The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-10-21
OCTOBER p, 1916.

form. submitted to the electors by
the legislature or by a further Pc
,tition,, shall become 4 part of the
constitution co,9;; II approved by 2 ma.
such election, or by four-seventhf
posed amendment; provided, not
less than thres-s evenths OF the
s stsetGS I2s a st sd
I means in addition to : .ction i,
Article IA, of the state conatitu-
ton. for amending the same.
~ STATUTORY INITIATIVE.
eommencement Of any session Of
legislature there hall have
been filed with the secretary Of
state, a. petition proposing a law.
electors Of the State. the Secretary
Of state shall transmit the same
to the legislature not, later than
ten (10) days after the commence .
%en nro of the b se5 nd T. S2 fS
legislature at. such session, or IL
it be passed in, an amended form.
then upon a further petition or
filed with the secretary Of state
within six months after the adj
3ournment Of the legislature. he:
thereof Shall mS Se sabmitaed to t9f tho
electors at the next general or spe-
cial wide election, occurring
not less than ninety days after the
filing Of any such further petition
majority Of the electors voting
thereon, provided The vote I'm favor
Of the proposed law be not less
than thirty-three per centum Of
such election, the same shall be-
thirty days after such election, and
shall supersede any amended form
OF such law which may have been
passed by the Initiative petition
and approved by the electors shall
be subject to the veto Of the gov
ernor: The authority Of the, people
so shs 81 PrGyded oh IN this
laws authorized by the provisions
OF the constitution.
go THE REFERENDUM. - II
adjournment of any session Of tho
legislature, o referendum petition,
= sig:ed by six per centum Of the
electo1s OF the state, shall be filed
with tho secretary Of state against
!, passed by the Legislature at such
session, such law, or suoh part Of
., law shall be submitted to tho
electors at the next general or
ring not less than ninety days after
the. filing of said petition. II q
majority of the votes cast thereon
be IN the negative, provided such
3 NEGATIVE vote be not leg. than
tai numh,sr Of votes east at such
q law shall thereby be repealed
tiff9i "n ed that a Il II referendum PEI
tum Of the electors Of the state,
the law, or part Of q law, against
which such petition is fled shall
be suspended pending the refer
same shall equal 33 per cent Of tho
votes at such election.
Any law providing for . tax levy
eu eRRPreRrstag q bs for the
act of the legisiature submitting
4 other r+s question to the electors Of
necessary TOR the immediate pr r
ervation Of the public peace,
health, or safety, shall go into ef-
feet Immediately upon It's passage
and approval by the governor, and
shall not be. subject to q referen. =
dunn vote. All other laws shall go
Into effect ninety days after the
adjournment Of the Legislature. A
s 6f progressing c%%faing an emergency lay
setting forth the facts constitut-
Ing the emergency. A separate
vote yt e. shall "a be, taken upon the pre-
yeas and nays, and If the pream-
BILE be adopted by two-thirds vote
Of all the n embers Of each house,
It, shall be an emergency law.
(d) GENERAL PROVISIONS
section shall contain a title indi-
eating tho subject and purpose ct
the proposed lay or constitutional>
a law to be referred. and II a
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-
tion. or of the law or. part Of; q
law, to be referred. Amy tnitia-'
tive or Teferemdum petition IN may b.
part shall conform to the provi-'
sions herein contained. All petit:
lions shall be signed and verified
before a person authorized to ad-
such form that a person signing q
petition thereby states under oath,
the date Of his Signature, his resi-
qence; that he Is n qualified SlsS-
signed any part of such petition.
and that he has signed the petition
with knowledge. Of the contents
thereof: TO each part Of such Pc
d ii Of 18th the I Person a before es whom
the same was signed, which afa-
davit shall contain a statement Of
the number of signers thereon.
a aa to- , oe the ner Taa msde at in
the presence of the aff1ant, that
to the best Of his knowledge and
belief each signature is the gen.
uine signature OF the person whose
lieves the persons who have signed
such petition to be electors, that
they signed such petition. with
knowledge Of the contents thereof,
same on the date stated opposite
his name: The circulation OF tho
the prohibition of the circulation
thereof, may be regulated by law,
petition is prohibited by law the
percentage Of signers required on
any petition provided for in this
section shall be one-half of the
percentage specified in subdivi.
sions 9, b and Of this section.
4
The percentage In any case shall
be based upon the total number Of
votes cast Tor governor at the next
preceding election. All petitions
provided for in this section shall
than one-half 0: the designated
percentage Of the electors In not
less than one-fourth Of the coun-
ties of the state In initiating q
law or constitutional amendment,