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/ palities and counties.
Counties, cities and towns may pro-
vne TOT the exercise of the Initiative
hnd Referendum as to their local lesis-
lation. Petitions shall be filed with the
county or oity clerk. Not more than
any county, city, or town may be re-
quired to order the referendum nor
more than fifteen (1b) per cent OF the
legal voters Of any such county, city or
town, shall be required to propose any
measure BY initiative petition.
In counties or municipalities the num-
per or signatures required on petition
/ snail be computed upon the vote cast for
the office Of county Judge or mayor at
the last preceding election.
Every extension, enlargement, pur-
chase, grant, or conveyance Of fran
s' chise' or Of any rights, property, ease
| ment, lease, or occupation of or in any
road street alley or park, or any part
thereof in any real property, or interest
IN any real property owned by munich
pal corporation, whether the same be by
statute. ordinance, resolution, or other
wise shall be subject to referendum and
| snail not be subject to emergency leg1s-
ation. The time for filing a referendum
petition against municipal or local
measures shall not be fixed at less tnan
| thirty days after the passage thereof by
municipal or local legislative bodies.
The word measure" as used herein,
means any law, bill, resolution, ordi-
| ment, or any other legislative measure
In the case Of laws chiefly Of local In
terest, as the creation of new or addi-
tional judges or other officers or Offices
referendum by petition shall be sub
mitted for approval or rejection to the
people of the district interested
All elections on general, local, dhd
special measures referred to the peopl>
OF the State or Of any locality shall be
held at the regular general election, ex
sept when the Governor, County Judge
or Mayor shall order a special election.
State counties, or municipalities may
provide for special elections on local
legislation.
No limitation shall be placed upon
the number Of constitutional amend
ments or other measures which may pe
proposed and submitted to the people by
tons as provided In this section, nor
shall this section be construed to con-
f1ict in any particular with Article 10,
Section %, Of the Constitution provid-
ing for the submission of constitutional
amendments by the Legislative Assem-
bly, and their adoption by the people.
This section shall not be construed to
deprive any member of the Legislative
Assembly Of the right to introduce any
measure, but no measure shall be sub
mitted to the people by the Legislative
Assembly except proposed constitu-
tional amendment, or amendment as pro-
vided for in Article 10, Section % Of the
Constitution.
Any measure submitted to the people
by petition as herein provided shall take
effect and became a law when approved
by a majority of the votes cast there
on and not otherwise, and shall not be
required to receive a majority or the
votes cast for candidates in such cleo
ton. Such measure shall be operative
on and after the thirteth day after the
election at which 1t is approved.
The veto power of the Governor or the
Mayor shall not extend to measures in
tiated by or referred to the people.
If conflicting measures referred to the
people shall be approved by a majority
Of the votes severally cast for and
against the same the one receiving thu
higher number Of Affirmative votes shall
thereby become law.
No measure approved by vote or the
people shall be amended or repealed by
the General Assembly or any City
Council except by a yea or nay vote upon
roll call Of three-fourths of all the mem
bers elected; nor shall any such meas
unconstitutional except by unanimous
decision of all the members Of the Su-
preme Court Of the State
Legal voters only shall be counted
upon petitions, Petitions may be circu-
lated and presented In parts, but each
thereto the affidavit Of the person cir
culating the same, that all the sigma
lures thereon were made In the pres
ence Of the affiant and that to the best
of the afiiants knowledge and belief
each signature is genuine, and that the
person signing Is q legal voter, and no
other affidavit or verincation shall be re.
auired to establish the genuineness of
such signatures.
The sufficency Of all Statewide petit
tions shall be decided In the first In
stance by the Secretary Of the state,
and of municipal and local petitions by
the City or County Clerk, subject to re-
view by the Supreme Court Of the state
which shall have exclusive and original
Jurisdiction over all such cases,
II the sufiicionoy Of any. petition Is
challenged the question shall be tried at
once Without reference to term, time or
vacation. and adjudicated without de-
lay; but the failure OF the courts TO
decide prior to the election, as 70 the
sufficiency of such petition, shall not
prevent the question from being placed
upon the ballot at the election named
the validity Of the measure if 4 shall
have been approved by vote OF the peo-
ple, II the Secretary OF state, County
Clerk, or City Clerk, shall decide any pc.
tion TO be insufficient ne shall, Wltnout
delay, notify the sponsors OF the petit
tion and permit at least thirty days
from the date OF such notification for
correction or amendment. In the event
OF legal proceedings to prevent giving
legal effect to any petition upon any
grounds, the burden of proof shall be
upon the person or persons attacking
the validity OF the petition,
No law shall bo passed requiring y
dietribution OF signatures upon peu'
tiona IN each OF the counties or other
politieai divisions OF the State, nor TO
prohibit any person or persons from CIV
Ing or receiving compensation for cir
ouiating petitions, nor TO prohibit the
circulation of petitions nor In any way
10 Interfere with the freedom OF the peo
pie in securing petitions, but laws may
Be enacted prohibiting ana pen0lizihs
any fraudulent practice, eueh os per,
fury, forgery, or any other miedemenhor
in Tho securing or hling OF petitions
All measures submitted to vote "
the people by petitions under the pro
Visions OF this section shall be publish
ed as IL now or may hereafter be pro
vided by law, .,n. a. =.
The ptyle OF all bills, initiated by the
people and submitted under the provie.
Ions OF this section, shall be, "Be i,
ennsted by the people or the state
Arkansas' municipality. or county,
the eaae may be-, In submitting mehss
utea 10 the people, the Secretary %
Stote and ali other oiiici0ls shall pc