The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-10-13
To be submitted at 1888
General Election
STATE OF MINNESOTA
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
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 1897, herewith furnish
you q statement Of the purpose and
effect Of all proposed amendments to
the Constitution Of the State Of Mn.
the electors Of said state at the gem
eral election in 1888 In accordance
with certain acts adopted by the 1887
legislature.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. I
n, BY the sS e ssg . gs GhaDtsE as' Of
proposed an amendment to Article 8
Of the State Constitution. The pro-
posed amendment, II adopted, will not
alter the form OF any existing section
Of the Constitution but will add new
section TO be known As Section OF
The proposed section reads ~ fol-
lows:
Section 8. Any Of the public
lands Of the state, including lands
, held i In trust rust for any purpose,
Of q commission consisting of the
governor. the attorney general and
the state auditor, be exchanged
for lands Of the United States
and/or privately owned lands in
may provide, and the lands so ac-
quired shall be subject to the
trust. II any. to which the lands
exchanged therefor were subject,
and the state shall reserve all
mineral Al and water power rights In
The Purpose and Effect Of the Pro.
posed Amendment
The purpose and effect Of this
amendment Ie TO confer upon q com.
nj! mission consisting Ct the governor.
auditor the power to exchange any Of
the public lands Of the state. lnclud.
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 OK.
changing land outside Of state for.
ests and other conservation areas for
lands OF the United States within such
area: and for privately owned lands
within such areas.
The amendment requires that all
mlnera! Fights and water. power rights
In !ands 30 transferred BY the state
shall DO reserved. The land 90 &C.
quIred will become subject TO the
same trust, II any, az the land dis.
posed OF. For example, u school land
celved will become school land.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. z
BY. the adoption of Chapter 4s3 of
the Laws of 1887 the legislature has
proposed an amendment to Section
So 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 q charter for its own
government as city consistent
with and subject to the laws Of
this state. as follows: The legis-
restrictions as It deems proper,
for q board of fifteen freeholders,
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 a term in no
event to exceed six years, which
board shall. within six months
after its appointment. return to
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
village at the next election there
qualified voters voting 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
yided. that in cities having patrol
limits now established, such char
ter shall require q three fourths
majority vote Of the qualified vot-
ers voting at such election to
taSisSed n' Before amy ci r9w sh si
incorporate under this act the
isgislature shall prescribe BY law
the. general limits within which
such charter shall be framed.
Du2licate certificates shall be
proposed and its ratifcation.
which shall be signed by the chief
magistrate of said city or Village
and authenticated by. its corporate
seal One Of said certificates
s shs De 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
judicial notice thereof. Such char
ter 30 deposited may be amended
by proposal therefor made by q
board OF fifteen commissioner
aforesaid. published for at least
tnirty days In three newspapers
or village. and accepted BY three
hfths Of the qualified voters Of
such city or village voting at the
next election and not otherwise:
but such charter shall always be
n harmony with and subject to
state Of Minnesota. The leeisia.
ture may prescribe the duties Of
the commission relative to sub
uniting amendments OF charter to
the vote Of the people. and shall
nvs per cent Of the legal voters
OF any such city or village. by
written petition. such commission
snal submit to the vote Of the
people proposed amendments 10
SUCH charter set forth in said petit
ton. The board Of freehoidera
above provided for shall be per-
manent, and all the vacancies bv
oeatn. disability to perform duties.
RESIGNATION or. removal from the
tc0rporate limits, or expiration Of
appointment IN the same manner
AZ the original board was created.
ana said board shall always con-
tain Its fun complement OF mem
borS. II shall he n feotura 80 an