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shall be designated, The Legislature
Iof the State of Florida, but the peo-
pie reserve to themselves power to
propose laws and amendments to the
constitution of the state, and to en-
Iact or reject such laws and amend
ments at the polls Independent of the
Legislature, and also reserve at their
Iown option the power to approve or
reject at the polls any act, item, or
section of any act, or resolution, of
the legislature;
(2). The first power reserved by
the people is the initiative, and TWEEN
ty 900 per centum of the legal vot-
ers shall have the right to propose
any legislative measure. and twenty
five (25) per centum shall nave the
right to propose amendments to the
constitution by petition, and every
such petition shall include the full
text of the measure so proposed;
(3). The second power reserved is
the referendum, and it may be or
dered, except as to laws necessary
for the immediate preservation OF
public peace. health and safety, eth
Ter by petition signed by twenty (20)
per centum of the legal voters, or by
the legislature;
erendum shall be known as Refer
endum Petitions" and shall be filed
with the secretary of state not more
tnan sixty G6O) days after the final
adjournment of the session of the leg
islature, which shall have passed the
measure to which the referendum is
applied, the filing of a referendum pc
tition against any item, or section of
any act or resolution, snail not pre-
vent the remainder Of such measure
from becoming effective;
Co. Any measure or amendment
to the constitution proposed under
the initiative, and any measure TO
which the referendum is applied, shall
be referred to vote of the qualified
electors of the state, and shall be-
come a law when approved by ma
jority of the votes cast thereon. and
upon proclamation of the governor,
and not otherwise;
ca. The veto power of the govern
or shall not extend to initiative or ref
erendum measures approved by ma
iority of the qualified electors;
(S). The reservation of the power
of the initiative and referendum in
this article shall not deprive the leg
islature of the right to repeal any
law, propose, or pass any measure,
which may be consistent with the
constitution of the state and of the
United States;
(9). The legislature shall make
suitable provisions for carrying into
effect the provisions of this section.
That Section Sixteen >16) of said
Article Three 60 shall be amended
so as to read as follows:
Section 16. Eacn law enacted
whether by the legislature of by the
people, under the initiative, shall en-
brace but one subject and matter
properly connected Herewith, which
subject snail be briefly expressed in
the title, and no law shall be amend
cd or revised to MS title only; but in
such case the act, as revised, or sec
ton, as amended, shall be re-enacted
and published at length.
That Section Seventeen 40 of
said Article Three CD shall be
amended so as to read as follows:
Section II. Every Dill passed by
the Legislature shall be read by it's IT,
tie ON it's first reading in either house,
unless one-third of the members pres
Ont desire it read by sections. Every
bill shall be read on three several
days, unless two-thirds of the Nom
bers present when such bill may be
pending shall deem it expedient TO
dispense with this rule. Every bill
shall be read by it's sections ON its
second reading, and on its final pass
age, unless on it's second reading two
thirds of the members present in the
house where such bill may be pend
ing shall deem it expedient to dis
pense with this rule. The vote on
the final passage of every bill or joint
resolution shall be taken by yeas and
nays, to be entered on the journal of
each house; Provided, That any gen.
eral revision of the entire laws en-
bodied in any bill shall not be requir-
ed to be read by sections upon its f.
nal passage, and its reading may be
wholly dispensed with by a two-thirds
vote. A majority of the members
present in each house shall be neces-
sary to pass every bill or joint resolu-
ton All bills or joint resolutions so
passed shall be signed by the presid-
ing officer of the respective houses
and by the secretary of the senate,
and the clerk of the house of repre-
sentatives.
The votes cast in compliance with
said proposed amendments, and the
canvass declarations and returns
thereof, shall be subjected to the
same regulations and restrictions as
are provided by law for general cleo
tons in the state of Florida.
In testimony whereof, have here
unto set my hand and affixed the
Great Seal of the State OF Florida. at
Tallahassee, the Capital, this the
twenty-fifth day of July, A. D., 1912.
(Seal.) H. CLAY CRAWFC4tD,
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