The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-22
AMENDMENT NO a.

peeH q dWdFued tnerefor over and above all
7nenehts assessed as soon as a sufficient
amount of the assessment shall have been
coliecfed for that purpose" and inserting
IN place thereof the following viz The
Sily OF ST. Paul shall thereupon cause to
p, pc paid to the owner of such property
the amount o.. damages over and above all
peneI1ts, which may have been awarded
dae dneaefor within nine months after the
date or the confirmation of such assess :
ment with interest at the rate of seven
per cent per annum.' !"
AMENDMENT NO.
That Chapter XIII of said charter be
amended by adding thereto the following
additional section:
mfssioners Is hereby authorized i'm its
discretion to pay the whole or any part
OF any award or Judgment for land con-
oemned for park or parkway purposes. in
fund. or can obtain by donation bequest
or otherwise under lawful authority,
moneys available therefor, and all pro-
visions of the charter Inconsistent with
thlS provision are hereby repealed.
AMENDMENT NO. 10.
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
pfeJud1ce the lien OF the state for all taxes
which have been or may be levied upon
such property under the General Laws
OF the. state" and by inserting in place
thereof the following words: "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. IL
That section ! of title III of Chapter VI
be amended by adding at the end of said
section the following:
said municipal corporation may also
establish along any street. or any portion
thereof Ton one or both sides) within said
city. building line upon the land ad-
joining such street, and distant not moro
than fifty feet from the margin thereof.
and may acquire an eaSeT4eHt 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
for its 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-
IL.
s'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 WEI as for
the leyying, 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
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 q 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 q
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. 12.
That section of title III of Chapter
VI Of said charter be amended by adding
Provided, however. that no such as
se5sment upon any lot or parcel of land
shall exceed twenty-five per cent of the
purpose of general taxation unless the
owners Of a majority Of the property
abutting ON the line OF the proposed inn
proyement shall have filed with the Com
mon Council petition therefor in writ
ing prior to the passage of the final or
der's
AMENDMENT NO. 1s
That section 10 of chapter " of said
charter be amended by adding at the end
thereof the following additional sub-sec-
asixty-third: To define. regulate,
license or prohibit gift enterprises
and the issuance, sale or giving
away of trading stamps in connection
with the sale OF merchandise, and to
corporations engaged in such enterprises
or either Of them.
AMENDMENT NO. IA.
That chapter XI of said charter, en-
titled 1.-THE free public schools be amend-
ed by adding thereto, at the end Of Sec
ton 2, the following:
nSection 8. Said Board of School In
spectors Of the City of ST. Paul shall,
within one year after the taking ELECT or
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 reguia-
tions as 1t 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 tnereaIter, IN IN
use in such schools, fer use by all pupils
in attendance thereat, as the same are
needed and required by such pupils, pro-
yided, that at the time of inaugurating
such system said Board may as conul- altt-
ton to furnishing books to any pupil then
in attendance on any of said schools, re-
uuire all text books owned by such pupil,
or his or her parents, of any OF the kinds
then in use in such scnoolS, 10 pe luin II
ed over to and remain in the custody OF
said Board as the property OF SAID CITY,
and for use of said Board in lnauguratlng
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
nuDils 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:
play grounds and places of rec cation 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
The -1 foregoing is a 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-
diciaI District of the State of Minnesota,
nnder and pursuant to section 36, 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,l,I o.
said Legislature known as Chapter 2S0'
of the General Laws of Minnesota for 1897,
and duly adopted at the general o election
IF said state held in the year 1898, and
cbanfer 951 Of the General Laws Of the
SsIt e 1Iianas.eatn for the year 1899. and