Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-10-21

! Gated BY its corporate seal One Of said
csrt!tcqtss shall BE- deposited IN the o once
after being recorded in the office Of the
register OF deeds for the county In which
such city or village lies. shall be , &c.
er village, and ali courts shall take ii;
, d!cial notice thereof. Such charter SO
deposited may be amended by proposal
holders Aforesaid published for al. least
thirty days in three newspapers Of GEN
oral circulation in such city or village.
voting at the next election, and not
otherwise; but such charter shall always
Constitution and Laws Of tho state OF
M:na-sota. The legislature may pre-
scribe the duties Of the commission rela-
xs % ss0 Vote sse Peopis Oh
The board OF. freeholders above pro,
vided for ehall be permanent and an
form duties, resignation or removal from
the corporate limits shall be filled by ap.
pointment in the Same manner os the
board shall! always contain its full COM
plsment Of members.
1T shall be feature OF all such char.
other things for q mayor or chief MAG
istrate and legislative body OF either
eral vote of the citizens.
In submitting any such charter or
amend n thereto to the qHaliiisI1 N N",et rs
section or article may be presented TOR
the choice OF the voters. and may be
voted on separately Without rr:ju lice to- TO-
or any amendment thereto.
"The legislature may provide general
laws relating to affairs of cities. tns ap-
cities Of over a:.y thousand inhabita ants;
fifteen thousand inhabitants. or 10 cities
which shall apply eaual lily to all such
cities Of either class. and which shall be
paramount while in force to the pro-
cluded in the local charter herein pro-
vided for. But no local charter pro.
vision v or ordinance passed tn, .hsreYnd eIa
state defining or Furnishing crimes or mis-
demeanors."
1t Is proposed by said chapter to amend
the same so as to read as follows:
Sec. SO. ANY city or village In this
government as q city consistent with
and subject to the laws of this state.
as follows: The legislature shall! provide.
under such restrictions as 1t deems prop
er, for a board OF fifteen freeho ders,
who. shall be and for the past five years
shall have been qualified voters '. thereby y;
the judicial district in which the city or
village is situated, as the legislature may
sstS NH for wS tern in ha With
six months after Its, appointment, return
TO- the chief magistrate Of said city or
xage ara Of Sad ehartr
thereof Such charter shall b. submitted
to the qualified voters Of s:ch city. or
1dafe at the of .he ve
ers voting at such election shall ratlfy
the same it shall. at the end OF thirty
days thereafter, become the charter OF
q
sede any existing charter and amend
ments thereof; provided. that III cites
naying patrol limits , now esta9isnehn:
majority vote Of the qualified voters
voting at such election 10 change the
patrol limits now established.
Before any city shall incorporate un-
der this act the legislature shall pre-
scribe by law the general limits viii in
BnS secn ss BE- nale s
ratification which shall lie signed X the
e end o. BY it's ses
in the office of Secretary Of State. and
once s Of the se@s of for the
.. county in which such city or village lies.
shall be deposited among tho ;trchives
shs sof take city udca noice SUCK
charter so deposited may be amended by
proposal therefor made BY a board Of
: iished for at least thirty days in three
newspapers Of general circulation in such
StX or village aRd c:epted by three
or village voting at the next election. and
not otherwise: but such charter shall al
ways be tn harmony with and subject to
OF Minnesota. The legislature may pre-
scribe the duties Of the commission rela-
! tive to submitting amendments Of char:
:, provide that upon application OF five per
! cent Of the legal voters of any such city
or village, by written t. petition such CON- m
people proposed amendments to such
, charter set forth in said petition. The
6oard 10 OF a6oXe for
! Resignation or removal from the corpo-
rate limits, or expiration Of term Of o:iice.
same manner as the ae original board vas
tain its fYlI hs eomplement 2f e NIB
ters that there shall be provided, :.moEg
other things, for a mayor or chief mag
istrate, and a legislative body Of either
least one Of them shall be elected by gen.
eral vote Of the electors.
I'm submitting any such charter or
amendment thereto to the qualified voters
Of such city or village any alternate sec
ton or article may be presented for the
cnoice of the voters and may be voted
vi SEPARATELY "llAOut pISJuOACc ~ OlutI
articles or sections of the charter or any
amendments thereto.
The Legislature may provide general
, laws relating to affairs of cities. +hc ep-
plicatio of which may he .inl-ed to
cities OF over fifty thousand ilh.t)l!ants,
or to cities Of fifty and not less t,an
twenty thousand inhabitants or to cities
of twenty and not less than ten thousand
inha bitants, or to cities Of ten thousand
inhabitants 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
misdcmeanOrs.'
The changes to be effected by the pro-
posed amendment are as follows:
l. The term of office Of the commission
will be restricted by the proposed amend
ment to six years, instead Of being I'M
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.
3. Under the existing constitution 1t
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