The Nevada County picayune., 1916-08-03

finP So1al9n ' of Ar'..' ) of the
 tnennaattif5t.on of tLe &.a.' lf Arkan-
 cons and Amendment 70. 10 thereto.
 sasa.ing i, and ,uIar-4 4pg the powers Of
 .se initiative and keterehdufn' ana
 tnT tnT other purposes
 enacted by the people of the State
 of S,a, ArksnsIio saetion of Article , to tae That That,,iion SoJ''GfS of the State of Arkansas s Cons ttnn,endment No. TO thereto be ana ,Jed so as to read as follows
 amen.iaoGn Legislative authority of see,ato shall be vested in q Legisls- Me and a House of Representatives. ssnattg noonIe reserve to themselves the puI s ta propose legislative measures pow resoiutions, and amendments to tt" Sconstitution, and to enact or reject t tue ea13e at the polls independent of the fsqislatiye Assembly, ana aiso reserve it! ,ow4r at their own option, to ap-
 ne Ine ps ar reject at the polls any act. pV section or any part Of any soc ierh i,en nr measure passed by the Legisla five AssemoI .,.u,,., ,,,. .t .
 ia {s the Initiative. and the number of
 peoi voters required to initiate any pc
 lsss sso' gbaT be ten thousand 100000 and
 n t"' ,,,re But no petition shall be held in,aif5 if it should contain greater
 r-Esr than required; and avery such n..:fion shall include the full text of R. measure so proposed. Initiative pc !..e w' shall be filed with the Secretary .F State not less than four months be sare the election at which they are to he voted upon.
 "Tbe second power reserved by the peo- ., is the Referendum, and the number pf 14g4I voters required to sign and make v.rig referendum petition shall be n n q hut so netition shall be held invalid if it sboara contain a greater number than sanrired The filing of a referendum pe- ,,or aaainst one or more items. sections ar ,arts of any measure shall not dela> tho fanainder from becoming effective; hnt f is not to be understood from this tbst III of an act may not be rero"~7' pefefpndum petitions against r.....z-res roee by the Legislative Assembly sbaH Aa filed with the Secretary of state ro, #tpr than ninety (90) days after the ral adjournment of the session ~ the azfelative Assembly at wh'r'. s-4' meassrce were passed, except t,-oH ed journH7,rt 1a'1 ho tako0 tempoI. fly for q Iaaaor aes.o3 raau nu-,t es) says. in which case such petitions shall he filed not later than ninety C90p days after such temporary adjournment. All measures P. rerrcd to vote of the peo- rle by referendum shall remain in abey- snce until such vote is taken
 If 1t shall be necessary for the pre- servation of the public peace. health, or safety, that measure shall become ef fective without delay. such necessity shall be stated in one section. and if upon a yea and nay vote three-fourths of all the members elected shall vote upon separate roll call in favor Of the measure going into instant operation such measure shall become effective without delay. II shall be necessary to state the 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 sltnsting any property of the State. If 6 referendum is filed against any emer- renecy measure. such measure shall ba Q law until it Is voted upon by the peo- pie. and if it Is then rejected by ma jority of the electors voting thereon 1t shaIi be thereby repealed The provi- sions of this subsection shall also apply ls city councils