Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-10-30
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO
THE STATE CONSTITUTION
Chap. 90 Is. B. No. b-Bessesen)
1911 Session Laws.
Chap. 1O1 IS B. No. S2-Overson)
1913 Session Laws.
PROVIDING FOR THE INITIATIVE
AND REFERENDUM AS TO
LEGISLATION.

To amend Sec. "a 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 .
vote taken at the polls, thus reserv-
ing 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 and Re-
ferendum.
Be It Resolved by the Senate OF the
state Of North Dakota, the House Oh
Representatives concurring:
That the folio wing amendment 10 Inc
constitution Of the state OF NORM ~
kota, adopted by the Twelfth Leg.sla-
tive Assembly Of the State OF NORM
Dakota and by it referred to the 1hlI.
teenth Legislative Assembly OF said
state for approval or rejection, IS mere,
by agreed to inc such shall
be submitted to the quallfed elecioas
of the state at the next genera! elec-
ton for approval or rejection IN ac-
cordance with the provisions or sec
ton 2O2 of the constitution OF the
state of North Dakota.
AMENDMENT. Section rs Of Article
2 Of the constitution Of the state OF
North Dakota is hereby mended TO
read as follows:
Sec. Is. The legislative authority Of
the state of North Dakota shall be
vested in a legislative assembly con-
sisting of a senate and house OF repre-
sentatives, but the people reserve TO
themselves power to propose laws ana
to enact or reject the same at the polls,
Independent Of the legislative assem-
bly,, and also reserve power, at their
own option, to approve or reject at the
polls, any act, item, section or part OF
any act or measure passed by tne
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 countles
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 shall be
filed with the secretary Of state not
less than thirty days before any
sembly; he shall transmit the same to
the legislative assembly as soon as it
Such initiative measure
shall take precedence over all other
measures in the legislative assembly
except appropriation bills, n snail
be either enacted or rejected without
change or amendment by the legisla-
tive assembly within forty days. If any
such Initiative measure shall be enact.
al by the Legislative assembly it shall
he subject to referendum petition, or It
ma be referred by the legislative as
1embly to the people for approval OF
rejection. II 1t is rejected or no &C.
Ton is taken upon it by the legisla.
I've assembly within said forty days
the secretary OF state shall submit il
"a the people for approval or rejection
II the next ensuing regular genera
eiection. The legislative assembly
~ initiative petition and propose 9
1inerent one "a ACCOMPLISH the zani