The Monticellonian., 1916-08-10

ments CT other measures which may ,. proposed and submitted to the people hS titTer Initiative or Referendum net} +fons es provided in this section nar shall tbtS section be construed to c9, ffet in any particular with Article fq Section % of the Constitution progidt ing for the submission of constftutI6nal amendments by the Legislative \ Assafnl bfv and their adoption by the pfonie
 This section shall not be construed fa deprive any member of the LegfsTatf< Assembly of the right to introduce a1t, measure. but no measure shall be snb mitted tO the people by the LegiSIar.5s. Assembly except a proposed csnstftn ttonaI amendment. or amendmeny as nr9- yided for in Article 19, Section 9 of the
 Any measure submitted to the peasIs hv petition q s herein provided shah ta. effect and became law when approved bv majority of the votes cast tHara on and moi otherwise. and shall net & required to receive a majority or f.a 4ates east fer candidates in sur# 444@ ffun such measure shall be eHrra ff3.. on and alter the thirtteth day after the election at which il Is approved
 Thc veto power of the GoVernor pr ,. Mayor shall not extend to measures in itiated by or referred to the people
 If conflicting measures feferre3 t7 tba people shall be approved by H5tfJritv af fhe votes seTeraliy cast ana against the same. the one receie 5aa tIa higher number of affirmative votes shan thereby become q law.
 No measure approved by a vote 8f tn. panuIe shall be amended or reneaEa b,+ th- General Assembly or any civ J--5-.UTtt except by yea or nay vote upot, r6,I CaIt of three-fourtbs of all the Idap1- hErs elected. nor shall any SuEh Tnass uHa be set aside. in whole or in part as HueaHst5t8tioH9l except by Hhantmous decision of all the members of the Sn. prame Court nf the State.
 Leaal voters 4nly shall be counted upon petitions Petitions may +e Ffrent lated and presented in parts, btft each part of dnE petition shall have attached thereto the affidavit of the person cir culatiBg the same that all the sigma lures thereon were made in the pres eHee of the afIiant and that te tHe best of the affaHtas knowledge and beffef each signature is genuine. and that the person signing is q legal voter. and m other affidavit or verifcation shall be re qaired To establish the genuiueness of suah signatures
 The saFieieney of all Statewide ueti. tfanS shall be decided in the first in- stance by tse Secretary of the State and of municipal and local petitions bYA the City or County Clerk, subject to re.u view hv the Supreme Court of the State which shall have exclusive and original Jurisdiction over all such cases.
 If the saftieieHey Of any petition is chaflensed the duestion shall be tried at once Wihout reference 10 term. time or vacation. and aAiudieated without de lax: but the failure of the courts to decide prior to the election. as ta the sufficfencV of such petition shall not prevent the question from being placed unon the ballot at the election named tn such petition. nor initiate against the validity at the measure fl t shall have been approved by vote Of the peo- pie If the Secretary of State, County Clerk or Gitr Clerk. shall decide any pc ton te 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 for correction or amendment. In the event af legal proceedings to prevent gt2ing legal effect tp 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 be passed reqnlkng A distribution of signatures npou peti- tons in each of the counties or other political divisions of the State. nor to prohibit any person or persons from gtV- ing or receiving compensation for cir eHlattng petitions nor to prohibit the circuiaton of petitions. nor in any way t9 interfere with the freedom of tic pep pIe ia securing petitions, but laws may ke enaeted prohibiting and peaalizHg any fraudulent practice. such as per f1frXz forgery or any other m!sdenteaner In the securing or filing of petitions :,
 All measures submitted to vote V the people by petitions under the pt1- visions af fHis section shall be publish ea as E now or may hereafter be pro- vIHIeH hv law
 The stvie of all bills. initiated by the people and submitted under the nEaVIa= ions of this section shall be, Be it enacted by the people of the State or Afl5Hs4s= fmahtelEattE or county as the case may bsls In submitting meas ures To the people. the Secretary of State and all other officials shall be guided h8 the general laws until ad= dtfeual legislation shall be provided therefor.
 The result of the vote upon any State measure shall be declared by the State Eaara ef Election Commissioners Cor the substitute therefer4, and the re suit of 2 vote for any city or town meas ure shall be declared by the City Cen trat Committee or Town Council tor any substitute therefor)
 This amendment shall be self-exe- cutting. but the Legislative Assembly may enact laws te facilitate it's oper- atien, and no legislation shall be en- acted To restrict hamper or impair the exercise of the rights herein reserved 10 the people.
 ak all be treated as mandatory
 That this amendment to the CoHsH- tuition of the State be, and the aame shall be in substitution of the fnitia- tive and Referendum Amendment, aR- proved February I9 1909 as the sa N appears in the Acts of Arkansas for 1909, on pages l239 ana 1240 of the volume containing the same; and that the sgid amendment fand the act of the General Assembly to carry out the same, approved June 90, 1911, so far as fine SaT>e IS m conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed
 The aho*e propesed Amen3. .ment was filed in the office of the Secretary of State on January g. 1915
 Each eleetor may vote For or Against the above proposed Amendment.
 Witness my official signature this 25th day of July Ia16
 EARLE W HOnGEs
 eseaH Secretary dR State.