The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-25
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| dtnouut OF damages which may have
| pesn awarded therefor over and above a
DEMENT'S assessed as soon as SUFFICIENT:
alT1 ,unt or the assessment shall have been
iS T., e1. Tor that purpose" and inserting
| n ~. pace thereof the following viz: The
| lily OF st. Paul shall tfereupon cause TO
| t ne paid co the owner of such property
b hue amount OF damages over and above all
| usnentS. Which may have been a awarded
sherefor within nine months after fhe
/ ua.e OF the confirmation of such assess :
me msn Wv with interest at. the rate of seven
4 AMENDMENT NO. 9
That Chapter XIII of said charter h.
amended by adding thereto the following
Section A. The Board of Park Com
/ missioners is hereby authorized In ifs
discretion to pay the whole or any part
| Of any award or Judgment for land con
oemned for park or parkway purposes. in
| fund. or can obtain by donation. bequest
| or otherwise under lawful AUTHORITY.
moneys avaiiable therefor. and ali pro-
thls provision are hereby repealed"
| AMENDMENT NO. 10.
| That section As of title III of Cbapter
VI OF said charter be amended by strik-s
Ing out the following words
(! provided that nothing in this title con-
1 tanned snail be construed to affect or
prejudice the lien of the state for all taxes
Wnicn nave been or may be levied upon
| e ef n property S, under the General Laws
1
thereof the following words: 1.-THE lien
OF all assessments. judgments and certi-
Gates OF sale issued thereon under any
ordinate and equal with the lien of the
state OF Minnesota for general taxes lev
leo on such property without regard to
the priority IN point Of time of the at
tacning OF either of said liens"
AMENDMENT NO. IL.
That section / Of title III of Chapter VI
be amended by adding at the end of said
section the following:
Said municipal corporation may also
eStaDllsn along any street, or any portion
tnereof Ton one or both sides) within said
city. a building line upon the land adj
Joining such street, and distant not more
than fifty feet from the margin thereof
and may acquire an easement in the land
between such line and the exterior street
line such that no building or structure
Shali De erected or maintained upon said
| land. Such easement shall be known and
may be designated in the proceedings
Tor lts requirement as building line
Such easement may be acquired by
grant or by condemnation. 1t may also
be created by dedication. by indicating
property filed in the office of the Register
of Deeds of Ramsey County, and the
Common Council shall have power to re-
unless building lines are shown and des-
| tgnated thereon.
THE cost and expense of ACQUIRING
| olly SUCH CdScIIi6nL Stldll De ueIrayeU UY
assessment upon property benefited there
| by, In proportion to such benefits, without
regard to cash valuation. When such
easement Is ACQUIRED by condemnation,
| the proceedings therefor, as well as for
the leVying, collection and enforcement
| of the assessment against property bene-
fitted, shall be similar to the proceedings
| In this chapter prescribed for the opening
and widening of streets, and any COM
pensation awarded the owner or other
| person interested in the land, by reason
4 Of foly l,a1l he
within the same time and in like manner
| as Is provided in cases of opening and
widening streets; provided, that no such
easement shall include or take in any
portion of private residence existing
| at the time of the taking effect of this
| charter provision, except by consent OF or
grant from the owner, and provided, fur
Their. that no such easement shall be ac-
| quired by condemnation, except upon
written petition therefor presented to the
| Common Council signed by the owners
OF two thirds of the property adjoining
| the portion of the street or highway along
which the easement is proposed to be ac-
AMENDMENT NO. II.
That section of title III of Chapter
| VI of said charter be amended by adding
thereto the following:
Provided however. that no such as
sessment upon any lot or parcel of land
shall exceed twenty-five per cent OF the
| assessed valuation of the same for the
purpose Of general taxation, unless the
abutting on the line of the proposed i'm
| provement shall have filed with the Com
mon Council petition therefor in writ
| ing prior to the passage Of the final or
AMENDMENT NO. IS.
That section 10 of chapter " of said
! charter be amended by adding at the end
thereof the following additional sub-sec-
Sixty third To define. regulate.
! license or prohibit gift enterprises
and the issuance sale or giving
away of trading stamps in connection
| license and regulate persons. firms and
corporations engaged in such enterprises
| or either of them.
AMENDMENT NO IA.
That chapter XII Of said charter, en-
titled e"The free public schools be amend
ed by adding thereto, at the end of Sec
| ton 2, the following:
Section 8. Said Board of School In
spectors of the City of St. Paul shall:
| this charter provision, inaugurate, and
| thereafter maintain. in all OF the free
public schools of said city, except high
| schools the free text book system, where
by said Board of School Inspectors shall,
under such reasonable rules and regula-
lions as 1t may adopt concerning the use
and preservation thereof, f ult IN ana tha
funds provided for the support and main
tenance of the free public schools OF SAID
city, all text books then. or thereafter, IN
use in such schools, for use by all pupils
in attendance thereat, as the same are
needed and required by such pupils; pro-
yided that at the time of lnauSuratlnS
such system said Board may as a coIid1-
ton to furnishing books to any pupil then
in attendance on any of said schools, re-
uuire all text books owned by Such pupli,
or his or her parents, Of any OF the KINDS
then in use in such schools, TO be turn
ed over to and remain In the CUSTODY OF
said Board as the property OF salo CITY,
and for use of said Board in inauguratlng
and maintaining said system. The said
Board of School Inspectors shall also
make provision for selling and sell at
| cost price. to any Of the residents OF SAID
city desiring to purchase same, any text
| book of the kinds furnished free TO the
pupils of the public schools of the city
| ~ ST Paul under the provisions of this
section"
That section 10 of Chapter ~ of said
| charter be amended by adding at the END
| hereof the following subdivision:
"64. TO provide and maintain. pupllc
nlay grounds and places or recreation Ior
| children and to levy the necessary tax
| ceeding i'll any one year the sum OF ten
thousand dollars.
posed amendments to the present charteI
of the City of st. Paul, made, framed
and adopted by the Commission appointed
hl- tbe district Court of the Second Ju-
| diciaI District of the State of Minnesota,
under and pursuant to section 81, al licle
| "A of the constitution OF the state or
Minnesota, as amended py tnal ; esrtarn
of the State of Minnesota In an act oo0ti
said Legislature known as Chapter ~ oy
OF TIE General Laws of Minnesota TOT = ! e..
and duly adopted at the genera eeD and