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Mr . Clayton L. LeFevere - 4 April 14 , <br /> The legislature was not able to set qualifications for local <br /> government officers prior to the constitutional amendment in 1396 <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. Holman, 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 16,-18. Therefore Minn. Stat. § 410. 07 does not authorize 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 qualifications 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 /> qualifications for elective office would be contrary to the general <br /> . principle of universal eligibility and thus was wisely left within <br /> the power of the legislature alone . " Novel municipal legislation <br />