Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1914-10-22

'ucII sessions, except the attention {
he Legislature shall be called to som
important matter of general interes
substitutes therefor the following
Sec. l.. TWO HOUSES-SEs-
SIONS.-The Legislature shall con-
SYST OF the senate and house of rep
resentatives, which shall meet BIZ
ennlally at the seat of government
or the state, at such time as shall
sion shall exceed the term of ninety
shall be Introduced in either
branch, except on the written re-
quest of the governor, during h
last twenty days of such session,
ture shall be called to some impor-
tant matter Of general interest by
a special message from the gov
ernor; but the people reserve to
themselves direct power, as fol-
lows:
"a CONSTITUTlONAL INITIA-
TIVE.-When at any time prior to
the commencement of any session
OF the legislature, there shall have
state a petition proposing an
signed by two per centum OF the
electors Of the state, the secre-
tary of state shall transmit the
than ten days after the commence
ment of the session. If the amend,
ment 81 proposed be not submitted
to the electors by the legislature
at such, session, or If 1t be SUB
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
six months, after the adjournment
proposed in the first petition, Or n
or more amended forms thereof,
shall be submitted to the electors
for their approval or rejection at
the next general or special state.
than ninety days after the filing
OF any such further petitions. Any
amendment proposed by initiative
petition and. in it's original or in an
amended form, submitted to the
electors by the Legislature or by a
part of the constitution, if approved
by a majority of the electors vot-
ing at said election, or by. four
seVenths of the electors voting on
not less than three-sevenths of the
electors voting at said election
voted for the proposed amendment.
This section shall be construed as
Article fourteen of the State Con-
stitution for amending the same.
'b. STATUTORY INITIATIVE
When at any time prior to the COM
mencement of any session OF the
filed with the secretary of state a
petition proposing a law, signed by
two per centum of the electors of
the state, the 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 a 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
ton. or one or more amended forms
thereof. shall be submitted to the
electors at the next general or spe-
cial statewide election, occurring
not less than ninety days after the
flin pgsti IF n a anfh if fa approvd Pft by a
majority of the electors voting
thereon, the same shall become law
and go into effect thirty days after
such election; and shall s%upersede
which may have been passed by
the legislature. No law proposed
by initiative petition and approved
by the electors shall be subject to
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-
ICED by the provisions of the con-
stitution.
&C. THE REFERENDUM.-1f
within ninety days after the final
legislature, a referendum petition,
signed by six per centum of the
electors of the state, shall be filed
with the secretary OF state against
any law, or n par OF a law,
session. such law, or such part Of
a law, shall be submitted to the
electors at the next general or spe-
cial statewide election, occurring
not less than ninety days after the
jority of tie vote cast thereon be
in the ne: ative, such law, or such
part of a law. shall thereby be re-
pealed. Provided. that If a ref
teen per centum of the electors Of
the state, the law or part of a law,
against which such petition is filed
shall be suspended pending the
referendum vote thereon.
"Any law providing for a tax
levy or appropriating money for
the current expenses of the state
government or state institutions,
any act Of the legislature submit
ting a constitutional amendment or
other question to the electors of
the state, or any emergency law
necessary for the immediate pres
ervation of the public peace, health
or safety, shall go into effect i'm
mediately upon its 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
iournment of the legislature. A
Bill proposing an emergency law
shall contain a preamble briefly set