The Saint Paul globe., 1904-11-01
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owner NJ S,,ol tueIeupon be paid to the
. fbA o oL Sucn property or to his assenr .
tne amount of DAMAGES yvhie6 ,,,n, ,,.S aSsne sent
be,,n bbern awarded therefor over and abeve an
Dehents assessed as soon as = s,,tfsc;aa,t tits
amount of the assessment sha,i 2 sui. suiliciellt
eoected for that purpose, and 'ii, gse
q City vidSe of 5hepeof 7, the following, viz: The
be paid to the owner Of SCH rsruSe T1.uSs 20
LIE Sns aInloont OF damages over and aboles@ si,
tbarasSS,. Wnlch may have been awarded
cate of the confirmation Of s,,cb iteI el,s me
me. nasHI with interest at the rate Of NSex.e
per cent-per annum.' . - eNeh
AMENDMENT NO 9
.n mat, Chapter XIII of said charter ba
adSitional oy agdlng thereto the following
Section A. The. Board OF Parl, Com
disSsatss dfnisSSlosers Is hereby authorized in its
or any award or judgment for lanS con
Cemned for park or parkway r,,Ir,ocaS u,
f,,,sd saId a BOARD mas on hand in the park
or otherwise under lawful aufh6rirIs
siioi.eSs ,,iSin,;Ss SNauable therefor, and all pro-
tbis nIisopS OF the charter inconsistent With
'''- pieNislon are hereby repealed.
AMENDMENT NO. 10.
That section As of title TIT Of r,h,,,to-
" OF said charter be amended bv strik
lns out the following words:
rI5oVlqed that nothing in this title con-
.alI!e9 SilaII be construed to affect or
pIeJudlce the lien of the state for ali taxes
MiIeh nave been or may he levied nnon
eSeH ~ n property under the General Laws
ttsne sne state, and by inserting in place
thereof the following words: The Iien
vi VI al assessments, judgments and certi-
proyision I sac ef ti; issued thereon, under any
otdinate and equal with the lien of fI9a
SSt5te S OF Minnesota for general taxes lev-
the Tr prio,.it, nGGh property without regard to
'aching OF either of said liens.
AMENDMENT NO. Ii.
That section l of title III of Cbapter Vt
ne amended by adding at the end Of said
SecJon the following:
said municipal corporation may also
- sStapISh h along any street. or any portion
CneIeot on one or both sideS) within said
GdiSi idi,; building line upon the land ad-
39Lihg such street. and distant not more
lhan hfty 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 sfrnctTrs
Shall be erected or maintained upon said
IaId' Such easement shall be known and
may be designated in the proceedings
easement '4iie
Such easement may be acquired by
grant or by condemnation 1t may also
De created by dedication by indicatins.
such bulldlng line upon the plat of any
prop9erty Tiled In the office of the Register
common Council shall have power TO re-
IuSe 10 accept or approve plats of land
unless building lines are shown and des-
ignated thereon.
The cost and expense of ACQUIRING
any csuch 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 IeVylng, collection and enforcement
or 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 taxing 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 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 a
written petition therefor, presented to tho
Common Council, signed by the owners
of 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 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
abutting on the line of the proposed inn
provement shall have filed with the Com
mon Council q petition therefor in writ
ing prior to the passage of the final or
AMENDMENT NO. IS.
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
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
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
this charter provision, inaugurate. and
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
tenance of the free public schools of said
city. all text books then, thereafter, in
use in such schools, for use by all pupils
in attendance thereat, as the same
needed and required by such pupils; pro-
vided. that at the time of inaugurating
such system said Board may q condi-
ton 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 of
said Board as the property of said city,
and for use of said Board in inaugurating
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
pupils of the public schools of the city
OF ST. Paul under the provisions Of this
section.
AMENDMENT NO. Is.
That section 10 of Chapter " of said
charter be amended by adding at the end
thereof the following subdivision:
ga. To provide and maintain puplio
play grounds and places OF recreation fct
Children and to levy the necessary tar
to acquire and support the same not ex-
ceeding in any one year the sum OF zen
thousand dollars.
nosed amendments to the present charter
of the City OF st. Paul, made, framed
and adopted by the Commission appointed s
nv the district Court of the Second jul
dicial District OF the state OF Minnes9Ia, NJ
under and pursuant to section SO, article
"a of the constitution OF the State or
minnesota as amended by that certain
amendment proposed by the Legislature
OF the State of Minnesota in an act OF
said LEGISLATURE known as Chapter 2SO
of the General Laws of Minnesota for 1897
and duly adopted at the general election
of said state held in the year 1898, anG