Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-09-25

by suitable penalties the provisions
OF this section.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
Section Is OF article 2 Of the con-
stitutiOn Of the state of North Dako-
ia shall be and hereby is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 25. The legislative authority
of the state Of North Dakota shall
be vested in q legislative assembly.
consisting of senate and house of
representatives, but the people re-
serve to themselves power to pro-
pose 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 legisla-
tive assembly.
The first power reserved by the
people Is the Initiative, and not more
than eight per cent Of the legal vo-
ters 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 peti-
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 It c0nvenes. 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 an
sembly within forty days. Is any
initiative measure shall be enacted
by the legislative assembly It shall
be subject to referendum, petition
or It may be referred by the legfsla-
tive assembly to the people for APP
proyal 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 1t to the people for ap-
prevail or rejection at the next ensu-
ing, regular general election. The
sAC&5l6l0IAS0 606OMUAy AA0y IOJSNSf. oAAy
measure so proposed by initiative pc
titicn and propose different one to
4 accomplish the same purpose, and in
!. any such event both measures shall
he submitted by the secretary Of
state to the people for approval or
rejection at the next ensuing regu-:
lar election. II 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-
dun, 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
tons Of any measure passed by the
) legislative assembly. either by q pc
tition signed by five per cent Of the
legal voters or by the legislative as
sembiy TIA majority OF the members
elect vote. therefor. When It is neces-
sary for the immediate preservation
OF the public peace, health or safety
that 70 law shall become effective
without delay, such necessity and the
facts creating the same be stated In
one section Of the bill, and II upon
aye and nay vote IN each house two
thirds Of all the members elected to
each house shall vote on separate
! roll call in favor Of the said law go
ing into instant operation for the
immediate preservation OF the public
I peace, health or safety. such law
q shall become operative upon appro-