The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-24

ments or other measures wh.--
 proposed and submitted to th'oh naay
 elthef initlatiVe or ReferendiPs Psrsopls b,
 tions as provided in this ss sen.a ptd.
 snail suls sectlon pc construea .lh ne
 Section 22. of the Constit1,,,sA tele is
 ing for the submission of oo,.n on progR
 amendments by the LeRisla t,se ti,'ae tliiursl
 ply and their adoption hv ~ Assem.
 This section shall not be cnns. pecpls
 oeprlVe any member of the ressestled le
 Assembly of the right to intrngyl lslatN,
 measure. but no measure ,s.hssIr,osducs sss
 mitted to the people by inc al pc Et2
 Assembly except pronos.S -skl lsiatp.
 tional amendment, or amendre. eonstih.
 yided for in Article 19. Section .. as pfu
 Constitution. zz Of tA.
 Any measure submitted to th.
 by petition as herein provided s an peop,
 effect and became law whsn snan tls,
 by majority of the votes q. sspptoVa
 on and not otherwise. and ahs,, hefe
 required to receive a mators+s. not ,,
 votes cast for candidates in s..s or ihs
 tlon. sucn measure shall be ona.alse ,,' slse
 The veto power of the Govsrreo G,Vreo
 Mayor shall not extend to nneass.s v ihs ltiated by or referred to the s1ie. rsae. h,
 f conflicting measures referrsSo Sopia
 people snail De approved by a ,n.s Mt
 of the votes severally cast foss'onv
 higher number of affirmative vo,ang ths
 thereby become. a law Ahal
 No measure approved by va..
 people shall be amended or raoss,o. ss p. iAt
 the General Assembly or eo srs hy council except by yea or nay vote ,Sp roll call of three-fourths of ail tha upon
 bers elected; nor shall any s,,ch ese mem.
 ure be set aside, in whole or in r,. msss.
 unconstitutional except by uns,s.hh s~.h as
 decision of all the members oS sht meus preme Court of the State. 'ne su.
 Legal voters only shall he .o-
 upon petitions. Petitions nav oounttd
 lated and presented in parts br. os cHcu-
 part of any petition. shah have at.. each
 thereto the affidavit of the r~ssaenso
 culating the same. that all ths ns elf'
 lures thereon were made in .ba ssna'
 ence of the affiant and that to tb. pres. pr the afnants knowledge and hsps..
 each signature is genuine and Inc, sst .t
 person signing is a legal voter ,-, sn, .as
 other affidavit or verification shan i1hs S DO 1uired to establish the genuinensss
 Buch signatures. ot
 The sufficiency of all statev,a. ...
 tions shall be decided in the first ~ s,'
 stance by the Secretary of tba s...l ,n'
 md of municipal and local petItionsa sass s@
 he City or County Clerk, subject to v " view by the Supreme Court of tha r e..s "
 which shall have exclusive and ortsss.s sss.s jurisdiction over all such cases s'H'l If the sufficiency of any petition ii, challenged the question shall be trssa ss
 once without reference to term, tims ss ss vacation. and ad1ndicated without ds. ay; but the failure of the co,lrts Y. decide prior to the election as fo K sufficiency of such petition. shah no, mi, prevent the question from being plaess lupon the ballot at the election narsS r. Fatfffnn " the validity of the measure if 1t snail nave been approved by a vote of the oee. ole If the Secretary of State. Co,,nf, Clerk or City Clerk. shall decide any n.. ton to be insufficient he shall, without delay. notify the sponsors of the pstI. from the date of such notification fo, correction or amendment In the event of legal proceedings to prevent giving egal effect to any petition upon sny grounds. the burden of proof shall be upon the person or persons attacking l! !he validity of the petition
 No law shall be passed recurring 4 distribution of signatures upon peti- tons in each of the counties or other political divisions of the State, nor 10 prohibit any person or persons from giy- l Ing or receiving compensation for cir sulating petitions, nor to prohibit the .irculaton of petitions. nor in any way | to interfere with the freedom of the peo- pie in securing petitions, but laws may ,e enacted prohibiting and penalizing lany fraudulent practice, such as per 1 Iury. forgery, or any other misdemeanoi | in the securing pr filing of petitions. All measures submitted to a vote Of | the people by petitions under the pro. visions of this section shall be publish
 sd as is now or may hereafter be pro vided by law.
 The style of all bills. initiated by the people and submitted under the provis ons of this section, shall be, Be Il snacted by the people of the State Of Arkansas" Municipality or county, si he case may bel. Tn submitting meas. lires to the people. the Secretary Of State and all other offcials shall bs yuided by the general laws until sd. iitional Legislation shall be provided therefor.
 The result of the vote upon any
 State measure shall be declared by ths | State Board of Election Commissiontr' ! Cor the substitute therefor), and the re suit of vote for any city or town meas ire shall be declared by the City Cen :ral Committee or Town Council loi my substitute therefor).
 This amendment shall be self-exe-
 .uting. but the Legislative AssemblS nay enact laws to facilitate its oper. ltion, and no Legislation shall be cn. icted to restrict. hamper or impair the exercise of the rights herein reserved o the people.
 All the provisions of this amendmen ihall be treated as mandatory That this amendment to the Consti .ution of the State be, and the safn' shall be in substitution of the Initia i've and Referendum Amendment ap proved February 19, 1909. as the sain' appears in the Acts of Arkansas fo 1909, on pages 1239 and 1240 Of tn' volume containing the same; and tha he said amendment (and the act O he General Assembly to carry out tn same, approved June 30, 1911. so far q the same is in conflict herewithl, ? and the same are hereby repealed. The above proposed Amendment wa filed in the office of the Secretary State on January 23. 1915.
 Each elector may vote For Against the above proposed Amendmen Witness my official signature ml 25th day of July 1916 EARLE w. HODGES, (Seal) Secretary of stau -~---->----~-~-~-->-----