St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1916-10-20

forty IS The ei{etors voting Is
Of the eisotets voting on tie pro.
posed. amenqmant; provided, not
1ass 5aan voting tlhlssl 4 saia e e q
voted for the proposed amendment.
This section shall be construed ~
a means in addition to Section !,
Article IA, Of the state constitu-
ton, for amending the same.
(b) STATUTORY INITIATIVE.
when at any time prior to th4
comm encement Of any session OF
sesn li a{ea Win there tSe se saa!t 5ao "
state, a petition proposing a law.
signed by Two per centum Of the
ed s6st' ies shail tran not la the 19ms
ment Of the session. If the law
50 proposed be no passed by the
Il ifsbts e paassed ct n su an a 5esaiGnj f S5 IL
then, upon.-a further. petition or
centrum OF the electors OF the state,
Within alHS dwi SIX t mon 5ssr ,a4tsr G the STATE ads
Journment Of the legislature, the
law proposed in the first petition
or n or more amended forms
thereof, shall be submitted to the
cial statewide election, occurring
not less than ninety days after the
Ming Of any such further petition
1 %a] Rafiatt1on ofl 1 ths # ei eptR5oyed 1d ~ E
thereon, provided the vote in favor
of the proposed law be not less
than thir.y-three per centum Of
such election. the am shall be-
thirty days after such election, and
shall supersede any amended1form
of such law which may have been
passed by the Initiative petition
and approved by the electors shall
be subject to the veto of the gov.
n The authority Of the people
subdivision, shall extend only to
laws authorized by the provisions
of the constitution.
Co THE REFERENDUM. - II
within ninety days after the final
legislature, q referendum petition,
signed by six per 2centum Of tho
electors Of the state, shall be filed
any l az 7 is Sny part Of ste IT a q iawI
passed by the legislature at such
session, such law, or such part OF
a. law shall be submitted to- the
electors at the next general Or
0P0SA0A lCSlAOAS -OSNA&s
ring not less than ninety days after
the filing of said petition. II a
majority OF the votes cast thereon
be in the negative, provided such
thirty-three per centum of the to-
tai number of votes cast at such
election, such law or such part OF
g law shall thereby be repealed.
tition is signed by fifteen per CEN
tum Of the electors of the state.
the law, or part Of a law, against
which such petition is filed shall
endum vote thereon. Provided the
same shall equal 33 per cent Of the
votes mt such election.
or approprfating money for the
current expenses Of the state gov.
ernment or state institutions, any
act Of the legislature submitting
Q Sen auestiom to 19hmen e1ecters Of
necessary for th4 immediate pres
ervation Of the public peace,
f hsait tm'% 9r Safsty' a Shanl i rs 1nto afe
and approval by the governor, and
such laws. except emergency laws.
shall not be subject to a referen-
d II y effsct All nine GtReG da l2ws af Ehall t ge
adjournment Of the legislature. A
bill proposing an emergency law
ing the emergency. A separate
vote shall be taken upon the pre-
amble of such bill by a call of the
yeas and nays, and if the pream-
bic 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:
fht pyo the subject p &c "a ana p4rp9Se Of
a. law to be referred, and if a
change is proposed in an existing
constitutional provision or statute,
Same So sooi t sha IL s ssaser' tie General 60 '1f
also the full text Of the proposed
law or amendment to the constitu-
law law to to be r ref iaM Or Any yrt in Fl
tive or referendum petition may be
signed in separate parts but each
part shall conform to the proyi-
lions shall be Signed and verified
before a person AUTHORIZED to ad-
minister an oath, and shall be in
such form that a person signing a
Re t thereby states under oath.
dence, that he is a qualified cleo
tor, that he has not previously
signed n part of such petition,
e M;dn that nd he has s. signed gq tb the cpp ettitIGn
thereof. To each part of such pc.
tition shall be attached the afa-
davit of the person before whom
the same was signed, which aff1.
that each of the signatures IT.
tached to such part was made in
the presence Of the amant, that
belief each signature is the gen.
uine signature Of the person whose
name It purports to be-, that he be,
H aacS p tna Reps9 tn b %he ela says sig {R@t
they signed such petition with
knowledge Of the contents thereof,
and that each person signed the
his name on thg Th cate 1aire stfafd Deposits 81 i
petition provided for herein, or
the prohibition of the circulation
thereof, may be regulated by. law,
petition ped oi IS p rob by ;yoi law W the tRss
, percentage Of signers required. on
any petition provided for in this
section shall be one-half of the
percentage specified in subdivi-
be based upon the total number Of
votes cast for governor at the next
preceding election. All pa lions
provided for in this s. Jon shall
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,
electors who ave signed the first
shall be qualified to sign the Sec
ond petition.