The Mena weekly star., 1920-08-05
PROPOSED nY ISIFIATIs E
 PARTITION.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. ts TO THE C0NSTE.JggON OF AR-
 KANSAS

PRoPOsED AMENDMENT NO. is TO
 THE CONSTR uTgON oF As-
 KANSAS
 Amending Section l. Article |, to the Constitution 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 a constitutional
 That the second power reserved by the people is the referendum by which six per cent Of the voters may hy peti- ton order the referendum of any gen. eral acts or any item of an appropria- tion bill or measure passed by the Gen. eral Assembly. There shall be filed petitions from at least fifteen counties of the State and bearing signatures or one-half percentage of electors Of such county
 to attach the emergency clause to Legislative or Town Council measures
 That the Initiative and referendum powers of the people are reserved to the legal voters of each municipality and county.
 That the veto power of the Governor or Mayor shall not extend 10 initiative CT referendum measures and that the same is not subject to amendment by the General Assembly or City Council except by two-thlr vSte4
 aii measures Initiated by the people shall be submitted only at reg ular elections except when fifteen per cent of voters petition for special cleo ton
 That any measure shall take effect and become law when approved by majority of the votes cast on such
 That no Limitation shall be placed on the number of constitutional amend ments laws. or other measures which may be proposed
 FOR AMENDMENT NO. is
 AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 1s Re It Enactsd by the People of the
 State of Arkansas
 That Section 1 of Article to the ddsllnsso ana Amendment n Nc % io I shsrete e"sss ss amended so ss to read as foliows:
 Section l. The t--.ssss<t .ssss<tffssve power Of The people of this state shah be vested in . General Assembly, which shall consist of the Senate and House of Representatives, but the people reserve te themselves the power to propose nents to the Constitution. and to enact or reject the same at the polls inde- pendent of the General Assembly: and spson G to asproe o at hs he po sMn proprtation bilI:
 by the people ia the initiative Eight per cent of the legal voters may pro- pose any law and ten per cent may initiative petition, and every such peti- ton shall include the full text os the measure SO proposed Initiative pcti- tons for state wide measures shall be filed with the Secretary of State not less than four months before the elec- ton at which they are to be voted uponi Provided that at least thirty days before the aforementioned nfina the proposed measure shall have been published once. at the expense of the petitioners. In some paper of general
 Refersnsams 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 peti. ton. order the referendum against any general set. 4. CT =;sT item of an appro- General Assembly,. but the niinr of d referendum petition against one or more ttcms. eeetionr or parts Of any such act or measure shall not delay the remainder from becoming oper4 Ativs. Such petition shall be nled with ninety days after the nnai adionrnment ' of the session at which such act was paesed. except when recess or ad- toufnmeut nha1f be taken temporarily For longer period than ninety dave. in which case such petition shall De nled not later than ninety days after Any measure referred to the people by referendum petftion shall remain in abeyHnce until such vote is taken. The total number of votes cast for the Of. flee Of Governor in the last preceding general election phail be the basis upon lsksi yoterr upon statewide initiatfve and referendnm petitions shall be oom- ,.i's;s.. Ssss I. n,.s,,ss ,s;ss'Ss , sssssssaa rssSssns srsS,ss 'f tn'z estieis is .he: bs