Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-11-01
AMENDMENT NO. ~.
Commission Form Of Mur,ic-
.ga9 ipal Government. IL.

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pne1d Section % Of Article 4 Of tn
co1stitutio1, which now reads - 1ol
|ows, n=|l 49,. p, s-t..Ts5t,,-
ANY city or village in this state
government. AZ q city. consistent
with and subject to the laws Of this
state % follows: The legislature
shall provide. under such restrlo.
Sea1a 81 aft esem fressh 6SRss 'c xhs
7ssr. :haIl have rs been en- s t 9l vi:
zig :tt tnsFs 3,d to be appointed bY tne
t1iet in xhies t It. 'e eity2 ae es 1i,iass
= situated. a. the legislature may
determine tor term In NO event 70
exceed SIX years. which board shall
pointment. return to the chief mag
1strate Of said city or village .
draft Of said charter. signed By the
members Of said board, Of = ma ma;
be submitted to the qualified vot.'7
ers OF such city or village at tho
next election thereatter, and Il
7st4e It Of :u ehs . S:f
fattfy the same it shall. at tho
come the charter Of such city er
my ts1,s 81 e sht 1na and
ments thereof: Provided. that II
cities having patrol limits nov
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such election to change tho patrol
limits now established. Before any
city shall incorporate under this
act the legislature shall prescribe
which such charter shall be framed.
Duplicate. certificates shall be
made setting forth the charter pro-
posed and its ratification, which
istrate OF said city or village ana
authenticated by it's corporate seal
One OF said certificates shall be de.
tary Of state. and the other. after
being recorded in the office OF the
register of deeds for the county in
which such city or village lies,
all courts shall take judicial notice
thereof. Such charter so deposited
may be amended by proposal there
Tor made by g board of fifteen COM
ct least thirty days in three news
papers Of general circulation in
by three-fifths OF the qualified Vot-
at the n aee eisctie on and aot other!
wise; but such charter shall always
Pc In harmony with and subject to
Lne CONSTITUTION ana laws OK the
may prescribe. the duties Of the
commission relative to submitting
amendments OF charter to the vote
Of the people. and shall provide
cent 81 the f.sai 1ote Of n Of a Rsy
such city or village, by written
submit to tho vote of the people
ter set forth in said petition. The
board Of freeholders above provid-
= ed for shall DO permanent. and all
the vacancies by death, disability to
moval from the corporate limits, or
expiration of term Of office, shall
be filled by appointment in the same
manner as the original board was
ways contain it's full complement
Of members. It shall be feature
of all such charters that, there shall
be provided. among other things,
and a Legislative body of either one
or two houses; IL of two houses, at
least one of them shall be elected
BY general vote of the electors. In
smendment thszet ou to the Sas aualifled
; alternate, section. or article may DO
presented for TIE choice - Of tho
articles or sections Of the, charter
9sri sngy ameRdentS thSSgete, na Ths
laws relating to affairs of cities. the
application Of which may be limit
ed TO cities Of over fifty thousand
Inhabitants, or to cities of fifty
and not less than twenty thousand
Inhabitants, or to cities Of twenty
and not less than ten thousand
Inhabitants, Or to cities of ten
thousand inhabitants or less. which
ihall:apply equally to all such cities
OF either class. and which shall be
paramount while in force to the
provisions relating to the same
matter included in the local char
ter herein provided for. But no
local charter, provision or ordin-
ance passed hereunder shall super
gede any general law of the state
misdemeanors."
So that said Section SO of Article
Of the State Constitution shall read q
follows. ~ : ~;
Section SO. ANY city or village
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