The Little River news., 1920-08-21

General Assembly, or of the city coun- | oil, as the case may be.
 the people whether for the State. county, city or town, shall be submitted only at the regular elections, either State, congressional or municipal, but i referendum petitions may be referred to the people at special elections to be called by the proper official, and such i special elections shall be called when fifteen per cent of the legal voters shall i petition for such special election, and l if the referendum is invok ed as to any measure passed by a city town eouh- oil, such city or town council may order g special election.
 Majority: Any measure submitted to 1 the people as herein provided shall take l effect and become law when approved by a majority of the votes cast upon such measure, and not otherwise, and shall not be required to receive a ma i jority of the electors voting at such election. Such measures shall be oper l alive OF and after the thirtieth day after the election at which ithis ap- : proved, unless otherwise specified ia i the act.
 This section shall not be construed l to deprive any member of the General Assembly of the right to introduce any ] measure, but no measure shall be sub mttted to the people by the General 1 Assembly, except d proposed col stitu- tional amendment or amendments as provided for in this Constitution
 Canvass and Declaration of ResuIt' The result of the vote upon any State measure shall be canyassed and de- clared by the State Board of Election I Commi issioners GOT legal substitute i therefor) upon municipal or county i measure. by the county election com i missloneFs Cor legal substitute there ] foT).
 Conaicfng Measurcsi If conflicting i measures initiated or referred to the 1 people shall be approved by a majority 1 of the votes seVerally cast for and l against the same at the same election, the one receiving the highest number 1 of affirmative votes shall become law. THE PETITION
 1 Title: At the time of filing petitions i the exact title to be used on the ballot 1 shall by the petitioners be submitted 1 with the petition, and statewide measures. shall be submitted to the 1 State BoarG of Election Comm SIS sioners, 1 who shall certify such title to the Sec l retary of State to be placed upon the ballot; on county and municipal meas ures such title shall be submitted to l the county election board and shall by said board be placed upon the ballot 1 in such county or municipal election.
 Limitation; No limitatio shall be l placed upon the number of oonstttu- tional amendments laws, or other measures which may be proposed and 1 initiative or referendum petition as 1 provided in this section. No petition l shall be held invalid if it shall contain ! greater number of signatures than l required herein.
 Verificatfoui Only legal votes shall 1 be counted upon petitions. Petitions 1 may be circulated and presented ir i parts. but each part of any petition l shall have attached thereto the affi- l davit of the person circulating the same. that all signatures thereon were i made iii the presence of the affiant, 1 and that to the best of the affiantS | knowledge and belief each signature is genuine and that the person signing is a legal voter and no other affidavit or Verifica tion shall be required to estab- fish the genuineness of such signatures.
 suffieiency: The sufficfency of all in the first instance by the Secretary l of State, subject to review by the Su- preme Court of the State. which shall l have original and exclusive jurisdic- ton oVre all such causes The suffi- ciency Of all local petitions shall be l decided in the first instance by the 1 county clerk or the city clerk as the | case may be, subject to review by the | Chancery Court.
 Court Occasions, If the sufficiency of any petition is challenged such cause i shall be preference cause and shall be tried at once. but the failure of tfse courts to decide prior to the election as to the sufficisncy of any such peti- from being placed upon the ballot at 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 Petition, 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 sponsors of such petition and permit at least thirty tion. In the instance of statewide petition. or ten days In the instance of q municipal or county petition for cor. rection or amendment. In the event of 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.
 Unwarrnnted Restrictions Prohis- ited: No law shall be passed to pro- hibit any person or persons from giving 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 be enacted prohibitin and penalizing perjury, forgery, and Ill other felonies or other fraudulent practices, In the securing of signatures or filing of petitions
 Pubiicsaion: All measures submittsa ed to vote of the people by petition under the provisions of this section ! shalla be published as is now. or here after may be provided by law.
 Enacting Clause: 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 | 1 Secretary of State and all other of-
 dcials snail be guided by the general election laws or municipal laws as the case may be until additional legislation ! s p8vided therefor
 nE-Executing' This section shall 1 be self-executins. and all its provisions 1 shall be treated as mandatory, but laws may be enacted to facilitate it's oper- | Q tiou. No iegisia tion shall be enacted | to restrict, hamper or impair the exer- cise of the rights herein reserved to l the people.
 That this amendment to the Consti- l tuition of the State be. and the same shall he in substitution of the Initia- tive and Referendum Amendment ap- proved February l9 1909 as the same appears in the Acts of Arkansas for l 1909, on pages 1239 and 1240 of the i vo hume containing the same; and that the said amendment (and the act of the General Assembly to carry out the ] same, approved June 30, 19li so far as
 ,ne same is in conflict herewith) be, | and the same are hereby repealed l Witness my official signature this
 2sth Hay of July, 1920
 tSeall TOM J. TERRAL
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