The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-07-27

such general form, printed or written.
as shall be prescribed by the secre-
tary Of state, and shall be signed by
the required number of qualified cleo
tors. in their proper persons only, to
which shall be attached the resident
addresses OF such persons signing the
petition and the date OF signing. To
each of such sheets shall be attached
and made a part thereof an Affidavit
of some qualified elector that each
signature thereon is the signature OF
the person whose name it purports to
be, and that, to the best of the know
ledge and belief Of the aff1ant. each
OF the persons signing said petition
was, at the time of signing, a quail
fed elector. Such petition, so verb
| fed, shall be prima facie evidences
that the signatures thereon are genu-
, Inc and true, and that the persons
signing the same are qualified cleo
tors Of the state of Iowa.
| Immediately upon the filing OF a
petition for the submission Of pro-
posed law to the voters, the secretary
of state shall submit the said propos-
ed law to the supreme court for Its
opinion upon the constitutionality
thereof, which shall be rendered withs
in twenty (20) days, and If the court
finds that the proposed measure con-
flicts with the constitution of tho
United States or the state Of Iowa,
the proposed measure shall not be
submitted.
Until the general assembly shall
provide by law method of proce-
dure of printing, distributing and sub
hitting proposed measures, the secre-
tary of state shall, ninety 600 days
preceding the general election at
which the measure will be voted upon,
cause to be printed any and all meas
ures for or to which petition has
been filed, in pamphlet form, contains
] ing the full text thereof with the title
and enacting clause, together with
arguments for and against the same,
within the limits prescribed by the
secretary Of state. The number print
ed shall be not less than one for each
voter voting at the last general cleo
ton preceding the filing of the petit
| county auditor Of each county.
| For each voter in each voting pre-
cinct of each political party voting at
the last general election. the auditor
OF each county shall deliver one copy
to each precinct committeeman OF
each political party in the county.
The secretary of state shall submit
all measures petitioned for in accord
ance with the provisions Of this Sec
ton, to the people for adoption or re-
lection at the polls in compliance
herewith; but the right and power re-
served to the people shall not oper-
ate to deprive or limit the power OF
the general assembly to enact laws.
| If. at an election, conflicting meas
ures submitted to the voters Of the
state shall be approved by majority
of the votes, severally cast thereon,
the measure receiving the highest
number of Affirmative votes shall be-
come law as to all conflicting provf-
| sions.
| Insofar as applicable, the provisions
of this amendment shall govern in
the initiative and adoption of amend
mentS TO the COILS llIuIiou, Pio'ioSu'
however. that no amendment so sub
mitted shall become part Of the
constitution until it shall have first
received an affirmative majority vote
! at two successive regular biennial
elections, the majority vote at the
first Of which shall be the authority
for preparation of the ballot and re-
submission at the second. The word
"enacteG' shall be replaced by the
word resolved" in the enactfng
clause when amendments to the con-
stitution are submitted This section
of the constitution shall be, in all re-
spects, self-executive.
| Approved April II A. D. 1913.
7 hereby certify that the foregoing
! is a full, true and correct copy OF
house Joint resolution No. 5, passed
bv the thirty fifth general assembly.
as the same appears of record in my
Office.
In testimony whereof, | have here
unto set my hand and affixed my Off
ciaI seal. Done at Des Moines. the
capital of the state. this nth day or
! July, A. D. 1914.
| W. S. ALLEN,
Secretary of State.