The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-01-06
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BY s seqs'fe aa eSs ela
ercise OF the power OF eminent domain
properly tor publie use.. either %itsin
the corporate boundaries. fsstlle$ city or
outside of such corporate boundaries,
for work. houses, work farms, detention
homes. and like corrective institutions,
and All other places of confinement;
and similar Institutions for the we'll
being Of the unfortunate and delin-
quents Of the city, and public baths,
gymnasiums. public! halls and similar
places Of public recreation. convenience
and amusement and to provide for THE
erection of buildings thereon and the
aintenance,> managem ent, control and
operation Of all Of the same. and do all
OF Jointly whit County; Of St Louis
and the State OF Minnesota, or with
either such county or state.': s.:
Amend said ; charter by adding a
Chapter <xVIu-A, to read as follows
Section 244-a:: There is hereby
created "a Board of Public Welfare
which shall be composed Of Ave mem
Mayor. The. members ofg.said Board
shall be selected with reference TO their
special fitness for the position, and
shall serve without compensation. The
pointed : on the Second tuesday in
March in each year: or as soon. there
after as may be-. their term OF office
to- begin on the first day Of April fol-
the members of said Board shall be
five years; provided that the members
OF the Board first appointedy hereunder
shall determine by. lot at their first
member so that the term OF one such
member shall expire April 1. 1918. and
the term Of one OF each of the others
Board shall elect from it's members at
its first regular meeting after April
first In each year a: president and vice
president. 1t shall also appoint a
of said Board and who may be:removed
by the Board at its J.. sole discretion.
Subject to the other provisions of this
charter, the Board shall employ. dis
miss miss and ana fix the compensat5on Of al
deem necessary to employ in: the: per-
"Section 244-b;; The Board shall have
authority and it shall be its duty to
any work houses: work farms. deten-
ton homes, and like corrective fnstitu-
tons, and all other such places Of con-
Sosses on nna o fn Sefupg S' and sE
agencies for the well-being of the un-
fortunates and delinquents of the city,
and public baths, gymnasiulns, public
necrea ina s aan1snp places ana Of R%nc
ment, as may be established under the
sole direction, ownership or. manage
ment Of the city, or in which the Coun-
nesota; or either said equity Or state,
is jointly interested. with the city. The
Board shall employ one or more as
sistants whose duties it shall be to
other courts at which criminal cases
are: or are likely to. be heard or con-
sidered. and to advise and Cooperate
with other officials engaged in the duty
the city and state. 1T shall also be the
duty of said Board to make such in
yestigations and surveys Of social con-
d1t1ons having tendency. .totEfnduce
cies ofsany kind as: may togsaids Board
"section 244-c The comptroller the
Conference Committee and the Common
estimates and apportionment of funds,
made under Sections 301 and S02 of
TINS charter: sum of money to be set
aside out Of the general fund for the
Welfare for the ensuing year. and when
50 set aside said fund shall be used
Tor no other purpose, and separate ac-
counts thereof shall be kept by the
lures from such fund so set aside shall
be ordered and allowed by said Board
Of Public Welfare, and shall be paid
by the City Treasurer only upon orders
of said Board, signed by its president
or vice president, attested by it's secre-
tary and countersigned by the comp
troller. Said Board shall have auth
GRITTY to make all contracts on behalf
and the same shall be signed for: the
city by the president or vice president
R and dttested by the secretary Of said
Section 244-d. ANY person desiring
to make donations, requests or devises
Of money or property for the benefit
have the right to vest the title to the
same in the city. to be held and con-
trolledt by. said Board. when accepted
according to the terms Of the donation,
bequest or devise Of such property. and
as as, to such property the city shall be
trustee. such trust to be managed and
administered exclusively through and
by the Board of Public Welfare as an
agent of said; city," Z 49, i >
AMENDMENT NO.. a..
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, s5for
said funds, numbered third to. sixteenth
Of the assessed valuation Of ali taxable
property. in said city: q levy in excess
of this Limitation shall be void as to
such excess" ::
AMENDMENT NO. 3.
Amend paragraph number seven
teenth of Section 2S4 Of the city
charter so as to substitute for the
first three sentences thereof the fol-
lowing: : .s.@,:
Seventeenth. There shall also be a
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-chapters two
of chapter twenty three of said charter
and also such amounts as 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 for by
section 364 Of this charter as to- tie
estimated cost of any public improve
ment described in Section 356 of . this
charter. the common council may by
resolution determine the aggregate
amount Of the assessments for such
improvements which in. It's Judgment
will be extended for payment, as Is
elsewhere provided for in, this amend
ment. but in no case shall such .ag-
gregate amount exceed seventy Ave per