The Sauk Centre herald., 1916-10-19

the legislature or by q further Pc
tition, shall become part OF the
constitution. if approved by a ma
such election, or by four-sevenths
of the electors voting on the pro-
posed amendment; provided. not
less than three-sevenths of the
electors voting at said election
voted for the proposed amendment.
This section shall be construed as
q means in addition to Section !.
Article IA, of the state constitu-
tion, for amending the same.
(b) STATUTORY INITIATIVE.
When at any time prior to the
commencement of any session OF
the legislature there shall have
state, a. petition proposing law.
signed by two per centum of the
electors of the state, the secretary
of state shall transmit the same
ten QO days after the commence
ment of the session. If the law
so proposed be not passed by the
legislature at such session, or if
then upon a, further petition or
petitions, each signed by six per
centum of the electors of the state,
filed with the secretary of state
journment of the legislature, the
law proposed in the first petition
or one or more amended forms
thereof, shall be submitted TO the
electors at the next general or spe-
cial statewide election, occurring
not less than ninety days after the
filing of any such further petition
or petitions, ard if approved by a
majority of the electors voting
thereon, provided the vote in favor
of the proposed law be not less
than thirty-three per centum Of
the total number of votes east at
such election, the same shall be-
come a law and go into effect
thirty days after such election, and
shall supersede any amended form
of such law which may have been
passed by the legislature. No law
and approved by the electors shall
be subject to the veto of the gov
ernor. The authority of the people
to enact laws, as provided in this
laws authorized by the provisions
Of the constitution.
(c) THE REFERENDUM. - II
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
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
ring not less than ninety days after
the. fling of said petition. If
majority of the votes cast thereon
be in the negative, provided such
negative vote be not less than
thirty-three per centum of the to-
tai number of votes east at such
election, such law or such part Of
a law shall shereby be repealed.
n or nfT1s fIq
tition is signed by fifteen per GEN.
tum of the electors of the state,
the law, or part of q law, against
which such petition is filed shall
endum vote thereon. Provided the
same shall equal :3 per cent of the
votes at such election.
Any law providing for a tax levy
or appropriating money for the
current expenses of the state gov
ernment or state institutions, any
act of the legislature submitting
other question to the electors OF
the state, or any emergency law
necessary for the immediate pres
ervation of the public peace,
health, or safety, shall 60 into ef-
and approval by the governor, ana
such laws, except emergency laws,
shall not be subject to a referen-
dunn vote. All other laws shall go
into effect ninety days after the
adjournment of the legislature. A
bill proposing an emergency law
shall contain preamble briefly
setting forth the facts constitut
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-
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
eating the subject and purpose OF
the proposed law or constitutional
amendment, or the law, or part Of
a. law to be referred, and II
constitutional provision or statute.
in addition to referring to the
same, it shall state the general
effect of the proposed change and
a% s9 the s s1t 4d 3d the the
tion, or of the law or part Of
law, to be referred. Any initia-
tive or referendum petition may be
signed in separate parts but each
sions herein contained. All peti::
tions shall be signed and verified
before a person authorized to ad-
minister an oath. and shall be in
petition thereby states under oath.
the date of his signature, his resi-
dence, that he is a. qualified. cleo
tor, that he has not previously
and that he has signed the petition
with knowledge of the. contents
thereof. To each part Of such Pc
tition shall be attached the aff1-
davit of the person before whom
davit shall contain. a statement OF
the number of signers thereon.
that each Of the signatures at
tached to such part was made IN
to the best Of his knowledge and
belief each signature is the gen.
uine signature of the person whose
name it purports to be, that he be.
lieves the persons who have signed
they signed such petition, with
knowledge Of the contents thereof.
and that each person signed the
same on the date stated san op4fostib5s af tbe
petition provided for herein, or
the prohibition Of the circulation
thereof, may be regulated by law,
and in case the circulation Of any
percentage Of signers required on
any petition provided for in this
section shall be one-half of the
percentage specified in subdivi-
S1OuS d. anu Z u eniS SeS1ion'
The percentage in any case shall
be based upon the total number OF
votes cast for governor at the next
preceding election All petitions
provided for in this section shall
contain the signature of not less
than onehalf 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 have signed the first
shall be qualified to sign the sec
ond petition.