Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1916-10-18

such election, or by four-sevenths
of the electors voting on the pro-.
less than three-sevenths OF the
electors voting at said election
voted for the proposed amendment.
This section shall be construed a.
Article Il. Of the state constitu-
ton, for amending the same.
(b) STATUTORY INITIATIVE.
When at any time prior 70 the
the iegis1ature there rs shall hs'' have
been filed with the secretary Of
state, a. petition proposing a law,
signed by, two per centum Of the
Of state shall transmit the same
to the. legislature not later than
ten (10) days after the commences
ment Of the session. II the law
At e sa aS5 ssssen Dy
then upon g. further petition OF
petitions, each signed by six per
fiied With II tn the Secret secretary of of state
within six months after the adj
3ournment OF the legislature, the
law proposed in the first petition
thereof, shall 81 f be su aaned to ao the
electors at tho next general or spe-
cial statewide election, occurring
not less than ninety. days after the
or ns Fl any a o%ih further iii
majority Of the electors voting
thereon, provided the vote in favor
Of the proposed law be not less
the total number Of votes cast at
such election, the same shall be-
come 9 law and go into effect
thirty days after such election, and
Of such law which may have Been
passed by the legislature. No law
passed by the Initiative petition
and approved by the electors shall
ernor. The authority Of the people
to enact laws. as provided in this
subdivision, shall extend only to
laws authorized by the provisions
OF the constitution. -
(c) THE REFERENDUM. - If
within ninety days after the final
adjournment Of any session Of the
signed by. six per centum of the
electors Of the state. shall be filed
With II, the secretary Of state against
n nasae ,ST Nv OF tb any Rart Of 1cb
session, such law, or such part of
a law shall be submitted to the
electors at the next general or
special statewide election, occur
ring not less than ninety days after
the, fling of. said petition. If q
majority Of the votes cast thereon
be in. the negative, provided such
negative vote be not less than
tai number of votes cast ut such
election, such law or such part Of
law shall thereby be repealed.
Provided, that If a referendum Pc
tum of the electors of the state.
which such petition is fiied shall
be SUSPENDED pending the, refer
same shall equal 81 per cent Of the
votes Mt such election. >
49, Any law providing? rf for tax levy NY
Of the sta aGe s eRe
eminent or state institutions, any
act of the legislature submitting
a. constitutional amendment or
9th 9ther sts question tic to- the electors Of
necessary for the immediate pres
ervation of the public peace,
health, or safety, shall 80 into ef-
fect Immediately upon it's passage
such laws, except emergency laws,
shall not be subject to referen-
dunn vote. All other laws shall go
into effect ninety days after the
bill proposing an emergency law
shall contain preamble briefly
setting forth the facts constitut-
ing the emergency. A separate
amb1e Of such bill by a call Of the
yeas and nays, and if the pream-
BILE be adopted by a two-thirds vote
Of all the members of each house,
(d)- GENERAL PROVISIONS
Al petitions tons provided for in this
not {v,rr 1,1 "a
the proposed law or constitutional
a law to be - referred isI and pAi If a
change IS proposed in an existing
constitutional aI!ti provision or statute,
same it shall state. the general
effect, of the proposed change and
also the full text Of the proposed
law or amendment to the constitu-
law, to be referred. Any initia-
tive or referendum petition may be
signed in separate parts but each
part shall conform to the proyyii-
tions shall be, signed and verified
before a person authorized to adj
minister an oath, and shall be in
such form that a person signing a
petition thereby states under oath,
dence, that he Is a qualified. elec-
tor, that he has not previously
signed any part of such petition,
and that he hiss signed the petition
thereof. To each part Of such Pc
tition shall be attached the :af1-
davit Of the person before whom
the same was signed, which afh-
the number OF signers thereon,
that each Of the signatures at
tached to such part was made in
the presence of the aftlant, that
to. the best Of his knowledge and
belief each signature is the gen
name it purports to be, that he be.
lieves the persons who have signed
such petition to be electors, that
they signed such petition WitP
and that each person signed tho
same on the dat. stated opposite
his name. The CIRCULATION OF the
petition, provided for herein. OF
the prohibition Of the circulation
and in case the circulation Of any
petition il prohibited by law the
percentage Of signers required on
any 4stitton provided fer In Thu
pe Ge,1 sea spe &c IN s9bdi9i
Sions a, b and Of this section.
The percentage in any case shall
be based upon the total number OF
votes cast Tor governor at the next
PPreSded for n this saction sSai
contain the signature Of not less
percentage of the electors In not
less than one-fourth Of the eoun-
s ss 81 t eon.ttasionap
electors who have signed tho first
shall be qualified to sign the Sec
Z ond petition.