The Nevada County picayune., 1920-08-05


 therefor) ; upon a municipal or county | measure, by the county election com missioners tor legal substitute there for) |
 Conflicting Measures: If conflicting | measures initiated or referred to the people shall be approved by 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 on statewide measures. shall be submitted to the State Board of Election Commissioners, | who shall certify such title to the Sec retaTy of State to be placed upon the ballot; on county and municipal meas | urcs such title shall be submitted tol the county election board and shall by such board be placed upon the ballot in such county or municipal election. Limitations: No limitation shall bel placed upon the number of constitu | tional amendments. laws, or other measures which may be proposed and submittc dt 0 the people ny either initiative or referendum petitions as provided in this section. No petition shall be held invalid if it shall contain q greater number of signatures than required herein.
 Notifications: Only legal votes shall he counted upon petitions. Petitions may be circulated and presented inI parts, but each part of any petition shall have attached thereto the affi- | davit of the person circulating the same, that all signatures thereon were made in the presence of the attiant, | and that to the best of the afiiants | knowledge and belief each signature is genuine, and that the person signing is Il legal voter and no other affidavit or verification shall be required to estab- i lish the genuincne>S of such signatures |
 Sufiiciency: The sufiiciency of all statewide petitions shall be decided in the first instance by the Secretary of State. subject 10 review by the Su i prcme Court of the State which shall have original and exclusive iurisdiC- ton over all such causes. The sutti- cieney 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 thcI thanccry Court
 Court Decisions: If the sniiiciency at any petition is challenged such cause shall he d preference callse and shall tc tried at onee. but he failure ef thCI courtS 10 decide prior to the election a> to the Sutiiciency of any such petit ton. shall not prevent the question from being placed upon the ballot att the election named in such petition, nor initiate against The validity of such measure if ii shall have been approved by vote of the people.
 Amendment of Petition: If the Sec retary of State, county clerk or cityi clerk, as the ease may be. shall decide any petition to he insufficient, he shall without delay notify the sponsors of such petition. and permit at least thirty days from the date of such notitica- ton, in the instance of statewide i, petition. or ten days in the instance of ! 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 grounds, the burden of proof shall be- upon the person or persons attacking the validity of the petition.
 t'nwarranted Restrictions PrOhib- tied: No law shall he passed to pro 1 hibit any person or persons from giving or receiving compensation for csrcr. i lating petitions, nor tO prohibit the circulation of petitions. nor in any manner interfering with the freedom of the people in procuring petitions but laws shall he enacted prohibiting and pcnalizing perjury. forgery. and all other felonies or other fraudulent practices. i'll the securing of signatures or filing of petit'on3
 Publication: Ali measures submitted to q vote of the people by petition under the pro. ."Hs of this section shall be publ as is now. or here after may be pro, ,dtd hy Law.
 Enacting Cl.; The style of all ills initiated al Emitted under the provisions of this section shall he {: Be It Enacted l. Ihe People of the State of ArkaL Municipality or County. as the ctec nay hel.s In sub hitting measures to the people the secretary of State and all other of iicials shall be guided by the general election laws or municipal laws as the ease may be un=il additional legislation is provided therefor.
 tself-EXecuting This section shall hc sclf-eXecuting, and all its provisions shall be treated aS mandatory but laws may be enacted to facilitate its oper- alton. No legislation shall be enacted To restrict hamper or impair the cNer- c'Se of the rights herein reserved to the people
 That this amendment to the ConSti tuition of the Site be, and the same shall be in substitution of the Inita- tive and Referendum Amendment. ap- proved February 19, 1909, as the same appears ill the .Aets of Arkansas for 1909. on pages l-..9 and 1240 of the volume containing lhc same and that The said amendmen, (and the act of the General Assembly to carry out the