The Huttig news., 1916-08-26

itS anu county A1 10 h1l local, special
 and municipal Legislation of every char
 acter in and for their respective munici-
 palitiss and counties. Counties. cities and towns may pro- 1 vide for the exercise of the Initiative and Referendum as to their local legis-
 latfon. Petitions shall be filed with the
 county or city clerk. Not more than | ten tf0) per cent of the legal voters of | any county. city or town may be
 quired to order the referendum. nor | more than fifteen G5) per cent of the | 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 petition i snail De computed upon the vote cast for | the office of county judge mayor at
 the last preceding election.
 Every extension, enlargement, pur-
 chase. grant. or conveyance of fran
 chtse or of any rights. property. case
 ment, lease occupation Of or in any i road, street, alley park, 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 local
 measures shall not be fixed at less than
 thirty days after the passage thereof by
 municipal or local legislative bodies.
 The word measure" 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 | mftted for approval or rejection to the people of the district interested.
 All elections on general, local. and special measures referred to the peoplN of the State or of any locality shall be held at the regular general election. ex- eept 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 proposed and submitted to the people by either Initiative or Referendum peti- tions provided In this section nor shall this section be construed to con | 6ict in any particular with Article 1g. l Section 22. of the Constitution provid-
 ing for the submission of constitutional amendments by the Legislative Assem- l 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- yided for in Article 1s, Section 22 of the l jConstitution.
 Any measure submitted to the people l Dy Pet1tlOH Hs herein pIOVlusb snsll tepS effect and became a law when approved by majority of the votes cast there on and not otherwise. and shall not be required to receive majority Of the votes cast for candidates in such cleo ton. Such measure shall he operative on and after the thirtieth day after the election at which 1t is approved
 l She veto power of thP Governor or tns Mayor shall not extend to measures in=
 tiated by or referred to the people. l If conflicting measures referred to the Iz H,+a a{CVit of the votes severally cast for and against the same. the one receiving the | higher number of affirmative votes shall l hereby become a law.
 l No measure approved by a vote of the
 people shall be amended or repealed by
 the General Assembly or any City
 Council except by yea or nay vote upon
 roll call of three -fourths of all the mem-
 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 of the Su-
 oreme Court of the state.
 Legal voters only shall he counted
 lpon petitions. Petitions may he cfrcu-
 ated 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 snce of the affiant and that to the best | ,f the affiant's knowledge and belief bach signature Is genuine and that the | other affidavit or verfcatiop shall be re-
 1uired to establish she senuineness of | such signatures. ,.s
 | tions shall be decided in the first tn- l stance by the Secretary of the State and of municipal and local petitions by 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.
 l If the suficiency of any petition fS Challenged the question shall be tried at -vnce wihout reference to term. time OF vacation. and adjudicated without de- lay; but the failure of the courts 10 ppffAciency of such petition, shall net lrevent the question from being piacei upon the ballot at the election named l Tn such petition, nor initiate against the validity of the measure if it shall haveb been approved by a vote Of the pee ple If the Secretary of State. county l Clerk or City Clerk. shall decide any pc 1 tior to be insufficient he shall without | delav. notify the sponsors of the pett- ton and permit at least thirty days | from the date Of suen ho1'nes.'on t,s o, aot | nf legal proceedings to prevs'ss giNfne | legal effect to any petition upon any
 grounds the burden of proof shal, ne 1 mon the person. or persons attacxine inc validity of the petition.
 Nc law shall he passed requiring
 i,xtribution of signatures upon pet- l fio,.r in each of the. counties or other | noljttraI divisions of the State. nor to | prohibit any person or persons from giV- | ing or receiving compensation fop ctr- | culatiruz petitions nor to proh'p't the 1 circulafon of petitions. nor in any way 1 to interfsre with the freedom of the peo- | nIe in securing petitions. but laws may Inc enacted prohibiting and penalsins | env Fraudulent practice. such as pe. 1 5urv forgery or any other mfsderteanor
 sn inc securing ar filing Of petitions. All measures submitted to vote ot inc people by petitions under the pro | --ixions of this section shall be pnnlish- 1 aa as is now or may hereafter be pro
 TSe sfyie of all bills. initiated by the ! n.a,.ae and submitted under the proNis. | iona of this section, shall he. Be
 enacted by the people of the State es | arkareae tmunicie lity or county AS | sbe esse may bel, In submitting meas.
 ,v,es to the people. the Secretary of i State and all other officials shaii pc 1 y,,i,,ed -by the general laws until ad. ditionaI, Legislation shall be provided
 The result of the vote upon any | s.ate measure. shall be declared by the | .stase Roard of Election Commtssioners l gor the substitute thereforl, and the re- snit of vote for any city or town meas n ra shall be declared by the city Cen traIs Committee or Town Council tor a srbstitute therefc<).
 Tbis amendment shall be self-exe- , .,+inp but the Legislative Assembly far a