The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24

The form of ballot to be used in submit
ting any such amendment or amend
mentS shall be prepared as provided by
the general election laws of this state,
and the general nature of any such pro-
posed amendment, or amendments, shall
be briefly indicated thereon. When only
one amendment is to be submitted. the
ballot shall have printed on it this ques-
ton: Shall the proposed amendment to
the charter of the city of ............ he
ratif1ed?" When more than one amend
ment is to be submitted, such amend
ments shall be numbered separately and
to each ame llfc 1 Hshail the p proposed
amendment to the charter of the city of
fied?'' Following and to the right Of any
such question shall be printed the words
Yes, No, the one under the other. The
voter shall indicate his choice by an ''X
marked to the right of the Yes or of
the NO. according as he is in favor of
or opposed to the ratification of any pro-
posed amendment. If any such proposed
amendment is accented by three-ifths
or village voting at the election, whether
general or special, next following the
return thereof to the chief magistrate,
it shall become a part of such charter at
ton at which the same was accepted
and ratified, unless the proposed amend
eTant qtheE rha aRe effect tn AND %hf 6e
in force only from the date pro-
vided for in such proposed amendment
Any and all amendments to any such
CHARTER which have heretofore been adopt
ed shall, within ninety 900 days from
and after the passage of this act, be duly
certified, authenticated, recorded and filed
IN the same manner as herein provided
for certifying, authenticating, recording
and filing amendments hereafter made,
ratified and accepted: and when so GER
titled, authenticated, recorded and filed
(and not otherwise) the same shall be re-
ceived in evidence by any court of this
state
Sec z. In submitting any such charter
or amendment thereto to the qualified
voters Of such city or village, any alter
nate alternative section 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 amendments thereto.
Sec. 8. Duplicate certificates shall be
made setting forth the charter and ratif-
cation thereof, or in case of an amend
ment or amendments Of any such charter
proposed and ratified, as herein provided
a certificate in duplicate wherein shall oe
set forth every such amendment so pro-
posed and ratified and a recital of the
ratification Of such amendment shall be
made. Said certificates in all cases shall
be signed by the chief magistrate of such
city or village, and authenticated by it's
corporate seal. Within ten days after
their execution. one of such certificates
secretary of state and the other, after
being recorded in the Office Of the register
of deeds Of the. county in which such city
or village is situated, shall be deposited
in the Office of the city or village clerk
or the corresponding official of such city
or village, and all courts shall take ju-
dIcial notice thereof.
Sec 8; Such charter and its amend
ments shaI always be in harmony with
and subject to the constitution and laws
of the State Of Minnesota. 1t shall he
a feature Of all such charters that there
shall be provision made among other
things, for mayor or chief magistrate
and a legislative body of either one or
two houses. and if of two houses, at least
one of them shall be elected by general
vote of the electors. Subject to these
initiate 4 and the limitations otherwise
prescrib,I by this act. such charter and
its amendments may provide for any form
and scheme of municipal government,
and may embrace provisions for the regu-
lat1on, management, administration and
government and Of all local municipal
governmental functions, as fully and
comprehensively as could the Statutes of
the State of Minnesota had section SO
of article ". of the constitution not been
adopted. But it shall be lawful for such
board In framing any such charter or
amendment to omit therefrom provisions
in reference to any department which,
prior to the framing thereof, IS admin
lstered under any existing special or gen.
eral law of this state. and in such event,
such department shall continue to be
so. administered Notwithstanding the
adoption Of such charter. For the eco
nomical and proper operation Of the gov
eminent created by such charter. or its
amendments, provision may be made
therein for methods of procedure and the.
performance of duties by the courts of
the district and officers ofsthe county, in
which such city or village is situated, not
inconsistent with the provisions of the
constitution and statutes of this state,
and such courts and officers shall per-
nection.
It shall also be lawful for any such
city to make provisions in its charter or
by amendments thereof for the acquisi-
ton and holding by gift devise, purchase,
Or by the exercise of the power of emf
nent domain through condemnation pro-
o oftSnI Of f., property for public use,
aries of such city or outside of
such corporate boundaries, for pub
lie parks. public libraries, cemeteries,
way for sewers, for uses connected with
water supply, for the convenient dis
charge of any governmental or business
function which said city is capable of
exercising, or for any other public pur-
pose. and to provide for managing, con-
trolling and policing the same.
Tt shall not be lawful for any such
city or village in such charter, or by
amendment thereof to curtail or add to
its territorial limits, except as herein
otherwise provided.
Tt shall be lawful for any such city or
village, in such charter or by amend
ment thereof, to provide for regulating
and controlling the exercise by any per-
son or corporation Of any public franchise
or privilege, in any Of the streets or
public places in such city, whether such
franchises or privileges have been grant
ed by said city or said village, or by or
under the State of Minnesota, or any
other authority, to the same extent. and
in the same manner as might the legis-
lature of said state, but no perpetual
franchise or privilege shall ever be grant
ed. nor shall any exclusive franchise or
privilege be granted or extended unless
the question Of granting or extending the
same shall have been first submitted to
the qualified voters of said city, and
adopted by a majority voting at such
election on the question. In no case
shall any franchise or privilege be grant
ed or extended for longer period than
twenty-five years.
charter or amendments thereof to permit
or provide for the issuance Of any bonds
by any such city, if, by such issue, the
aggregate outstanding bonded indebted
ness of such city shall be made to eX-
| coed ten C10) per cent Of the assessed
valuation Of the taxable property Of such
| city according to the last then preceding
assessment for the purpose of taxation.
and if any city has over fifty thousand
inhabitants at the time of the adoption of
such charter, or had over fifty thousand
| inhabitants at the time of the adoption
| of any such charter already framed and
| adopted, it shall not be lawful for such
| charter or any amendments thereof to
| permit or provide for the issuance of any
| bonds by such city, except bonds issued
| and maturing bonds, If by such issue the
aggregate outstanding bonded indebted
ness thereof shall be made to exceed i've
| 90 per cent of such assessed valuation,
unless it is also provided in such charter
| or amendments that before any bonds in
| Of m cent limit are