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fi.rever be preserved inviolate and une iminished; and the incune arising rom the lease or sale of said school nd shall be distributed to the dif- lerent townships throughout the state, proportion to the number of schol- rs in each township, between the axes f filve and twenty-one years; and shall ibe faithfully applied ‘to e specifio objects of the original grants or ap- ropriation Suitable laws shall Le nacted by the legislature for the safe nvestment of the grincipal of all funds hich have heretofore arisen or which rsy hercafter arise from the sale or ther disposition of such lands, or the jncome from such lands accruing in ny way before the sale or disposition E:.reot In interest-bearin bonds of he United States, or of the Siate of innecota issued after the year 1860, r of such other state as the legisla- ‘ure may by law from time to time di- ect. All swamp lands now held by 4 the state, or that may hereafter sccrua - 0 the state, shall be appraised and old in the same manner and by the ame officers, and the minimum price o shall be the same less one-third, as is . rovided by law for the appraisement W rovisions of _title one of chapter hirty-elght of the General Statutcs. 'he principal of all funds derived rom sales of swamp lands as afore- said shall forever be gruervnd invio- Jate and undiminished. One-half of the proocedz of ‘said principal shall be rpnropx’late to the common . school und of the state; the remaining one- half shall be appropriated to the edu- ational and charitable institutions of Eho state in the relative ratio of cost o support said institutions.” The paragraph which it is proposed to add to sald Section Two reads ms kollows: Mo gome therefrom the construction, and maintenance of the. public roads of the state. The principal of such funds shall be loaned or invested in the same manner, by the sume officers and upon the Same terms as is, or from time to time hereafter may be authorized by the Tmsututlon and laws, for the loan h vsta persons or wrpn}atlona own- land ~adjoimng such lakes 8 shzll not. be aesiroyed or damaged without their conacut, unless com- pensation therefor snall be first Ppaid or seoured. all )fllllds arising from the sale of suo! shall forever be preserveu late and undiminished, buc the in. The 'principal. of iron ore, or other mineral 10 i be used for improvement munen'tlgn‘}: Jx“::fi" entto tfl; er ] 0 unds of the state.” Tae THE PURPOSE eof the proposed tmendment cannot be more clearly Mated tham is expressed thereinm. THE EFFECT of the amendment, if dopted, would be to comfer power om legislature to prpvide by law fer e mining of fron ore and other min- 8, which the state owns in its sov- d situate under the ign capacity F of any meandered public lake or lver, subject to the restriction that Ihe rights of ripariam ewners om any ek lake or river, shall mot be de- itroyed or inmjured without compenss- m. If the legislature exercises the power, in case it is cemferred, it could Mso provide for the drainage or di- Version of the waters of the lake or river with referemce te which it so “A revolving fund of not over two hundred ‘fifty thousand dol- lars ($250,000) may be set apart from the fund derived from the sale of school and swamp lands, to be used in constructing roads, ditches and fire breaks in, through and around unsold school and swamp lands and in_clearing such lands, such fund to be replenished as long as needed from the en=- hanced value realized from the sale of such lands so benefited.” ot nd sale of the school lands under the p [ (4 j |8 D (131 »d tior Under Section Two as it now stand: the proceeds of the sale of school an 'wnmf lands constitute the princlfm of a trust fund, the income of whic! 18 used for the support of the school educational and charitable institutio of the state. Section Two as it no stands provides that the principal o ruch fund ‘“shall forever be preserved nviolate and undiminished.” THE EFFECT of the proposed amendment, if adopted, will be to mod, ify the provision last quoted to the extent of permitting’the legislature to set aside not to exceed $250,000 of thg ati tic MINNESOTA . Submitted by the | Legislature at Its . General Session, 1915, Together With a Statement of the PURPOSES JAND EFFECTS 4 O«enared by Hon. " Lyndon A. Smith, Attorney General qf Minnesota. Ing fund to be used for the purposes stated in the amendment proposed. y PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 3. . By Chapter 380, Laws 1915, the legis. lature proposed for adoption by the electors, an amendment of Section Six (6), of Article Eight (8) of the Con- stitution, tri; 