Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-10-02
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
No 3-senate Substitute for Assembly Joint and Concur
rent Resolution proposing article nineteen Of
the constitution BY adding to said article three relating
to the Initiative and referendum powers thereby
conferred upon the qualified electors.
Approved February /. 1911
Resolved by the Senate the Assembly coneurrro Thar
section three be added article nineteen Of the
tuition of the State of Nevada said section so added IN
read follows
Section g. The reserve to themselves the nower
10 propose laws and the propose amendments to
the constitution and reject the same al the
pos independent OF the legislature and the
power at their option approve reject at the polls in
the manner herein provided any act item section or part
of any act or by legislature and sec
ton of article four constitution shall hereafter
be considered accordingly first power reserved b
the people is the initiative more than ten per
cent 90 cent? of the qualified electors shall be re-
qured to any by initiative petition and
every such petition shall include full text Of the meas
ure SO proposed Initiative petitions for all municipal
legislation shall be filed with secretary Of state not
less than thirty 900 any regular session of
the legislature the secretary state shall transmit the
TO the Legislature convenes and organ.
ICES Such initiative measure shall take
all measures OF the Legislature except appropriation bills
and shall be enacted rejected by Legislature with
out change amendment within forty 40) days If any
such initiative proposed by petition as aore
SAID shall be enacted by the legislature approved by
the governor in the same manner other are en-
acted, same shall become law. but be subject to
referendum petition provided in one and two
of this article If said measure be rejected
by the legislature, If action be within
said forty t40l days the secretary submit
the the qualified approval or rejec
tion at the ensuing general election; major
iy of the qualified electors voting thereon shall approve
of such measure it shall become law effect
from the date of the official the vote; an
initiative approved by the qualified electors
shall be annulled aside repealed the legis
laure within three go take,
effect In the Legislature shall such initiative
said body with approval governor
propose different subject in which
both shall submitted by secretary
of state the qualified electors for rejection
the ensuing general election The enacting
of the bills proposed by the initiative shall be- THE PEG
pie of the State of Nevada do follows" The
whole number of for justice of the
the general election last preceding the filing OF
initiative petition shall be the basis which the mum
qualified required sign such petition
shall be counted The second reserved by the
pie the referendum. which shall be exercised in the
provided in sections and two of this article
initiative referendum powers in this article
vded are further reserved the qualified electors
county and municipality all local. special ant
municipal legislation character in for said re
specve counties municipalities The Legislature may
provide by law exercising the initiative
referendum to county and municipal legisa
shall require petition of than 10 pei
cent 90 per of the qualified electors order the
referendum, than Is cent Q5 per cent? t6
propose any municipal by initiative. II the con
flicting submitted to the people at the mex
ensuing general election shall both be approved by ma
iorty seeraly Tor and against each o.
the measure receiving the highest number
of affirmative votes shall thereupon become law tc
all conflicting provisions The provisions of this section
shall be sefexecutng legislation be especially
enacted to facilitate its operation.
No 4-Senate Substitute for Assembly Joint and Concur
rent Resolution No. g. proposing that section nine be
added to article Of the constitution Of the State Of
Nevada.
Approved February q 1911a
Resolved by Senate, the Assembly concurring THAI
added article two of the constitution
of the State Nevada, read follows:
Section Every public officer in the State of Nevada il
subject as herein provided to recall from office by the
Qualified electors the of the county, district
or municipality which elected. For this pur
pose not less twenty-five per 25 per cent?
the qualified electors who the in thu
county district municipality eecting said officer.
shall file their petition herein provided
demanding his recall by the people, they shall set fort
in said petition n exceeding two hundred GOO
words the reasons why said recall is demanded If h
shall offer his resignation shall be accepted and taxi
effect on the offered and the thereby
caused shall filled in the manner provided by law.
he shall not resign within five 60 days after the petition
is filed special election shall ordered be hell
within twenty days 900 after the issuance of the cal
therefor in county. district municipalit
electing said officer determine peopl
win recall said ballot of said election