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

form. submitted to the electors by
the legislature or by a further Pc
tllon, snail become a part of tie
forlv Of hi II aRpfoysd by ma,
such election. or by four-sevenths
posed amendment; provided. not
less than thres-sevenths Of the
voted for the proposed amendment.
This section shall be construed as
= means in addition to Section i.
Article IA, OF the state conslitu-
When at any time prior to the
the legislature there shall have
been filed with the secretary Of
state = a petition proposing an9i1 law.
electors Of the state. the secretary
of state shall transmit the same
to the legislature not later than
ten 1O) days after the commence
50 proposed be not passed by the
legislature at such session, or If
It be passed in an amended form,
then upon a. further petition or
petitions, each signed by six per
MED with the secretary Of state
within six months after the adj
3ournment Of tho legislature, the
law proposed In the first petition
thereof, shall be submitted to the
electors at the next general or spe-
cial statewide election, occurring
not less than ninety days after the
n pstio ay and til
majority of the electors voting
Of the proposed law be not less
than thirty-three per centum Of
such election, the same shall be-
come q law and go into effect
thirty days after such election, and
shall supersede any amended form
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. g referendum petition.
signed by. six per centum Of the
with the secretary Of state against
passed by the legislature at such
session. s sueh l law. or such part OF
electors at the next general or
special statewide election, occur
ring not less than ninety days after
the filing of said petition. If
majority Of the votes cast thereon
be In the negative. provided such
thirty-thres per centum of the to-
tai number of votes cast at such
election, such law or such part of
2 law shall thereby be repealed.
tition is signed by fifteen per CEN
tum of the electors of the state,
the law. or part OF g. law, against
which such petition is filed shall
endum vote thereon. Provided the
same shall equal 33 per cent of the
votes at such election.
or appropriating money for the
current expenses of the state gov
eminent or state institutions, any
act of the Legislature submitting
athef to ehs s1ectors OF
the state, or any emergency law
necessary for the immediate pres
ervation OF the public peace.
f hsath or 1afsty shall 70 into ef
and approval by the governor, and
such laws. except emergency laws,
shall not be subject to a referen-
dunn vote. All other laws shall go
adjournment Of the iegislature. x
bill proposing an emergency law
shall contain a preamble briefly
setting forth the facts constitut-
y nE t shan bs tssn f sp
amble of such bill by a call of the
yeas and nays, and if the pream-
BILE be adopted by a two-thirds vote
Of I'll the meRbers Of each house.
(d) 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
change Is proposed in an existing
in addition to referring to the
same, it shall state the general
effect Of the proposed change and
also the full text Of the proposed
law, to be referred. Any initia-
tive or referendum petition may be
signed in separate parts but each
part shall hall, conform to the proyii
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
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
thereof. To each part Of such Pc
tition shall be attached the affi-
davit Of the person before whom
the same. 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 aff1ant, that
belief each signature is the gem
uine signature Of the person whose
name it purports to be, that he be-
lieves the persons who have signed
such petition to be electors, that
knowledge Of the 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
of E9'Ssrss required f n tb On
section shall be- one-half of the
percentage specified in subdivi-
sions a, b and Of this section.
The percentage In any case shall
be based upon POI tho total nu the
preceding election. All petition:
provided for in this section shall
contain the signature Of not less
80 hA al in,