13 Section Six as it mow stands reads as follows: ““Section 6, SCHOOL FUNDS — The permanent school and university fund of this state may be invested in” the bonds of any county, hool district, city, town or village of this state, but no such in- vestment shall be made until approved by the board of commissioners desig- nated by law to regulate the invest- ment of the permanent school fund and un; the permanent university fund of thfs state; nor shall such loan or invest- ment be made when the bonds to be issued or purchased would make the entire. bonded indebtedness exceed fif- teen per cent of the assessed valuation of the taxable real Property of the county, school district, city, town o village issuing such bonds; nor shal such loans or indebtedness be made a{ a lower rate of interest than three pet cent {;er annum, nor for a shorter riod than flve years, nor for a longel period than twenty years, and ng change of the town, “school distric city, village or of county lines shal relieve the real property in such town school district, county, village or city in this state at the time of the issuin, of such bonds from any liability fo! taxation to pay such bonds.” ed ,__.a,»— If the proposed amendment is adopt. ed it will then read as follows: “The permanent school and uni- versity fund of this state may be invested in the bonds of any coun- ty, school district, city, town or village of this state, and in first mortgage loans secured upon im- proved and cultivated farm lands of this state. But no such_invest- ment or loan shall be made until quroved h?’ the board of commis- sloners designated by law to regu- late the investment .of the perma- ke nent school fund and the perma- nent university fund of this state; nor shall such ldan or investment be made when the bonds to be is- sued or purchased would make the entire bonded indebtedness exceed 16 per cent of the assessed valua- tion of the taxable property of the county, school district, city, town or village issuing such bonds; nor shall any farm loan, or investment be made when such investment or loan would exceed 30 per cent of the actual cash value of the farm land mortgage to secure said in- Addressed to ments or loans be made at a low- secl‘etal‘ of state er rate of Interest than 3 per cent {er annum, nor for a shorter period han flve years, nor for a longer - period than thirty years, and no change of the town, school dis- trict, city, village or of county lines shall relieve the real prop- erty in such town, school district, c(éur{;y, vdllage Frich.s; in thltl utat: at ‘the time of issulng of suc! FWRAL, 8%, PATL. bonds from any liability for taxa- April 7, 1916, tion to pay such bonds.” 4 THE PURPOSE of the amendment 1a Schmahl | ";:‘:::’;:y":‘:"s'“:;, SIS to authorize the investment of the per Capitol. DEAR SIR: Pursuant to your re- uest and In agcordance with the pro- lyisions of Section 46, Statutes 1913, 1 herewith hand you statement of the urposes and effect of all amendments o the Constitution proposed by the legislature of 1916 and to be submit. [ed to the electors at the next general lection; such statement also shows the eading of the existing sections and he way the same will read if the mendments are adopted. Yours truly, LYNDON A. SMITH, Attorney General. I B OF THE ATTORNEY GEN. B “first mortgage loans secured upon ime proved and cultivated ferm lands Hy cured does not exceed 30 per cent of the value of the land mortgaged. THE EFFECT of the adoption of the propused amendment will be to permit the legislature to authorize the in. vestment of the permanent school and university funds in farm mortgag mbove stated, as well as in the bomda of any county, school district, city, town or village of this state. Under fNection Six as it now reads honds cam« mot be purchased unless they mature at least five and mot more than twenty years after purchase. If the amend. ment is adopted, bonds and mortgages may be purchased if they mature mof less than five nor more than thirty Jears after purchase. all PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO, 1. Chapter 379, Laws 1915, the legis fi};e pr%pnsed for adoption by thq petors, an amendment of Section Twa /) of Article Eight of the Constitus »n, by adding tv said Section Two a fow paragraph. PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 3, of Section Two as it mow stands reads follows: lature proposed for ado}mon by _the o electors, an amendment of Article Nine (9) of the Constitution by adding thereto a new section, which reads as Lollows: ¥ tion 2. “SCHOOL AND SWAME BPE SCHOOL FUNDS FROM SALH The proceeds of such lands as are ’eaflt)er may be granted