Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-10-24

OF QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE STATE
OF MISSOURI:
That at the general election to be held N
Tuesday. following the first Monday In No
ven,bcr. 1918, there shall he submitted to the
qualified voters Of Missouri, for adoption OF
rejection, the following constitutional amend.
meEt. to.wit: The repeal Of Sections Sixteen
and Seventeen Of Article Nine Of the CONSTITUTE
tion OF Missouri, and the adoption Of the fol>
lowing new sections In lieu thereof:
Section 10. Charter Framed by Large CIT.
ies.--Any city having a population Of mora
than one hundred thousand inhabitants may
frame md adopt a charter for its own govern.
ment. consistent with and subject to the Cons
stitutlon and laws Of the state in the foliows
Ing manner:
The legislative authorities Of the city may
provide, by ordinance, FOR submission TO thu
voters the question:: ''shall 4 commission bs
chosen to frame a charterf' If such ordinance
becomes effective more than sixty days before
the next election such question shall be sub
United st such election, and II not. then at the
next general election thereafter. except m
herein otherwise provided. Such question shall
also he submitted, when requested. by a petit.
t!nn signed by Is per cent Of the qualified
voters OF snch city, filed with the Board 1t
Election commissioners or such hoard or Of
ficials as may he In charge Of municipal cleo
lions In such city. II such petition prays for
a special election and il signed by 20 per cent
OF the qualified voters Of such city. a special
election shall he held In such city not less
than sixty days. nor more than ninety days.
after the filing Of snch petition. The per-
rentage at electors required to sign any reti.
tlon provided for herein shall be based upon
the total number Of electors voting at the last
preceding general municipal election. The ne.
ttions herein provided for shall he canynssed
by the Roard Of Election Commissioners or 9TH
er officials having charge of municipal cleo
lions In such city. and Its determination ms 10
The snffiri"ncy OF such petition shall he final.
The question d whether or not a commission
shall he chosen 70 frame a new charter and
the names Of electors or sets Of names Of
electors Of the city. who IRE candidates for
the proposed commission, shall be- printed on the
same ballot, Candidates for the proposed CONS.
mission shall ha nominated by petition signed
by not loss than . per cent nf the qualified
voters Of such city and filed with the BOARD Of
Election Commissioners. or ether officials hay
Ing charge of municipal elections in such city,
at least thirty days prior to srrh election:
PROVIDED. that In no cnsc shall the signatures
OF more than ! 900 voters Re required to noui-
nate a candidate. n a majority OF electors
vefine On the question If whether or not a
charter commission shall b" chosen to frame a
charter. vote IN tho, affirmative, then the
thirteen candidates receiving the greRtcrJnuyn-
Der OF votes shall constitute such commission.
Any charter so framed shall bo signed by
a majority Of the commission, and filed with
said election officials, who shall submit said
charter to the electors Of the city Mt an cleo.
tion TO he held nj n time fixed by the charter
commission. but at least thirty days uubsc-
quent to the completion Of the charter and not
more than one year from the date Of the cleo
ton at such commission. Any mart or narta
Of n charter so framed may be submitted to be
voted upon separately and shall he deemed
adopted n It shall receive n majority Of tho
votes cast on that proposition. Any ~alterna-
tive section or article may ba presented for
the choice OF the voters and may be voted on
separately and accented or rejected, scrr-
rateiy. without prejudice to other articles or
sections OF the charter. II a charter IA adopt.
ed at snrh election that section or article snh.
mlttrd In tho alternative. which receives tho
greater number Of votes. shall he deemed
adopted. II any such proposed charter be mp
proved by a ma iority Of the electors voting
on the proposition Of whether or rot such
charter shall tp adorted. 1t shall become the
charter Of such city at the time fixed therein.
Duplicate certificates shall, be made. setting
forth the charter adopted and It's ratification,
which shall he signed nv the chief magistrates
seal, One Of srch certified copies shall he
deposited In the office Of the Secretary If
State and the other. after being recorded in
the records Of the city, shall he deposited
shall take judicial notice thereof, The notice
for amy election provided for In this section
shall be published for at least three weeks In
at least one newspaper printed in such city.
circulation In such city of Mt least 1000 cop
ies OF each Issue. in which such notice Ia pub
1ished, and which newspaper has been mt.
lished continuously for fifty.two weeks next
before tho publication Of such notice, snch
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 he within two weeks Of the
date at such election.
Section II. Amendments to any cbartcr
framed and adopted under the authority Of
Section Sixteen Of Article Nine Of this Con.
s%titution, may be submitted 10 the electors bv
q charter commission In the manner provided
for the submission Of 4 complete charter.
Amendments may also he proposed By tho
legislative Authority OF the city or by a petf.
ton OF not less than Is per cent Of the quail.
fled voters OF the city, filed with the Board cf
Election Commissioners, or officials having
charge 1T municipal elections in such civ.
setting forth such proposed amendment, The
legislative authorities Of the city shall a. onco
provide. by ordinance. that any Amendment N
proposed shall be submitted to the electors AZ
the next election held In tho city not les, than
sixty days after tts passage. or mt a ppccioi
election, II called for IN the manner hcrein.
above proposed. In Section Sixteen Of this
Article. Any proposed amendment submitted
to tho electors, and approved by a majority Of
those voting thereon. shnIl become a part AZ
the city charter at the time and under TIA
conditions fixed In such Amendment; and seo-
tions or articles may be submitted In the Al.
Tentative and determined IN the same way a.
hereinbefore provided with reference 10 ii.
Tentative sections o. articles Of Z complete
charter. IL. -.