The Little River news., 1920-08-28

ci! the case may be- ~ Election: All measures Initiated by ehe people whether for the State, aourty city or town, shall be submitted 2i4ly at the regular seiec ction5, either State con&ressional4 or anunfclpa ,tsbut referendum petitions may be referred to the people a special elections to be called 9y the proper official and such special elections shall be called when lllteen per cent'of the legal voters shah petition for such special election, and If the referendum is invoked as to any measure passed by city or town coul- siI, such eityAor town council may order a special election. - ..a
 Majority, Any measure submitted to the people as herein provided shall take erect 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 1ority of the electors voting at such election. Such measures shall be oper- alive CT snd after the thrtieth day after the election at which it. Is ap- proved unless otherwise specified in the act.
 This section shall not be construed to deprive any member of the General Assembly of the right to introduce any measure but no measure shall be sub mi tied to the people by the General -taSelnDly, except a proposed constitu- tional amendment or amendments as provided for in this Constitution. .
 Canvass and Declaration eff Result, The result Sf the vote upon any State
 
 clared by the State Board of Election Commissioners Cor legal substitute lherefoF); upon municipal or county fneaSure by the county election com mlssioners Cor legal substitute thera for).
 CoaAieting Measures: If conflicting measures initiated referred to the people shall be approved by majority Of the. votes severally cast for. and against the same a the same election, the one receiving the highest number ali
 THE PETITION 5
 Title, At the time of filing petitions the exact title to be used on the ballot shall by the petitioners be submitted with the petition, and on D. 8 state-wide measures, shall be submitted to the State Board of Election Commissioners. who shall certify such title to the Sec retary of4state to be placed upon the ballot; on county and municipal meas ures such title shall be subn1itte to the county election board and shall by said board be placed upon the ballot in such county or municipal election.
 Limitation, No limitation shall be placed upon the number of eonstitu- tional amendments. laws, or other submitted to the people by either initiative or referendum petition as provided in this section. No petition shall be held invalid if 1t shall contain "a greater number of signatures than required herein.
 verifics ton. Only legal votes shall De COuntSu #upOH4 pctltlOn6. ISllllOHS may be Circulated and presented in parts, but each part of any petition shall have attached thereto the affi- same sa that hf a made in the presence tof the affiant, 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 verihcation shall be required to estab- lish the genuineness of such signatures:
 EuT ,in ini of wide petitions shall be decide 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 eijurisdic- tion ovre all such causes. The suffi- ciency of all local petitions shall be county clerk or the city clerk as the case may be, subject to review by the Chancery Court r ~
 Court Decpsions, If the sufficiency of any petition Is challenged such cause shall be preference cause and shall be tried at once, but the failure of the as to the suff'ciency of any such peti- tion. shall not prevent, the question from, being placed upon the ballot at the election named in such petition, nor initiate against the validity osS spca measure, fit shall have been approved by vote of the neonle4
 Amendment of Petition, If the Sec retary of State. county clerk or my clerk. as the case may be, shall dec de any petition to be insufficient. he shtll wi thout delay notify the, sporse g of days from the date of such notifica- ton. in the instance of a state wide petition or ten days in the instance of a municipal or county petition. for cor rection CT amendment. In the event of 1 legal proceedings to prevent giving leCI effect to any petition upon. any upon the person. or persons attacking the validity of the petition.
 Uawarrnnted Restrictions Prohfb- tied: No law shall be passed to pro- hbit any person or persons from giving or receiving compensation for circu- 'ating petitions, nor to prohibit the manner interfering with the freedom of the people F in procuring petitionss sl but laws shall be enacted prohibiting and penaIzing perjury, forgery, apd all praetices. inFthe securing of signatures orr fltng of petitions n, g to q vote of the peopie by s' peti ton sRs si be psbsSed os s now s@,s or sYae,s1 here af,sr ntss may es provided rbs by iaw law. ., bills Initiated and submitted under the provisions of this section shaA be; County, as the casesmay be).". h sub hitting measures to the Apeepfe, the Secretary of stats and all otherN of; g election lawson municipal laws as the case may be until additional Legislation Is prNvided therefor. A
 Bef-EYecutinE; This section shall | be self executing, and all its provisions shall be treated as mandatory, but laws k may be enacted to facilitate it's oper- ation No Legislation shall be enacted to restrict, hamper or impair the exer- else of the. rights herein reserved toj the people. N
 That this amendment to the Consti- tuition of the State be, and the same shall be in substitution of the Ipitia- tive and Rasare ndum Amendm nt ap- proved February 19. 1909.s as t;lt same appears in the Acts of Arkahsas for 1909. on pa&es 1239 and 1240 of the volume Contaiaing the same; ard that the said amei dment cand the, act of the General Assembly to carry out the same, approved June 30. 1911, so far. as tae sAms is in, conflict herewith) be, and tAe same are Hereby repealed.
 Witness my official signature this S4Il uAy ol JuAy, 1SzV. fIi =
 SeAlJ -fs TOM J. TERRAL