The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-12
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CON-
STlTUTl0N or THE STATE OF
ARKANSAS
ARKANSAS

ARkANSAS
Notice is hereby given thatthc follow
ing Joint resolution. proposing an II
m@ndr emf to the State Constitution,
was passed hv the General Assembly at
its regular session of 1909, and that the
sane will be submitted to the electors
of the State at the next general eIee-
ton, to be held Monday, September L,
1910, for adoption or rejection.
P. opposed AMENDMENT NO 10
That the following is hereby proposed
rs an amendment to the Constitution
of the State of Arkansas, and the same
being submitted to the electors OF the
State for approval OF rejection at the
next general election for senators and
representatives, if a ajorlty OF the
electors voting at such election adopt
such amendment the same shall become
a part of the Constitution OF the State
of Arkansas, to Wit:
That section one. article five, of the
Constitution of the State o. Arkansas
be amended so as to read as follows:
Section / 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,
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 at 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
shall 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 crdered(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 stall
be filed with the Secretary Of State
not more than ninety days after the
final adjournment of the session Of tae
legislative assembly which passed the
Dill on which the referendum Is demand
ed. The veto power Of the Governor
shall not extend to measures ref .red
to the people All elections on meas
ures referred to the people Of the State
shall be had at the biennial regular gen
eral elections, except when the legisla-
live assembly shall order special eIee-
ton. Any me sure referred to the
people shall take effect and become a
law when it IS approved 10y a majority
of the votes cast thereon and not other
wise. The style Of all bills shall be.
BE 1t Enacted by the People e the
State of Arkansas. This section snail
not be construed to deprive any mem
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-
dunn 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
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 aud the acts submitting
this amendment until legislation shall
be specially provided therefor.
The above esolution was filed III ths
office of the Secretary of State on
February 10, 1909
Each elector may vote for or against
the above amendment
Witness my official signature this II
day Of February, 1910.
o. {. LUDWIG.
(Seal.) Secretary of State.