Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-10-28


CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF
MINNESOTA PROPOSED ny THE
LEGlsLATURE OF THE SAID
STATE AT THE LAST SESSION
THENEOE.
BY General Laws 1897. chapter 49, 1t
is proposed to amend Article seven.
Section eight. Of the Constitution.
The section a. now existing reads a.
follows:
'..section 8. The legislature may. not
wtth9tanding anything In this article, pro-
vide by law that any woman at the age
OF twenty-one years and upward. may
Of fGF the
or upon any mea4ure relat ting to schools,
and may also provide that any such
woman shall be eligible to hold any ONCE
pertaining solely TO the management OF
schools" 49,,
IT IL proposed by the said chapter to
amend the same so as to read al follows:
SEC. 8. Women may vote for school
ena shall fnf b sess to % sny
pertaining to the management OF schools
Any woman Of tn: aFe Of twsnty9 'Ss
may vote At any election held for the
or Of any osa1S
or libraries. and shall be eligible to hold
Of Schools SoS p snd Mbrsri sS !"e management
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
fhpPn0nro a
posed amendment Is adopted. will be
self-operatlve and not dependent upon
legislative action, as 10 now the case I'M
der the existing Constitution.
BY General Laws 1907. Chapter 1s5. II
1s proposed to amend Article H. Section
Of the Constitution.
The section as now existing reads a.
follows:
Section 1. Whenever a majority Of
both houses Of the legislature shall deem
tRe 70 nS p4eposs sac
tions or amendments; whicn proposed
amendments shall be published with the
session. and said amend1ents shall b.
or election; and Il + : :hsi! appear IN :
shall have ratified such alter atoms and
amendments. the same snail be valid 20
til. ecnsttusie tito p1ap Two or NOR. siters
tionsi or amendments shall be submitted
= =; ~ -: ' sss. + ;s::s:s
1t 10 proposed by the said chapter to
amend the same 20 as to read az fol-
lows: ,s-'
Section l. Whenever = majority Of
It NECESSARY; to osites s Or amend tSis CON con:
stitution they may propose such altera:
tions Or .smendmsnts,s Which prcpos ed
laws which have bean passed ct the same
session. and said amendments shall be
submitted to the people for, their approval
3hsii eppea an n n msnn:r ' to Be p a"o
vlded by law. that z majority Of all the
electors voting at said election shall have
amendments, the same shall be valid to
all intents and purposes a. q part OF
this Constitution. If two or more altera:
at the same time. it shall be 90 regulated
each separately"
The change proposed by the above
amendment requires the submission Of
any proposed amendment to the constitu-
ton at a general election.
It further provides that in order to be-
como effective the proposed amendment
shall receive 'the vote OF majority OF
all the electors voting at said election"
instead "of a majority of voters present
and voting" as provided by tho original
section Of the Constitution. The existing
in Dayton VI. City Of st. Paul. "a MINI.
400, though the amendment receive less
than q majority Of the votes cast at an
election for other purposes held at the
same time and place. BY the proposed
amendment tho rule will. II the same Is
adopted, be 20 changed a. to require tho
vote Of a majority Of all the electors vot-
ing at such election.
BY General Laws 1897, Chapter 2s0. it
IL proposed to amend Article 4. Section
IS Of the Constitution.
The section ~ now existing reads -
follows:
''ssc. -. Any city or village in this
x 3: ety With sna
lows: The ieSislaturs shall provide. un-
for of So.Ta q sfe:. g SSc
have; S:.a susHasd yystsss tS.zsef. TO 5.
5Sasai1 dist.1et y wsis4 W eit Il, or Or
within ok month! after ite appointment
csy Or 70 9as. d.f q saeh g
. majority thereof. Such charter shall
s BE- e1 Sc e .s s.. AZ yet;Es
a%aiiiisd .xsteT1 vstinS It, such ,lsotion
81 h na,'f =: :e' & e. ;ss
s sndrt:s o. :Ssn a ~
e,:9 S:;ss ts S:ses ssa
iisho6 such QhaItef shall, REQUIRE 9thfpes