The Springdale news., 1916-08-04

and municipal legislation of every cbaa palitfes and counties Ate'''0i-
 counties. cities and towns may nro vios TOT the exercise of the Initiative ana Referendum as to their local legiss tation. Petitions shall be filed yvith tha county or city clerk Not more tbap ten tlo1 per cent of the legal voters of any county, city, town may be re- lulred 10 order the referendum. nor more than fifteen tl5) per cent of ths teeai voters of any such county, city or town, shall be required to propose any measure 1n oan by initiative petition.
 III counties or municipalities the num- per 0t signatures required on a petition snail De computed upon the vote cas. for the once or county judge or mayor at the last preceding election
 Every extension, enlargement nur chase. grant. or conveyance of a fran chlse' or or any rights property, ease ment, lease. or occupation of or in any soeo, .p street. alley or park. or any part .nereof in any real property or interest Tn any real property owned by a munich pal corporation, whether the same be by tatute ordinance resolution, or other wise, shall be subject to referendum and shall not be subject to emergency Iagts .. Iation. The time for filing referendum petition against municipal or local measures shall not be fixed at less than thirty days after the passage thereof by municipal or local legislative bodies
 The word measure as used herein means any law, bill resolution, ordi- constitutional meht' or any other legislative measure
 Tn the case of laws chiefly of local in tefest as the creation of new or addi- tlohal Judges, or other officers or offices referendum by petition shall be sub mltted Tor approval or rejection to the people or the district interested
 All electlohs on general local. and speclaf measures referred to the pnoplA of the State or of any locality shall be 1eld at the regular general election ex- ept when the Governor, County Judge or Mayor shall order a special election
 state. counties. or municipalities may provide for special elections on local .egislation
 No limitation shall be placed upon he number of constitutional amend nehts or other measures which may oe proposed and submitted to the people by Ather Initiative or Referendum peti- tons as provided in this section. nor shall this section be construed to con fiet in any particular with Article 1s section 22 of the Constitution provid- ng for the submission of constitutional amendments by the Legislative Assem- 'ly and their adoption by the people
 This section shall not be construed to deprive any member of the Leg tslatf>a Assembly of the right to introduce any measure, but no measure shall be sub n1tted to the people by the I.egiSIat.ve 9sse mbly except proposed coHstItu- Ional amendment. or amendment as pro- Ided for in Article 19, Section 22 Of the Constitution.
 Any measure submitted to the people " petition as herein provided shall ta-e anect and became I law when approved 1y majority of the votes east there 1n and not otherwise and shall not be required to receive a majority or the fotes east for candidates in such cleo Ion SHsH measure shall be=bpefatiVe n and after the tH5rtieeh day after the sleeti0H at which ft is approved
 The veto power of the Governor CT me Mayor shall not extend to mea Sures in tiated hy or referred to the people
 IT conflicting measures referred to the people shall be approved by majority f the votes seVerally cast for and against the same the one receiving the ! higher number of affirmative votes shall hereby become q law.
 No mea sure approved hy q vote of the people shall he amended or repealed by he General Assembly or any City souncH except hy yea or nas#Rote upon oil call of three -fearths of all the mem aeHs elected nor shall any saeh meas- Ire be set aside, Tn whole or iu part. as unconstitutional exeept=h8. unanimous decision of all the members of the Su- 1reme Court of the state.
 Legal voters only shall be counted ipon petitions. Petitions may be eIreu- ated and presented In parts. but each art Of any petition shall have attached hereto the affidavit of the person cir .ulating the same that all the sigma ures thereon were made in the pres ,nee Of the affiant and that te the best If the af''ants knowledge and belief +aeh signature Is genuine, and that the person signing is q legal voter, and no ,ther affidavit or verifeation shall be re- luired to establish the genuineness Of mch signatures
 The snffctency of all Statewide peti- ions shall be decided in the first in- stance by the Secretary of the State. md Of municipal and local petitions by he City or County Clerk. subject to re- Jew by the Supreme Court of the state which shall have exclusive and original jurisdiction over all such cases
 If the sufieieney of any petition ls challenged the question shall be tried at once without reference to term. time or vacation and adjudicated without de- ay: but the failure of the courts to decide prior to the election as to the sufficiency of such petition shall not prevent the question from being placed lpon the ballot at the election named n such petition. nor initiate against he validity of the measure If 1t shall nave been approved by vote of the peo. ole If the Secretary Of State, county Clerk or City Clerk. shall decide any pc ton to be insufficient he shall. without jelav notify the sponsors Of the petl- Ion and permit at least thirty days rom the date of such hotlhea.lon aO. correction amendment. In the event of legal proceedings to prevent glNlhs legal effect to any petition upon any grounds. the burden of proof shaI pe upon the person or persons attaehihs he validity of the petition
 No law shall be passed requiring distribution of signatures upon psli. tfons Tn each of the counties or other no1iticaI divisions of the State. nor to prohibit any person or persons rom siN ing or receiving compensation TOT cH- cu1ating petitions nor to prohibit the circulation of petitions nor in any way fa interfere with the freedom or tle Pe'- ole in securing petitions, but laws hiss he enacted prohibiting and penailzfhs any fraudulent practice such as pet jury, forgery. or any other m tlneaioi in the securing or filing of petitions.
 All measures submitted to a vote oi the people by petitions under the pIo visions of this section shall be pupiIsa- al as is now or may hereafter be pro-
 The sfyle of all bills. initiated by the people and submitted under the p19s p,iI9s 1T ions of this section, shall be ae dS ls enacted by the people of the state ot Arkansas' (muuiGIpalitE ar count az he case may bel. In suhmittinE nlease e ures to the people, the SeeretaI1iI ..a1i ba ba state and ail other officials shah ti 9o yuided by the general laws unll 4u . iitional legislation shall be proEiue0
 The result of the vote upon any State measure shall be declared lts.,1r5 ps tne State Rnard of Election tomn5sS it,3'. ,a for the substitute therefor), and the re snIt of a vote for any city or town hleas- ura shall be declared by the Clty cen