Little Falls herald., 1912-10-18
AMENDMENT NO. ~.
Commission Form Of Murlic.
ipal Government.

may frame a charter T for Its its own
government as a city. consistent
state as follows: The legislature
fha fiona proyide pr i Under s1eh restric
board of fifteen freeho1ders. who
shall shall be and for the past Ave
years shall have been qualified vot-
ers thereof, to be appointed by the
trict in WITCH the ' city y1oi''1i Or villaSs
10 situated, as the legislature may
determine for a term in no event to
exceed SIX years, which board shall.
within SIX months after its ap-
istrate of said city or village .
draft Of said charter, signed by the
members Of said board, or q ma:
3or1ty thereof. SUCH charter shall
sss Of saeh city 'S eae or v3iase 3Sise'st st yGs 80
next election thereafter, and Il
tq9 1eti9 st Of fut6 the S9eed X:
end Of thirty days thereafter, s.
come the charter of such, city Or
village as a city. and supersedo
any existing charter and amend
ments thereof; Provided. that In
established, such charter shall re-
quire three -fourths majority vote
Of the qualified voters voting At
such election TO- change the patrol
limits now established. Before any
act the Legislature shall prescribe
by law the general limits within
which such charter shall be- framed.
Duplicate certificates shall be
%aas 'sttddnf snd its fora s fhasteT
shall be signed by the chief mag
istrate Of said city or village and
euthenticated by its 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.
chives chi De e. scS ti{I amonE the ar
all courts shall take judicial notice
thereof. Such charter so deposited
may be amended by proposal there
for made by q board of fifteen COM
at least thirty days in! three news
papers of general circulation in
such city or village, and accepted
by three-f1fths of the qualified vot-
e efs t6d Of eet S9eh eacyen fty or VII ylage V4ng
wise; but such charter shall always
be in harmony with and subject to
the constitution and laws of the
State of Minnesota. The legislature
amendments Of charter to the vote
Of the people, and shall provide
that upon application of five per
ssch ss City the or 'sfa Tfag eotfrs Gy %rteaa 9f
submit to the vote of the people
proposed amendments to such char
ter set forth in said petition. The
ed for shall be permanent, and all
the vacancies by death, disability to
perform duties, resignation or re-
moval from the corporate limits, or
be fiiled by appointment e i'th; in tie same same
manner as the original board was
created, and said board shall al
ways contain its full complement
Of members. It shall be a feature
be provided. among. other things,
and Legislative body of either one
or two houses; If of two houses, at
BY general vote Of the electors: In
submitting any such charter or
voters of such city or village any
alternate alternate SECTION or aEticle r! may bs
voters. and may be voted on separ-
ately without prejudice to other
articles Or sections of the charter
or any, amendments thereto. The
lsGs reafng N.Y. ao Of ctfe5 Sa
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
and not less than ten thousand
thousand inhabitants or less, which
shall apply equally to al such cities
Of either class. .,a and which shall be
matter included in the local char
ter herein provided for. But no
local charter, provision 1,o1, or ordin-
sede any general law of the state
defining I'm or ru. furnishing crimes or
So that said Section SO Of Article 1
the State Constitution shall read a
Dl1owss
section 80. Any city or village
in this state may frame a charter
for its own government as q city.
consistent with and subject to the
The Legislature shall provide, un-
der such restrictions as it deems
to exceed dftesn: ::ffeeholders. who
:ha hs be Save apd besn es the RaH Rs Ye yors
thereof, to, be appointed by. the
judicial district in which the city or
village IS situated as the legislature
event to exceed six years, which
board shall within six months at
ter its appointment return to tho
chief magistrate: Of said city or
ter Signed by the members Of said
board, or a majority thereof, and.
If the same be not ratified may
thereafter In like manner, return
other draft or drafts Of a proposed
charter VI until lone one thereof, thereof shah be
Such charter shall be submitted
to the qualified voters of such city
or village at the next general or
ef t6e yoters 16t m
ing at. such election. shall ratify
thirty days thereafter; or at such
9ef 9Th tS IT ban as tbs fha ne fpec o.
such city or village as a city and
supersede any. existing charter and
Ia cities having patrol limits now
GU ouire a three -fourths majority vote
Of the. qualified voters voting, at
such election to change the patrol
limits now established.
Dupl1cdIe CSTI1uCdLeS Snail %
made setting forth the charter pro-
posed and Its ratification, which
Shall be signed by the chief magis:
trate Of said city or village ana
61a o :sS ia sss ''e s:
deposited in the office Of the secre-
tary of state ana the other, after
being recordeda ln the once frof ~thps
register Of deeSe TOR the county u !
shail be deposifea among the aFczr
chives Of such city or village. and
sli courts shall take judicial notice