Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-10-14
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

1850
NO. s-senate Substitute for Assembly and Concur.
rent Resolution, proposing article nineteen of
tne constitution BY adding to said article three relating
TO the Initiative and referendum and the powers thereby
conferred upon the qualified electors.
Approved February /, 1911
Resolved by the Senate the Assembly eoneurrno That
section three be added nineteen of the const
tuition of the State of Nevada said section added to
read follows
Section 3. The people reserve to themselves the mower
to propose laws and the propose amendments to
the constitution and to enact reject the the
polls independent the legislature and also reserve the
power at their option to reject at the polls in
the manner herein provided any item section or mart
OF any act or by legislature and sec
ton one Of article four of the shall hereafter
be considered accordingly The power reserved BY
the people is the initiative more than ten per
cent 90 cent? of the qualified electors shall be re-
quired to propose by initiative petition and
every such petition shall include the full OF
ure so proposed Initiative petitions for all municipal
legislation shall be filed secretary Of state not
less than thirty days any regular session of
the egsaure the secretary of state shall transmit
same to the legislature and organ
ICES Such initiative shall precedence
all measures of the legislature except appropriation bills
and shall be enacted rejected by legislature with
out change or amendment within forty (4O) days II any
such initiative measures proposed by petition
said shall be enacted by the legislature approved by
the governor in the other laws are en-
acted, shall become law shall be subject to
referendum petition provided one and two
of this article If said initiative measure be rejected
by the legislature, if action be within
said forty (4O) days the secretary shall submit
the to the qualified approval or rejec
tion at the ensuing election; and IL major
ity of the qualified electors voting thereon approve
OF such measure shall become law effect
from the date of the official declaration OF the vote; an
initiative approved by the qualified electors
shall not be annuled set aside repealed by legs
lature within three go act takes
effect In the Legislature shall reject initiative
said body he of tho
propose different measure the subject which
event both measures shall be submitted by the secretary
OF state to the qualified electors for approval
at the next ensuing election enactng clause
of the bills proposed by the initiative shall 1.-The
pie of the State of Nevada do follows" The
whole number of votes for justice the supreme
court at the general election last preceding filing of
initiative petition shall be the mum
Der OF qualified electors required sign such
shall be counted The second power by peo
pie is the referendum. which shall be exercised In the
manner provided in sections and of this article
The initiative and referendum powers this pro
each county and municipality all local. special
municipal legislation Of character in for said
spectve counties municipalities The legislature may
provide by law for the of exercising initiative
and referendum to county and municipal legsa
ton. but shall require petition than 10 per
cent Go per cent? of the qualified electors order the
referendum than Is per cent Us per cent? to
propose municipal measure by initiative con
nicting measures submitted the people the next
ensuing general election shall approved by a ma
oriy OF the votes severaly against OF
said measures the receiving highest
OF affirmative votes shall thereupon become law
all conflicting provisions The provisions of this section
shall be sefexecuting but legislation may be especially
enacted to facilitate its operation