The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-24

| Directions q Vaiss E.psei.n
apply to the general assembly.
The required number Of qualified
electors required to exercise the right
and power to require an act passed
by the general assembly to be refer
red for approval or rejection shall be
fixed by the general assembly, but
shall not be loss than ten (10) per
cent nor more than twenty 600 per
cent OF the qualified electors of each
of the congressional districts Of the
state. Petition therefor shall be ad-
dressed to and filed with the secretary
Of state within ninety 600 days from
the final adjournment Of the general
assembly which passed the act to
which the petition is addressed, and
shall contain a full text Of that part
OF the act to be referred; but such
right and power shall not extend or
apply to an act passed by the general
assembly relating to the preservation
OF the public peace, public health or
appropriations for the support and
maintenance of the department of
state and state institutions. ALI acts,
and parts thereof, enacted by the gen.
eral assembly and submitted to the
people shall be and remain In full
| force and effect until rejected by the
people, as herein provided.
Until the general assembly enacts
law fixing the percent OF qualified
| IL f0 V,offtfNN Tho
quired per cent shall in all cases be
| fifteen (15) per cent OF the qualified
electors of each of the congressional
districts of the state.
Tho whole number OF votes cast for
secretary of state at the regular gen.
eral election past preceding the fling
OF petition shall be the basis for the
number Of legal voters required to
sign such petition.
The veto power of the governor
shall not apply or extend to any meas
ure initiated and enacted by the peo-
pie.
All measures for proposed laws rin.
der the initiative or referred under
the referendum shall be submitted to
the people for adoption or rejection at
the regular biennial election first oc-
, curing after the fling of the petition
All measures for proposed laws un.
der the initiative shall become law
! when approved by a majority OF the
voters whose votes are cast thereon,
and shall take effect as hereinafter
provided.
Any measure referred under the ref.
erendum shall cease to be law when
rejected by a majority Of the voters
whose votes are cast thereon and
proclamation has been made by the
governor as hereinafter provided. All
proposed laws under the initiative
shall take effect and any measure re-
ferred under the referendum shall
cease to be a law from and after the
date Of Official declaration Of the vote
thereon by proclamation issued by the
governor, which shall be not later
than thirty days after the vote has
been canvassed by the state canvass
ing board for that purpose, composed
OF the governor, secretary OF state
and attorney general, and certificate
thereof made not later than December
first following the election.
Tho petition contemplated by this
section shall consist Of sheets having
such general form, printed or written,
as shall be prescribed by the secre-
tary Of state. and shall be signed by
the required number of qualified cleo
tors, in their proper persons only, to
which shall be attached the resident
addresses OF such persons signing the
petition and the date Of signing. To
ca Oh Of such sheets shall be attached
and made a part thereof an aff1davit
of some qualified elector that each
signature thereon is the signature OF
the person whose name it purports to
be. and that, to the best Of the know
ledge and belief Of the afiant, each
OF the persons signing said petition
was. at the time of signing, quail
fed elector. Such petition, so veri-
fed, shall be prima facie evidence
that the signatures thereon are genu-
inc and true, and that the persons
signing the same are qualified cleo
tors of the state Of Iowa.
Immediately upon the filing OF
petition for the submission or pro-
posed law to the voters, the secretary
of state shall submit the said propos-
ed law to the supreme court for Its
opinion upon the constitutional1ty
thereof, which shall be rendered with
in twenty COO days, and If the court
finds that the proposed measure con.
flicts with the constitution OF the
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the proposed measure shall not be
submitted.
Until the general assembly shall
provide by law a method Of proce-
dure Of printing. distributing and sub.
hitting proposed measures, the secre.
tary Of state shall, ninety (90) days
preceding the general election at