In Re Initiative Petition No. 253, State Question No. 357

WELCH, Justice.

It is not disputed that a copy of the Initiative Petition to amend Section 1, Chapter 1, Title 14, page 26, Oklahoma Session Laws 1951, 14 O.S.1951 § 1, was filed and that' thereafter in less than ninety days the completed Initiative Petition was filed containing more than 60,000 signatures of purported qualified electors of the State of Oklahoma. That number is more than eight (8%) per cent of the total number of votes cast at' the last general election for the state office receiving the highest number of votes.

Upon the Secretary of State giving notice' as provided by law, a…