Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-10-10

Jear Sir:
In compliance with the provisions o
iaSon'S Minnesota Statutes of 1927, Sec
ion 46, i make this statement Of tn
purpose and effect of the amendment pro
'oSed to the constitution of Minnesota t
re voted on at the November 5. 1910 gen
raj election in accordance with Law
939. Chapter 447.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT
By the enactment of Laws 1899. Chap
er 447. the legislature has proposed al
to Section SO of Article o
he constitution. This section now read
s follows:
Section So. Any city or village in
this state may frame charter for
its own government as a city con-
sistent with and subject to the laws
of this state. as follows: The legis-
strictions as it deems proper. for a
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 district in which the
city or village is situated. as the legis-
lature may determine. for a term in
no event to exceed six years, which
board shall. within six months after
Its appointment, return to the chief
draft of said charter, signed by the
members of said board. or majority
thereof. Such charter shall be sub
mitted to the qualified voters of such
city or village at the next election
thereafter and if four-sevenths of
the 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 and amendments
thereof: Provided. that in cities hav-
ing patrol limits now established.
such charter shall require three
fourths majority vote of the qualified
voters voting at such election to
change the patrol limits now estab-
lished. Before, any city shall incor-
porate under this act the legislature
shall prescribe by law the general
limits within which such charter shall
be framed. Duplicate certificates
shall be made setting forth the char
ter proposed and its ratification.
magistrate of said city or village and
authenticated by its corporate seal.
One of said certificates shall be de-
posted in the office of the secretary
of state, and the other. after being
recorded in the office of the register
city or village lies. shall be deposited
among the archives of such city or
village, and all courts shall take
judicial notice thereof. Such charter
so deposited may be amended by pro.
posal therefor made by a board of
fifteen commissioners aforesaid, pub
lished for at least thirty days in three
newspapers of general circulation in
such city or village. and accepted
by three fifths Of the qualified voters
of such city or village voting at the
next election and not otherwise; but
such charter shall always be in har-
mony with and subject to the con-
stitution and laws of the state of Min
nesota. The legislature may prescribe
the duties of the commission relative
to submitting 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 petit
to the vote of the people proposed
amendments to such charter set forth
in said petition. The board of free
holders above provided for shall be
permanent, and all the vacancies by
death, disability to perform duties,
porate limits, or expiration of term
of office, shall be filled by appoint
ment in the same manner as the
original board was created, and said
board shall always contain its full
complement of members. 1t shall be
a feature of all such charters that
there shall be provided, among other
things, for mayor or chief magis-
trate, and 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. In
submitting any such charter 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.
N toll xry,t
out prejudice to other articles or Sec
tons of the charter or any amend
ments thereto. The legislature may
provide 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 thou
sand 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 pro-
visions relating to the same matter
included in the local charter herein
provided for. But no local charter,
provision or ordinance passed there
under shall supersede any general law
of the state defining or furnishing
crimes or misdemeanors."
If amended as proposed by the legis
,ture, this section will read as follows:
Section SO. 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 this
state, as follows: The legislature
shall provide, under such restrictions
as it deems proper, for a board of fif-
teen freeholders, who shall be and for
the past five years shall have been
qualified voters thereof, to be ap-
pointed by the district judges of the
judicial district in which the city or
village is situated, as the legislature
may determine, for term in no event
to exceed six years, which board
shall, within six months after its ap-
pointment, return to the chief magis-
trate of said city or village a draft
of said charter, signed by the men,
bers of said board, or a majority
thereof. Such charter shall be SUBJ
mitted to the qualified voters of such
city or village at the next election
thereafter. and If four-sevenths of the
qualified voters voting at such cleo
ton shall ratify the same it shall, at
the end of thirty days thereafter. be-
come the charter of such city or viii
lage as a city, and supersede any
existing charter and amendments
thereof: Provided, that in cities hav-
ing patrol limits now established, such
charter shall require a three-fourths
ma jority vote of the qualified voters
at such election to change the patrol
limits now established. Before any
city shall incorporate under this act
the legislature shall prescribe by law