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 ~ -,>->1~-c~~~~ .--o-~-~>0~>--9~-~-~ commissioners Cor legal substitute therefor). i Conflicting Measures: If conflict ing measures initiated or referred to the people shall be approved by ma jority 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 pet tions the exact title to be used on the ballot shall by the petitioners be sub mitted with the petition, and on state wide measures, shall be submitted to the State Board of Election Commits sioners, who shall certify such title to the Secretary of State to be placed upon the ballot; on county and mu nicipal measures such title shall be submitted to the county election board and shall by said board be placed up- on the ballot in such county or mu- nicipal election.
 Limitations: No limitation shall be placed upon the number of constitu , tional amendments, laws, or other measures which may be proposed, and submitted to the people by either initiative or referendum petition as provided in this section. No petition shall be held invalid if it shall contain greater number of signatures than required herein.
 Notifications: Only legal voters shall be counted upon petitions. Pe- titions may be circulated and pre- sented in parts, but each part of any petition shall have attached thereto 1 the same, that all signatures thereon were made in the presence of the af- liant, and that to the best of the af- fiant's knowledge and belief each sig nature is genuine, and that the per son signing is legal voter and no other affidavit or verification shall be required to establish the genuine ness of such signatures.
 Sufficiency: The sufficiency of all statewide petitions shall be decided in the first instance by the Secretary of State, subject to review by the Su- preme Court of the State, which shall have original and exclusive jurisdic- tion over all such causes. The suf- ficiency of all local petitions shall be l l.. s,, b1, +be, county clerk or the city clerk as the case may be, subject to review by the Chancery Court.
 Court Decisions: If the sufficiency of any petition is challenged such cause shall be preference cause and shall be tried at once, but the failure 1 of the courts to decide prior to the election as to the sufficiency of any such petition, shall not prevent the question from being placed upon the ballot at the election named in such petition nor initiate against the valid- ity of such measure, if it shall have been approved by vote of the peo- pie. ;| !
 Unwarranted Restrictions Prohib- 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 spon- sors of such petition, and permit at least thirty days from the date of such notification, in the instance of a statewide petition, or ten days in the instance of a municipal or county pe tition, for correction 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.
 Unwarranted Restrictions Prohib- ited: No law shall be passed to pro- hibit any person or persons from giv- ing or receiving compensation for circulating 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 prohibiting and penahzing perjury, forgery, and all other felonies or other fraudulent practices in the securing of sigma lures or filing of petitions.
 [ Publication: All measures submit ted to a vote of the people by petition under the provisions of this section shall 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 bel" In sub- hitting measures to the people, the Secretary of State and all other of ficials shall be guided by the general election laws or municipal laws as the case may be until additional legisla tion is provided therefor.
 Self -Executing: This section shall be self-executing, and all its provis- ons shall be treated as mandatory, but laws may be enacted to facilitate its