The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-10-24
AMENDMENT NO. ~.
Commission Form Of Mur1ic-
ipal Government.

By this Amendment It IL proposed t,
mend Section SO Of Article A Of tn
which now reads az fol
Dwss
may irams a. c aass For !n It's s oWn
6 e ! N as 2 city consistent
shall proYlde snde Th sucS restrce
board OF fifteen freeholders, who
shall shall be and for the past five
years shall have been qualified vot-
dstct j9dF to De of tRe BY he
trict in which the city or village
IS situated. as the Legislature may
oe1ermlne for term In no event to
exceed six years. which board shall.
Pointment, return to the chief mag
istrate of said city or village a
draft Of said charter. signed by the
members of said board. or a ma;
be submitted to the qualified vot-
ers OF such city or village at the
next election thereafter, and II
1our-sevenths of the qualified vot-
raftyo thss Same st such Station sha at 'h tho
eng OF thirty days thereafter, be-
come the charter of such city or
v1i1age as a city, and supersede
any existing charter and amend
cities having patrol limits now
established, such charter shall re-
Q41re a three-fourths majority vote
OF the qualified voters voting at
s 1iG31ts ELECTION to change the patrol
CITY snail incorporate under this
act the legislature shall prescribe
oy Jaw the general limits within
D Dnniicssq4cc such charter shall be framed:
mace setting forth the charter pro-
posed and its ratification, which
shall be signed by the chief mag
ast ta OF said city or village and
one Of said certificates shall be de-
posted in the office of the secre-
Etafy OF state, and the other, after
De1ng recorded in the Office of the
z9 0e de ely tor Or the H eSHntY es
shall be deposited among the ar.
ch1ves of such city or village, and
al courts shall take judicial notice
thereof. Such charter so deposited
I 1e made by board of fifteen COM
m1ss1oners aforesaid, published for
at least thirty days in! three news
papers pals of general circulation in
by three-fifths of the qualified vot-
ers OF such city or village voting
az the next election and not other
wise; but such charter shall always
the constitution and laws OF the
State of Minnesota. The legislature
may prescribe the duties of the
commission relative to submitting
OF OF the people, and shall provide
that upon application Of five per
cent Of the legal voters Of any
sucn city or village, by written
9bm to sq fe v e9mm nj ign ns she'll
proposed amendments to such char
Ter set forth in said petition. The
o9ard OF freeholders above provid--
the S to1 sha be PsrmSnsnt and al
perform duties. resignation or re-
moVal from the corporate limits, or
SSa a siat1 n. Of term Of office, shall
m ns ny a 4b9 in the
created, and said board shall al
ways contain its full complement
OF members, It shall be a feature
Of all such charters that there shall
f Tor mayor, or chief magistrate
or two houses: if of two houses, at
least one of them shall be elected
Submitting any such charter or
amendment thereto to the qualified
voters of such city or village any
alternate section. or article may be
~ CSCulCO LUZ l1lc CuOlC0 OIL the
voters. and may be voted on separ-
ately without prejudice to other
articles or sections OF the charter
or any, amendments. thereto. The
laws relating to affairs of cities, the
application of which may be limit
cd to cities of over fifty thousand
Inhabitants, or to cities of fifty
and not less than twenty thousand
1nhabitants, 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
loca charter. provision or ordin-
ance passed hereunder shall SUPER
sede any general law Of the state
defining or Furnishing crimes or
mtsdemeanors."