The Newark journal., 1920-08-26
PROPOSED By INITIATIVE
 PETITION. PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. I3 TO THE CONSTITUTION OF AR
 

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 KANSAS.
 Amending Section 1. Article E. to the Consultation Of the State of Arkansas. and Amendment No. 10 thereto pro- posing:
 That eight per cent of the legal voters may propose any law and ten per cent may propose eonsdtuteHaf amendment.
 That the second power reserved .bT the people is the referendum by which Six per cent of the voters may b. petl- ten order the referendum of an1 gen eral acts or any Item Of an apprapFlS- tion bill or measure passed by the Gen eral Assembly. There shall be dled petitions from at least fifteen counties of the State and bearing siBnhtufes Of one-half percentage Of electors or
 That two-thirds vote is necessary to attach the emergency clause Co Legislative or Town Council measures.
 That the initiative and referehq qun powers of the people are reserved te the legal voters of each municipality and county.
 or Mayor shall not extend to initiative or referendum measures and that the same Is not subject to amendment by the General Assembly or City Council except by two thirds vote.
 That all measures initiated by the people shall be submitted only at reg ular elections except when htteen per cent of voters petition for special elec- ton.
 That any measure shall take effect and become law when approved by majority of the votes east on such measure.
 That no limitation shall be placed on the number of constitutional amend ment5, laws, or other measures which may be proposed,
 FOR AMENDMENT NO. 18
 AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. R Be It Enacted by the People of the
 State Of Arksneas:
 That Section 1 of Article Co the| Constitution of the State of Arkansas and Amendment No. 10 thereto bel amended so as to read as follows:
 Section l. The legislative power oii| in q General Assembly. which shall consist of the Senate and House ofI Representatives, but the people reserve to themselves the power to prop2se Legislative measures. laws and amend ments to the Constitution. and to enact or reject the same at the polls inde. pendent of the General Assembly. and also reserve the power. at their own option to approve or reject at the polla any entire act or any Item Of an ap- proprintion bin.
 by the people is the initiative. Eight per cent of the legal voters may pro pose any law and ten per cent may propose constitutional amendment Ay initiative petition, and every such peti= tion shall include the full text Of the measure so proposed. Initiative peti- tons for statewide measures shall ns filed with the Secretary of State not less than four months before the cleo ton at which they are to be voted upon: Provided. that at least thirty the proposed measure shall have been published once, at the expense of th petitioners, In some paper of general circulation.
 Referendum, The second power re- served by the people Is the referendum and any number not less than six per cent of the legal voters may. by peu- tion, order the referendum against any general act or any item Of aH apnFa- priation bill or measure passed by tae General Assembly. but the filing of 2 more items, sections or parts Of ans such act or measure shall not delay the remainder from becoming oper' ative. Such petition shall be filed with the Secretary of State not later than ninety days after the final adjournment of the session at which such act was passed. except when a recess or ad- 1ournment shall be taken temporarily for a longer period than ninety days in which case auoh petition shall be filed not later than ninety days after such recess or temporary adjournment Any measure referred to the people by referendum petiiop shalt remain In abeyanoe until suchsvote Is taken. The total number of votes cast for the of flee of Governor in the last preceding general election shall be the basis upon which the number of signatures of legal voters upon statewide initiative and referendum petitions shall be com
 Upon all initiative or referendum petitions provided for in any of the necessary to file from at least fifteen of the counties of the State, petitions bearing the signature of not less than one-haif, of the designated percentage of the electors of such county.
 Emergency; If 1t shall be necessary for the preservation of the public peace. health or safety, that measure shall become effective without delay, such necessity shall be stated in one section, and If upon yea and nay vote two thirds of all the members elected to each house, or two thirds of all the members elected to city or town ooun- cils, shall vote upon separate roll call in favor of the measure going into i'm mediate operation, such emergency delay. It shall be necessary, however, to state the fact which constitutes such emergency. Provided. however. that an emergency shall not be de- elared on any franchise or special priv ilege or act dteating any vested right or interest or alternating any property of the State. If a referendum Is filed against any emergency measure such measure shall be a law until 1t is voted upon by the people and if 1t is then rejected by a majority of the electors voting thereon, it shall be thereby re- pealed. The provisions of this sub section shall apply to city or town councils.
 Local for MunicipaJties and Countiest 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 in and for thear re- spective municipalities and cour ties but no local legislation shall be enacted contrary to the Consultation or any general law of the State, and any gem eral law shall have the effect Of repeal ing any local legislation which is In conflict therowith.
 Municipalities may provide for the exercise of the initiative and refer endum as to Their local Legislation General laws shall be enacted provid- ing for the exercise of the initiative and referendum as to counties. Fifteen per cent of the legal voters of any municipality or county may order the referendum, or invoke the initiative upon any local measure. In municipal ities the number of signatures re- quired upon any petition shall be cem- puted upon the total vote cast for the office of mayor at the last preceding general election; in counties upon the office Of circuit clerk. In municipaii- 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