initiated by or referred to the people. All such measures shall become the law or a part of the constitution when approved by a majority of the votes cast thereon, provided, the votes cast in favor of said initiative measure or part of said Constitution shall constitute thirty-five per cent (35%) of the total vote cast at said election, and not otherwise, and shall take effect upon proclamation by the governor, which shall be made within ten days of the completion of the official canvass. The vote upon initiative and referendum measures shall be returned and canvassed in the same manner as is prescribed in the case of presidential electors. The method of submitting and adopting amendments to the constitution provided by this section shall be supplementary to the method prescribed in the article of this constitution, entitled "Amendments" and the latter shall in no case be construed to conflict herewith. This amendment shall be self-executing, but legislation may be enacted especially to facilitate its operation. In submitting petitions and orders for the initiative and the referendum, the Secretary of State and all other officers shall be guided by this amendment and the general laws until additional legislation shall be especially provided therefor; all propositions submitted in pursuance hereof shall be submitted in a nonpartisan manner and without any indication or suggestion on the ballot that they have been approved or endorsed by any political party or organization, and provided further that only the title of measures shall be printed on the ballot and when two or more measures have the same title they shall be numbered consecutively in the order of filing with the Secretary of State and including the name of the first petitioner. Section 3. That Section 10, of Article 3, of the Constitution of the state of Nebraska be amended to read as follows: Section 10. The style of all bills shall be "Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska," and no law shall be enacted except by bill. No bill shall be passed by the legislature unless by assent of a majority of all the members elected to each house of the legislature and the question upon final passage shall be taken immediately upon its last reading and the yeas and nays shall be entered upon the journal. Section 4. That at said election on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November, 1912, on the ballot of each elector voting thereat there shall be printed or written the words: "For proposed amendment to the constitution reserving to the people the right of direct legislation through the initiative and referendum," and "Against proposed amendment to the constitution reserving to the people the right of direct legislation through the initiative and referendum." And if a majority of all voters at said election shall be in favor of such amendment the same shall be deemed to be adopted. The returns of said election upon the adoption of this amendment shall be made to the state canvassing board and said board shall canvass the vote upon the amendment herein in the same manner as is prescribed in the case of presidential electors. If a majority of the votes cast at the election be in favor of the proposed amendment the governor, within ten days after the result is ascertained, shall make proclamation declaring the amendment to be part of the constitution of the state, and when so declared the amendment herein proposed shall be in force and self-executing. HENRY C. RICHMOND, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives. Approved March 24, 1911. CHESTER H. ALDRICH, Governor. XV. IDAHO (PROPOSED) [The 1911 session of the Idaho Legislature passed initiative, referendum and recall (not including the judiciary) amendments to the state constitution. (See below, p. 271, for the recall amendment.) The electors will vote on these measures at the next general election in the state - November, 1912.] Referendum Amendment1 Be it Resolved By the Legislature of the State of Idaho: Section 1. That Section 1 of Article 3 of the Constitution of the State of Idaho be amended by adding thereto the following: The people reserve to themselves the power to approve or reject at the polls any act or measure passed by the Legislature. This power is known as the Referendum, and legal voters may, under such conditions and in such manner as may be provided by Acts of the Legislature, demand a referendum vote on any act or measure passed by the Legislature and cause the same to be submitted to a vote of the people for their approval or rejection. Section 2. The question to be submitted to the electors of the State shall be in form as follows, to-wit: "Shall Section 1 of Article 3 of the Constitution of the State of Idaho be so amended as to give the people the power (under conditions to be hereafter prescribed by act of the Legislature) to propose a referendum vote on any act or measure passed by the State Legislature and to approve or reject the same at the polls, independent of the Legislature?" Section 3. The Secretary of State is hereby authorized to make publication of this constitutional amendment in each county for at least six consecutive weeks prior to the next general election in not less than one newspaper of general circulation published in each county. Passed Senate, February 17, 1911. 1 Official copy. Initiative Amendment Be it Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: Section 1. That Section 1 of Article 3 of the Constitution of the State of Idaho be amended by adding thereto the following: The people reserve to themselves the power to propose laws, and enact the same at the polls independent of the Legislature. This power is known as the initiative, and legal voters may, under such conditions and in such manner as may be provided by Acts of the Legislature, initiate any desired legislation and cause the same to be submitted to the vote of the people at a general election for their approval or rejection, provided that legislation thus submitted shall require the approval of a number of voters equal to a majority of the aggregate vote cast for the office of Governor at such general election, to be adopted. Sec. 2. The question to be submitted to the electors of the state shall be in form as follows: "Shall Section 1 of Article 3 of the Constitution of the State of Idaho be so amended as to give the people power (under conditions to be hereafter prescribed by acts of the Legislature) to propose laws of their own initiative and enact the same at the polls independent of the Legislature?" Section 3. The Secretary of State is. hereby authorized to make publication of this constitutional amendment in each county for at least six consecutive weeks prior to the next general election in not less than one newspaper of general circulation published in each county. Passed Senate, February 17, 1911. XVI. WYOMING (PROPOSED) 1 [The following act providing for the submission of a constitutional amendment relative to the initiative and referendum in Wyoming was approved on February 18, 1911. It will be submitted to the voters at the election in November, 1912.] 1 Session Laws, 1911, pp. 71 ff. An Act to submit to the qualified voters of the State of Wyoming Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming: Section 1. The following constitutional amendment shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the State of Wyoming at the next general election [November, 1912] for their approval or rejection, and when ratified by a majority of the electors voting at said election the same shall be valid as a part of the Constitution. People May Approve or Reject. Sec. 2. That Section 1 of Article 3 of the Constitution of the State of Wyoming be so amended as to read as follows: "Section 1. The legislative power of the state shall be vested in a Senate and House of Representatives, which shall be designated 'The Legislature of the State of Wyoming,' but the people reserve to themselves the power to propose laws and amendments to the Constitution and to enact or reject the same at the polls, and also reserve power at their option to approve or reject at the polls any act of the Legislature. Initiative Twenty-five Per Cent Required. "The first power hereby reserved by the people is the initiative, and at least twenty-five per cent of the legal voters shall be required to propose any measure by petition, and every such petition shall include the full text of the measure so proposed. Initiative petitions for state legislation and amendments to the Constitution shall be addressed to and filed with the Secretary of State at least four months before the election at which they are to be voted upon. "The second power hereby reserved is the referendum, and it may be ordered, except as to appropriations, against any act |