The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-09-24
AND REFERENDUM AS TO
LEGISLATION.

mower. now granted exclusively to
The lerislature. to enact or reject
laws.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TOT
an Amendment to the Constitution
Providing for the Initiative ana Ne
ferendum.
Be It Resolved by the Senate OF the
state of North Dakota, the House o1
Representatives concurring: ..
- That the following amendment u Sns
constitution OF, the state Of North pa Pa
tive Assembly Of the State Of N0rth
Dakota and BY 1t referred to the Thlr.
teenth Legislative Assembly OF SAID
state for approval or rejection, Is mere,
by agreed to and such amenanfent s tons
be submitted to the qualified electors
Of the state at tho next genera! eAec-
ton for approval or rejection IN a.
cordance with the provisions OF sec
ton 2O2 of the constitution OF the
state Of North Dakota.
AMENDMENT. Section rs Of Article
2 of the constitution Of the state OF
North Dakota Is hereby amehoeo ~
Sec. Is. The legislative authority Of
the state Of North Dakota shall pc
vested in a legislative assembly con-
sisting Of a senate and house o1.repTe-
sentatives, but the people reserve 70
themselves power to propose laws ana
to enact or reject the same at the polls
Independent of the legislative assem-
bly,, and also reserve power at the!r
own option, to approve or reject at the
any act or measure passed by Inc
legislative assembly. The first power
reserved by the people is the lnlua-
tive, or the power to propose measures
for enactment into laws, and at lease
ten per cent of the legal voters to be
secured in a majority of the counties
of this state shall be required to pro-
pose any measure by initiative petition,
and every such petition shall lnclude
the full text of the measure SO pro
filed with the secretary Of state not
less -1un s~5e.oTs any
regular session Of the legislative as
sembly; he shall transmit the same to
the legislative assembly as soon as 1t
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 without
change or amendment by the legisla-
tive assembly within forty days. II any
such initiative measure shall be enact
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 legisla-
tive 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 assembly
may reject any measure. so proposed
by initiative petition and propose
mea sures shall be submitted by the
secretary of state to the. people
for approval or rejection at the next
ensuing regular election. If conflict
pie at the next ensuing election shall
be approved by majority of the votes
severally cast for and against the
number of affirmative votes shall
thereby become valid, and the other
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
necessary for the immediate preserva-
ton of the public peace, health Or
safety.) as to any measure or any
parts. items or sections Of any
measures passed by the legislative as
s ssmS s sas5 By By The ps e 1o ssnsa
the state from a majority Of the coun-
ties, or by the legislative assembly,
II q majority Of the members elect
vote. therefor, When 1t is necessary
Tor the immediate preservation Of the
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 If upon aye
and no vote In each house two-th
house shalt 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 become
operative upon approval by the gov
The fling Of referendum petition
against ono or more items, sections
or parts Of an act shall not delay the
remainder Of that act from becoming
operative. Referendum petitions against
sembly shall be fled with the secre-
tary OF state not more than ninety
days after the final adjournment Of
the session Of the legislative assembly
which passed the measure ON which
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,
law for. special election or cleo
tons. Any measure referred to the
people shall take effect when it is ap-
proved by a majority Of the votes
cast thereon and not otherwise, and
Official declaration Of the vote.
The enactine clause Of all the initi-
alive bills SILL 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
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MsToduce any measure. Whole
number OF votes cast for secretary Of
state at the regular election last pre-
ceding 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
he and all other officers shall be-
guided, by the general laws and tho
act submitting this amendment until
legislation shall be specially provid-
Tho amendment shall IA al. ..