The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-10-01
Proposed Amendment.

Section rs Of article 2 of the con:
stitution OF the state of North Dakota
shall be and hereby is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. rs. The legislative authority |
of the state Of North Dakota shall be !
vested in a legislative assembly con.
sistlng Of a senate and house of rep |
resentatives, but the people reserve t.
themselves power to propose laws ana
amendments to the constitution, anu
to enact or reject the same at the
polls, independent Of the Legislative
assembly, and also ser power, a,
their own option, to approve or reject
at the polls any act, item, section OF
part Of any act OF 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
measure 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 fled 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 as it convenes. Such
initiative measures shall take proceed
ence W all other measures in the
legislative assembly except approprla-
ton bills, and shall be either enacted
or rejected without change OF amend
ment by the legislative assembly with
in forty days. If any such initiative
measure shall be enacted by the legis-
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.
upon it by the legislative assembly
Of state shall submit it to the people
for approval or rejection at the nexl
ensuing regular general election. The
legislative assembly may reject any
measure SO proposed by initiative
petition and propose a different n
to accomplish the same purpose, u
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.
II conflicting measures submitted to
the people at the next ensuing cleo.
ton shall be approved by a majority
of the votes severally cast for n
against the same, the n receiving
the highest number of affirmative
votes shall thereby become valid and
the other shall thereby be rejected.
The second power is the referen-
dunn, and it may be ordered (excepl
as to laws necessary for the immed
late preservation Of the public peace,
health or safety as to any measure
or any parts, items or sections OF
any measure passed by the legislative
assembly, either by a petition signed
by five per cent of the legal voters OF
by the legislative assembly if a major
1ty Of the members-elect vote therefor.
When it is necessary for the immedi.
ate preservation Of the public peace,
health o. safety that a law shall be-
come effective without delay, such
necessity and the facts creating the
same shall be stated in n section OF
the bill, and If upon any 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 going into In
slant operation for the immediate
preservation Of the public peace
health or safety, such law shall be
come operative upon approval 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
lis 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 final adjourn,
ment of the session of the legislative
assembly which passed the measure
on which the referendum is demanded
The veto power of the governor shall
not extend to measures referred tt
the people. All elections on measures
referred to the people of the state
shall be had at biennial regular gen
eral elections. except as provision