The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-11-01

1oAAi, submitted 10 the electors by
the legislature or by a further Pc
tlLlon. snail become a part OF tLs
constitution. If approved by ma
]orlty OF the electors voting at
such election, or by four-sevenths
OF the electors voting on the pro-
less than thres-sevenths Of the
electors voting at said election
voted for the proposed amendment
rms section shall be construed as
Article IA. OF the state conslitu-
ton. for amending the same.
~ STATUTORY INITIATIVE.
When at any time prior to the
the the legislaturs there shall have
state, a petition proposing a law W.
electors Of the state. the Secretary
Of state shall transmit the same
to the Legislature not later than
nent Of the session. If the law
80 proposed be not passed by the
legislature at such session, or il
y pc passed In an amended form,
n 1hen upon az, further Petiton or
centum Of the electors Of the state,
MED with the secretary Of state
within six months after the adj
}ournment OF tho legislature, the
or one or more amended forms
thereof, shall be submitted to the
electors at the next general or spe-
clal state wide election, occurring
not not less $, than ninety days after ths
or petitions, and II approved BY a
thereon, provided the vote I'm favor
Of the proposed law be not less
the total number Of votes east at
s"ch 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
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. referendum petition,
signed by. six per centum of the
ELECTORS Of the state, shall be filed
with the secretary Of state against
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
ring not less than ninety days after
the. fling Of said petition. If a
majority Of the votes cast thereon
be IN the negative, provided such
neEative vote be not less than
tai number of votes cast at such
election, such law or such part Of
a law shall thereby be repealed.
Provided, that If a referendum pc
tum of the electors Of the state,
the law. or part of q law, against
which such petition is filed shall
be, suspended pending the refer
endum vote thereon. Provided the
votes at such election.
Any law providing for a tax levy
or appropriatins money for the
ernment or state institutions. any
act of the legislature submitting
constitutional a Mendment or
other question to the electors Of
the state, or any emergency law
ervation Of the public peace.
health, or safety, shall go into eff
feet Immediately upon its 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
shall contain preamble briefly
ing the emergency. A separate
vote. shall be taken upon the pre-
amble of such bill by a call of the
yeas and nays, and if the pream-
BILE be adopted by two-thirds vote
it shall be an e~ergency law.
Cd GENERAL PROVISIONS
All petitions provided for in this
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-
ton, 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 provi-
tions shall be signed and verified
before a person authorized to adj
minister an oath, and shall be in
such form that a person signing a
petition thereby states under oath,
the date Of his signature, his resi-
dence, that he Is q 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 cortents
thereof. To each part Of such Pc
tition shall be attached the affi-
davit Of the person before whom
the same me, was signed, which aft.
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 his knowledge and
belief each signature is the gem
uine signature of the person whose
name Il; purports to be, that he be.
such petition to be electors, that
they signed such petition. with
OF tho contents thereof,
and that each person signed the
same on the date stated opposite
his name. The CIRCULATION of the
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 SiEners required on
any petition. pfovided FIR in this
section shall be one-half of the
percentage specified in subdivi-
be based upon tho total number OF
votes cast for governor at the next