The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-10-23
ROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF MISSOURI,
AND REFERENDUM PROPOSE
TIONS ORDERED BY THE Pc
TITION OF THE PEOPLE.
FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT

tuition thereof. concerning the initia
tive and referendum: repeating SEC
tion 81 of article of the C0nstitu
ton and cnactlng a new section u
lieu thereof.
Be it resolved by the Senate, III
House Of Representatives concur
ring therein:
That Mt the general election to b.
held in this state on the first Iucsda.
after the first Monday IN November
1914. there shall be submitted fol
adoption to the qualified voters O
the state the following amendment t
the Constitution.
Section /. That section 81 OF ar
ticle 4 Of the Constitution Of the stat,
Of Missouri is hereby repealed.
Section 2. That in lieu Of the sale
section 81 Of article Of the Constl
tuition Of the state OF Missouri here
by repealed there shall be enacted the
following new section TO be known as
seton 81 Of article 4, viz:
Sec. 81. The Legislative authority
of the state shall be vested in a leg
islatiye assembly consisting Of SEN
ate and house Of representatives, but
the people reserve 70 themselves pow
er to propose laws and amendments
to the Constitution and to enact or
reject the same at the polls, indie
pendent Of the Legislative assembly,
and also preserve power at their own
option to approve or reject at the
polls any act Of the legislative assem-
bly,. The first power reserved by the
people Is the initiative, and not more
than eight per cent Of the legal voters
in each Of at least two-thrds Of the
congressional districts in the state
shall be required to propose any meas
urc By such petition, and every such
petition shall include the full text Of
the measure so proposed, Initiative
petitions shall be fled with the re-
speCtIyc county clerks of the respcc-
tive counties in which the slguers
thereof reside and vote not less than
four months before the election ut
which they are to be voted upon.
Within 80 days after said petitions
are filed with the respective county
clerks Of the respective counties said
initiative petitions shall be, by said
respective county clerks laid before
the county courts Of the respective
counties, and the aaid petitions shall
be examined by the respective county
courts of the respective counties, and
if the signatures thereto are found
to be genuine signatures Of voters
Of such counties, they shall. at least
three months before the election at
which they are TO he voted upon, be
certified by the respective county
courts Of the respective counties to the
secretary Of state. The second pow
er is the referendum and II may he
ordered lcXcept as to matters Of tax
alton hereinafter mentioned, and as
TO laws necessary for the Immediate
preservation Of the public peace,
health or safety, and laws making APP
preparations for the current expenses
OF the state government Tor the MAN
tcnancc Of the state institutions and
for the support OF ;hc public schools)
either by petitions signed by 1--WE per
cent of the legal voters m each OF at
least two-lhlrda OF the congressional
districts OF the state, or 10y the lcglS-
latlvc assembly as other bills are en-
acted. Referendum petitions shall be
filed with the county clerks OF the
respective counties m which the sign
ers thereof reside and vote not more
than ninety day after the adjourn
mcnt Of the session of the legislative
assembly which passed the bill on
which the referendum is demanded. |
and within 30 days thereafter the
clerks Of the county courts Of the re
spcctlvc counties shall lay said petit |
lions before the county courts Of the |
Countics-a and within said |
time the county courts Of the rcspcc- !
tive counties shall examine and re-
view said referendum petitions, and, |
if the signatures thereto are found to
be the genuine signature Of voters
Of such counties, the respective couu-
~ courts shall certify said petitions
to the secretary Of state within 100
days after the final adjournment Of
the session Of the legislative assem-
bly, which passed the bill on which
referendum is demanded. The veto
power of the governor shall not cx-
tend to measures referred to the peo-
pie. All elections on measures re-
ferred to the people of the state shall
be had at the biennial regular gene
raj elections except when the legsla-
tive assembly shall order a special
election. Any measure referred to
the people shall take effect and be-
come the law when it is approved by
a ma inritv ~ tho ,,ntao cnst thasao,s |