The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-23
AMENDMENT NO .


peen awarded therefor over and above All
oenents assessed as soon as a sufficient
ernouhs enaefa or III the assessment shall have been
Conecled Tor that purpose" and inserting
! n n pace thereof the following, viz: sThe
| hha'y ~, oi 81. Paul shall thereupon cause to
tba re paaa PAID, TO the owner of such property
tpenents. which may have been awarded
Slnerefor within nine months after the
neeI+ u the conhrmation of such assess
per cent per annum' I" -
AMENDMENT NO.
Ihat Chapter XIII of said charter -ha
amended by adding thereto the following
additional section rs
mlssloners Is hereby authorized in ito
dlscretfon to pay the whole or anv nart
Of q 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. beouest
OF olherWlse under lawful authority,
VISIONS OF the charter inconsistent with
this provision are hereby repealed.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
froyfded that nothing in this title con-
lalned snail be construed to affect or
prejudice the lien of the state for ali taxese
WIS wnlch nave been or may be levied upon
secn So n property under the General Laws
OF ea the state, and by inserting in place
tnereof the following words: ..The lien
o1 oa an an assessments, judgments and certi-
provision of this charter shall be co.
ordinate and equal with the lien of the
st5te OF Minnesota for general taxes lev
ied le on such property without regard TO
the priority in point of time of the at
tacnlng of either of said liens"
AMENDMENT NO. ii.
That section 1 of title III of Chapter VI
sett pe amended by by adding at the end of said
SecIlon The following:
said municipal corporation NAV also
establish along any street, or any portion
tnefeof Ton one or both sides) within said
city, building line upon the land ad
Joining such street. and distant not more
than fifty feet from the margin thereof.
and may acquire an easement in the land
between i,e such line and the exterior street
llne such that no building or structure
Shall pc erected or maintained upon said
land Such easement shall be known and
may be designated in the proceedings
Tor It's requirement as building lire
easement.
'.Such easement may be acquired by
grant or by condemnation. It 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
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 condemnation
the proceedings therefor, as we'll as for
the leyying, collection and enforcement
OF the assessment against property bene-
hted, shall be similar to the proceedings
In this chapter prescribed for the opening
and widening of streets. and any COM
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 private residence existing
charter provision, except by consent of or
grant from the owner, and provided fur
ther. that no such easement shall be ac-
quitfed ttfe py i.ia condemnation nm except upon
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. II.
That section of title III of Chapter
VI of said charter be amended by adding
"Provided however. that no such as
SeSSment upon any lot Or parcel of land
shall exceed twenty-five per cent of tho
purpose of general taxation, unless the
owners of majority of the property
aDuItlnS on the line OF 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
der"
AMENDMENT NO. 49,
That section 10 of chapter " of said
charter be amended by adding at the end
thereof the following additional sub-sec-
ton:
'sixty-third: To define regulate.
license or prohibit gift enterprises pea
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 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
public schools of said city except high
the free text book system, where
by said Board of School Inspectors shall,
under such reasonable rules and regula-
tions as 1t 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, or thereafter, in
llse i'm such schools, for use by all pupils
in attendance thereat, as the same are
needed and required by such pupils; pro-
vided that at the time of lnauguraung
such system said Board may as a condl-
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 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 inaqguratlng
and maintaining said system. The said
Board of School Inspectors shall also
make provision for selling and sell ar
cost nrice. to any of the residents of said
city desiring to purchase same, any text
pupils of the public schools of the city
Of ST. Paul under the provisions Of this
'e0'-e-.' AMENDMENT NO. is.
That section 10 of Chapter ~ Of said
,ha rfer be amended by adding at the end
hereof the following subdivision
"64 To provide and maintain. pupiio
play grounds and places or recreatlon Ior
Children, and to levy the necessary tax
70 acquire and support the same not ex-
seeding in any one year the sum Of ten
The foregoing is draft Of the pro-
posed amendments to the present cnarter
of the City of st. Paul, made, frameu
Ind adopted by the Commission appointed
Nv the district Court of the Second Ju-
liciaI District Of the State of Minnesota,
lnder and pursuant to section 36, article
a of the constitution of the State OF
Minnesota, as amended by that certain
amendment proposed by the LesisiSe Lesnat 20
IF the State of Minnesota IN an ac5 c5oo055 05
aid LEGISLATURE known as Chapter ZSO
IF the General Laws Of Minnesota ior 1881,
ind duly adopted at the general election