths majority vote Of the. qualified
q! l:strol iiaits nov ;s.!taSlishsd: -
0AiS act. the legislature shall 1rescribe ~
~ tina general lirrite WITHIN which such
eharter shall ~ framed. Duplicate oer-
1Aeetss shali 3 made setting fsFth tae
fRhRoh Nha1l h0 signed By the c6lAf maRin.