Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-29
PROVIDING o INITIATIVE
\ RElIiRlINDUM AS TO
LEGISLATION.

flso'iJlNt IoN The liAil
AND RElFRENDtM AS TO
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r., armand So. ., of art;c,e III ~ III.
CONSTITUTION to nroyfde for the emmett
nent ar rcnenI NJ iuyxs mr. n,rts OF
laws Nv the nconIe nv n,cnns or n
vote taken MT the noIis- fms rcserv-
Ing to the people n pnrt Of he mower.
now granted exclusively to the Icwis-
iature, to enact or reject laws.
co,Cr-nn,,>-r nrcor r,rIo~ =.
a 1oMEuhhi. y ior an
nmeEnn', ~ 10 .4t Co mS pro'lu-
ne IL !tesp1'ru D. inc aena.e OF me etate
OF .NoIln Dakola, .ne House Oh iepre-
S"hthtlIes cohcurrlhs:
nnit tne 'ip - ah ae Mne 20 rne
anunwrrL,'u 81 North nni.ate va
bv Mt; ~ rafor,ad 70 tho Thirtnenthh J"cisin.
~ II ac..ihTu " Ia E.S.s"
Nv ~ roiantInn ;s horahr onraad 20 onpd such
81 leJEEtion' rs hI ~ usteeu ~ II SUI
1fni oinotnrs en ns nc he statn 49, 800 ~ quu n
III IeoI' i ee = 81 f. tnH q :. - noAt So
anSor of Sc Win nonst tnH pr IS 1So OF stetlo On
EEar.h DoLo " e "' :"
No,,I I1hW.n; coo+;o, o, 80 or+;o,o
o n - +ho Constellation of no state of North
- .ne hnnn .'u y . ~
'oSs: ~ r,o oos,oi,o ,o
+bn Stntn op Sorth DaSEoto shall ho rcsted
In a Legislative assembly Consisting Of a
ca,",o nnh bo,,en of onrocnn+n+jre. h,+
thn naonin rrsnrva 10 thaamsolves nowor to
n II :, psntio laws ,nd ~ enact or raie"t tho
same NJ tn" n"Ils' indenendcnt of the leg.
i%slntive assembly, and also reserve power,
at their own option, to approve or reject
Mt the polls. any act. item. section or
part Of any act or measure passed by the
Legislative assembly. The first power re-
served by the people is the initiative, or
q mnnt ,nto l,mws nnd az Least fan nor
cent of the legal voters to be secured in
q majority of the counties of this state
shall be required to propose any measure
by Initiative petition. and every such pc
tition shall Include the full text of the
measure so proposed. Initiative petitions
shall be filed 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
assembly as soon as it convenes. Such
initiative measure shall take precedence
over all other measures in the legislative
assembly except appropriation bills, and
shall be either enacted or rejected with.
out change or amendment by the legisla-
snch initiative measure shall be enacted
by the legislative assembly it shall be
subject to referendum petition, or it may
be referred by the legislative assembly to
the neoplc for approval or rejection. II
1t is rejected or no action is taken upon
It by the legislative assembly within said
forty days. the secretary Of state shall
submit it to the people for approval or
rejection at the next ensuing regular
general election. The legislative assem-
hlv may reject any measure so propospd
by initintivc p%otition and DroDosc n diff
fercnt one to ACCOMPLISH the same pur-
pose. and In any such event both meas
urrs shall be submitted by the secretary
of state TO the people for approval or re.
lection at the next ensuing regular cleo
lion, If conflicting measures submitted
IN thn naon)r ,t tho npy+ nrsuin~ oloc-
ton Shall be approved bv a majority OF
thr votes srynrlnv cast for and against
thr same mo one receiving the highest