The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-07-26
Proposed Amendment to State
Constitution.

TO whom it may concern: In obedience
10 AN act of the Legislature; approved
March TO- 1911 entitled as follows: AN
Act to amend section Of article II of the
Constitution of the State of Washington,
relating to legislative powers, providing
for the initiative and referendum. and
striking section 81 of said article ii, re-
lating to the time when laws take effect,
there is hereby published for the consid,
Grafton of the voters of the State OF
Washington the following proposed
amendment to the constitution of said
state:
That at the general election to be held
in this state on the Tuesday next sue
ceeding the first Monday in November
1912. there shall be supmittedto the quail
and approval or rejection an amendment
to article IL of the Constitution OF the
lative powers. by striking from article ii
all of sections / and FL and inserting in
lieu thereof as section the following, so
Article Ii, section =. The legislative
authority of the STATE OF Washington
shall be vested in the Legislature. consist
ing of senate and house of representa-
tives. which shall be called the legisla-
ture of the State OF Washington but the
people reserve to themselves the power
to propose bills. laws. and to enact or re-
ject the same at the polls, independent of
the Legislature. and also reserve power.
at their own option. to approve or reject
at the polls any act, item, section or part
of any bin. act or law passed by the leg
1a) Initiative: The first power re-
served by the people is the initiative.
Ten per centum, but in no case more than
fifty thousand. of the legal voters shall
be required to propose any measure by
such petition. and every such petition
shall include the full text of the measure
SO proposed. Initiative petitions shall be
filed with the secretary of state not less
than four months before the election at
which they are to be voted upon. or not
session of the Legislature. If filed at least
four months before the election at which
they are to be voted upon. he shall sub
init the same to the vote of the people at
the said election. If such petitions are
filed not less than ten days before any
regular session Of the Legislature he shall
transmit the same to the Legislature
soon as it c6nvenes and organizes. Such
initiatiye measure shall take precedence
over all other measures in the Legislature
except appropriation bills and shall be
either. enacted or rejected without change
or amendment by the legislature before
the end of such regular session. If any
such initiative measure shall be enacted
by the Legislature it shall be subject To
the referendum petition. or it may be en-
the people for approval or rejection at the
next regular election. If it is rejected OF
II no action is taken upon it by the legis
lature before the end or such regular
sion. the secretary of state shall submit
1t to the people for approval rejection
at the'next ensuing regular general cleo
uOn. 1.-The Legislature may reject any
measure so proposed by initiative petit
ton aid propose different one dealing
Win the same subject. ana IN such
event both measures shall be submitted
by the; secretary of state to the people
ior approval or rejection at the next en-
suing regular general election When
conflicting measures are submitted to the
people:the ballots shall be so printed that
voter can express separately Icy making
one cross tX) for each. two preferences
first. as between either measure and
neither, and secondly as between one and
the other II the 'orty of those vot-
ing on the first issue is for neither both
ran. put In that case the votes ON the
second issue shall nevertheless be care
fully counted and made public. If ma
1ority voting on the first issue is foi
eitner.. then the measure receiving a ma
1ority OF the votes on the second issue
CD Referendum. The second power
reserved by the people Is the referendum
and it, may be ordered on any act. bill
law. or any part thereof passed by the
legislature. except such laws as may be
neccssar! foo the immediate preservation
OF the public peace. health or safety, sup
listing public institutions. either by petit
tion signed by the required percentage of
dne legal ;,, voters: or by the legislature as
nut IN no case more than thirty thousand
OF the legal voters shall be required to
sign ana make a valid referendum petit
Co No act. law. or bill subject to ref
erendum shall take effect until ninety
Gays AFTER the adjournment of the session
at which it was enacted. No act. law. or
bill approved by a majority of the eiec.
tors voting thereon shall be amended or
repealed by the Legislature within n peri
ga OF Two years following such enactment
But such enactment may be amended or
repealed at any general regular or special
eiectlon ny direct vote of the people
thereon.
!, tb The filing of referendum peti-
tion against one or more items, sections
or parts of any act, law or bill shall not
delay the remainder of the measure from
becoming, operative. Referendum petit
tons against measures passed by the leg
islature shall be filed with the secretary
OF state not later than ninety days after
the final adjournment of the session of
on which the referendum Is demanded
Inc veto power of the governor shall not
extend extend to measures initiated by or re-
ferred to the people. All elections ON
measures referred to the people of the
state shall be had at the biennial resu-
E ar elections ed except when the Legislature
sure initiated by the people or referred
to the people as herein provided shall
approved by ,ajority of the votes east
thereon: Provided, That the vote cast
upon such question or measure shah
equal one third of the total votes east at
such election and not otherwise Such
measure shall be in operation on and after
the thirtieth day after the election at
bills proposed by initiative petition shall
DE-: BE i enacted by the people of the
not be construed to deprive any member
oi the legislature of the right to introduce
any measure. The whole number of cleo
tors VINO voted for governor at the repu-
l;T gubernatorial election last preceding
the filing of any petition for the initiative
or ior the referendum shall be the basis
on which the number of legal voters nee
esSary 10 sign such petition shall be
counted All such petitions shall be filed
win the secretary of state, who shall be
guided by the general laws in submitting
me same to the people until additional
legislation shall especially provide there
Tor: This section Is eeif-eXecutng. but
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iaciiltate ltS operation.
The legislature shall provide methods
81 publicity of all laws or parts of laws
ana amendments to the constitution re-
ferred to the people with arguments for
and against the laws and amendments so
referred. so that each voter of the state
shall receive the publication at least fifty
days before the election at which they are
to be voted upon.
There shall be printed on all ballots
provided for the said election, the words.
For the proposed amendment of see
ton | of article III Of the constitution of
the state of Washington. relating Ia leg
isiative powers and providing for the
INITIATIVE ana referendum"
against the proposed amendment of
section Of article III of the constitution
OF the State of Washington. relating to
legislative powers and providing for the
initiative and referendum"
For the proposed amendment of article
II of the constitution of the State of
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