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‘that the supreme court of South Dakota _.i 7. DR,J’,W ‘gave Such definite - promise ‘of what its " Specialist. " decision would be before the legislature s Ear, : 4"'N1‘.)§é“ Sl e -acted, though thg Judges may have been o e, mldmg, F‘uéo, N. D, co;ns_u_ltied by the politicians before the o el 20 Tt Richards act repeal bill passed, - : Mr. Richards and his friends appealed + to the court against the act of the ‘legis- lature in repealing the Richards primary measure. They had first considered get=. ting out a referendum 'petition on it, holding up the Tepeal until the people- could vote on it themselves. But the " legislature had forestalled that by’ tack- ing an emergency clause on the repeal ‘M. A. Baldwin . REAL ESTATE, LOANS ' -i 626 First Avenue North Fargo, - North Dakota Er S g . bill. Remember the decisioni of the £ Y R . 3 supreme court, holding that the legisla- WS CHANEY_EVERH ART ture could put a- fake emergency clause 4 . CHOCOL ATES on any bill and prevent its being subject : , : 3 to the. referendum. -In fact, the bill to . THEY ARE GOOD ‘Tepeal the Richards act had been passed- J CHANEY-EVERHART.CANDY CO. by the legislature at first. by a small. S R i Fargo,NoD;o - - majority, but it had been placed back on the calendar and repassed, after more politicians had been lined up, so that it - passed the second.time by a’' two-thirds majority, and therefore an emergency clause could be attached. ‘It takes'a two- thirds vote in the legislature to. tack ‘an emergency clause onto: a bill, and the politicians had* the bill' repassed to get the necessary. majority - for the “emergency” and head off a referendum. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS shy ON" to * first one hundred students who enroll, Write' for information, INTERSTATE BUSINESS COLLEGE + § 309 Broadway X ¥ Fargo, N. D W. H. Bergherm Props. 0. C. Heilman | = suiPus " Your next can of cream—sweet or sour. A . square deal guaranteed. i Daily remittances, - ‘ Fargo Ice Cream & Dairy Co. = -.{Creamery Department.) " So Mr. Richards and his friends, after consulting lawyers and reading ' the * opinion written by Judge Corson for the supreme court in 1901, decided the refer- endum was not possible. The supreme . court heard the arguments-and;rendered ~a_ decision. IT HELD THAT THE LEGISLATURE . HAD A PERFECT RIGHT TO ANNUL TWO VOTES OF THE PEOPLE IN THE CASE:OF THE RICHARDS . ACT; “AND THAT IT COULD ' REPEAL ' THE RICHARDS’ ACT.. The ' initiative ~and referendum:. provisions of . the constitutional- amend- - | Cox Sanitarium 3 A DRUGLESS INSTITUTION . Chronic: diseases. cured.: Appende- ¢itis ' cured’ without- an operation, Write today. - N 101-6th street south FARGO, N. D. | ‘inent of 1898, adopted” by’ the people,. - e 20 %'a‘ve no sl;l‘:h authority to the legislature. - Sy t is well-defined law that acts passed . P AR ALYSIS gggkm by the people can: only be repealed by S Yom WIll Want It, n"rmn;u:. the people. The supreme court read a. y ® Dr. Chase; 224 N: Tenth Street, Philadelphia, Pa.: new- meaning into- the pl4in--provisions i 1) 3 Sl R . of the" constitution. The constitution : $ s $ sss s $ .. specifically proyided that “the veto power $$$$$$S$$ . ’ of ‘the executive (governor) shall not < $ s , $ be exercised as.tc measures referred to : FarmLoans $ .- a'vote of the people.” "Yet the governor: K ; 5 s ; 2> Sut o R A i ! ll:ad vetet:iedhan1 actl of the peiople‘when @ . Will_you need a'loan on > e signed the legislature’s bil Tepealing - 7 $ ‘3':..‘:.‘:2'1.;‘7:'&-75" ui:':nhm:ca lnt: $ the Richards act. The court would or - L s interest rates. > s could not see this point. It refused to: * Thirty-four - of continuous busi- ness in the seme oibee. $ - J. B. Folsom Co., $ Office 618 Front Street FARGO, $ Opposite N. P. Station . N. 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