The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-10-13
If amended as proposed by the legis-
lature, this section will read as follows:

Section SO. Any city or village
in this State may frame a charter for
its own government as a city con-
sistent with and subject to the laws
of this State. as follows: The legis-
lature shall provide, under such
board of fifteen freeholders, who
shall be and for the past five years
shall have been qualified voters
thereof, to be appointed by the dis
trict judges of the judicial district In
which the city or village is situated,
as the legislature may determine. for
a term in no event to exceed 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 board,
OF a ma jority thereof. Such charter
shall be submitted to the qualified
voters of such city or village at the
seventies of the qualified voters vot-
ing at such election shall ratify the
same it 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 thereof; provided, that
in cities having patrol limits now
established, such charter shall require
a three fourths majority vote of the
qualified voters voting at such cleo
established.
under this act the legislature shall
prescribe by law the general limits
within which such charter shall be
framed. Duplicate certificates. shall
be made setting forth the charter
proposed and its notifications. which
shall be signed by the chief magis-
trate of said city or village and au-
thenticated by its corporate seal.
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 de-
posted among the archives of such
city or village, and all courts shall
take judicial notice thereof. Such
charter so deposited may be amended
by proposal therefor made by a board
of fifteen commissioners aforesaid,
published for at least one day for four
successive weeks in any daily news
paper of general circulation in such
city or village, or if there be no daily
newspaper of general circulation In
such city or village then for four sue
cessive weeks in a weekly newspaper
of general circulation in such city or
village, and accepted by three-fifths
of the qualified voters of such city
or village voting at the next election,
and not otherwise. but such charter
Sndll always DE IN harmony with ana
subject to the Constitution and laws
of the State of Minnesota. The legis-
lature may prescribe the duties of
the commission 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
petition. The board of freeholders
above provided for shall be perma-
nent, and all the vacancies by death,
disability to perform duties, resigna-
limits, or expiration of term of Of
fee, shall be filled by appointment in
the same manner as the original
board was created. and said board
shall always contain its full COM
plement of members.
1t shall be a feature Of all such
charters that there shall be provided,
among other things. for mayor or
chief magistrate. and a legislative
body of either one or two houses; II
of two houses, at least one of them
shall be elected by general vote of
charter or amendment thereto to the
qualified voters of such city or viii
lage, any alternate section or article
may be presented for the choice of
separately without prejudice to other
articles or sections of the charter or
any amendments thereto. The legis-
lature may provide general laws re-
lating to affairs of cities, the applica-
ton of which may 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
fhnI1Cand Va
which shall apply equally to all such
cities of either class, and which shall
be paramount while in force to the
provisions relating to the same mat
in provided for. But no local charter,
provision or ordinance passed there
under shall supersede any general
law of the State defining or punish
ing crimes or misdemeanors."
rhe Purpose and Effect of the Propose.
Amendment
The purpose and effect of the pro
posed amendment to Section SO of Artl
lie q of the State Constitution Is {,
,atlon of proposed amendments to char
ters OF cities having home rule charters
The changes proposed are as follows:
Said Section So now provides that /,
proposal for the amendment of the char
ter of such a city shall be published fol-
At least thirty days In three newspaper,
Of general circulation In such city. I
amended as proposed said Section 3,
Will provide that proposal for tn,
of the charter of such a CITY
shall be published for at least one dai
each week for four successive weeks Ii
any daily newspaper of general circuIa
ton In such city or, If there be no dali,
newspaper of general circulation In sucl
city, then for four successive weeks II
4 weekly newspaper of general circula
lion In such city. The proposed amend
nent, II adopted, will reduce from thre
TO one the number of newspapers II
which proposal for the amendment o
a home rule charter of city must b
published, change the period of publIca
lion from thirty days to four weeks, ant
require publication In a daily newspape
Of general circulation In such city,
there be one, and otherwise In week.,
newspaper of general circulation In sucl
city, Instead Of publication In newspaper
Of general circulation In such city with
put specifying whether they shall be dali,
DR. weekly. The proposed amendment,
adopted, will reduce the cost of sucl
publication.
Yours very truly,
WILLIAM S. ERWIN,