The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-06-24
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CON-
STITUTI0R OF THE STATE OF
ARKANSAS

i Notice is hereby given that the follow
! ing JOINT resolution. proposing an a.
mendment to the State Constitution,
was passed by the General Assembly at
/ its regular session of 1909 and that the
same will be submitted to the electors
of the State at the next general cleo
ton, to be held Monday, September L,
1910, for adoption or rejection.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO 10
That the following is hereby proposed
as an amendment to the Constitution
of the State of Arkansas, and the same
being submitted to the electors of the
State for approval or rejection at the
next general election for senators and
representatives, if majority of the
electors voting at such election adopt
such amendment the same shall become
part of the Constitution of the State
of Arkansas, to wit:
That section one. article five, of the
Constitution of the State OF Arkansas
be amended so as to read as follows:
Section l, The legislative powers of
this State shall be vested in a General
Assembly, which shall consist of the
Senate and House of Representatives
but the people Of each municipality,
to themselves power to propose laws
and amendments to the Constitution
and to enact or reject the same at the
polls Independent of the legislative as
sembly. and also reserve power at their
own option to approve or reject at the
polls any act of the legislative Assem- !
bly,. The first power reserved by the
people Is the Initiative, and not more
ri ..l,
be required to propose any measure by
such petition, and every such petition
snail include the full text of the meas
ure so proposed Initiative, petitions
shall be filed with the Secretary State
not less than four months before the
election at which they are to be voted
upon.
The second power is a Referendum,
and it may be ordered Except as to laws
necessary for the immediate preserva-
ton of the public peace, health or safe
ty) either by the petition signed by > /
per cent of the legal voters or by the
legislative assembly as other bills are
enacted. Referendum petitions shall
be filed with the Secretary Of State
not more than ninety days after the
final adjournment Of the session OF the
legislative assembly which passed the
bill on which the referendum is demand
ed The veto power of the Governor
shall not extend to measures referred
to the people. All elections on meas
ures referred to the people of the State
shall be had at IT, iennial regular gen
eral elections OF when the leglSla
live assembly order a special cleo
ton. Any M la.He referred to the
people shall take effect and become
law when it Is approved by a majority
Of the votes cast thereon and not other |
wise. The style of all bills shall be, |
Be It Enacted by the People Of the |
State of Arkansas. This section shall |
not be construed to deprive any men,
Der of the legislative assembly of the |
right 70 introduce any measure. The |
W hole number Of votes cast for office |
of Governor at the regular election |
last proceeding the fling OF any petition I
for the Initiative or for the Referen- |
dunn snail be the basis on which the |
number Of legal votes necessary t. sign |
such petition shall be counted. Peti- |
tons and orders for the Initiative and I
for the Referendum shall be filed with |
the Secretary Of State, and IN submit |
ting the same to The people he and all |
other officers shall be guided by the |
general laws and the acts submitting
this amendment until legislation shall |
be specially provided therefor
The above resolution was filed in ths
office of the Secretary of State on
February 10, 1863.
Each elector may vote for or against
the above amendment
Witness my official signature this Il
daV of February, 1910
O. c. LUDWIG,
(Seal) Secretary Of State.
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