The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-10-20
Proposed
Amendments
to the
Constitution
Minnesota
To be submitted at 1888
General Election
STATE OF MINNESOTA
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
WILLIAM s. ERWIN
Attorney General

Attorney General
st. Paul, Minnesota, June 8. 1888
Honorable Mike Holm,
Secretary Of State,
Dear Sir:
In compliance with the provisions
Statutes OF 1927, I herewith furnish
you q statement OF the purpose ana
effect Of all proposed amendments to
the Constitution Of the State Of Min
nesotn Which are to Pc ana en 70
eral election In 1888 In accordance
with certain acts adopted by the 1887
legislature.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 1
BY the adoption Of Chapter 492 Of
Proposed %' an Gl a a s 70 Article
Of the State Constitution. The pro-
posed amendment. II adopted. will not
alter the form Of any existing section
of the Constitution but will add a new
section TO be known 40 Section OF
The proposed section reads a. fol-
lows:
Section 8. Any Of the public
lands Of the state, including lands
held In trust rus 10 for any purpose purpose,
Of q commission consisting of the
governor, the attorney general and
the state auditor, be exchanged
for lands Of the United States
and/or privately owned lands in
q = "a
may provide, and the lands so ac-
Quired shall be subject to the
trust. II any. to which the lands
exchanged therefor were subject,
and the state shall reserve all
anSs 50 ana BY ths s saase
The Purpose and Effect Of the Pro.
posed Amendment
The. purpose and effect Of this
amendment 10 to confer upon q com.
the attorney general, and the state
auditor the power to exchange any Of
the public lands Of the state, Inc1ud.
Ing lands held In trust for any pur.
pose,. for lands Of the United States
and lands privately owned, such ex.
as the legislature may provide. In
the case Of certain trust fund lands
exchanges cannot now be made be-
cause the State Constitution does not
permit the legislature to authorize the
sale. This amendment win make il
possible for the state to acquire com.
pact areas Of land for forestry and
other conservation purposes by ex-
changing land outside Of state for.
ssts and other conservation areas for
areas and for privately owned lands
within such areas.
Tho amendment requires that all
mineral Fights and water power riunts
In lands so transferred by the state
shall be reserved. The land so ac-
CURED VIII become subject to the
posed Of. For example, II school land
Is given IN exchange, the land re.
celved will become school land.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. Z
BY the adoption Of Chapter 493 of
the Laws of 1887 the legislature has
So of Article 4 of the Constitution of
the State of Minnesota.
This section now reads as follows:
'Any city or village in this state
may frame a charter for its own
with and subject to the laws of
this state, as follows: The legis-
lature shall provide, under such
restrictions as It deems proper.
who shall be and for the past five
voters thereof, to be appointed by
the district judges of the judicial
district in which the city or VIII
lage Is situated, as the legislature
may determine, for a term in no
board shall. within six months
after its appointment, return to
the chief magistrate Of said city
or village draft of said charter,
signed by the. members Of said
charter shall be submitted to the
qualified voters Of such city or
village at the next election there
after. and II four-sevenths Of the
qualified voters voting at such
election shall ratify the same 1t
thereafter. become the charter Of
such city or village as q city, and
supersede any existing charter
and amendments thereof: Pro-
vided. that in cities having patrol
limits now established, such char
majority vote Of the qualified vot-
ers voting at such election to
tablished. Before any city shall
incorporate under this act the
the. general limits within which
such charter shall be framed.
Duplicate certificates shall be
made setting forth the charter
proposed and its ratification.
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. a. after ts being recorded IN the
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 char
by proposal therefor made by q
board of fifteen commissioners
aforesaid. published for at least
thirty days In three newspapers
OF general circulation in such city
1 1r village. and accepted by three.
such city or village voting at the
next election and not otherWjse:
but such charter shall always be
n harmony with and subject to
the constipation and laws of the
turs may prescribe the duties Of
the commission relative to SUBJ
Knitting amendments OF charter to
the vote Of the people, and shall
provide that upon application Of
hve 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 petit
ton. The board of freehoiders
above provided for shall be per-
manent, 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
appointment In the same manner
az the original board was created.