The spectator., 1920-08-10

t9 atf# General Assemblysor by any. city coun- ell, except upon yea and nay, vote members elected to each house e the General Assembly, or of the city ceun- cll, as the case may be.
 :, Electfon, All measurDs initiated by the people whether for the State, county, city or town, shall be submitted only at the regular elections, sither state. congressional or municipal, but to the people at special elections to bs 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 if the referendum is invoked az to any measure passed by city or town coun- ell. such city or town council may order special election.
 Maj0rityt Any measure submitted to the people as herein provided shall take effect and becSme law when approved by u majority of the votes cast upon such measure. and not otherwise. and shall not be required to receive . ma 5ority of the. electors voting at such election. Such measures sha1l be oper- ative on and after the thirtieth day after the election at which 1t is Ap- the act
 This section shall not |, construed to deprive any member of t..c General Assembly of the right to introduce any mitted to the people by the GensSsl Assembly. except a. proposed eonetisn- provided for in this Constitution.
 Canvass anA Declaration of Res~lts The result of the vote upon any Stets measure shall Do capvassed and ae. clared by the State Board of Election thsrefor2; hfoa upon ' municipal or county measure. by the county election coU- missioners Cor legal substitute thssS- for).
 Conflicting Measurss, If conflicting measures initiated or referred to the people shall be approved by a majority of the votes severally east for and the one receiving the hiFhest number
 THE PETITION
 Titlei At the time of filing peutions shall by the petitioners be submitted with the petition, and on statewide measures. shall be submitted to the % Sho shai nre e.Ds,fy G ssS" sueH ,ti. to the Sec retary of State to be placed upon the ballot: on county and municipal meas ures such title shall De submitted te said board bs placed upon the ballot in such county or municipal election.
 Limitation, No limitation shall Dc placed upon the number of constitu- measures which may be proposed ana .ubmi,t.d to the people 6y either .ss ss h.a a 'hs ns. isst9n .ss MS greater number of signatures than
 Ser,as.tlss. Only legal votes shall may be circulated and presented in shall have attached thereto the Affi- same same. that f ali .i.nstIres therson were and that to the bc.- of .he a'NAnts genuine. and that the person signing is a legal voter and nc other affidavit or veriheation shall be required to estab- fish the senuineasss of such signatures. statewide petitions shall be decided in the first instance by the Secretary of Stato, subject to review by the Su- have. original and exclusive jurisdie- tion ovre all such causes. The suffi- ciency of all local petitions shall bs decide, decided M in the fs:t E . instance .1s by the case may Dc. subject to review by the Chancery Court.
 Court Dee .s;ons, If the sufficiency 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 sufficienct of any such peti. ton, shall not prevent the question from being placed upon the ballot at the election named in such petition. nor initiate against the validity of such measure. IT 1t shall have been approved by vote of the peo.le.
 Amend .nent of Pesitions If the Sec retary of State. county clerk or city any petition to be insufficient. he shall without delay notify the sponsors of such petition, and permit at least thirty days from the date of such notihca- n nf Q Qf 10 -xsffA petition. or ten days In the instance of a municipal or county petition. for cor. rection or amendment. In the svsnt of legal proceedings to prevent giving legal effect to any petition upon ary grounds. the burden of proof shall he upon the person or persons attacking the validity of the petition.
 Unwnrransed Restricti0ns Prohta. itedt No law shall be passed to p'o- hibit any person or persons from giving or receiving compensation for. .circn- circulation of petitions. nor in any manner interfering with the feedo n of the people in proearins petitions; and penalizing perjury, forgery. and al other felonies or other fraud liont practices. in the securing of aisna.uPss
 Publication, All measures submitted to q vote of the people by petition under the provisions of this section sser ns aT be nroyssa ss or her'
 
 EMmcting Clmusei The style of all bills initiated ant submitted under the provisions of this section shall So. 1'Be Is Enacted By The People of tho State of Arkansas. Municipality or County, as the case may be)." In sub uniting messSre: to the people. the hcials shall be guided by the general election laws or municipal laws as the ease may Dc until additional fsgislatton is provided therefor.
 Acls-Eveccting. This section shall be seif-exeSutinG, a;. d all It's provisions shall be treated as mandatory, but laws may be enacted to facilitate it's oper- alton. No Legislation shall be enacted to restrict. hamper or impair the cxer- else of the riGhts herein reserved to the peop,c.
 That this amendment to the Coasu- tuition Of tAe State be, and the same shall be ia substitution of the lnitis- tive and Referendum Amendment ap- proved February ls. 1909, as the same appears in the Acts of Arkans s for 1909. on pages l23s and l2s0 tt the volume containing the same: and that the said amendment tAnd the | t of the General Assembly to carry out thS aa al,aA .nr ks.AA