Digest of City Charters: Together with Other Statutory and Constitutional Provisions Relating to Cities |
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... passed a resolution creating and constituting a Charter Convention to consider charter changes for the City of Chicago which resolution is printed on page 633 of the current council proceedings ; and , WHEREAS , By said resolution the ...
... passed a resolution creating and constituting a Charter Convention to consider charter changes for the City of Chicago which resolution is printed on page 633 of the current council proceedings ; and , WHEREAS , By said resolution the ...
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... passed by the council to the vote of the qualified electors , and for the initiative by the qualified electors of such ordinances as they may request by petition . The signatures to petitions in this amendment mentioned need not all be ...
... passed by the council to the vote of the qualified electors , and for the initiative by the qualified electors of such ordinances as they may request by petition . The signatures to petitions in this amendment mentioned need not all be ...
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... passed thereunder shall supersede any general law of the state defining or punishing crimes or mis- demeanors . " ( Adopted Nov. 3 , 1896. Amended Nov. 8 , 1898. ) Missouri . ( Provisions applying to cities other than St. Louis ...
... passed thereunder shall supersede any general law of the state defining or punishing crimes or mis- demeanors . " ( Adopted Nov. 3 , 1896. Amended Nov. 8 , 1898. ) Missouri . ( Provisions applying to cities other than St. Louis ...
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... passed in the manner hereinbefore provided , any city having a population of twenty - five thousand or more may adopt its own charter and frame of government in the following manner : The Council of said city may , and , on a petition ...
... passed in the manner hereinbefore provided , any city having a population of twenty - five thousand or more may adopt its own charter and frame of government in the following manner : The Council of said city may , and , on a petition ...
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... passed by two - thirds vote of the members elected to each house . ( Va . , Sec . 117. ) ( c ) . Charters of cities may not be amended by special laws : Ala . , Sec . 104 ( 18 ) ; Mo. , IV , 53 ; Neb . , III , 15 ; Pa . , III , 7 ...
... passed by two - thirds vote of the members elected to each house . ( Va . , Sec . 117. ) ( c ) . Charters of cities may not be amended by special laws : Ala . , Sec . 104 ( 18 ) ; Mo. , IV , 53 ; Neb . , III , 15 ; Pa . , III , 7 ...
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Page 3 - ... towns heretofore or hereafter organized, and all charters thereof framed or adopted by authority of this Constitution, shall be subject to, and controlled by general laws.
Page 179 - The credit of the State shall not, in any manner, be given or loaned to, or in aid of, any individual, association or corporation.
Page 60 - Has directly or indirectly, by himself or his partner, any share or interest in any contract or employment with, by, or on behalf of the council...
Page 3 - Corporations may be formed under general laws, but shall not be created by the legislative assembly by special laws. The legislative assembly shall not enact, amend or repeal any charter or act of incorporation for any municipality, city or town.
Page 3 - ... may cause an election to be had at which election there shall be chosen by the qualified electors of said city, fifteen freeholders thereof, who shall have been residents of said city for a period of at least two years preceding their election and qualified electors, whose duty it shall be to convene within ten days after their election and prepare and propose a charter for such city. Such proposed charter shall be submitted to the qualified electors of said city...