Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-08-01

THIRD: That the counties above
named constitute more than q major
MiI i s,5 hsmks J., Fargo Far N; d.
s,, George A. Totten, Jr.. Fargo. N. ..
this second day of May. A. p: 1913.
(SeaD GEO. A. TOTTEN,
Cass County, N. D.
Notary Public. My com. expires
June 1G. 1923.
Proposed Constitutional
Amendments.
We. the undersigned qualified cleo
tors Of the. State of North Dakota,
of the legal voters In each Of more
than one-half of the counties of the
Aate. do hereby propose the following
state. And We request that the same
be placed upon the ballot and be sub
mitted to the qualified electors Of the
approval or rejection. We do this in
accordance with the provisions OF
Section 202 in Article Is Of the Consti-
the general laws Of the state in SUCH
cases made and provided.
am That s &c ant Is IN Article
SECTION g in Article 2; Section 2o2 n
Of Amendments: section lSs in Article
ments; Section III in Article II; Sec
tion 1872 in Article 49, and Section 1855
IN Article u as amended by Article
Of the State. shall be and the same
are hereby amended to read as fol-
lows:
BY %t.e = in Ar,tss Anne
islatiye power of this state shall be
vested in a Legislature consisting of
a,,. senate En-, and q house Of representa-
the power first. to propose measures
and to enact or reject the same at
the polls; second. to approve or reject
ae the p1 n any sasu os or any
enacted by the legislature.
The first power reserved Is the ini-
tiative. Ten thousand ELECTORS at large
contain the full text OF the measure
and shall be filed with the secretary
before the election at which 1t In to
he voted upon.
The second power reserved is the
referendum. seven thousand electors
suspend the operation of any measure
cnacted by the Legislature. except an
emergency saty measure; But the filing Of
measure. shall not prevent the re-
mainder from going into effect. such
tary Of state not later than ninety
days after the adjournment of the
session of the legislature at which
such measure was enacted.
red to the electors. shall be submitted
by it's ballot title. which shall be plac-
ed upon the ballot by the secretary of
statewide election Designated i'm the
petition. or at a special election called
by the governor. The result Of the
vassed and declared by the board Of
Any measure except an emerge emergency
approved by a majority of the votes
cast thereon. And such law shall go
into effect on the Both. day after the
the measure.
II a referendum petition is filed
against an emergency measure. such
ss s ss" t. S%a %" !. s:s
east thereon. It shall he thereby re-
peaied. Any such measure shall be
election II so ordered by the Eovernor,
OF IL the referendum petition nled
against IT shall be signed by thirty
governor, and shall be held not lens
than one hundred nor more than one
hundred Cd TIL day. after the .djo.rn-
upon each petition, and II he finds it
mae or the he 1ha noey t and enw
twenty days for correction or amenI-
Of state In regard to any such petition
preme court. But If the sutiiiciency OF
such petitions is being reviewed at the
time the ballot is prepared. the secre-
tary Of state shall place the measure
cision shall invalidate such measure
IL it is at such election approved by
a majority of the votes cast thereon.
petition upon any ground. the burden
of proof shall be upon the party at
lacking 1t.
No law shall he enacted limiting the
number Of copies Of petition which
may be circulated. Such copies shall
become part Of the original petition
when filed or attached thereto. Nor
any psrson from giving or receiving
for circulating the Pc
titions. nor I'm any manner interfering
lures to petitions.
Each petition shall have printed
thereon ballot title, which shall fair
ly represent the subject matter of the
measure and the names of at least
five electors who shall constitute the
committee for the petitioners" and
who shall represent and act for the
petitioners.
All measures submitted to the cleo
tors shall be published by the state IA
fOllOyvss "The aecretary Of state shall
cause to be printed and mailed to ench
electOr a publicity pamphlet, contain
ing a copy of each measure together
with it's ballot title. to be submitted
at any election. Any citizen. or the
Omcers Of any organization, may sub
init to the secretary. of state for pub
licatiOn In such pamphlet. arguments
any measure therein, upon
arst subscribing their names and adj
dresses thereto and paying the fee
therefor, which, until othervise fixed
by the leEislatuRe. shall be the sum
OF two hundred dollars per page"
The enacting clause Of all measures
initiated by the electors. shall be:
BE 1t enacted by the people of the
State of North Dakota" In submitting
measures to the electors. the secretary
of state ami all other officials shall
be guided by the election laws until
additional legislation shall be pro-
vided.
II conflicting measures initiated by
or referred to the electors shall be
approved by majority Of the votes
cast thereon. the one receiving the
highest number Of Affirmative votes
shall become the law.