The Brinkley argus., 1912-05-31
BY 1N1rIArrvE PETITION

t EARLE w. HODGES.
 rseall Secretary of State: PnoPoszD BY INITIATIVE PETITION
 Constitutional Amendment No. IA, pro
 yiding for the recall of all elective pup lie officers, and prescribing the proce-
 dure.
 FOE A1xErDMENT NO. 14.
 AoAIMST AlrENDMEMT NO. 14.
 Be it Eenacted by the People of the Every elective public officer in the State of Arkansas may be removed rom office by the electors entitled to vote for a successor of such incumbent. 1 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 or re- moyal provided by law
 a. To effect the removal of an elec- I tive state officer; a petition signed ny cessor to the incumbent sought to be | removed. equal in number to twelve per l centum of the entire vote cast at the | nreceding election for all candidates for | the office which the encumbent sought | to be removed occupies, demanding the i election of successor to the officer | named in said petition, shall be address | ed 10 the state board of election com | missioners provided said petition shall | be circulated in not less than five coun- l ties in the state ana snail De SlBueQ III | 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 l estimated Such petition shall contain l a general statement of the grounds upon l which the removal is sought, which | statement is intended solely for the in | formation of the voters, and the suffi- l ciency of which shall not be open to re- 1 view.
 I n1@ Ior, wi exl<>~~ wee l they shall submit the same, together 1 with statement of it's sufficiency, to | the governor, who shall immediately l order and fix 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 | ernor. If, by the prayer of the petit l tioners it is the governor whose removal l is sought, the petition and certificate
 before mentioned shall @ & be filed f. with the he 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 | member of said state board of election commissioners for the purposes herein 1 provided and such vacancy or vacancies on said state board of election commis- ficiais in the order named following l l. The auditor of state.
 g. The state treasurer.
 B. The commissioner of mines. man. I ufacturers and agriculture.
 1 A. The superintendent of public in-
 5. The justices of the supreme court l in the order of their seniority as such. | d. The governor shall make or cause 1 to be made publication or notice for the
 holding of such election. and the cleo 1 tion commissioners of the various coun- l ties of the state shall make arrange
 ments. for such election, and the same l shall be conducted, returned and the re- suits thereof declared, in all respects as I in other state elections. On the official ballot in such election shall be. printed. | in not more than two hundred words. l the reasons set forth in the petition de- manding the recall of the official. And l in not more than three hundred words him, the officers Justification of his I course in office.
 e. Petitions for the recall of any
 county, township. city or town official. l or of any road overseer or school di- | rector shall be prepared, circulated,
 signed and verified in the same manner
 hnt s',als ; ll< aa with the, county -elecsl i ton conimissioners of the county in l which the official sought to be removed resides. And the county election com 1 missioners shall certify the regularity I and sufficiency thereof to the. county 1 judge who shall fix the date for holding
 the election in the same manner as the | governor is directed in the Case of the | recall of state officers. and the county election commissioners shall certify the | election of candidates elected at any l county. township, city or town recall
 election to the governor, who shall issue l commissions in accordance therewithj provided that in the case of constables. 1 road overseers and school directors the
 returns shall be certified to the county judge who shall issue commissions in
 accordance with the certificates of elec- tion.
 f. Proceedings for the recall of any I officer shall be deemed to be pending ! from the date of the filing of any recall petition against such officer. and if such officer shall resign at any time subse- quent to the filing thereof, the recall
 election shall be. held notwithstanding
 such resignation, and the vacancy caused cause, shall be filled as provided by law. | but the person appointed to fill such
 vacancy shall hold his ofiice only until shall qualify.
 g. Any eiector may be nominated for the office which is to be filled at any re- call election in the following manner: | l. By a petition signed by the cleo tors. qualified to vote at such recall cleo
 tion, equal in number to at least one
 cast at the last preceding election for
 all candidates for the office which the
 incumbent sought to DC removed occu-
 pies.
 <. ?. By the returning boards of pri- mary election.
 3. By the certificate of the chairman ! and secretary of the convention of any regularly organized political party in
 this state
 . h. Nominations of candidates for . state office, or for candidate to be elected from district composed of more than one county. shall be filed with : the state board of election commission CTS not less than thirty days prior to the date fixed by the governor for hold
 Ing the recall election; and nominations : Tor candidates for county, township, city or town offices shall be filed with the county election commissioners not less 2 than fifteen days before the date fixed by the county judge for holding the ,. county, township. city or town recall i, election. Provided that candidates for school director at any recall election shall be nominated five days before the : election.
 1. There shall be printed on the re- ' call ballot as to every officer whose recall is to be voted thereat. the follow { ing question: Shall tname of person against whom the recall petition ie I filed) be recalled from the office of (ti- ' tie of office?"). following which ques- t tion shall be the words "Yes" and "No' e on separate lines with a blank space or
 the right of each, in which the votel ' shall indicate by placing cross (k) hii f vote for or against said recall Or
 such ballots. under each such question | there shall also be printed the name,
 of those persons who have been nornin a a q <rS bo Az