New Jersey § acts:saved-27 - (18)

§ acts:saved-27. (18)

18. For the purpose of complying with the provisions of the State Constitution, this

act shall, at the general election to be held in the month of November, one thousand

nine hundred and thirty, be submitted to the people. In order to inform the people of the contents of this act it shall be the duty of

the secretary of state, after this section shall take effect and at least thirty days

prior to the said election, to cause this act to be published at least once in at

least ten newspapers published in the state. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state to arrange, in accordance with the

statutes of this state in such case made and provided, for such submission, of which

submission the same notice shall be given as is required by law to be given of said

election, and the people of the state may, at such election, vote for and against

the sanction or rejection of this act in the following manner: There shall be printed on each official ballot the following: If you favor the taking effect of the act entitled below, make an X or + mark in the

square opposite the word “Yes”. If you are opposed to the taking effect of the act entitled below, make an x or +

mark in the square opposite the word “No”. The fact and date of the approval or passage of this act, as the case may be, shall

be inserted in the appropriate place after the title in said ballot. The said ballots so cast for and against this act shall be counted and the result

thereof returned by the election officer, and a canvass of such election had in the

same manner as is now provided for by law in the case of the election of a governor,

and the sanction or rejection of this act so determined shall be declared in the same

manner as the result of an election for a governor, and if there shall be a majority

of all the votes cast for and against it at such an election in favor of the sanction

of this act, then all the provisions of this act shall take effect forthwith.