The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-10-19


Resolved By the Senate, the assembly concur
ring, That section three be added to article
nineteen of the constitution of the State OF
Nevada, 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 reject the same at the polls, indie
pendent OF the Legislature, and also reserve
the power at their option to approve or reject
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 initi-
alive, and not more than ten per cent OF the
qualified electors shall be required to propose
any measure by initiative petition. and every
such petition shall include the full text of the
measure SO proposed. Initiative petitions,
for all but municipal legislation, shall be hled
with the Secretary of State not less than
thirty 1907 days before any regular session Of
the Legislature; the Secretary OF State shall
transmit the same to the Legislature as soon
as it convenes and organizes. Such initiative
measure shall take precedence over all meas
ures of the Legislature except appropriation
bills. and shall be enacted or rejected by the
Legislature. without change or amendment,
within forty (40) days. If any such initiative
measure so proposed by petition as aforesaid,
shall be enacted by the Legislature and APP
proved by the Governor in the same manner
as other laws are enacted, same shall become
q law, but shall be subject to referendum
~petition as provided in sections one and two
Of this article. If said initiative measure be
rejected by the Legislature, or II 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
-.- o-n..nU ooporal alaatinp. and If
a majority Of the qualified electors voting
thereon shall approve of such measure it shall
become q law and take effect from the date OF
the official declaration of the vote; an initia-
tive measure SO approved by the qualified
electors shall not be annulled, set aside or
repealed by the Legislature within three ~
wears from the date said act takes effect. In
case the Legislature shall reject such initiative
measure, said body may, with the approval of
the Governor, propose a different measure on
the same subject, in which event both meas
ures shall be submitted by the Secretary OF
State to the qualified electors for approval
or rejection at the next ensuing generalization.
The e~nacting clause Of all bills proposed by the
initiative shall be: 'The people of the State
of Nevada do enact as follows" The whole
number Of votes cast for Justice OF the Su-
preme Court at the general election last pre-
ceeding the filing of any initiative petition
shall be the basis on 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 provided in sections
one and two Of this article. The initiative
and referendum powers in this article pro-
vided for are further reserved to the qualified
electors Of each county and municipality as to
all local, special and municipal legislation OF
every character in OF for said respective coun.
ties or municipalities. 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 q petition of more than ten per
cent no per cent? of the qualified electors to
order the referendum, nor more than fifteen
per cent Q5 per cent to propose any munich
pal measure by initiative. II the conflicting
measures submitted to the people at the next
ensuing general election shall both be approved
by a majority of the votes severally cast for
and against each of said measures, the meas
ure receiving the highest number of afirma-
tive votes shall thereupon become a law as to
all conflicting provisions. The provisions Of
this section shall be self executing, but legis
lation may be especially enacted to facilitate
its operation.