Yazoo City herald. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1976, 1914-10-09
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abeyance until such vote Is taken.
3. II it shall be necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public
peace, health or safety, then meas
ure shall become effective without de-
lay, such necessity shall be stated in
one section, and II upon yea and nay
vote, three-fourths OF those voting in
each House shall vote In favor Of the
measure going into immediate opera
tin, such measure shall become opera
tive at once. II shall be necessary to
state in such section the facts consti-
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 law
until it is voted upon by the people,
and If 1t is then rejected by majority
of the voters voting thereon, 1t 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thereby repealed.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
effect and become law when approved
by 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 1t
| is approved. The veto power OF the
Governor shall not extend to 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 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people shall be amended or repealed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
affidavit of the person circulating the
same that all of the signatures there
on were made in the presence of the
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
sufficiency of the petition is chal-
J lenged, the question shall be tried at
| once in term time or In vacation, and
such cause shall be 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 900 days for
correction or amendment. In the event
of legal proceedings, in any court, to
prevent giving effect to any petition,
upon any grounds, the burden Of proof
shall be upon the person or persons at
lacking the validity of the petition.
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deprf re any any member Of the legIs. -ure
of The right to introduce any bill The
style of all of the bills initiated by pc
tition shall be, BE it enacted by the
people of the State of Mississippi. In
submitting the measures, the secretary
of state and all other officials shall
be guided by the general election laws
until additional legislation may be pro.
vided therefor, but no legislation shall
be enacted tending to impair or ham,
per the exercise Of the rights herein
reserved to the people.
Sec. 2. That this amendment be
submitted to the qualified electors OF
the State for approval or rejection at
an election to be held on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in No
vember, 1914, in accordance with the
provisions Of Section 27S Of the State
constitution.
Passed the House of Representatives
on the 9th, 9th and 10th of March,
1914.
Passed the Senate on the 18th, 18th
and goth of March, 1914.