The Mankato free press., 1916-10-27

1orlty OF the electors voting at
Of the votng py our sSs pro
posed amendment; provided, not
less than three-sevenths of the
electors voting at said election
voted for the proposed amendment.
a means in addition to Section l,
Article IA, of the state constitu-
tion, for amending the same.
When at any time prior to the
commencement of any session of
the legislature there shall have
been filed with the secretary of
signed by. two per centum of the
electors of the state, the secretary
of state shall transmit the same
to the legislature not later than
ment of the session. If the law
so proposed be not passed by the
legislature at such session, or II
1t be passed in an amended form.
Petitions, o each signed By b'sS" six per @
centum of the electors of the state,
filed with the secretary of state
within six months. after the ad-
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
of the proposed law be not less
than thfrty-three per centum OF
the total number of votes cast Mt
such election, the same shall be-
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
enaGt laws sbs as onv IN this is
laws authorized by the provisions
OF the constitution.
(c) THE REFERENDUM. - II
within ninety days after the final
adjournment of any session of the
legislature, a referendum petition,
signed by six per centum of the
ELECTORS s,lft RS Of the state shall be fled
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
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 Mt such
election, such law or such part of
q law shall thereby be repealed.
Provided, that if a referendum pc
tition is signed by fifteen per GEN.
tum of the electors of the state,
the law, or part of law, against
which Snnh natitjnn 10 f1ad 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 providing for tax levy
or appropriatinS money for the
current expenses of the state gov
ernment or state institutions, 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
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
setting forth the facts constitut-
ing the emergency. A separate
vote shall be taken upon the pre-
amble of such bill by 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 indi.
eating the subject and purpose OF
the proposed law or constitutional
a law to be referred, and if a
change is proposed in an existing
constitutional, provision or statute,
in addition, to referring to the
effect of the proposed change and
also the full text of the proposed
law or amendment to the constitu-
tion' or of Of the e law or part Of
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
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 aff1-
davit of the person before whom
the same, was signed, which afti.
the number of signers thereon,
that each Of the signatures. at
tached to such part was made in
the presence of the affiant, that
fha hest nf his Xnnw1a1Da 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 opposite
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-
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 a
law or constitutional amendment,
electors who have signed the first
shall be qualified TO sign the Sec
ond petition.
The sufficiency Of all petitions
shall be decided by the secretary
of state subject to review by the
court If the secretary of state
decides that any petition is insult