The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-22
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO
The STATE CONSTITUTION.
Chap. e3 Is. B. No. 5-Bessessen) 1911
Session Laws.
Chap. 101 Is. B. No. 32-Overson) 1918
Session Laws.

session LAWS.
Chap. 1o1 Is. B. No. 32-Overson) 1918
Session Laws.
PROVIDING FOR THE INITIATIVE
AND REFERENDUM AS TO
LEGISLATION.
Re amend Sec. ~ Of Article III Of the
Censtitution to provide for tie enact
meat or repeal Of laws Or parts of
! lawh b the people by nca.s Of .
vste takon at the polls, thus 'Feserv-
: Ing to the people . part Of the power,
now granted exclusively to the legis-
lature, to enact or reject laws.
\ CONCURRENT RESOLUTION fer an
amendment to the Constitution provid-
Ing for the initiative sad referendum:
Of North Dakota, the House Of Repre-.
scntatives concurring:
That the following smendme.t 70 the
'eonstitution Of the state Of North Dakota.
adopted BY the Twelfth legislative AZ;
BY 1t referred to the Thirteenth Legisla-
tive Assenbly Of ssid state for approval
sr rejectieas 10 hereby agreed to and such
amendment shall be submitted to the quail
oral election for approval or rejection in
accordance with the provisisns Of section
22 Of the csnstitstion Of the state Of
AMENDMENr.] Section 25 of article
: Of the constitution Of the state Of North
Dakota 10 hereby amended to read as FOL-
lows:
section g. The legislative authority Of
the state Of North Dakota shall be vested
In legislative assembly consisting of 4
senate and house Of representatives. but
the people reserve to themselves power to
propose laws and to enact or reject the
same at the polls, Independent Of the leg
islative assembly, and alss reserve power,
a. nal ANyn tn
at 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 II the initiative, or
setment int laws, and at least ten per
cent Of the legal voters to be secured IN
q majority Of the counties Of this state
shall he required to propose any measure
by initiative petition and every such Pc,
measure 50 proposed Initiative petitions
shall be aled with the secretary of state
not lees than thirty days before any regu-
Tar session Of the legislative assembly; he
shal! transmit the same to the legislative ativs
initiative measure shall take precedence
over all other measures In the legislative
assembly except appropriation bills. and
shall he either enacted or rejected With
tive assembly within forty days. If any
such initiative measure shall be enacted
by the legislative assembly 1t shall be
subject to referendum petition, or it may
be referred BY the legislative assembly to
the people 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 1t to the people for approval or
general election. The legislative assem-
bly, may reject any measure SO proposed
by Initiative petition and propose diff
ferent ens to accomplish the same pur-
pose, s.d !. any such event t., both meas
Of state to the people for approval or re-
lection at the next ensuing regular cleo
ton. II conflicting measures submitted
to the people Mt the next ensuing cleo
the votes severally cast for and against
the same. the one receiving the highest
aumber 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,
ne-pEep!e- for vaclr~ appfcVN or 1e5ee-
ton at tho polls, and 1t may be ordered
Except As to laws necessary tor the I'm
mediate preservation of the. public peace,
sesn G ;ss a: :et tt Of me.
either by petition signed by ten per
cent Of the legal voters Of the state from
= majority Of the counties, or BY the leg
member. elect vote therefor. When it is
necessary for NE immediate preservation
Of the public peace, health Or safety that
a law shall bccsme effective without de-
.ay, such necessity ana the facts a creating tios
OF the BILL and II upon aye aud no vote
in each hesse tvo.tAirds Of oil the mem
bers elected to each house shall vote on
separate rs'! 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.
The Aliug Of q referendam petition
ae.n't one or or aSo ten a..3 tSs Or
inainder Of that act frsm becoming ep-
eratlve: Referendum petition: against
bly, shall be aled with the secretary Of
final adjournment Of the session Of the
legislative assembly which passed the
measure on which the referendum Is de-
manded. The veto power Of the governor
the p ees eectons On
referred to the people Of the state shall!
he had at biennial regular elections, ex'
cept as provision may he made by law foi
a special election or elections: Any meas
feet when it is approved by. majority
Of the votes cast thereon and not other.
wise, and SHALL be in force from the date
~ tn. af1ciaI declaration Of the vote
me e1acting ci5u USE If at Tie ih1tia-
tive bills shall he, "Be it enacted by the
people Of the state Of North Dakota"
This section shall not he construed ts
deprive any member of the legislative as
&embly Of the right to introduce any meas
IRE. The whole number of votes c?e' fo'
secretary of state at the regular election
last preceding the filing o. any petition
for the initiative or for H." referendum
shall be the basis on whic:i the number
Of legal voters necessary to sign such pc.
tition shall be counted.
Petitions and orders for the Initiative
and for the referendum shall be 1led with
the secretary of state and in submitting
the same to the people he and all other Of
ncers shall he gnided by the general laws
and the act submitting this amendment
until legislation shall be specially pro.
vided therefor.
This amendment shall he self executing,
but legislation may be enacted to facili.
tate its operation.