The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-19

governor, which shall he ~.
than thirty days after Ia ~. .,.er
been canvassed BY the stata a.. ~
Ing board for that purpose. corn. ~.
9 ae governor. secretsry Of sta,s
and attorney general. ana cert,nss a.e
thereof made not later than Decems
first following the election.
The petition contemplated nv a..
section shall consist OF sheets b.n,ns
such general form. printed or writes
as shall be prescribed by the 49,
tary Of state. and shall be signsS ~
the required number OF qualities Oh.
tors, in their proper persons onlv -
which shall be attached the res;a.. ~
addresses OF such persons signinv ~.
petition and the date OF signing ~
each Of such sheets shall be att,ch.s
and made . part thereof an afBdss,.
OF some qualified elector that eans
signature thereon Is the signature q
the person whose name 1t purports -
be. and that. to the best Of the kno~
ledge and belief Of the afiant, each
OF the persons signing said petition
was. at the time OF signing, a ouau.
lied elector. Such petition. 10 yea.
fed, shall be prima facie evidence
that the signatures thereon are genu.
inc and true, and that the persons
signing the same are qualified e,ec.
tors OF the state OF Iowa.
Immediately upon the filing Of
petition for the submission Of a pro.
posed law to the voters, the secretary
Of state shall submit the said propos.
ed law to the supreme court for Il.
opinion upon the constitutionality
thereof. which shall be rendered with.
In twenty COZ days. and II the corr,
finds that the proposed measure con.
ficts with the constitution OF the
United States or the state OF Iowa,
the proposed measure shall, not be
Until the general assembly shall
provide by law method OF proce.
dure Of printing, distributing and sui.
hitting proposed measures, the secre.
tary OF state shall, ninety 500 days
the general election at
which the measure will be voted upon.
cause to be printed any and all meas.
ures for or to which petition has
been Med, In pamphlet form, contain.
ing the full text thereof. with the title
and enacting clause, together with
arguments for and against the same.
within the limits prescribed by the
secretary OF state. The number print.
ed shall be not less than one for each
voter voting at the last general cleo.
tIon preceding tbs filing OF the petit.
ton. which shall be delivered to the
county auditor OF each county.
For each voter in each voting pre-
cinct OF each political party voting at
the last general election, the auditor
OF each county shall deliver one copy
to each precinct committeeman Of
each political party in the county.
The secretary Of state shall submit
all measures petitioned for in accord.
ance with the provisions OF this sec.
ton. to the people for adoption or re.
lection 1t the polls In compliance
but the right and power re-
served to the people shall not oper.
ate to deprive or limit the power Of
the general assembly to enact laws
II, at an election. conflicting meas
ures submitted to the voters Of the
state shall be approved by q majority
Of the votes, severally cast thereon.
the measure receiving the highest
number OF Affirmative votes shall be.
come law IS to all conflicting provt.
sions.
Insofar as applicable. the provisions
OF sthis amendment shall govern in
the initiative and adoption OF amend.
ments to the constitution: provided.
however. that no amendment so sub
mitted shall become q part Of the
constitution until 1t shall have first
received An anirmative majority vote
at two successive regular biennial
elections, the majority vote at the
FIRST OF which shall be the authority
for preparation OF the ballot and re.
submission at the second. The word
enacted shall be replaced by the
word resolved" in the enacting
clause when amendments to the con-
atitution are submitted. This section
OF the CONSTITUTION Ohai De, IN al re-
spects, selfexecutive.
Approved April II A. D. 1913.
hereby certify that the foregoing
is full, true and correct copy Of
house joint resolution No. S, passed
by the tfirty-fif general assembly.
as the same appears Of record in my
ONCE
In testimony whereof, I have here.
unto set my hand and amxed my Off.
cial seal. Done at Des Moines. the
capital OF the state. this nth day OF
July, A. d. 1914.
w. 8. ALLEN, )
Secretary Of State.
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