The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1914-10-08

erendum petitions shall remain n
allegiance until such vote Is taken.
3. II Il shall be necessary for th'
immediate preservation bf the public
peace. health or safety, then a meas
ure shall become effective without dc
lay. such necessity shall be stated IN
one section. and if upon yea and nay
vote. three-fourths OF those voting IN
each House shall vote In fayor Of the
measure going into immediate opera
tin, such measure shall become opera
tive az once. Il shall be necessary to
state in such section the facts constl'
tuting such emergency. Provided,
that an emergency shall not be de-
clared 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 petit
tion is filed against such emergency
measure, such measure shall be a law
until Il 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thereby repealed.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" as 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 as herein provided shall take
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by a majority OF the votes cast thereon
ans not otherwise. Such measure
shall be in operation on and after the
30th day after the election at which It
is approved The veto power OF the
Governor shall not extend 10 meas
ures initiated by or referred to the
people If conflicting measures sub
mitted to the people shall be approved
by a majority of the votes severally
cast for and against the 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people shall be amended or repealed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
titions may be circulated and present |
ed in parts, but each part of any pc
tition shall have attached thereto the |
Of the person circulating the
same that all of the signatures there
on were made in the presence OF the I
affiant and that to the best of the af-
fiant's knowledge and belief, each sig /
nature is genuine and that the per
son signing is qualified elector and /
no other affidavit or verificatioR shall (
be required. The sufficiency OF all
petitions shall be decided by the sec
rotary of state. In the event that the
of the petition is chal-
lenged, the question shall be tried at
once in term time or in vacation, and
such cause shall be a preference cause
over all other causes. II the secretary
Of state shall decide any petition to
be insufficient, he shall, without delay,
notify the sponsors of the petition and
permit at least thirty 500 days for
correction or amendment In the event
Of legal proceedings, in any court, to
giving effect to any petition,
upon any grounds, the burden of proof
shall be upon the person or persons at
.acking the validity of the petition.
This section shall not be construed to
deprive any member of the legislature 7,
If the right to introduce any bill. The
style of all of the bills initiated by pc
ition shall be, BE 1t enacted by the
PEOPLE of the State of Mississippi" In
the measures, the secretary (
# state and all other officials shall |
De guided by the general election laws
Intil additional legislation may be pro !
ided therefor, but no legislation shall [
e enacted tending to impair or ham
er the exercise of the rights herein q
to the people.
Sec. 2. That this amendment be G
ubmitted to the qualified electors of
he State for approval or rejection at B
n election to be held on the first 3
tuesday after the first Monday in No
ember, 1914, in accordance with the S
rovisions of Section 27S Of the State /
Passed the House of Representatives
n the 9th, 9th and 10th of March,
914.
Passed the Senate on the nth, 18th
nd goth of March, 1914.