Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-10-14

certificates shall be &c posite d in the once
y a::Ss ee the tSe oes "
such city or village lies, shall be de-
posted among, the archives OF such city
; nC .na sue sha ana saEs So
therefor made ~ a board OF fifteen free
ho!ders aforesaid. published for at least
eral circulation in such city or village.
qualified voters OF such city or village
otherwise; but such charter shall always
be in harmony with and subject to the
Snnstisotion and Laws Ct the State OF
scribe the duties Of the commission rela-
tive to submitting amendments of char
ter !.r to the vote Of the people. .,.o
the vacancies by death, disability to per-
form duties. resignation or removal from
the corporate limits shall be filled by APP
original board was created. and SAID
plement Of members.
other things. for q mayor or chief mag
istrate, and a legislative body OF either
least one Of them n Shall Be elected BY gem
eral vote Of the citizens.
In submitting any such charter or
81 City or vsss any
section or article may be presented tor
the choice OF the voters. ani may be
Veq of If
or any amendment thereto.
''The legislat ure may provide general
lays relating to affairs OF CITIES me a p
cities Of over fif~y thousand inhabitants.
or to cities Of fifty and not less than
fifteen thousand inhabitants. or to cities
which shall! apply equally 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 or ordinance passed Hereunder
shall supersede any general law Of the
demeanorS."
1t is proposed by said chapter to amend
the same so as to read as follows:
Sec. 81. 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 r such restTictlons as 1t deems Prop
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 10 ex-
coed s!x years: which board shall, within
TO- the chief magistrate OF said city or
village a draft of said charter, .igned by
the members of said board, or majority
to the qualified voters OF s::ch city or
village at the next election thereafter.
and II four-sevenths Of the qualified vot-
tie same Il shall, at the END Of thirty
days thereafter, become the charter OF
such city or village as city. and super
sede any existing charter and amend a'i d.
having patrol limits now established,
such charter shall require three-fourths
majority vote. Of the qualified voters
patrol limits now established.
:. Before any city shall incorporate un-
der. this act the legislature shall pre-
which such charter shall he framed.
Duplicate certificates shall be made set
ting forth the charter proposed and its
and authenticated by its corporate seal.
One Of said certifica tes shall he deposited
tss other; ~, stfsr 5s!as ?efsrdsS n re
county in which such city or village lies.
81 .e + cty aae dc
shall take judicial notice thereof. Such
charter so deposited may be amended by
aae fy HGard 1u6
lished for at least thirty days, in three
newspapers Of general circulat ton in such
@ Or Of y thu nS vcsPs 81 BY syyc
10 not otherwiss; bi,t such Charter shah al
ways be in harmony with and subject to
Of Minnesota. The legislature may pre-
scribe the dulles Of the commission rela-
tive to submit .ting. amendments OF char.
tor n In SNIf hn rhv
provide that upon appllca tion of five 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
boar board :, OF freeho dd above provided for
BY death. disability TO perform duties.
RESIGNATION or removal from the corpo-
rate limits ar, Or expiration Of term Of office,
created, and said board shall always con-
tain its ful! complement Of members.
ters that there shall be provided, ;moI g
istrate, and q legislative body Of either
one or two houses; II q Two houses, at
eral vote Of the electors.
I'm submitting any such charter or
amendment thereto to the qualified voters
ton or article may he 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
amendments thereto.
1.-The legislature may provide general
laws relating to affairs Of cities, 'ha ep-
plication of which may be .iml-ed 10
cities OF over fifty thousand Inhabitants,
or to cities Of fifty and Tot less than
twenty thousand inhabitants or to cities
Of twenty and not less than ten thousand
inhabitants or less, which shall apply
and which shall be paramount while in
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
The changes to be effected by the pro-
posed amendment are as follows:
/. The term of Office 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.
:. 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 Ave per cent Of the legal voters.
Thus they will be deprived, If the amend
ment IL ratified, Of the discretionary au-
thority conferred by the existing consti-
g. Under the existing constitution It