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Show INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM. At thp cm-ml eleetlon of 1000 tho people of Utah will have the prlvllouo of vottnir for a cotis' Minimal nmpnd-ment nmpnd-ment which If mtopied, will clve to us nil a direct power In Slate leuNlniion. This power l known w the lulthiilve ml refeipiiduui. In brief ihe resolution resolu-tion adopt d by i In) I it mi Stale Legislature Legisla-ture prov des for no amoudment to ihu Stnto Ci'nllininn giving tho peoplo a law nintlng power tiinlor thu following conditions: Tho lcal voters of the Stale or Buch niimbor of i hem its may he provided pro-vided by law may Initiate any desired lenlslaijnn n ml p.atiso the same to be submitted to the vote of the people. If passed by H o people it becomes a law tlie same ns thoi.mh enacted by the Lejrlshituro. In the case of laws passed hy Ihe Legislature (except those pased by two-ihlids voto of botli hotics) the people may require Mini they be stih-milted stih-milted to popular vote before becoming laws. The r imo provision holds good ns to inws or ordinances pn8cil hy any legal subdivisions of theSlate, such as Cities and counties. It Is also provided that no hill or Joint resolution shall iie pissed by ihe Stale Legislature- except ex-cept by n majority of all members elceied lo lioih branches, and Unit. the final vnio shall lie hy yens and nnys-This nnys-This proposition will appear on the i tllclnl balloiR nl the cl-iic nil election of 1000 ns "A ntcitit merits, Bceilon 1 and S3 of n r l lcle 0 of the Cnnxlliuilnn." nml wTrftfrrrr''?Ms.y- be adopted. s'VU- prli) clplo of participation In flits legislation by which ho is noverucd is it dear one to every American clMzon, nnd this amendment p aces the lnwmaklng power Just UB nearly as may lie lo the hands of tho people themselves. It ouchttobo not only u Statu, but a nailoual law. |