Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-08-28
PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE
 PETITION PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 13 TO THE CONSTITUTION OF
 ARKANSAS.

proposing:
 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 petition order the referendum of any general acts or any item of an ap- ipropriation bil Tor measure passed by the General Assembly. There shall be
 filed petitions from at least fifteen counties of the state and bearing sig
 natures of one-half percentage of cleo
 tors of such county.
 I That a two-thirds vote is neces-
 sary to attach the emergency clause
 to Legislative or Town Council meas
 ures.
 l That the initiative and referendum
 powers of the people are reserved to
 the legal voters of each municipality
 and county.
 That the veto power of the gov
 ernor or mayor shall not extend to initiative or referendum measures and
 that the same is not subject to amend
 ment by the General Assembly or
 City Council except by two-thirds
 vote.
 That all measures initiated by the
 people shall be submitted only at reg
 ular elections except when fifteen per cent of voters petition for special elections.
 i That any measure shall take effect
 and become law when approved by
 majority of the votes cast on such
 measure.
 That no limitation shall be placed
 on the number of constitutional amendments, laws, or other measures
 which may be proposed.
 !! .' FOR AMENDMENT NO. 13 r AGAINST AMENDMENT N. 13 'l Be It Enacted by the People of the T State of Arkansas: ,! That Section of Article 5 to the Constitution of the State, of Arkansas land Amendment Mo-. 10y thereto be mended so as to read as follows: Section 1. The legislative power of the people of this State shall be vested in General Assembly, which shall consist of the Senate and House Eof Representatives but the people re serve to themselves the power te propose legislative measures, laws and {, Amendments to the Constitution, and : to enact or reject the same at the polls independent of the General As : sembly; and also reserve the power at their own option to approve o1
 reject at the polls any entire act o1
 any item of an appropriation bill.
 Initiative: The first power reserv.
 ed by the people is the initiative
 Eight per cent of the legal voters may propose any law and ten per cent } may propose constitutional amend
 ment by initiative petition, and every T such petition shall include the full c text of the measure so proposed. hi : tiative petitions for statewide meas 3 ures shall be filed with the Secretary D of State not less than four month: a before the election at which they arc T to be voted upon: Provided, that al least thirty days before the aforemen l tioned filing, the proposed measure
 shall have been published once, at tht ] expense of te petitioners, in some l. paper of general circulation. ; Referendum: The second power re . served by the people is the referen g dunn, and any number not less thar l six per cent of the legal voters may !, by petition, order the referendum : against any general act, or any item n of an appropriation bill, or measure g passed by the General Assembly, but : the filing of referendum petition l against one or more items, sections > or parts of any such act of measure 5 shall not delay the remainder from , becoming operative. Such petition :. shall be filed with the Secretary o1 l State not later than ninety days af- :. ter the final adjournment of the ses- t sion at which such act was passed r except when a recess or adjournment shall be taken temporarily for lon , ger period than niney days in which , case such petition shall be filed not later than ninety days after such re- cess or temporary adjournment. Any measure referred to the people by referendum petition shall remain in abeyance until such vote is taken The total number of votes cast for
 the office of governor in the last pre- . ceding election shall be the basis up on which the number of signatures of legal voters upon statewide initi- ative and referendum petitions shall
 be computed.
 Upon all initiative or referendum petitions provided for in any of the ? sections of this article, it shall. be necessary to file from at least fifteen Iof the counties of the State, petitions
 bearing the signatures of not less than
 one-half of the designated percentage
 of the lectors of such county.
 Emergency: If it shall be neces- sary for the preservation of the pub
 lic peace health or safety, that a meas
 ure shall become effective without
 delay, such necessity shall be stated in
 one section, and if upon yea and
 nay vote two-thirds of all the mem-
 bers elected to each house, or two-
 thirds of all the members elected to
 city or town councils, shall vote up- ion separate roll call in favor of the
 measure going into immediate op-