St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1916-10-27

titior1, shall become a part Of the
constitution, II approved by 2 ma:
3 s9e1ksy .ls & phs OF slf by four y9t}ns
Of the electors voting on tho pro-
posed amendment; provided, not
electors voting at said election
This This section shall IP0 be construed ! !:
a means In addition to Section !,
Article a, Of the state constitu-
CD STATUTORY INITIATIVE.
commencement Of any session Of
been dhled With the sccretary Of
state, a petition proposing a law.
sieasa o 81 1 tne 5t q ef the { sec Ge Try
of state shall transmit the same
to the legislature not later than
ten CO.. days after the commence
ment Of the session. If the law
legislature at. such session, or II
it be passed in an amended form,
then upon a. further petition or
petitions, each signed by six per
filed with the secretary Of state
within six months after the adj
journment 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
filing OF any such further petition
majority Of the electors voting
thereon, provided the vote in favor
Of the proposed law he not les.
than thirty-three per centum Of
the total number of votes cast at
such election. the same shall be-
come a law and so into effect
thirty days after such election, and
shall supersede any amended form
p pa sedn BY saW the ~n 1egisl maSynagNS No o laW
passed by the initiative petition
and approved by the electors shall
be subject to the veto of the COY.
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
legislature, q 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 he submitted to the
electors at the. next general >r
ring not less than ninety days after
the filing of said petition. If a
majority Of the votes cast thereon
be in the negative. provided such
negative vote he not less than
thirty-three per centum Of the 20
81 tai IN Of votes n at such
election, such law or such part Of
a law shall thereby be repealed.
Provided. that il 4 referendum pc
tition is signed by fifteen per cen
the law, or part OF a lazy, against
be suspended pending. the refer
endum vote. thereon. Provided the
same shalt equal 3: per cent Of h
votes Mt such election.
Any law providing for a tax levy
or appropriating money for the
eminent or state Institutions, any
act of the legislature submitting
a constitutional amendment or
other question to the electors Of
n 1se stafS' for or any fhS i@ emeyHsney pr 9ew
ervation Of the public peace,
feet Immediately upon It's passage
and approval by the governor, and
such laws, except emergency laws,
shall not be subject to a referen-
into effect ninety days after the
adjournment of the legislature. A
bhd processing camtdin an e emerg,ency yr, lay
setting forth the facts constitute
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 a two-thirds vote
of all the members of each house,
1t shall be an energency law.
(d) GENERAL PROVISIONS
All petitions provided for in this
section shall contain a 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 to referring to the
same, it shall state the general
also the full text Of the proposed
law or amendment to the constitu-
ton, or of the law o part Of a
law, to be referred. Any initia-
tive or referendum petition may be
sions herein contained. All petit
tions shall be signed and verified
before a person ~authoriZed to ad-
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such form that a person signing a
petition thereby states under oath,
the date Of his signature. his resi-
dence, that he is a qualified. elec-
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 afh-
davit Of the person before whom
the same was signed, which aft:
davit shall contain a statement Of
the number of signers thereon,
that each of the signatures IT.
the presence Of the affiant, that
to the best of his knowledge and
belief each signature is the gem
uine signature Of the person whose
na anns It th %purports to o,b be- that a. he gb be-
they signed such petition with
knowledge Of the contents thereof,
and that each person signed the
his name. The circulation of the
petition provided for herein, OF
the prohibition of the circulation
thereof, may be regulated by. law,
R \ in case as n the GiTe9ld til i OF any my
percentage of signers, required on
any petition provided for in this
section shall be one-half of the
percentage specified In ubdlVl
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 che next
preceding election. All pa lions
provided for in this s ,.ioH. shall
contain the signature Of 2c* ,ess
than one-half Of the design9Ied
percentage of the electors in not
less than o~ne-fourth of the coun-
ties of the state. In initiating a
law or constitutional amendment,