Cleveland County herald., 1920-08-05

ell. except upon yea ana nay vote amembers elected to each house of the , General Assembly. ar of th- city coun- ell. ns the case may be. - @.
 Eiectiont' All measures initiated by the people whether for. the State. l county, city or town, shall be submittea only at the regular elections, either State. congressional or municipal. ~ut referendum petitions may. be referfso to the people at special elsctions to be called by the proper official. and sucf special elections shall be called when fifteen per cent of the legal voters snaii If the referendum Ia invoked as todany measure passed by city or town coun- ell, such city or town council may order s special election.
 Majorityi Any measure submitted to tn people as herein provided shall take offect and become law when approved by majority of the votes cast upon such measure, aud not otherwise, and sAaH not be required to receive ma jority of the electors voting at such election Sach mea sures shall be oper- stiN% on and after the thirtieth 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 sIf1- nltted to the people by the zGenesA Assembly. except a proposed coMstitu- tional amendment or amendments as provided for in this Constitution.
 Cnnvass. and DecIatntfcs of RessIti The result of the vote upon any Sta es measure shall be, canNatsed and de- clarcd by the State Board of Election Commissioners Cor legal subs titute therefor); upon a n!e.pal or county measure. by the county cfecttop com msssioners tor legal substitute thcFe- for).
 Conflicting Mensurr~: If, conAiQt!ns ieeasures initiated or referred to the people shall be approved by majority of the votes sevcrally cast fo1 and against the same at the same election, the one receiving the highest number of affirmative votes shall become law.
 THE PETITION - TftIet At the time of fling petitions shall by the petitioners be. submitted with the petition. and on statewide measures. shall be submitted to the State Board of Election Commissioners, who shall certify such title to the Sec rotary of State to be placed upon the ballot; on county and municipal meas ures such title shall be submitted to. the county election board and shall by said board he placed upon the ballot in such county or. municipal election.
 Limitations No llmitationi shall be placed upon the number of eonstitd- tional amendments, laws pr otAe r fcasures which may, bS proposed aad submitted to the people by cithet initiative or referendum petition :. as as
 
 shall be held invalid If 1t shall contain s greater number of signatures than required herein.
 Vertficntion, Only legaS votes shalf be counted upon petitions. Petitions may be circulated and presented in parts. but each part of any ,petitio.l shall have attached thereto the afftS davit of the person circulating tfe same, that all signatures thereon were made In the presence Of the aifiant, and that to tho best of the affiants k n Txyledtvo haiief is genuine, and that the person signing Is legal voter and no other affidavit or verflcation shall be required to cstab- fish the genuineness of such signatures.
 sAfficiensyi The sufficlency of al! statewide petitions shall be decided in, the first instance by the SecretaryI preme Court of the State which shall have original and exclusive jur1sdie- tion ovre all such causes, The sufd- eiency of all local petitions shall be county clerk or the city clerk as the case may be. subject to review by the Chancery Court.
 Court Decss,on.i If the sufficiency of any petition iB challenged such cause shall be preference cause and shall be tried at once. but the failure of th he courts to decide prior to the election Rs to the sufficieDcy of any such peu- tion. shall not prevent the question from being placed upon the ballot at the election named n such petition, nor initiate against the validity of -such. measure. If 1t shall have been approved . by vote of the peonle.
 Amendment of retitiont If .ths Sec retaFy of State. county clerk or city clerk. as the case may be. shall decide any petition to be insufficient. he fshall without delay notify the sp5nsers' of days from the date of such notfnca- ton. in the instance of a state-wide petition. or ten days in the instance of q municipal or county petition, for cor. ToCtiOQ amendment In the n legal proceedings to prevent giving SfeEal effect to any petition upon any upon the person or persons attacking the validity of the petition.
 Cnwarrnnted Restrictions Prohih- tied, No law shall be passed to pro hibit any person or persons from giving or receiving compensation for cireu-. lating petitions, nor to prohibit the circulation of petitions; nor in any of the people in procuring petitions: but laws shall be enacted prohibiting and pchslizing perjury. forgery. and all practices, in the securing of signatures or filing of potieons.
 PubIicn ton, All measures submitted to 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 "pe Ft Enacted By fhe People of the State of Arkansas. Municipality or County. RE the case may be)." h. sub hitting measures to the people, the Secretary of State and all other of, htials shall be guided by the general election laws or municipal laws as the' case may be until additional legislation Is provided therefor.
 self-Executins, This section shall be self ecuting. and all its provisions shall be treated as mandator but laws may be enacted to facilitate It's oper4 ation. No Legislation shall De enacted to restrict, hamper or impair the exer- cise Of the rights herein reserved to the people.
 That this amendment. to the Consti- tuition of the State be- and the same shall be In substitution of the Initia- tive and Referendum Amendment. ap- proved February 19 1909. the same appears In the Acts of Arkansas for 1909. on pages 1899 and t240 of the volume containing the same; and that the said amendment tand the act of tho General Assembly to carry out the same, approved June 30. 1911 so far as the same s in conflict herewith be, and the same are hereby repealed.
 Witness my official signature this Eth day of July, 1920
 ISeali TOM ]. TERRAL,
 Secretary of State ->--~--~-s~~>~0N-~