Morris tribune., 1912-11-01

the corporate limits. or. expiration
OF term oe once SHAH be dlled BY
appointment In the same manner 40
said hosrd sSo onrs alw ay CONTAIN ita
full complement 81 members.
Any such charter or any amend.
ment or revision thereof may pro.
xSs hGa ne ns%nH GTm ana
administrative powers, or 1t may
provide for mayor or chief magts.
trate. and legislative body of
either one or two houses and, Il
Of the electors, or It may provide
for any other plan or system OF
municipal government; provided
ment so adopted shall not violate
the constitution of the state az
hereby amended.
In submitting any such charter
or amendment thereto. or revision
thereof to the qualified voters OF
such city or village, any alternative
section or article may be presented
for the choice Of the voters and may
pc voted on separately without
prejudice to other articles or seq.
msnts thereto or revision Thereon.
The legislature may provide gen.
eral laws relative to affairs OF
cities, the application Of which may
Thousand inhabitants, or to cities OF
fifty thousand and not less than
twenty thousand Inhabitants. or 70
less than ten thousand inhabitants,
or to cities Of ten thousand IN
habitants or less, which shall APP
ply equally to all cities Of either
f to al Cities of IN IN s sRSe suoh class not
having charters adopted pursuanI
to this amendment, but no general
law limited to one or more OF SAID
classes of &ties shall apply to any
CITY existing under charter framed
under this section of the constt:;
tuition unless such general law shall
be made applicable to such city by
q declaration. therein; naming the
while IN force to the provisions re.
lating to the same matter included
in the local charter herein provided
for.
The legislature shall enact any
and all laws necessary or proper
to carry into effect the provisions
Of this amendment, and shall pre-
scribe by law the general limits
within which such charter shall be
framed. No local charter. provision
or ordinance passed thereunder
shall supersede any general law or
the state defining or Furnishing
crimes or nisdemeanors."
PURPOSE AND EFFECT. The pull
pose and object of this amendment
to permit cities already Incorporate
and villages desiring to be Incorporate
as eTI1es to include i'm their charter
or by amendment or revision thereO
a commission form OF government haV
ing Legislative and administrative pow
ers. The amendment sought enlarge
the power of such municipalities
framing their own charters, reservin
to the legislature, however, the author
aty to prescribe the general limit
within which the said charters shall
framed.
A commission form of city govern
ment IL generally understood to includ
the following characteristic features
1. small governing board, 2. I'll
exercise of both Legislative and admin
istrative duties by this board; 5. TIL
division among the members of til
board of the administrative work of til
city by departments over which a sinsl
member of the governing board Of tt
city has control; 4. The election Of th
members of the governing board by q
OF the voters of the city and not
wards precincts or districts. 3. TT
adoption OF methods OF direct pOpuls
control over the action and the cor
tinuRnce I'm office of the members Of I'll
governing board.