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Mr . Clayton L. Le 'evere - 4 April 14 , 1;w_ <br /> The legislature was not able to set. qualifications for local <br /> government officers prior to the constitutional amendment in 1896 <br /> authorizing home rule charters. In 1394 the Minnesota Supreme Court <br /> held that the legislature did not have the power to add <br /> qualifications to eligibility for an elective office beyond those <br /> specified in, what is currently, Article VII , Section 6, of the <br /> Minnesota Constitution. State ex rel . Childs v. Wolman. <br /> 58 Minn. <br /> 219, 226, 59 N.W. 1006 (1894) . The clause in Article XII , <br /> Section 3, which allows the legislature to set qualifications for <br /> local government officers was adopted in 1958. Proclamation of <br /> Governor Orville L. Freeman (November 20 , 1958) , 1959 Minn. Session <br /> Laws 164,18. Therefore Minn. Stat. S 410. 07 does not authorise local <br /> governments to set qualifications for elected officers. <br /> While the legislature has delegated much of its authority <br /> originally granted in Article XII , Section 3, nowhere in section <br /> 410.07 did it delegate its authority to set quaiificati0na for <br /> elective office. The °scheme of municipal government' clause <br /> derives from the first portion of Article XII, Section 3 . The <br /> •prescription of "duties" is plainly distinguishable from a <br /> prescription of qualifications for office. Indeed any additional - -- <br /> ualificati.ons for elective office would be contrary to the general <br /> q <br /> principle of universal eligibility and thus was wisely left within <br /> • <br /> the power of the legislature alone . "Novel municipal legislation <br /> I <br /> -T7Od S3 I .LNLS 30 3(10193 "I * 'Alai:, <br /> 9 T 0 17 °e i °LO <br />