Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-10-20
The Purpose and Effect Of the Proposed
Amendment


The Purpose and Effect Of the Proposed
Amendment
The purpose and effect Of this amend
ment 10 to confer upon commission
consisting Of the 9oxsrnoss the ,h attornsy
to exchange any Of the public lands Of
the state, Including lands held In trust
for any purpose. for lands Of the United
States and lands privately owned, such
exchanges to be made In such manner as
the legislature may provide. In the
case Of certain trust fund lands ex.
state Constitution does not permit the
legislature TO authorize the sale Of said
lands except by public sale. This amend
ment win make It possible for the state
estry and other conservation purposes by
exchanging land outside Of state forests
and other conservation areas for lands
and for privately owned lands within
such areas.
The amendment requires that all min
eraI rights and water. power rights In
lands SO transferred by the state shall!
be reserved. The land so acquired will
become subject to the same trust, II
any, as the land disposed Of. For exam
pie. II school land Is given In exchange,
the land received will become school land.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 2
BY the adoption Of Chapter 493 of the
Laws Of 1887 the legislature has proposed
an amendment to Section sc of Article I
Of the Constitution Of the State Of Min
nesota.
This section now reads as follows:
ANY city or village in this state
may frame a charter for its own gov
eminent as a city consistent with
and subject to the laws of this state.
az follows: The legislature shall
provide, under such restrictions as it
deems proper for rhs board ga dr Of sSa
past five years shall have been quail
fed voters thereof. to be appointed
by the district judges Of the judicial
Is situated, as the legislature may
determine. for a term in no event to
exceed six years. which board shall.
ment. return to the chief magistrate
Of said city or village a draft Of said
charter. signed by the members Of
Such charter shall be submitted to
the qualified voters Of such city or
village at the next election there
qualified voters voting at such cleo
tion shall ratify the same it shall.
at the end Of thirty days thereafter.
become the charter Of such city or
thereof: Provided. that in cities hav-
ing patrol limits now established.
fourths majority vote of the qualified
change the patrol limits now estab-
porat a under det this I act t the Legislature
shall prescribe by. law the general
limits within which such charter
shall be r an Duplicate ssrt ihe
charter proposed and its ratification.
which shall be signed by the chief
magistrate Of said city or village and
One of said certificates shall be de-
posted 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 village lies, shall be deposited
among the archives of such city or
village, and all courts shall take
judicial notice thereof Such charter
so deposited may be amended by pro-
posal therefor made by board Of
Hshed for at least thirty days in three
newspapers of general circulation in
three-fifths of the qualified voters Of
election and not otherwise; but such
charter shall always be in harmony
with and subject to the constitution
The legislature. may prescribe the
duties of the commission relative to
submitting amendments Of charter to
Cne vote OF tIle peOple, anu SIldil pro-
vide that upon application of five
per cent Of the legal voters Of any
such city or village, by written petit
ton. such commission shall submit to
the vote of the, people proposed
amendments to such charter set forth
in said petition. The board Of free
holders above provided for shall be
permanent, and all the vacancies by
death, disability to perform duties,
resignation or removal from the cor
porate limits. or expiration of term
Of office, shall be filed by appoint
ment in the same manner as the
original board was created. and said
board shall always contain it's full
complement Of members. 1t shall be
q feature Of all such charters that
there shall be provided, among other
things. for o mayor or chief magis-
trate, and legislative body of
either one or two houses; II of two
houses, at least one of them shall be
elected by general vote Of the cleo
tors. In submitting any such char
ter or amendment thereto to the
qualified voters Of such city or village
any alternate section or article may