The Irish standard., 1912-10-26
AMENDMENT NO. ".
Commission Form of Munic-
ipal Government.

BY this Amendment it is proposed t
lmcnd Section SO OF Article 4 Of til
which NOW reads rs fol
owss
Any city or village in this state
may frame charter for Its own
government as city consistent
with and subject to the laws of this
STATE as follows: The legislature
S sianI provide. under such restr'c-
board Of fifteen freeh opie, wv who
shall shall be and for the past five
years shall have been qualified vot-
s sfs thereof; to De appointed by the
trict in which the city or village
Is situated, as the legislature may
determine for term in no event to
exceed six years, which board shall.
polntment, return TO the chief mag
lstrate Of said city or village
draft Of said charter. signed by the
members OF said board. or MAJ
be submitted to the qualined vot-
ers of such city. or village at the
next election thereafter. and if
four-sevenths Of the qualified vot-
ers voting at such election shall
s raj ths same ii shall. at the
END Of thirty days thereafter. bV
come the charter of such city or
v WV; as r city city. and supsrsede
ments thereof; Provided. that in
established. such charter shall re-
quire n three-fourths majority vote
or the qualified voters voting at
limits now established. Before any
city shall incorporate under this
act the legislature shall prescribe
by law the general limits within
which such charter shall be framed.
DuDliCate certificates shall Ia
made setting forth the charter pro-
posed and its ratification. which
shall be signed by the chief mag
authenticated by Its corporate seal.
One of said certificates shall be de-
posted in the office Of the secre-
tary Of state, and the other, after
register Of deeds for the county in
which such city or village lies.
shall be deposited among the ar.
chives Of such city or village, and
AZ courts shall take judicial notice
thereof. Such charter so deposited
may be amended by proposal there
for made by board Of fifteen COM
missioners aforesaid. published for
at least thirty days in three news
such city or village, and accepted
by three-ffths of the qualified vot-
ers of such city or village voting
at the, next election and not other
u y
be in harmony with and subject to
the constitution and laws Of the
State Of Minnesota. The legislature
may prescribe the duties of the
amendments of charter to the vote
of the people, and shall provide
that upon application OF five per
cent of the legal voters of any
petition, such commission shall
submit to the vote OF the people
proposed amendments to such char
ter set forth in said petition. The
ed for shall be permanent, ana all
the vacancies by death. disa bilty to
perform duties. resignation or re-
moval from the corporate limits. or
expiration of term Of office. shall
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,
for a mayor. or chief ma gistrate
and Il Legislative body Of either one
or two houses; II of two houses, at
least one of them shall be elected
by, general vote of the electors. In
submitting any such charter or
amendment thereto to the qualified
voters Of such city or village any
voters, and may be voted on separ-
ate!y. without prejudice to other
articles or sections of the charter
or any amerhlmnnts thereto. The
legislature may provide general
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
shall 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
sede any general law Of the state
defining or furnishing crimes or
misdemeanors."
So that said Section 80 of Article