Weekly journal-miner., 1910-11-02

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 | Assembly, excepting such as require earlier operation to preserve the pub lie peace, health or safety, or may be appropriations for the support and maintenance of the Departments of State and State Institutions and are designated in their text as requiring such earlier operation, for such req son. and no bill containing an emer- gency clause shall be considered as passed unless it shall have received the affirmative votes of at least two thirds of the entire membership of the General Assembly, and if any such law shall be vetoed by the Gov ernOr. it shall not become a law un- | less it shall receive the affirmative vote of three-fourths of the entire membership of the General Assem- bly,. The veto power of the Gov ernor shall not extend to measures in- itiated by or referred to the people. All elections on measures referred to | the people of the State shall be held at the biennial, regular, general elee- ! tion, and all such measures shall be- come the law or a part of the Con stitution when approved by a major | ity of the votes cast thereon, and not otherwise, and shall take effect from and after the date of the official dee laration of the vote thereon by proc lamatiOn of the Governor, but not later than thirty days after the vote nas been canvassed. This section shall not be construed to deprive the General Assembly of the right to enact any measure. The whole num- Der of votes cast for Governor at the regular, general election last preeed- ing the filing of any petition for the Initiative or Referendum shall be the basis on which the number of legal voters necessary to sign such petition shall be counted.
 The Secretary of State shall sub nit all measures initiated by or re- ferred to the people for adoption or rejection at the polls in compliance ! herewith.
 The petition shall consist of sheets having such general form printed or written at the top thereof as shall be designated or prescribed by the Secretary of State. Such petition shall be signed by qualified electors in their own proper person only, to which shall be attached the residence address of such persons and the date of signing the same. To each of such petitions, which may consist of one or more sheets, shall be attached an affidavit of some qualified elee- tor that each signature thereon is the signature of the persons wnose name it purports to be, and that, to the best of the knowledge and be- lief of the afiant, each of the per sons signing said petition was, at the time of signing, a qualified eleetor. Such petition, so verified, shall be prima facie evidence that the sigma lures thereon are genuine and true, and that the persons signing the same are qualified electors. The text of all measures to be submitted snail | be published as Constitutional amend ments are published and in submit ting the same and in all matters per taining to the form of all petitions, | the Secretary of State and all other officers shal be guided by the general law until legislation shall be especi- ally provided therefor.
 The enaeting clause of every law shall be as follows: "Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arizona" or, when the In itiative is used: "Be it enacted by the People of the State of Ari- zona."
 The Initiative and Referendum powers reserved to the people by this section are hereby further re- l of city, town and municipality as to all local, special and municipal legisla- tion of every character in or for their respective municipalities. The man ner of exercising said powers shall be prescribed by general laws, except | that cities, towns and municipalities may provide for the manner of exer- eising the Initiative and Referendum power as to their municipal legisla- tion. Not more than 10 per cent of the legal voters may be required to order the Referendum, nor more than 15 per cent to propose any measure by the Initiative in any city, town or municipality.
 This section of the Constitution shall be, in all respects, seif-ex- eeuting.
 The debate on the proposition be- fore the Committee of the Whole will possibly be the crucial test and di- vision of the delegates Another great truth has dawned upon large number of the Democratic members, viz: that the people are not regard ing the convention as a political body sent to Phoenix to do petty Demo cratic politics, but are looking to the convention to frame a funda- | mental law for the insurance of ] Statehood and the fundamental good of every person and industry in the State It is a notable fact that dur | ing reeesses Democratic members of the highest standing are now ire quently seen in the Republican cor ner in earnest discussion of proposi- tions with the Republican members. In short, there is the strongest kind l.v