Omaha daily bee., 1912-09-16
LEGAL NOTICES.


such city, which charter, when completed
with a predatory synopsis, shall be signed
by the officers and members OF the con-
vention, or a majority thereof, and de-
livered TO the clerk of said city, who
shall publish the same in full, with his
official certification, In the official paper
of said city. II there be one, and IL there
be no official paper, then N at least
one newspaper published and in general
circulation in said city, three umes, and
week apart, and within not less than
thirty days after such publication it shall
be submitted to the qualified electors
Of said city at a general or special cleo
ton, and II q majority Of such qualified
voters, voting thereon, shall ratify the
same, It shall at the end of sixty days
thereafter, become the charter of said
city. and supersede any existing charter
and all amendments thereof A duplicate
certificate shall be made, setting forth
the charter proposed and its raufica-
ton together with the vote for and
againsO and duly certified by the City
Clerk. and authenticated by the cor
porate seal of said city and one copy
thereof shall be filed with the secretary
of state and the other deposited among
the archives of the city, and shall there
upon become and be the charter of said
city and all amendments to such charter
shall be authenticated in the same man
ner, and filed with the secretary Of
state. and deposited In the archives of
the city.
Section 5. But II said charter be re-
jected. then within six months thereafter.
the mayor and council or governing au-
tnorities Of said city may cali special
election at which fifteen members OF
new charter convention shall be elected
to be called and held as above in such
city. and they shall proceed as above to
frame a charter wnlcn snail in like man
Ivan a,.1 NkN IA hA NNsthl lkrtsA AA oxA
submitted to q vote of said voters for
their approval or rejection. II again re-
jected, the procedure herein designated
may be repeated until a charter Is finally
approved by a majority of those voting
| thereon, and certified together with the
vote for and against) to the secretary of
state as aforesaid. and a copy thereof
deposited in the archives of the city,
whereupon 1t shall become the charter Of
said city. Members of each OF said char
| ter conventions shall be elected at large;
and they shall complete their labors
within sixty days after their respective
election.
The charter shall make proper provi-
sion for continuing, amending or repeal
ing the ordinances Of the city.
Section L. Such charter so ratified and
adopted may be amended, or charter
convention called, by a proposal therefor
made by the law-making body Of such
CITY OF Dy tne Qudulleu eleclOTS III NUM-
Der not less than per cent of tho next
preceding gubernatoral vote In such city.
by petition filed with the council or gov
erning authorities. The council or gov
| erning authorities shall submit the same
to vote of the qualified electors at the
next general or special election not held
| within thirty days after such petition Is
filed. In submitting any such charter or
charter amendments, any alternative
article or section may be presented Tor
! the choice of the voters and may be
voted on separately without prejudice to
| others. Whenever the question OF q
charter convention is carried by ma
jority of those voting thereon, charter
convention shall be called through spe-
| cial election ordinance and the same
shall be constituted and held and the
proposed charter submitted to vote OF
the qualified electors, approved or rejected,
as provided In section two hereof, The
city clerk Of said city shall publish with
his official certification, for three times,
week apart In the official paper Of said
city, IL there be one, and II there be no
| official paper, then In at least one news
paper published and in general circulation
In said city, the full text Of any charter
or charter amendment to be voted on at
any general or special election.
| No charter or charter amendment
| adopted under the provisions OF this
| amendment shall be amended or repealed
except by electoral vote, And no such
charter or charter amendment shall d.
| minish the tax rate for state purposes
| fixed by act of the legislature, or inter-
fere In any wise with the collection OF
state taxes.
| Section s. That at said election In the
| year 1912, on the ballot of each elector
! voting thereat, there shall be printed or
written the words-"For proposed amend
ment to the Constitution allowing cities
Of more than five thousand inhabitants
| in this state TO frame their own city char
ter" and Against proposed amendment
| to constitution allowing cities of more
than five thousand inhabitants In this
! state to frame their own ch6.ters." And
| II a majority Of all voters at said cleo
| tion shall be for such amendment the
same shall be deemed to be adopted.
| Approved March 49, 1911.
I, Addison Walt, Secretary of State of
the state of Nebraska, do hereby certify
that the foregoing proposed amendment
| to the Constitution Of the State OF Me-
! braska Is q true and correct copy Of the
original enrolled and engrossed bill, as
passed by the Thirty-second session OF
the Legislature of the State of Nebraska,
as appears from said original bill on file
| In this office, and that said proposed
amendment Is submitted to the qualified
voters Of the state of Nebraska for their
| adoption or rejection at the general cleo
ton to be held on Tuesday. the 9Th day
Of November, A. D., 1912.
| In testimony Whereof, have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Great Seal
| OF the State of Nebraska. Done at Lin
/ coin, this Goth day OF May, In the year of
| our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred
| and Twelve, and of the Independence of
/ the United States the One Hundred and
! Thirty-sixth and Of this State the Forty
sixth. ADDISON WAIT, II
| (Seal) Secretary of State.
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