The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-08-07

A BILL ~ BE EN- LED AN ACT
TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION
OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAR
DINA.
The General Assembly of North Caro-
lima do enact:
Section 1. That the Constitution
of the State of North Carolina be
and the same is hereby amended In
manner and form as follows:
|. 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.
II. 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
a referendum vote, as hereinafter
provided. They also take and keep
power at their own option to ap-
prove or 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 Gen.
eral Assembly to enact laws. Except
as to the method and procedure pre-
scribed for the General Assembly,
shall be deemed limitations on the
power of 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 lSw, proposing a law, the full
text of which shall have been set
fort hin such petition, the Secretary
the General Assembly, and either as
petitioned for or as it may have been
amended in the General Assembly. II
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, it 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-
yides, by not less than ten per CEN
tum Of the electors OF not less than
fifty counties of the State, and, in
GLIDING these, of the whole State, and
filed with the Secretary of State with.
the General Assembly to which said
original petition was presented.
d. The proposed law, if submitted
manded by such supplemental petit
ton, which form shall be either as
first petitioned for or as it may have
been amended BY either branch OF
the General Assembly.
e. If a proposed law submitted to
the people as herein provided is ap
proved by a majority Of the electors
voting theron, 1t shall be the law
and shall go into effect as herein
provided, and shall be in lieu of any
amended form of said law which may
have been passed by the General AS
sembly, and such amended law,
passed by the General Assembly, shall
not go into effect until and unless the
law proposed by supplementary petit
ton shall have been rejected by the
electors. All such initiative petitions
last above prescribed shall have
printed across the top thereof, Law
proposed by initiative petition first
to the General Assembly" Ballots
shall be so printed as to permit an
Affirmative or negative vote upon each
measure submitted to the electors.
f. Any proposed laws Submitted to
the electors as provided above, If ap-
proved by a majority of the electors
voting thereon, shall be published by
the Secretary of State and shall take
effect within thirty days after such
election at which it was approved.
g. If conflicting proposed laws shall
be approved at the same election by
majority of votes cast for and
against the same, the one receiving
the highest number of affirmative
votes shall prevail.
h. The second aforestated power
taken by the people is designated the
referendum, and the signatures of
ten per centum of the electors of not
less than fifty counties of the State
and, including these, of the whole
State, shall be required upon a petit
ton to order the submission to the
electors Of the State, for their approx
al or rejection OF any law, section OF
any law, or any item in any law pass
ed by the General Assembly. No law