The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-18
AMENnMENT "a .

been awarded therefor over and above All
Dement'S assessed as soon IS a sufficient
collected for that purpose and inserfissrr
N place thereof the following, viz: THE
~Slty% OF st. Paul shall thereupon cause to
pc PAID to the owner of such property
she amount or damages over and above all
Ipenents, which may have been awarded
lherefor within nine months after the
a ., OF the confirmation 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:
missioners is hereby authorized in IFS
discretion to pay the whole or any mart
Of any award or Judgment for land con-
aemned for park or parkway purposes. in
case said board has on hand in the park
Iund. or can obtain by donation. bequest
or otherwise under lawful authority.
moneys moneys available therefor, and ali pro-
TINS provision are hereby repealed"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-
famed snail be construed to affect or
prejudice the lien of the state for all taxes
which have been or may be levied upon
s9cn property under the General Laws
tnereof the following words: 1.-The lien
OF all assessments, Judgments and eerti-
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
1 tSd on on, such property without regard to
tachlng of either of said liens.''
AMENDMENT NO. II.
That section 1 of title III of Chapter VI
DE amended by adding at the end of said
section the following:
Said municipal corporation may also
eStabllsh along any street. or any portion
tnereof (on 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 :.
and may acquire an easement in the land
between such line and the exterior street
line such that no building or structure
S Sad ne erected or maintained, upon said
land. Such easement shall be known and
may be designated in the proceedings
Tor It's requirement as a building line
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
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
by, in proportion to such benefits without
regard to cash valuation. When such
easement Is acquired by condemnat ton,
the proceedings therefor, as we'll 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 I
as is provided in cases of opening and
widening streets; provided, that no such
easement shall include or 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
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
of tWo-thirds of the property adjoining
the portion of the street or highway along
which the easement is proposed to be ac-
CURED
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
purI ose of general taxation, unless the
owners of a majority of the property
abutting on the line of the proposed inn
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-
Sixty third: To define, regulate,
license or prohibit gift enterprises I;ri;S:,
away of trading stamps in connection
with the sale of merchandise, and to
license and regulate persons. firms and
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
this charter provision, inaugurate, and
thereafter maintain, in all OF the free
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 MAIN
fpnAnce
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 1nauguratlnB
such system said Board may as condl-4
ton to furnishing books to any pupil tneh
in attendance on any of said schools, re-
ulire all text books owned by such pupn,
or his or her parents, OF any or the KINGS
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. Inc Salo
Board of School Inspectors shall also
make provision for selling and sell at
cost price to any of the residents OF salu
city desiring to purchase same, any teNt
book of the kinds furnished free TO the
nI1nils of the public schools of the city
Of st. Paul under the provisions OF THIS
section
That section 10. of Chapter " of said
charter be amended by adding at the end
thereof the following subdivision:
"64. To provide and maintain puonc
nlay 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
The foregoing is draft OF tne pro
of the City of st. Paul, made, framed
and adopted by the Commission appointed
by the district Court of the Second Ju-
diciaI District of the State OF Minnesota,
"a of the constitution of the State OF
Minnesota, as amended by that certarl
amendment proposed by the Legislature
of the State of Minnesota in an aed OF
said Legislature known as IChapteT + zov
Of fine General LAWS OF Minnesota for 1897.
- S,,Iy odnnfed at the general election