by the 7d States for the use of schoolf each township in this stat 1 remain a Rerpetua.l school fun PP% the state; and not more than ones ¥1ra ot said lands may be sold in twa rs, one-third in five years, and snes rd in ten years: but the lands 04 “Section 17. The legislature Is hereby authorized to_provide by law for the mining and 3ale of asv fron ore or othéer minerals which the state owns, in its sovereign ca- pacity, and as trustee for the peo- ple of the state, which are sitnate under the waters or bed of any meandered public lake or river, and for that purpose may provide for the drainage of any such lake or river, or the diversion of_ the waters thereof to a new bed or channel, provided, however, that the vestnd riparian rights of prie o greatest valuation shall be sol g Provided, that no portion of sai Il nds shall be sold otherwise than at [§iviic sale. The principal of all fundg B ne from sales or other dlsposition ke ool B G yRrU _this staf » ucational purposes, tices may be increased principal of the trust fund as a revolv- got exceoding four, by the legislature, deemed necessary. Inal jurisdiction in such remedial cases S may be grescrlbad by law and a?- ellate 18 n AW _ an tors of the state, one clerk INVESTMENT OF grema court, who shall hold his office or the term of four years, and until glld successor is duly elected and quali- ods court, or a majority of them, shall have the power to fil; office of clerk of the supreme court being elected by the voters, « gY enate and house onformity to the ruls tha P t in t] or preservation, and notify the house -vglnn it originated of the fact. umcml.l ave or phall be entered at large on the J nal of the same, and proceed to reconsider the manent school and university funds in ‘i“ obj where the amount of the loans so me- L‘ it b and y wen rortlon hall append to the bill, at the 1 on b objectad ty ahai ke ef Chapter 381, Laws 1915, the legls- E;;l'l_ 8o Objacted to shall not take ef- the bill originated a co; ment, and the items o%leeted to shall consideration, el gcmburl [> pame shall be a part of the law, n 0f withstanding the objections of the gove ernor.” All v n ivom any item or items contain legislates; it could also prescribe by whom such mimerals could be mimed and the compénsation to be paid to the ther>for. The proceeds of the pale of any such minerals would com- tute a fund to be loaned and imvest- the same as the permanment such fund to be used im the comstruc- m, improvement and maintemanes of public roads, PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO, 4 By Chapter 382, Laws 1915, the legis- ln.ture proposed ion Two an amendment to Sec- 2) of Article Six of the Con- tution. Said Section 3 now reads as follows: “Section 2, The supreme court shall consist of bne chief justice and two associate SUPREME COUR T— us= es, but the number of associate iul- to a number & two-thirds vote, when it shall be It shall have orig- urisdiction in all cases, both equity, but th hall be no It shall ere al by jury In sald court. hold one ‘or more terms in each year, the legislature may direct, at the peat of government, and the legislature may provide, bf that one term In held in each or any judic shall be the duty o point a r'%ortor of its decisions. Thers & two-thirds vote, each ‘yeur shall be al district. It such court to ap- chosen, by the qualified elec of the su. ; and the judges of the supreme 1 ‘any vacancy in the til an election can be regularly had.” ¢4 t‘he proposed amendment is adopt- the section will then read as fol« lows: “Section 3. The supreme court lhfi)l consist of one chief justice an shall constitute a concurrence of at be necessary to a decision. shall have original jurisdiction in such remedial cases as may be pre- scribed by law, and appellate juris- diction in all cases, both in law and equity, but there shall be no trial by jury in said court. one or more terms in each year, as the legislature may direct, at the seat of government, and legislature may provide, by a two- thirds vote, that one term in each ;enr ehall be held in each or any six associate justices.” Five uorum, and the east four shall It It shall hold the udicial district. It shall be the 23&{ of such court to appoint a re- T of the supreme court.” PURPOSE AND EFFECT: preme Court as now constituted come sists of a chief justice and four asso- ciate justices. The clerk of said court er of its decisions and a clerk The Sue now elected. If the amendment is adopted, two associate justices will be fdded to the court and the clerk will appointed by the court instead of PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 8 By Chapter 383, Laws 