Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1914-1915, 1914-10-01

AN"& VA ASPOuA VI ldNNH OT purIS OF
laws by the people by means of a
vote taken Mt the polls, thus reserve
ing to the people n part of the power,
now granted exclusively to the legis-
lature, to enact or reject laws.
4 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION for an
amendment to the Constitution provid-
Ing for the Initiative and referendum.
Be 1t Resolved by the Senate of the State
scntatives concurring:
That the following amendment to the
constitution Of the state of North Dakota,
sembly Of the state of North DH&o'a and
by it referred to the Thirtraa:n i-"=tsLf-
tive Assembly of said state in. r,.u~ort.
amendment shall be Submitted to Ne . ~
lied electors of the state ut It's ,e. 9 .,
eral election for approval or re- 49, 3.
ssSeSeordanse with the provisions Q. ,'."t
4 Section ., os %aref~,p
: of the constitution of the Srat" q ~
Dakota is hereby amended to r".' a5 &-
lows:
Section %. The legislative aus,a
the state of North Dakota shal! 80 :s>ty}
in a legislative assembly cnu.i, g st
senate and house IF rcprcs".;. '.as. ,,ur
the people reserve to Themselves ;aoH".. 80
propose laws and to enact or rt,;''. 'i.n
same at the polls, independent - ~" &c.,
at their own option, to approve ID: =
at the polls, any act. item. >,"liur, %"
part Of any act or measure !Ms$"i y Ii"
served by the people is the initial ~
the power to propose measures :Gf ell
actment into laws. and at lcas, tru per
cent Of the legal voters to be secure! in
shall he required to propose any measure
BY initiative petition, and every :uch Pc
tition shall include the full text OF the
shall be aled With the secretary Of state
not less than thirty days before any rcgu-
lar session of the legislative assembly: he
shall transmit the same to the legislative
Initiative measure shall take precedence
ever all other measures In the legislative
assembly except appropriation bills, and
cut change or amendment by the leglsla-
tive assembly within forty days. If any
such sn Tin init 1at measure asyem shall be ss enacted ed
subject to referendum petition, or it may
be referred by the legislative assembly to
the people for approval or rejection. II
It is Is r t5e tes,s Or NO asti9n Is t WifSIn u go}n
submit it to the people for approval or
rejection at the next ensuing regular
bly, may reject amy measure so proposed
ferent onei to- accomplish the same pnr,
ures shall be submitted by the secretary
Of state to the people for approval or re-
lection at the next ensuing regular cleo,
t u tho If feo sGnt1i ct tSa measures nast egsn submitted s1scl
the votes severally cast for and against
the same. the one receiving the highest
plumber of affirmative votes shall thereby
become valid, and the other shall there
by be rejected. The second power is the
referendum, or the power to order any act,
the people for their approval or rejec.
ton at the polls. and it may be ordered
Except as to laws necessary for the I'm
mediate preservation Of the public peace,
health or. safety, as to any measure or
any parts, items or sections Of any meas
ures passed by the. legislative assembly
either by a petition signed by, ten per
~islative assembly, II n majority Of the
members elect vote therefor. When it is
Of the public peace, health or safety that
4 law shall become effective without de-
lay, such necessity and the facts creating
the +b sa% pi,,. shall and be 9f n st"ted av In o 9Ie n ssc tn}e
in each house two-thirds Of all the mem
bers elected to each house shall vote on a
separate roll call In favor of the said law
: mediate preservation Of the public peace,
health or safety. such law shall become
operative upon approval by the governor.
parts of an act shall not delay the re-
mainder of that act from becoming op.
%erative. Referendum petitions against
measures passed by the legislative assem-
bly, shall be filed with the secretary of
state not more than ninety days after the
final adjournment, of the session Of the
measure on which the referendum Is de-
manded. The veto power of the governor
shall not extend to measures referred to
the people. All elections on measures
referred to the people of the state shall
be had at biennial regular elections, ex-
eept as provision may be made by law for
. special election or elections; Any meas
feet when it is approved by a majority 59 2
wise, and shall be in force from the date
Of the official declaration of the vote.
The enacting clause of all the initia.
tive bills shall he, BE it enacted by the
people of the state of North Dakota
This section shall not be construed to
deprive any member of the legislative as.
sembly Of the right to introduce any meas.
secretary Of state at the regular election
last preceding the filing Of any petition
for the initiative or for the referendum
shall be the basis on which the number
Of legal voters necessary to sign such pc.
tition shall be counted.
Petitions and orders for the Initiative
n for the referendum shall be fled with
The secretary Of state, and in submitting
the same to the people he and all other of.
and the act submitting this amendment
until legislation shall be specially pro
vided therefor.
This amendment shall be self executing,
but legislation may be enacted to faclV
tate its operation.