The Forrest City times., 1910-07-22
Proposed Amendment No. 10.

That the following is hereby proposed d. au amendment To The constitution af The state of the eieftor, Df the state for approval or F.. ,.- tlpu al the next general election for ssHatOr, and representatives, U ma iOTitV 1f The electors voting a such election adopt such amendment ine sane shall become HaFt of the Constitution 3f The state of Arhausa>. toWit
 That section one article five 1i the C8a>ti- tuition of tar state of Arkan,a> be amended ,o a> 70 read n t9ll9Ns
 SECTION l. The legislative powers of thl, state shall be vested in General Assembly which shall consist of the senate and House 0f kepreefn nlalltee, but the people of each mu- BcipalitY, each county aud Of the state r,- serve to themselves power to propose law, and amendments To the Constitution and 10 enact or retecf the ~ame at the polls Independent of the ie-lsial I've assembly, and also reserve power Al their oWn option to approve or re- Jeet al the polls any act of the lesisla- tive assembly The hrst power reserved ny the people E, the Initiative and not t'. required tJ propose any measure by such petition and every such petition shall Include the full text of the measure so proposed In liiallEe petitions shall be filed with the ~ecre- tary Of state moi leSs than four months before ihr election at which they are Ia he voted upon
 The second power is a Referendum and II may be ordered. feNcept as 70 laws necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety either by the petition signed " Der cent oi the legal voters or by the le-lsIatl I've assembly as other bills are eu- acted. Referendum petitions shall be filed with the secretary 0f state not more than ninety days after he final adjournment ef the session of The legislative assembly which passed the bill on which the referendum is de- handed The veto power of the Governor shall not extend to measures referred to the people. All elections on measures referred to the people of the state shall De had al the bj- enni al regular general elections, except when the legislative assembly shall order a special election. Any measure referred to the people shall take effect and become a law when il k approved hy majority of the votes cast thereon and not otherwise The style Of all bills shall be, Be il Enacted by the People of the state Of Arkansas. This section shall not be construed to deprive any member of the legislative assembly of the fight to introduce any measure The whole number of votes cast for the office Of Governor at the regular cleo ton last preceding the filing Of any petition for the Initiative or for the Referendum shall be the basis on which the number of legal votes necessary To sign such petition shall be counted. Petitions and orders forth Initiative and for the Referendum shall be filed with the secretary Of state. and in submitting the same to the people he and all other officers shall be guided by the general laws and the acts sub hitting this amendment until legislation shall be specially provided therefor
 The above resolution was filed in the offre of the secretary Of state on February lq 1aa
 Each electOr may vote f8f or against the above amendment.
 Witness my official signature this l2th day of EeDruafy, l9lu.
 ~ (. LUDWIG, t5 secretary Of state.