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II. HISTORY <br /> <br /> · A. WITH RESPECT TO THE SECOND QUESTION ...... HOW DID WE GET HERE ? <br /> <br /> B. IN ACCORDANCE WITH MINNESOTA LAW ---M.S.A. 410.05---CHARTER COMMISSIONS <br /> CAN BE APPOINTED IN ONE OF THREE WAYS. <br /> <br />1. FIRST .... THE DISTRICT COURT, ACTING THROUGH ITS CHIEF JUDGE, ~ <br /> MAY MAKE THE APPOINTmeNT WITHOUT WAITING FOR A PETITION <br /> OF THE PEOPLE. <br /> <br />2. SECOND---THE JUDGES ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENT UPON <br /> <br /> PRESENTATION TO THEM .... A PETITION SIGNED BY 10% OF THE <br /> <br /> VOTERS WHO VOTED AT THE LAST MUNICIPAL ELECTION. <br /> <br />3. THIRDLY--THE COUNCIL OF ANY CITY MAY REQUEST THE APPOINTMENT OF A <br /> <br />COb~ISSION. <br /> <br />C. AS MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE---THE RAMSEY CHARTER COMMISSION WAS INITIATED <br /> <br />VIA THE SECOND METHOD DESCRIBED. <br /> <br />1. ON APRIL 26th, 1983 THE RAMSEY COALITION PRESENTED~A PETITION TO THE <br /> loth DISTRICT COURT REQUESTING THE APPOINT~'~NT. <br /> <br />2. ON MAY 12th, 1983 SPENCER J. ~, CHIEF JUDGE OF THE 10th <br /> . DISTRICT COURT, APPOINTED 9 ~MBER TO THE COMMISSION. <br /> <br />3. ON MAY 19th, 1983 THE APPOINTEES WERE SWORN IN BY CITY ATTORNEY <br /> MR. WILLIAM GOODRICH. <br /> <br /> <br />