New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-25

t..ion. small become psrtaof the
5or!y OF the sisetors Voting at
s o9c ~ election s.ad9 or by four-sevenths
posed amendment; provided. not
!ess than three-sevenths OF the
s electors voting at said election
T%ted . Tor the proposed amendment:
q means in addition to Seullon i.
ton. tor amending the same.
90 STATUTORY INITIATIVE.
When at any time prior to tho
the legislature there shall 1' have
state. a petition Proposing a law.
ssasa by Sf t Ss Rate int seep f the
Of state shall transmit the same
to the legislature not later than
ten 60. days after the commence
ment Of the session. If the law
legislature at. such session, or If
It be passed in an amended form,
then upon q further petition or
pea% =, each 5s ., signed by six per
filed with the secretary Of state
3ournment 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
net less than ninety days after the
and il pSsti hi
majority Of the electors voting
thereon. provided the vote In favor
Ct the proposed law be not less
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
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
ee err or.o 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
ai egiH1s1 1ale OF any session Of the
with the secretary Of state against
passed by the Legislature at such
law shall be submitted to the
electors at the, next general or
special, statewide election, occur
ring not less than ninety days after
me to Ming OF said petition; If a
be In the negative, provided such
negative vote be not less than
thirty-three Per scentum Of the to-
t tna lumber ss Of votes cast at such
law shall thereby be repealed.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.
which such petition is flied shall
endum vote thereon. Provided the
same shall equal 33 per cent of the
votes at such election.
Any law providing for q tax levy
or appropriating money for the
current expenses Of the state gov
act Of the iegislature submiitt ans
other question to the electors OF
the state, or any emergency law
necessary neSesiaay Ter the immediate pres
health, or safety, shall go into ef-
feet Immediately upon its passage
ana q. approval by the governor. and
speh lays ao+ except emergency laws.
dun vote. All other laws shall go
into effect ninety days after the
adjournment Of the legislature. A
bill proposing an emergency law
ing the emergency. A separate
vote, shall be taken upon the ~
amble Of such bill by a call of the
BE be adopted by Si a two.th i 9se vote
Of all the members Of each house,
1t shall be an emergency law.
ID; 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% to- be or ehs ,adT and ar part Of
change is proposed in an existing
constitutional provision or statute,
in addition to referring to the
same same, it shall state, the general
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-
part shall conform to the provi-
sions herein contained. All petit
tons shall be signed and verified
minister an oath, and shall be in
such form that person signing
petition thereby states under oath,
the date of his signature, his resi-
- dence, that he is a qualified elec-
tor, that he has not previously
and that he has signed the petition
with knowledge Of the contents
thereof. To each part Of such Pc
tition shall be attached the affi-
davit of the person before whom
the same was signed, which aff1-
davit shall contain a statement OF
the the number Of signers thereon.
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.
uine signature of the person whose
name it purports to be. that he be-
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
petition provided for herein, or
the prohibition iti Of the cremation
and in case the circulation of any
petition is prohibited by law, the
percentage of signers required CT
. any petition provided for in this
section shall be one-half of the
percentage specified in s'1bdivi-
sions a, b and c of this section.
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 ene-half of the designated