Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-10-19

form, submitted TO the electors By
the Legislature or by d TuFC1sF Pc
Ill4on, snail become part OF the
constitution. IL approved Dy ma
JGrity OF the electors voting AT
SUCH election, or BY Tour-seVsntRs
OF Itas eluCLurs voting on the pro-
posed amendment; provided, not
less than taree~ seTentE5 or the
electors voting at said e4sct1on
voted for the proposed Amendment,
ThIs section snail DC construed as
a means In add rlon 10 Section L.
ArL4eIe IA, OF raa state Gonstita~
tlou, kor Amending Lac same.
CD s'TATTToE INITIATIVE.
~ hen at any time prior TO the
commencement Of any session OF
the Legislature there shall nave
been flied with the secretary or
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
to the Legislature not later tnan
ten (I01 days after the commence
rent Of the session. II the law
so proposed be not passed by the
Legislature at such session, or Ii
IL 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,
fled with the secretary OF state
within six mon tins after the ad~
tournament 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~
cial state wide election, occurring
not less than ninety days after the
fling OF any such further petition
OF petitions. and IL approved by A
majority OF the electors voting
thereon, provided the vote In favor
L.
than thirty-thres per ecnsum OF
the total number OF votes east at
such election. the same shall be-
come a 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
be subject to the veto Of. the gov
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.
tc) THE REFERENDUM. - II
within ninety days after the final
adjournment OF any session OF the
Legislature, referendum petition,
signed by six per centum OF tha
electors OF the state. shall be fled
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
law shall be submitted to the
electors at the next general or
special statewide election, occur
ring not less than ninety days after
the ding OF said petition. n
majority Of the votes cast thereon
be- in the negative, provided sueh
negative vote be not less than
rhirty-three per centrum Of the to-
nj af uT
election, such law or such part Of
law shall thereby be repealed.
Provided, that tf A referendum Pc
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 Ia fled shall
be suspended pending the refer
endum vote thereon. Provided the
snm~ shall equal ~ per cent Of the
votes at such election.
Amy law providing for a tax levy
or appropriating money for the
current expenses OF the state gov
eminent or state institutions, any
act OF the Legislature submitting
a constitutional amendment or
other question to the electors OF
necessary for the immediate press
ervatlon of the public peace,
health, or safety, shall go into al
feet Immediately upon its passage
anu approval Dy the governor anu
such laws. except emery ency laws,
shall not be subject to a referen-
dunn vote. All other laws shall go
into effect ninety days after the
adjournment az the Legislature. A
bill proposing an emergency law
shall contain a preamble briefly
setting forth the facts oonstitut-
Ing the emergency. A separate
vote shall be taken upon the pre-
anbIe OF such bill by a call of the
yeas and nays, and II the preaTT
Bile he adopted by a two-fhirds vote
OF all the members Of each house,
it shall be an emergency law.
Cd) GENERAL PROVISIONS
Ali 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
law to be referred, and il
change is proposed in an existing
constitutional provision or statute,
In addition to referring to the
same, 1t shall state the general
effect of the proposed change and
also the fun text OF the proposed
law or amendment to the cOnstttu-
ton, or Of the law or part OF a
tive or referendum petition may be
signed in separate parts but each
part shall conform to the proTi-
sious herein contained. All petit
before a person authorized TO ad-
minister an oath, and shall be in
such form that Il person signing a
petition thereby states under oath,
the date OF his signature, his resi-
deuce, 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
thereof To each part OF such Pc
tttion shall be attached the afft-
davtt OF the person before whom
the same was signed, which aft-
davtr snail contain a statement of
the number OF signers thereon,
that each Of the signatures at
tached to such part was made in
the presence OF the affant, that
to the best of hts knowledge and
belief each signature ia the gen
uine signature OF the person whose
name ii purporrs to be, that he be-
hsves ths persons who have signed
such petition 70 be electors, that
they signed such petition with
knowledge OF ths contents thereof.
and that each person signed the
same on the date stated opposite
his name The circulation of the
petition provided for herein, or
the prohibition OF the circulation
thereof, may he regulated by law.
and in case the circulation OF any
petition is proh hited by law, the
percentage OF signers required on
section shall be oue-half at the
percentage specified in subdlvt-
sions a, b and c 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 lass
than ons-half OF the designated
percentage OF the electors In not
less than ons-fourth Of the coun-
ties of the sGate. In initiating a