1915, the legise, lature proposed lectors, an &‘l’even (11) nstitution. Said section mow reads as followsi for adoption by the amendment of Section' ot Article Four (4) of the “Section 11. APPROVAL OF BILLS GOVERNOR VETO POWER— bill which shall ha: two houses, law, be pre- the state. hall sign and deposit the secretary of state the joint rules of th 1, before- it becomes ted to the governor roves he e office o Bu not, ke shall return it with his ob. to the house in which it shal ginated; when such objections e house shal bill. If, uch reconsideration, two-thirds, hall agree to pass th t, together with the ther that hou ], it shall ections, to t! shall 1 11 .;'vl Tove 1 ahadl shall be determined by yeas and nays, ersons vo(m for or against the bill shall be ente: the names of the journal of each house respe the 1, If any bill shall not be r turned by the governor within three s | fays (Sundays nxc?tod) after it shall ave been presente Eh.u be a law in likeé manner as if :(o him, the same had signed it, unless the legislature, ldjour‘:mcnt" within that time, pre- ts its return; in which case it shall a law. The gOVErnor may ape prove, sign and flle in the omMice of t! secre niter mn. any act passed durin ree days of the session, and the sam shall become a law. sented to the governor contains se oral items of appropriation of mone; ary of state, within three da: the adjournment of tho&}eglf! 2 e lai It any bill pr k to c:,noi or n}“teh“ ltllxlei 8, e approving o e other the bill. In such case, sign! it, a statement of the items e objects, and the appropria- e laflu}atura be in session, shall transmit to the house in which y of such state- separately reconsidered. If, on re- one or more of such ms be lp‘proved by two-thirds of the ected to each .house, t the provisions of. this sec- n, in relation to bills not approv the governor, shall aoply in cas which he shall withhold his a.pgr?vnl e [ 1 appropriating money.' 2 It is proposed to amend that sectiom that it shall read as follows: "Bection 11. HEvery bill shall save passed the senate and bouse of representatives, in con- tormig to the rules of each house and the joiut rules of the two ouses, slull, before it becomes & ‘Jaw, be’ presented to the governor of the state. If he approves he shall sign and deposit it in the office of the secretary of state for preservation, and notify the house here it originated of the fact. Mut if not, he m‘o "‘“mh‘tfi with 0 by two-thirds of | ouse it shall become & law. in all such cases the votes of both houses shall be determined b ‘hgn.u and nays, and ‘the names o 6 persons voting for or against e bill' shall be entered on ourn, o! ufia‘ y. I t the governor Wlfllz \'ve been presente e same shall. be a law in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the legislature by ad- Journment within that time, pre- vent its return; in which case it shall not be a law. The governor b A T of of 8 within three days Eor the ad- Journment_of the legislatire, any act passed during the last three days of the ision, and the same 11 law. If any bill 8 _governor contains everal items of appropriation of he ml{ obgut to one or 2 h {tems in whole or in while approving of the other on of the béll. In such case 0 i the bill, at the t, a statement of the items and parts of items to Which he objects, and the part of any appropriation so objected to Hall not take effect. If the legis- ture be in session, he shall trans- mit to the house in which the bill originated & copy of_ such state- ment, and the items objected to in whole or in part shall be separate- 1y reconsidered. If, on reconsid- eration, one or more of such items be approved by two-thirds of the members elected to each house, the same shall be a part of the law, notwithstanding the objec- tions of the iovomor. All ‘the rovisions of this section, in rela- ion to bills not approved by the governor, shall Ipf in cases in which he shall- withhold his ap- proval in whole or in part from any item or items contained in a bill appropriating money.” PURPOSE AND EFFEOT: Undes the Constitution as it now is, the gov< ernor may veto any itém imn an appro- priation bill, but he cannot eut down the amount appropriated for any spe- elfic purpose. The amendment, if adopt- ed, will give the govermor power to reduce the amount of an appropriation for any givem purpose, unless upon transmittal to the legislature of = statement of the part of an item of an appropriation bill to which he objects, the two houses, each by a two-thirds vote, approve the item as it was origin- ally passed. — PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 6. By Chapter 384, Laws 1915, the legis- l,ture proposed an amendment of Seg- tlon Thirteen (13). of Article One (1) ot the Constitution. The section as it now stands reads as follows: e “Section 13, PRIVATE PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC USE — Private property shall not be taken, destroyed or dam- aged for public use, without just come penug,glon therefor first pald or se- eured.” - If the amendment is adopted the see- ton will read as follows: “Section 18. Private property ehall not be taken, troyed or damaged for public use, without Just compensation therefor first ald or secured, and such private rogarty ma¥ be taken, destroyed or damaged for the purpose of pri- vate as well as public drainage upon ;.