The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-10-13


OF Section 46 of Mason's Minnesota
Statutes of 1897. herewith furnish
You a statement of the purpose and
ERECT 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 1881
legislature.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO.
By the adoption of Chapter 492 of
the Laws of 1887. the legislature has
proposed an amendment to Article s
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 new
section to be known as Section of
said Article 8.
The proposed section reads as fol-
lows:
Section g. Amy of the public
lands of the state, including lands
held in trust for any purpose,
may. with the unanimous approval
OF a commission consisting of the
governor. the attorney general and
for lands of the United States
and FOR privately owned lands in
such manner as the legislature
may provide, and the lands so ac-
quired shall be subject to the
trust. If any. to which the lands
exchanged therefor We're subject,
and the state shall reserve all
mineral anu 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 a com.
mission consisting Of the governor,
the attorney general, and the state
s auditor the power to exchange any Of
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 legisiature may provide: In
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
SAFE: This amendment will make it
pact areas Of land for forestry and
other conservation purposes by ex.
changing land outside Of state for.
ests and other conservation areas for
Iands OF the United States within such
areas and for privately owned lands
within such areas.
THO amendment requires that all
mineral rights and water. power rluhts
ln lands SO transferred by the state
snail be reserved. The land SO sac.
CURED VIII become subject to the
posed Of. For example, If school land
Is given In exchange, the land re.
ceived Will become school land.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 2
By the adoption Of Chapter 493 of
the Laws of 1897 the legislature has
DrODC 70
rs OF Article 4 of the Constitution of
the State of Minnesota.
This section now reads as follows:
ANY city or village in this state
may frame 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
f es hnar d as It deems proper.
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
lage Is situated. as the legislature
may determine. for term in no
event to exceed six years, which
BOARD shall. within six months
after It's appointment. return to
the chief magistrate Of said city
or village draft of said charter,
signed by the members of said
board. or a majority thereof. Such
charter shall be submitted to the
Qualified voters of such city or
after. and If r-sevenths of the
quaIif1ed voters voting at such
election shall ratify the same it
shall, at the end Of thirty days
thereafter, become the charter of
supersede .a>y existing charter
and amendments thereof: Pro-
vided, that In cities having patrol
limits now established; such char
majority vote of the qualified vot-
ers voting at such election to
change the patrol limits now es-
tablished. Before any city shall
incorporate under this act the
the, general limits within which
Duplicate certificates shall be
made setting forth the charter
proposed and its, ratification.
magistrate of said city or village
and authenticated by its corporate
seal; One of said certificates
shall be deposited in the office of
other. after being recorded in the
office of the register of deeds for
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 amended
by proposal therefor made by
board of fifteen commissioners
aforesaid. published for at least
thirty days in three newspapers
OF general q CIRCULATION in such city
or village, and accepted by three
f1fths 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 to
the constitution and laws of the
state of Minnesota. The legisla-
ture 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
nye 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 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
death. disability to perform duties.
resignation or removal from the
corporate limits, or expiration of
term OF Office. shall be filed by
appointment in the same manner
- the original board was created.
and said board shall always con.
tain its full complement Of mem-
Ders. 1t shall be feature of all