Pocahontas star herald., 1910-06-10
Proposed Amendment No. 10

That the following is hereby proposed
an amendment to the Constitution of tbe
state OF Arkansas and the same being sub
mitted to the electors OF the State for apnro-
val or rejection at the next general election
lor senators and representatives IL majorl-
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-wit:
Ihatsection one. article FIVE, OF the Con
stitution OF the State OF Arkansas be anon
ded so as to read as follows:
section |, The legisl ative OF this state
snail be vested in General Assembly. which
shall consist OF the Senate and House NJ Pan
resentatives. but the people OF each nunl-
cipalty' 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 nolls inda-
pendent of the legislative assembly. and aIso
reserve power at their own option TO approvs
or reject at the polls any act of the legista-
1--WE assembly. The first power reserved bv
Vne people Is the Initiative, and not mora
than per cent OF the legal voters sbaI, ba ro-
quired to propose any measure by sucb nett.
tion, and every such petition shall ,noI,,d.
1ne iuii text OF the measure so proposed
lhltlatiVe petitions shall be filed with tbs
secretary ofstate not less than four month
before the election at which they are ~ IA
voted upon. 10
Inc second power Is a Referendum. and
IL may be ordered Except as TO laws naces-
sary for the immediate preservation Of tho
puDiic peace, health or safety) either nv tbs
peuIlon signed by ) per cent OF tbe IacsI
voters or by the legislative sssembly AZ
tnns nor sh1, 3,iin are enacted. Referendum peti.
S. SSons shall De hled with the Secretarv of
stete not more than ninety days sftaS the
hnal auJournment OF the session OF the ieeis.
iative assembly which passed the biij on
VIII, wnicn Ine referendum is demanded. THE
IN naeS'. pomen oI tne Governor shall not extend
" measures referred to the people. All eiec.
!iS .iohS on measures referred to the neonle ~
sl one ooaIe snail be mad at the biennial regular
general elections except when the jegisIative
naeennDly shall order special election, ANY
measure referred TO the people shall taLs
erect and become law when n is a,,,,,f,s,ad
W majority OF the votes cast thereon and
!niUJ otherwise. The style OF an hills Sis he
DE IL ENACTED by the People OF the state of
strra5 rnansas' s ms section shall not be con
iIotuou W ueprlVe any member OF the legis-
latlve assembly OF the right 10 introdnce
any measure. The whole number of votaS
cast for the office OF Governor at the regular
.eJton nn,jtior iast proceeding the filing OF any
peIltloh,ior the Initiative or for the Refer-
endum shall be the basis on which the num-
per OF legal votes necessary to sign such
petition shall be counted, Petitions and
orders TOT the Initiative ana for the Referen-
aum snail DE hled with the Secretary OF
State. and In submitting the same To- ths
people he and all other officers shall be guIdo
ed by the general laws and the acts sui,mIt
ting this amendment until legislation SHAH
be specially provided therefor.
The above resolution was filed in the Office
Oh Cne secretary OF state on February 10, 1909.
above amendment. '' VIC
Witness my official signature this tha to,I,
day of February. 1910. '''-' '"s i-'"
O.C, LUDWIG,
'oeaD Secretary OF State.