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Show Proposed Constitutional Amendment Amend-ment No. L SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. . A Joint renolution propocinc nn nmend ment to Section 5 of Artl le 11 of the Constitution of Ihe Stat .f 1'tnh, re-I re-I latlnr to municipal rorpontlnni. Be it enectej bv the lglslninre of Xhi State of T'tah two thirds vete of all the I membors elected in the two lTousei concurring con-curring therein' Sec tion 1 That It 1 propo."-d to :.m'-nd! Perllon 6 Of Article XI of the ConStltU-'l ' tion of tno State of Utah, eo that thi I same will read n-. follows- 8ec 5 Corporal lon3 for mvinlclpftl pur poses shrill not be rrenfed by Ri.erlrU laws. I Th" Leglslatufa by )c.-.n.ii laws hall pro-vVl pro-vVl for the Incorporation, orn-il'.'-itlon and cla:flfiction of cltl nnd town-. In proiortlon to population, which '.aw i may be nltered iimended or repealed Any clt may frame and ndopt charter char-ter for lt own (jovernment In the fol-1 fol-1 low In? mann.-r' , The lepisiutfve authority of the city ' may by two thirds vore of Its member-.. V nnd upon petition of qualified electors to , tbe number of 10 per cent of all votes rnt r ft the next preceding election for the of- t fire of the mayor, rhall forthwith provide r by ordlnonce for the .lubmlnsion to the , elector of the question "Shall a forn- , mission hn otto sen to frame a charter? Th ordinance shall require that the ques- , t!on be siibmltiel to the electora et the j next rcirutri'- munlelpa! election. The t-.-, lot contalnlnr? such question ghfcll also , contain the names of candidates for mem ( hers of the proposed Commission, but , without pnrtv deslfmatlon. Such eandl . dates shall be nornlnnted In the same manner rs required by law for nomination of city offleere. if a majority of the eiec tors votlnf: on the question of rhoos'nc a Commission shall vote In the s.f'lrmatlve then the fifteen cnndldaten receiving a mv3orlty of the votes rust at such election elec-tion phall constitute the charter Commls-llon, Commls-llon, and shail proceed to frame a charter. char-ter. Any chrrter o framed shall he submitted sub-mitted to the qualified electors of the city at. an election to be held at a 1 1 fie to be dl termlned by the charter CommUVon ' I which rhall be not less than thirty days subsequent to Its completion and dlatrl- ' I butlon amonrj the electors ar.d not more than one year from such date. A't nn I live provisions mnv e-o be subm'tted to be voted upon sepsrntely. The Commis 1 slon shall make proVtelOM for th dlatrl-butlon dlatrl-butlon of copies of the proposed charter i and of any alternative provisions to the, qualified electors of the elty. not lean thsn ! flxty days irelnre. the election ot which St Is voted upon Buch proroaed charter and SUCh alternat've provlnlons as are approved ap-proved by a majority of the electors voting vot-ing thereon shall become sn organic law of such city si such time us may be fixed therein, a.nd nhall supersede any axl-Uni; charter and all laws affecting th- organization organ-ization and government of su. h cltv which : are now In conflict therewith. V.'lthln 'thirty days after its approval i copy of su. h charter as adopted certified by the mavnr and cltv recorder end authentleat" I ed by the seal of mch cltv uhall be made In duplicate and depo.sltcd. one in the of-! of-! flee of the Secretary of State and the I other in the office of th City Recorder, ' and thereafter all conri5 shall talce Judl clal notice of such charter. Amendments to any such charter may be framed nd submitted by the charter Commission In the same manner as provided pro-vided for maklnp of charters, or may he proposed by the legislative authority of the city upon a two thirds vote ther-of. ' or by petition of qualified electors to s. number equal to one tenth of the tola' vote ,-ast for movor on the rest preceding election, snd any such amendment may be submitted at the next rerrulnr election, and having been approved by the majority j of the cl ctors votlntr thereon, .-hall be-ooma be-ooma a part of the charter at the time, fixed In such amendment and shall be cer tlfled ond flkd as provided In raso of chai tors. Each city forming its charter under this Section shall have and Ik hereby granted, the authority to exercjse all powers retst-Ing retst-Ing to municipal affairs, and to .do-t ' and enforce within Uj limits, local police sanstarv and similar regulation not to con- fllct with the e, neral lu .v ond no enumer- I atlon of power-. In this constitution or my . I law shall he deemed to limit or restrict I the general grant of authority hereby con f erred; but this uiant of authority rhnll not Include the power to regulate the eerr-. Ice or charges of public Utllltlee so longl an such regulation Is provided for by general gen-eral law, nor be deemed to limit or restrict re-strict the pvcr of the Legislature in mat 1 ters of public or general Interes. nor those relating to S'ate aftnlr.t ! The power to he conferred upon the eit- les by this Section shall Include the fol- I lowing . . (a) To levy assess nnd collect taxes and borivw money, within the limits pre- j , scribed by general law, and to levy and collect special assessments for b-neftis conferred. (b) To furnlah all local public, services: to purchase, hire, construct own. main tain and operate, or lease, public utilities, local in extent and use: to acquire by condemnation, or otherwise within or without the corporate limits, prop, rtv ' becesaary for any such purposes, subject to restrictions Imposed by general law for the protection of other communities; and to grant local public utility frr-nehlees and ! regulato the exercise thereof subject to the continuing power of regulation o. public pub-lic utilities, the r rates and service by tho State, as is now or may hereafter be, pro vlded by pr-neral law. (c) To m.ike local public Improvements and to acquire by condcmnotlon. or otherwise other-wise properlv within Its corporate, llm- t , n. .in Kir ii b linpro- eni. nts. ..nd also to acquire an excess over that needed for anv such Improvement and to oell or lease such excess property with restrictions. restric-tions. In order to protect and preserve the improvement. ' (d) To Issue and sell bonds on the se- eurlty of any such excess property, or of any "public utility owned by the city, or I of the revenues thereof, or both inciud i log. In the caee of a public utility a fron I chlse stating the terms upon which In esse of foreclosure, the purchaser may operate such utility See t. Th. Set retary of State Is here-' here-' by directed to submit the proposed anv nd ment to the electors of the Slate at the next general election In the manner provided pro-vided by law. Sec J. If adopted by the electors of thin State, this amendment shall teko effect ef-fect on January let, l 11 Approved March IS. 1H19 to corner No. 4 of Last Chauco Extension No. 3 claim; Thenco N. 88 deg. G3 min W. STQdJi feet to corner No. 1 of Cuprilo No. 2 claim: Thrnco N 5 deg. 23 min. W. 1200 feet to corner No 2 of Cuprite No. 3 claim Identical with corners l and of Wizard nnd Dlorite claliiia. respectively. Tin nr.- N 8S del TO mill. W 1500 feet to corner No. 1 of llorltc claim, the r'-'ice of b. Kintiink.' and lo, ited In SV. St: V4 and N K. 'i, Section S and NV. i and NK of Section W. Town hip 7 Noith Range i West, 8, L. D. & M.. containing an area of 169.006 acres exclusive of ion flit t us shown by the 'ul et rtlfled field notes of said Survey No. C571. to bo In conflict with SW. A of SAV. 'i of Sec lion J and with Secilon 17. T. N . R. 1 W S L. 11. & M. I direct that this notl-e be published in Tin- Stundird-Kxiimlm-r. published at Ogden. Utah. QOULO B. ULAKCI.KY Reglater BnwiN v SIS N I OR. Salt I-ak. iil llah. Claimant's Attorney 5123 Dato of Ural publication September li. |