Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-10-08
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO
THE STATE CONSTITUTION.
Chap. % IS. 3. No. ~BcsscsSen) 1911
Session LAWS.
Chap. 101 Is. b.. No. 32-Oversom 1913
Session Laws.
PROVIDING For THE INITIATIVE
AND REFERENDUM AS TO
LEGISLATION.

AMI f, III vi AS ~
LEGISLATION.
To amend Sec. % of Article ii OF the
Constitution to provide for the enact
mcnt or repeal of laws or parts of
laws by the people by means of n
ing to the people n part of the power,
now granted exclusively to the lcgis-
laturc. to enact or reject laws.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS for an
amendment to the Constitution provid-
ing for the Initiative and referendum:
Re it Resolved by the Senate Of the State
OF North Dakota. the House of Repre-
srntatives conculrlng:
That the following amendment to the
constitution of the state of North Dakota.
adopted by the Twelfth Legislative As
semhly of the state of North Dakota and
by it referred to the Thirteenth Legisla.
or rejection, is hereby agreed to and such
amendment shall he submitted to the quail
flied electors of the state at the next gen
eral election for approval or rejection in
accordance with the provisions of section
2O2 of the constitution of the state of
North Dakota.
AMENDMENT Section % of article
. of the constitution of the state of North
Dakota is hereby amended to read as fol-
lows:
Section %. The Legislative authority of
the state of North Dakota shall he vested
In 4 legislative assembly consisting of a
senate and house of representatives. but
the people reserve to themselves power to
propose laws and to enact or reject the
i%slativc assembly, and also reserve power,
at their own option. to approve or reject
at the polls. any act. item. section or
h nnis,1 OF any oS nc, or measure Thr t passed naw by the inc,
served by the people is the Initiative, or
the power to propose measures for en-
actnrnt into laws. and at least ten per
cent of the legal voters to be secured in
Il ma tOrttV OF the counties of this state
shall be required to propose any measure
by initiative petition. and every such pc
tition shall include the full text of the
measure so proposed. Initiative petitions
shall be filed with the secretary of state
not less than thirty days before any regu-
lar session of the legislative assembly; he
shall transmit the same to the Legislative
assembly as soon as it 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 with
out change or amendment by the legisla-
tive assembly within forty days. If any
such initiative measure shall be enacted
by the Legislative assembly it shall be
subject to referendum petition. or it may
be referred by the legislative assembly to
the people for approval or rejection. If
it is rejected or no action is taken upon
It by the legislative assembly within said
forty days. the secretary of state shall
submit it to the people for approval or
rejection at the next ensuing regular
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