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-9- <br /> <br />CHARTER ELECTION BALLOT <br /> <br />Shall the proposed new <br />charter be adopted? <br /> <br />Yes <br /> <br /> No <br /> <br />Shall the alternative section <br />35A be adopted in lieu of ~section <br />'35 relating to the debt limit of <br />the city? <br /> Yes <br /> <br />No <br /> <br />.Majority required for a~option. (M.S.A. 410.10.) The Constitution provides <br />that a proposed charter can be adopted by such majority as the legislature <br />may prescribe. The majority needed for adoption of a new charter, as now <br />prescribed by law is 51 percent of those v6ting on the ques%~on at the election, <br />except 55% is required to remove or amend charter provisions establishing <br />liquor patrol limits. <br /> <br /> Certification of charter. (M.S.A. 410.11.) If the charter is adopted, the <br /> city clerk must file copies in'the office of the Secretary.of State, the office <br /> of the Register of Deeds, and his own office. Each copy must be 'accompanied <br /> by a certificate attesting to its accuracy and giving the date oD the election <br /> and the vote by which the charter was adopted. While the.Constitution and laws <br /> do not require it, it is exceedingly desirable .that the charter commission <br /> retain at'least one copy of the charter itself, and that printed copies be sent <br /> out as follows:. Two or more to the League of Minnesota Municipalities, 300 <br /> Hanover Building, 480 Cedar Street, St. Paul, ~ 55101, one to the Minnesota <br /> Historical Society, St..Paul; one to the Public Affairs Library, 365 Blegen Hall, <br /> University o£ Minnesota,.Minneapolis, 55455; one to the State Library, Capitol, <br /> <br />· St. Paul; one or more to the local city library; one to the clerk of the district <br /> court for the county. Not only will these copies be frequently referred to in <br /> ~d~ese various places~, but the city will gain. a good name from a fairly liberal <br /> policy in the distribution of its charter. The League can profitably use <br /> several copies to' send on library loan to other Minnesota charter commissions <br /> 'considering new charters. <br /> <br />Charter in effect. Succession. (M.S.A. 410.11.) Assuming that the certifi- <br />cates mentioned above have been deposited, the new charter will take effect at the <br />end of thirty days from the date of the election or at such other time as is <br />fixed in the charter. It supersedes the previous charter of the city, if any, <br />the courts are required to-take judicial notice of it, and the officials~elected <br />and appointed under it may take o~er the control of the city's records, money, <br />and proPerty at any time specified therein. The charter may provide that in'' <br /> <br /> <br />