The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-09
-AMENpMENT no 4

b bora d d warned therefor, over and above all;
amount of the assessment shall have been
coHecteu Tor that purpose and Inserting
"a ritl pace thereof the following, viz The
- Saey OF ST Paul shall thereupen cause to-
pc paid to the owner of such property
tale amount OF damages over and above al1s
tb9 erafcs,. which ,i1,, may have been awarded
oate of the confirmation of such assess
me naTha ~ with interest at the rate of seven
per cent per annum.'"
AMENDMENT NO. 8
1hat Chapter XIII of said charter bes
add Eittisuea oy adding thereto the following
Section A. The Board of Park Com
d fHilssloners is hereby authorized in it's
Of any award or Judgment for land cons.
oenned for park or parkway purposes, in
Ease Ease said board has on hand in the. park
or otherwise under lawful authority.
moneys available therefor and all pro-
VISIONS of the charter Inconsistent with
,S pioVlslon are hereby repealed"
AMENDMENT NO. 10.
mat SECTION As of title III Of Chapter
;x ~ SAID charter be amended by strik-
ing out the following words:
crowded that nothing in this title con-
n Stud 81 sn a. be construed to affect or
s when have been or may be levied upon
o 81 =. property under the General Laws
theree e s aha and by Inserting in place
80
oa al al assessments. judgments and certi-
n1oes or sale issued thereon under any
pr9hlsion Of this charter, shall be CO.
otainate and equal with the lien of the
st5te or Minnesota for general taxes lew
t tLa on such property without regard to
t tne priority In point of time of the at
tdcning Oh either of said liens"
AMENDMENT NO. II.
. That section 1 of title III OF Chapter VI
se e atnen Gee by adding at the end of said
ivc
Sdtd municipal corporation may also
~ tIS.aoliSn along any street. or any portion
c c;tn ION one or both sidesl within said
I 10y: ouliolng line upon the land adj
44lp!ning such street. and distant not more
endn IlIty feet from the margin thereof.
bntt,, may acquire an easement in the land
iu,etWeen Sucn line and the exterior street
me me, such that no building or structure
SIaIi De erected or maintained upon said
iand- Such easement shall be known and
ma De designated in the. proceedings
Tor Its requirement as a building line
easement.
Such easement may be acquired by
pc. created by dedication by indicating
sucn building line upon the plat OF any
p pr filed in the office of the Register
common Council shall have power to re-
InSe to accept or approve plats Of land
uniess building lines are shown and des-
The cost and expense OF acquiring
any such easement shall be betrayed by
assessment as upon property benefited there
py, IN proportion to such benefits without
regard to cash valuation. When such
easement Is acquired by condemnatio ton,
the proceedings therefor, as well as for
the levying, collection and enforcement
OF the assessment against property bene-
nted. 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
or 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 tSa o. OF private residence existing
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 Courcfl signed by the owners
OF two. thirds of the property adjoining
the portion of the street or highway along
CURED
AMENDMENT NO. H.
That section of title III Of Chapter
VI of said charter be amended by adding
thereto the following:
Provided, however. th.t 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
dDuLllQS on the line or the proposed I'M
provement shall have filed with the Com
mon Council petition therefor in writ
ing prior to the passage Of the final or
AMENDMENT NO. IS.
That section 10 of chapter " of said
charter DE amended by adding at, the end
thereof the following additional sub-sec-
ton: ''*S
an dnse the ISSUANCE sale erel gvins
away Of trading stamps in connection
with the sale Of merchandise. and to
License and regulate persons Sons firms ana
or either Of them"
AMENDMENT NO. H.
That chapter XII Of said charter. en-
titled "The free public schools" be amend
ed by. adding thereto. at the end Of sec-
''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
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 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. 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. inauguratine
such system said Board may as condt-
tion to furnishing books to any pupil then
in attendance on any OF said schools, re-
.n1,ire all text books owned by such pupil
or his or her parents, OF any OF the kinds
then in use in such schools to De 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 inauguratfng
and maintaining said system. The said
Board of School Inspectors shall also
make provision for selling and sell az
city desiring to purchase same. any text
book of the kinds furnished free to the
n11nils OF the public schools of the city
Of ST. Paul under the provisions of this
section" -: $50 h
AMENDMENT NO. Is.
That section 10 of Chapter ~ OF said
charter be amended by adding at the end
thereof the following subdivision:
"64. To provide and maintain public
NAV grounds and places Of recreation for
children, and to levy the, necessary tax
ceeding in any one year, the sum of ten
liiT The foregoing Is a draft of the pro-
posed amendments to the present charter
Of The City of st. Paul.. made. framed
and adopted by the Commission appointed
bv the district Court Of the Second Ju-
diciaI District of the State OF Minnesota,
under and pursuant to section Sc. article
al of the constitution Of the State or
Minnesota, as amended by that certain
amendment proposed by tne LeglsiaturSs
of the State of Minnesota in an act q
said Legislature known as Chapter $50
IF the General Laws of Minnesota for 1897.
and duly adopted at the general election