Pocahontas star herald., 1916-08-11
BE II enacted by the peopl. of the stats
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OF Arkansas:
That Section l Of Article 5 20 tne
and Amendment No. 10 thereto be
amended so as 10 read as follows:
Section /. Legislative authority OF
this state shall be vested In a Legisla-
tive Assembly which shall consist or a
Senate and n House OF Representa- tivea
but the people reserve 20 themselves me
power 70 propose legislative measures
laws, resolutions, and amendments 90
the Constitution, and 20 enact or reject
the same at the polls Independent OF the
Legislative Assembly; and also reserve
the power, at their own option, 90 ap-
prove or reject az the polls any act
tion, or measure passed by the LeEisls-
tive Assembly.
The FIRST power reserved by the peo-
pie is the Initiative. and the number Of
legal voters required 20 initiate any pc
tion shall be ten thousand 90, 0OOD and
no more. But no petition shall be held
invalid n II should contain greater
number than required and every such
petition shall include the full text Of
the measure 80 proposed. Initiative pc
tltionr shall be filed with the Secretary
Of State not less than four months be-
fore the election at which they arc 20
be voted upon.
The second power reserved by tho poo
pie is the Referendum, and the number
OF legal voters required 10 sign and make
valid a referendum petition shall be
seven thousand GOOOD and no more, but
no petition shall be held invalid n II
should contain a greater number than
required. The hlinR Of n referendum pc
ton against one or more Items. sections
or parts OF any measure shall not delay
the remainder from becoming effective;
but ~ Is not 10 be understood from this
that all Of an act may not be referred.
Referendum petitions against measures
passed by the Legislative Assembly
shall be filed with, the Secretary OF state
not later than ninety 900 days after
the final adjournment Of the session Of
the Legislative Assembly AZ which such
measures were passed. except when ad-
journment shall be taken temporarily
for a longer period than ninety 800
DAYS. in which case such petitions shall
be filed not later than ninety 900 days
after such temporary adjournment All
measures referred 20 a vote or the peO-
pie by referendum shall remain In abey-
ance until such vote Is taken
II n shall be necessary for the pre-
srrvati0u or the public peace, health, or
safety. that n measure shall become ef-
fectiyn without delay such necessity
shall be stated in one section, and n
upon q yea and nav vote three fourths
Of all the members elected shall vote
upon separate roll call In favor or the
measure going Into instant operation,
such measure shall become effective
without delay. II shall be necessary 20
state tho facts which constitute such
emergency Provided, however. that an
emergency shall not be declared on any
franchise or special privilege or act
creating any vested right or interest or
alternating any property Of the State III
a referendum is filed against any smer-
genecy measure, such measure shall be
a law until II is voted upon BY the psO-
ple, and II n is then rejected by a ma
jority Of the electors voting thereon II
shall be thereby repealed. Ths provl-
sioaa OF this subsection shall also apply
20 city councils.