St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-10-07

such charters that there shall be
provided. among other things, for
q mayor or chief magistrate and
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 electors.
In submitting any such charter
or amendment thereto to the
qualified voters Of such city sor
village any alternate section or
article may be presented for the
choice Of the voters, and may be
voted on separately without preju-
dice to other articles or sections
OF the charter or any amendments
thereto. The legislature may pro-
vide general laws relating to af-
fairs OF cities, the application of
which may be limited to cities of
over fifty thousand inhabitants, or
to cities of fifty and not less than
twenty thousand inhabitants, or
to cities Of twenty and not less
than ten thousand inhabitants, or
to cities of ten thousand inhabi-
tants or less, which shall apply
equally to all such cities of either
class, and which shall be para
mount while in force to the provi-
sfons relating to the same matter
included in the local charter here
IN provided for. But no local
charter, provision or ordinances
passed Hereunder shall super
sede any general law of the state
defining or furnishing crimes or
misdemeanors."
If amended as proposed by the
legislature, this section will read "a
follows:
Section SO. Amy city or village
in this State may frame a char
ter for its own government as a
city, consistent with and subject
to the laws Of this State, as fol-
lows: The legislature shall pro-
vide, under such restrictions as it
deems proper, for a board of If
teen freeholders, who shall be and
for the past five years shall have
been qualified voters thereof, to
be appointed by the district judges
the city or village is situated, as
the legislature may determine, for
q term in no 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, signed by the members of
said board, or q majority thereof.
Such charter shall be submitted
to the qualified voters OF such
city or village at the next election
thereafter, and If four-sevenths of
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
and amendments thereof; pro-
vided, that in cities having patrol
limits now established, such char
ter shall require a three-fourths
majority vote of the qualified
voters voting at such election to
change the patrol limits now es-
tablished.
Before any city shall incorporate
under this act the legislature shall
prescribe by law the general limits
within which such charter shall
shall be made setting forth the
charter proposed and it's ratifica-
tons, which shall be signed by the
chief magistrate of said city OF
village and authenticated by its
corporate seal. One of said GER
office of the secretary of state,
and the other, after being re-
corded 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
shall take judicial notice thereof.
Such charter so deposited may be
made by a board Of ffteen com
missioners aforesaid, published for
at least one day for four success
sive weeks in any daily newspaper
Of general circulation in such city
or village, or if there be no daily
newspaper of general circulation
in such city or village then for
four successive weeks in a weekly
newspaper of general circulation
in such city or village, and ac-
cepted by three flfths Of the quail
fed 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 Mime
sofa. The legislature may pre-
scribe the duties of the commits
sion relative to submitting amend
ments Of charter to the vote Of
the people and shall provide that
upon application Of five per cent
of the legal voters of any such
city or village, by written petition,
the vote of the people proposed
amendments to such charter set
forth in said petition. The board
of freeholders above provided for
shall be permanent, and all the
vacancies by death, disability to
moval from the corporate limits,
or expiration Of term of Office,
shall be filed by appointment in
the same manner as the original
board was created, and said board
shall always contain its full COM
plement of members.
1t shall be feature Of all such
charters that there shall be pro-
vided, among other things, for a
mayor or chief magistrate, and q
legislative body of either one or
two houses; If of two houses, at
least one of them shall be elected
by general vote of the electors.
or amendment thereto to the
qualified voters OF such city or
village, any alternate section or
article may be presented for the
choice Of the voters, and may be
voted on separately without preju-
thereto. The legislature may
provide general laws relating to
affairs of cities, the application
of which may be limited to cities
of over fifty thousand inhabitants,
or to cities of fifty and not less
tants, or to cities of twenty and
not less than ten thousand
inhabitants, or to cities of ten
thousand inhabitants or less,
which shall apply equally to
all such cities of either class, and
which shall be paramount while
in force to the provisions relating
to the same matter included in
the local charter herein provided
for. But no local charter, provi-
sion or ordinance passed there
under shall supersede any general
law Of the State defining or pun.
ishing crimes or misdemeanors."