Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-10-13

jori1y Of the electors voting at
such election, or by four-seventhS
of the electors voting on the pro-
Pcs than 81 mo
electors voting at said election
voted for the proposed amendment.
This section shall be construed as
Z means in addition to Section !.
Article IA, of the state constitu.
ton, for amending the same.
10 STATUTORY INITIATIVE.
when at any time prior to the
commencement Of any session Of
the legislature there shall have
state, a petition proposing a law,
signed by two per centum Of the
electors of the state, the secretary
Of state shall transmit the same
ten e IL {io) 1e days after the commence1
ment Of the session. If the law
legislature at s8ch session, or IL
It be passed In an. an amended ar Iat: 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 adj
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-
not less than ninety days after the
fling Of any such further petition
or petitions, and IL approved by =
majority Of the electors voting
thereon, provided the vote In favor
than thirty-three per centum Of
the total number Of votes cast at
such election, the same shall be-
come 9 law and 60 into effect
of such law which may have been
passed by the legislatu No law
passed by the Initiative petition
End en- BY the te ee &c bs sha
ernor. The authority of the people
subdivision, shall extend only to
laws authorized by the provisions
ct the constitution.
(c) THE REFERENDUM. - If
within ninety days after the final
adjournment OF any session Of the
legislature, 2 referendum petition.
electors Of the state, shall be filed
with the secretary Of state against
any law or any part OF a law,
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
special statewide election, occur
ring not less than ninety days after
majority Of the votes cast thereon
be in the negative, provided such
negative vote he not less than
thirty-three Per centun of the to-
election, such law or such part. Of
a law shall thereby be repealed.
tition IS IS signed l. by ffteen per cen
tum Of the electors Of the state,
which such petition is filed shall
be suspended pending the refer
endum vote thereon. Provided tho
same shall equal 33 per cent of the
votes Mt such election.
Any law providing for tax levy
or appropriating money for the
current expenses OF the state gov
scf of Sg St2ts any
a constitutional amendment or
other question to the electors OF
the state, or any emergency law
necessary for the immediate pres
health, or safety, shall go into ef-
feet Immediately upon it's passage
and approval by the governor. and
such laws except emergency laws,
du aal vote te " All 1u o}her laws shall go
adjournment of the legislature. A
Bin proposiing an emergHncy isW
Ing the emsrgency. 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 two-thirds vote
it shall be an emergency law.
(d) GENERAL PROVISIONS
section shall contain a title indi::
eating the subject and purpose Of
the proposed law or constitutional
amendment. or the law, or part OF
lay to be refe5rg ID and IT
constitutional provision or statute,
in addition, to referring to the
same, it shall state, the general
effect of the proposed change and
law or amendment to the constitu-
law, to be referred. Any initia-
tive or referendum petition may be
part shall Conform to the provi-
sions herein contained. All petit
tons shall be signed and verified
before a person, authorized to ad-
such form that a person signing a
petition thereby states under oath,
the date of his signature, his resi-
dence, that he is 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 pa
tition shall be attached the :afti-
davit of the person before whom
the same was signed, which afh-
davit shall contain statement OF
that each of the SIGNATURES At:
tached to such part was made. in
the presence Of the afhant, that
to the best of his knowledge and
belief each signature is the gen.
uine signature of the person whose
1ieves the persons who have signed
such petition to be electors, that
= they signed such petition with
knowledge Of the contents thereof.
and that each person signed the
same on the date stated opposite
his nae nro Ths for OF the
the prohibition Of the circulation
thereof, may be regulated by law.
and in case the circulation of any
petition is prohibited by law. the
percentage Of signers required on
section shall be one-half of the
percentage specified in subdivi-
sions a, b and of this section.
The percentage in any case shall
be based upon the total number Of
votes cast for governor at the next
precediag ELECTION 4h;s All A1dt; Petitioni7
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-