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Proposed Amendment
to Constitution

The following proposed amendments
to the Constitution of the state of
North Dakota, having passed the
Tenth Legislative Assembly, will be
submitted to the Eleventh Legislative
Assembly for approval or rejection.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
That section 40 OF the constitution
of the state of North Dakota is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 140. Amendment. Railroad
corporations and common carriers re-
quired to keep office in the state and
make reports. Every railroad corpora
ton and common carrier organized in,
or doing business in this state, under
the laws or authority thereof, shall
have and maintain public Office or
place in the state for the transaction
OF it's business where a record of the
transfers of its stock shall be made
and in which shall be kept for public
inspection, books in which shall be re-
corded the amount of capital stock
subscribed and by whom, the names
of the owners of the stock and the
amount owned by them respectively,
the amount of stock paid in and by
whom, and the transfers of said stock;
the amount of it's assets and liabilities
and fthe names and place of residence
of tsSoficers. The directors of ever
railroad corporation and of every com
mon carrier doing business in this
state shall annually make a report.
under oath, to the auditor of public
accounts or some officer or officers to
be designated by law, of all their
ACTS and doings, which report shall in
cIude such matters relating to rail
roads and common carriers as may be
prescribed by law. Similar reports
shall be made to such other officers
and at such times and places as may
be required by law and the legislative
assembly shall pass laws enforcing by
suitable penalties the provisions OF
this section.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
Section rs of article of the consti-
tuition of the state of North Dakota
shall be and hereby is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. Is. The legislative authority
Of the state of North Dakota shall be
vested in a legislative assembly con.
reSentatives, but the people reserve to
themselves power to- propose laws and
amendments to the constitution, and te
enact or reject the same at the polls
Independent of the legislative assem-
and also reserve power, at Their
eWn option, to approve orreject at the
polls any act, item, section or part Of
any act or measure passed by the
legislative assembly.
The first power reserved by the PEG
pie lis the initiative, and not more thar
eight per cent of the legal voters shall
be required to propose any measure
by initiative petition, and every suc1
petition shall include the. full text q
the measure SO proposed. but the same
constitutional amendment shall NO
be proposed oftener than once in tel
I years. Initiative petitions shall be f1et
with the secretary OF state not lesi
than thirty days before any regula,
session of the legislative assembly
ao shall transmit the same to the leg
islatiye assembly as soon ais it con
venes. Such initiative measures shall
take precedence over all other meas
: uTeg In the Legislative assembly egcep
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Z be enacted orrejected without chang
or amendment by the legislative as
gembfy Within forty days. r. such In
! 3tiatiVei measure shall be enacted b,
! the legislative assembly it shall b.
4 subject to referendum petition Or {
may lie referred by the legislative al
gsmnI 20 the people for approval o.
rejection. If it is rejected OF mo ac
aaOn IL eaII cen upon it BY the Legislative