The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-29

u OCS IlOA ~. AC AC0AoAAIANO e1uIAOI
ity of the State of North Dakota shal
be vested in a legislative assembl
consisting of a senate and house G
representatives, but the people reserv
to themselves power to propose law
and to enact or reject the same at tn
polls, independent of the legislativ
assembly, and also reserve power, a
their own option, to approve or rejec
at the polls, any act, item, section o
part OF any act or measure passed b.
the legislative assembly. The frs
power reserved by the people is tn,
Initiative, or the power to propos,
measures for enactment into laws, ant
at least ten per cent of the legal vot
ers to be secured in a majority of the
counties Of this state shall be required
to propose any measure by initiative
petition, and every such petition shall
include the full text of the measure sc
proposed. Initiative petitions shall be
filed with the secretary of state not
less than thirty days before any regu
lar session of the legislative assembly;
he shall transmit the same to the leg
islative assembly as soon as it con
venes. Such initiative measure shall
take precedence over all other meas
ures in the legislative assembly except
appropriation bills, and shall be either
enacted or rejected without change or
amendment by the legislative assem-
bly, within forty days. If any such mi
tiative measure shall be enacted by
the legislative assembly it shall be
subject to referendum petition, or it
may be referred by the legislative as
sembly to the people for approval or
rejection. If it is rejected or no &C
ton is taken upon it. by the legislative
assembly within said 40 days, the sec
rotary of state shall submit it to the
people for approval or rejection at the
next ensuing regular general election.
The Legislative. assembly. may reject
any measure so proposed by initiative
petition and propose different one to
accomplish the same purpose. and in
any such event both measures shall be
submitted by the secretary Of state to
the people for approval or rejection
at the next ensuing regular election.
If conflicting measures submitted to
the people at the next ensuing election
shall be approved by a majority of
the votes severally cast for and
against the same, r. the one receiving
the highest number of affirmative vot-
es 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 for their approval or rejection
at the polls, and it may be ordered
Except as to laws necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public
peace, health or: safety, as to any
measure or any parts, items or Sec
tions of any measures passed by the
legislative assembly either by a petit
ton. signed by ten per cent of the legal
voters of the state from a majority Of
the counties, or by the legislative as.
sembly, if "a majority of the member.
|elect vote therefor. When it Is, neces.
sary for the immediate preservation
of the public peace, health or safety
that a law shall become effective with
out delay, such necessity and the facts
creating the same shall be stated in
one section of the bill, and if upon
aye and no vote in each house two
thirds OF all the, members elected tc
each house shall vote on a separate
roll 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 be
come operative upon approval by thu
governor. r.4"
The filing Of referendum petition
against one or more items, sections o.
parts of an act shall not delay the re
''mainder Of that act from becoming op
erative. Referendum petitions agains
measures passed by the legislative as
sembly shall be filed with the secre
tary Of state not: more than ninet,
days after the final adjournment Of tn,
session Of the legislative assembl!
which passed the measure on whicl
the referendum is demanded. Tn
veto power OF the governor shall no
extend to measures referred to the pee
pie. All elections on measures refe,
;, red to the people of the state shall b
had at biennial regular elections, e,