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

State within ninety days after its
ratification, petitioning That such law,
section, or ,item7theffof be submitted !
to the electors OF the State TOR their
approval or rejection of such law,
section, II item. insthe name as is
by law provided, at the next succeed
regular or general State election
occurring more than ninety days at
ter the fling Of such petition, and II
such petition is SO filed, then no such
law, sections, or item shall 60 into
effect until and unless approved by
q majority OF those voting Upon the
question. II. however, q referendum
petition Is fled against any item or
section Of such law, the remainder
thereof shall not thereby be prevent
ed or delayed from going into effect:
Provided. however, that laws making
provisions Tor tax levies. appropria-
tons for current expenses for the
State Government and state institu-
tions, and emergency laws necessary
for the Immediate preservation of the
public peace, health, or safety, shall
go into effect Immediately, and such
laws shall not be subject to the ref
erendum.
/. The powers Of the initiative and
referendum are hereby conferred on
the people of each municipality on all
questions, in the manner in which is
now or which may hereafter be pre-
scribed by the act of the General As
sembly, subject to such constitutional
limitations upon the people OF the
imposed upon the power of the gem
the municipalities a. are ormay be
imposed upon the power OF the Gen
eral Assembly to legtslate, and rot in
Guiding, however, the requirements
as to form and procedure: Provided,
that laws prohibiting the sale and
malt or Intoxicating liquors shall not
be repealed or amended by the Gen
eral Assembly by vote of the people,
so as to allow such liquors to be
manufactured or sold in a manner
now prohibited by law, unless such
change be approved by a majority of
the electors of the State who may
vote thereon at a State election. Sup
Elementary or referendum petitions
may be presented in separate parts.
but each part shall contain a full and
correct copy of the title, text of the
law, section, or item sought to be
referred. Each signer of any initia-
tive Or supplementary or referendum
petition must be an elector of the
State.
j. No law submitted to electors by
the initiative and supplementary Pc
tition, which shall have received an
affirmative majority of the votes cast
thereon, shall be held to be invalid
or void on account of the insufficiency
or failure to comply with the law,
Of the petition by which such sub
mission of the same was procured;
nor shall the rejection of any law
submitted to the people by referen-
dunn petitions be held invalid for such
reasons.
k. The style of every law submitted
to the people by initiative and sup.
Elementary petition shall be, "Be it
enacted by the people Of the State OF
North Carolina"
/. The basis upon which the requir
ed number of petitions in cases under
the Initiative and referendum shall be
determined shall be the total number
of votes cast for candidates for Gov
ernor at the last preceding election
The provisions of this amendment
shall be -self-executing except a. here
in otherwise provided.
m. It is the duty of the Genera
Assembly at its next regular session
and as it may e necessary to the
General Assembly from time to time
thereafter to provide machinery fo1
the ~verification of signatures to initia
tive, supplementary, and referendum
petitions, and the General Assembl,
shall make provision for initiative
and referndum elections held at gen
eral elections as above provided, ant
for informing the people with respec
to the issues in such elections, an(
for the purpose Of ascertaining ant
declaring the result thereof.
n. Laws shall be passed by tn
General Assembly to facilitate the op
Grafton of the initiative and referen
dunn as defined and contemplated b,
this amendment, but it shall not re
strict the power herein taken by thu
people.
w. By striking out section twenty
eight of article two, and substitutin;
in lieu thereof the following:
Sec. %. The members of the Ger
eral Assembly for the term for whicl
they shall have been elected, shal
receive as compensation for their sci
vices the sum of six hundred do
lars ($600). They shall also be er
titled to receive ten cents Q0c) pc
mile, both while coming to the sea
of the government and while returnin
home, the said distance to be con
puted by the nearest line or rout
Of public travel Should an extr
session Of the General Assembly b
called the members and presidin
officers shall receive a like rate {
mileage, both while coming to til
seat of government and while r.
. turning home, the said distance to b
computed az aforesaid.
, V. By adding at the end of articl
l two a new section, to-wft:
Sec. 20. The General Assembl
: shall. not pas any local, private,
: special act or resolution:
: Relating to health, sanitation, an
abatement of nuisances:
? Changing the names OF cite
4 towns and townships;
Authorizing the laying out, .ope
!, ing, altering, maintaining, OF di