The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-04

The percentage in any case shall
y votes cast Tor governor at the next
z preceding election. All petitions
provided for in this section shall
contain the signature of not less
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.
1T, The sut!iei;sney tof all petitions
of state subject to review by the
court: Il the secretary OF state
able time for making corrections
or for fling additional signatures
In the event of legal proceedings
In court to prevent. giving effect to
/ insuflciency, or any other ground,
the burden of proof shall be upon
the person attacking the petition.
stitution initiated and approved by
the electors as herein provided.
shall be held Unconstitutional or
void on account of the insufficiency
the repeal OF any. law. submitted
BY, referendum petition. be held In.
valid GoR such tnsufhciencys
All initiative laws and consti.
tutional amendments shall be 50
submitted to. the electors as to
permit an Affirmative or negative
vote upon each measure submit
or conflicting proposed amend.
ments to the constitution be ap.
proved ~ the same election, the
one receiving the highest number
OF affirmative votes shall prevail
as to eonmcting provisions
The style OF oil legislative meas.
Ures and amendments to the con.
stitution initiated by the people
under this section shall bel Pc
State OF Minnesota"
The provisions Of this section
may be enforced by appropriate
legislation, but until such legisla.
ton has been enacted, this section
shall be self executing.
THE PURPOSE AND EFFECT o
this amendment IL adopted. will b,
three-fOld.
(a) 1t will permit the voters to pro
pose amendments to the state constItu
ton, for adoption, without action b,
as it now stands constitutional amend
ments can be proposed onIy By the leg
isIaturc.
OBJ 50, too, IL adopted, the amend
ment will permit electors to prOpOs
laws for enactment and III mot enacte
by the legislatures, the voters may b
sufficient petition. require the questfo
of the enactment of the proposed Law
to be submitted to the voters. If mp
proved by a majority of the electOr
voting, thereon provided the vote 1
favor of the proposed law I'm not les
than thirty-three per cent of the tots
the same becomes a law with the sam
force and effect as though passed b
the legislature. The governor wi
have mo power to veto a law no passcG
but the people cannot no pass any la,
which fa prohibited by the cor
stitutiOn.
(c) So too, tf adopted, the amend
mcnt will permit the voters by prOpe
petition to require vote ON the quca
ton of whether or mot any law or par
thereof, of certain classes of law
passed by the legislature shall be re
pea1ed. If the petition asking for til
referendum in signed by fifteen pt
cent of the voters of the state. the nun
Der of whom Ia to be determined b
the number of votes cast for Governt
at the preceding election, the law q
referred to the voters will not tah
effect pending the referendum vOt
thereon. The vote required to repeal
law passed by the Legislature and til
classes of laws which cannot be 6
repealed are specified I'm SubdivisiO
&C" of the proposed amendment 6
above printed.