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Show Proposed Constitutional Amendment Amend-ment No, 1. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. fl. A Joint resolution nropoMng nn amend ment to Suction 6 of Article 11 of the Constitution of the State of Vtnh. re latlng to municipal corporations Be It enacted by the Legislature of th State of Ptah. two third vot.o of all the momhera elected in the two Houses con-currinjf con-currinjf tho re bll Section 1. That It la proposed to amend Section 6 of Article XI of the Constitution Constitu-tion ot the State of Ptah. do that tht sarno will read a follows: Sec. 6. Corporations for municipal pur P-' -1 eli-- II not rcnt-d h r-ferUl laws The Leirlslnture hy geniTrnl laws shall provide pro-vide for the Incorporation. or(?anl7at Ion end cl.TKKlflcjitlon of cities and towns in proportion to population, which laws may be altered, amended or repealed. Any city may frame- and adopt a charter char-ter for Its own government In the foi lowing manner The legislative authority of the city rnny by two-third ote of Its members, ...... up.11 iiniuvii hi (umiiiiQU electors to the number of 10 per cent of nil votes cast at the next preceding election for the of- 1 fWj of the mayor, shll forthwith provide' hv ordinance, for the Mibmlfmion to tho electors of the question. "Shall a Corn ml.'.!lon he chosen to frame a charter?" The ordinance shall require that the quea tion be submltttvl to the electors at the I n?xt repular municipal election. The hnl lot contalnlnip such qUeatlon shall also, con'nln the names of candidates for mem bera of the proposed Commission, hut without pnrty deolnnstion Such candl-dl candl-dl ti hall he nominated In the same manner as reqxilred by law for nomination of city officers If o majority of the electors elec-tors voting on the quoatlon of choosing a Commission shall ote In the affirmative then the fifteen candidaten receiving a n:aJorlt of the votes coat at such election elec-tion shall constitute the charier Conimls slon. and shall proceed to frame a char tor. Any charter so framed shall he sub mitted to the quullflf-d electors of the city at an .-lection to be heij at a rijne to in determined b the charter Commieaion whli h shall Yr. not leas than thirty days ubaequent to Its completion and distrl hutlon among the electors and not more thnn one year from jiuch date. Alternn-tli Alternn-tli provliilons nwy also be r.ubmltted lo be voted noun sennrntnlv Tlie Poiti-tiIs- slon shall make provision for the dlstri 1 hution of copies of the proposed bharterl and of nny alterrfartlve provisions to the qualified electora of th city not less than i sixty das In-fore the election nt which If Is voted upon. Such proposod charter nnd aucb alternative provisions rs are np- I proved tf) a majority of the electors vot- Inc thi-icon, shall become an organic lew, c.f sui-h c(v ai such time as ma) Vie fixed therein, and shall supersede any existing, charter and all lawa affe.-tlnk' the orarar. j Izatlon and government of such city which I are now in conflict therewith V ithln thirty days after Its approval a i-opv of such chartor s adopted, certlf iod the mayor nnd city recorder an'l m. the Mlie.it ed by the seal of such city, shall be made In duplicate and deposited, one in the of-flci of-flci ol ti.i Becretar) if Btate and the other In the office of the City Recorder, and thereafter all court shall take Judicial Judi-cial notice of sueh charter. Amendments to any such charter may be framed snd submitted by the charter Commission in the same manner as provided pro-vided for making of charters, or may be proposed by the legislative authority of the city upon a two thlrda vote thereof, or by "petition of qualified electors to a number equal to one-tenth of the total rote cael for mayor on the next preceding election, and any such amendment may be suhmitted at the next regular election, and having been approvod by the majority of the electors voting thereon, shall become be-come a part, of the charter at the time fixed in rvich amendment and r-hall bs cer-tlfied cer-tlfied and filed as provided In case of charters. Each city forming Its charter under this Section shall have, and Is hereby granted, the authority to exercjse all powers relating relat-ing to municipal affairs, and to adopt and enforce within Its limits, local police sanltury and similar regulation not to conflict con-flict with the general law. and no enumeration enumer-ation of powers In thla constitution or any law shall he deemed to limit or restrict! the general grant of authority hereby conferred; con-ferred; but this grant of aulhorltv shall not Include the power to regulate the serv- i Ice or charges of public utilities ao long? I as such regulation Is provided for hv pen era! law. nor be deemed to limit or rest re-st r! i t the piwr if the Legielature In matters mat-ters of public or Kenuiiil Ipteresr. nor those relating to State affairs The power to be conferred upon the cities cit-ies by this Section shall Include the foi lowing: (a) To levy, assess and collect taxes and borrow money, within the limits pre-e.-rlb'd In general law and to levy and collect special aysosumcnts for benefits conferred. (b) To furnish 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, property necessary for any auch purposes, subject to restrictions lmposil by general law foi the protection of other communities, and to grant local public utility franchises and regulate the exercise thereof aubje t to the ' onttnulnc power of regulation of pub He utilities, their rates and net-vice, by the Mite, a i I.i now or may hereafter be, pro vlded bv general 'aw g, (c) To make local public ImfTrovements and to acquire by condemnation, or otherwise, other-wise, property within Ita corporate iim-ita iim-ita necessary for such Improvementa; and also to acquire m exi eas over thjt need d for uny such Improvement and to sell or lease such excess property with restrictions, restric-tions, In order to protect and preserve th.. Improvement (d) To Issue and sell bonds on the security se-curity of any auch execs property, or oi any public utility owned by the city or of the revenues thereof, or both. Incb.td ing, In the eaae of a public utility, a fran chlse statin;; the r,.-i-nis upon which, in case of foreclosure, tho purchaser may operate such utility. Sec. 2. The Secretary of State Is hereby here-by directed to submit the proposed ,tnn i 'I ment to the electors of tho St.ito at the next general election In the munner provided pro-vided by law Sec. S. If adopted by the electors of this State, this amendment shall take feet on Januarv 1st, 1131 Approved March 18, 1910. |