The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-16
AMENDMENT TO
CHARTER TO Be
VOTED on JUNE |9
Charter Commission Provides Amend
ment for the Installing of a
"White Way"
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ONE.THIRD OF COST
ASSESSED AGAINST CITY
Judges Are Named for Primary Elec-
ton; Polling Places Are
Selected.
ONE-THIRD OF COST
ASSESSED AGAINST CITY

Bemidji will hold charter amend
ment election June 10, the same day
as the primary election.
The amendment to the charter
which will be submitted to the people
is for the installation of white way.
Approved by Eleven.
The amendment was drawn up by
Judge Marshall A. Spooner and ap-
proved by eleven members of the
charter commission. The members
approving the amendment are A. P.
White, F. w. Rhoda, R. H. Schu-
maker, E. A. Shannon, G. E. Carson,
M. E. Ibertson, J. J. Opsahl, F. M.
Malzahn, E. H. Getchell, w. N. Bow
ser and F. S. Lycan.
The proposed amendment is as fol-
lows:
Amendment. No. 1.
The City Council of the City of Be-
midi is hereby authorized and empoW-
cred to provide for, and to construct
on any of the streets and avenues OF
the said city, or on any portion Of either,
a system of electric lighting, which may
be ornamental and attractive as we'll as
useful and otherwise serviceable, in pro-
vding artificial light by electricity and
to that end may construct at such points
and places on such streets and avenues
as it may deem suitable and proper all
poles posts post iamps gtobes
sockets, rosettes, receptacles, and all
necessary or proper appliances or para
! phernalia connected therewith, and al
to be local improvements; of Special
benefit to the abutting property; the ex-
pense thereof defrayable by local as
sessment; and the frontage rule prac-
ticable and reasonably accurate method
of appOrtiOning such benefits.
The expense of constructing the i'm
provements so mentioned shall be
chargeable to the lots or parcels of land
proportion to the frontage Of such lots
or parcels of land on such street or av-
enue without regard to the value there
of; and the assessment therefor shall be
made and collected substantially as pro-
vided in the case Of other local improve
ments; but in no instance shall the spe-
cial assessment exceed the amount of
the special benefit derived; and pro
vided, that the City Council may, in its
discretion where such lots to be charged
are corner lots and are adjacent to the
frontage exceeds twenty-five (25) feet
along such avenue or street, apportlon
the amount specially assessed for any
such improvement to said corner lot and
the lots adjacent to the middle Of the
block upon which they are located, said
apportionment to be made so that the
corner lot or the lot abutting the street
or avenue so improved, or along which
! less than thirty (30) per cent of the
total amount SO levied, and the balance
| to be divided between the remaining lots
it TINA may d deem Ssi Just and equitable: I ' '@
If in any case the City Council shall
deem that a part of the expense of do
| ing any work provided for in this amend
ment should be borne by the city at
large, it may, by majority vote Of all
the councilmen elect, by resolution to be
entered on the minutes of the proceed
not % exceeding one-third Q-3), shall be
paid from and out of the city treasury.
Council Names Judges.
At meeting of the city council
last evening the council named the
following judges and voting places
for the election:
First Ward - Judges: George
Kirk, Bert Getchell, J. J. Conger.
Voting place, Miller's store.
Second Ward-Judges: A. A. Car
ter, Jack Williams and E. J. Gould.
| Voting place, city hall.
Third Ward-Judges: P. M. Di-
caire, John Ripple and Hugh Whit
ney. Voting place, Dicaire's log
house.
Fourth Ward-Judges: J. E.
Groom, H. E. Anderson and Perle
Davis. Voting place, Dalton's build
ing.