The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-10-06

WILLIAM s. ERWIN
Attorney General


st. Paul, Minnesota, June 8, 1898
Honorable Mike Holm,
Secretary of State,
Dear Sir:
In compliance with the provisions
Of Section 46 Of Mason's Minnesota
Statutes Of 1927. herewith furnish
you a statement of the purpose and
effect Of all proposed amendments to
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. will not
Of the Constitution but will add a new
section to be known as Section 8 Of
said Article 8.
The proposed section reads as fol-
lows:
Section g. Any Of the public
lands Of the state, including lands
held in trust for any purpose,
may, with the unanimous approval
of commission consisting of the
the state auditor. be exchanged
for lands of the United States
and/or privately owned lands in
such manner as the legislature
may provide, and the lands SO ac-
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trust. If 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 Is to confer upon COM
mission consisting OF the governor,
the attorney General, and the state
the public lands Of the state, includ-
Ing lands held In trust for any pur-
pose, for lands Of the United States
and lands privately owned, such ex-
changes to be made In such manner
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-
changing land outside Of state for.
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 Fights and water power rights
IN lands SO transferred by the state
shall be reserved. The land 80 ac-
a s.n,s mi VIII become subject to the
posed Of. For example, II school land
10 given in exchange, the land re.
celved will become school land.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 2
By the adoption of Chapter 493 of
the Laws Of 1887 the legislature has
36 Of Article 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,
III podru VI Ilteen IreenOlQerS,
who shall be and for the past five
years shall have been qualified
voters thereof, to be appointed by
the district judges of the judicial
district in which the city or VIII
Iage Is situated, as the legislature
event to exceed six years, which
board shall, within six months
after its appointment, return to
the chief magistrate Of said city
or village draft of said charter,
board, or a majority thereof. Such
charter shall be submitted to the
qualif1ed voters Of such city or
village at the next election there
AFTER, and II four seyenths Of the
election shall ratify the same it
shall, at the end Of thirty days
thereafter, become the charter Of
such city or village as q city, and
supersede any existing charter
yided. that In cities having patrol
limits now established, such char
ter shall require a three-fourths
majority vote Of the qualified vot-
e cFs yoti ING at 81 such ,t,, election to
tablished. Before any city shall
incorporate under this act the
legislature shall prescribe by law
the, general limits within which
Duplicate certificates shall be
made setting forth the charter
proposed and its ratification.
which shall be signed by the chief
magistrate Of said city or village
seal: One Of said certificates
shall be deposited in the Office Of
the secretary of state, and the
other. after being recorded in the
otiics of the register Of deeds for
village lies. shall be deposited
among the archives Of such city
or village, and all courts shall take
judicial notice thereof. Such char
ter so deposited may be amended
board of fifteen commissioner
aforesaid. published for at least
thirty days in three newspapers
OF general circulation In such city
Or village, and accepted by three
nitns 81 the qualified voters OF
next election and not otherwise:
but such charter shall always be
IN harmony with and subject TO
the constitution and laws of the
state OF Minnesota. The legisla-
the commission relative to SUBJ
uniting 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 commissioi,
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
resignation or removal from the
corporate limits, or expiration OF
term OF office, shall be filled by
appointment In the same manner
as the original board was created,
and said board shall always con.
tain Its full comnlanart -