The Little River news., 1916-08-19

i cd to the legal voters of each municipal
 ity and county as to all local special l and municipal legislation of every char 1 actsr in and for their respective munich
 palitLes and counties
 1 Counties, cities and towns may pro
 vide for the exercise of the Initiative
 and Referendum as to their local legis
 lation. Petitions shall be filed with the i county or city clerk Not more than
 any county. city, or town may be re- i quired to order the referendum, nor l 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 municipalities the mum
 Der of signatures required on petition
 shall be computed upon the vote cast TOT
 the office of county judge or mayor at
 the last preceding election.
 Every extension, enlargement, pur-
 chise or of any rights, property. ease
 ment, lease. occupation of or in any | road, street, alley or park, or any part | thereof in any real property. or interest
 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 ana 1 shall not be subject to emergency legis-
 laton. The time for filing a referendum | petition 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-
 nance, charter, or constitutional amend ment, or any other legislative measure.
 Tn the case of laws chiefly of local in | terest as the creation of new or addl- | tional judges, or other officers or offices. | referendum by petition shall be sub
 mtted for approval or rejection to the people of the district interested. 1 All elections on general, local. and special measures referred to the people
 of the State or of any locality shall be | held at the regular general election, ex- i ,ept when the Governor, County Judge or Mayor shall order a special election
 State. counties, or municipalities may provide for special elections on locak
 No limitation shall be placed upon the number of constitutional amend l ments or other measures which may ye i proposed and submitted to the people by either Initiative or Referendum peti- l tions provided In this section, nor | shall this section be construed to con- nict in any particular with Article l9. 1 Section D. of the Constitution provid-, l ing for the submission of constitutional amendments by the Legislative Assem- oly 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 mea sure but no measure shall be sub, | mitted to the people by the Legislative Assembly except a proposed constitu-t tional amendment, or amendment as pro- vided for in Article 19, Section 22 of the l Any measure submitted to the people by petition as herein provided shall raHo | effect and became a law when approved on and not otherwise, and shall not be required to receive a majority Of tho votes cast for candidates in such cleo tion Such measure shall be operative | 1n and after the thirtieth day after tho | election at which it Is approved l The veto power of the Governor or the Mayor shall not extend to measures in- ] lated by or referred to the people. | If conflicting measures referred to the people shall be approved by majority ,f the votes severally cast Tor ana ana l higher number of affirmative votes shall
 hereby become . 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 .oll call of three-fourths of all the mem Ire be set aside, !n whole or in part. as | unconstitutional except by unanimous decision of all the members of the Su- oreme Court of the State.
 l Legal voters only shall be counted ipon petitions. Petitions may be circu- ated and presented in parts, but each part of any petition shall have attached
 hereto the affidavit of the person cir .nlating the same that all the sigma lures thereon were made in the pres .nce of the affiant and that to the best ,f the afflants knowledge and belief sach signature Is genuine, and that the ,erson signing is a legal voter. and no other affidavit or verification shall be re- luired to establish the genuineness of l such signatures.
 The sufficiency of all Statewide pet,- lions shall be decided in the arst in- 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
 If the sufflciency of any petition i0 ,hail enged the question shall be tried at, vacation. and adjudicated without de- ay: but the failure of the courts to l iecide prior to the election. as to the ,utilciency of such petition. 1dt , shall ,s not l upon the ballot at the election named In such petition nor initiate against the validity of the measure If 1t shall have been approved by vote of the peo- | ole. If the Secretary of State. County | Clerk. or City Clerk, shall decide any pc- tion to be insufficient he shall. without. ton and permit at least thirty days ] rom the date of such notification for 1 correction or amendment. In tis' event of legal proceedings to prevent giving legal effect to any petition upon any grounds. the burden of proof shall be upon the person or persons attacking the validity of the petition.
 No law shall be passed requiring . distribution of signatures upon pet- tonS in each of the counties or other political divisions of the State. nor to prohibit any person or persons from giv- ing or receiving compensation for cir culating petitions nor to prohibit tho circulaton of petitions. nor in any way tp interfere with the freedom of the peo- pie in securing petitions. but laws may he enacted prohibiting and pena'izing any fraudulent practice, such as per- jury forgery. or any other misdemeanor in the securing filing of petitions. All measures submitted to vote Of; che people by petitiors under the pro visions of this section shall be publish ed as Is now or may hereafter be pro- vided by law.
 The style of all bills. initiated by tho people and submitted under the provls- ions of this section. shall be. Be It enacted by the people of the State Of Arkansas" (municieslity, or county. as the case may bel. In submitting meas. ures to the people. the Secretary or State and all other ofncisls shall Dc guided by the general laws until ad- iitional legislation shall be provided therefor
 The result of the vote upon any State measu shall be declared by the: State Board of Election Commissioners Cor the substitute therefor), 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