The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-17
AMENDMENT- no 4

been awarded therefor over and above All
penents assessed as soon as a sufficient
| amount OF the assessment shall have been
collected for that purpose and inserting
N place thereof the following, viz. The
| City or st. Paul shall thereupen cause to
t pe PAID to the owner of such property
le lne amount or damages over and above all
tnaelieutS. winch may have been awarded
/ dafo ddnerefor within nine months after the
ua.e ,,s OF REORGANIZATION of such assess
ment with interest at the rate of seven
per cent per annum. +"
AMENDMENT NO. 9
That Chapter XIII of said charter he
amended by adding thereto the following
/ additional section:
mlssloners is hereby authorized in IFS
II oiScretlon to pay the whole or anv part
OF any award or Judgment for land con-
oemned for park OF parkway purposes. in
ease said board has on hand in the park
Iund. or can obtain by donation bequest
OF otnerWise under lawful authority,
| moneys available therefor, and all pro-
VISIONS OF the charter inconsistent with
this provison1are hereby repealed
! AMENDMENT NO. 10.
Ihat section 45 of title III of Chapter
" OF SAID charter be amended by strik-
lng pnanifa, out the following t, words:
/ FroVlded that nothing in this title con-
! tanned shall be construed to affect or
prejudice the lien of the state for all taxes
winch have been or may be levied upon
| Of the. state and by inserting IL in place piace
| thereof the following words: s.The lien
| OF all assessments, judgments and certi-
| 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
ifa tba on eentot sgeh property without regard to
| the priority in point of time of the at
! tachlng OF either of said liens.''
AMENDMENT NO. II.
That section of title III of Chapter VI
! oe amended by adding at the end of said
| section the following:
said municipal corporation may also
/ establish along any street, or any portion
| thereof Con one or both sides) within said
| city. a building line upon the land ad-
| 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
llne; such that no building or structure
! shall be erected or maintained upon said
/ land Such easement shall be known and
! may be designated in ~the proceedings
Tor Its 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-
fuSe to accept or approve plats of land
| unless building lines are shown and deS-
| ignated thereon
The cost and expense of acquiring
! any SUCH easement Snail De Qefrdyed- by
/ assessment upon property benefited there
i 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-
hted, 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 n IFITcc T011 hall L.
! within the same. time and in like manner
as is provided in ceases 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
| ther, that no such easement shall be ac-
| quired by condemnation, except upon
/ written petition therefor, presented to the
| Common Council, signed bysthe owners
| the portion of the street or highway along
1 which the easement is proposed to be ac-
AMENDMENT NO. r.
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
! owners OF a majority OF the property
| abutting on the line of the proposed i'm
| provement shall have filed with the Com
| mon Council a petition therefor in writ
ing prior to the passage of the final or
| AMENDMENT NO. 49,
That section 10 of chapter " of said
charter be amended by adding at the end
| thereof the following additional sub-sec-
| ton:
| 1,11. erif a11fa VT1riy.n
and the issuance. sale. or giving
away of trading stamps in connection
with the sale of merchandise, and to
license and regulate persons, firms and
| or either of them.
AMENDMENT NO. A.
That chapter XI of said charter, en-
titled "The free public schools" be amend
ed by adding thereto, at the end of Sec
Section 9. 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,
| under such reasonable rules and regula-
tions as it may adopt concerning the use
and preservation thereof, furnish and
provide at public expense, out of the
funds provided for the support and mar
tenance of the free public schools of said
CITY, all text books then, or thereafter, in
use in such schools, fer use by all pupils
in attendance thereat, as the same are
needed and required by such pupils; pro-
vided that at the time of lnauguratlng
such system said Board may as condl-
tion to furnishing books to any pupil then
in attendance on any OF said schools, re-
quire all text books owned by Such pupil,
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 or
said Board, as the property OF SAID 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
nupils OF the public schools of the city
of ST. Paul under the provisions OF this
section.
AMENDMENT NO. IS.
That section 10 of Chapter. Nv Of said
charter be amended by adding at the end
thereof the following subdivision:
t64 To provide and maintain puphc
play grounds and places OF recreation Tor
children and to levy the necessary tax
to acquire and support the same not eA- e
The foregoing is draft of the pro-
posed amendments to the present charteT
of the City Of st. Paul, made, Iramegg al1aeg
hv the district Court of the Seeond ~
diciaI District of the State OF W
under and pursuant to sectlon 90, ,4t a. .ie5S
"a of the constitution Oh tne ne. certain
D,nar5n,eI,t proposed by the Legislature
Of tha state 1of Minnesota IN an acs "
said Legislature known as "Chapter fen1 zSy
of the General Laws of Minnesota lIt dSS., e..
and duly adopted at the general election
IA or ta held in the year 1880, dIiu