The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-03

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ors.
(Seal.) J. w. DAvEY,
County Clerk of Humboldt County,
| Nevada
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS
No. 3-Senate Substitute for Assem-
| bly, Joint and Concurrent Resolu-
tion, proposing to amend article nine
teen of the constitution by adding
to said article section three relating
to the initiative and referendum and
the powers thereby conferred upon
the qualified electors. Approved
February /, 1911.
| Resolved by the Senate. the Assem-
bly, eoncurring, That section three be
added to article nineteen of the con
stitution of the State of Nevada, said
section, so added, to read as follows
Section 3. 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 at the polls, Independent
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 construed accordingly.
The first power reserved by the people
is the initiative, and not more than
ten per cent of the qualified electors
shall be required to propose any meas
ure by initiative petition, and every
such petition shall include the full
text of the measure so proposed In
| itiative petitions, for all but munich
| pal legislation, shall be filed with the
secretary of state not less than thirty
| (30) 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
nres of the legislature except appro-
priation 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 leg
islature and approved by the governor
in the same manner as other laws are
enacted, same shall become a law, but
shall be subject to referendum peti-
tion as provided in sections one and
two of this article. If said initiative
measure be rejected by the legislature,
or if no action be taken thereon with
in said forty (40) days, the secretary
of state shall submit the same to the
qualified electors for approval or re-
lection at the next ensuing general
election; and if a majority of the
qualified electors voting thereon shall
approve of such measure it shall be-
eene law and take effect from the
date of the official declaration of the
vote; an initiative measure so APP
proved by the qualified electors shall
not be annulled, set aside or repealed
by the legislature within three (3)
years from the date said act takes eff
feet. In case the legislature shall re-
ject such initiative measure, said body
may, with the approval of the COVER
nor, propose different measure on
the same subject, in which event both
measures shall be 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 Peo-
pie of the State of Nevada do enact
as follows.' The whole number of
votes cast for Justice of the supreme
court at the general election last pre-
ceding the fling of any initiative petit
ton 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 peo-
pie 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 provided for are furth-
er reserved to the qualified electors of
each county and municipality as to all
local, special and municipal legislation
of every character in or for said re-
spective counties or municipalities.
The legislature may provide by law
for the manner of exercising the in
itiative and referendum powers as to
county and municipal legislation, but
shall not require a petition of more
than ten per cent of the qualified elee-
ors to order the referendum, nor more
than fifteen per cent to propose any
municipal measure by initiative. If
the conflicting measures submitted to
the people at the next ensuing general
election shall both be approved by
majority of the voters severally east
for and against each of said measures
the measure receiving the highest
number of Affirmative votes shall
thereupon become law as to all con-
flicting provisions. The provisions, of
this section shall be self-executing, but
legislation may be especially enacted
to facilitate its operation.
No. 4-Senate Substitute for Assem-
bly Joint and Concurrent Resolution
No. 8, proposing that section nine
be added to article two of the con-
st;tutiop of the State of Nevada.