New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-11-01

form. submitted to the electors ~
sas !sslslature or BY 2 further Pc.
constitution. Il approved BY a ma:
. jority .ot the electors voting at
s1ch election. or by four-sevenths
OF TIE electors voting on the pro-
Pcs than mt mt
electors voting at said election
voted for the proposed amendment.
This section shall be construed as
means in addition to Section |.
ton. Tor amending the same.
(b) STATUTORY INITIATIVE.
When at any time prior to the
the Legislature there shall have
state, a petition proposing a law,
SECTORS o Of the tate '1 the secpetary s
Of state. shall transmit the same
ten (1o) days after the commence
ment Of the session. If the law
so proposed be not passed by the
legislature at such session, or II
# be passed in an amended form,
petitions, each signed BY six per
centum of the electors of the state,
filed with the secretary Of state
within six months after the ad-
law proposed in the first petition
or one or more amended forms
thereof, shall be submitted to the
electors at the next general or spe-
no esa han nnsS @ ing
fling Of any such further petition
majority Of the electors voting
thereon, provided the vote In favor
than thirty-three per centum Of
the total number OF votes cast Mt
such election. the same shall be-
come law and go into effect
h5fy days sfsr such ,o ana
Of such law which may have: been
passed by the legislature. No law
passed by the Initiative petition
an and approved hy the ELECTORS shall
ernor. The authority Of the people
subdivision, shall extend only to
laws authorized by the provisions
(cy THE REFERENDUM. - II
within ninety days after the final
adjournment Of any session Of the
ssned py .x Se1 esnp On
electors Of the state, shall be filed
with the secretary OF state against
any law or any part sOf a law.
passed by the legislature at such
a, law shall be submitted to the
electors at the next general or
special statewide election, occur
ring not less than ninety days after
majority Of the votes cast thereon
be in the negative, provided such
negative vote be not less than
thirty-thSee per centum of the to-
election, such law or such part Of
q law shall thereby be repealed.
tition is signed by fifteen per CEN
tpm Of. the ELECTORS Of the state,
which such petition is flied shall
be- suspended pending the refer
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 legislature submitting
a constitutional amendment OF
other question to the electors Of
the state, or any emergency law
necessary et:e TOR the immediate pres
health, or safety. shall go into ef-
feet Immediately upon It's passage
and approval by the governor, and
such laws, except emergency laws,
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into effect ninety days after the
adjournment of the legislature. A
bill proposing an emergency law
seftn fnrt5 r. }ss1n eriey
ing the emer gency. A separa %
vote. shall be taken upon the -
amble OF such bill by a call of Cne
yeas and nays, and if the pream-
of all the members of each house,
it shall be an emergency law.
e; GENERAL PROVISIONS
section shall contain title ind-
eating the subject and purpose Of
the proposed law or constitutional
amendment, or the law, or part Of
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
law or amendment to the constitu-
law, to be referred. Any initia-
tive or referendum petition may be
signed in, separate parts; but each
sions herein contained. All petit
tions shall be signed and verified
before a person authorized to adj
minister an oath, and shall be in
such form that person signing q
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
signed any part of such petition,
and that he has signed the petition
With knoW w Of the o. cent contents
tition shall be attached the afti-
davit of the person before whom
the same was signed, which afi.
davit shall contain, a statement OF
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
the prohibition Of the circulation
thereof, may be regulated by, law,
and in case the circulation Of any
petition is prohibited by law the
percentage of signers required en-
section shall be one-half of the
percentage specified in subdivi-
sions a, b and Of this section.
The percentage in any case shall
be based upon the total number Of
votes cast for governor at the next