The Nevada County picayune., 1922-07-06

herein provided shall take effect and become law when approved by . majority of the votes cast upon such measure and not other wise. and shall not be required to receive majority of the electors voting at such elections. Such measure shall be operative on and after the thirtieth day after the election at which it is approved, unless other wise specified in the act
 This section shall not be construed to de prive any member of the General Assembly of the right to introduce any measure. but no measure shall be submitted to the people by the General Assembly, except proposed constitutional amendment amendments as provided for in this constitution.
 CANVASS AND DECLARATION OF RESULTS
 The result of the vote upon any State measure shall be canvassed and declared by the State Board of Election Commissioners Cor the legal substitute therefor) upon a municipal county measure, by the County Election Commissioners Cor legal substitute therefor).
 CONFLICTING MEASURES
 If conflicting measures initiated or referred to the people shall be approved by majority the at the same election, the one receiv- ing the highest number of affirmative votes shall become law.
 THE PETITION
 TITLE
 At the time of filing petitions the exact title to be used the ballot shall by the petitioners be submitted with the petition. and on state measures shall be submitted to the State Board of Election Commissioners. who shall certify such title to the Secretary of State. to be placed upon the ballot on county and municipal measures such title shall be submitted to the County Election Board. and shall by said board be placed upon the ballot in such county or municipal election.
 LIMITATIONS
 No limitations shall be placed upon the number of constitutional amendments, laws or other measures which may be proposed and submitted to the people by either lnitia- tive Referendum petition as provided in this section. No petition shall be held invalid if it shall contain a greater number of sigma lures than required herein. VERRIcATIoN Only legal votes shall be counted on peti- tions. Petitions may be circulated and pre- sented in parts, but each part of any petition shall have attached thereto the affidavit of the person circulating the same. that all signatures thereon were made in the presence of the affiant. and that to the best of the affiant's knowledge and belief each signature is genuine, and that the person signing is a legal voter. and other affidavit or veri- ficstion shall be required to establish the genuineness of such signatures SUFYrcIENCY
 The suffceney of all statewide petitions shall be decided in the first instance by the Secretary of State, subject to review by the Supreme Court of the State, which shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction over all such causes. The sufficieney of all local petitions shall be decided in the first instance by the County Clerk the City Clerk, a. the may be, subject to review by the Chancery Court.
 COURT DECISIONS If the sufficiency of any petition is eha- lenged such cause shall be preference cause and shall be tried at once. but the failure of the courts to decide prior to the election as to the sufhciency of any such petition shall | not prevent the question from being placed upon the ballot at the election named in such petition initiate against the validity of such measure, if it shall have been approved by a vote of the people.
 AMENDMENT or PETITION If the Secretary of State County Clerk or City Clerk, as the case may be, shall de- eide any petition to be insufficient, he shall without delay notify the sponsors of such petition and permit at least thirty days from the date of such notification in the instance of a statewide petition or 10 days m the instance of municipal or county petition, for correction or amendment, In the event Of legal proceedings to prevent giving legal effect to any petition upon any grounds, the burden of proof shall be upon the person or persons attacking tho validity of the petition
 No law shall be passed to prohibit any person or persons from giving receiving compensation for circulating petitions, nor to prohibit the circulation of petitions. nor in any manner interfering with the freedom of the people in procuring petitions but laws shall be enacted prohibiting and penalizing perjury, forgery, and all other felonies or other fraudulent practices, in the securing of signatures or filing of petitions.
 PUBLICATION
 All measures submitted to a vote Of the people by petition under the provisions of this section shall be published is now, or hereafter may be provided by law.