Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1918-11-01
NINTH CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT.

Authorizing cities having a population OF mors
than one hundred thousand inhabitants ~
provide by ordinance for the election of =
charter commission to frame a new char
ter, and for the adoption thereof, and pro-
viding the method by which amendments
may be made thereto
IT Is PROPOSED BY THE LEGAL NUMBER
OF QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE STATE
OF sou
That at the general election to be held n
Tuesday. following the first Monday IN No
vemher. 1913. there shall be submitted to the
rejection. the following constitutional amend
meEt, to-wit: The repeal of Sections Sixteen
and Seventeen Of Article Nine Of the Constitu.
tion Of Missouri. snd the adoption Of the fol-
lowing new sections in lieu thereof:
Section 10. Charter Framed BY Large Cit
es.-Any city having a population Of more
than one hundred Thousand Inhabitants may
frame and ADOPT a charter for its own govern
ment. consistent with and subject to the Com
~stitution and laws Of the state in the follow
ing manner:
The legislative authorities Of the city may
provide. by ordinance, for submission to the
voters the question: "ShalI q commission be
chosen to frame a chsrterf" II such ordinances
becomes effective more than sixty days before
the next election snch question shall he snb-
mftted At such election. and II not, then Mt the
next general election thereafter. except No
herein otherwise provided Such question shall
also be submitted. when requested. by a pett-
tion signed nv IS per cent Of the qualified
voters Of such citv. filed with the Board NJ
Election Commissioners or such board or Of
ficials as may be in charge Of municipal cleo
lions In such city, II such petition prays for
a special election and Is signed nv 20 per cent
Of the qualified voters Of such CITY. a special
election shall be held in such city not less
than sixty days, nor more than ninety DAYS.
after the filing Of such p%etltion. The per-
centage NJ electors required 70 sign anv petit
ton provided for herein shall he based upon
TIM total nun,hA~ % aIAnNN,. NAt, ~ 49, IAak
preceding general municipal election. The ne
titions herein provided for shall re canvassAd
nv the Board NJ Election Commissioners or nth
er officials having charge Of municinal cleo
tions IN snch citv. and Its determination "a 20
the sufficiency Of such petition shall he final.
The question Of whether or not a commission
shall he chosen to frame a new charter and
the names NJ electors or sets 1T names If
electors Of the city, who are candidates for
the proposed commission. shall he printed on tho
same ballot. Candidates for the proposed rom
mission shall be nominated nv ~petition signed
by not less than 2 rer cent ~ the qualified
voters Of such city and filed with the Ensrd NJ
Election Commissioners, or other officials hnv-
Ing charge NJ municipal elections IN snch citv.
PROVIDED: that in no case shall the signatures
OF more than 1000 voters re required to nom,-
nate a candidate. r. a majority Of electors
voting on the question Of whether or NOT \
charter commission shall no chosen to frame \
charter. vote In the affirmative. then me
thirteen candidates receiving the greater nun-
Der NJ votes shall constitute such commission,
Any charter 50 framed shall Re signed nv
a majority OF the commission, and filed with
said election officials. who shall submit s"'d
charter to the electors NJ the city at an cleo.
tion to he held at a time fixed by the charter
commission. hut ut least thirty DAYS snhse-
quent to the completion NJ the charter md not
more than me year from tho date NJ tho nicr-
Hon 1T such commission. Amy mart M rarts
Of a charter sn framad NAV ne submitted 10 TIA
voted npon sensrate'v and shaH ne doomed
nrt 10 ~ .1~l ----l. -.tfs . A.
vntes east on that nropos'tinn. ANY sttcrns-
tive se"tfon or article NAV he presented for
The choice NJ the voters and msr no voted m
ser'rate'r md arre~ted or -e'ected. sens
rntely. without prejudice to other articles or
sections NJ the chartnr, n a charter r. adnpt-
ed at surh election TINT section or article snb-
mitted in the alternative. which receives the
greater nuufher Of votes. shan NJ deemed
adopted. n anv su"h proposed charter ne an
proved by a majority Of the electors voting
on the proposition NJ whether mr. mt snch
charter shall he adopted. II shah become the
charter Of such c,.- at the time ftxed therein.
duplicate r.r..fcates shall ne made. setting
forth the chnyter adopted snd its ratification.
which shall he signed nv the chief macistrats
seal. One Of mch certified copie. sh.n ne
deposited In the office ~ the Secretary II
State md the other. after heing recorded In
the records Of the citv. shall ne deposited
among the srrhfves of The city and sl corrts
shall take judicial notice thereof. The notice
for any election provided for IN this section
shat he published FOR Mt ieest th-oa wooks N
NJ least one newspaner nrintod IN s"rh c'tv.
white" newsns nor shsn hnvo n hon" ESQ r,'o nr
circulation IN such city nf Mt least e.O0n cop-
les of each Issue. in which such NOTICE Ia nuh-
lfshed. and which npwspnper Inns henn nnh-
ffshed continuously FOR fftv-twn weeks next
before the publication NJ s,rh notice. such
publication of such notice to ne made At ,c.st
onre each week and m the same day nj ma
week In each of said three weeks. and the lr.t
publication to he within two weeks of m.
date Of snch election.
Section IT. Amendments to anv charter
Section Sixteen Of Article Nine If this Con.
s%titution. may be submitted to the electors nv
4 charter commission In the manner provided
for the submission Of a complete charter.
Amendments may also ne proposed nv the
legislative authority Of the city or nv 4 nett
ton Of not less than IS rer cent NJ the auan-
fled voters Of the city. filed with the Board ~
Election Commissioners. or officials having
charge Of municipal elections In snch city,
setting forth such proposed amendment. The
legislative authorities Of the city shall at oncs
provide. by ordinance. that any amendment %
proposed shall he submitted tn the electors at
the next election held In the city not Ic.s th.p
sixty days after its passage, or At a special
election, II called for In the m>nnar harp'n
above proposed. in Section Sixteen NJ this
Article. Any proposed amendment unlimited
TO the electors, and approved nv n majority NJ
those voting thereon. shnll become a mart n
the city charter at the time and under the
conditions fixed In such amendment: and ses
lions or articles may he submitted IN the al.
tentative and determined In the same way 40
hereinhefore provided with reference to Al.
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