The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-10-31

the corporate limits, or expiration
of term of Office, shall be filled by
the original board was created. and
said board shall always contain it's
full complement of members.
Any such charter or any amend
ment or revision thereof may pro.
vide for the commission form OF
government having legislative and
admlnlstrative powers, or II may
provide for mayor or chief magise
trate, and a legislative body OF
either one or two houses and. II
OF two houses, at least one OF them
OF the electors, or it may provide
for any othSr plan or system OF
municipal government; provided
en the Pdan or s6a o dt
the constitution of the state as
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
be voted on separately without
prejudice to other articles or sec
tions Of the charter. or any amend
ments thereto or revision thereof.
the Legislature may provide gen.
eral laws relative to affairs Of
cities, the application Of which may
be limited to. cities OF over fifty
thousand inhabitants, or to cities OF
fifty thousand and not less than
twenty thousand inha bitants, or to
cities of twenty thousand and not
less than ten thousand inhabitants.
or to cities Of ten thousand ss1f1 in
ply equally 60 all cities of either
class, or If so specified in the law.
to all cities in either such class not
having charters adopted pursuant
to this amendment, but no general
law limited to one or more of said
classes. of cities, shall apply to any
under this section of the consti::
tuition unless such general law shall
be made applicable to such city by
declaration, therein; naming the
city. Such laws shall be paramount
while in force to the provisions re-
lating to the same matter included
in the local charter herein provided
The legislature shall enact any
to carry into effect the provisions
scribe by law the general limits
within which such charter shall be
framed: No local charter, provision
or ordinance passed thereunderr
the state defining or Furnishing
crimes or misdemeanors."
PURPOSE AND EFFECT. The pur
pose and object Of this amendment Il
to permit cities already incorporated
and villages desiring to be incorporates
as cities to include in their charters
or by amendment or revision thereof
n commission form OF government hav
Ing legislative and administrative pow
ers. The amendment sought enlarge
the power of such municipalities II
framing their own charters, reservin,
to the legislature, however. the author
lty to prescribe the general limit
within which the said charters shall b
framed.
A commission form of city govern
ment IL generally understood to includ
the following characteristic features
1. small governing board; 2. Tn
exercise of both Legislative and admin
istrative duties by this board; 8. Tn
division among the members Of thu
board of the administrative work of tin
city by departments over which a singh
member of the governing board Of tn
city has control; 4. The election Of tn
members of the governing board by al
Of the voters of the city and not b.
wards, precincts or districts. 5. Tn
adoption Of methods of direct popular
control over the action and the con
tinuance in office of the members Of thu
governing board.