The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-19
AMENDMENTS No /,

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| Dement'S assessed as soon as a sufficient
amount of the assessment shall have been
| coliected Tor that purpose" and inserting
IN place thereof the following, viz: THE
City OF st. Paul shall thereupon cause to
pc paid to the owner of such property
the amount of damages over and above all
Inerefor within nine months after the
cate OF the confirmation of such assess
n reen eo, WIN interest at the rate of seven
AMENDMENT NO. 9
| That Chapter XIII of said charter he
amended by adding thereto the following
additional section
Section A. The Board of Park Com
discretion to pay the whole or any part
Of any award or judgment for land con
| oe Ga Tor park or parkway, purposes. in
case said board has on hand in the park
fund or can obtain by donation bequest
or otherwise under lawful authority,
moneys available therefor, and all pros
visions of the charter inconsistent with
thls provision are hereby repealed"
AMENDMENT NO. 10.
That section 45 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
winch have been or may be levied upon
Oh the state" and by inserting in place
thereof the following words: 1.-The lien
VI al 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
leo on such property without regard to
the priority in point of time of the at
taching Of either of said liens"
AMENDMENT NO. IL
That section 1 of title III of Chapter VI
be amended by adding at the end of said
section the following:
sSaid municipal cornoration NAV also
establish along any street, or any portion
thereof Con one or both sides) within said
| city, building line upon the land adj
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
shall be erected or maintained upon said
land Such easement shall be known and
may be designated in the proceedings
Tor It's requirement as building line
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
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 shall be betrayed by
assessment upon property benefited there
| n.y. III IlOpOIllOi " SUCH DEMENT'S. 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 nrOVldPd In of ODPninP and
| widening streets; provided, that no such
| easement shall include or take in any
! portion of a 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-
| CURED by condemnation, except upon a
written petition therefor, presented to the
| Common Council, signed by the owners
the portion of the street or highway along
| which the easement is proposed to be ac-
~. - AMENDMENT NO. u.
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
| 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 a petition therefor in writ
ing prior to the passage of the final or
der"
AMENDMENT NO 10.
That section 10 of chapter " of said
| charter be amended by adding at the end
| thereof the following additional sub-sec-
! ton:
| license or prohibit gift enterprises
| 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
corporati lions engaged in such enterprises
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
ton 2, the following:
Section g. Said Board of School In
spectors of the City of ST. Paul SHALL
within one year after the taking effect of
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 it may adopt concerning the use
| and preservation thereof, furnish ana ana
provide at public expense, out of the
funds provided for the support and mann
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 inaugurat1ng
such system said Board may as condt-
tion to furnishing books to any pupil then
in attendance on any of said schools, re
orire 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 OF
said Board as the property OF SAID CITY,
and for use of said Board in lnaugarating
and maintaining said system. The sald
Board OF School inspectors snail also
make provision for selling. and sell at
cost price to any of the residents OF salo
civ desiring to purchase same. any text
hook of the kinds furnished free TO the
nunils of the public schools of the city
Of ST. Paul under the provisions Of thls
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 puplc
play grounds and places OF recreatoll ZOE
Children and to levy the necessary tax
to acquire and support the same NOT ;eA
/ ceeding in any one year the sum Vi toh
The The foregoing is a draft of the pro-
nosed amendments to the present cnarteT
Of the CITY Of ST. Paul, made, framed
and adopted by the Commission appointed
bv the district Court of the Second Ju-
dcal District of the state oI M w srtics
under and pursuant to section 80, afelcIss
"a of the constitution of the state OF
Minnesota, as amended by that cer 1ialn
amendment proposed by the Legislature
of the State of Minnesota IN an acso9
said Legislature known as Chapter ~
of the General Laws OF Mliesola LII Ieit;o,
and duly adopted at the general electlon
O. so;d state held in the year 1898, and