Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1916-10-19

tition, snail become a part OF the
s son1 ~ III II sp 1c5oys v by a nat At
such election. or by four-seyenths
Of the electors voting on the pro
posed amsndmsLt; provided. not
less than thrss-sevenths Of the
electors voting at sald election
This section shall be construed 90
Q meal in addition to Section l,
Article IA. Of the state constttu.
ton, for amending the same.
Nb) STATUTORY INITIATIVE.
when > at my II time snv pri .es,i to th n
the legislature there shall have
been filed with the secretary Of
state, 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 commence
ment Of the session. If the law
so proposed be not passed by the
it be passed in an amended form.
petitlo npon each signed BY six per
centum Of the electors of the state,
hled 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 tho next general or spe-
not less than ninety days after the
fling of any such further petition
or petitions, and II approved by a
majority Of the electors voting
thereon. provided the vote in favor
than thirty-three per centum ct
the total number Of votes east ut
such election, the same shall be.
come q law and go into ehect
thirty days after such election, and
Of such law which may have been
passed by the legislature. No law
passed by the Initiative petition
ind approved by the ELECTORS shall
be subject Mto t. The Xsto Of i'll the nl g9Xs
to enact laws, as provided in this
subdivision, shall extend only to
laws authorized by the provisions
OF the constitution.
(c) THE REFERENDUM. - II
within ninety days after the ANAL
legislature. g referendum petition.
signed by six per centum of the
s 1itb t5a Of %sat the stat e. stsfa be ssa9 i1sd
passed by the Legislature at such
session, such law, or such part Of
q law shall be submitted to- the
special statewide election. occur
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
tai number of votes cast ut such
election, such law or such part of
law shall thereby be repealed.
Provided, that il a referendum Pc
tpm Of the electors Of tho state,
which such petition is flied shall
be suspended pending the refer.
endum vote thereon. Provided the
same shall equal 33 per cent Of the
votes at such election.
Any law preyiding tor tax Levy
current expenses of the state gov.
eminent or state instituti1ns| any
other question to the electors Of
necessary for the immediate pres
ervation Of the public peace.
Feet esa!'aai n% 9s hateiy' p spaal Is 1asH s5,
and approval by the governor, and
such laws, except emergspcy laws,
shall not be subject to & referen-
dunn vote. All other laws shall go
adjournment Of the legislature. A
bill proposing an emergency law
shall contain a preamble briefly
setting forth the facts constitute
1 Ing the e% M tsEe1 upa a fspp p1ts
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
section shall contain a. title fndi:
eating the subject and purpose, Of
the proposed lay or eons St ut 10 -
change is proposed in an existing
constitutional provision or statute,
in addition t9 referring to ths
sams' it t hail nra state the a%sn genera snd
ESQ the ne f fnS text Of the s5'1 prSoposed
law or amendment to the constitu-
ton, or OF the law or. part Of
law. to be referred. Any fnitia-
tive or referendum petition may be
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.
signed any part OF such petition;
with knowledge Of the. contents
thereof. To each part Of such Pc.
tition shall be attached the ah-
davit of the person before whom
the same was signed, which am
the number Of signers thereon.
that each Of the signatures at
tached to such part was made ~
the presence Of the amant, thai
to the best Of his knowledge ana
name It purports to be, that he be:
lieves the persons who have signed
such petition to be electors, that
they signed such petition with
sm9w tsa9 Zach at the ee eenaen aisn aesfe tRs
same on the date stated opposite
his name. Tho circulation of the
petition provided for herein, or
the prohibition Of the circulation
ana aef1 in case ass the circ9lation Of any
petition is prohibited by law. the
Of signers required on
section shall be one-half of the
percentage specified in subdivt-
sions a, b and G Of this section.
The percentage in any case shall
be based upon the total number Ct
votes cast Tor governor at the next
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
ties Of the state. In initiating a
law or constitutional amendment,