The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-11-01

form. subla1,l..d ID the electors by
the legislature or by a further Pc
tition.. snail ,become q part, OF the
jorlty Of the, electors voting at
sucn election, or BY four-sevenths
OF the electors voting on the pro-
posed amendment; provided. not
electors voting at said election
voted for the proposed amendment
This section snail be construed as
q means in addition to Section l,
ton. Tor amending the same.
OBJ STATUTORY INITIATIVE
commencement Of any session OF
the leEisd'atgfg there her shall have
state. a petition proposing Law.
signed by two per centum OF the
Of state shall transmit the same
ten (1o) days after the commence
ment of the session. If the law
so proposed be not passed by the
legislature at such session. or II
It tsa be passed In an amended form:
petitions, each signed BY six per
centum Of the electors Of the state.
filed with the secretary Of state
within, SIX months after the a. a.
law proposed in the first petition
thereof, shall iH BE- eubmi ftfed to t'f the
electors at the next general or spe-
not less than ninety days after the
filing Of any such further petition
or petitions. and it approved by a
majority Of the electors, voting
Of the proposed law be not less
than thtrty-three per centum Of
the total humber OF votes cast at
such election the same shall be.
Sfy day aw sft saa su s6 eeson s snd
shall supersede any amended form
Of such law which may have been
passed by the legislature. No law
passed by the initiative petition
be subject to the veto Of the gov
ernor. The authority of the people
to enact laws; as provided in this
subdy Gpn shall bv extend tSa ro only to
OF the constitution.
(c) THE REFERENDUM. - If
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 aT Nv or b any eR art Of q lax lax
k~~ooNN ~ tA0 AO6AoASASuAO AI gull
session, such law, or such part Of
a. law shall be submitted to the
electors at the. next general or
special statewide election, occur
the. fling Of said petition: II a
majority of the votes cast thereon
be in the negative, provided such
negative vote be not less than
tai number Of votes cast at such
election, such law or such part of
a law shall thereby be repealed.
Provided, that II a referendum pc
ttit Alto Is signed by fifteen per cen
the law, or part Of a law, against
which such petition is filed shall
be- suspended pending the refer
enduna vote thereon. Provided the
same shall equal So per cent Of tho
votes at such election.
Any law providing for tax levy
or appropriating money for the
eminent or state institutions, any
act Of the legislature submitting
a.. constitutional amendment or
other question to the electors Of
ee St for 3 fhs pr ls
health, or safety, shall go into ef.
feet Immediately upon its passage
and }We BY the and
shall not be subject to a referen-
into effect ninety days after the
adjournment of the legislature. A
shall contain q preamble briefly
setting forth the facts constitut-
ing the emergency. A separate
y0te sh "a s be thkep ~ upon nj. the pre-
yeas and nays, and if the pream-
BILE be adopted by a two-thirds vote
Of all the members of each house,
1t shall be an emergency law.
..(d) GENERAL PROVISIONS
All petitions provided for in this
section shall contain a title indi-
eating the subject and purpose Of
amehd%s Sso or a the u law, or part Of
a law to be referred, and If
change is proposed in an existing
constitutional provision or statute,
sam sodto aha IL SSassrtaSs s &c t1f
effect OF the proposed change and
also the full, text, Of the proposed
law or amendment to the constitu-
ti9n' OF or Of t theo1 lazy or part n Ct
tive or referendum petition may be
part shall conform to the. proyi-
sions herein contained. All petit:
before a person authorized to ad-
minister an oath. and shall be in
such form that person signing a
petition thereby states under oath,
the date he Of his his ;sgnatgse his eSsi
tor, that he has not previously
signed any part of such petition.
and that he has signed the petition
with knowledge OF the. contents
tition shall be attached the aft
davit Of the person before whom
the same was signed, which af1-
davit shall contain a statement of
that each Of the signatures at:
the presence Of the affant, that
to the best Of his knowledge and
6ief enef N Se is the
name it purports to be, that he be-
1ieves the persons who have signed
such petition to be electors, that
they signed such petition with
and that each person signed the
same on the date stated opposite
his name. The circulation of the
petition provided for herein, or
The prohibition Of the circulation
and in case the circulation Of any
petition is prohibited by law. the
percentage Of .signers required on
Section sect >i shall n be one.haif Of the
percentage specified in subdivi-
sions a, b and c. Of this section.
The percentage in any case shall
be based upon the total number Of
preceding election. All petitions
provided for in this section shall
contain the signature Of not less
than one-half Of the designated
percentage of the electors In not
less than one-fourth of the coun-
ties Of the state. In initiating a
law or constitutional amendment,