Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-06-08
FOR AMENDMENT NO. IA. AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. IA.
Be it iIenacted by the People of tn

Be it i1enacted by the People of the
 State of Arkansas:
 Every elective public officer in the State of Arkansas may be removed from office by the electors entitled to vote for a successor of such incumbent, through the procedure and in the man. ner herein provided for. which proceed nre shall be known as the recall and is in addition to any other method of re- moval provided by law.
 a. To effect the removal of an cleo the electors entitled to vote for a sue cessor to the incumbent sought to be removed, equal in number to twelve per centum of the entire vote cast at the the office which the encumbent sought to be removed occupies. demanding. the election of a successor to the officer named in said petition shall be address ed to the state board of election com missioners. provided said petition shall be circulated in not less than five coun- ties in the state and shall be signed in each of such counties by electors equal in number to not less than one per cen, tum of the entire vote cast in each of said counties at said election. as above a general statement of the grounds upon which the removal is sought. which statement is intended solely for the in formation of the voters, and the suffi- ciency of which shall not be open to re- view.
 b. When such petition shall be filed with the state election commissioners they shall submit the same, together the governor. who shall immediately order and fix a date for the holding of the election, which shall take place not less than sixty days and not more than eighty days from the date of filing the petitions and certificate with the gov ernor If. by the prayer of the peti- toners it is the governor whose removal is sought. the petition and certificate before mentioned shall be filed with the auditor of state who shall proceed in the form and manner as prescribed for the governor.
 C. In the event the officer sought to be removed is the governor. secretary of state. or attorney general. officials now comprising the state board of election commissioners. either official sought to be removed shall be disqualified as d member of said state board of election commissioners for the purposes herein provided and such vacancy or vacancies on said state board of election commits sioners shall be filled by other state of- ficials in the order named following: 1. The auditor of state.
 2. The state treasurer.
 ,. The commissioner of mines, man. ufacturers and Agrculture.
 4. The superintendent of public in struction. e
 ,. Tho justices of the supreme court in the order of their seniority as such. q. The governor shall make or cause to be made publication or notice for the holding of such election. and the cleo tion commissioners of the various coun- ties of the state shall make arrange ments for such election. and the same shall he conducted. returned and the re- suits thereof declared in all respects as in. other state elections. On the official ballot in such election shall be printed, in not more than two hundred words, the reasons set forth in the petition de- mailding the recall of the official And i'm not moro than three hundred words there shall also be printed. if desired ny him. the officers justification of his course in; office 3~t
 | .s.e x etitfnns fore tlfe recall of. any county. township fcity or town official. or of any road overseel. or school di- | rector shall be prepared circyla ted, | signed and verified fin the same manner as herein provided for state officials