The Mankato free press., 1916-10-13

constitution, if approved by a ma
Jority of the electors voting at
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
a means in addition to Section l,
Article IA, of the state constitu-
tlon, for amending the same.
(b) STATUTORY INITIATIVE.
When at any time prior to the
egiHt tRe iegislature Il there 1S sSaii sS'0h have
been filed with the secretary of
state, a petition proposing law,
signed by. two per centum of the
electors of the state, the secretary
to the legislature not later than
ten Q0) days after the commence
ment of the session. If the law
so proposed be not passed by the
legislature al, such session, or il
it be passed in. an amended form,
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
within six months after the ad-
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-
not less than ninety days after the
filing of any such further petition
or petitions, and 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 cast at
such election, the same shall be-
come 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
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
legislature, a referendum petition,
signed by. six per centum of the
with the secretary of state against
any law or any part of law,
passed by the legislature at such
session, such law, or such part Of
electors at the next general or
special statewide election, occur
ring not less than ninety days after
the. filing 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 thereby be repealed.
prnVIdph n 1l1T no
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 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
a constitutional amendment or
other question to the electors of
necessary for the immediate pres
ervation of the public peace,
health, or safety, shall go into eff
feet Immediately upon it's passage
and, approval by the governor, and
such laws, except emergency laws,
dunn vote. All other laws shall go
into effect ninety days after the
adjournment of the legislature. A
bill proposing an emergency law
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
BILE be adopted by two-thirds vote
of all the members of each house,
it shall be an emergency law.
(d) GENERAL PROVISIONS
All petitions provided for in this
section shall contain a title indi-
eating the subject and purpose Of
the proposed law or constitutional
amendment, or the law, or part Of
a law to be referred, and if a
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-
tion, or of the law or part Of a
law, to be referred. Any initia-
tive or referendum petition may be
signed in separate parts but each
part shall conform to the Srovi-
tions shall be signed and verified
before a person authorized to ad-
minister an oath, and shall be in
such form that person signing a
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,
and that he has signed the petition
with knowledge of the. contents
tition shall be attached the affi-
davit of the person before whom
the same was signed, which affi..
davit shall contain a statement OF
that each of the signatures at
tached to such part was made in
the presence of the affiant, that
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
such petition to be electors, that
they signed such petition. with
knowledge Of the contents thereof.
his name. The circulation of the
petition provided for herein, or
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
any petition provided for in this
section shall be one-half of the
percentage specified in subdivt-
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
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
less than one-fourth of the coun-
ties of the state. In initiating
law or constitutional amendment,
electors who have signed the first
shall be qualified to sign the Sec
ond petition.
shall be decided by the secretary
of state subject to review by the
nourt If the Sacrntaru of stata