The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-05-02
ARTICLE XVIII.
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS

but the legislature by general laws.
shall provide for the incorporation
and organization of cities and towns
and the classification of same in pro.
portion to population, subject TO the
provisions OF this chapter.
Sec. 2. Every municipal corporation
now existing within this state shall
continue with all Of its present rights
and powers until otherwise provided
by law. and shall always have the ad.
ditional rights and powers conferred
by this constitution.
CHARTERS.
Sec. g. Any city containing popu.
lation of more than two thousand in.
habitants may frame charter for its
own government, consistent with the
subject OF the constitution and laws
of this state, by causing a board OF
freeholders, composed of two from
each ward, who shall be qualified
electors fsaid city, to be elected by
the qualified electors OF said city. at
any general or special election whose
duty II shall be. within ninety days
after such election, to prepare and
propose a charter for such city, which
shall be signed IN duplicate by the
members Of such board, or a majority
OF them, and returned one copy of
said charter to the chief executive Of
ficer OF such city. and the other to
the register OF deeds of the county
in which said city shall be situated.
Such proposed charter shall then be
published in one or more newspapers
published and OF general circulation
within said city, for at least twent 2.
one days, If in daily paper, or in
three consecutive issues, IL In a week
ly paper, and the first publication
er the completion of the charter; and
within thirty days, and not earlier
than twenty days after such pubica.
ton II shall be submitted to the quail.
flied electors OF said city at a general
or special election, and II a majority
of such qualified electors voting
thereon shall ratify the same, 1t shall
thereafter be submitted to the goveY.
nor for his approval, and the governor
shall approve the same, II II shall not
be In conflict with the constitution
and laws OF this state. Upon such ap.
proval, II shall become the organic
law OF such city and supersede any
existing charter and all amendments
thereof and all ordinances inconsist-
ent with it. A copy OF such charter,
and authenticated by the seal of
such city, setting forth the submis-
sion OF such charter to the electors
and its ratification by them, shall. aft
er the approval of such charter by the
governor. be made In duplicate and
deposited, one In the office Of the sec.
retary of state, and the other. afte-
being recorded in the office OF said
register OF deeds, shall be deposited
in the archives OF the city and there.
after all courts shall take judicial no.
tice of said charter. The charter so
ratified may be amended by proposals
therefor, submitted by the legislative
authority of the city to the qualified
electors thereof (or by petition as
hereinafter providedD at a general
or special election, and ratified
by a majority of the qualified cleo
tors citing thereon. and approx
ed by the governor as herein provided
for the approval of the charter.
Sec. 4 An election OF such board
OF freeholders may be called at any
time by the legislative authority of any
such city and such an election shall
be called by the chief executive OF.
ficer Of any such city within ten days
after there shall have been filed with
him a petition demanding the same,
signed by a number of qualified elec.
to twenty-five per centum of the total
number OF votes cast at the next pre-
ceding general municipal election and
such election shall be held not later
than thirty days after the call there.
for. At such election a vote shall be
taken upon the question Of whether or
not further proceedings toward adopt. |
ing a charter shall be had. in pursu.
ance TO the call. and unless a majority |
of the qualified electors voting there /
on shall vote to proceed further, no
further proceedings shall be had. and .
all proceedings up TO that time shall
be OF no effect,
INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM. |
Sec. 4. (a) The powers of the in.
itiative and referendum, reserved by
this constitution TO the people of the