The Huttig news., 1916-08-12

ny anu county ae 70 all local. special
 and municipal legislation of every char
 acter in and for their respective munioi-
 palittes and counties sz5 g4ls
 Counties. cities and towns may pro- | vide for the exercise of the Initiative
 ana Referendum as to their local legis- latfon Petitions shall be filed with the
 county or city clerk. Not more than
 ten tl0) per cent of the legal voters of
 any county. city, or town may be re- l auired to order the referendum nor 1 more than fifteen (15) per cent of the | legal voters of any such county city or l town, shall be required to propose any
 measure by initiative petition.
 In counties or municipalities the num-
 Der of signatures required on a petition 1 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 | ch1se or of any rights. property, case
 msnt, lease or occupation of or in any
 road. street. alley or park or any part
 In any real property owned by a 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 | peuton against municipal or local
 measures shall not be fixed at less than
 thirty days after the passage thereof by | municipal or local legislative bodies.
 The word measure" as used herein. | means any law, bill. resolution, ordi-
 
 ment, or any other legislative measure In the case of laws chiefly of local in
 terest as the creation of new or addi- 1 tional judges, or other officers or offices
 referendum by petition shall be sub mttted for approval or rejection to the
 people of the district interested
 AL, All elections on general local. and of the State or of any locality shall be | held at the regular general election, ex- sept when the Governor. County Judge I nT xynr hall rrDr taf n1,
 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 tions as provided in this section. nor shall this section be construed to con | ffct in any particular with Article 19. | Section 22 of the Constitution proyid- 1 ing for the submission of constitutional amendments by the Legislative Assem- 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 | meaeure. but no measure shall be sub mituAd to the people by the Legislative | Assembly except proposed censtitu- | tional amendment, or amendment pro yfded for in Article 19. Section 22 of the l Constitution.
 | Any measure submitted to the people | by petition AS herein provided shall ta.. | effect and became a 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 eiec- ton. Such measure shall be operative | on and after the thirtieth day after the | election at which 1t is approved l She veto power of the Governor or tne Mayor shall not extend to measures in
 tiated by or referred to the people, | If conflicting measures referred to the | people shall be approved by majority | of the votes severally cast for and
 against the same. the one receiving tht | higher number of affirmative votes shall
 hereby become law.
 No measure approved hy 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
 lre be set aside, in whole or in part. as
 unconstitutional except by a unanimous
 decision of all the members of the Su-
 oreme Court of the State.
 npon petitions Petitions may he circu- | 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 fin the pres | ence of the afiant and that to the best | of the aff1ants knowledge and belief zach signature Is genuine and that the person signing is a legal voter. and no l other affidavit or verincation shall be | Qu1re0 to eStaDl1Gn Xne seHulHenbes UT such signatures,
 The sufHcieney of all Statewide peti- | tions shall be decided In the first in- stance by the Secretary of the state. and of municipal and local petition. 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 sufficiency Of any petition ts l challenged the question shall be tried at once without reference to term, time or | f.d ut Ia | lay; but the failure of the courts to l decide prior to the election. az to the sufylciency of such petition shall not | prevent the question from being placed | upon the ballot at the election named i Tn such petition. nor initiate against | the validity of the measure If 1t shall | have been approved by vote of the pee pie IT the Secretary ot State. County l Clerk or City Clerk. shall decide any pc
 tion to be insufficient he shall. without
 delay notify the sponsors or the peti- 1 ton and permit at least thirty days 1 ron, the date of such notification for l correction amendment In tis2 event
 of legal proceedings to preve,s g'vins grounds. the burden of proof snail ne | upon the person or persons attacking | the validity of the petition
 1 No law shall be passed requiring
 distribution of signatures upon peti- l tions in each of the counties or other | political divisions of the State, nor 10 | prohibit any person or persons from giv- 1 ing or receiving compensation for cir l culatng petitions. nor to proh'pit tpe l cfrculaton of petitions. nor Tn any way | to interfere with the freedom or the peo-' l pie in securing petitions. but laws may 1 be enacted prohibiting and penailsihg | any fraudulent practice. such as per l jury forgery, any other m'sdeneaiier l in the securing filing of petitions. | All measures submitted to vote or | the people by petitions under the pro l visions of this section shall De puo,lsn | cd AS is now or may hereafter be pfe- | vided by law. ~ | The style of all bills, initiated by tho | people and submitted under the proVts- | ions of this section, shall be- Be 1t
 enacted by the people of the state ot | Arkansas' tmunicl etfity or county. as the case may bel. In submitting meas | ures to the people. the Secretary or | state and all other officials snail pc | guided by the general laws until ad.
 ditional legislation shall be provided | therefor.
 The result of the vote upon any | State measure shall be declared by me | State Board of Election CommissionsFs | Tor the substitute thereforf, and the re | suit of a vote for any city or town meas
 ure shall be declared by the City Gen. tral Committee or Town Council Cor any substitute therefo<).
 l This amendment shall be self-exe- l cutting. but the Legislative Assembly
 may enact laws to facilitate its oper- I