The Mena weekly star., 1920-08-12

of the electors oi such county
 for the preservation of the public | peace, health or safety. that a measure shall become effective without delay, such necessity shall be stated in one | section, and 1T upon yea and nay vote | two-thirds of an the members elected to each house. or two thirds of all the members elected to city or town coun- cils. shall vote upon separate roll call | in favor of the measure going Into im- [ mediate operation. such emergency delay. It shall he necessary, however | Co state the fact which constitutes such emergency Provided. however. clared on any franchise or special priv | ilege or act oseatinr any vested right l or Interest or alternating any property | of the State. If referendum is filed | against any emergency measure such l. measure shall be law until it is voted upOn by the people and a. If tb 1t a ahsn voting thereon. it shall be thereby re- pealed The provisions of this sub section, shall apply to city or town
 Local for Municipalities and countfers The Initiative and referendum powers of the people are hereby further re- served to the legal voters of each municipality and county as to all local, special and municipal legislation of every character i, and for their re- specttve municipalities and counties, but no local legislation shall be enacted contrary to the Constituhon or any general law or ilN state. ana HNY KfH- eral law shall have the effect of repeal ing any local legislation which Is in conflict therewith.
 Municipalities may provide for the exercise of the Initiative and refer endum as to thnlr local legiaation. General laws shall be enacted provid- Ing for the exercise of the initiative md referendum as to counties. Fifteen per cent of the legal voters Of any municipality or co<nty may ofcrr the referendum or invoke the Initiative my larul 1s~4 In fplfplcinal- ities the number of signatures re- quired upon any petition shall be com puted upon the total vote cEst for the office of mayor at the last preceding general election: in counties upon the office of circuit clerk. In municipali- ties and counties the time for filing an initiative petition shall not be fixed al less than sixty days nor more than ninety days before the election at which 1t is to be voted upon; for ref erendum petition at not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days after the passage Of such measure by municipal council nor less than ninety days when filed against a local or spe- cial measure passed by the General Assembly
 Every extension. enlargement. grant. 1 or conveyance of franchise or any rights. property, easement. lease, | occupation of or in any road street, alley or aus part thereof in real prop ! erty or interest In real property owned | by municipalities exceeding in value | three hundred dollars. whether the | same De IY ELhtuLe. tTutnAnctt TtSOiu- | tion. or otherwise. shall be subject to referendum and shall not be subject to | emergency eEislation.
 CE ERAi. PROVISIONS | Decnissons The word measure" as nsed herein includes any bill. law. res 1 oiutinn. erd. nance. charter. oonstitu- | tiona am Alnent or legislative pro- l posal or ahnctnent of any character No s~toi The veto power of the | Governor or mayor shall not extend to measures initiated by or referred to ! tha uadplf
 Arscmdment ans u~pcai. No meas | ure approved by a ote of the people
 stsll be amended or repealed by the 1 General Assembly or by any city coun- on roll call of two o@thirds of all the
 meInbefs elected to each house of the | ell, as the case may be.
 EleetIont All measures initiated by
 the people whether for the State.
 county, city or town. shall be submitted
 only at the regular slsctionY either referendum petitions may be referred
 to the people at special elections to be
 called ey the proper official. and such 1 special elections shall be called when
 nfteen per cent of the legal voters shall petition for such special election. and the referendum is invoked as to any
 measure passed ey oity or town covn- | cti. such city or town council may order
 special election.
 MnJorftys Any measure submitted to
 the people as herein provided shall tax: erect and become law when approved oy majority of the votes cast upon
 such measure, and not otherwise. and
 shall not be required to receive ma Jority of the electors voting at such
 election. Such measures shah be oper- | ative on and after the thirtieth day
 after the election at which 1t is ap- proved. unless otherwise specified In tho act.
 This section shall not be construed
 70 deprive any member of the General
 Assembly of the right to introduce any
 measure, but no measure shall be sub
 mitted te the people by the General assembly except proposed constitu-
 tional amendment or amsndments as provided for in this Constitution.
 cs1vnss and Declaration of Result,
 The result sf the vote upon any State l measure shall be canvassed and de- clared by the State Board of Election therefor); upon a municipal or county measure, by the county election com I mlssionsrs tor legal substitute there
 foF).
 measures initiated referred to the
 pssop,e shall be approved by majority | aEainst the same at the same election.
 the one receiving the. highest number
 or affirmative votes shail become law. THn PETITION
 Tfties At the time of filing petitions | the exact title to be used on the ballot i shall by the petitioners be submitted l WftH tHe pStiuons ana on etAte-Wlue | measures, shall be submitted to the l 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.
 s.=-ss=ts>n: No limitation shall be l placed upon the number of eonstitu-
 tional ameEdments laws, or other l measures which may be proposed and 1 submitted to the people by either initiative or refere ndum petition as l provided in this section. No petition
 shall be held invalid if it shall contain
 greater number of signatures than required herein.
 Notifications Only legal votes shall be couuted upon petitions. Petitions may be circulated and presented in parts. but each part of any petition
 shall have attached. thereto the affi- dAvft of the pAreeH circulating tine
 sAms, that all signatures thereon were
 made in the presence of the affiant. and that. to- the best of the affiante
 knowledge and belief each signature is genuine and that tn person nignfne is legal voter and no other affidavit or | vsrihcation shall be required to eBtAh-
 lish the genuineness of such signatures.
 Bufffcfencys The sufficiency of all statewide. petitions shGll be decided