Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-10-13
The Purpose and Effect Of the Proposed
Amendment


Amendment
The purpose and effect Of this amend.
ment 10 to confer upon commission
consisting Of the governor, the attorney
general, and the state auditor the power
to exchange any Of the public lands Of
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
changes cannot now be made because the
state Constitution does not permit the
legislature to authorize the sale OF said
lands except by public sale. This amend.
to acquire compact areas Of land for for.
estry and other conservation purposes by
exchanging land outside Of state forests
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 MIN
eraI rights and water-power rights In
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 e given In exchange.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 2
By the adoption of Chapter 1913 Of the
Laws Of 1887 the legislature has proposed
an amendment to Section SO of Article
of the Constitution Of the State Of Min
nesota-
ANY city or village in this state
eminent as q city consistent with
and subject to the laws Of this state:
as follows: The. legislature shall
provide, under such restrictions as it
dAaYnc for n h0Q rd of fifteen
freeholders, who shall be and for the
past 1--WE years shall have been quail
fed voters thereof. to be appointed
district in which the city or village
is situated. as the legislature may
determine. for term in no event to
within six months after its appoint
ment. return to the chief magistrate
Of said city or village a draft Of said
shnTter signed by the sor members tSsseo 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
ton, shall ratify the same 1t shall.
at the end Of thirty days thereafter.
village as a city. and supersede any
thereof: Provided. that in cities hay-
such CHARTER shall require a thres.
fourths majority vote Of the qualified
voters voting at such election to
change the patrol limits a.s now now estab-
porate under this act the legislature
limits within which such charter
Gates shall be made setting forth the
charter proposed and its ratification.
which shall be signed by the chief
magistrate Of said city or village and
authenticated nv ftQ C0rnArqfa 1QQl
One Of said certificates shall be de-
posted in the office Of the secretary
Of state. and the other; after being
Of deeds for the county in which such
city or village lies, shall be deposited
among the archives of such city or
judicial notice thereof. Such charter
SO deposited may be amended by pro-
posal therefor made by a board Of
flfteen commissioners aforesaid, pub
lished for at least thirty days in three
newspapers Of general circulation in
such city or village, and accepted by
three ffths 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
S ss vote a Of a pe shall
per cent Of the legal voters Of any
such city or village, by written petf-
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 expirat ton Of term
Of office. shall be filled by appoint
ment in the same manner as the
original board was created and said
board shall always contain its full
complement OF members. It shall be
q feature Of all such charters that
there shall be provided. among other
things. for . mayor or chief magis-
trate, and q 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