The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-21
AMENDMENT NO 3

7 u sstiCIf dgent
the amount of damages which NAV nave
4 been awarded therefor over and above all
| eenents assessed as soon as a sufficient
amount of the assessment shall have been
collected for that purpose and inserting
n n place thereof the following, viz: THE
Sny OF st. Paul shall thereupon cause to
tb ne palo to the owner of such property
ba Inc amount of damages over and above all
penelits which may have been awarded
dafa dafeef3r of WI within nine months after the
49, VI tne conhrmation Of such assess
| ment with interest at the rate of seven
per cent per annum. .
AMENDMENT NO.
| That Chapter XIII of said charter he
| amended by adding thereto the following
additional section:
Section A. The Board of Park Com
1lssioners Is hereby authorized in its
discretion to pay the whole or any part
9as 81 any award or Judgment for land con
oemned Tor Park or parkway purposes in
case said board has on hand in the park
or 6rna, at6araa OF can obtain by donation bequest
moneys available therefor, and ali pro,
visions OF the charter inconsistent with
tnls provision are hereby repealed
AMENDMENT NO. 10.
That section 45 of title III of Chapter
VI OF said charter be amended by strfk-
| ing out the following words:
Provided that nothing in this title con-
tained snail be construed to affect or
| pre- pIei}udiee quo the lien of the state for all taxes
winch have been or may be levied upon
sucn property under the General Laws
of the state" and by inserting in place
tnereof the following words: 1.-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 at
tachlng of either of said liens
AMENDMENT NO. II.
That section 1 of title III of Chapter VI
oe amended by adding at the end of said
said municipal corporation may also
establish along any street, or any portion
thereof Ton one or both sides) within said
Guy. pulidlng 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
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-
1gnated thereon.
1.-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 condemnation,
the proceedings therefor, as well as for
the lcyying, 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 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
ther. that no such easement shall be ac-
qulred 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 12
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 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
der"
AMENDMENT NO. IS.
That section 10 of chapter " of said
charter be amended by adding at the end
thereof the following additional sub-sec-
ton:
iIOif .riff
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. IA.
That chapter XI of said charter, en-
titled '''The free public schools be amend
ed by adding thereto, at the end of sec s
tion 2, the following;
Section 3. 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 snail
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,
tenance of the free public schools OF said
CITY. all text books then, OF thereafter, in
use in such schools, for use by all pupns
in attendance thereat, as the same are
needed and required by such pupils; pro-
vided that at the time OF lnaugulatng
such system said Board may as condl-
ton to furnishing books to any pupil then
in attendance any OF said SchoolS, re-
oIifre all text books owned by such pupil,
or his or her parents OF any OF the KINDS
then in use III such schools, to be turn.
ed over to and remain in the CUSTODY OF
said Board, as the properly OF sald CITY,
and for use of said Board in 1nauguratllig
and maintaining said system. The SAID
Board of School Inspectors shall also
make provision for selling and sell al
cost price to any of the residents OIL sain
city desiring TO purchase same, any teHt
book of the kinds furnished free. TO the
pupils 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: LII,
"64 To provide and MAINTAIN. puplIc ed. :
Children. and to levy the necessary tax
to ACQUIRE and support the same not eA-
ceeding in any one year the sum OF ten
thousand dollars.
The foregoing is draft OF the pro
nosed 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 Ju-
dicjal District of the State OF Minnesota,
nnder and pursuant to section &c, 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 o.
said LEGISLATURE known as Chapter 2S0
Of the General Laws of Minnesota for S91.
and duly adopted at the general electioI1
of said state held in the year 1898, anu anu