Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-10-28
Honorable Mike Holm,
Secretary of State,

Secretary of State,
Dear Sir: ,.. ...
In compliance with the provisions
Of Section IS of Masons Minnesota
Statutes Of 1927 / herewith furnish
you a statement of the purpose and
effect of all proposed amendments to
the Constitution of the State of Min
neSota which are to be submitted to
the electors of said state at the gen.
eral election in 1888 in accordance
with certain acts adopted by the 1887
legislature.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. I
By the adoption of Chapter 492 of
the Laws of 1887, the legislature has
proposed an amendment to Article 8
Of the State Constitution. The pro-
posed amendment. If adopted. win not
alter the form of any existing section
Of the Constitution but win add a new
section to be known as Section OF
said Article 8.
The proposed section reads as fol-
lows:
Section 9. Amy Of the public
lands Of the state, including lands
held in trust for any purpose,
may, with the unanimous approval
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
such manner as the legislature
quired shall be subject to the
trust. II any, to which the lands
exchanged therefor were subject,
and the state shall reserve all
mineral and water power rights in
lands so transferred by the state"
The Purpose and Effect Of the Pro-
posed Amendment
The purpose and effect Of this
amendment 10 to confer upon a com.
mission consisting Of the governor,
the attorney general, and the state
auditor the power to exchange any Of
the public lands Of the state, Includ-
Ing lands held In trust for any pur.
pose, for lands of the United States
changes to be made In such manner
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 Of said lands except by public
sale. This amendment will make il
possible for the state to acquire COM
pact areas Of land for forestry and
other conservation purposes by ex-
ests and other conservation areas for
lands Of the United States within such
areas and for privately owned lands
within such areas. ..
The amendment requires that all
mineral Flights and water power rights
shall be reserved. The land so ac-
CURED will become subject to the
same trust. II any, as the land dis
posed Of. For example, If school land
Is given In exchange, the land re-
celVed will become school land.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 2
BY the adoption of Chapter 400 OF
the Laws Of 1887 the legislature has
proposed an amendment to Section
IS of Article of the Constitution of
the State Of Minnesota.
This section now reads as follows:
q "Any city or village in this state
may frame q charter for its own
government as city consistent
with and subject to the laws Of
this state, as follows: The legis-
lature shall provide, under such
restrictions as 1T deems proper,
for board of fifteen freeholders,
who shall be and for the past five
years shall have been qualified
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
GNSnL 10 ENCeGu SIX years, which
board shall. within six months
after its appointment, return to
the chief magistrate of said city
or village a draft of said charter,
signed by the members of said
hoard, or a majority thereof Such
charter shah be submitted to the
qualified voters OF such city or
village atsthe next election there
after. and II four Of the
qualified voters voting at such
oil 1aalI t. 10
shall. at the end Of thirty days
thereafter, become the charter of
such city or village as city, and
supersede' any existing charter
and amendments theFeof: Pro-
yided. that in cities having patrol
limits now established, such char
ter shall require a three-fourths
majority vote of the qualified vot-
RS voting at such election to
change the patrol limits now es-
taflished. Before any city shall
incorporate. under this aetg the
e~is'ature shall prescribe by law
the. general limits within which
such charter, shall be framed.
made setting forth the charter
proposed and Its ratification.
which shall he signed by the chief
magistrate OF SAID, gfty or, village
and authenticated BY its corporate
seal; One Of said certificates
shall be deposited I'm 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 he deposited
among the archives of such city
or village, and all courts shall take
judicial notice thereof. Such char
ter 80 deposited may be amended
by proposal therefor made by d
board Of fifteen commissioners
I. aforesaid, published for at least
thirty days In three newspapers
Of general circulation in such city
or village, and accepted 10y three
fifthS of the qualified voters of
such city or village voting at the
next election and not otherwise;
but such charter shall always be
? In harmony with and subject 10
Z do, consultation. and laws ofIfhe
state Of Minnesota. The legisla-
turN may prescribe the duties of
the commission relative to SUBJ,
uniting amendments of charter to \
the vote Of the people, and shall
provide that upon application. Of
- .ofy any such Dity 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
M ton. The board Of freeholders
above provided for shall be per-
manent, and all 1.-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
4 4 as the original board was created,
| and said board shall always con-
i tain It's full complement Of mem
/ berB. II shall be a feature Of all
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