St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-10-28
Proposed
Amendments
to the
Constitution
Minnesota
To be submitted at 1888
General Election
STATE OF MINNESOTA
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
WILLIAM S. ERWIN
Attorney General
To be submitted at 1888
General Election
STATE OF MINNESOTA
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
WILLIAM S. ERWIN
Attorney General
st. Paul, Minnesota, June 8. 1888

Oh duIs MIuIlcSOLds JUNO o. 1905
Honorable Mike Holm,
Secretary of State,
Dear Sir:
In compliance with the provisions
of Section IS of Mason's 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
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 1897, the legislature has
proposed an amendment to Article
of the State Constitution: The pro-
posed amendment, if adopted, will not
alter the form of any existing section
of the Constitution but will add a new
section to be known as Section OF
said Article g..
The proposed section reads as fol-
lows:
Section 8. Any of the public
lands of the state, including lands
held in trust for any purpose,j
may, with the unanimous APPROVAL
OF q commission consisting of thei
governor, the attorney general and
the" state auditor; be exchanged
and/or privately owned lands in
. such manner as the legislature
-, may provide, and the lands so ac-
quired shall be, subject to the
trust, II any, to which the lands
exchanged therefor were subject,
state
mineral and water power rights in
lands so transferred by the state"
The Purpose and Effect Of the Pro-
--.l e = posed Amendment
D.. The purpose and effect of this
amendment Is 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
and lands privately owned, such ex-
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 it
possible for the; state to acquire. com:
other conservation purposes. by 1ex-
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
mlneraf-sigI1ts and. water power rights
in lands so transferred by, the state
aFfaf be reserved. The land so &C.
quired will become subject to the
same, trust. II any, as, the. land dis
posed of. For example ifySchooI land
Is given In exchange, the land re-
celVed will become school land.
PRoPcsED AMENDMENT NO. 2
BY. the adoption Of Chapter 493 of
the Laws of 1897, the. leGis: ature, l{a s
proposed an amendment to Section
Sc of Article 4 of the Constitution sof
the State of Minnesota.
This section now reads as follows:
"Any city or village in this state
may frame q charter for it's own
government as q city, consistent
this state, as follows: The Iegis-
lature shall provide, under such
restrictions as : it deems proper,
for q board Of fifteen freeholders,
years shall have. been qualified
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 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
l. board, or a majority thereof. Such
charter shall be submitted to the
qualified voters of such city or
village at the next election there
| L. after, and if four eVenthS of the
qualified voters voting at such
election shall ratify the same it
! . Shal,-at the end of thirty days
thereafter, become the charter of
such city or village as a city, and
supersede any existing charter
and amendments thereof: Pro-
vided. that cities having patrol
limits now established, such char
ter shall require a Ithree-fourths
l. majority vote of the. qualified vot-
change the patrol limits now es-
| tablished. Before any city shall
| incorporate under this act the
egis!ature shall prescribe by law
/ the general limits within which
such saG,fI,oS charter shall he framed.
made setting forth the charter
proposed and it's 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
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
ter SO deposited may be amen3ed
board of fifteen commissioners
aforesaid, published for at least
thirty days in three newspapers
Of general circulation in such city
j or village, and accepted Ivy three
l. flfthS of the qualified voters of
such city or village voting at the
i next election and not otherwise;
but such charter shall always be
IN harmony with and subject to
- the constitution and laws of the
Il state Of Minnesota. The fegisla-
ture may prescribe the duties, of
the commission relative to SUBJ
Il hitting amendments of Charter to
the vote of the people, and shall
provide that upon application of
Ave per cent of the legal voters
/ = Of lSany such city or village, by
h. written petition, such commission
shall submit to the vote of the
people proposed amendments to
I such charter set forth in said petit
i ton. The board of freehofders
i above provided for shall be per-
:-rlanent, and all the, Vacancies by
L.. death, disability. to. perform duties
resignation or removal from the
eoFpoEate limits. .orS expiration of
term OF office, shall be; filled. by
appointment in the, same manner
:, as the original board was created,
n and said board shall always CON
tain its full complement Of mem
bers. 1T shall be a.. feature Of all