The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-11-05
STATE OF MINNESOTA, -
Attorney Generals Office,

STATE OF MINNESOTA,
Attorney Generals Office,
st. Paul, July Z. 1893.
Hon. Albert Berg, Secretary Of State.
Sir: Pursuant ito 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 Cen
'eral Laws 1897, chapters 175, 1856. 2SO
and 1888. ;aM, very respectfully,
H. w. CHILDS, Attorney General. 81
SYNOPSIS OF AMENDMENTS TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF
MINNESOTA PROPOSED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE SAID
STATE AT THE LAST SESSION
THEREOF. h
BY General Laws 1897, chapter 175, it
is proposed to amend Article seven.
Section eight, of the Constitution.
The section as now existing reads as
follows:
withstanding anything in this article, pro-
vide by law that any woman at the age
of twenty-one years and upward, may
pose Of choosing any officers for schools.
or upon any measure relating to schools,
and may also provide that any such
pertaining solely to the management of
schools
1t is proposed by the said chapter to
amend the same to read as follows:
Sec. 8. Women may vote for school
ohcers and members of library boards,
and shall be eligible to hold any office
pertaining to the management of schools
Or libraries.
"Any woman Of the age of twenty-one
years and upward, and possessing the
qualifications requisite to a male voter,
schools or any members of library boards,
or upon any measure relating to schools
or libraries. and shall be eligible to hold
of schools and libraries.''
The effect Of the above amendment, if
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
sef-operative and not dependent upon
legislative action, as is now the case UNI
der the existing Constitution.
BY General Laws 1897, Chapter 1856, it
is proposed to amend Article II, Section
1 of the Constitution.
The section as now existing reads as
follows:
Section 1. Whenever a majority of
it 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
md 1n1 in
manner to be provided by law, that a
majority of voters present and voting.
appointments the same shall be valid to
al! intents and purposes, as a part of
this Constitution. If two or more altera-
tions or amendments shall be submitted
at the same time. it 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 majority of
both houses of the legisla ture shall deem
1t necessary to alter or amend this, con-
tons or amendments, which proposed
amendments shall be published with the
laws which have been passed at the same
submitted to the people for their approval
or rejection at any general election, and
If it shall appear in a manner to be pro-
vided by law. that 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! lntents and purposes as part of
this Constitution. If two or more altera-
tons or amendments shall be submitted
at the same time, it 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 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, % MINI.
4OO, 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, if the same is
adopted, be so changed as to require the
vote of a majority of all the electors vot-
ing at such election.
BY General Laws 1897. Chapter $50, it
is proposed to amend Article T. 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 it's own
subject to the laws of this state as fol-
lows: The legislature shall provide, un-
ger such pa, restrietions as it deems proper.
Tor a board of fifteen freeholders who
shall pc and for the past five years shall
nave been qualified voters thereof, to be
appointed s by the district. judges of the
village is situated, which board shall
within six months after its appointment
cifV ~ 10 4 the chief of such
q majority thereof. Such charter shall ii
De .7o, submitted t!1 to the qualified voters of
thereafter, and if four-sevenths of the
qualified voters voting. at such election
Of thirty DAYS ,gs # sha pee at The end
charter of such city or village as civ.
and supersede, any existing charter and
etiea avng It that in
lished such charter shall require three
fourths majority vote Of the qualified
the patrol limits now established.
,'Before any city shall incorporate under
this act, the legislature shall prescribe by
charter Shah be framed. Dupli naa s cerl
tificates shall be made setting forth the
charter h,cb .bpp pe and its
trate Of said city or village, and authentf-
Gated by it's corporate seal. One of said
certlhcates shall be deposited in the office
after being recorded in the office Of the
register. of deeds for the county in which
such city or village lies, shall be de-
or village. and all courts shall take ju-
91clal notice thereof. Such charter so
deposited may be amended by proposal
Lherefor made by board of fifteen free
holders t,ea aforesaid, published for at least