Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-10-26
& Bal Code be amended to read as fol-


the Legislature at it's next regular SEES
sion, the secretary of state shall forth
with in the presence of at least one
person representing the proponents
and one person representing the oppo-
nents of the proposed measure, should
either desire to be present proceed TO
canvass the petition and to count the
names of duly initiated and certified
registered legal voters thereon. If, at
the conclusion of the canvass and
count it shall appear that such petition
bears the requisite number of names
of duly certified registered legal voters
the secretary of state shall transmit
certified copy OF such proposed measure
to the legislature at the opening of it's
session together with a certificate of the
facts relating to the fling of such pc
tition and the canvass and count there
SEC. 8. That section 4971-16 of Rem
& Bal. Code be amended to read as fol-
lows:
Section 4971-16. The secretary of
state shall, while making said count
keep record of all names appearing
on said petition which are not certified
report the same to the prosecuting at
torneys of the respective counties
where such names We're signed to the
end that prosecutions may be had for
violations of this act.
SEC. TO- That section 4971-17 of
Rem. & Bal Code be amended to read as
follows:
Section 4971-17 Any citizen who
shall be dissatisfied with the determin-
alton of the secretary of state that the
petition contains or does not contain
the requisite number of duly certified
signatures of registered legal voters or
who has reasonable ground to believe
that any such petition determined by
the secretary of state to have the re-
quisite number of signatures contains a
sufficient number of fraudulent sigma
lures or certificates to affect the result,
or that a sufficient number of valid sig
natures to affect the result have been
rejected by the secretary of state from
the count on any petition which he has
determined not to have the requisite
number, may, within five days after
such determination, apply to the super
ior court of Thurston county for a eta
ton requiring the secretary of state to
submit said petition to said superior
court for examination, and for a writ of
mandate compelling the certification of
junction to prevent the certification
thereof to the Legislature, as the case
may be. which application shall be
made by petition and [shall be made by
petitionl and shall set forth the grounds
therefor, and shall be verified under
oath by. or on behalf of the petitioner
or petitioners and such application and
all proceedings had hereunder shall
take precedence over all other cases
and shall be speedily heard and deter
mind. If said petition for citation
shall state facts sufficient to warrant
the issuance of said citation, the same
shall issue and be served upon the sec
rotary of state and the court at the
hearing upon the return of such cita-
ton shall have jurisdiction to hear de
nOvo and determine all matters present
ed by said petition and by any petition
in intervention that may be filed in said
proceeding and hear the testimony of
witnesses and receive documentary or
other evidence offered on behalf of the
secretary. of state, the petitioners or
any petitioner in intervention and shall
decide All questions of law and of fact
with all convenient speed and shall
dismiss the proceedings or enter a writ
of mandate or Injunction in accordance
with it's determination as the case may
be. NO appeal shall be allowed from
the decision of the superior court
granting or refusing to grant a writ of
mandate or injunction, but such deci-
sion may be reviewed by the supreme
court on writ of certorari sued out
within five days after the decision of
court shall decide that the writ of man
date or injunction, as the case may be-
should issue, it shall issue such writ
wise, it shall dismiss the proceedings,
and the clerk of the supreme court
shall forthwith notify the secretary of
state of the decision of the supreme
court.
SEC IL. That section 4971-a1 of
Rem. & Bal. Code be amended to read
as follows:
Section 497131. Every person who
shall sign any initiative or referendum
petition provided for in this act with
guilty of a felony. Every person who
shall knowingly sign more than one of
such petitions for the same measure
knowing that he is not a registered
legal voter, or who shall falsely repre-
sent to any registration officer that he
is a certain person whose name appears
upon the registration books, or who
shall make to such registration officer
any false statement as to his identity
or place OF residence and every reg
iStration officer who shall knowingly
permit any person other than a duly
registered voter to sign any such pc
tition or who shall knowingly initial
lieve to be the signature of a duly reg
istered legal voter or who shall know
ingly make any false report or certi
fcate on any such petition shall be
guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
SEC. II. That section 1911 80 of
Rem. q Bal Code be amended to read
as follows:
Section 4971-32 Every officer who
shall wilfully violate any of the pro-
which no penalty is herein prescribed,
or shall wilfully fail to comply with the
provisions of this act; and every per
compensation, gratuity, reward or
thing of value or promise thereof sign
or decline to sign any initiative or re-
ferend um petition; or who shall adver
Use III any newspaper, lldSdZlne or
other periodical publication, or in any
book, pamphlet, circular or letter or by
means of any sign, signboard, bill,
poster, handful card or in any man
ner whatsoever, that he will either
for or without compensation or con-
sideration solicit, procure or obtain
signatures upon or influence or induce
attempt to influence or induce per
sons to sign or not to sign any initia-
tive or referendum petition or vote for
against any initiative or referendum
m ga who hall or.
reward or thing of value or promise
thereof, solicit, procure or obtain or
attempt to procure or obtain sigma
lures upon any initiative or referen-
dunn petition; or who shall pay or offer
or promise to pay, or give or offer or
promise to give any consideration, COM
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