The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-17
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
Attorney Generals Office,

ALBERT BERG, Secretary of State.
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
Attorney Generals Office,
st. Paul, July 7, 1893.
Hon. Albert Berg, Secretary Of State.
Sir: Pursuant to General Laws 1887,
chapter 157, 1 herewith file in
your office synopses of Amend
ments to the Constitution of the
State of Minnesota as proposed by Gen
eral Laws 1897 chapters 176, 1s5, $50
and 33S l am, very respectfully,
H. w. CHILDS, Attorney General.
SYNOPSIS OF AMENDMENTS TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF
LEGISLATURE OF THE SAID
STATE AT THE LAST SESSION
THEREFOR.
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 g. The legislature may, not
withstanding anything in this article, pro-
vide by law that any woman at the age
vote at any election held for the pur-
pose or 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: g.. Women may vote for school
omcers and members of library boards,
and shall be eligible to hold any Office
pertaining to the management of schools
or libraries.
"Anv wopoap ~ tho aoa ~ +1zan+u o,a
years and upward, and possessing the
QuaHhcatlons 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, II
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
thermore, 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.
By General Laws 1897 Chapter 1875, It
Is proposed to amend Article IA, Section
l of the Constitution.
The section as now existing reads as
follows:
both houses of the legislature shall deem
1t necessary to alter or amend this con-
stitution, they may propose such altera-
tons or amendments; when proposed
amendments shall be published with the
laws which have been passed at the same
session, and said amendments shall be
or rejection; and If 1t shall appear, in a
manner to be provided by law, that
majority Of voters present and voting,
shall have ratified such alterations and
amendments, the same shall be valid to
al! fntents and purposes, as a part of
this Constitution. If two or more altera-
tons or amendments shall be submitted
at the same time, 1t 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
1t necessary to alter or amend this con-
stitution they may propose such altera-
tions or amendments, which proposed
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, and
If it shall appear in manner to be pro
vided by law, that a majority Of all the
electors voting at said election shall have
amendments, the same shall be valid to
all intents and purposes as part of
this Constitution. If two or more altera-
tons or amendments shall be submitted
at the same time, 1t 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 1.-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
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.
By General Laws 1897, Chapter $50 it
is proposed to amend Article 4, Section
SO of the Constitution.
The section as now existing reads as
follows:
Sec 36. Any city or village in this
state may frame a charter for its own
government as a city consistent with and
subject to the laws of this state as fol-
lows: The legislature shall provide un-
der such restrictions as 1t deems proper,
for board of fifteen freeholders who
shall be and for the past five years shall
appointed by the district judges of the
judicial district In which the city or
village is situated which board shall
within six months after it's appointment
return to the chief magistrate of such
city or village a draft of such charter
signed by the members of said board or
e majority thereof Such charter shall
such city or village at the next election
thereafter, and If four-sevenths Of the
qualified voters 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 city,
amendments, thereof; provided, that in
cities having patrol limits now estab-
lished such charter shall require q three
fourthS majority vote Of the qualified
voters, voting at such election, to change
the patrol limits now established
Before any city shall incorporate under
this act, the legislature shall prescribe by
law the general limits within which such
charter shall be framed. Duplicate GER
tif1cates shall be made setting forth the
charter proposed and its ratification
which shall be signed by the chief magis-