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LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU.

GOVERNOR FRANK O. LOWDEN, Chairman.

SENATOR EDWARD C. CURTIS, Grant Park.
SENATOR RICHARD J. BARR, Joliet.

REPRESENTATIVE EDWARD J. SMEJKAL, Chicago.
REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAM P. HOLADAY, Danville.

E. J. VERLIE, Secretary.

W. F. DODD, in charge collection of data for

constitutional convention.

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Relationship between Initiative and Referendum..

Recall of Judicial Decisions

Recall of Public Officers

III. INSTITUTIONS IN ILLINOIS..

Public Policy Law...

State-wide referenda..

Referenda in Chicago..

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IV. OUTLINE OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE INITIATIVE AND
REFERENDUM IN OTHER STATES..

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Limitations upon the use of the Referendum
Limitations upon the use of the Initiative

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Use of the Initiative for constitutional changes...

Use of the Referendum upon federal questions..
Legislative submission of measures to the Referendum 94
Petitions under the Initiative and Referendum.

Titles

Publicity of measures..

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Popular votes upon initiated and referred measures.. 98
Amendment and repeal of measures approved by the

people

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Effect of the Initiative and Referendum upon the Gov-
ernor's veto power....

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(b) Legislative Initiative as compared with popular
Initiative

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(c) Relationship between optional and compulsory ref-
erendum

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Emergency measures and the Referendum..

Relationship between the Initiative and the Referen-
dum and the regular legislature...

Relation between the Initiative and the Referendum
and the constitution. . . . .

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Limitation of measures to be submitted to popular vote 116
Comments upon Initiative and Referendum provisions.
in the constitutions...

VIII. RECALL OF JUDICIAL DECISIONS..

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IX. RECALL OF OFFICERS..

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APPENDIX No. 1. References

APPENDIX No. 2. Text of Initiative and Referendum provisions 124

(1) Utah

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(2) Oregon, constitutional amendments, statutes..... 124

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CONTENTS-Concluded.

APPENDIX No. 2-Concluded.

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(9) Illinois, rejected proposal.
(10) Combination of Wisconsin and Illinois plans..... 157

APPENDIX No. 3. Text of Public Policy Questions in Illinois
on the Initiative and Referendum..

APPENDIX No. 4. Illinois Public Policy Law....

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APPENDIX No. 5. Text of California Recall Provisions....... 162

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