The Little River news., 1916-08-12

ed to the legal voters of each municiplA ity and county as to all local. spec~ and municipal legislation of every chs
 palities and counties 1
 Counties. cities and towns may pI| vide for the exercise of the Inittat,S ana Referendum as to their local leg county or city clerk Not more tn ten Io) per cent of the legal voters
 any county. city or town may be
 more than fifteen (15) per cent of t.. legal voters of any such county, city I town, shall be required to propose al measure by initiative petition
 In counties or municipalities the nuis Der of signatures required on petitio shall be computed upon the vote cast fl the office of county judge or mayor
 the last preceding election.
 Every extension enlargement, pIs, chase, grant. or conveyance of a frf,. chfse, or of any rights, property, eaa Fl ment lease, or occupation of or in a&f road, street, alley or park, or any pa z in any real property owned by a munidst pal corporation. whether the same be h statute. ordinance. resolution, or othe N wise, shall be subject to referendum alel shall not be subject to emergency legia lation. The time for filing referenlu petition against municipal or locsf measures shall not be fixed at less Una thirty days after the passage thereof Do lHuHlclpal or lOCdl leSlSldLlVc bodies.
 The word measure" as used herefr means any law, bill, resolution, ordt nance, charter, or constitutional amend ment, or any other legislative measure
 If the case of laws chiefly of local 1T terest as the creation of new or add tional judges, or other officers or officel referendum by petition shall be sub, mitted for approval or rejection to til" people of the district interested. T
 All elections on general local an special measures referred to the peopla of the State or of any locality shall h.l held at the regular general election. ex cept when the Governor. County Judge or Mayor shall order a special election.
 State. counties, or municipalities may provide for special elections on local legislation.
 No limitation shall be placed upos the number of constitutional amend,s ments or other measures which may rts proposed and submitted to the people bN either Initiative or Referendum pet. tions as provided in this section, noN shall this section be construed to con, fict in any particular with Article IS Section 22, of the Constitution provid ;: 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 LegislatiNi Assembly of the right to introduce any, mea sure. but no measure shall be sub mitted to the people by the Legislative Assembly except proposed constitu, tional amendment, or amendment as pro- vided for in Article 19, Section 22 of the Constitution.
 Any measure submitted to the people, by petition as herein provided shall raxe 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 a majority or the votes cast for candidates in such elecI ton. Such measure shal} be opera tive on and after the thIrtieth day after the election at which it Is approved.
 The 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 tho higher number of affirmative votes shall hereby become law.
 No measure approved by 8 vote of the people shall be amended or repealed by the General Assembly or any City Council except by yea or nay vote upor .oll call of three-fourths of all the me 7 oers elected; nor shall any such mesoi Ire be set aside. in whole or in part, oc~ unconstitutional except by unanim .t. decision of all the members of the oreme Court of the State. lOI
 Legal voters only shall be, coun lpon petitions. Petitions may be c.rAa ated and presented in parts, but ea part of any petition shall have attaci w thereto the affidavit of the person c5 ,ulating the same, that all the signa% lures thereon were made in the pres snce of the affiant and that to the best. of the affiants knowledge and belief ,ach signature Is genuine. and that tho person signing Is a legal voter. and no other affidavit or verification shall be re- such signatures.
 The sufficiency of all Statewide peti- lions shall be decided in the first in stance by the Secretary of the State nd NP local netjtiOnS bV 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 sufficiency of any petition Is challenged the question shall be tried at once without reference to term. time or vacation. and adjudicated without de lay; but the failure or the courts . 10 sufflciency of such petition. shall not prevent the question from being placed upon the ballot at the election named In such petition. nor initiate against have been approved by vote of the peo- ple If the Secretary of State. County Clerk, or City Clerk. shall decide any pe- ton to be insufficient he shall, without ton and permit at least thirty days from the date of such notification for ,orrection or amendment. In tls, event of legal proceedings ,,t1rs to prevent giv'mS ns
  grounds. the burden of proof shall pc upon the person or persons attacking the validity of the petition.
 No law shall be passed requiring . distribution of signatures upon peti- tions 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 TOT CIT culating petitions, nor to prohibit thd circulaton of petitions, nor in any way to interfere with the freedom Of the peo- pie in securing petitions, but laws may be enacted prohibiting and penalizlnS any fraudulent practice. such as per jury. forgery, or any other mlsuemeahor in the securing or filing of petitions.
 All measures submitted to vote or the people by petitions under the pro visions of this section shall be pupilsn- ed as Is now or may hereafter De pro- vided by law.
 The style of all bills. initiated by tho neople and submitted under the provls. ions of this section. shall bH, Be IL enacted by the people of the State or Arkansas" (municiS,lity or county, as the case may bel. In submitting meas. ures to the people. the Secretary or State and all other officials shall DO guided by the general laws until ao :. dItional legislation shall be provided
 The result of the vote upon any State measure shall be declared by the State Board of Election Commissioners tor the substitute therefor), and the re- suit of a vote for any city or town meas ura shall be declared by the City Gen. tral Committee or Town Council tor