Arizona republican., 1899-03-24
INITIATIVE & REFERENDUM
Text of inc Law Which If was Pro- posed 10 Add to Our Statutes.

Here is the text of the initiative and referendum bill which failed to become a law:
 Be it enacted by the legislative as semb!y of the territory of Arizona
 Section 1. The right to approve, re- ject and repeal territorial laws, or pro posed territorial laws, shall rest with the majority of the citizens of the ter ritory.
 Sec. ?. The right to propose laws for the territory shall, in addition to being exercised by the members of the legislative assembly, rest with any number of voters of the territory equal to 5 per cent of the votes cast at the last preceding general election before such proposal. The right to propose laws for any poli1ical subdivision of the territory, such as county, city, town, district or precinct, shall, in ad- dition to being exercised by members of it's local legislative body, as at pres ent, rest with any number of its voters equal to 15 per cent of the number of votes cast within it's limits at the last preceding general election before such proposal. The method to be employed
 
 known as the initiative
 Sec. 3. The right to demand the referendum on any law of the terri tory may be exercised by per cent of the voters of the IteTritory filing a peti- tiOn with the secretary of the territory, designating the law and demanding its submission to vote of the people. The right to demand the referendum on any local law or ordinance of po- litical subdivision of the territory as heretofore described may be exercised by 15 per cent of the voters of that po- litical subdivision filing their petition with the clerk of the county, city, town or district, as the case may be- The initiative shall be exercised in like manner by filing the petition of like numbers of voters with the officer des- ignated above to receive the demand for the refe1endum.> AZ demands for the initiative and for the referendum shall be filed with the secretary of the territory at least six mCnths before the general election at which they are to be submitted to the people.
 Sec. i. No act passed by the legisla- tive assembly shall become a law in less time than six months after it's passage. except in cases of extraordinary emeG- gency, which shall be stated in said eAOLs olIu II Nllllll SlA IHOuIuS d1l6G the passage of any act, a petition of per cent of the legal voters of the territory shall be filed with the secretary of the territory asking for the repeal of such law or laws, the secretary of the terri tory shall order an election for the rejection or acceptance of such law or laws; and if at such election a major 1ty of the, votes cast therefor shall be yes such law or laws shall become void; and if less than majority be yes" the same shall become a law or laws.
 Sec. }. No election, as provided for herein, shall be ordered more than cnce during any year at which time all bills shall be voted upon which may have been petitioned for as provided for in either the initiative or referen- dum
 Sec. 6. The elections for acceptance or rejection of all laws provided for in this act shall be held on the last Mon day of the eighth month following the adjournment of legislative assembly. at