The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-01-27
AMENDMENT NO, IL


!, A MEND g ]. No: , 1a ,,,,x
Charter by adding. ut the end thereof
the following words: e. 4.
Eighty eighth To acquire and hold
by gift. devise. purchase or by the ex-
errise Of the power Of eminent domain
properly. for public use. either within
the corporate boundaries of the: city or
outside OF such corporate Boundaries.
homes and like corrective institutions.
and all other places of confinement;
public lodging houses, houses Of refuge,
and similar institutions for the we'll.
quents Of the city, and! public baths.
gymnasiums, public halls and similar
places Of public recreation. convenience
and amusement, and to provide for the
maintenance, management, control and
operation of all of the same and do all
or any part of the same, either solely
or jointly with the County Of St. Louis
either such county or .state."'x: Is
Amend said charter by adding
Chapter thereto to be known as
Chapter xv11I-A, to read as follows:
erss sss5i'a B sts Of Tners hsasRs
which shall be composed OF fiye; mem
Mayor. The members OF said Board
special illness for the position. and
shall. serve without compensation. The
members Of the Board shall be APP
pointed on the Second Tuesday IN
March in each y isr s e.
to begin on the first day of April FOL.
lowing. The term Of office Of each Of
the members of said Board shall be
Ct the Board first appointed hereunder
shall determine by lot at their first
memb Der SO that the term of one such
the term Of one of each Of the Others
shall expire yearly thereafter. Said
Board shall elect from it's members at
It's frst regular meeting after April
president 1t shall also appoint a
secretary who shall not be member
Of said Board and who may be removed
BY. the Board at its sole discretion.
charter. the Board shall employ dis:
miss, and fix the compensation OF all
such other employees as the Board may
deem necessary to employ in the per-
Section PAID. The Board shall have
authority and it shall be it's; duty, to
maintain, manage, control and operate
any work houses. work farms, +deten-
tons, and all other such places Of con-
fnement;; and any public lodging
houses. houses of refuge and similar
for the Of the
and public baths, gymnasiums, public
halls and similar places OF public
recreation, convenience and amuse-
ment, as may be established under the
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,
is Jointly interested with the city. The
Board shall employ one or more as
sistants whose duties it shall be to
attend all sessions of the Municipal or
other courts at which criminal cases
are or are likely to be heard or con-
with other officials engaged in the duty
of administering the criminal laws of
the city and state. 1t shall also be the
duty of said Board to make such in
{ yestigations!and surveys Of social cor
ditions having a tendency to: induce
crime, poverty and personal delinquent
cies of any kind as may to said Board
section 244-c.. The Comptroller, the
Conference Committee and the Common
Council shall include in their annual
made under Sections so1 and s02 Of
this charter, a 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
50 set aside said fund shall be used
counts thereof shall be Kept BY the
Treasurer ana comptroller Expendi;
ordeesd ana sy s.d Bosr
Of Public Welfare, and shall be paid
by the City Treasurer only upon orders
Of said Board. signed by its president
tary and countersigned by the comp
troller. Said Board shall have auth
GRITTY to make all contracts on. behalf
Of the city authorised by this. chapter,
M r 10 oh 1An- 81 cd In
city by the president Or Vice president
and attested by the secretary Of said
Section 244.d. Any person desiring
Of the Board OF Public Welfare shall
have the right to vest the title to the
in the sc. city to be held and
according to the terms Of the donation.
bequest Or devise Of such property, and
as to such property the city shall be
held and ,c considered slider to be special
administered exclusively through and
by the Board of Public Welfare AZ an
agent Of said city" -. y ?
- AMENDMENT NO. !.
Amend next. to the last paragraph Of
Section 2s4 Of. the city charter SO as to
THE aggregate amount levied by; the
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
property in said city; Q levy in excess
Of this limitation shall be void as to
such excess" ~ az -!
-:..,.5. AMENDMENT NO. 8.
Amend paragraph number seven
tenth of Section 2s4 OF the city
charter SO as to substitute for the
first three. sentences thereof the f0l-
Seventeenth. There shall also. be 4
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 sub-chapter two
Of chapter ,twenty-three Of said charter.
and also; such amounts rs 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 Tor ~
section 1854 Of this charter AZ 70 the
estimated cost OF any public improve.
ment described in Section $50 OF this
charter, the common council may; by
!; resolution determtne the aggrSg cate
amount Of the assessments for such
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