\lut compensation therefor being first paid or secured.” THE PURPOSE of the proposed amendment is to permit the taking of private lands for the purpose of drain- age purposes where the drain or ditch will be of no public benefit, but on the contrary will only bemefit the land or lands of the person or persoms come ptructing the drainage ditch. PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 7. By Chapter 385, Laws 1915, the ll‘ll- lature proposed for Mogtlon by the electors, an amendment of Section One {f{l oot Article Four (4) o2 the Constle Section Ome as it mow stands, reads as follows: “Section 1. BIONS Th n, I'I'WO HOUSES — SHS- 3 ranch except on_ the written request £ the governor, during the last twen- days of such on, except the at- ention of the legislature shall be' ealled to some important matter of eral interest by ‘a special message m the governor. It the amendment i§ adopted, the section will them read as follows: See. 1. TWO HOUSPS—SES. BIONB, — The legislature consist of the senate ho npr.lentntlnth which shall ennially at the seat of govern- ent of the state, at such time as 1 be prescribed by law, but no ° [ n shall exceed the term of ninet: %90) lofll‘utlve no bill shall be int: branch, except on the written re- &uelt of .the governor, during the st twenty days of such session, except the attention of the hqll- lature shall be called to some Im- portant matter of general inter- est by a special message from the : governor; but the people reserve I: 't. mselves direct power as fol- of oot ) CONSTITUTIONAL INITIA- .—When at any time prior to . the commencement of any session of the lesl ature, there shall have b Al with the secretary of the same to the legislature not later than ten (10) days after the com- mencement of the sesaion. If the amendment s d be not sub- _fl '8 by the legi ture at such session, or if it be bmitted in an amended form, then, upon a further petition or petitions, e&fh signed by eight per centum of the elect f the state, flled with the l Journment ‘of the slature, amendment proposed in the first. , etition; or one or more amend 'orms thereof, shall be submitted ! to the electors for their approval - or rejection at the next general or lr!clll state-wide election oeccur- ring mot less than ninety days after the filing of any such fur- er ! /Any ~amendment. tive petition and l . 80 proj -g&ll Jaw, to be referred. “shall be decide s 'eo‘nfll ting . p ~or Cf form, submitted to the electors by tho legislature or by a further {co tition, shall become a part of the nn‘tutlon. if approved by a mae ority of the .electors voting at such election, or by four-sevenths of the electors voting on the pro- sed d) provided, not ess than thr the of the electors voting at wsaid election Yoted for the &r‘olfond amendment, This section s be construed as & means in addition to Section 1, firthh 14, of the state constitue- on, for amending the same. %L STATUTORY INITIATIVE, =—When at any time prior to the mmencement of any session of he legislature there shall have fate, '8 potlHOn broposiag 3 lav: [ a_petition propos! s lln.e'd h? two pp l:%tum of the L] the secretary of etate shall transmit the same to the legislature not later than ten (10) days aftar the commence- ment of the sion. If the law osed ot passed by the ure at such session, or it t be passed In an’'amended form, then upon .a further petition or Ppetitions, each sign y _six per centum of the electors of the state, file: w!tr the secretary of state Wwithin six months_ after the ad- ournment of the legislature, the aw proposed in the first petition, or one or more amended forms thereof, shall be submitted to t electors at the next general or IP clal state-wide election, ocourring not less tham ninety days after the fling of any such further petition or petitions, and if approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon, provided the vote im fa: of the proposed law be not than thirty-three per centum o the