The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-11-02

consIitui0n. il approved by q ma
5ortty of the electors voting at
such election, or by four-sevenths
Of the electors voting on the pro.
less than three-sevenths of the
electors voting at said election
voted for the proposed amendment.
This section shall be construed as
Article Ia, of the state constitu-
ton. Tor amending the same.
(b) STATUTORY INITIATIVE.
When at any time prior to the
the legislature there shall have
been filed with the secretary OF
state, q petition proposing law.
signed by. two per centum OF the
Of state shall transmit the same
to the legislature not later than
ten (10) days after the commence
ment of the session. If the law
so proposed be not passed by the
1t be passed in an amended form,
then upon a further petition or
petitions, each signed by six per
ied With tn the the e' SECRETARY of state
within six months after the adj
tournment Of the 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
ns aas a s"ih if aTnsg BY
majority of tho electors voting
thereon, provided the vote in favor
of the proposed law be not less
the hen total number Of fev votes " cast at
such election, the same shall be-
come a law and go into effect
thirty days after such election, and
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
to enact laws, as provided in this
subdivision, shall extend only to
laws authorized by the provisions
Of the constitution.
(c) THE REFERENDUM. - It
within ninety days after the final
adjournment of any session of the
legislature, e referendum petition.
electors of the state, shall be filed
with the secretary of state against
any law or any part OF a law.
passed passed by the legislature E,os at such
a law shall be submitted to the
electors at the next general or
special statewide election, occur
ring not less than ninety days after
majority Of the votes cast thereon
be in the negative, provided such
negative vote be not less than
thirty-three per centum of the to-
tai number of votes cast at such
electiOns such law or such part of
law shall thereby be repealed.
Provided that if a referendum Pc
tition is signed by fifteen per CEN
Of fhn oil Of ct to
the law, or part of a law, against
which such petition is filed shall
be suspended pending the refer
endum vote thereon. Provided the
same shall equal 33 per cent of the
votes at such election.
Any law providing for tax levy
or appropriating money for the
eminent or state institutions, any
act of the legislature submitting
constitutional amendment or
other question to the electors Of
necessary for the immediate pres
ervation of the public peace,
health, or safety, shall go into eff
feet Immediately upon it's passage
such laws, except emergency laws.
shall not be subject to referen-
DUN vote. All other laws shall go
into effect ninety days after the
VI the lcto lSldluTtr ~
bill proposing an emergency law
shall contain preamble briefly
setting forth the facts. constitute
ing the emergency. separate
amble of such bill by a call of the
yeas and nays, and if the pream-
BILE be adopted by two-thirds vote
of all the members of each house,
it shall be an emergency law.
(d) GENERAL, PROVISIONS
All petitions provided for in this
section shall contain title indi.
eating the subject and purpose OF
the proposed law or constitutional
a law to be referred, and if a
change is proposed in an existing
constitutional provision or statute,
IN addition nna 70 r rt1erri ne g 20
effect of the proposed change and
also the full text of the proposed
law or amendment to the constitu
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 provi-
Sions herein contained. All petl,,
lions shall be signed and verified
before person. authorized to ad-
minister an oath, and shall be in
such form that q person signing a
petition thereby states under oath,
the date of his signature. his resi-
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
davit of the person before whom
the same was signed, which affi..
davit shall contain a statement OF
the. number of signers thereon
n f.
tached to such part was made in
the presence of the affiant, that
to the best of his knowledge and
belief each signature is the gen.
name it purports to be, that he be-
lieves the persons who have signed
such petition to be electors, that
they signed such petition with
and that each person signed the
same on the date stated opposite
his name. The circulation of the
petition. provided for herein, or
thereof, may be regulated by law,
and in case the circulation of any
petition is prohibited by law, the
percentage of signers required on
section shall be one-half of the
percentage specified in subdivi-
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 less
than one-half Of the designated
percentage of the electors in not
less than one-fourth of the coun-
ties of the state. In initiating a
law or constitutional amendment,
electors who have signed the first
shall be qualified to sign the sec
ond petition.
The sufficiency of all petitions
shall he decided nv the secretary