The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-10-25

OF QUALIFIED VOTEhS Or IhH STATS
That at the general election to be held ~
Tuesday. following the first Monday In No
vsmbsr. 1914 there shall Be submitted to the
qualified voters Of Missouri, for adoption o.
rejection. the following constitutional smeud-
ment, to-wtt: The repeal OF Sections sixtsen
and Seventeen Of Article Nine Of the Ccustitu-
tisn Of Missouri. ana the adoption Of the fels
lowing new sections in lieu thereof:
Section 10. Charter Framed by Large CIT.
ies.-Any city having q population Of more
Than one hundred thousand Inhabitants may
frame and sdopt a charter for Its own governs
ment. consistent with and subject to the Con.
.titution 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: ''shsll q commission be
chosen to frame q chartepr' II such ordinance
becomes effective more than sixty days before
the next election such question shall be sub
mitted at such election. and II not then at the
next general election thereafter, except AZ
herein otherwise provided. Such question shai
slss be submitted, when requested, by petit
tiep signed by 16 per cent Of the qualified
voters Of such city, filed with the Board OF
Election Commissioners or such board or Of
ficials as may be In charge Of municipal cleo
lions in such city. If such petition prays for
a special election and is signed by 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 petition. The per-
centage Of electors required to sign any petit
tion provided for herein shall be based upon
the total number Of electors voting at the last
preceding general municipal election. The pc
ttions herein provided for shall be canvassed
by the Board Of Election Commissioners or 9TH
er officials having charge OF municipal cleo
lions in such city. and Its determination as 10
the sufficiency Of such petition shall be hnai
The question Of whether or not a commission
he tR FraN chi rfE M
the names Of electors or sets Of names OF
electors Of the city, who are candidates for
the proposed commission, shall be printed on the
same ballot; Candidates for the proposed CON.
mission shall be nominated by petition signed
By not less than 2 per cent Of the qualified
voters Of such city and filed with the Board Of
Election Commissioners, or other officials hay
ing charge Of municipal elections in such city,
at least thirty days prior TO sueh election
PROVIDED. that In no case shall the signatures
Of more than 1000 voters be required tn noni-
nate candidate. If majority Of electors
yotgs on the question Of whether or not
charter, vote in the affirmative, then the
thirteen candidates receiving the greater num-
Der Of votes shall constitute such commission
Any charter 30 framed shall be signed by
a majority Of the commission, and filed with
said election officials. who shall submit said
charter to the electors Of the city at an cleo
tion to be held at q time fixed by the charter
commission. but at least thirty days subse-
more than year from the date Of the cleo
tion OF such commission. Any part parts
OF charter 80 framed may be submitted to be
voted upon separately and shall be deemed
adopted II 1t shall receive majority Of the
votes cast on that proposition. ANY alterna-
tive section or article may be presented for
the choice Of the voters and may be voted
separately and accepted or rejected sepa-
rately without prejudice to other articles or
sections Of the charter. If a charter is adopt
ed at such election that section article sub
mitted In the alternative, which receives the
greater number Of votes. shall he deemed
proved by majority of the electors voting
on the proposition OF whether not such
charter shall he adopted. It shall become the
charter Of such city at the time fixed therein.
Duplicate certificates shall be made, setting
forth the charter adopted and its ratification,
which shall be signed by the chief magistrate
Of the city, and authenticated by its corporate
seal. One Of such certified copies shall be
deposited in the office Of the Secretary Of
State and the other, after being recorded in
the records NJ the city, shall he deposited
among the archives Of the city and all courts
shall take judicial notice thereof. The notice
for any election provided for in this section
shall be published for at least three weeks in
at least one newspaper printed in such city,
which newspaper shall have bona fide sale or
circulation in such city of at least 1000 cop
les Of each issue, in which such notice is pub
lished, and which newspaper has been pub
lished continuously for fiftytwo weeks next
before the publication Of such notice, such
publication Of such notice 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.
Section IT. Amendments to any charter
framed and adopted under the authority Of
Section Sixteen Of Article Nine Of this Con-
stituton, may be submitted to the electors by
charter commission in the manner provided
for the submission Of complete charter
Amendments may also be proposed by the
legislative authority of the city or by a petit
ton Of not less than Is per cent Of the quail
fled voters Of the city, filed with the Board Of
Election Commissioners, or officials having
charge OF municipal elections in such city.
setting forth such proposed amendment The
legislative authorities Of the city shall at once
provide, by ordinance. that any amendment 90
proposed shall be submitted to the electors at
the next election held in the city not less than
sixty days after its passage, or at n special
election IL called for in the manner herein-
above proposed. in Section Sixteen Of this
Article. Any proposed amendment submitted
to the electors, and approved by a majority Of
those voting thereon, shall become a part Of
the city charter at the time and under the
conditions fixed In such amendment; and sec
tons articles may be submitted in the al.
tentative and determined in the same way a.
hereinbefore provided with reference to al
tprnAtiva sectiOna or articles of a cofonlsta