Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1913-08-14

a BILL TO BE EMITTED AN ACT
TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION
OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAR
DINA.
The General Assembly OF North Caro-
lima do enact:
Section l. That the Constitution
Of the State OF North Carolina be
and the same is hereby amended in
manner and form as follows:
I. BY striking out article one, sec
ton six. the words "insurrection or
rebellion against the United States"
and inserting in lieu thereof the fol-
lowing words: the War Between the
States.
IL. BY adding after article one, Sec
ton twenty-six, the following:
Section 26a. The use of the Holy
Bible shall not be prohibited in
schools supported wholly or In part
from public taxes.
III. BY adding at the end Of section
one of article two the following:
a. But the people take and keep to
themselves power to propose laws to
the General Assembly, and to enact
or reject the same at the polls on
q referendum vote, as hereinafter
provided. They also take and keep
power at their own option to ap-
prove OF reject at the polls any law,
section, item, or part of any law,
passed by the General Assembly, ex-
cept as hereinafter provided. The
limitations expressed in the Consti-
tuition upon the power of the Cen
eral Assembly to enact laws Except
as to the method and procedure pre-
scribed for the General Assembly,
shall be deemed limitations or. the
power Ct the people to enact laws.
b. The aforesaid power taken by
the people to initiate laws is desig-
mated at the initiative.
c. When at any time, not less than
ten days prior to the commencement
Of any session OF the General Assem-
bly,, there shall have been filed with
the Secretary of State a petition
signed by five per centum of the
electors Of at least fifty counties Of
the State, and, including these, Of the
whole State, and verified as required
by law, proposing a law, the full
text of which shall have been set
fort hin such petition, the Secretary
of State shall transmit the same to
the General Assembly, and either as
petitioned for or as it may have been
amended in the General Assembly. If
It shall be passed by the General As
sembly in an amended form, or If 1t
shall not be passed within sixty days
from the date it is received by the
General Assembly, 1t shall be submit
ted by the Secretary of State, or by
such other officer as may be charged
by law with such duty, to the cleo
tors for their approval or rejection
at the next regular or general State
election which shall occur more than
five months after such original petit
ton was transmitted by the Secre
tary of State to the General Assem-.
bly,, If such submission shall be de-
manded by supplemental petition
signed and verified as the law pro
vides, by not less than ten per cen
tum of the electors OF not less than
fifty counties of the State, and. in
Guiding these, of the whole State, and
filed with the Secretary Of State with
in ninety days after adjournment o.
the General Assembly to which sale
original petition was. presented.
d. The proposed law, If submitted
to the people, shall be in form de
manded by such supplemental petit
. ton, which form shall be either a:
first petitioned for or as it may have
been amended by either branch o
the General Assembly.
e.. If a proposed law submitted t.
the people as herein provided is ap
proved by a majority of the elector
voting theron, it shall be the law
and shall go into effect as hereil
provided, and shall be in lieu of an,
amended form of said law which ma,
have been passed by the General AS
sembly, and such amended law
passed by the General Assembly, shal
not go into effect until and unless tn
law proposed by supplementary pet
ton shall have been rejected by tn
electors. All such initiative petition
last above prescribed shall hav
printed across the top thereof, "La1
proposed by initiative petition frs
to the General Assembly" Ballot
shall be SO printed as to permit a
affirmative or negative vote upon eac
measure submitted to the electors.
f. Any proposed laws submitted
the electors as provided above, If al
proved by a majority Of the electo1
voting thereon, shall be published b
the Secretary of State and shall tax
effect within thirty days after sue
election at which it was approved.
G. If conflicting proposed laws sha
be approved at the same election b
a majority Of votes cast for an
against the same, the n receivin
the highest number of afirmati,
votes shall prevail.
h. The second aforestated powt
taken by the people is designated tt
referendum, md the signatures {
ten per centum Of the electors of n
less than fifty counties Of the Stat
and, including these-of the who
State, shall be required upon a pc
ton to order the submission to tt
electors Of the State, for their appro
al Or rejection of any law, section
any law, or any item in any Law pas
ed by the General Assembly. No Ia
passed by the General Assembly sh;
go into effect until ninety days aft
its ratification except as herein p1