The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-05
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO TIE con-
STITUTiON OF THE STATE OF
ARKANSAS

Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing joint resolution. proposing an a.
mnnd,. ert % tie 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 Il,
1910, for adoption or rejection.
P opposed 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 W.T.:
That section one. article five, of the
Constitution of the State OF Arkansas
be amended so as to read as follows:
Section /. 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 independent of the legislative as
sembly, and also res erVe power at their
own option to approve or reject al the
polls any act of the legislative assem-
bly,. The first power reserved by the
people is the Initiative, and not more
than per cent of the legal voters shall
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 preserya-
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 I
to the people. All elections on meas
urcs referred to the people of the State /.
shall be had at the biennial regular gen
eral elections, except when the Iegisla- /.
live assembly shall order special cleo
ton Any me sure referred to the
people shall take effect and become a /
law when it IS approved by majority (
of the votes cas- thereon and not other ,
wise. The style of all bills shall be. I
"Be 1t 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 10 introduce any measure. The /
" hole number Of votes cast for office /
of Governor at the regular election |.
last proceeding the filing OF any petition |
for the Initiative or for the Referen- /
dun shall be the basis on which the /
number Of legal votes necessary to sign /
such petition shall be counted. Peti- !
tons and orders for the initiative and /
for the Referendum shall be filed with I
the Secretary of State, and In submit. /
ting the same 10 the people he and ali /
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 thz
office of the Secretary of State on
February 10, 1863.
Each eleetor may vote for or against
the above amendment
Witness my official signature this II
day of February, 1910.
O. G. LUDWIG,
tSeal) Secretary of State