The Newark journal., 1920-08-12

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 special elections shall be called when 1 hrteen per cent of the legal voters shall l petition for such special election, and I if the referendum is invoked as to any i measure passed by n city or town eoun- zfl such city or town council may order special election.
 i MuIorityI Any measure submitted to i the people as herein provided shall take 1 effect and become law when approved l by majority of the votes cast upon | such measure, and not otherwise. and shall not be required to receive A ma i Jortty of the electors voting at such election. Such measures shall be oper ative on and after the thirtieth day after the election Rt which 1t Is aP proved, unless otherwise specified In the act.
 This section shall not be construed to deprive any member of the General Ass embly of the right to introduce any measure, but no measure shall be sub mitted to The people by the General Assembly except proposed constitu- uonal amendment or amendments az provided for in this Constitution.
 Canvass and Declaration of Resuiti The result of the vote upon any State measure shall be canYassed and de- clared by the State &oard of Election Commissioners tors legal substitute therefor) upon q municipal or county measure, by the county election com miasioners Cor legal substitute there for1.
 Conflicting Measures; If conflicting measures initiated or referred to tho people shall be approved by a majority of the votes severally cast for and against the same at the same election the one receiving the highest number of affirmative votes shall become law
 THE PETITION
 Title: At the time of filing petitions the exact title to be used on the ballot shall by the petitioners be submitted with the petition and or on :. state st wide State Board of Election Commissioners who shall certify such title to the Sec retarY of State to be placed upon the ballot. on county and municipal meas ures such title shall be submitted to | the county election board and shall by l said board be placed upon the ballot Tn such county or municipal election |
 Limitation, No limitation shall be placed upon the number of eenstitu- tional amendments, laws. or other | measures which may be proposed and submitted to the people by either | initiative or referendum petition as provided in this section. No petition | shall be held invalid fl 1t shall contain | a greater number of signatures thar
 Verincntioni Only legal votes shali | be counted upon petitions. Petitions l may be circulated and presented IT | parts. but each part of any petition | shall have attached thereto tSe affi- | davit of the person circulating the | same. that all signatures thereon were made in the presence of the affiant | and that to the best of the affiant'k | knowledge and belief each signature Is genuine, and that the person signing Is | legal voter and no other affidavit or verification shall be required to estab- fish the genuineness of such signatures |
 Suffieieneyi Tho suffictency of all | statewide petitions shall be decided l in the first instance by the Secretary | of State. subject to review by the Su- | preme Court of the State. which shall | have original and exclusive jurisdfe- | ton eyre all such causes The suffi | ciency 2of all local petitions shall be decided in the first instance by the | county clerk or the city clerk the ease may be, subject to review by the | Chancery Cour].
 Court Dec-sions, If the sufficiency ! of any petition is challenged such cause 1 shall be a preference cause and shall l be tried at once. but the failure of tn courts to decide prior to the election as to the sufficiency of any such peti ton. shall not prevent the question from being placed upon the ballot al the election named in such petition. nor initiate against the validity Of such measure if 1t shall have been approved by vote of the people.
 Amendment Of Petitioni If the sec- retary of State. county clerk or city | clerk. as the case may be. shall decide | any petition to be insufficient. he shall without delay notify the sponserf of | such petition. and permit at least thirty | days from the date of such notiica- ] ton, in the instance of a state wide | petition, or ten days in the instance of | a municipal or county petition, for coz rection or amendment. In tho 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.
 Unwnrranted Restrictions Prohtb- tied: No law shall be passed to pro- 1 hihit any person or persons from giving | or receiving compensation for crcu- i iaung petitions. nor to prohibit the circulation of petitions nor in any | manner interfering with the freedom but laws shall be enacted prohibiting | and penalizing perjury, forgery, and all l other felonies or other fraudulent 1 practices. in the securing ef signatures or filing Of petitions.
 Publications All measures submi tied l to vote of the people by petition | under the provisions of thl. section shall be published as is now. or here l after may be provided by law.
 EnactinE CIausei The style of all | bills initiated and submitted under the 1 provisions of this section shall be 1 "Be II Enacted By The People of the State of Arkansas. Municipality or County, as the case may bel" In sub hitting measures to the people. the Secretary Of State and all other of 1 dcials shall be guided by the general ] election laws or municipal laws as the Is provided therefor.
 sen-ExecutipKi This section shall be se}f-eNeeutng, and all it's provisions shall be treated as mandatory, but lava may be enacted to facilitate it's oper- atioa Ne legislation shall be enacted to restrict hamper or impair the exer- else Of the rights herein reserved to the people
 That this amendment to the Consti tuition Of the State be. aud the same shall be iu substitution Of the Initla- tire and Referendum Amendment ap- proved February l9. 1909. as the same aHptara In the Acts of Arkansas for fgo5. on pages t23a and t240 of the volume containing the same, and that the Ea30 amendment faHd the act of the General Assembly to carry out the same. approved June 70. 1911, so far aE the same 4a in conflict herewith be- and tHe same are hereby repealed
 Witness my official sienature this tth day of July. tsa
 fSeail TOM /. TERRAL
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