Sharp County record., 1916-08-18
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I'd to the legal voters Of each municipal
ity and county as to all local, special
and municipal legislation Of every char
tcter In and for their respective munich
palities and counties.
Counties cities and towns may pro-
VIDE Tor the exercise Of the Initiative
pnd Referendum as to their local legis-
tation. Petitions shall be hled with the
county or city clerk. Not more than
ten Q0) per cent Of the legal voters of
any county. city, or town may be re-
Quired to order the referendum, nor
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-
Der OF signatures required on a petition
shall be computed upon the vote cast Tor
the Office Of county Judge or mayor at
the last preceding election.
Every extension, enlargement, pur-
chase, grant. or conveyance of fran
chise, or Of any rights, properly, 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
shall not be subject to emergency legis-
lation. The time for filing 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-
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-
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 peopN
of the State or Of any locality shall be
held 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
legislation.
No limitation shall be placed upon
the number Of constitutional amend
ments or other measures which may oe
proposed and submitted to the people by
either Initiative or Referendum petit
tions as provided In this section, nor
shall this section be construed to con-
flict In any particular with Article 10,
Section %, Of the Constitution provid-
Ing for the submission of constitutional
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 a proposed constitu-
tional amendment, or amendment as pro-
vided for in Article 10, Section 20 of the
Constitution.
Any measure submitted to the people
by petition as herein provided shall tane
effect and became law when approved
by a majority of the votes cast there-
on and not otherwise and shall not be
required to receive majority or the
votes cast for candidates In such cleo
ton. Such measure shall be operative
on and after the thirtieth day after the
election at which It 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
Of the votes seVerally cast Tor and
against the same, the one receiving the
higher number Of affirmative votes shall
thereby 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 yea or nay vote upon
\bers elected; nor shall any such meas
are be set aside, in whole or In part as
Unconstitutional except by unanimous
decision of all the members OK the Su-
preme Court Of tho State.
! Legal voters only shall be counted
upon petitions. Petitions may be cireu-
lated and presented In parts, but each
part Of any petition shall have attached
thereto the affidavit of the person cir
culating the same, that all the sigma
lures thereon were made In the pres
ence Of the afiiant and that to the best
Of the affiants knowledge and belief
each signature Is genuine, and that the
other affidavit or verihcation shall be re.
quired to establish the genuineness or
such signatures.
The sufflciency 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.
n the sufileieney OF any petition is
challenged the question shall be tried at
once Without reference to term, time or
vacation and adjudicoted without de-
Law; 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
upon the ballot at the election named
In such petition, nor militate aga,nst
the validity OF the measure X ~ shali
have been approved by vote Of the pee.
pie, II the Secretary OF state, County
Clerk, or City Clerk shall decide any pc.
tion to be insufficient he shall, without
delay' notify the sponsors OF the peti-
ton and permit at least thirty days
from the date OF such notification ,,fo, for
of legal proceedings to prevent giving
legal effect TO any petition upon any
grounds the burden of pr0Sf o9taakns gha pc
upon the person or petSons u''oo"i"e
No law shall be passed recurring a
distribution of signatures upon peu,
tions In each OF the counties or other
political divisions Of the state nor 70
prohibit any person or persons from gly'
lnR or receiving compensation, for cir
culating petitions, nor to prohibit the
circulation of petitions, nor In any way
30 intorfere with the freedom OF the peo-