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73 <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />but in the three questions that were asked in that <br />opinion, one of the questions was can a charter <br />commission containing only 14 members lawfully prepare <br />and present the text of a new charter. And the answer <br />was, in connection with this question, you call our <br />attention to Attorney General opinion 58-G on <br />September 28, 1950 wherein this office answered this <br />question in the negative. However, Minnesota <br />Constitution Article IV.36 was then applicable. This <br />section has since been repeating and superseded in <br />Article IX.3 and 4. And I brought that up to the <br />attorney on three different occasions, and he said that, <br />in his opinion, it was not repealed. It was just <br />rearranged. And then I brought up at two different <br />meetings that in 1971 under House File 1127 that the <br />state legislature had amended the section of 4.10 to add <br />the language that a charter commission should have a <br />quorum stated in its bylaws and also in several <br />references that a charter commission operating under its <br />bylaws needs to simply abide by its bylaws. And I know <br />that we've discussed that quite a bit and that our bylaws <br />actually changed over the years as to the requirements. <br />I again recently discussed this with the <br />attorney's office on a telephone call with Jean Short, <br />one of his assistants, where she asked me what specific <br />