The Newark journal., 1920-08-19

General Assembly or of the city coun- ail. the case may be.
 Elections All measures initiated by the people whether for the State. county, city or town. shall be subm!ttsS only Ut the regular elections, either State. congress ional or municipal, but referendum petitions may be referred to the people a special elections to be called by the proper official, and such special elections shall be called when fifteen per cent of the legal voters shall petition for such special election. and # the referendum Is invoked as to any measure passed by 0 city or town coun- cil such city or town council may order a special election.
 Majority Any measure submitted to the people as herein provided shall take effect and become law when approved by majority of the votes cast upon such measure, and not otherwise. and shall not be required to receive a ma jority of the electors voting at such election Such measures shall be oper- auYe on and after the thirtieth day after the election at which it is ap proved, unless otherwise specified In the act
 This section shall not be construed to deprive any member of the General Assembly of the right to introduce any measure. but no measure shall be sub mitted to the people by the General Assembly except proposed constitu- tional amendment or amendments as provided for in this Constitution.
 Canvass and Declaration of Result The result of the vote upon any State measure shall be canyassed and de- elared by the State Board of ElectioH Commissioners Cor legal substitute therefor1; upon a municipal or county measure, by the county election com mtssioners Cor legal substitute there for).
 Conflicting Meusuresi If conflicting measures Initiated or referred to tho Of the votes seVerally cast for and against the same at the same election the one receiving the highest number or affirmative votes shall become law
 THE PETITION
 TftIei At the time of filing petitions the exact title 10 be used on the ballot shall by the petitioners be submitted with the petition, and on state wide measures. shall be submitted to the 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 said board be placed upon the ballot In such county or municipal election
 Limitations No limitation shall Dc placed upon tho number of eonstitu 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 if it shall contain | greater number of signatures than
 Vertacationi Only legal votes shall be counted upon petitions. Petitions may be circulated and presented ir l parts, but each part of any petition 1 shall have attached thereto txa affi- l 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 affiants knowledge and belief each signature Is 1 genuine, and that the person signing is 1 q legal voter and no other affidavit or aya aaf 41rn a ha FAd fA nufa h-i fish the genuineuess of such signatures l
 sufffciencyi The suffieiency of all statewide petitions shall be decided Tn 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 jurisdic tion ovre all such causes. The suffi- | etency of all local petitions shall be decided in the first instance by the county clerk or the city clerk as the case may be, subject to review by the Chaneefy Cour<-
 Court De~-aionSi If the sufHciency of any petition is challenged such cause shall be preference cause and shall be tried at once, but the failure of the courts to decide prior to the election as to the sufficieney of any such peti ton. shall not prevent the question the election named in such petition, nor initiate against the validity of such measure if 1t shall have been approved by a vote Of the people.
 Amendment Of Petitions If the Sec retary of State. county clerk or city clerk, as the ease may be shall decide any. petition to be insufficient. he shall without delay notify the sponsors of such petition, and permit st least thirty days from the date of such notifca- ton. in the instance of a statewide petition or ten days in the instance of q municipal or county petition. for cor rection or amendment. In the event of legal proceedings to prevent giving legal effect to any petition upon any hHFdpu Shall he upon the person or persons attacking the validity of the petition.
 un"arrantes Restrictions ProhIb- tied; No law shall be passed to pro- htbit any person or persons from giving or receiving compensation for circu- latlng petitions. nor 10 prohibit the circulation of petitions. nor in any manner interfering with the freedom of the people fn procuring petitions but laws shall be enacted prohibiting and penalizing perjury forgery, and all other feionies or other fraudulent practices. in the securing of signatures or filing of petitions.
 Publications All measures submitted to a vote of the people by petition under the provisions of this section shall be published as is now, or here after may be provided by law
 Enactfng CIRusei The style of all bills initiated and submitted under the provisions of this section shall be Be It Enacted By The People Of the State of Arkansas Municipality or County, as the case may be)." In sub mIttins measures to the people, the Secretary of State and all other of- fcials shall be guided by the general election laws or municipal laws as the case may be until additional legislation is provided therefor.
 SeIf-Executfngi This section shall b. self-executng. and all it's provisions shall be treated as mandatory but laws may be enacted to facilitate it's oper- aton, No legislation shall be enacted to restrict hamper or impair the exer- else of the rights herein reserved to the people
 That jhis amendment to the Constf- 1 tuition of the State be. and the same shall be tn substitution of the Initia- l tive and Referendum Amendment ap- proved February 19. 1909. as the same 1 appears in the Acts of Arkansas for l 1909, on pages 1239 and l240 Of the 1 volume containing the same; and that | the said amendment tand the act Of 1 the General Assembly to carry out the 1 same approved June 80 1911. so far as 1 the same is in conflict herewith he l and the same are hereby repealed | Witness my official signature this l 24th day of July 1SeA
 issall TOM J. TERRAL, 1 Secretary Of State