Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-06-15
FOR AMENDMENT NO. IA, AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 14.

Be it Eenactcd by the People of the
 State of Arkansas:
 Every elective public officer in the State of Arkansas may be removed from offices by the electors entitled to vote for successor of such incumbent through the procedure and in the man. ner herein provided for. which proceed !lre 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 tive state offies petition signed by cessor to the incumbent sought to be removed equal in number to twelve per centum of the entire vote cast at the preceding election for all candidates for 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 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 estimated. Such petition shall contain general statement of the grounds upon statement is intended solely for the i'm 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 Mh tSe Whe sf shs ts order and fix a date for the holding of the election, which shall take place not less than sixty days and not more than petitions and certificate with the gov ernor. If. by the prayer of the peti- tioners. it is the governor whose removal is sought. the petition and certificat te vNf fnr pI,,H fN1 GI~I w-,s% I> 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 disuualified as a member of said state board of election commissioners for the purposes herein provided and such vacancy or vacancies on said state board of election commis- sioners shall be filled by other state of- fcials in the order named following: 1. The auditor of state.
 ?. The state treasurer.
 5. The commissioner of mines man. ufacturers and agriculture.
 4. The superintendent of public in- struction.
 5. Tho justices of the supreme court in the order of their seniority as such d. The governor shall make or cause to be made publication Of 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 be conducted. returned al the re- suits thereof declared in all respects as In other state elections. On the ofYicial ballot ill such election shall be printed in not more than two hundred words the reasons set forth in the petition de- manding the recall of the official. And in not more than three hundred words there shall also be printed. if desired by him the M aasss 1asssiesFs justification of his
 ei Petitions for the recall of any county Township. city or town sofficiai or of any road overseer or school di- siEned and verified in the same manner as herein provided for state oiiciale