Washington telegraph., 1922-06-30

! measure Dy municipal council, nor
| less than ninety days when filed
against a local or special measure
passed by the General Assembly.
Every extension, enlargement, grant
or conveyance of a franchise or any
rights, property, easement, lease, or
occupation of or in any road, street,
alley or any part thereof in real prop
erty or interest in real properly, own
ed by municipalities, exceeding N
value three hundred dollars, whether
the same be by statute, ordinance,
resolution or otherwise, shall be sub
ject to Referendum, and shall not be
subject to emergency legislation.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Definition
The word measure" as used here
in, includes any bill, law, resolution.
ordinance, charter, constitutional a.,
mendment or Legislative proposal or
enactment of any character.
No Veto
The veto power of the Governor ar
Mayor shall not extend to measure
initiated by or referred to uh creoplc.
Amendment and Appeal
No measure approved by soCe of
the people shall BE- amended or re.
rcaled by the General Assembly or
by any City Council, except unon Il
yea and nay vote on roll call of two
thirds Of all the members elected to
each house of the General Assembly,
or Of the City Council, as the case
may be.
Elections
All measures initiated by the peo,
pie, whether for State, county, city
or town, shall be submitted only at
the regular elections, either State,
congressional or municipal, but Refer
endum petitions may be referred to
the people at special elections to be
called by the proper official, and such
special elections shall be called wien
10 per cent of the legal voters shall
petition for such special election, and
if the Referendum is invoked as to
any measure passed by city or town
council, such city or town council
may order a special election.
Majority
n
pie as herein provided shall take ef-
feet and become law when approved
by a majority of the votes cast upon !
sLth measure, and not otherwise, md |
shall not be required to receive a ma.
Jority of the electoS voting at such |
elections. Such measure shall be OPP
erative on and after the thirtieth day |
after the election at which it is ap-
proved, unless otherwise specified in
the act.
This section shall not be construed
to deprive any member of the General |
Assembly of the right to introduce
any measure, but no measure shall be !
submitted to the people by the Gener-
al Assembly, except proposed con-
amendment or amendments
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Canvass and Declaration of Results
1he result of the vote upon any
State measure shall be canyasSed and
declared by the State Board CT Elec-
tion Commissioners Cor the legal sub
stitute therefore,; upon a municipal
or county measure, by the County
Election Commissioners (or legal sub
stitutes therefor).
Conflicting Measures
If conflicting measures initiated OF
referred to the people shall be ap-
proved by a majority Of the votes sew
erallv cast for and against the same
at the same election, the one recel'-
ing the highest number of afflrmat 'e
votes shall become law.
THE PETITION
Title
At the time os fling pcrrmls the
evact title to be used on the ballot
shall bv the petitioners be submitted
with the petition, and on s'9te VIDE
measures shah be submitted 70 the
state Board of Election Commission
ers who shall certify such title 10
The Secretary Of State, to be placed
unon the ballot; on county and mu-
nieinaI measures such title shall be
submitted to the County Election
Rrard. and shall by said board De
nlaced upon the ballot in such county
or municipal election,
Limitations
No limitations shall be placed upon
+ho number of constitutional amend
,,,orte laws or other measures Whlc"
NAV he proposed and submitted 70
tbe people by either Initiative or kei- %
erendum petition as provided IN TINS
section. No petition shall be held m m
valid if it shall contain a greaIe5i ge5
number of signatures than requ'reu
herein. .c..
orlv LEGAL votes shall be counted
-, nofitions. Petitions may be circu-
iateJ T,t i and presented in parts; but eaeh
nart , of any petition shall nave A. az,
tanbed thereto the affidavit 9t ,rI aT,
aarao, saysou circulating the same that an an
l;,i, Pei'o ,'t,,res thereon werl made IN inc
,,rosonce ~, of the affant, and ina. - -
H. eI hest Of the affiant's knowledge ane ,
SoI;ef WI each signature is genuine, i anI
tbat the person signing IS iesa' I;
'oter vl,te and no other affidavit or veri- err
fcation shall be required TO esUaplis'
tSo ea'pp genuineness of such signatures
Suficiency
The suffciency of all state-wiut el.
notitions shall be decided in the hIs'
Instance by the Secretary Of eIale .,.,
subject to review by the Suprer"'
Court of the State, which shall nav .,
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