Show constitutional amendment Amend men RELATING TO MUNICIPAL corporations A joint resolution proposing an amendment to section 5 ot of article XI of 0 the coniti gutlon of th alic slate of utah relating to municipal corporations bo be it resolved by the of the tbt state of utah two thirds of all the members ct A to mch each of the lilt two houses booms voting ele in favor fator thereof SECTION I 1 section proposed to be b amended that it Is proposed to amend section 5 of article XI of the constitution of the state of utah so that the hie same sama will red at 04 follows SECTION 5 municipal corporations corporation treated created by re naneral ner I 1 law of leri legislature slature incorporated corp orated cities or towns may I 1 frame came end and adopt charter manner prescribed charter to 0 o be b submitted to electors copies to be b distributed city recorder to filp with secretary of sta state amendments powers con feared upon cities corporations tor for municipal ticla 1 purpose shall not lot be created by special laws las the legislature by ger gereral eral laws shall pr provide ovide for the incorporation luon and d classification classic of cities and towns in proportion to population which laws may be altered amended or repealed any incorporated city or town may fra tram 0 and adopt a charter for its own government in the following tollow me manner the legislative authority or of the city may by two t thirds birds vote of at its ita members and upon petition of qualified electors to L the number ot of fifteen per cent ot of all votes cst cast at the next preceding election for the office of the mayor shall forthwith provide by ordinance for the submission to tho the electors of tho the question shall a coninis tion be chosen to frame a charter the tb ordinance shall require that the QU question eg thin bs be submitted to the electors at the tha next regular municipal election the ballot can containing such question shall also contain the names of candidates for far members of the proposed prepared commission iut but without party designation such candidates shall bo be nominated in the same earne manner ni required by law tor for nomination of city officers 11 4 a majority of the electors doctors voting on abe question ot at choosing cho osina a commission shall vote in the affirmative ahm the fifteen candid candidates ites reaching rec reca nini ching a majority of the th vot votes cast at such election shall constitute tho elli charter arter commission and shall proceed to f frame rame a charter any charter so EO framed shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the city at an election to be told held at a time to bo be determined by the chariei commission which shall be not less than sixty days subsequent to its ita completion an and d distribution among the electors and not more than ono one year from such date alternative provisions may also be submitted to be voted upon tipon separately the commission shall make inake provisions for the distribution of copies of the proposed charter and of any alternative provisions to the qualified electors of the city not less than sixty days before the election at aich thich it is voted upon such proposed charter and such euch alternative altema provisions as tire are approved by a majority ot of the electors voting thereon shall becore an organic law of such city at such time as ai may be fixed therein and shall supersede any existing charter and all laws affects the organization organisation end and government of such euch city which are now in conflict therewith within thirty days after its approval a copy of such charter as adopted certified by the mayor and eity city recorder and authenticated by the seal of such city shall be ba mide in duplicate and depo deposited alte one in tho the office of the secretary of state and the other in the office of the city recorder and thereafter all courts shall take judicial notice of such charter Amend amendments ril el tits to any such charter may be framed and d submitted by a charter commission in the tha tama same manner as provided for making of charters or may b be proposed by the legislative authority of this th city upon a two thirds vote vota thereof OT or by petition of qualified electors to a num ler ber equal conal to fifteen per cent ot of the total votes ca cat cast t for mayor on the tha next preceding election and liny any such amendment m e n dment may be ba submitted at tho the next regular rae gu 1 ar mo ma election and having been approved ty by the majority of tho the electors voting thereon shall become part of the tha charter at tho the time fixed in such amendment and dball bo be certified and filed cs as provided in cau cass of if charters I 1 each city forming its charter under this shall have and is hereby tr acted the th authority to exercise all powers relating to municipal affairs and to adopt and ett a force within its limits local police sanitary end and similar regulations not in conflict with the general law and no enumeration 0 f powers in this constitution or any I 1 law ceball thai bo be deemed limit or r restrict th general arant authority hereby bufor red but this mant grant ot of authority shall abdi la cot at 1 I 1 lud a tho the power to regulate 0 o pucha nall it atles I 1 la not 1 0 t municipally owned if any anc regular regulation t i on of 0 public utilities is provided for foi by general law nor bo be deemed to limit ot or restrict tho the power of 0 tho the legislature in it anat relating t state affairs to enact general liwa laws applicable alike to all cities i 1 of the tha state the power to la be conferred upon tho the cities by this section bention shall include the follo following winst a to levy alicas and collect callcut taxes and borrow money within tho the limits prescribed by general law and to levy aud and collect spa caal assessments as for benefits conferred b to fur furnish niall all local publio public services to purchase hire construct own maintain tai or operate or lease public utilities local loc a 1 in extent and uso use to acquire by condemnation dem nation or otherwise within or without the tha corporate limits property astles eary ary for any such buch purposes to re frictions imposed by general law for tha th protection of other communities end and to grant local public utility franchises and within its poi era regulate the exercise cx ercla thereof c to make local public improvements improvement and to acquire by condemnation or other wize property within its corporate limit necessary for such improvements and also to acquire an excess over ever than that ed tor for any such auch improvement and to sell eli ot at deaso ouch buch excess property with restrictions in ia order to protect and preserve the tha improvement pro d to issue and sell edl bonds on the so chrity of noy any such cuch excess property or of any public utility owned by the city or of tho tha revenues thereof or both including la in the caso case of public utility a franchise franch lao tabing stating tho the terms upon which in caso case ot of foral for closure cloe nrc tho the purchaser way may operate utility SUCTION SECTION 2 duty duly of secretary ot of state stat tho the secretary of state Is hereby directed to tho the proposed amendment to tho the electors of tho the state at the tha next general election in the manner provided by law SECTION 3 to tk take effect it if adopted by the tha electors of this ibis state thu this amendment shall talco take effect on january ast 1st 1933 1033 I 1 BL ir welling secretary ot of state of el I 1 the tha state of utah do hereby certify that Is id a full true tru and correct copy caplo coplo ol 01 f the amendment proposed pas b by y tho the regular session essron of the tha leg legill lait turo ture of 0 1931 1231 As 0 tho the same appears of record la in nay my office in witness whereof I 1 have hereunto to ft my hand and affixed tho the great vt of tho the state of utah this oth day of septem her br 1920 Sf tal secretary of state lat |