The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-01-03
Official Publication
Proposed Charter
City Of Sank Centre
CHAPTER 1.

CHAPTER i.
Name, Boundaries, Powers, Rights, and Liabilities.
Section /. Name and Boundaries The municipal
corporation in the County of Stearns and State of
Minnesota known the "City of Sank Centre" shall
continue to be municipal corporation under the same
name and with boundaries now established by law
as follows:
southwest quarter (SWA) of section number
three (3), in township number one hundred and
twenty-six (12e) Of range number thirty four SS4;
west quarter (SWA) of section number four, 90,
in said township and range; thence south to the
southwest corner of the northwest quarter (NWA)
of section number sixteen (16); thence east to the
southeast corner of the northwest quarter CNWA)
of section number fifteen (15); thence north to the
one hundred and twenty-six (126), Of range num-
Der thirty-four (34.)" Chapter a, Sec. g. Sp. l..
1882
Section g. Rights and Liabilities. The City of
Sank Centre shall have perpetual succession and shall
remain vested with and continue to have, hold and en-
joy all property property rights rights of action, and
rights of every kind belonging or pertaining to
the city and shall be subject to all the liabilities that
exist against the City.
Section 8. Powers of the City. The City of Sank
Centre may and be sued; shall have and use its
present seal and may alter it's seal at pleasure; shall
be capable of contracting and being contracted with
may take by purchase, condemnation otherwise, and
hold lease sell and convey all such real and personal
property its purposes may require, or the trans
action of it's business may render convenient within
or without the limits of the city, provided by
law sp L. 1882 Chap 4 Sec T. ~ n MAY aequ and
render public service of every kind grant franchises
licenses for the construction, operation and main
tenance of public utilities in upon and under the
streets and public places in the city, and shall have
power to fix and regulate the fares, tolls, or charges
which may be collected, order the extensions which
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be rendered by any operator OF pubic utility
franchise license; may assess, levy, and collect
taxes for general special purposes, on all subjects
or objects which the City may lawfully tax; Dor
money the faith and credit of the City or on
public utility other property owned by the City,
by the issuance and sale of bonds certificates OF
Indebtedness; may appropriate the money of the City
for all lawful purposes; may provide for, construct
regulate, and maintain public works and local I'M
provements may levy and collect assessments for local
improvements; may license and regulate persons cor
porations and associations engaged in any business
abate, SUPPRESS all things detrimental to the health
morals, comfort, safety, convenience and welfare OF
the inhabitants of the City, and all nuisances and
thereof may regulate the construction height and
materials used in all buildings and the maintenance
and occupancy thereof; may regulate and control the
for whatever purposes of the streets and other
public places; may make and enforce local police san
tary and other regulatlons may pass ordinances Tor
maintaining and promoting peace, good government
and welfare of the City, and for the performance OF all
the functions thereof shall have all the powers possess
ed by municipal corporations at common. law; small
have, retain and may exercise all powers, functions,
rights and privileges, heretofore possessed by it, may
exercise such powers beyond it's corporate limits as
may be necessary for the effective exercise OF any
powers granted herein now authorized by law and
in addition thereto the City of Sank Centre shall have
and exercise all powers, functions rights and privileges
exercised by which incidental to, or inherent ln
municipal corporations and not denied to it by the
constitution or general laws of the State of Mime
sota The enumeration of herein shall not be
construed to limit restrict the powers granted IN
general terms, shall any specific power granted IN
this charter be construed to limit restrict the pow
ers granted in this section In addition to the powers
herein and hereafter granted the City of Sank Centre
shall have full power to deal with all matters of
municipal concern and have complete selfgovernment
in harmony with and subject to the constitution ana
laws of the State of Minnesota.
Section 4. Powers, How Exercised. All powers OF
the City, unless otherwise provided by this charter,
shall be exercised by the City Council or under Its d-
rection.