The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-10-17

Of thirty days thereafter. become
the charter Of such city or village
~ q city, and supersede any. exist.
ing charter and amendments
thereof: Provided. that In cities
having patrol limits now estab.
lished. such charter Hhell require
Q three fourths majority vote Of
the qualified voters at ,.s, ,; slsc.
now established. Before any city
shall incorporate under this cot
the legislature shall prescribe by
law the general limits within which
such charter shall be framed.
Duplicate certificates shall be
made setting forth the. charter pro-
posed and It's ratlnca ton, which
shall be signed by the chief magis:
trate Of said city or village ana
authenticatsd Sy .l its cSrpo srsi'
be deposited In the offics 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 VIII
lage Hes, shall be deposited among
the archives Of such city or village,
and all courts shall take judicial
notice thereof. Such charter 20
deposited may be amended by pro.
fifteen commissioners aforesaid.
published for at least once each
week for four successive weeks
In q legal Newspaper 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 char
ter shall always be In harmony
with and subject to the constitu.
nssota. The legislature may pre-
scribe the duties Of the commission
relative to submitting amendments
of charter to the vote of the people.
and shall provide that upon appli::
cation of five per cent Of the legal
voters of any such city or village,
by written petition, such commits.
sion shall submit to the vote OF
the people proposed amendments
to such charter set forth IN said
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
as the original board was created.
and said board shall always CON.
tain It's full complement OF mem:
such charters that there shall be
provided, among other things. for
q mayor or chief magistrate. and q
legislative body Of either one or
two houses; II Of two houses. ct
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 tho choice OF the
ately without prejudice to other
articles or sections Of the charter
or any amendments thereto. The
legislature may provide general
laws relating to affairs OF cities.
the application Of which may be
limited to cities of over fifty thou.
sand Inhabitants. or to cities Of
nifty and not less than twenty
thousand inhabitants. or to cities
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, provision or
ordinance passed hereunder shall
supersede any general law of the
state defining or Furnishing crimes
or misdemeanors."
Purpose and Effect
Tho purpose and effect Of the pro,
osed amendment is to require pub.
cation Of amendments to home rul,
harters once each week for four a.
uccessive weeks In legal neWspape
general circulation In such city OIL
illage Instead of publication In tire,
81 newspapers of general circulation
, such city or village for at leas'
hlrty (3o) days as now required.
There are many cities and Village,
,hlch do not have three local news
apers. In such cases, under the pres.
Mt provision, publication must b,
1ade In newspapers printed eIseWher,
nd circulating locally. II the proposes
mendment 10 adopted, publication vii
. required In only one qualified news
aper, thereby reducing the difficulty
nd expense OF amending homo ruil
harters.
Very truly yours,
J. A. A. BuRNQUIsT,
AttornAv Genaral.