The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-08-13
Proposed Amendments
To The Constitution.

To The 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.
Proposed Amendment.
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 o
poration and common carrier organized
in, or doing business in this state,
under the laws or authority thereof,
shall have and maintain a public Office
or place in the state for the %transac-
ton 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 recorded the amount of capital
stock subscribed and by whom, the
names of the owners of the stock and
the amount owned by them respec-
lively, 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 it's officers. The
directors of every railroad corporation
and of every ommon 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 include such matters
relating to railroads and common car
riers 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 25 of article 2 of the con
stitution OF the state of North Dakota
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 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 W 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
measure by initiative petition, and
every such petition shall include the
full text Of the 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. lie shall trans
NIT the same to the legislative as
sembly as soon as it convenes. Such
initiative measures shall take preced-
ence w all other measures in the
legislative assembly except appropria-
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 legis-
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referendum petition or it may be re-
ferred by the legislative assembly to
The people for approval or rejection.
If it is rejected or no action is taken
upon it by the legislative assembly
within said forty days, the secretary
I of state shall submit it to the people
for approval or rejection at the next
| 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, 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 regular election.
If conflicting measures submitted to
the people at the next ensuing cleo
ton 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 become valid and
the other shall thereby be rejected.
The second power is the referen-
dunn, and it may be ordered Except
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
i assembly, either by a petition signed
by five per cent of the legal voters or
by the Legislative assembly if a major
ity of the members-elect vote therefor.
| When it is necessary for the immedi-
ate preservation Of the public peace,
health or safety that a law shall be-
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