The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-10-20
Proposed
Amendments
to the
Constitution
of !
Minnesota
To be submitted. at 1885,
General Election /
STATE OF MINNESOTA = I
LEGAL DEPARTMENT !
WILLIAM S. ERWIN
Attorney General !.
st. Paul, Minnesota, June 8, 1888
Honorable Mike Holm,
WILLIAM S. ERWIN
Attorney General
st. Paul, Minnesota, June 8, 1888
Honorable Mike Holm,
Secretary of State,

Honorable Mike Holm,
Secretary of State,
Dear Sir:
In compliance with the provisions
of Section 46 of Mason's Minnesota
Statutes of 1927, l herewith furnish
effect 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.
with certain acts adopted by the 1887
legislature.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. I
By the adoption of Chapter 492 Of
the Laws of 1887. the legislature has
proposed an amendment to Article 8
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 8 of
said Article 8.
The proposed section reads as fol-
lows:
lands of the state, including lands
held in trust for any purpose,
may, with the unanimous approval
of a commission consisting of the
SON Tic dltCTuey ScISIdl
the state auditor. be exchanged
for lands of the United, States
and/or privately owned lands in
such manner as the legislature
quired shall be subject to the
trust, if any, to which the lands
exchanged therefor were 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
the attorney general. and the state
auditor the power to exchange any of
tie public lands of the state, includ-
pose s fe ands o s tSe tne any 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
saia Of said lands except by public
sale. This amendment will make il
pact areas of land for forestry and
other conservation purposes by ex-
changing land outside of state for
ests and other conservation areas for
idtuS CT Inc SnIteO OtGI6S WlLnln SuCn
areas and for privately owned lands
within sUch areas.
Tia amendment requires that all
ninerci rights and water power rights
In laEca Go TRANSFERRED by the state
shall he reserved. The land 80 ac-
sans. tru7t. If any, as the land dis.
posed o.. For example, If school land
is given IN exchange, the land re-
ccaed viii become school land.
Proposed AMENDMENT NO. 2
the Laws of 1887 the legislature has
propcsH1 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 a charter for its own
government as city consistent
with and subject to the. laws of
lature shall provide, under such
restrictions as it deems proper,
for board CT 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
district in which the city or vii
lage is situated. as the legislature
event to exceed six years, which
board shall, within six months
after its. appointment, return to
the chief magistrate of said city
signed by tie members Of said
hoard. or a majority thereof. Such
charter shall be submitted to the
qualified voters of such city or
villas village at the next eleetiSn there
qualified voters voting at such
election shall ratify the same it
shall, at the end of thirty days
thereafter, become the charter of
supersede any existing charter
and amendments thereof: Pro-
yided, 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-
fi a6draor Before n5o. any city shall
legislature shall prescribe by law
the, general limits within which
such charter shall be framed.
n na9a sett,S certificates fdcf shall be
WHICH RSs Shall Be signed b 5S the chief
magistrate of said city or village
and aut ben BY its corporate
shall be deposited in the office of
the secretary of state, and the
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 a rcnla fiofl in s,,ch off
or village, and accepted by three
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 sub
uniting amendments 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. such commission
shall submit to the vote of the
people proposed amendments to
such charter set forth in said petit
ton. The board of freeholders
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 filled by
appointment in the same manner
AZ the original board was created,