Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-10-25

Proposed Amendments To The Con
stitutiou of the State of Mississippi

Office Of the Secretary Of State,
Jackson, Miss. Oct. 3, 1912.
At the regular session of the
Legislature of the State of Missis-
sippi, held January, February and
March 1912, three concurrent res
olutions. were adopted submitting
to the qualified electors of the
state for ratification or rejection
at an election to be held on Tues
day after the first Monday in No
vember 1912, amendments to Sec
tions 81, 80 and So of the Constitu-
tion, which Amendments are in
words following, to-wit:
H. C. r. No. 81.
A concurrent resolution to a.
mend section 81 of the State
Constitution so that nine or
more jurors in civil suits may
agree on the verdict and return
it as the verdict of the jury
Be it resolved by the Legislature
of the State Of Mississippi, two
thirds of each house agreeing there
to, that the following amendment
to the State Constitution be sub
mitted to the qualified electors Of
the state for ratification or rejec-
tion at an election to be held on
the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November, 1912, viz;
Amend section 81 of the Consti-
tuition SO that it will read as fol-
lows;
Sec. 81. The right Of trial by
jury shall remain inviolate, but the.
Legislature may by enactment pro-
vide that in all civil suits tried in
the Circuit or Chancery courts.
nine or more jurors may agree on
the verdict and return it as the
verdict of the jury.
Passed the House of Representa-
tives on third reading March Sixth
1912.
H. M. Quln,
Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives.
Passed the Senate March Is, 1912.
Theo. G. Bilbo.
President of the Senate.
S. C. R. No. 8.
A concurrent resolution propos-
ing an amendment to Article 4
+ Section 80 of the Constitution Of
Mississippi providing for the In
itiative and Referendum Act.
Resolved by the Legislature of
the State Of Mississippi ,two-thirds
Of each House concurring therein.
That the following amendment to
the State Constitution be submitted
tot he qualified electors of the State
for ratification or rejection at an
election to be held on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in
November 1912, viz;
Amend Article 4. section thirty
three of the Constitution of the
State of Mississippi so as to read
as follows:
Section |. The legislative power
of the State of Mississippi is vest
ed in the Senate and house of Pep
resentatives, but the people reserve
to themselves the power to propose
laws and amend them to the Consti-
tuition, and to enact or reject the
same at the poll independent of the
the legislative assembly, and also
reserve power, at their own
option to approve or reject at the
polls any acts of the Legislative
assembly.
Sec. z The first power reserved
by the people is initiative and fif-
teen per centum of the legal voters
shall have the rignt to propose any
legislative measure, and twenty
per centum Of the legal voters shall
have the right to propose amend
ments to the constitution by petit
tion and every such petition shall
include full text of the measure
so proposed. Initiative petitions
kshall be filed with secretary Of the
State not less than three months
before the election at which they
are to be voted upon.
The second power is the Referen-
dunn, and it may be ordered Except
as to laws necessary for the imme-
date preservation of the public
peace, health or safety either by
petition signed by ten per centum
Of the legal voters or by the Legis-
lature as other bills are enacted,
The ratio and per centum Of legal
voters hereinbefore stated shall be
based upon the total number of
votes cast at the last general elgc-