Cleveland County herald., 1920-10-21

ei ected to eae} .,cuae ef tio | General Assembly, Gr Of tA= city coun- eil. as ti 2 ease .nay De.
 EIecticnf4 All measures Initiated by | the people whether for the Stat4f county, city or town, shan be suRmitt@s&S sSes{ Ssa{s se..tods st te sSsgi , iesai M sst ts oe5n Ssdp ftt at GSdtio sf v ss ss ss sp,lsa spesIa Ds Pdsssr M2a ss rSss sss fifteen per cent of the legal voteSG shat, petition for such special electdl, afdlII If the referendum Is invoked as to Anya measure passed by.a c{t or town coEn-I ell, such city or town council may order a special election. !"
 Majority; Any measure submttteA to the people as herein prov d q aaall ,faKe effect and become law when approved by majority of the votes east upon ssall not be required to receive . ma iority of the electors voting at such election. Such measures shall be oper- agfs tt % ard a1dotgd after the thirtieth day proved, unless otherwise specified fn 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 sup mitted to the people by the Genefal Assembly except a proposed constitu- tlonal amendment Or anendments as
 
 Canvass and DccIaratiea or Result. The result of the vote npon any 5ta A9 measure shall be eahyassed and da- clared by the State Beard Of Election thorefor); upon a municipal or county measure, by the county election con- missioner5 tor legal substitute there- for).
 Conflicting Measurcsi If conflicting 'peasures initiated or referred to tha people shall be approved by majority of the votes severally east fos and against the same at the same election, the one receiving the high est number Of affirmative votes shall become law,
 THE PETITION
 IftIet At the time 9g filing petitions the exact title to be used on the ballot with the petition, and on state wide measures, shall be submitted to the state Board of Election Comsn ssioners, who shall certify such title to the Sec rotary of State to be placed upon the ballot; on county and municipal ID eas ufes 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,
 Limitation, No limitation shall be placed upon the number of eonstitu- tfcnal amendments, laws or other seasuFes which may bs proposed aad submitted to the people by either initiative or referendum petition aa provided in this section, No petition shall be held invalid if 1t shall contain a greater number of signatures than
 Verincation, Only lega4 votes shall be counted upon petitions Petitions parts, but each part of any petitiotk shall have attached thereto the, affi- davit of the person circulating ths same that all signatures thereon. were made in the presence of the affiant and that to the best of the afflants knowledge and belief each signature Ia genuine, and that the person stening is \ legal voter and no other affidavit or verifieation shall be required to estab- fish the genuneness of such signatures
 ssfGiciencyi The sufficieney of all state-wide petitions shall be decided 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 jurisdic- cheney Of all loca petitions shall be decided in the first instance by the county clerk or&th city clerk as the case may be. subject to review by the Chancery Court.
 Court Dcc.sfons, If the sufficiency of any petition is challenged such cause shall be q preference cause and shall be tried at once, but the failure of the as to the sufficiency of any such peu ton. shall not prevent the question from being placed upon the ballot a& the election named In such ,rptition, nor initiate against the validity of such measure. if t shall have been approved by a vota Of tFe rnoo1e.
 Amendment of Petitions If the Sec retary of. State. county clerK or ely clerk, as the case may be, shall decide any petition to be !rsufficient. he shall without delay notify the sponsors of days from the date of such notifica- ton. in the instance of state- wide petition. or ten days in the instance of q municipal CT county petition, for cor- ~.SNti n n~ q IF C ayl n n 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
 Unwarrauted Restrictions ProhfD- itedi No law shall he passed to pro- hibit any person or persons from giving or receiving compensation for. circu- Ia ting petitions. nor to prohibit tue circulation of petitions. nor in any manner interfering with the freedom but laws shall be enacted prohibitipg and penauzing perjury. forgery. ard all other felonies or other frau6ulent practices. in the securing of. signatures ; Pub.i -htton: All measures submitted to B vot. of the people by petition under the provisions of this section shall be published as ie new, or here-
 r5nacstag CInuse, The style of ell bills initiated and submitted under the provisions Of this Section shall be: "Be 1t Enacted By The People of the State of Arkansas, (MunicipaHty or County as the case may be). In sub- mitting measures to the people the Secretary of State and all other off, ftials shall be guided by the general election laws or municipal laws as the ease may he until additional legislation ls provided therefor.
 sNii-EtXecutimai This section shall be self-exeeuting and all It's provisions shall be. treated as mandatory, but laws may be enacted to facilitate its oper- atien No Legislation shall, be enacted to restrict. hamper or Impair the exer- else of the rights herein reserved to the people. s.
 That this amendment to. the Consu-, tuition of the State be, and the same shall be in substitution of the lnitia- tive and Referendum An1ondment, ag. proved February 10. 15a9, as the saiIle appears in the Acts Of ATliansss for iS6a. on rages 1289 and 1240 of the volume containing the same; and that the saiG mendment (and the act Of the General Assembly to carry out the same. approved dune 80, sQl1, so far aa the same is in conflict herewlth) be, and rhe same are hereby repealed.
 Witness my official signature this a4th day of July, 1920. -
 LSea TOM J. TEREAIa
 Secretary oI ,statA,