Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-09-30
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
NO. 2

Authorizing cities having a population
OF more than 100 900 inhabitants to frame
and amend their charters by less difficult
methods than are now provided
sOINT AND CONCURRENT RESOLU-
TION submitting 10 the qualified voters
of the state of Missouri an amendment
OF article 3 OF the Constitution Of the
state OF Missouri by striking out sec
tiona l6 and II thereof. and adopting
new sections in lieu thereof relating
20 the framing OF charters for sef-gov
crnment by certain cities. and the
amendment thereof.
BE II resolved by the Senate, the House
Of Representatives cuncurring therein:
That at the general election to be held
on TUESDAY, following The hrst Monday
In November, 1920, there shall be sub
mtted to the qualified voters OF Missouri
for adoption or rejection. the following
constitutional amendment. tG-Wit. The
repeal Of sections Is and II OF article .
OF the Constitution Of Missouri and the
adoption of the following new sections in
lieu thereof:
Section l6. Any city having a popula-
ton Of more than one huurcd thousand
Inhabitants may frame and adopt "A char
ter for Its own government consistent
with and subject to the Constitution and
ner: The legisIatAe authorities of the
& city may provide. by ordinance, for sub
4 mission to the voters the question: Shall
gpotnm ission be chosen to frame char
MerH" II such ordinance becomes effeo-
tive more than sixty days before the
next election such question shall be sub
mitted at such election AID II not, then
at the next general election thereafter,
except as herein otherwise provided. Such
question shall also be submitted, when
requested by Il petition signed by 10
per cent Of the qualified voters Of such
city. filed with the board OF election COM
FAlEAtDnrTg glph board DMipIula
may be In charge of the municipal cleo
lions IN such city. If such petition prays
for a special election and ls signed by
twenty per cent of the qualified voters
OF such city, a special election shall he
held In suCh city not less than go days,
nor more than ninety day after the hl-
Ing Of such petition, The percentage OF
electors required to Hign any petition pro-
Vtded for herein shall be based upon
the total number OF electors voting at
the last preceding general municipal cleo
ton. The petitions herein provided for
shall be CanVaSSCd by the board OF cleo
tiOn commissioners or other officials haN-
Ing charge of municipal elections in such
city. and It's determination as To the suf-
tcicncy Of such petitions shan be final
The question OF whether or not com
mission shall he chosen to frame new
charter and the names of electors OF
set of names Of electors of the city, who
are candidates for the proposed commits
sion, shall he printed on the same ballot
but no candidate, or list OF candidates
shall bear the name. heading or labe
of any political party which has, prior
10 such election, had candidates for state
or federal Offices, Candidates for the
proposed commission shall be nominated
Jy petition signed by not less than two
per cent OF the qualified voters Of sucf
city, and filed with the board OF election
commissioners. or other officials having
charge OF municipal elections In suci
city. at least thirty days prior to suct
election; provided that in no case shal
the signatures of more than one thou
sand votes be required to nominate
candidate. II a majority OF electors vot
ing on the question shall be chosen Il
frame a charter, vote in the affirmative
then the thirteen candidates receiving
the highest number of votes shall consti
tute such commission. Any charter 81
framed shall be submitted to the elector
OF the city and an election held at tim
fixed by the charter commission but a
least thirty days subsequent to the com
pletion OF the charter and not more thai
one year from the date of the election o
such commission. Any part or parts o
a charter SO framed may be submitte'
to be voted upon separately. ANY alter
native section or article may be pre-
scented for the choice of the voters AM
may be voted on separately and accept
ed or rejected, separately. without preju
dice to other articles or sections of tn
charter. II charter Is adopted at sucl
election that section or article submitte
In the alternative. which receives tn
greatest number OF votes, StiaH De ueeHe
adopted. II any such proposed charte
be approved by majority Of the elector
voting on the proposition of whether o
not such charter shall be adopted. IT sha
become the charter of such city at tn
time fixed therein and shall supercede an
existing charter and amendments there
Of Duplicate certificates shall be made
setting forth the charter adopted and 1t
ratification. which shall be signed by tn
chief magistrate. of the city, and authen
tlcated by its corporate seal. One G
such certified copies, shall be deposite
in the office of the secretary of stat
and the other. after being recorded in tn
records of the city, shall be deposite
among the srchives of the city and a
courts shall take judicial notice thereo
The notice for any election provided fo
in this section shall be published for @
least three weeks in at least one news
paper printed in such city, which news
paper shall have bona fide sale or Gil
oulation in such city Of at least tw
thousand copies Of each issue, In whic
such notice Ia published. and whic
newspaper has been published contint
ously foe ffty-two weeks next before I'll
publication Of such notice. such publics
tion of sueh notice to be made at lea'
once each week aad on the same da
of the week in each Of aka three week