St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1916-10-13

form, submitted to the electors by
t t1 lesi aSsI ser e BY g s 1u r re-
jjorlty 81 ttht' sfeetors voting a
such electtfA, Of by fo~ur-severthD
Of the electqhs voting on the pro.
posed amendmant; provided, not
iass taeh yet te5se, Il .aid' s Ct II:
voted for the proposed amendment.
This section shall be construed -
a means III addition to Section 1,
Article Il, Of the state constitu-.
when at any time prior to the
commencement Of n session OF
the Legislatures there shall have
been fled with the secretary Of
signed byy two per centum Of tn:
Of state shall transmit the same
to the legislature not later than
ten go days 1hs s after the s. Gom nm 6 e.
SO proposed be not passed by the
it be passed in an amended form,
then upon 9 further petition or
e eeat t Of f tks el saanTs Of = the s'S state pes
filed with the secretary Of state
within six months after the adj
journment 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 o1'n psst Fl aay a a%Sn if ' ']ap J PS'f BY a
majority Of the electors voting
thereon, provided the vote in favor
of the proposed law be not less
than th;rty.three e centum ct
such election. the same shall be-
come a law and so into effect
thirty days after such election. and
shall supersede any amended form
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
ernor. The authority Of the p 3pie
subdivision, shall extend only to
laws authorized by h provisions
Of the constitution.
within ninety days after the final
adjournment of any session of the
legislature, a referendum petition,
signed by six per centu1n Of the
electors of the state. shall. be filed
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
a law shall be submitted to the
electors at the mex general Or
ring not less than ninety days after
the fling of said petition. II a
majority Of the votes cast thereon
be in the negative, provided such
negative vote be not less than
thirty-three per centum of the 20
fHI N lITnhRT Of votes 0REf Qf QIINh
election, such law or such part of
a law shall thereby be repealed.
Provided, that il 4 referendum pc
tition is signed by fifteen per cen
the law, or part Of a law, against
which such petition is filed shall
: be suspended pending the refer
endum vote thereon. Provided the
same SHAH equal 33 per cent Of the
votes at such election.
Any law providing for a tax levy
or appropriating money for the
current expenses Of the state gov
act of the legislature submitting
a constitutional amendment or
other question to the electors of
the state, or any emergency law
health, or safety, shall go into ef-
feet Immediately upon it's passage
and approval by the governor, and
s sheh LAYS not he ex eeP{ee emergency p e ryfa laMs.
dunn vote. All other laws shall go
into effect ninety days after the
adjournment of the legislature. A
bill proposing an emergency law
setting forth the facts constitut-
ing the emergency. A separate
vote shall be taken upon the pre-
amble Of such bill by a call of the
yeas and n9VS- and IF the nraam.
BILE be adopted by a two-thirds vote
OF all the members Of each house,
1t shall be an emergency law.
ca GENERAL PROVISIONS
All petitions provided for in his
eating the subject and purpose of
the proposed law or constitutional
amendment, or the law, or part Of
a law to be referred, and if a
constitutional, provision or statute,
same. it shall state the general
effect Of the proposed change and
also Sc IT. h = = fun text Of the proposed
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
T part shall conform to the proyi-
tions shall be signed and verified
before a person authorized to adj
minister an oath, and shall be in
such form that a person signing a
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,
with knowledge Of the. contents
thereof. To each part Of such Pc
tition shall be attached the afi-
davit of the person before whom
n same was signed, which aH.
the number of signers thereon,
that each of the signatures IT.
tached to such part was made in
the presence Of the afflant, that
to the best Of his knowledge and
utne signature of the person whose
name it purports to be, that he be-
heyes the persons who have signed
t fhe5 P Rifnea s to be p slaffons' w that
knowledge Of the contents thereof.
and that each person signed the
same on the date stated opposite
his name Tbs 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 ase shall
be based upon the total number Of
votes cast for governor at che next
preceding election. All pa" lions
provided for in this s. ion shall
than one-half of the designaled
percentage of the electors in not
less than one-fourth Of the coun-