The Nevada County picayune., 1916-10-12
object of lts opponents. Now, tn,

object of it's opponents Now, thsre is heavy penalty attached to illegal signing. or illegality on the part of the solicitor, and as he has to swear to the correctness of his list, the state is protected. and the proof should de vOlvo upon the opponents 10 prove the sienatures Illegal, otherwise enc most mcrtorious measure could be defeated by challenging the genuine ness of Che signatures and delaying the investigations unUl the election.
 Tn view of The above, the proposed Amendment No. 13 requires the ob. jector to mrnIsh the proof that names are illegally signed
 Gives the People a Chance.
 s Under the present law no mat ter he" popular d measure may be with the people, nor how great the number Of signatures obtained to ini Harc t. if tt can be thrown into the Supreme Court before a decision could b. rendered by that body the election would have occurred and the measure would be left of inc ballot, and of eourac could not b. voted upon and tbc wll of the people again dc .ratrd
 nh, proposed Amendment No l3 provides tHa vhen tho peuHon la re# aro.e to .he supreme Court and can moi h, 6eard in tune for the election, 'haa a saaa hu placed upon the ballot Iust tue same and rbe people gwen an opportunity to express .aer desires
 Ii was undoubtedly Che inter. tiou of tHr present Initiative and Ror arendum las that the people should have fhe power of infiatiug as many amendments as thcy desired, but the courts dJnagrd upon n- Interprrfa- ton. thr majority coutendiug hat inc former law was unchanged and that only three amendments could be sub -ubmittcd al one election, regardless If whether They were submitted by lhc legislature. initiated by the peo- pie or both This interpretation makes it possible for the people a he deprived of the power to initiate any amendment. d. the legislature might submit three amendments. Tn winch ease the people could not inl- Hate any The proposed Amendment No F makes this plain by especially providing that the people may sub init any number of amendments they choose
 Local Legislation.
 ' It is well understood in the To .Eb Sh q Iatiun has burdened the legislature. II was clearly the intention of the present Initiative and Referendum law to provide that local legislation should be handled by the locality in- tcrested. but the courts decided that this provision m the law was not op erative. consequently local legisla ton IS still burden 10 the legisla rure
 The proposed Amendment No. l3 provides that local legislation shall he handled by the community sf, fectcd and also provides safeguards whereby local legislation shall not conflict with state laws.
 Majority Shall Rule.
 S. There seems 10 be some doubt as to whether the present law clearly indicates that majority of the votes cast on A measure may carry it, or whether fl requires a majority Of the greatest vote cast for any officer.
 In the proposed Amendment No l3 il k made clear that only majority vote Of those cast on the measure IT. self is required to adopt
 It will be noted by the above that all of the changes are designed 10 do away with "Jokers" that seriously inn pair the efficiency of the present law, and present strong arguments for the adoption Of Amendment No. i3.
 Amendment No. 13 will be submit ted to the electors of the state at the next general election 10 be held Tues day November ', 1916.