The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-24

% fhNtt'3 tiNtiA ahct Aht AoitOWAhA x joint resolution. proposing an amendment to the State Constitution was passed hy the General Assembly at it's regular session of l9O9 and that the same will be submitted to the electors of the State, at the next general election, to be held Monday, September l2, 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 re lection at the next general election for sena tors and representatives, if a majority of the electors voting at such election adopt such amendment the same shall become q part of the Constitution Of the State Of Arkansas to-wit:
 That section one article five, of the Consti. tuition ofthe State of Arkansas, be amended so as to read as follows:
 Section I. The legislative powers of this State shall be vested in General Assembly which shall consist Of the Senate. and House of Representatives., but the people of each municipality each county and Of the state reserve to themselves power to propose laws and amendments to the Constitution and to enact or reject the same at the polls inde. pendent of the legislative assembly, and also reserve power at their own option to approve or reject at the polls any act Of the legisla. tive assembly. The first power reserved by the people is the Initiative, and not more than per cent of the legal voters shall be re- quired to propose any measure by such pc tition, and every such petition shall include the full text of the measure so proposed. In
 tiative petitions shall be filed with the Secre- tary of State not less than four months before the election at which they are to be voted upon.
 "The second power is a Referendum, and ii may be ordered except as to laws necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safetyl 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 ol the session of the legislative assembly which passed the bill on which the referendum is demanded. The veto power of the Governor shall not extend to measures referred to tho people All elections on measures referred to the people of the State shall be had at the biennial regular general elections, except when the legislative assembly shall order 2 special election. Any measure referred tc the people shall take effect and become a law when 1t is approved by majority of tho votes cast thereon and not otherwise. Tn, style of all bills shali be, Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Arkansas" Thil section shall not be construed to deprive any member of the legislative assembly of tn, right to introduce any measure. The whol' number of votes cast for the office of Govern | or at the regular election last proceeding tn, filing ofa any petition for the Initiative or fol the Referendum shall be the basis on whicl the number of legal votes necessary to sigI such petition shall be counted. Petitions ant | orders for the Initiative and for the Referen dunn shall be filed with the Secretary of Stat and in submitting the same to the people h. and all other officers shall be guided by thu general laws and the acts submitting thi amendment until legislation shall be special | ly provided therefor
 The above resolution was filed in the offc' of Secretary of State on February 10, 1909. l Each elector may vote for or against thu above amendment.
 Witness my official signature this l2th da, February, 1910.
 0. c. LUDWIG, | fSaat Sacrotarxy of etato