The Monticellonian., 1916-08-03

ments or other measures which may oe proposed and submitted to the people by sitHpr Initiative or Referendum petl- tions as provided in this section. nor shall this section be construed to con ffict in any particular wlth ArtIcle ls. Section 22 of the Constitution proVld- ing for the submission of constitutional amendments by the Legislative Assem- bly and their adoption by the people
 This section shall not be construed to deprive any member Of the LeglslatlNe Assembly of the right to introduce any measure but no measure shall be sub mitted to the people by the LeglslatiNe Assembly except proposed constttu- tional amendment or amendmenL as pro vided for in Article 19. Section Y or the Constitution.
 Any measure submitted to the people by petition as herein provided shall taHe effect and became law when approved by a majority of the votes east there on and not otherwise, and shall not hs required to receive majority O. the votes cast for candidates in such ele. tion Such measure shall be operative on and after the thirtieth day after the election at which it is approved.
 The veto power of the Governor or the Mayor shall not extend to measures in itia ted by. or referred to the people.
 If conflicting measures referred to the people shall be approved by a majority against the same. the one receiving the higher number of affirmative votes shall thereby become a law
 No measure approved by vote of the people shall be amended or repealed by the General Assembly or any City Council except by yea or nay vote upon roll call of three-fourths of all the mem bers elected.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 ure be set aside in whole or in part as unconstitutional except by unanimous decision of all the members of the Su- preme Court of the State.
 Legal voters only shall be counted upon petitions Petitions may be circu- lated and presented in parts, but each part of any petition shall have attached thereto the affidavit of the person cir eulating the same, that all the sigma lures thereon were made in the pres enee of the atffant and that to the best of the afftant's knowledge and belief each signature is genuine, and that the person signing is q legal voter. and no other affidavit or Herfeation shall be quired to establish the genuineness of
 The suffieieney of all Statewide peti= tions shall be decided in the first in stance by tAe Secretary of the State. and of municipal and local petitions by the 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.
 If the sHftieiency Of any petition ts challenged the question shall be tried at once without reference to term, time or vacation. and adtudteated without de lay, but the failure of the courts to
 
 sUfficiencV of such petition, shall not prevent the question from being placed upon the ballot at the election named i'm such petition. nor initiate against the validity of the measure If 1t shall have been approved by q vote Of the peo= ple If the Secretary of State, County Clerk or Cits Clerk. shall decide any pc ti0n to be insufficient he shall, without delay, notify the sponsors of the petf= ton and permit at least thirty days from the date of such notification for correction or amendment In the event of legal proceedings to prevent giving legal effect ta any petition upon any grounds. the burden Of proof snail te upon the person or persons attacking the validity of the petition.
 No law shall be passed requiring distribution of signatures upon bet tiaus in each of the counties or 4ther notffica5 divisions of the State. nor ta prohibit any person or persons from gie ing or receiving compensation for cir petitions. nor to prohibit the circulation of petitions, nor III any way to interfere with the freedom or the pee ple in securing petitions. but laws max be enacted prohibiting and penaliziug any fraudulent practice. such as per iurv forgery. or any other misdemeanar in the securing or filing of petitions
 All measures submitted to d vote or the people by petitions under the pros visions of this section shall he puhlisl ed as Is now or may hereafter be pro ylded by law
 The style Of all bills. initiated by the pe0ple and submitted under the proyiS- tons of this section, shall be, Be 1t enacted by the people Of the State of A ArkanSas7 municipality or county as the ease may bel Tn submitting meas ares to the people the Secretary of State and all other official k shall be guided by the general laws until ad legislation shall be provided therefor
 The result of the vote upon any State measure shall be declared by the sf4,fa ti nf Election m tor the substitute thereforl. and the re- sult of vote for any city or town meas ure shall be declared by the City Cen traI Committee or Town Council tor any substitute therefor).
 This amendment shall be seff-exe- cutting. but the Legislative Assembly may enact laws to facilitate its oper- ation and no legislation shall De acted to restrict. hamper or impair the exercise of the rights herein reserved To the people.
 All the provisions of this amendment F. ail be treated as mandatory
 That this amendment to the Coustl tuition of the State be. and the same shall be in substitution of the tuitla- tive and Referendum Amendment. ap- proved February 19, 1909 the same appears in the Acts of Arkansas for, 1909, on pages I239 and 1240 of theA volume containing the same; and that the "a i'd amendment (and the act of the General Assembly to carry out the same, approved June 90, 1911, so far the s1tt>e= is in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed
 The above proposed Ament.ment was filed in the office of the Secretary of State on January 23, 1915.
 Each electoT may vote For or Against tine above proposed Amendment.
 Witness my official signature this 18th day of July. 1916.
 EARLE w. HODGES.
 fSeaD Secretary of State.
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