The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-23
st. Paul, Mimi, Sept. %. 1904.

Pun 5udHI 10 IIIE pTOVISIOnS OF Ondpter 50l
OF the General Laws of the State of Min
nesota for the year 1899, as amended by
Chapter 2sS of the General Laws of said
state state for the year 1903. the Judges of the
trict. In the County OF Ramsey and State
OF Minnesota. in which said county dis
trict and state the City of st. Paul. a
appoint board of fifteen freeholders,
whose duty 1t then and there became TO
frame q charter for the City of st. Paul
aforesaid and to frame and submit amend
ments TO the existing charter of said
city, and which said board did duly re-
turn to the chief magistrate of said city.
to-Wit: Its Mayor, Robert A. Smith,
draft OF tho amendments to the charter
OF said city proposed by them, with the
signatures slg s1 cf a majority of them and Of
tached. as follows
Resolved by the Charter Commission of
the City of st. Paul, appointed pursuant
General Laws Of the State of Minnesota
for the year 1899 as amended by Chapter
23S OF the General Laws of said state for
ments to the charter Of said City of st.
Paul be submitted to the qualified voters
of said city for adoption at the next cleo
ton to be held within said city.
AMENDMENT NO. 1.
title II of Chapter v Of said charter be
amended SO as to read as follows:
TO provide for the support and main
tenance, of the fire department of the
CITY. The total expense of the adninistra-
tion of said department, including all eX-
penditures for lands, buildings. rents
stores. fuel, horses, apparatus and ap
pliances of every description. salaries,
wages and all other outlay, whether of a
temporary or permanent nature, shall not
in any year exceed the sum of two hun
dred and forty five thousand dollars, in
addition to- any unexpended balance re-
naming in said fire department fund from
the preceding year"
AMENDMENT NO. 2.
That subdivision of section of title
amended SO as to read as follows:
ITO provide for the support and main
tenance of the police department of the
tration Of the police department., nn incIud-
Ing compensation of pound masters, and
all expenditures for lands. buildings,
applia nces of all kinds. salaries, wages
and all other outlay, whether of perma
nent or temporary. nature, shall not, in
any year. exceed the sum of two hun
addition to any unexpended balance re-
manning in said police department fund
from the preceding year
AMENDMENT NO. 8.
:, That subdivision 81 of section 4. title
amended so as to read as follows:
To provide for the maintenance and
Improvement of public parks, parkways,
risdietion of the board of park commits
sioners, not exceeding In any one year the
sum Of ninety thousand dollars, in addi-
ing in said fund at the end of each fiscal
year, and in addition to all moneys re-
ceived by said board from donations or
from the lease or operation of privileges,
fnni fo fhn IN
tenance and management Of the public
parks"
AMENDMENT NO. 4.
That subdivision IS of section of IT,
tie II of Chapter of said charter be
amended Sc as to read as follows:
ITO provide for cleaning and repair
ing streets, sewers, sidewalks and cross
in any one year for all of said purposes.
other than that paid by special assess
ment, shall not exceed the sum of two
hundred thousand dollars, in addition to
any uneXpended balance remaining in
said street and sewer fund from the pre-
ceding year"
(Note-This amendment is submitted
pursuant to petition presented to the
commission purporting to be signed by
more than FIVE per cent of the legal voters
Of the city voting at the last election.)
AMENDMENT NO. 5.
That subdivision - Of section of title
II OF Chapter of said charter be
amended so as to read as follows:
ITO provide for the payment of saIa-
ries. clerk hire and Incidental expenses.
including printing. stationery and other
missioner Of Public Works. The total ex
penditures for all of said purposes shall
not, in any one year exceed the sum of
thirty-dve thousand dollars"
AMENDMENT NO. 6.
That section % of title II of Chapter v
of said charter be amended so as to read !
Section %. To provide for the sup
port of the health department of said
City, not exceeding, however, in any one
year, the sum of twelve thousand dol
lars, in addition to any unexpended bal
ance remaining in the health department |
fund from the preceding year; except
that in case of invasion or threatened in
vasion Of the city by dangerous epidemic,
the common council may, by ordinance to
be passed by at least ree-fourths of all |
the members elect of each body, author |
ze additional expenditure to be made |
from the general fund, as the same is |
health shall appoint an assistant COM
missioner of health, who shall be ply
sician in regular practice, and such num- |
Der Of inspectors as may be necessary, |
Of said assistant and inspectors. provided |
always that the total expenditures of |
said department curing any year snail |
not exceed the appropriation therefor as |
above provided. Any other requirements |
of the charter in conflict with the fore |
going provisions are hereby repealed.
"The provision contained in section 3, |
title IL. of Chapter of said charter i'm |
posing upon. the Commissioner Of Public |
Works the duty of collecting and dispos- |
ing Of garbage and other waste matter I
is hereby repealed, and hereafter the duty |
of collecting and disposing of garbage,
dead animals and other waste matter, !
except stable refuse and night soil, is !
hereby imposed upon the department OF |
health, and such work shall be done un- |
der the direction and supervision of the I
Commissioner of Health, and fund shall |
be provided therefor by taxation, to be
known as the Garbage Fund which |
shall not exceed In any one year the sum |
of twenty-five thousand dollars, in ad- I
dition to any unexpended balance re- I
naming in said fund from the preceding /
year. and in addition to all moneys re-
hage dead animals and other refuse mat |
ter, which receipts shall be credited to
said fund.
"The Commissioner ofHealth, within the
limit of such appropriation, shall have
power to employ such help and assistants
as may be necessary to enable him TO |
discharge the duties hereby imposed, and
shall with the approval of the Common l
Council fix the compensation of all en-
ployes outside of the health department |
proper who are engaged in the collec- |
tion and disposal of garbage, dead ami |
mails and other waste natter
AMENDMENT NO. Z.