The Nevada County picayune., 1916-08-10

and Referendum as to their local legis- lstion, Petitions shall bs filed with the county or oity clerk. Not more than ten (l0) per cent of the legal voters of any county, city, or town may be re- quired to order the referendum, nor moro than fifteen (lb) per cent of the legal voters of any such county city or . town, shall he required to propose any measure by initiative petition.
 In counties or munici palities the nun Der of signatures required on petition ! shall be computed upon the vote cast for the office of county judge or mayor at the last preceding election.
 Every extension, enlargement pur- [ chase. grant. conveyance of fran chse, or of any rights property. ease ment, lease, or occupation of or in any road, street, alley or park, or any part 1 thereof in any real property. or interest in any real property owned by munici- i 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 lsgis- l lation The tims for filing a referendum i petition against municipal or local i measures shall not be fixed at less than l thirty days after the passage thereof by municipal or local legislative bodies.
 The word measure, as used herein, means any law. bill. resolution. ordl- nance, charter. or constitutional amend ment or any other legislative measure. In the case of laws chiefly of local in l terest. the creation of new or addi 1 tional judges or other officers or offices, 1 referendum by petition shall be sub mitted for approval or rejection to the people of the district interested
 All elections on general, local. and special measures referred to the peopN l of the State or of any locality shall bs 1 held at the regular general election, ex- sept when the Governor County Judge | or Mayor shall order special election. State, counties. or municipalities may 1 provide for special elections on local | legislation
 No limitation shall be placed upon | the number of constitutional amend ments or other measures which may pe proposed and submitted to the people by | either Initiative or Referendum peti- 1 tions as provided in this section nor shall this section be construed to con 1 hict in any particular with Article g. ! Section 22 of the Constitution provid- l ing for the submission of constitutional amendments by the Legislative Assem- l bly 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 measure. but no measure shall be sub- mitted to the people by the Legislative | Assembly except 4 proposed constitu- | tional amendment, or amendment as pro vided for in Article 1s, Section 22 of the | Constitution.
 Any measure submitted to the people by petition as herein provided shall tase effect and became 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 east for candidates in such cleo ton such measure shall be operative on and after the thirtieth day after the ! election al which tt Ia approved. The veto power of the Governor or the 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 the higher number of affirmative votes shall Thereby become law.
 No measure approved by a vote or 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 thrse-f 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 clrcu- lated and presented in parts. but each part of any petition shah have attached thereto the affidavit of the person cir culating the same. that all the sigma cnce of the affiRnt and that 10 the best of the sr1aHts knowledge and belief zach signature is genuine. and that the person signing Is s legal voter, and no other aft'davit or verihcation shall be re uuired to establish the genuineness Of such signatures
 The suficiency of all Statewlde pet- tious shall he decided in the first in- stsuc. by the Secretary Of the State. and of municipal and local petitions by Tho City or County Clerk, subject to re N!aw by the Supreme Court Of the state which shall have exclusive ana or'slhai iu~i isdtctiou over all such cases
 If the SuffCisnCy of any petlton chalIaDeed the question shall be tried at oure wihout refer.uce to term. time or vacation. and adtudicated without de lay hut the failure of tho courts to decide pror to the election Ss [" the sufYlriprrN Of Such petition. snail nor ureNent the question from being placed upon the ballot at the election named in such petition. nor initiate assllst the validity of the measure t II snail have been approved by A vote ar the peo- ple Ir the Secretary Of state. 'ouhN ,,lerk or CitN Clerk. shall decide any pc
 tiOp to be insufficient he shall wlthont dela, notify the sponsors of the peti- tion and permit at least thirty days from the date "f such notification TOT correction or amendment Tn ttr ~rNtn1 ~ of legal proctediuRs to prevent slNHF I.,I srfe,t to any petition upon any grounds the burden ot proof shali be
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 [o Ia,s shall be passed requiring g dfstrIhutiou of signatures upon ptu- tious in each Of the counties or o'hel . nol.tt,el divisions or the State. nor tv . prohibit auN person or persons rom kiN . irr or receiving compensation Tor GIT rulauuG petitions. nor {" li"i'loN ln' rrcul~tou Of petitions nor IT! any an i 10 Interfere with the freedom ot the peo . ,l. in securing petitions. but laws may
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 Al measures submitted to vote oi
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 ,r.a six of al bills. initiated by the r,rnl. and submitted under the proNls- ions ot trts section shall be; He dt " enacted hN the people or the SlS'e v, Arkarsas ,muui,iraNN or county. as the case may bel In Iuo"t,,nE !rTa,aTT %y"s of Stst. and aii other officials shall be guided b, lhe general llsW~ untll so5 sitional legislation shall be provided rht result of the vote upon any any state measure shall be declared by the
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