The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-10-22
PROVIDING o. THE INITIATIVE
AND REFERENDUM AS TO
LEGISLATION.

To amend Sec. 25 of Article ii OF tn,
Constitution to provide for the en-
actment or repeal OF laws or parts
Of laws by the people by means OF ::
vote taken at the polls. thus reServ-
ing to he people n part of the
power, now granted exclusively I"
the legislature, to enact or reject
laws.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION for
an Amendment to the Constitution
Providing for the Initiative and Re
ferenduM.
Be It Resolved by the Senate Of the
state of North Dakota, the House Oh
Representatives concurring:
That the following amendment to the
constitution of the state OF North pa
kota, adopted by the Twelfth legisia-
tive Assembly OF the State OF North
Dakota and by 1t referred to the Ihii,
teenth Legislative Assembly OF salt!
state fer approval or rejection, is here
by agreed to and such amendment shall!
be submitted to the Qualined electors
Of the state at the next genera! cleo
ton for approval or rejection In ae-
cordance with the provisions OF sec
ton POP of the constitution OF the
state Of North Dakota.
AMENDMENT. Section rs of Article
: Of the constitution OF the state q
NORM Dakota is heFeDS aiaei'oeo ~
read as follows:
Sec. rs. The legislative authority OF
the state of North Dakota shall be
vested in a legislative assembly con
sisting of a senate and house Of repre-
sentatives, but the people reserve 10
themselves power to propose laws and
to enact or reject the same at the polls.
Independent Of the legislative assem-.
bly,, and also reserve power, at their
own option, to approve or reject at the
nn119 anv 9rf item section or mart Of
legislative assembly. The first power
reserved by the people is the initia.
tive o: the power to propose n measure,
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.
the full text of the measure SO pro
posed. Initiative petitions shall b.
fled with the secretary OF state not
less than thirty days before L.
eembly; he shall transmit the same to
the legislative assembly as soon as it
convenes. Such initiative Measure
shall tax precedence over all othc!
except appropriation bills. and shall
be either enacted or rejected without
change or amendment by the lcgisia-
tive assembly within forty days. Ii any
6uCu 1Ult1dllV6 measure SndIi De enact
ed by the legislative assembly IL shall
be subject to referendum petition. or !!
may be referred by the legislative as
sembly to the people for approval Or
rejection. If it Is rejected or no ac-
ton is taken upon it by the legisla-
tive assembly within said forty days.
the secretary of state shall submit ii
to the people for approval or rejection
at the next ensuing regular general
election: The legislative assembly
NAV reject qnv measure 81 pr,nn..1
by initiative petition and propose Il
different one to accomplish the same
purpose, end in any such event both
. mea shall be sub 6 led by the
for approval or rejection at the mex:
ensuing regular election. If conflict
Ing measures submitted to the peo-
pie at the next ensuing election shall
severally cast for and against the
same, the one receiving the highes,
number Of affirmative votes shat.
thereby become valid, and the other
shan 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. ana
necessary for the Immediate preserve.
ton Of the public peace, health n
parts, items or sections Of any
measures passed by the legislative as
BY ten percent Of the legal voters Of
h state from a majority Of the coun-
ties, or by the legislative assembly.
II a majority Of the members eject
for the immediate preservation If the
public peace, health or safety tnai d
law shall become effective without de-
!ay. 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-thirds
OF all the members elected to each
house shall vote on a separate roll
cal IN favor Of the said law going
ate preservation of the public peace,
health or safety, such law shall become
operative upon approval by the gov
The fling of a referendum petition
against one or more items, Sections
or parts Of an act shall not delay the
remainder Of that act from becolnine
operative. Referendum petitions agains1
sembly shall be filed with the secre.
tary Of state not more than ninety
days after the final adjournment OF
the session Of the legislative assembly
veto power Of the governor shall
not extend to measures referred to tn
people. All elections on measures re-
SeAASV ~ IuS people OF the state shall
be had at biennial regular elections
except as provision may be made by
law for a special election or cleo.
lions. Any measure referred to thu
people shall take effect when it is 10
proved by a majority of the votes
cast thereon and not otherwise, and
shall be in force from the date OF the
oh1cial declaration of the vote.
The enacting clause of all the init
ative bills shall be. BE it enacted
by the people of the state of North Da-
kota." This section shall not be con.
etrued to deprive n member of the
legislative assembly of the right to
introduce any measure. The whole
number Of votes cast for secretary OF
state at the regular election last pre-
cedtng the filing Of any petition for 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 tnitia-
tive and for the referendum shall be
dled with the secretary Of state, and
in submitting the same to the people
he and all other officers shall be
act submitting this amendment until
legislation shall be specially provid.
ed therefor.
The amendment shall be self execut.
ing, but legislation may be enacted "a