The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-10-08
Proposed Amendment.

Section Is of article 2 Of the con-
stitution 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-
sisting of a senate and house of rep
resentatives, but the people reserve to
themselves power to propose laws and
amendments to the constitution, and
to enact or reject the same at the
polls, independent Of the legislative
assembly, and also reserve power, at
their own option, to approve or reject
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
people is the initiative, and not more
than eight per cent of. the legal voters
shall be required to propose . any
easur by initiative petition, and
every such petition shall include the
full text of the measure SO proposed,
but the same constitutional amend
ment shall not be proposed oftener
than once in ten years. Initiative
petitions shall be filed with the sec
rotary Of state not less than thirty
days before any regular session of the
legislative assembly. He shall trans
NIT the same to the legislative as
sembly as soon Is it convenes. Such
initiative measures shall take proceed.
enc over all other measures in the
legislative assembly except approprla.
ton bills, and shall be either enacted
or rejected without change or amend.
ment by the legislative assembly with.
in forty days. If any such initiative
measure shall be enacted by the leg1s'
lative assembly it shall be subject to
referendum petition or it may be re
ferred by the legislative assembly to
the people for approval or rejection
II it is rejected OF no action is taken
upon it by the legislative assembly
within said forty days, the secretary
Of state shall submit it to the people
for approval OF rejection at the nex1
ensuing regular general election. The
legislative assembly may reject any
measure so proposed by initiative
petition and propose a different one
to accomplish the same purpose, ant
in any such event both measures shall
be submitted by the secretary of state
to the people for approval or rejection
at the next ensuing regular election
IT conflicting measures submitted t.
the people at the next ensuing cleo
ton shall be approved by a majorit!
of the votes s%everally cast for ant
against the same, the one receiving
the highest number of affirmative
votes shall thereby become valid ant
the other shall thereby be rejected.
The second power is the referen
dunn, and it may be ordered (excep
as to laws necessary for the immed
late preservation of the public peace
health or safety as to any measur
or any parts, items or sections o
any measure passed by the Legislative
assembly, either by a petition signe'
by five per cent of the legal voters o
by the legislative assembly If a major
ity of the members-elect vote therefor
When it is necessary for the immed1
ate preservation of the public peace
health or safety that a law shall be
come effective without delay, sue
necessity and the facts creating tn
same shall be stated in one section 9
the bill, and If upon any aye and ma
vote in each house two-thirds Of a
the members elected to each hous
shall vote on a separate roll call /
favor of the said law going into II
slant operation for the immediat
preservation of the public peace
health or safety, such law shall b.
come operative upon approval by tn
c governor.
The filing Of referendum petitio
against one or more items, section
or parts of an act shall not delay tn
remainder Of that act from becon
Ing operative. Referendum petition
against measures passed by the legi
lative assembly shall be filed wit
the secretary Of state not more tina
ninety days after the final adjourn
ment of the session Of the legislativ
assembly which passed the measu1
on which the referendum is hernandez
The veto power Of the governor sha
not extend to measures referred [
the people. All elections IN measure
referred to the people Of the stat
shall be had at biennial regular gel
eral elections, except as provisio
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