Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-08-14
Proposed Amendment
. TO Constitution

'A~NA ~ k~~SS~A
Tenth Legislative Assembly, will be
submitted to the Eleventh Legislative
Assembly for approval or rejection.
PROPOSED AMr.>UMENT.
That section 14O of the constitution
of the state of North Dakota is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 40. 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 its business where 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 it's 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
INV low
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 of the consti-
sutton 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 legislative assembly con-
sisting of 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 assem-.
oily, 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
legislative assembly
The first power reserved by the peo
pie 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 amendment shall not
Zoe proposed oftener than once in ten
years. Initiative petitions shall be filed
with the secretary of state not less
than thirty days before any regular
*~3G'f'", f the legislative assembly
He shall transmit the same to the leg
1sj..t..e assembly, as soon as it con
Venes. Such initiative measures shall
take precedence over all other meas
ures in the legislative assembly except
appropriation bills. and shall either
be enacted or rejected without change
Or amendment by the legislative as
sembly within forty days. If such in
ltlat1ve measure shall be enacted by
the legislative assembly it shall be
subject to referendum petition or il
may be referred by the legislative as
;se1nbly to the people for approval OF
rejection. If it is rejected or no &C
Sion is taken upon it by the legislative
assembly within the said forty days
the secretary of state shall submit it tc
the people for approval or rejection al
the next ensuing regular general cleo
ton. The legislative assembly ma,
re'"'t anV " IS ire SO proposed by in
shative petition and propose a differ
e~v, one 20 accomDlis. the same par
pose and in any such event both
measures shall be submitted by the
secretary CT state to tfe people 10,
approval or rejection at the next ensu
Sng ~ regular election Ii con
hIcting measures submitted to the PEG
pie at the next ensuing election shall
be approved by majority of the votes
seFerally cast for and against the
same. the one receiving thte highes1
number of affirmative votes shall
thereby become valid and the othe1
shall thereby be rejected
The second power is the referendum
and IT. may be ordered Except as tx
laws necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace
health or safety as to any measure OF
any parts, items or sections of an,
measure passed by the legislative as
ssembly. either by a petition signed by
hVe,per cent of the legal voters or by
the Legislative assembly If majority
of the members-elect vote therefor
Whensit is necessary for the immedi
ate preservation of the public peace
health or safety that law shall be
come effective without delay, such
necessity and the facts creating the
same shall be stated in one section Of
thesbill, and If 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
s7sof the said law going into instant Cd
~aration for the immediate preservation
.4of the public peace, health or safety
such law shall become operative upon
approval by the governor. -.
The filing of referendum petitions
against one or more items, sections OF
( parts of an act shall not delay the
y remand Ter of that act from becom
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