total number of votes cast at such election, the same shall be- come a law and go, 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 people to enact laws, as provided in this subdivision, shall extend only to laws authorized by the provisions of the constitution. (c) THE REFERENDUM, — If within ninety days after the final adjournment of any session of the legislature, a referendum petition, signed by six per centum of th electors of the state, shall be flle with the secretary of state against any. law or nn{ part of a law, passed by the legislature at such Bession, such law, or such part of a law shall be submitted to_the electors at. the next general or special state-wide election, occur- . ring not less than ninety days after the flling of sald petition. If a majority of the votes cast thereon be in the negative, provided such negative vote be not less tham thirty-three per centum of the to- tal number of votes cast at such eiection, such law or such part of & law ehall thereby be repealed, Provided, that if a referendum pe- | tition ic signed by fifteen per cen- tum of the electors of the state, the law, or part of a law, against which such tetltlon 18 filed shall be_ suspended pending the refer- endum vote thereon. Provided the same shall 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- ernment or state institutions, any act of the legislature submitting a constitutional amendment or other question to the electors of the state, or any emergency law necessary for the immediate pres- ervation of the public peace, health, or safety, shall go into ef- fect immediately upon its passaze and nf)provsl by the governor, and such laws, except emergency laws, ahnll not be subject to a referen- um vote. All other laws shall go into effect ninety days after the adjournment of the legislature. A bill proposing an emergency law shall contain a preamble briefly setting forth the facts constitut- lng the emergency. A separate vote shall be taken upon the pre- amble of such bill by a call of the zena and nays, and if the pream- le be adopted by a two-thirds vote of all the members of each house, it shall be an emergency law. (d) GENERAL PROVISIONS.— All petitions provided for in this section shall contain a title indi- cating the subject and purpose of the proposed law or constitutional amendment, or the law, or part of & law to be referred, and if a change is proposed in an existing ’gn!.titutlonll provision or statute, dition to referring to the same, it shall state the effect of the proposed change an r«llo the full text of the propose aw or amendment to the constitu- tion, or of the law or part of a Any initia- tive or referendum petition may be signed In meparate parts but each part shall conform to the provi- sions herein contained. All peti- tions shall be signed and verified before a person authorized to ad- minister an_oath, and shall be in such form that a person signing a ggtmon thereby states under oath, genera] e date of his signature, his resi- ence, that he is a qualified elee- he has not previously gurt of such petition, as llg'lénd the petition o or, that signed any and that he with knowledge the contents thereof. To each part of such tition shal be attached the afi- vit of the pergon before wha o same was sigred, which I.£ avit shall contain a statement of he number of aigners thereon, hat each of the signatures at- tached to such part the presence to_the best of his knowledge an belief each signature is the gen- uine signature of the person who ame lfnpurportl to be, that he b leves the tf"'on' who have signed h petitlon to be electors, that ‘t’l‘::y gl' such petition ' with knowledge of the contents thereof, and that each person signed the same on the date stated opposite his name. The circulation of the etition provided for herein, or rho prohibition of the circulation thereof, may be regulated by law, and in case the circulation of any pet! prohibited by law, the e of signers required on any petition provided for in this section shall be one-half of the percentage specified in’' subdivi- sions &, b and o of this section. The percentage in any case l‘lll be balgd upon the totu{number of votes cast for govermor at the next preceding election. All petitions provided for in this section shall contain the signature of not less than one-half of the designated ercentage of the electors in not re than one-fourth of the coun- ties of the state. In initiating a law_ or constitutional amendmen electors who_have signed the firs shall be '}uullnd to sign the sec- ond petition. of all petitions by the secretary of state_subject to review by the gourt. If the mecretary of state decides that ln{ petition is insuf- ficient, he shall permit a reason- ‘The sufficien able time for making corrections- or for filing additional signature, In the, event of legal proceedin in court to prevent giving effect to any such petition on account of insufficiency, or any other ground, the burden of proof shall be upon the person attacking the petition. No law or amendment to the con- stitution initiated and approved b the electors as’ herein provide shall be held unconstitutional or void on account of the lnuu!