Article XI — Municipal Corporations
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Neb. Const. art. XI, § 1 Subscription to stock prohibited; exception
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No city, county, town, precinct, municipality, or other subdivision of the state shall ever become a subscriber to the capital stock, or owner of such stock, or any portion or interest therein of any railroad, or private corporation, or association, except that, notwithstanding a…
Neb. Const. art. XI, § 2 City of 5,000 may frame charter; procedure
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Any city having a population of more than five thousand (5000) inhabitants may frame a charter for its own government, consistent with and subject to the constitution and laws of this state, by causing a convention of fifteen freeholders, who shall have been for at least five yea…
Neb. Const. art. XI, § 3 Rejection of charter; effect; procedure to frame new charter
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But if said charter be rejected, then within six months thereafter, the mayor and council or governing authorities of said city may call a special election at which fifteen members of a new charter convention shall be elected to be called and held as above in such city, and they …
Neb. Const. art. XI, § 4 Charter; amendment; charter convention
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Such charter so ratified and adopted may be amended, or a charter convention called, by a proposal therefor made by the law-making body of such city or by the qualified electors in number not less than five per cent of the next preceding gubernatorial vote in such city, by petiti…
Neb. Const. art. XI, § 5 Charter of city of 100,000; home rule charter authorized
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The charter of any city having a population of more than one hundred thousand inhabitants may be adopted as the home rule charter of such city by a majority vote of the qualified electors of such city voting upon the question, and when so adopted may thereafter be changed or amen…