The Huttig news., 1916-08-19


 palitiss and counties.
 Counties. cities and towns may pro- Vloe TOT the exercise of the Initiative and heferendum as to their local legis- iatfon Petitions shall be filed with the county or city clerk. Not more than ten tl0) per cent of the legal voters of any county, city, or town may be re- quired to order the referendum nor more than fifteen (ls) per cent of the ieKal 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 a petition snail be computed upon the vote cast for the office of county judge or mayor at the last preceding election
 avery extension. enlargement, pur- chase, grant. or conveyance of fran chtse. or of any rights, property ease nent, lease or occupation of or in any road, street, alley park, any part thereof in any real property, or interest m any real property owned by munict- pal corporation, whether the same be by etatote; ordinance. resolution, or other. shall not be subject to emergency legs- lation. The time for filing referendum petition against municipal or local measures shall not be fixed at legs 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 nance, charter, or constitutional amend ment. or any other legislative measure.
 In the case of laws chiefly of local in terest as the creation of new or addi referendum by petition shall be sub mttted for approval or rejection to tho people of the district interested.
 All elections on general local, ahd special measures referred to the peoplN 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.
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 No limitation shall be placed upon the number of constitutional amend ments or other measures which may os proposed and submitted to the people by either Initiative or Referendum peti- tions as provided in this section. nor shall this section be construed to con flict in any particular with Article 1g. Section P, of the Constitution provtd- ing for the submission of constitutional amendments by the Legislative Assem- ply 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 a proposed csnstitu- tional amendment or amendment as pro- vided for in Article 19, Section 22 of the Constitution.
 Any measure submitted to the people by petition ss herein provided shall ta.e enect ana became a law when approved by a majority of the votes cast there on and not otherwise. and shall not bs required to receive majority or the votes cast for candidates in such cleo ton. Such measure sha3 be operative on and after the thirtieth day after the. election at which 1t Ia approved.
 She veto power of the Governor or tne Mayor shall not extend to measures n- tiated by or referred to the people.
 If conflicting measures referred to the people shall be approved by a majority of the votes severaliy cast for and against the same. the one receiving tic higher number of affirmative votes shall hereby become a law.
 No measure approved by vote of the people shall be amended or repealed by the General Assembly or any City Council except by a yea or nay vote upon i roll call of three-fourths of all the mem l bers elected: nor shall any such meas ire be set aside. in whole or in part, as unconstitutional except by unanimous | decision of all the members of the Su- areme Court of the State. l1pon petitions. Petitions may be eircu- | ated and presented In parts. but eacn asrt of any petition shall have attached sulating the same. that all the sigma lures thereon were made In the pres ence of the aff'ant and that to the best of the afiant's knowledge and belief zach signatur ie genuine, and that the. person signing Is a legal voter, and no other affidavit or verifcstien shall be re Iuired to establish She genufneness or such signatures
 The suficiency Of all Statewide pet- tions shall be decided in the first in stance by the Secretary of the State, he 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.
 If the suffieiency Of any petition ts challenged the question shall be tried st once without reference to term. time or vacation. and sdjndieated without de lay; but the failure of the courts to decide prior to the election as to tho sufliciency of such petition, shall not prevent the question from being placed upon the ballot at the election named in such petition. nor initiate against the validity of the measure If 1t shall have been approved by vote of the pea ple. If the Secretary of State, County Clerk, or City Clerk shall decide any pc. ti6n to be insufficient he shall. without ielay notify the sponsors of the pett- ton and permit at least thirty days from thes date of such notification Tor correction or amendment. In tlS, event of legal proceedings to prevetd giving legal effect tn any petition upon any grounds the burden of proof shall be upon the person ,, or I,sti"m psrsons attacking
 No law shall be passed requiring . distribution of signatures upon petf- tions in each of the counties or other political divisions of the State, nor 10 prohibit any person or persons from giv- ing or receiving compensation fop cir culating petitions. nor to prohibit the circulation of petitions, nor In any way to interfere with the freedom Of the peo- ple fin securing petitions, but laws may be enacted prohibiting and penai>ins any fraudulent practice, such as pes- iury forgery, any other misoemeahor in the securing or filing of petitions
 All measures submitted to vote or the people by petitions under the pro visions of this section shall be publish ed as ts now or may hereafter be pro- vided by law.
 The style of all bills, initiated by the neople and submitted under the proVts- ions of this section. shall be. Be II enacted by the people of the state ot Arkansas (munici Slity or county as the case may bel. In submitting meas. uyes to the people, the Secretary or State and all other officials shall De guided by the general laws until ao. ditional legislation shall be provided
 The result of the vote upon any state measure shall be declared by the State Roard of Election Commissioners 1or the substitute therefor), and the re- sult of a vote for any city or town meas ure shall be declared by the City Gen. traI Committee or Town Council GOT any substitute stherefc<).
 This amendment shall be seif-exe- cutting. but the Legislative Assembly may enact laws to facilitate its oper- stion. and no legislation shall be en-
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