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§410.12 P. 410.12. Amendments Subdivision I. Proposals. The charter commission may propose amend- ments to such charter and shall do so upon the petition of vo~rs equal in number to five percent of the total votes cast at the last previous state general eIection in the city. If the city has a system of permanent registration of voters, only reg6stered voters are eligible to sign the petition. All petitions circulated with respect to a charter amendment shall be uniform in character and shall have attached thereto the text of the proposed amendment in full; except that in the case of a Proposed amendment containing more than 1,000 words, a true and correct copy of the same may be filed with the' city clerk, and the petition shall th~n contain a summary of not less than 50 nor more than 300 words setting forth in substance the nature of the proposed amend- ment. Such summary shall contain a statement of the objects and purposes of the amendment proposed and an outline of any proposed new scheme or frame work of government and ~ahalI be sufficient to inform the signers of the petition as to what change in government is sought to be accomplished by the amendment. The summary, together with a copy of the proposed amend- ment, shall first be submitted to the charter commission for its approval as to form and substance. The commission shall within ten days afte~ such submission to it, return the same to the proposers of the amendment with such modifications in statement as it may deem necessary in order that the summary may fairly comply with the requirements above set forth. Subd. la. Alternative methods of charter amendment. A home rule charter may be amended only by following one of the alternative methods of amendment provided in subdivisions 1 to 7. Subd. 2. Petitions. The signatures to such petition need not all be appended to one paper, but to each separate petition there' shall be attached an affidavit of the circulator thereof as provided by this section. A petition must contain each petitioner's signature in ink or indelible pencil and musl indicate after the signature the place of residence by street and number, or other description sufficient to identify thc place. There shall appear on each petition the names and addresses of five electors of the city, and on each paper the names and addresses of the same five electors, who, as a committee of the petitioners, shall be regarded as responsible for the circulation ~n'd filing of the petition. 'The affidavit attached to each petition shall be as follows: I CITIES, METROPOLITAN AREAS I State of .............~ ss. County of ........... .................... being duly sworn, depose~' and says that the affiant, and the affiant only, personally circulated the foregoing paper, that all the signatures appended thereto were made in the affiant's presence, and that the affiant believes them to be the genuine signatures of the persons whose-names they purport to be. signed .................... (Signature of Circulator) 68 :