Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-10-11
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO
THE STATE CONSTITUTION
tCHAPTER 90 SESSION LAW OF lsll)
(anus~ Bin No 237-sS j. Dovle Of
Fnsta' .ud 2 Piovhar)
PROVIDING FOR INITIATIVE. RE
FEeENDUM AND RECALL

CONCURRENT e., RESOLUTION Tor
amendment. Of the Constitution pro.
vIdlno FOR tho Initiative and Refer.
endum. and the provisions thereof.
the Recall OF Public OFFICERS and Flu.
Be it resolved by tina House Of Repre-
sentstivas Of the State of North Da-
kola. sod the Senate thereof concur
ring .4.l ,.$.
the constitution t,i the: State Of North
Dsko,a b. refsr.ed 70 the legislative
agreement :" ha oy the legislative As.
sembly SO next chosen. as aforesaid.
unlimited to the people al the general
provisions Of Section 2o2 Of the con.
ssitntioHs, Of the state Of North dakota:
EA" Ss5. FIT sss,.ef Tv: sfsSi
(hS'. Fifty: nine t59). and Sixty five $3.50
Of Article two .t2l and Section zo'..of
Of Article Fifteen lti5i Of tho constltl-
e and are Ss1sbs a"soass to rs.d As
follows 81 Sst#.f.%5f ,r. = - a.,
Of the state shall be .es vasiea '" I.kis
lative assembly. consisting OF . senate
and house Of representatives. but the
people RESERVE to themselves the power:
First: ito propose laws. legislative inca.
sures. resolutions and sInendmentsst to
the constitution and to enact and APP
independents: ,nf the legislative assembly
or the governor. Except that amend
ments 10 the constitution shall he once
Second. at their own opt ion. to order
submit ted+:to them. and to enact, ap-
prove and confirm or reject and annul
luton. or item. section. part or parts of
any such as submitted to: proposed. en-
acted or rejected by the legislative as
sembiv. NV vetoed by the governor ~
iryt n
people Is the. Initiative and the second
Is the Referendun Every initiative pc :
measure proposed. and not more than
eight per cent, nor in any case more
than twenty thousand t20.0 00> legal cleo
tors shall he REQUIRED to p.tition for,
and propose amy measure to compel 1t
to be submitted /" the people at the
polls. independent and regardless of, or
no ntWiihsiiandir'g non enactn'en. thereof
ny the Legislative assembly or. veto by
tho governor j: providing that the initiA-
tiv" neiiti"''s proposing an amendment or
amendments to the cons itution. shall be
slSneH!hy not nlnre than sits per cent of
!he legal electors in at least one- half Of
the, countins OF The state Not more:
than five pet cent. nor in any case more
TORS. shall be required 10 petition and
spranose- any measure. 4 or resolutio for
enaettan ~ greeulept nv the legisla:
i've EasSe lblyFSnr-a 70 ord aud employ
the, referendum power Jas to initiative
measure or .reSontinn sn5GS,ihmilied, or.
as. ia any other act. measure or#rcsolu-
ton, or gpartz tticrGnt ;as she tti,,Eslrovi
under the second power reserved by. the
people. All initiative pe,ii ions for inea-
Shf';S. except Hfoi municipal and wholly
loc2' lcgisla lion. shah be filed in theloff
ire OF the secretary If, stale, not less
than four months prior To ihe:.eIect ion
AT WhIrh they arr, to be voted on. or,
within twenty days after The opening
SESSION nf hn legislative assembly And
whenever S" filed and mt: Submit ed to
vote ss al The election lasi35nrfce ding shall
b" transmit ted to the A,ia',iss, If repfesatl
stalivrS ut The opening session thereof
.(eNcept proposed cuiStitutiOnalJ amend
mentS .appinv"n at the preceding election
snail he transmitted 10 The state s..ieltt,
n n ten DAYS after filing. provided none
shall he so transmitted after fthss tli,.
10th day. Of h. terms Initiative mea- !.
@others in such Insislativ- assembly sex
cepi appropriation bills and cnnstitu 2
uonal amendments referred bv the PEG
Pc or =, preceding legislative assembly:
and and shall he. enacted, referred Or re-
5Jected. without sanlendment, by The gis-
,lative assembly a. that term RI en-.
acted. such measures, shall be subject to
.refrTcndum - II not enacted and not en-
Titled hereby 70 he submit ed To vote.
then the leslslatiu" assembly, as 1t en-
acts o'he, bills. may refer such proposed
n assures to The electors either alone or
tosei her with any 10 he same, purpose
and end. proposed and preferred by the
Itesislativ assembly Whenever II shall
= D
.yation Of the public peace. health or
safely that q law shall become effective.
without delav. such necessity shall be
stated in a separate section, and 81, by
"a vote of yeas and nays. three fo,,rths
OF all members elected to each house.
cltY council or commission. as the ease
call. in favor Of the measures going into
insi ant operation because necessary for
the immediate preSert a'ions or the public
peace, health or safety such law shall
nnerHfiVn ag Il
governor or mavor. as the case may be:
provided. That an emergency shall not
lnei SO neciarrh in any measure creating
the salary. term or duty Of any officer.
Or In dfsnosing Of any lands and nat urai
resources s hel"nging to the state
be filed in the office Of the secretary Of
state: not less Than ninety DAYS after
a assa f,hn, adhisern"nt Of the legislative
referred the measure on which refer u
endum Is demanded. "A .s;e5 n a} ,55s} a.
rs referendum petition ordering sub 4
feet the same until said law Is reiecfad9
and annuled at the nnlls. wherclpf,Its
such law. item, srction nr par, thereof
ing Of referendum pet ition *nrdcring
submitted one9 or more Hang .# sections
Or or pa, parts OF any duly enacted act tegis
shall not delay the remainder, MOI ID
ordered de- from Incoming operative # ia
81 y henever.5 the purpose and n object
snu.hf ST atrd and contained IN Z con-
flicting or competing measures or u reso-
IIntions submitted to . he nenp1e, shall
pc 5nffirmatively approved nv a majority
81 the votes cast for and against such
measures or resolutions. then the 3mea 4
sure or resolution. ser1hodying the pnr
pose or object so approved, which n.
votes shall thereby become y No law, r,r
conSfitutinnal amattlment and ails nttlers
6haii thereby he rejected ana repealed