The Nevada County picayune., 1916-08-24
The Initiative and Refeysnduns powers If the people are hereby further ressrv-

The Initiative and RefsysnAans powers sf the people are hereby further rsssrv- cd to the legal voters of each nunici pal ity and county as to all local. special and municipal legisls ton of every char Acter in and for their respective nunicl- palities and counties.
 Counties cities and towns may pro vide for the exercise of the Iuitiativo and Referendum ss to their local legis- lation. Petitions shall be filed with tho county or oity clerk. Not more than ten (lO) per cent of the legal voters of any county, city, or town may be re Guired to order the referendum, nor moro than fifteen G5) per cent of the legal voters of any such county, city or town, shall he required to propose any measure by initiative petition,
 In counties or municipalities the mum per of signatures required on a petition shall be computed upon the vote cast for the office of county judge or yor at the last preceding election.
 Every extension, enlargement, pur- chase, grant. or conveyance of a fran chise or of any rights property, ease ment, lease, or occupation of or in any road, street, alley or park, or any part thereof in any real property or interest m any real property owned by R munich pal corporation. whether the same be by statute, ordinance. resolution, or other wise. shall be subject to referendum and shall not be subject to emergency legis- lation The time for filing referendum petition against municipal or local
 
 thirty days after the passage thereof by municipal or local legislative bodies.
 The word measure. as used herein. means any law. bill. resolution, ordi- nance. charter. or constitutional amend ment. or any other legislative measure.
 In the case of laws chiefly of local in terest as the creation of new or addi- Honal judges. or other officers or offices. referendum by petition shall be sub mitted for approval or rejection to the people of the district interested.
 AN elections on general, local and special measures referred to the peopN of the State or of any locality shall be held at the regular general election. eH- sept when the Governor. County Judge or Mayor shall order special election.
 State, counties or municipalities may provide for special elections on local Legislation.
 No limitation shall be placed upon the number of constitutional amend ments or other measures which may oe proposed and submitted to the people by either Initiative or Referendum peti- tiOns as provided in this section, nor shall this section be construed to con dlct in any particular with Article l9. Section 22, of the Constitution provid- ing for the submission of constitutional amendments by the Legislative Assem- bly, and their adoption by the people
 This section shall not be construed to deprive any member of the Legislative Assembly of the right to introduce any measure. but no measure shall be sub mitted to the people by the Legislative Assembly except a proposed constitu- uoual amendment. or amendment as pro vided for in Article 19. Section g of the Constitution.
 Any measure submitted 10 the people by petition as herein provided shall Janr effect and became q law when approved by majority of the votes cast there on and not otherwise. and shall not be required to receive a majority Of the votes east for candidates in such cleo ton such measure shall be operative on and after the thirtteth day after the election at which it is approved.
 The veto power of the Governor or the Mayor shall not extend to measures in ltiated by or referred to the people
 If conflicting measures referred to the people shall be approved by a majority of the votes severally cast for and against the same. the one receiving the higher number of affirmative votes shall thereby become law.
 No measure approved by vote or the people shall be amended or repealed by the General Assembly or any City Cornell except by yea or nay vote upon roll cail of three -fourthS of all the mem bers elected, nor shall any such mear- ure be set aside in whole or In part as unconstitutional except hY 2 unanimous decision of all the members of the Su- preme Court of the state
 Legal voters only shall be counted upon petitions Petitions may be circu- lated and presented in parts, but each part of any petition shall have attached thereto the affidavit of the person cir culatiug tue same that all the sigma lures thereon were made in the pres of the aA!ants Knowledge and belief each signature is aeuHiue and that the n1rrson .,saN5HG IS d Iesal voter aHt ao ptHtr 2 HH4- rHf 9r Ntf#.H= =tos e-1 1#i or .e