The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-20
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In place thereon the following. viz: .The
Slty or st. Paul shall thereupon cause to
the amount of damages over and above all
pseneIts, which may have been awarded
dnereIor within nine months after the
ment with interest at the rate of seven
per cent per annum.'
/ AMENDMENT NO. 9
That Chapter XIII Of said charter be
amended by adding thereto the following
additional section:
Section A. The Board of Park Com
mlssIoners Is hereby authorized in its
discretion to- pay the whole or any part
ef any award or judgment for land con-
/ demned Tor park or parkway purposes. in
case said board has on hand in the park
fu ~ L.. or can obtain. by donation, bequest
or otherwise under lawful authority.
moneys available therefor. and all pro-
visions of the charter inconsistent with
this provision are hereby repealed
AMENDMENT NO. 10.
That section As of title III of Chapter
vi OF said charter be amended by strik
ing out the following words:
/ Provided that nothing in this title con-
| tanned shall be construed to affect or
prejudice the lien of the state for all taxes
which have been or may be levied upon
'sucn property under the General Laws
OF the state, and by inserting in place
| thereof the following words: THE lien
Gates of sale issued thereon under any
provision of this charter, shall be CO.
ordinate and equal with the lien of the
state of Minnesota for general taxes lev
led on such property without regard to
| the priority in point of time of the att
taching of either of said iiens.
| AMENDMENT NO. H.
That section 1 of title III of Chapter VI
| be amended by adding at the end of said
section the following:
| said municipal corporation may also
establish along any street, or any portion
tnereof ton one or both sides) within said
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| Joining such street, and distant not more
than fifty feet from the margin thereof.
ana may acquire an easement in the land
! between such line and the exterior street
line, such that no building or structure
| snail be erected or maintained upon said
lana. Such easement shall be known and
may De designated in the proceedings
| easement
Such easement may be acquired by
| grant or by condemnation. 1t may also
be created by dedication by Indicating
| such building line upon the plat of any
property filed In the office of the Register
Common Council shall have power to re-
| fuse to accept or approve plats of land
unless building lines are shown and des-
ignated thereon.
1.-THE cost and expense of acquiring
any such easement shall be betrayed by
assessment upon property benefited tnere-
| 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
| of taking such easement, shall be paid
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 OF. take in any
| at the time of the taking effect of this
| charter provision, except by consent of or
| grant from the owner, and provided, fur
| ther., that no such easement shall be ac-
| CURED by condemnation, except upon a
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. 70.
That section Z 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
assessed valuation of the same for the
purpose of general taxation, unless the
! owners of majority of the property
| provement shall have fled with the Com
mon Council a petition therefor in writ
| ing prior to the passage Of the final or
der"
AMENDMENT NO. 10.
That section 10 of chapter w of said
charter be amended by adding at the end
| thereof the following additional sub-sec-
| ton:
and the issuance. sale or giving
away of trading stamps in connection
with the sale of merchandise, and to
corporations engaged in such enterprises
or either of them.
AMENDMENT NO. IA.
That chapter XI of said charter en-
titled "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.
within one year after the taking effect Of
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,
tons as it may adopt concerning the use
and preservation thereof, furnish ana
provide at public expense, out of the
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 inauguratlng
such system said Board may as cond1-
ton to furnishing books to any pupil then
in attendance on any OF said schools, re-
quire all text books owned by sucn 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 said city,
and for use of said Board in inaugurating
and maintaining said system. me sald
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
pupils of the public schools of the city
OF st. Paul under the provisions OF this
section.
AMENDMENT NO. H.
That section 10 of Chapter " of said
charter be amended by adding at the end
thereof the following subdivision:
"64 To provide and maintain pubic
NAV grounds and places of recreation for
children, and to levy the necessary tax
to acquire and support the same not ex-
ceeding in any one year the sum of ten
thousand dollars
posed amendments to the present charter
Of the CITY Of ST. Paul, made, framed
and adopted by the Commission appointed
by the District Court Of the Second Jul
diciaI District Of the State OF Minnesota,
under and pursuant to section 81, article
"a of the constitution OF the state OF
Minnesota, as amended by that certain
amendment proposed by the LEGISLATURE
Of the State Of Minnesota IN an act .6 OF
said Legislature known as Chapter 26O.
+ ar the General Laws of Minnesota for 1897,
and duly adopted at the general election
Of said state held in the years.1s9S, ana
chapter 351 of the General Laws OF the
State Of Minnesota for the year 1893. and
chanter 23S of the General Laws of the
state OF Minnesota for the year 1903; and
said draft of said proposed amendments