The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-10-26

form, supmIl,ea 60 the electors by
the legislature or by q further Pc
tition. shall become a part Of the
jority of the electors voting at
such election, or by four-sevenths
OF the electors voting on the pro-
posed amendment; provided, not
less than three-sevenths Of the
voted for the proposed amendment.
This section shall be construed as
= means in addition to Section l.
Article IA, of the state constitu-
(b) STATUTORY INITIATIVE.
When at any time prior to the
commencement of any session Of
the legislature there shall have
been filed with the secretary OF
signed by. two per centum Of the
electors of the state, the secretary
of state shall transmit the same
to the legislature not later than
ment OF Of the session as an # i' the law
so proposed be not passed by the
legislature at such session, or if
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 ad-
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
not less. than ninety. days after the
or petitions, ard. if approved by
majority Of tho electors voting
thereon, provided the vote in favor
of the proposed law be not less
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the total number of 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. - II
within ninety days after the final
adjournment of any session of the
Legislature, g referendum petition,
signed by, six per. centum of the
with the secretary of state against
any law or any part of a law,
passed by the legislature at such
session, such law, or such part OF
electors at the next general or
special statewide election, occur
ring not less than ninety days after
the filing of said petition. If a
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
election, such law or such part Of
q 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 law, against
which such petition is fled shall
endum vote thereon. Provided the
same shall equal 33 per cent of the
votes mt such election.
or appropriating money for the
current expenses of the state gov
eminent or state institutions, any
act of the legislature submitting
a, constitutional amendment or
the state, or any emergency law
ervation of the public peace.
health. or safety. shall go into eff
feet feet immedateiy upon its passage
such laws, except emergency laws.
shall not be subject to a referen-
dunn vote. All other laws shall go
into effect ninety days after the
bill proposing an emergency law
shall contain q preamble briefly
setting forth the facts. constitut-
ing the emergency. A separate
vote, shall be taken upon the pre-
yeas and nays. and il the pream-
BILE be adopted by two-thirds vote
of all the members of each house,
1t shall be an emergency 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
q. 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
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
signed in separate parts but each
part shall conform TO the proyi-
sions herein contained. All petit
tions shall be signed and verified
before a person authorized to adj
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. cleo
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
davit shall contain a 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 gen.
uine signature of the person whose
name it purports to be, that he be-
lieves the persons who have signed
they Signed such petition with
knowledge of the contents thereof,
and that each person signed the
same on the date stated opposite
his name. The circulation of the
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 provided for in this
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
less than one-fourth of the coun-
ties of the state. In initiating
law or constitutional amendment.
electors who have signed the first
shall be qualified to- sign the sec