Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-10-02

ASSe&~e
any act or easure passed by the
Legislative assemb bly,. ~ "a:
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, butSthe same
constitutional amendment shall not
be 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
session of the legislative assembly.
He shall transmit the same to the leg
islative 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. @eEIf such in
itiative measure shall be enacted by
the legislative assembly it, shall be
subject to referendum. petition or it
may be referred by the Legislative as
sembly to the people for approval or
rejection. If it is rejected or no &C
ton is taken upon it by the legislative
assembly within the said forty days,
the secretary of state shall submit it to
the people for approval or rejection at
the next ensuing regular general cleo
ton. The legislative assembly may
reject any measure so proposed by in
itiative petition and propose differ
ent one to accomplish the*same pur-
pose 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 ensu-
ing regular election. If con-
nicting measures submitted to the peo-
pie at the next ensuing election shall
be approved by majority of the votes
severally cast for and against the
same, the one receiving thte highest
number of Affirmative votes shall
thereby become valid and gthe other
shall thereby be rejected. -
The second power is the referendum,
and it may be ordered Except as to
laws necessary for the, immediate
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 as
sembly, either by petition signed by
five per cent of the legal voters or by
the legislative assembly If majority
of the members-elect vote therefor
When it 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
the bill, and If upon. aye and nay vote
in each house two-thirds rof all the
members elected to each house shall
| vote on separate roll call in favor
| of the said law going into instant op
GRAFTON for the immediate preservation
of the public peace, health or safety
such law shall become operative upon
J approval by the governor. -"
The fling of referendum petitions
against one or more items, sections OF
parts Of an act shall not delay the
remainder of that act from becom
ing operative. Referendum petitions
against measures passed by the legis
lative assembly shall be fled with the
secretary of state not more than nine
ty days after the final adjournment O
the session of the legislative assembly
which passed the measure. on which
the referendum Is demanded! The
veto power Of the governor shall no
extend to measures referred to the pee
pie. All elections on measures refer
red to the people of the state shall b.
had at biennial regular general cleo
taons, except az provision may be mad,
by law for special election or cleo
tons. Any constitutional amend
ment or other measure referred to tn,
people shall take effect when it is an
proved by a majority of the votes cas-
| thereon and not otherwise, and shall
be in force from the date of the7ofncia
declaration of the vote. The enactin,