The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-10-25

the legislature or by a further pc
tltlon, snail become a part Of the
constitution. If approved by a ma.
sucn election. or by four-s-venths
Of the electors voting on the pro-
posed amendment: provided, not
less than thrss-sevenths Of the
Sotea for y ta ae dad
q means in addition to Section /.
Article IA, OF the state constitu-
ton, tor amending the same.
(b) STATUTORY INITIATIVE.
Wien at any time prior to tho
commencement Of any session Of
the legislaturewthers shall have
been filed with the secretary OF
state state a petition proposing o,11g Law:
electors 81 the state. the secretary
Of state shall transmit the same
to the legislature not later than
ten 1OCs days after the commence
so proposed be not passed by the
legislature at such session, or II
It be passed in an amended form.
then upon a further petition or
centum Of the electors of the state,
filed with. the secretary Of state
within six months after the adj
3ournment Of tho legislature, the
ld pIopOSSo Al tuc III 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
filing Of any such further petition
or petitions, and II approved by
majority Of the electors voting
thereon, provided the vote in favor
than thirty-three per centum Of
the total number of votes cast at
such election, the same shall be-
come 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.
(c) THE REFERENDUM. = If
within ninety days after the final
adjournment of any session Of the
legislature, a referendum petition.
electors of the state, shall be filed
with the secretary Of state against
any law or. any part OF law.
passed by the legislature 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
the fling OF said petition. If
majority of the votes cast thereon
be in the negative, provided sach
NEGATIVE vote be net less than
thirty-three per ceatum of the to-
election. such law or such part of
law shall thereby be repealed
Provided, that if 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 is fled shall
endum vote thereon. Provided the
same shall equal 33 per cent of the
votes ut such election.
Any law providing for a tax levy
or appropriating money for the
current expenses of the state gov
ernmrnt or state institutions. any
constitutional Amendment or
other question to the electors Of
the state, or any. emergency law
necessary for the immediate pres
health, or safety, shall go into ef-
feet Immediately upon its passage
and approval by the governor, and
sh ot he e&eePpff to aaT
\
dunn vote. All other laws shall go
into effect ninety days after the
adjournment Of the legislature. A
bill proposing an emergency law
setting forth the facts. constitut-
ing the emergency. separate
vote s4all~ be- taken upon the. pre-
amble Of such bill By call Of the.
Bile be adopted by a Two-tfirds v*ts
of Ill the me2berS Of EACH house,
it shall be an exergency law.
(d) GENERAL PROVISIONS
All petitions provided for in this
section snail contain a title indi-
eating the subject and purpose Of
the proposed law or constitutional
a law to be referred, and if q
change is proposed in an existing
constitutional provision or statute,
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 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
part shall conform to the provi-
sions herein contained. All peti.
tons 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 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
tition shall be attached the affl-
davit Of the person before whom
the same was signed. which aft.
davit shall contain q statement OF
the number of signers thereon,
that each Of the signatures at
tached to such part was made IN
to the best Of his knowledge and
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
they signed such petition. with
and that each. person signed the
his nRme The circulation of the
petition provided for herein, or
the prohibition Of the circulation
thereof, may be regulated by law.
and in case the circulation Of any
petition is prohibited by law. the
any petition p<ovided for in this
section shall be one-half Of the
percentage specified in subdivi-
sions a, b and G 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
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