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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1912
Page
6
The long text outlines proposed constitutional amendments for North Dakota including initiative and recall powers, referendum procedures, and the structure of the legislative process. It covers several sections on how amendments are proposed, debated, referred to voters, and enacted, with details on thresholds, timing, and emergency provisions.
A proposed North Dakota constitutional amendment would authorize the people to initiate and refer measures, granting power outside the legislative assembly to approve or reject laws. It outlines procedures, thresholds, and timelines for initiating petitions, legislative transmission, and statewide votes.
The text outlines the counting and filing of petitions for a ballot measure and referendum, the role of the secretary of state, and general laws applying to submission and compliance. It emphasizes preparatory steps, passage by amendment, and potential enabling legislation for operation.
A proposed constitutional amendment in North Dakota would add an article allowing recall of public officers elected from districts or the state. It outlines petition signatures, recall election procedures, filing, and vacancies, with legislative assembly involvement for funding and process rules.
North Dakota moves to amend Article 15 Section 03 by initiative to the next general election. The proposed measure outlines amendment procedures, sole authority of the legislature to draft amendments, and joint adoption requirements by both houses for submission to voters, with specific voting majorities required for passage.
A long OCR passage describes two concurrent resolutions proposing amendments to the North Dakota constitution. One sets framework for direct legislative initiative and referendum, with specifics on petition thresholds, referendums, and timelines. The other relates to taxation and property assessment, outlining exemptions for the state and local governments and detailing sections on taxation of property and railway and express company property.
Fragmentary text outlines a constitutional amendment proposal involving land grants and charitable institutions. It references committee hearings and the Legislature, with mentions of acres, counties, and a normal school. Content is garbled but signals a statewide charter change process.
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