\\chnn{ of any initiative petition; nor Ihl‘ the repeal of any law_ submitte by referendum petition be held in- valid for such insufficiency. All- {nitiative laws and consti- tutional amendments shall be so submitted to the electors as to permit an .affirmative or negative ‘vote upon each measure submit- conflicting proposed .laws roposed amend- ition 'be one recelving the highest numbe: of amrmltlv‘; ‘votes ‘ahnll pr‘:vl.lf . &8 to confli cting provisions. . The st latl urel. dfl:.m': .dum:;fl' The cone an ne to the cone stitution initiated bx the ' peo; onao isteq i““" Poop 10%¢ ¢ 9 tate of {l:&" ” ( The d” ns of this section ma; enforced propriate b l'autlon. but unu" n.n% legisla- tion has been c-uud.. this u‘c‘flol shall be self exeouting. THE PURPOSE AND EFFEOCT of ihis amendment, it adopted, will be Ihree-fold. (a) It will permit the veters to pro- lose amendments to the state constitu- tiom, for adoptiom, without actiom by the legisiature. Usder the conmstitution e it mow stands comstitutional amend- meats can be proposed only by the leg- Islature. (b) So, teo, it adopted, the amend- ment will perinit electors .to propose laws for enactment and if mot emacted by the legislatures, the voters may by juflicient petition, require the questiom ot the enactment of the proposed law to be submitted to the voters. If ap- proved by a majority of the electors voting, thereom, provided the vote im favor of the proposed law is not less than thirty-three per cemt of the total Rumber of votes cast at such electionm, the same becomes a law with the same lorce and effect as though passed by the legislature. The govermor will have no power to veto a law so passed, but the people cammot so pass any law which, is prohibited by the eome stitution. (c) 8o too, it adopted, the amend- ment will permit the voters by proper petition to require a vete om the ques- tion of whether or not any law or part thereof, of certain classes of laws, passed by the legisiature shall be re- pealed. If the petition asking for the referendum is aigned by fifteem per tent of the voters of the state, the mum- ber of whom is to be determimed by the number of votes cast for Governor at the preceding election, the law me referred to the voters will mot take effect pending the referendum vete thereon. The vote required to repeal a law passed by the legisiature and the classes of laws which cannot be se repealed are specified in Subdivision “C” of the proposed amemdment as above printed. PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 8. By Chapter 886, Laws. 1916, the legis- ature proposed for adoption by the electors an_amendment of Section 1, Ax'-tlele 6, of the constitution, The section mow reads as followss “Section 7. PROBATE COURTS— There shall be established in each or- ganized county in the state a probate court, which shall be & court of rec- ord, and be held at such times and laces as may be prescribed by law. t ‘shall be held by one judge, wha 8hall be elected by the voters of the county for the term of two years. He shall be a resident of such county at the time of his election, and reside therein during his continuance in of- fice; and his compensation ehall be provided by law. e may appoint his own clerk where none has been elect- ed; but the legislature may authorize the election, by .the electors of any county, of one clerk of register of pro- bate for such county, whose powers, duties, term .of office and compensation ehall be prescribed b{ law. probate court shall have jurlsdiction over the estates of deceased persons and per. sons under guardianship, but no othes {urlsqlcnon. except as prescribed by his constitution.” Theé amendment simply proposes te substitute the word “four” for the word “two” so that the sentemce pres scribing the duration of ti term of ofice will, if the amendment is adopte ed, read as follows: “It shall be hel who shall be elactgahhyy ‘3:: "J‘;‘tle'r.; of the county for the term of four years.” PURPOSEB AND EFFECT: The amendment, if adopted will make the term of office of the Judge of Probate four years instead of two. 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