Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-05-06


proposed and its notifications,
which shall be signed by the CHIEF
magistrate Of said city or village
and authenticated by its corporate
seal. One Of said certificates shall
be deposited in the office of the
secretary of state, and the other,
after being recorded in the office
Of the register Of deeds for the
county In which such city or vii
lage lies, shall be deposited among
the archives Of such city or village,
and all courts shall take judicial
notice thereof. Such charter so de-
posted may be amended by pro-
posal therefor made by a board Of
fifteen commissioners aforesaid,
published for at least one day for
four successive weeks in any daily
newspaper Of general circulation In
such city Or village, or If there be
no daily newspaper Of general cir
culation in such city or village
then for four successive weeks in
weekly newspaper of general cir
culation in such city or village, and
accepted by three-fifths of the
qualified voters of such city or vii
lage voting at the next election,
and not otherwise, but such char
ter shall always be in harmony
with and subject to the Constitu-
ton and laws Of the State Of
Minnesota. The legislature may
prescribe the duties Of the COM
mission relative to submitting
amendments Of charter to the vote
of the people and shall provide
that upon application of five per
cent of the legal voters of any such
city or village, by written petition,
such commission shall submit to
the vote of the people proposed
amendments to such charter set
forth in said petition. The board Of
freeholders above provided for shall
be permanent, and all the vacancies
by death, disability to perform
duties, resignation or removal from
the corporate limits or expiration of
term of office, shall be filled by ap-
pointment in the same manner as
the original board was created, and
said board shall always contain Its
full complement Of members.
It shall be q feature Of all such
charters that there shall be pro-
vided, among other things, for a
mayor or chief magistrate, and a
legislative body Of either one or
two houses; If Of two houses, at
least one of them shall be elected
by general vote Of the electors. In
submitting any such charter or
amendment thereto to the quail
fled voters of such city or village,
any alternate section or article
may be presented for the choice OF
the voters, and may be voted on
separately without prejudice to
other articles or sections Of the
charter or any amendments there
to. The legislature may proVloe
general laws relating to affairs OF
cities, the application of which
NAV be limited to cities OF over
fifty thousand inhabitants, or to
cities of fifty and not less than
twenty thousand inhabitants, or to
cities Of twenty and not less than
ten thousand Inhabitants, or to
cities Of ten thousand inhabitants
or less. which shall apply equally
to all such cities Of either class,
and which shall be paramount
while in force to the provisions re-
lating to the same matter included
in the local charter herein provided
for. But no local charter, provision
or ordinance passed thereunder
shall supersede any general law OF
the State defining or punlshlng
crimes or misdemeanors.'
Section 2. Such proposed amend
ment shall be submitted to the peo-
pie for their approval or rejection
at the general election for the year
one thousand nine hundred and
thirty-eight, and the qualified cleo
tors Of the State, in their reSpec-
tive districts may, at such election:
vote for or against such proposed
amendment by ballot, and the re-
turns thereof shall be made ana
certified within the time, such vote
canvassed, and the result Thereon
declared In the manner provided by
law with reference to the electlon
of state officers, and if it shall ap-
pear thereon that majority OF all
electors voting in such electlon
shall have voted for and ratlheo
said amendment, as provided in the
next section thereof, then the Gov
ernor shall make proclamation
thereof, and such amendment so
ratified shall take effect and be IN
force as a part to the Constitution:
Section 8. Ballots used at SAID
election, and said proposed amend
ment. shall have printed thereon:
Amendment of Section SO Of Ar
ticle 4 of the Constitution, relating
to changing Of the requirements Tor
the publication of proposed amend.
ments to charters of cities ana
villages within the State of Mime
sofa. Yes ...... No .....". Each
elector voting upon such proposed
amendment shall place a cross
mark, thus, "X", In space to be
left on the ballot opposite the words
Eyes" and mo-, according as he
may wish to vote for or against
said amendment, and his vote shall
be counted in accordance with the
expressed will of such elector, as
provided by the election laws OF
this state.
Section 4. This act shall take ef-
feet and be in force from and after
its passage.
Approved March Is, 1887.
RESOLUTION No. Is. F. No. Is.
NIEMORIALIZING CONGRESS and
the president of the United