The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-09-17
pROvIDING FOR THE INITIATIVE
AND REFERENDUM AS TO
LEGISLATION.

Constitution to provide 1Of inc eo'
actment or repeal Of laws or Darts
Of laws by the people By means OF
vote taken at the polls, thus reserve
ing to the people q part OF tse
power. now granted exclusively ~
the legislature, to enact or fe1ect
laws.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ior
an Amendment to the Constltulp1oA
Providing for the Initiative ana ne
ferendum.
Be 1t Resolved by the senate Oh 'ne
state Of North Dakota. the House Oh
Representatives concurrlng: .h
That the following amendment 10 tns
constitution Of the state OF NORM 70
kota: ADOPTED by the TWelftn Leg is.
tive Assembly Of the stat te o. 81 T Thira
teenth Legislative Assembly Of SAID
state for approval or rejection: IS mere,
by agreed to and such amendment snan
be submitted to the qualified eiec1oIs
Of the state at the next genera! eAec-
ton for approval or a,3s;ons ~ - sec
lion 202 Of the constitution Of the
state Of North Dakota.
AMENDMENT. Section Is OF Article
: Of the constitution OF the state o. o.
North Dakota Is hereby AMENDED 10
read as follows: =.
Sec. rs. The legislative authority OF OF
vested in a legislative assembly con
sisting of a senate and house of.repfeo
sentatives, but the people reserve ~
themselves power to propose laws anu
to enact or reject the same at the polls'
Independent Of the legislative assem- -
bly,. and also reserve power, .o AZ 81 tn the
own option, to approve or reject at tns
polls, any act, item, section or part OF
any act or measure passed by the
legislative assembly. The first power
reserved by the people is the lnitla-
tive, or the power to propose hea g. y.
for enactment into laws, ana at + lea he
secured in a majority Of the counties
Of this state. shall be required to pro
pose any measure by initiative petltlon'
and every such petition shall include
the full text OF the measure SO pro
posed. Initiative petitions shall DC
fled with the secretary Of state not
regular session Of the legislative as
sembly; he shall transmit the same 20
the legislative assembly as soon as 1t
convenes. Such initiative measure
shall take: precedence over an other
except appropriation bills, and shall
be either enacted or rejected without
change or amendment by the leglsla-
tive assembly within forty days. II any
such initiative measure shall pc enact,
ed by the legislative assembly IT shail
be subject to referendum petition, or 1t
may be referred by the legislative as
sembly to the people for approval or
rejection. II it Is rejected or no &C
ton Is taken upon 1t by the leSisla-
tive assembly within said forty days,
the secretary of state shall submit II
to the people for approval or rejection
Of general
election. The legislative assembly
may reject any measure so proposed
by initiative petition and propose a
different one to accomplish the same
purpose, and in any; such event both
mea sures shall be submitted by the
secretary of state to the. people
for approval or rejection at the next
ensuing regular election. II conflict
ing measures submitted to the PEG"
pie. at the next ensuing election shall
be approved by a majority of the votes
ine for rece and ase e hgas
number of Affirmative votes shall
thereby become valid and the other
shall thereby be rejected. The second
power is the referendum, or the power
to order any act, item, or part Of any
act to be referred to the people f9r their err
1t may be ordered Except as tn laws
necessary for the immediate preserva-
ton of the public peace, health Or
safetyO as to any measure or any
parts, items or sections Of any
passed BY the .tssd
BY ten percent Of the legal voters Of
tho state from q majority OF the coun-
ties, or by the legislative assembly,
II a majority Of the members elect
vote therefor. When 1t is necessary
for tho immediate preservation Of the
Sn
law shall become effective without de-
lay, such necessity and the facts Great
ing the same shall be stated in one
section Of the bill, and III upon aye
and no vote in each house two-thirds
al the tSs,I membero elected to each cl
call in favor OF the said law going
into instant operation for the immedi-
ate preservation of the public peace,
health or safety, such law shall become
operative upon approval by the gov
ernor.
against one or more items, sections
or parts Of an act shall not delay the
remainder Of that act from becoming
operative. Referendum petitions against
measures passed by the legislative as
sent ;smbly shall be filed WITH 1T, the seere-
days after the Anal adjournment Of
the session Of the legislative assembly
which passed the measure on which
the referendum 10 demanded. The
veto power Of the governor shall
not extend to measures referred to the
people. All elections on measures re-
ferred to the people Of the state shall
be had at biennial regular elections,
except as provisiVh may be made by
law for a special election or cleo
t tons; Any measure referred to the
proved by a majority of the votes
cast thereon and not otherwise. and
shall be in force from the date Of the
omcial declaration of the vote.
The enactinR clause Of all the initi-
alive bills Stall be. BE it enacted
by the people of the state Of North Da-
kota. This section shall not be con-
strued to deprive any member Of the
~: :.::e p --: - thu riSs: :
1htroduce any measure ThewnoIe
number Of votes cast for secretary Of
cedtng the fling Of any petition Tor the
Initiative or for the referendum shall
be the basis on which the number of
legal voters necessary to sign such
petition shall be counted. -
Petitions and orders for the initia.
tive and for the referendum shall be
MED with the secretary of state, and
IN submitting the same to the people
ne and all other omcers shall b.
guideo oy the general laws and tho
act submitting this amendment until
legislation shall be specially provid.
cd therefor.
The amendment shall be self execut.
!ng. but lagiSlation may be enacted "a
Iselitato it, operation. ~