The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-01-20
AMENDMENT NO. 1

IAc 1Ol1OWlnS WOTQS: lii
Eighty eighth. TO acquire and hold
by gift devise, purchase or by the ex-
ercise Of the power Of eminent domain
through contemplation. proceedings.
the 1Ge use either her
outside Of such corporate boundaries,
Tor work houses, work farms, deten ton
homes and like corrective institutions,
public lodging houses, houses OF refuge,
and similar institutions for the we'll
being of the unfortunate and delin-
quents OF the city. and public baths,
g gianas 81 ,si public halls and similar
and amusement. and to provide for the
erection OF buildings thereon and the
, maintenance, management, control and
operation OF all Of the same. and do all
or jointly with the County Of st. Louis
and the State of Minnesota, or with
either such county or state"
ch amend t SAID charter by adding a
Chapter xvIII-A, to read as follows:
created a Board of Public we IPs
which shall be composed of five mem
bbers, who shall be appointed by the
shall be selected with reference to their
special fitness for the position, and
shall serve without compensation. The
members of the Board shall be ap-
March in each year, or as soon there
after as may be. their term of office
to begin on the first day. of April fol.
lowing. The term of office of each of
five years; provided that the members
Of the Board first appointed hereunder
shall determine by lot at their first
meeting the term of service Of each
member shall expire April /, 1918, and
the term of one Of each of the others
shall expire yearly thereafter: Said
Board shall elect from its members at
first in each year a president and vice
president. It shall also appoint a
secretary who shall not be member
of said Board and who may be removed
Subject to, the other provisions Of this
charter, the Board shall eroploy, dis
miss, and fix the compensation OF all
such other employees as the Board may
Torrance Of the duties Of said Board.
section 244-b. The Board shall have
authority and it shall be its. duty to
maintain. manage control and operate
ton homes, and like corrective institu-
tions, and all other such places Of con-
houses, houses Of refuge and Similar
fortunatees and delinquents Of the city,
and public baths, gymnasiums, public
halls and similar places Of public
recreation, convenience and amuse-
sole direction, ownership or manage
ment Of the city, or in which the Coun-
ty of st. Louis and the State of Min
nesota, or either said county or state,
Board shall employ one or more as
ststants whose duties 1t shall be to
attend all sessions of the Municipal or
other courts at which criminal cases
9r are and f e adSs be an
with other officials engaged in the duty
of administering the criminal laws of
the city and state. It shall also be the
vestigations and surveys Of social con-
ditions having a tendency to induce
crime, poverty and personal Delinquent
cies of any kind as may to said Board
seem proper.
Section 244-c. The comptroller, the
Conference Committee and the Common
Council shall include in their annual
estimates and apportionment of funds.
this charter. sum Of money to be set
aside out Of the general fund for the
exclusive use of the Board Of Public
Welfare for the ensuing year, and when
for no other purpose, and separate ac-
counts thereof shall be kept by the
Treasurer and Comptroller. Expendi-
lures from such fund SO set aside shall
Of PuSlic Welfare, ana s shall 1f be Dp paid
by the City Treasurer only upon orders
Of said Board, signed by its president
or vice president, attested by its secre-
troiler Said Board shall have auth
GRITTY to make all contracts on behalf
of the city authorized by this chapter,
and the same shall be signed for the
city by the president or vice president
and attested by the secretary Of said
Board.
"section Pad. Any person desiring
to make donations, requests or devises
Of the Board Of Public welfare e shall
have the right to vest the title to the
same in the city, to be held and con.
trolled by said Board, when accepted
bequest or devise Of such property, and
as to such property the city shall be
held and considered to be special
trustee, such trust to be managed and
by the Board of Public Welfare as an
agent Of said CITY,"
AMENDMENT NO. q.
Amend next to the last paragraph of
Section 284 of the city charter 50 as to
read as follows:
common council, in any one year, for
said funds, numbered third to sixteenth
inclusive, shall not exceed eleven mills
OF the assessed valuation Of all taxable
properly III SdlU city, r. levy IN excess
Of this Limitation shall be void as to
'''~' AMENDMENT. NO. 3.
Amend paragraph number seven
teenth Of Section 284 Of the city
charter so as to substitute for the
first three sentences thereof the fol-
lowing:
Seventeenth. There shall also be a.
permanent improvement revolving
fund, which shall not be supported by
taxation. There shall be paid into the
permanent improvement revolving fund
moneys received from all special
assessments assessed and levied under
this charter for local improvements un.
der the provisions Of ub-chapter two
of chapter twenty three of said charter.
and also such amounts as may be
realized by the sale of the one hundred
fifty thousand dollars worth of bonds
authorized herein. When the board OF
public works shall make the report to
the common council provided for by
section 1854 Of this charter as to the
estimated cost Of any public improve
nent described in Section s5s Of this
resolution determine the aggregate
amount of the assessments for such
improvements which in its Judgment
will be extended for payment, as is
elsewhere provided for in this amend
ment, but in no case shall such ar.
gregate amount exceed seventy-flve per
cent of the total estimated cost Of
such improvement, and order the is-