The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-10-16

erendum petitions shall remain II
allegiance until such vote Is taken.
3 II It shall be necessary for th'
immediate preservation Of the public
peace. health or safety, then a meas
urs shall become effective without de
lay. such necessity shall be stated IL
one section. and " upon q yea and nay
vote, three f0urths Of those voting In
each House shall yOre In favor OF the
measure going into immediate opera
tin, such easur shall become opera
tive at once. II shall be necessary to
state in such section the facts cOnS'i
tutiug such emergency. Provided.
that an emergency shall not be de
ciared on any franchise or special priv
ilege or act creating any vested right
or interest, or alternating any property
Of the State. II a referendum peti'
ton is filed against such emergency
measure. such measure shall be a law
until It Is voted upon by the people,
and II It Is then rejected by a majority
OF the voters voting thereon. II shall be
thereby repealed.
4. The word measure" az used
herein means any law, bill, resolution,
constitutional amendment or any other
legislative measure. All elections on
general, local and special measures re-
ferred to the people OF the State shall
be held at the general State or con-
gressiOnal elections, except when the
legislature shall order a special cleo
ton. Any measure submitted to the
people az herein provided shall take
effect and become law when approved
by a ma jOrlty Of the votes cast thereon
and not otherwise. Such measure
shall be in operation on and after the
IL approved. The veto power Of the
Governor shall not extend to meas.
ures initiated by or referred to the
people. II conflicting measures sub.
mItted to the people shall be approved
by n majority Of the votes seyerally
cast for and against tho same, the one
having the highest number Of affirm
alive votes shall thereby become law.
No measure enacted by a vote of the
people shall be amended or repealed
by the legislature except by yea and
nay votes, upon roll call, OF three
fOurths of the members of each House
voting thereon. Qualified electors only
shall be counted upon petitions. Pc
titlons may be circulated and present
ed In parts. but each part OF any pc.
tition shall have attached thereto the
affidavit OF the person circulating the
same that all OF the signatures there.
we're made In the presence Of the
and that to the best Of the at
knowledge and belief, each sig.
Is genuine and that the per.
son signing Is a qualified eleCtor and
other affidavit or verification shall
be required. The sufficienCy Of all
petitions shall be decided by the sec.
rotary OF state. In the event that the
sufficiency OF the petition is chal.
the question shall be tried at
once in term time or in vacation, and
such cause shall he a preference cause
over all other causes. If the secretary
of state shall decide any petition to
be insufficient, he shall, without delay,
notify the sponsors Of the petition and
at least thirty 800 days for
correction or amendment. In the event
Of legal proceedings, in any court, to
prevent giving effect TO any petition,
upon any grounds, the burden Of proof
shall be upon the person or persons at
lacking the validity Of the petition,