Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-10-15
Proposed constitutional
Amendments.

constitution by adding to said article sec
tfon three, relating to the Initiative
referendum and tie poweys thereby oUn-
/e'ved Hpon the qualified elNIo,s.
Approved February 1, 1911
Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly
concurring, That section three be added
to article nineteen OF the state of New
ada, said section, SO added, to read as
follows:
Section 8. The people reserve to
themselves the power to propose laws
and the power to propose amendments
to the constitution and to enact or re-
ject the same ut the polls, independent
of the legislature, and also reserve the
power at their option to approve or re-
ject at the polls, in the manner herein
provided. any act, item, section or part
of any act or measure passed by the
legislature, and section one of article
four Of the constitution shall hereafter
be considered accordingly. The first
power reserved by the people is the ini-
tiative, and not more than ten per cent
no J of the qualified electors shall he
required to propose any measure by mi
tiative petition, and every such petition
shall include the full text of the mea-
sure so proposed. Initiative petitions.
for all but municipal legislation, shall
be filed with the secretary of state not
less than thirty (3O) days before any
regular session of the Legislatures; the
secretary of state shall transmit the
same to the legislature as soon as it
convenes and organizes. Such initia-
tive measure shall take precedence over
all measures of the legislature except
appropriation bills, and shall be enact
ed or rejected by the legislature, with
out change or amendment, within forty
(4O) days. II any such initiative mea-
sure so proposed by petition as afore.
said, shall be enacted by the legislature
and approved by the governor in the
same manner as other laws are enacted,
same shall become law. but shall be
subject to referendum petition as pro-
vided in sections one and two of this ar
ticle. IF said initiative measure be re
jected by the legislature, or If no action
be taken thereon within said forty (4O)
days, the secretary of state shall submit
the same to the qualified electors for
approval or rejection at the next ensu-
ing general election; and if majority
of the qualified electors voting thereon
shall approve OF such measure it shall
become a law and take effect from the
date Of the official declaration of the
vote; an initiative m easure SO approved
by the qualified electors shall not be
annulled, set sside or repealed by the
legislature within three (3) years from
the date said act takes effect. In case
the legislature shall reject such initia-
tive measure, said body may, with the
approval of the governor, propose diff
ferent measure on the same subject, in
which event both measures shall he
submitted by the secretary of state to
the qualified electors for approval or
rejection at the next ensuing general
election. The enacting clause of all
bills proposed by the initiative shall
be: ''The People of the State of Ne
vada do enact as follows" The whole
number of votes cast for justice of the
supreme court at the. general election
last preceding the filing of any init
alive petition shall be the basis OH
which the number of qualified electors
required to sign such petition shall be
counted. The second power reserved
by the people is the referendum, which
shall be exercised in the manner pro-
vided in sections one and two of this
article. The initiative and referendum
powers in this article provided for are
further reserved to the qualified elect
ors of each county and municipality as
to all local. special and municipal
legislation of every character in or fo1
said respective counties or municipal
tiles. The legislature may provide by
law for the manner of exercising the
initiative and referendum powers as to
county and municipal legislation but
shall not require petition OF m re
than 10 per cent (10S) Of the electors to
order the referendum, nor more than
Is per cent Q5%) to propose any
municipal measure by initiative. If the
conflicting measures submitted to the
people at the next insuing general
election shall both be approved by
majority of the votes severally cast for
and against each Of said measures, the
measure receiving the highest number
of affirmative votes shall thereupon
become alaw as to all conflicting pro-
visions. The provisions of this section
shall be self-executipg, but legislation
may be especially enacted to facilitate