Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1914-10-15
md substitutes therefor the following

tant matter of general interest by
a special message from the gov
themselves direct power. as fol-
lows:
a CONSTITUTIONAL INITIA-
TIVE.-When at any time prior to
the commencement of any session
been filed with the secretary OF
amendment t. the Constitution
signed by two per centum Of the
electors Of the state, the secree
same to the legislature not later
than EN- days after the commence
ment of the session. If the amend,
ment so proposed be not submltteo
to he electors by the legislature
mitted in an amended form, then
upon a further petition or petitions,
each signed by eight per centum
of the electors of the state, filed
six months after the adjournment
of the legislature, the amendment
proposed in the first petition, or one
or more amended forms thereof,
shall be submitted to the electors
for their approval or rejection at
wide election, occurring not less
than ninety days after the filing
of any such further petitions. ANY
amendment proposed. by initiating
amended form. submitted to the
electors by the legislature or by a
further petition, shall become a
part of the constitution, if approved
by a majority of the electors vot-
ing at said election, or by. four.
seventies of the electors voting IN
the proposed amendments; provided
moi less than three-sevenths OF the
electors voting at said election
voted for the proposed amendment.
a means in addition to Section one,
Article fourteen of the State Con-
stitution for amending the same.
"b. STATUTORY INITIATIVE
When at any time prior to the com
filed with the secretary of state a
petition proposing a law, signed by
two per centum of the electors or
shall transmit the same to the leg
islature not later than ten days
after the commencement of the ses-
sion. If the law SO proposed be not
passed by the legislature at such
session, or if it be passed in an
petition or petitions. each signed
by six Ger centum of the electors
of the state, filed with the secretary
of state within six months after
the law proposed in the first petit
ton, or one or more amended forms
thereof, shall be submitted to the
electors at the next general or spe-
cial statewide. election, occurring
filing of any such further petition
majority Of the electors voting
thereon, the same shall become law
and go into effect thirty days after
any amended form of such law
which may have been passed by
the legislature. No law proposed
by initiative petition and approved
the Veto Of the governor. The au-
thoritv of the people to enact laws,
as provided in this subdivision.
shall extend only to laws author
ized by the provisions of h con-
stitutiOn.
&C. THE REFERENDUM.-If
within ninety days after the final
adjournment of IN session Of the
legislature, a referendum petition,
signed by six per centum of the
electors Of the state. shall be filed
my law law or any part Of a law.
passed by the legislature at such
session, such law, or such part of
a law, shall be submitted to the
electors at the next general or spe-
not less than ninety days after the
filing of said petition. If a ma
jority of tie vote cast thereon be
in the net ative, such law, or such
part Of a law, shall thereby De re-
erendum petition is signed by fif-
teen per centum of the electors of
the state, the law. or part of a law,
against which such petition is filed
shall be suspended pending h
referendum vote thereon.
ANY law providing for a tax
the current expenses Of the state
government or state institutions,
ting a CONSTITUTIONAL amendment or
other question to the electors of
the state, or any emergency law
necessary for the immediate. pres
ervation of the public peace, health
mnediateiy upon its passage and ap-
prevail by the governor, and such
not be subject to a referendum
vote: All ether laws shall 60 INTO
journment of the legislature. A
bill proposing an emergency law
shall contain a preamble briefly set
ting forth the facts constituting
the e% be tSKen upon q s the pream n1fe
of such bill by a call of the yeas
and nays, and If the preamble be
adopted by a t~wo-thirds vote of all
the members of each house, it shall
be an emergency law.
ID. GENERAL PROVISIONS
A. -o+;+i0rc ~ro1i111 for ~ <Li~
Section shall Contain a title indi-
eating the subject and purpose Of
the proposed law OF constitutional
amendment, Or the law, or part of
a law, to be referred, and if a
Constitutional provision or statute.
in addition to referring to the same,
it shall state the general effect of
the proposed change, and also the
full text Of III proposed law or
of the law, or part of a law, to be
referred. Any initiative or refer
endum petition may be signed in
separate parts, but each part shall
Contained. All petitions shall be
signed and verified before a person
Authorized to administer an oath,
and shall be in such form that a
person signing a petition thereby
Signature, his residence, that he is
a qualified e%lector, that he has not
previously signed any part of such
petition, and that he has signed the
petition with knowledge of the con-
tents thereof. To each part of such
petition shall be attached the afh-
davit of the person before whom
tie same was signed, which afida-
Wit shall contain a statement OF the
number of signers thereon, that
each of the signatures attached to
such part was made in the pres
ence of the affiant, that to the best