Show I Prop t tio iA Amend end ment No i. i S JOL JOINT T TION NO C. C A Joint J resolution sol proposing proposing an n am amend amend- na- na ment to Section 5 of ot Article 11 of ot th the thc Constitution of ot the State of ot Utah relating re To- lating to municipal corporations Bo Do It enacted by the tho Legislature ol ot th the State of ot Utah two-thirds two vote vota o of all th the m members elected in the twe Houses concurring therein 1 That It Is proposed t to amend Section 5 of ot Article XI of ot the Constitution of ot the State of ot Utah BO so that the same will read as follows Sec See I. I Corporations ons for tor m municipal purposes shall not be cr atell- atell by special law laws Th the Legislature by general laws sh 1 rr Yd pC-id i for tor r th the Incorporation tion organization and classification of cities and towns towns' In proportion to POPulation population population pop pop- which laws may may maybe be altered amended amend d or repealed Any city may frame and ad adopt pt a charter charts for tot Its own government In following ng manner S The Jell authority of ot the city may b by two thirds vote of ot its members mem mem- bers bare and aud upon petition of ot qu qualified electors to th the number of ot 10 per cent of St all ll votes otes cast at the next preceding preceding ing election for tor the office of the mayor shall halt forthwith provide by or ordinance ordinance or- or for tor the submission ri to the electors else elec tors tOl'S of ot the question Sh Shall a Commission Com Corn mission cm be chosen to frame a a. charter The ordinance shall require that the question be su submitted to to- the el electors at the next regular municipal election The ballot containing such question shall shan also contain the names of ot candidates candidates candi candi- dates datu for tor members of ot the proposed Commission but without party part dealer dealer- nation Such candidates shall be nominated nom nom- mated in the same samo manner as required by law for tor nomination of ot city officers If It a majority of ot the electors electors- voting I on the question of ot choosing a Commission Com Corn mission shall hall vote in the tha affirmative then the fifteen candidates receiving a majority t of ot the votes cast at such election lection election sh shall lI constitute the charter Commission and shall proceed to frame a charter S SAny An Any charter so shall framed be submitted submitted submitted sub sub- to the qualified electors of ot the city at an Sn n election to be held hold at a n. time to be determined by the charter Commission which shall be not less than thirty days ays 21 subsequent to its completion and distribution among the electors 1 and not more than one year from such date Alternative provisions provisions provi prod lions may also be bo submitted to be vot voted d upon separately The Commission Commission Commis Commis- sion don shall shaH make malee provisions for the tho distribution of copies of ot the proposed charter and of any alternative provision provisions provi provI- i sion to qualified electors of ot the city not less loss than sixty days before the at which It is voted upon Such proposed charter and such alternative alternative alter alter- native provisions provision's as are Vy DY Vya DYa bya a majority of ot the electors voting there there- en shall Ihan become an organic law of ot such uch city at such time timo as may be fixed be-fixed fixed therein and and shall Supersede any exIsting existing existing ex ex- ex- ex charter and all laws Jaws affecting the organization o nl and d government r of ft g an such uch Ii city which are n now in conflict Within thirty days after atter Its approval a copy of ot such charter as IlS adopted certified by the mayor and city recorder and authenticated by by- bythe the thes seal of s such city shall be e made in and 8 deposited 8 one I In the o otlee of office of- of fice ico of ot the Secretary pf pt State and the oth r in the office of ot the City Recorder Record Record- er 81 and thereafter all court shall take tak judicial notice of ot euch such charter Amendments to any such charter may ke be e framed and submitted by the charter chart chart- er Sr Commission in the tile samo manner as provided for making of ot charters or ur ormay ormay may roay be proposed by the legislative au authority authority au- au of ot the city upon a a. two thirds vote thereof or by petition of ot qu quail quail- qualified U- U tied fled ol electors tors to toa a equal to one- one tenth c cl cf the total vote cast for tor mayor maor on the next proceeding election and any such amendment may be submitted submit submit- ted tad at the next regular election and and haying been approved by the majority of ot the electors voting thereon shall become a part o ot of the charter at the time fixed in iu such amendment and shall be certified and filed tiled as provided provid provid- ed In case cese of ot charters Each city forming Us Its ch charter under this Section shall have and is hereby t granted the authority to exercise all powers relating to municipal affairs and arid to adopt and enforce within Its limits limit I local p police s sanitary i a and similar simi simm 1 ul r fens fen ta lar n not in conflict t with the general law and no enumeration ot oX powers in this constitution or ox- an any I law Jaw shall be deemed to limit or re restrict re- re strict the general grant of authority hereby conferred but this grant of ot au authority au au- shall not Include the power t t. t regulate g the e O or charges of public pub pub- rl i lie lic utilities I 1 so loot long as such is 18 provided for by general law nor b bl be med deemed to limit or restrict the power of ot the Legislature In matters of ot or Q general interest nor those thos relating to Stats State affairs I The power to be conferred upon upon the i cities by this thip Section shall include ta the following I 8 a To 10 l levy vy assess and collect m taxes and borrow Money t within th the limits limit pr prescribed c by general law an anto I Ito to lev levy levand and collect special a i m nt for tor b benefits conferred S b To furnish all aU local public i nr- nr r- r vices to purchase hire construct own maintain and operate or lease lease- public utilities local in extent and ana use un to acquire by condemnation or otherwise within or without the corporate limits limite I property necessary for tor any such purposes pur pur- poses subject to restrictions by general law for tor the protection of other communities and to grant local public lIC utility franchise and regulate rU the tho ho exorcise exercise o thereof subject to the continuing con con- j tinning power vel of regulation of ot public I utilities their rates and service b by the State as is now or or- ormay may hereafter be provided by general law Cc c To make local public Improvements Improvements Improve Improve- ments meats and und to acquire by condemnation or otherwise property within U its Iti corporate cot cor port limits necessary for for- such Improvement Im im- im pro provement and also to acquire an excess ex- ex cess over that needed for any such any such im imi i and to sell or lease hs such order excess s tl to property property- protect and with ri preserve restrictions t h the Im IM- IM in provement Cd d To issue ue and sell ell bonds bond on the security of ot any such luch excess property or of ot any utility owned by the city or of ot the revenues thereof or cr both including including- In the case of a pub pub- lie lic utility a tra stating the t term upon which in case of ot foreclosure fore tore closure the purchaser may operate such utility See Sea 2 2 The Secretary of ot State Is t. horob hereby directed to submit the proposed amendment t to the electors of the State at the next general ne l election in the theRe manner a r provided I by 1 law Re 3 if It If adopted by the electors elector of ot this State this amendment shall take effect on January 1st let 1921 Approved March 11 II 1819 1119 |