Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1914-10-16

be prescribed by law, but no ses-
sion shall exceed the term OF ninety
(t90ll, legislative days, and no bill
shall Be INTRODUCED in either
quest Of the governor, during the
last twenty days OF such session.
except the attention Of the legisla-
ture shall be called to some tmpor-
. special message from the gov
ernor: but the people reserve to
themselves direct power. as fol-
lows:
r e; G0NsT1TUT1oNAL 1M mt a.
commencement OF any session
Of the legislature, there shall nave
been hled with h secretary OF
s ssaes a PETITION tt the ro aRSnstieut, on
signed BY two per centnm Of the
tary Of state shall transmit n
same to the legislature not later
men Of the session. II the amend,
ment 80 proposed be nc submitted
to the electors by the legislature
at such session. or 4 It be SUI,
upon a further petition or petitions,
each signed by eight per centum
Of the electors of the state, filed
with the secretary Of state within
Of the legislature. the %amendment
proposed In the first petition. or one
or more amended forms thereof,
shall be submitted to h electors
fSe t asat s sppgoylal or or sp rs3isditl State g.
than ninety days after the fling
Of any such further petitions; Any
p peaition and, P IN Iss eai. i1 Ie o. IN an
amended form, submitted to the
electors by the legislature or by 9
further petition. shall become
part OF, constitution IL ITO s, II appro y"t1
ing at said election, or by. four
seventies OF the electors voting on
the proposed amendment; proylded
not less than three-sevenths OF the
voted for the proposed amendment.
This section shall be construed as
a means in addition to Section one.
Article fourteen Of the State Con-
ID. STATUTORY INITIATIVE
When at any time prior to the COM
mencement of any session Of the
legislature, there shall have been
flsd With the Seer e iay. 81 sIr sea5e pa
two per centum of the electors OF
the state, h secretary Of state
shall transmit the same to the leg
islature not later than ten days
sion. If the law so proposed be not
passed by the legislature at such
session., or If it be passed In an
amended form, then upon q further
by six per centum Of the electors
of the state, filed with the secretary
Of state within six months after
the adjournment Of the Legislature,
the law proposed in the first petit
fj0n 0r one 0r moro forms
thereof, shall be submitted to the
electors at the next general or spe-
cial statewide election, occurring
6finE Less Of t ang n nuoG fu a4Rs aI petit ioe
or petitions, and if approved by a
majority of the electors voting
thereon, the same shall become law
and go into effect end thirty hh r days s,;nsI after
any amended form Of such law
which may have been passed by
the legislature. No law proposed
by initiative petition and approved
the veto OF the governor. The au-
thority of the people to enact laws,
as provided in this subdivision,
shall extend only to laws author
lied by the provisions of the con-
stitution.
&C. THE REFERENDUM.-1f
within ninety days after the final
adjournm: lit of any session Of the
legislature a referendum petition,
signed by, six per centum of the
with the secretary of state against
n law, or any part of a law,
passed by the legislature at such
session, such law, or such part Of
electors at the next general or spe-
cial statewide election, occurring
not less than ninety days after the
fling of said petition: If a ma
}ority Of the vote s,,c east TT thereon re a,6 , e
part of a law, shall thereby be re-
pealed. Provided, that if a ref
erendum petition is signed by ff-
teen per centum of the electors of
against which such petition is filed
shall be suspended pending the
referendum vote thereon.
"Any law providing for a tax
levy or aPpr r9pantdag - money one for
government or state Institutions,
any act Of the legislature submit
ting a constitutional amendment or
other ques ion to the electors of
necessary for the immediate pres
ervation of the public peace, health
or safety, shall go into effect i'm
m~ediately upon it's passage and APP
laws, except emergency laws, shall
not be subject to a referendum
vote. All other laws shall go into
effect ninety days after the adj
}oTrnment Of the le e a
shall contain a preamble briefly set
ting forth the facts constituting
the emergency. A separate vote
shall be taken upon the preamble
and nays, and if the preamble be
adopted by a two-thirds vote of all
the members of each house, it shall
be an emergency law
ID. GENERAL PROVISIONS
k All iPetis s6aii eo1taie a fG title In ta adis
eating the subject and purpose Of
the proposed law or constitutional
amendment, or the law, or part Of
a law, to be referred, and if a
constitutional provision or statute,
in addition to referring to the same,
it shall state the general effect Of
the proposed change, and also the
amendment to the constitution or
of the law, or part of a law, to be
referred. Any initiative or refer
endum petition may be signed in
e eeppaoam P Pa he oq pre eaea Paff bs s :
contained. All petitions shall be
signed and verified before a person
authorized to administer an oath,
and shall be in such form that a
person signing a petition thereby
States under oath, the date Of his
q Qualified e%lector, that be has not
previously signed n part of such
petition, and that he has signed the
petition with knowledge of the con-
tents thereof. To each part Of such
petition shall be attached the afh-
davit of the person before whom
the same was signed, which afida-
Wit shall contain a statement Of the
number of signers thereon, that
each of the signatures attached to
such part was made in the pres
ence Of the af1ant, that to the best
Of his knowledge n belief each
signature is the genuine signature
Of the person whose name it pur-
ports to be, that he believes the
persons who have signed such petit
ton to be electors, that they signed
such petition with knowledge of
the contents thereof, and that each