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Show Ftoposed Constitutional Amend- ment No. 1. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. S. A Joint resolution proposing an amendment amend-ment to Soctlor, 5 of Article 11 of th onntitutton of the State of l'tsh r luting to municipal corporation Be It enacted by th EeglaUtur- of the State of T'tah. two thirds vote of all th mfinbers elects! in th- two I.'....-.. . .on- urrlng theretn' S-ctlon 1. That it la proposed to mnnd BectlOn S of Article I of the Oonatltu-tlon Oonatltu-tlon of the Rti.te of ftnh ro that Ihi saino will read an follow p 5. Corporations for municipal pur posea shall not le created bv special laws The MgUlature bv ijcnera) aVs Khsll pro-I pro-I Hdn for the incoriiorallon. organization and Classification of cities and towns In , proportion to population, which liwt mav , be altered mendd or repealed, Any city may frame and adopt a . h .-ler .-ler for tn own government In the fol-I fol-I lowing manner: Th leMslatlve suthorlt) of th eitv mav. by two fhlr.J vote of Itt iiiernhers and upon petition of .pioiifie.i alectora to tbe number of 10 ier nt of all votas rast . "'" ' rn'i :or ine or I flee of the moor. rhsll forthwith provide bv ordinance for th" submission to the c!rrto:s of tha question "fhoii a Com- , mlsalon he chosen to frnm a charter-' : Th.- ordinance ah'ill require that the 'iui tlon he aubmltteS to the. elector at th ri'-xt remihi- municipal ele.-ilon The hal i lot rontaln'ng sin h quaatlOn ;hall also contain the. names of candidates for mem-h-rs of the proposed "ommlsalon. hut without partv designation Such candidates candi-dates shall be nomlnnted In the same rusnner ra required by law for nomination of city offhecs. If a majority or the elet tors voting on the miration of chooslnc n rr.mmls.slon -ball vot In the affirmative then the fifteen candidates recelvlnrr a majority Of tbe -te cas. at such .-lee tlon. shall constitute the ehnrtar Commission, Commis-sion, and ehall proceed to frame a char ter Any charier so framed shall he sub-, mltte.J to the 'UnllfeJ elr.tors of the rltv at -ri election o be held al a mt-ic he- determined by the charter Commission', which vhall be not lesa thin thirty davs Shheequent to Its completion and dlatn hutlon nmong the ele.tors nrd not more than one .-ear from such date. Alterni. tlvo provisions may also be submitted to bo voted upon separately The Commission Commis-sion shsll make provisions for the distribution distri-bution of copies of the proposed charter and of rjiv altf rnatlvc provision-, t.. qualified electors of the cltv. not less than sixty daya hefore the election st v hl. h Is voted upon uch proposed cbar'er and such alternative, provisions as arc approved ap-proved hy a majority of the l.-tor voting vot-ing thereon, ahall leeome an OrSjanlC law of fiich city al such time an may be fixed then In snd shall supers. .1.- nnv existing charter and nil lawa offertlntr the orrin l.-Mtmn nnd gcveniment of inch cty which 'T- ni'W In conflict therewith Within thirty days after Its approval a copy of such charter as adopted, certified hy the irihv.ir end eltJT recorder end authenllcat ed by the aeal of tmch city shall be made In duplicate arid deposited one In the of flee of the S'cr rotary of Slit and the other In the office of the Cltv Recorder, and thereafter all court shall take Judl c!h1 notice of such charter Amendments to any auch charter may be framed and 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 u two thirds vote thereof or by petition of qualified elector! to n number equal to one tenth of the tota! vote cast for mayor on the nx' pre. edlng election, and any such amendment may , and having been approved by the majority of th electors voting thereon, phnil become be-come a part of the charter at the time flxd !n such nmondmerit and shall be certified cer-tified and filed as provided In esse of charters, I-iach city forming Its charter und- r ihla Section shall have and Is hereby granted, the authority to exercise all powers relut Ing to municipal affairs, and to adopt ; and enforce within Its limits, local police sanitary and similar regulation not to conflict con-flict with the genera) law, and no enumer atlon of power.i In this constitution or any law shall be deemed to limit or restrict the gi neral gra.n t of authority hereby conferred; con-ferred; but this giant of authority .--hall not Include the power to reprulai thi service serv-ice or charges of public utilities so long as such regulation Is provided for bv general gen-eral law nor be deemed to limit or restrict re-strict the nearer Oi the legislature In rna,t- I ters of public or general Interest, nor j those relating to Srafe affairs. The power to be conferred upon the clt-lea clt-lea by thia Section ahiill Include the fob lowing: fa) To levy, assess and collect taxes and liorrow money, within the limits pre-acrlbed pre-acrlbed hy general law, and to levy nnd collect special assessments tor Irnnefits conferred (b) To furnish all local public services; to p-.rchase. hire, construct, own. main tain und operate, or l-enec public utilities, local In extent nnd use; to sequlre by condemnation, or otherwise, within or without the corporate limits, property rn-ce.ssarv for any such purposes, subject to restrictions Imposed by general law for the protection of other communities: and to grant local public utility franchises und regulate the exorcise thereof Kubjoct to the continuing power of regulation of pub lie utilities, tholr rates nnd sen It I by the Stale, an Is now or may hereafter be, provided pro-vided by srcnerat law (c) "to make local public Improvements and to acquire by condemnation, or otherwise, other-wise, property within its corporate limits lim-its neceasary for such Improvements: and also to acquire un excess over thai needed for any such Improvement and to sell or lease such exces property with rcstrle tlons. In order to protect and preserve the Improvement. fd) To issue and S' ll bonds on the se curlly of any such excess property, or of nny public Utility owped by the cRjr. or of the revenues thereof, or both. Includ Ing, Id tha case of a public utility, a franchise fran-chise stating the terms upon which. In case of foreclosure. th purchaser inuj Operate SUCtl utility Sec. 2. The Secretary of State Is hereby here-by directed to submit the proposed am nd-meat nd-meat tp the electors of the State at the next general election in Ihe manner pro. vid'd by low. Baa, 9, If udopted by the electors of his State, this amendment shall take ef foct on January let. 1021. Approved March IS. 1919. ' |