The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-10-09
resentatives, the Senate concurring
therein:

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That at the general election to be
held on the Tuesday next following
the first Monday in November, A. D.
1914, the following amendment to Sec
ton lG Of article TX of the Constitu-
ton of the state Of Missouri shall be
submitted to the qualified voters Of
| the city, to-wit:
ticle TX of the Constitution of the
State Of Missouri be amended by strik
ing out the last sentence thereof
which now reads as follows: "Such
| charter, so adopted, may be amend
ed by proposal therefor, made by
the law-making authorities of such
cities, published for at least thirty
days in three newspapers Of largest
circulation in such city, one Of which
| shall be newspaper printed in the
German language, and accepted by
| three-tifths of the qualified voters of
| such city, voting at general or
special election, and not otherwise;
but such charter shall always be in
| harmony with and subject to the Con
stitution and laws of the state" and
! inserting inlieu thereof the following
words; "Such charttr, so adopted,
may be amended by a proposal there
| for made by the law-making author-
| ties Of such city, published for at
| least three weeks in two newspapers
| printed therein, which have Il bona
fide sale or circulation in said city of
at least two thousand copies of each
issue in which said notice is publish
ed. one of which shall be daily
newspaper printed in the German Ian
| guage and which has been published
continuously FOR fifty-two weeks next
before such publication, such publ
cation to be made at least once each
week and on the same day of the
| week in each of said three weeks, and
the last publication TO be within two
weeks Of the date of such election.
| Such amendment must be accepted by
| three-flfths of the qualified voters of
such city voting on such proposition
ut a general or special election, and
not otherwise; and if three-hfths of
| all the legal votes cast on such prop
osition are in favor of such amend
mcnt to the charter, such amend
ment shall be adopted; such charter
and all amendments thereof shall
always be in harmony with and sub
ject to the Constitution and laws of
the state. So that said section.
when amended, shall read as follows
and to be known as section 49,
Section l6. Large cities may frame
their own charters, how adonted and
amended-Any city having a popu-
latlon of more than one hundred thou
sand inhabitants may frame a charter
for its own government, consistent
with and subject to the Constitution
and laws of this state, by causing a
board of thirteen freehodcrs, who
snail have been for at least five years
qualified voters thereof, to be elect
ed by the qualified voters of such city
at any general or special election:
which board shall. within ninety days
after such election, return to the
chief magistrate Of such city a draft
of such charter, signed by the mem |
hers OF such board or a majority of
them. Within thirty days thereafter.
such proposed charter shall be sub |
mlttcd to the qualified voters Of such
city ,at a general or special election, |
and If four-sevenths Of such quail |
fled voters voting thercat shall rat |
Fly the same, it shall, at the end of |
thirty days thereafter. become n |
charter Of such city, and suDcrsede
any existing charter and amendments
thereof. y duplicate certificate shall |
be made, setting forth the charter
proposed and its ratification, which
shall be signed by the chief magis
trate Of such city and authenticated
by ITS corporate seal. One OF such
certificates shall be deposited in the
office OF the secretary Of state. and |
the other, after being recorded in
the Office Of the recorder of deeds for
the county in which such city lies.
shall be deposited among the archives
of such city, and all courts shall take
Judicial notice thereof. Such charter.
so adopted may be amended by ?
proposal therefor made by the law
making authorities of such city, pub
llshed for at least three weeks in two
newspapers printed therein, which
have bona fde sale or circulation
in said city of at least two thousand
copies of each issue in which said no.
tice is published, one of which shall
be a daily newspaper printed in the
German language, and which has been
published continuously for .fifty-two
weeks next before such publication,
such publication to be made at least
once each week and on the same day
of the week in each of said three
weeks; and the last publication to be
within two weeks of the date Of such
election. Such amendment must be
accepted by three-ffths of the quail
lied voters of such city voting on such
proposition at general or a special
election, and not otherwise: and if
three-fifths Of all the legal votes cast
on such proposition are in favor of
such amendment to the charter, such
amendment shall be adopted; such
charter and all amendments thereof
shall always be in harmony with and
subject to the Constitution and laws
of the state.
NINTH PROPOSITION