Pocahontas star herald. (Pocahontas, Randolph County, Ark.) 1907-current, 1910-07-29
Proposed Amendment No. 10

| Tbat the following Is hereby proposed
an amendment to the Constitution Of this
state OF Arkansas. and the same being sub.
mitted to the electors of the State for appro.
val or rejection at the next general election
tor senators and representatives. II maiori.
W OF the electors voting at such election
adopt such amendment the same shall be.
come part OF the Constitution Of the State
OF Arkansas. to-wiG:
Thatsection one. article Ave, OF the Con
stitution Of the State OF Arkansas be amen.
ded 50 as to read as follows:
Section 1. The legisl alive OF this State
shall be vested in General ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
snail consist OF the Senate and House OF Rem.
resentatiVes. but the people OF each ,nuni.
clpality' each county and OF the State. re-
serve TO themselves power to propose laws
ana amendments to the constitution and TO
enact or reject the same at the polls indie.
Vi tne legislative assembly. and also
reserve power at their own option to approve
or reject at the polls any act OF the le9isIa-
tive assembly, The first power reserved nv
the people Is the Initiative, and not more
IMAM per cent OF the legal voters shall be re-
uulreo 10 propose any measure by such peti.
tion. and every such petition shall incInda
the tull text OF the measure so proposed
Initiative petitions shall be filed with The
secretary OF Estate not less than four months
before the election at which they are TO be
voted upon.
T.. The second power is Referendum. and
IL may be ordered Except as TO laws neces.
sary for the immediate preservation OF the
public peace. health or safety either by the
petition signed by 5 per cent OF the legal
voters OF. by the legislative assembly as
other bills are enacted. Referendum nett.
lions shall be filed with the Secretary on
state not more than ninety days after the
hnal adjournment OF the session OF the leRis-
latlve assembly which passed the bill on
winch the referendum Is demanded. The
veto power OF the Governor shall not extend
TO measures referred to the people. All cleo
lions on measures referred to the people OF
the State shall be had at the biennial regular
general elections except when the legislative
assembly snail order special election. Any
measure referred to the people shall take
erect ana become law when 10 is approved
by majority OF the votes cast thereon and
not otherwise. The style OF ali bills hall be,
BE II Enacted by the People OF the state Of
Arkansas. This section shall not be CON
strued to deprive any member OF the legis.
lalVe assembly or the right TO introduce
any measure The whole number OF votes
cast for the ONCE OF Governor at the regular
election last proceeding the filing OF any
petitionsfor the Initiative or for the Refer
endum shall be the basis on which the num-
Der OF legal votes necessary to sign such
petition shall be counted. Petitions and
orders for the Initiative ana for the Referen-
dun shall be filed with the Secretary OF
state, and in submitting the same to the
people he and all other officers shall be guild
ed by the general laws and the acts submit
ting this amendment until legislation shall
be specially provided therefor.
The above resolution was filed in the Office
Of the Secretary Of state on February 10, 1909.
Each elector may vote for or against the
above amendment.
Witness my official signature this the 18th
day OF February. 1910.
O.C. LUDWIG
(SeaD Secretary OF state.