Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-10-16

act or measure passed by the legisla-
tive assembly.
| The first power reserved by the
people Is the initiative, and not more
than eight per cent Of the legal vo-
tiers shall be required to propose any
measure by initiative petition, and
every such petition shall include the
full text of the measure so proposed,
but the anne constitutional amend
ment shall not be proposed oftener
than once in ten years. Initiative petit
tions shall be filed with the secreta,
ry 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 as 1t convenes. Such
initiative measures shall take prece-
dence over all other measures in the
legislative assembly except appropri-
alton bills, and shall be either enact
ed or rejected without change or
amendment by the legislative as
sembly within forty days.. If any
initiative measure shall be enacted
by the legislative assembly it shall
be subject to referendum petition
or it may be referred by the legisla-
tive assembly to the people for APP
prevail or rejection. II it is reject
ed or 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 ap-
prevail or rejection at the next ensu-
ing regular general election. The
legislative assembly may reject any
measure so proposed by initiative pc
titicn and propose different one to
accomplish the same purpose. and 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 regu-
lar election. If conflicting measures
submitted to the people at the next
ensuing election shall be approved by
a majority Of the votes severally
cast for and against the same, the
one receiving the highest number OF
affirmative votes shall thereby be-
come valid and the other shall there
by be rejected.
The second power is the referen-
dunn, and it may be ordered Except
as to laws necessary for the imme-
date preservation of the public
peace, health or safety as to any
measure or any parts, items or sec
lions of any measure passed by the
legislative assembly. either by pc
tition signed by five per cent Of the
legal voters or by the legislative as
sembly If majority of the members
elect vote therefor. When it is neces-
sary for the immediate preservation
OF the public peace, health or safety
that law shall become effective
without delay, such necessity and the
facts creating the same be stated in
one section of the bill, and IL upon
aye and nay vote in each house two
thirds of all the members elected to
each house shall vote on a separate
roll call in favor of the said law 60
ing into instant operation for the
immediate preservation of the public
peace, health or safety, such law
val by the governor.
The filing of referendum petition
against one or more items, sections
or parts Of an act shall not delay
the remainder of that act from becom.
ing operative. Referendum petitions
against measures passed by the legis-
lative assembly shall be filed with
the secretary Of state not more than
ninety days after the nnaI adjourn
ment of the session of the legislative
assembly which passed the measure
on which the referendum is demand
ed. The veto power of the governor
shall not extend to measures referred
to the people. All elections on mea-
sures referred to the people of the
state shall be had at biennial regular
general elections. except as provision
may be made by law for a special
election or elections. Any constitu-
tional amendment or other measure
referred to the people shall take eff
feet when it is approved by a MAORI
ty of the votes cast thereon and not
otherwise, and shall be in force from
the date of the official declaration
of the vote. The enacting clause OF
all initiative bills shall be "Be
it enacted by the people of
the state of North Dakota
This section shall not be con-
strued to deprive any member OF
the legislative assembly of the right
to introduce any measure. The whole
number of votes cast for justice OF
the supreme court at the regular
election last preceding the filing OF
any petition for the initiative or for
the referendum shall be the basis on
which the number Of legal voters
necessary to sign such petition shall
be counted. Petitions and orders fol