Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-10-29
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO
THE STATE CONSTITUTION
Chap. SO Is. B. No. 6-Bessesen)
1911 Session Laws. a.
Chap. 101 IS B. No. 32-Overson)
1919 Session Laws.
PROVIDING FOR THE INITIATIVE
AND REFERENDUM AS TO
LEGISLATION.

Ia amend Sec. Is of Article II of the
Constitution to provide for the en-
actment or repeal of laws or parts
Of laws by the people by means Of q
vote taken at the polls, thus reserve
in: to the people a part Of the
power, now granted exclusively to
the Legislature, to enact or reject
laws. - .-"
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION for
an Amendment to the Constitution
Providing for the Initiative n Re-
ferendum. a.
Be 1t Resolved by the Senate Of the
state Of North Dakota, the House OF
Representatives concurring:
That the following amendment to tns
constitution of the state of North Da-
kota, adopted by the Twelfth Leg.sla-
tive Assembly OF the State of North
Dakota and by it referred to the Thlr.
teenth Legislative Assembly OF said
state for approval or rejection, IS here.
by agreed to and such amendment shall
be Submitted to the qualified electors
of the state at the next genera! cleo
ton for approval or rejection IN ac-
cordance with the provisions OF sec
ton 2O2 of the constitution OF the
state of North Dakota. |
AMENDMENT. Section Is of Article
: of the constitution Of the state OF
North Dakota Is hereby AMENDED 10
read as follows:
Sec. rs. The legislative authority Of
the state of North Dakota shall ne
vested in a legislative assembly con-
sisting of a senate n house OF repre-
sentatives. but the people reserve 70
themselves power to propose laws n
to enact or reject the same at the polls.
Independent Of the legislative assem-
bly,, and also reserve power, at the1r
own option, to approve or reject at the
polls, n act, item, section or part OF
any act or Measure passed by the
legislative assembly. The first power
reserved by the people Is the initia-
tive, or the power to propose measures
for enactment into laws, and at least
ten per cent of the legal voters to be
secured in a majority Of the counties
Of this state shall be required to pro-
pose any measure by initiative petition,
and every such petition shall include
the full text Of the measure so pro-
posed. Initiative petitions shal be
hled with the secretary OF state not
regular session Of the legislative as
senbly;f he shall transmit the same to
the Legislative assembly as soon as 1T
convenes. Such initiative measure
shall take. precedence over all other
measures in the Legislative assembly
except appropriation bills, and shall
be either enacted or rejected without
change or, amendment by the leg.lsla-
tive assembly within forty days. If my
such Initiative measure shall be enact
ed by the Legislative assembly it shall
be subject to referendum petition, or 1t
may be referred by the legislative as
ssmbly to the people for approval or
rejection. II 1t is rejected or no ac-
ton is taken upon it by the legisla-
tive assembly within said forty days,
the secretary of state shall submit "
to the people for approval or rejection
at the next ensuing regular general
election. The legislative assembly
]6y initiative petition and propose q
1l9ersnt one tn accQmpllah the saMe