Cleveland County herald., 1920-09-02
s PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE
 PETITION.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 13 TO TIE CONSTITUIfGN 0F AR
 KANEAG.

< Amending Section l. Article 5 to the < Caf II tption of the State of Arkansas, 2s Eosf" g:
 That eight per cent Of the legal | voters may propose any law and ten per cent may propose constitutional amendment.
 That the second power reserved by the people Is the referendum by which six per cent of the voters may by peti
 tion order the referendum of any gen 1 eral acts or any item of an appropria- tion bill or measure passed by the Gen. oral Assembly. 1'her shall be filed ! petitions from at least fifteen count of the State and bearing signatures | of one-half percentage of electors of such county.
 That a two thirds vote Is necessary to attach the emergency clause to Legislative or Town Council measures.
 That the initiative and referendum the legal voters of each municipality | and county.
 That the veto power of the Governor or Mayor shall not extend to initiat tive i or referendum measures and that th1 | same is not subject to amendment by General Assembly or City Council except by two-thirds vote: That all measures initiated by the l people shall be submitted only q [ reg
 ular elections except when fifteen per
 cent of voters petition for special elec- l tion.
 That any measure shall take effect and become law when approved by
 majority of the votes cast on such
 That no limitation shall be placed on l the number of constitutional amend
 ments. laws. or other measures which
 may be proposed.
 FOR AMENDMENT NO. t3
 - AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 13
 Be It Enacted by the People of the 1 State of Arkansas:
 That Section | of Article to the Constitution of the State of Arkansas | nd Nr,,a Ont NA 10 thereto be amended arl~ led so as .,' to read as follows:
 Section 1. The Iegislative power of in a General Assembly, which shall | consist of the Senate and House of Represents tives. but the people reserve to themselves the power to propose legislative nea aaureS. laws and amend nents to the Constitution. and to enact or reject the same at the polls inde- pendent of the General Assembly; and also reserve the power. at their own option to approve or reject at the polls any entire act or any item of an ap- propriation bll.
 Initiative: The first power reserved by the people is the initia tive. Eight per cent of the legal. voters may pro- pose any law and ten per cent may propose a constitutional amendment by initiative petition, and every such peti- ton shall include the fiI text of the measure so proposed. Initiative peti- tions for statewide measures shall be filed with the Secretary of State not less than four months before the cleo tion at which they are to be voted upon; Provided. that at least thirty the proposed measure shall have been published once, at the expense of the petitioners, In some paper of general l circulation.
 Refercndum, The second power re- served by the people is the referendum i and any number not less than six per i cent of the legal voters may by peti ] ton. order the referendum against any l general act. or any item of an appro- l priation bill. or measure passed by the ] General Assembly. but the filing of , more items, sections or parts of any f such act or meas shall not delay ! the remainder from becoming oper-
 ative Such petition shall be filed with 1 the Secretary Of State not later than
 ninety days after the final adjournment l of the session al which such act was passed except when q recess or ad- | journment shall he taken temporarily l for a longer period than ninety days l in which case such petition shall bo
 filed not later than ninety days after l such recess or temporary adjournment. Any measure referred to the people by referendum petition shall remain ir abeyance until such vote is taken. The 1 total number of votes cast for the of | general election shall be the basis upor l which the number of signatures .ol ] legal voters upon statewide initiative
 and referendum petitions shall be com
 Upon all initiative or referendum | petitions provided for in any of the
 necessary to file from at least fifteer | of the counties of the State. petitions | bearing the signature of not less than one,,half of the designated percentage l of the electors of such county.
 Emergency: If it shall be necessary | for the preservation of the public peace. health or safety that measure shall become effective without delay such necessity shall be stated in one section and if upon a yea and nay votr two thirds of all the members. elected to each house. or tWo- thirds of all thc | members elected to city or town coun- cils. shall vote upon separate roll cal In favor of the measure going into i'm
 mediate operation. such emergency d9lay. It Shall be necessary, however
 to state the fact which constitutes such emergency. Provided. however that an emergency shall not be de- clared on any franchise or special priv tlege or act creating any vested right or interest or alienatfng any property of the State If referendum is filed against any emergency measure sucf
 measure shall be a law until it is voted upon by the people. and if it Is then reflected by majority. of the electors pealed. The provisions of. this sub councils.
 Local for N=nicinafiltea and Counties.
  Of the people are hereby further re- served to the legal voters of, each municipality and county as to all local special, and municipal Legislation Of every character in and for their re- spective municipalities and counties but no local legislation shalh be enacted contrary to the Constitution or any general law of the State. and any gen eral law shall have the effect of repeal ing any local legislation which is. in :. conflict therewiSh.
 Municipalities may. provide for the eeercise of the initiative and refer endum as to their local legislation. General laws shall be enacted provid -g| ing for the exercise Of the initia tive and referendum as to counties. .l0iftaqls per cent of the 1ega1 voters of any I municipality or county may order the referendum, or invoke the inHiative upon any local measure. In p'unicipal- fties the number of ssiGnatures re- ouired upon any petition shall be com. |puted upon the total vote cast for the office of mayor at the last preceding general election; in counties upon tie Office of circuit clerk. In municipali- ties and counties the time for filing an Initiative petition shall not be fixed at less than sixty days nor more than ninety days before the election at which it is to be voted upon;. for q ref erendum petition at not less than thirty