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124. Municipal courts. Only the legislature may <br />establish courts in this state. A home rule charter <br />may neither establish nor dis-establish any court. <br />It is possible that a statutory city having a justice <br />of the peace may continue that officer in its home <br />rule charter and provide for his election but it may <br />not modify his statutory powers and jurisdiction. <br />The county court system, universal except for a <br />county-wide municipal court system in Hennepin <br />and Ramsey Counties, is not a municipal institution <br />and is therefore not an appropriate matter for re- <br />gulation by city charter. <br /> <br /> 125. The council and the administration. Many <br />readers of the model charter will be impressed by ' <br />the brevity of many of the administrative prey[- <br /> <br />sions, In fact, a large number of sections originally <br />included were subsequently eliminated from the <br />charter entire!y, They were in most cases mere de- <br />tails. They could be just as wetl dealt with by ordi- <br />nances. The people in the United States must learn <br />again to trust their city councils, If need be, they <br />must elect better men to these bodies, but they <br />will never encourage the best fitted to seek council. <br />positions until they give the councils something ira~ <br />porta'nt to do. The soundest and most constructive <br />movements in the reform of city government today <br />are not those which aim to make the mayor all- <br />powerful but rather those whose objective is to <br />strengthen the council, the representative body, as, <br />the dominant force in municipal affairs. The model <br />charter'is based upon this principle, <br /> <br />Revised: <br />OCP:de <br />1-11-77 <br /> <br />-12- <br /> <br /> <br />