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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. i
PROPOSED AME4>uMENT. =.
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 it's 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 the names and place of residence
of its officers. The directors of every
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
clude 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 2 of the consti
tuition of the state of North Dakota
shall be and hereby is amended tc
read as follows:
Sec. Is. The legislative authority
OF the state Of North Dakota shall be
vested in legislative assembly con
sisting of senate and house of rep
reseptatiyes, but the people reserve t.
themselves power to propose. laws ant
!, amendments to the constitution, and tt
8 enact or reject the same at the polls
/: Independent of the, legislative assem-
I. bly,, and also reserve power at~theil
y. avn option, to approve or reject at tn.
Il polls any act, item, section or part o
# any act~ors--Measure passed by thu
81 legislative assembly. '- =
The first power reserved by the pee
IS ole LIS the initiative, and not more thai
4; eight per cent OF the legal voters sinai
" be required to- propose any nieasur
g. by initiative psti tton, and every sue
Il petition shall include the full text &
II aIle measure so proposed, but the sam
# constitutional amendment shall nc
4. be proposed oftener than once in te
gears. Initiative petitions shall be file
Il with the secretary Of state not les
than thirty days before any regula
II session OF the Legislative assembl
s. He shall transmit the same to the LEI
isIative assembly, as soon as 1t col
4 Venes. Such Initiative measures sha
take precedence over all other mea
ures i'd the legislative assembly excel
appropriation bill lib, and shall eitht
8 be enacted or rejected without chang
k,s aInsndmen t by the legislative ID
gegnhI Thin fort lays. sacn i
MS ifiative measure shall be enacted I
BIB the Iegfsla tive assembly 1t shall |
g.S subject It'd referend dunn petition or
may be referred By, the legislative d
81 seIubiy to the people for approval
lection. Ig 1t fs rejected or no q
lion Is taken upon IT lDy the IegfsIasa,