The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-10-29


the corporate limits shall be filled by APP
pointment In the s1me manner as the
original board was created, and said
D D1ard shall az always contain its full COM
ters thai thers Shail be p proviasd; AMONG
istrate, and a legislative body Of either
least one Of them Shan be elected BY gen.
eral vote OF the citizens.
In submitting any such charter, or
amendment thereto to the qualified voters
OF such city or village any alternate
the choice of the voters, and may be
voted on separately without prejudice to
other articles or sections OF the charter
or any amendment thereto.
The legislature may provide general
laws relating to affairs of cities. the APP
piication of which may be limited to
cities Of over fifty thousand inhabitants,
fifteen Thousand inha bitants, or to cities
OF fifteen thousand inha bitants or less,
fh apply equally to all such
paramount while in force to the pro-
visions relating. to the same matter in
cluded in the local charter herein pro-
vision or ordinance passed Hereunder
shall supersede any general law of the
state defining or furnishing crimes or mis-
GemeanOrs." -.
1t is proposed by. said chapter to amend
the same so as to read as follows:
Sec. &c. Any city or village in this
stare may frame charter for its own
"6se to The city Avs 81 s s wh
as follows: The legislature shall provide,
unoer SUCH restrictlons as 1t deems prop
err eri for ora q board OF fifteen freeholders.
shall have been qualified voters thereof,
to be appointed by the district judges Of
the judicial district in which the city or
village is situated, as the legislature may
determine, for term in no event TO ex-
coed six years. which board shall, within
six months after it's appointment return
village draft of said charter, signed by
the members of said board, or: a majority
thereof. Such charter shall Is submitted
to the qualified voters of st%h city or
village at the next election thereafter,
and If four-sevenths of the qualified vot-
ers voting at such election shall ratify
days s become ne the charter cf
such city or village as city. and super
sede. any existing charter and amend
havg patro y now that az ses
such charter shall require a three-fourths
majority vote, Of the qualified voters
yot ting ats, at such elect91 to change the
Before any city shall incorporate I'M
der this act the legislature shall pre-
scribe by law the general limits. wit in
which such charter shall be framed.
Duplicate certificates shall be made set
ting forth the charter proposed and its
ratification at which shall He signed ty the
and authenticated by its corporate seal.
One of said certificates shall lie deposited
In the, office of Secretary of State, and
office of the Register of Deeds for the
county, in, which such city or village lies,
shall be deposited among the archives
shall take judicial notice thereof. Such
charter sc. deposited may be amended by
proposal therefor made by a board Of
lished for at least thirty days in three
newspapers, of general circulation in such
city or village, and accepted by three
or village voting at the next election, and
not otherwise; but such charter shall al
ways be in 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 tive per
cent of the legal voters of any such city
or village. by written petition, such COM
people proposed amendments to such
charter set forth in said petition. The
board of freeholders above provided for
Sha d be permanent aisaHi and all the vacancies
resignation or removal from the corpo-
rate limits, or expiration of term Of Office,
shall be filed by appointmept in the
created, and said board shall always con-
tain it's full complement Of members.
1T 1T . shall b. be a feature of all such char
other things for mayor or chief mug
istrate, and a legislative body of either
least one Of them shall be elected by gen
eral vote of the electors.
In 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
choice of the voters and may be voted
on separately without prejudice to other
articles or sections of the charter or any
'"The legislature may provide general
laws relating to affairs of cities, :he sp-
cities of over fifty. thousand Inhabitants,
or to cities of fifty and lot less thu n
twenty thousand inhabitants or to cities
ane Or 81 ten
inha bitants or less, which shall apply
equally to all 5 such cities Of either Glass.
f ofee " To the sha SS While fd
same matter included IN the local cSar itttf
herein provided for. But no local charter
provision or ordinance passed hereunder
shall supersede any general law of the
1 mAaen defining eanhz or, or Furnishing crimes Or
The changes TO be effected by the pro-
rSe term OF o aae Of the Commission
will be restricted by the proposed amend
ment to six years, instead of being un-
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
| ton by five per cent of the legal voters.
| Thus they will be deprived, II the amend
ment is ratified, of the discretionary au-
thority conferred by the existing consti.
tuition.
8. Under the existing constitution it
is provided that where legislative body
| them shall be elected by conceal vote
| Of the citizens.
| BY the proposed amendment, such cleo
ton must be by gen';r'tl4ive'te> '''of the
| 4. Under the existing constitution il is
| provided that the legislature may provide
cities, the application Of which may be
| limited
10 cities of over fifty thousand inhabi.
| TO cities of fifty thousand inhabitants
and not less than fifteen thousand in
| 70 cities of fifteen thousand inhabi.
BY the proposed amendment it is pro.
vided that the legislature NAV provide
general laws relating to the affairs Of
cities. the application Of which may be
| TO cities of over Atty thousand inhabi
10 cities: Of fifty thousand and not les
than twenty thousand ,iphabitAnts,s or
To cities of twenty thousand and no
less than ten thousand inhabitants. or
To cities of ten thousand inhabitants
or less, etc.
mother words, there are three classifi
cations of cities under the existing con.
stitution. while under the proposed one
there will be four classes thereof. as indi-
Gated by the foregoing analysis.
/ Nv.
BY General Laws 1897. Chapter 1913. Il
Is proposed to amend Article nine of the