The courier-index., 1920-08-06

| General Assembly or bci any city conn
 on roll call of two-thircs of all the l members elected to each house of the General Assembly. or of the city coun-
 cil. as the case may be.
 Election, All measures initiated by 1 the people whether for the State, | county, city or town, shall be submitted | only at the regular elections. either l State, congressional or municipal, but referendum petitions may be referred l to the people at special elections to be | called by the proper official. and such | special elections shall be called when l hfteen per cent of the legal voters shall | petition fer such special election, and | if the referendum is invoked as to any measure passed by city or town coun- cil. such city or town council may oreer a special election.
 Majoritys Any measure submitted to the people as herein provided shall take effect and become law when approved by majority of the votes cast upon such measure, and not otherwise, and shall not be required to receive ma jority of the electors voting at such election. Such measures shall be oper- ative on and after the thirtieth day after the election at which 1t 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
 
 mitted to the people by the General Assembly, except proposed consti-u- tional amendment or amendments as provided for in this Constitution.
 Canvass and Declaration of Results The result of the vote upon any State measure shall be canvassed and de- clared by the State Board of Election Gommissionsrs .SInru, Cor legal substitute measure, by the county election com missioners Cor legal substitute there for).
 ConAlctfng Measures. If conflicting measures initiated or referred to the people shall be approved by a majority of the votes ssverally cast for and the one receiving the highest number Of affirmative votes shall become law
 THH PETITION
 Tftlet At the time of filing petitions the exact title to be used on the ballot 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 retary 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 be placed upon the ballot in such county or municipal election.
 Lisnitatsen, No limitation shall bs placed upon the number of cOnstftu- tional amendments. laws. or other measures which may be proposed and initiative or referendum petition as provided in this section. No petition shall be held invalid If 1t shall contain q greater number of signatures than
 verincations Only legal votes shall be counted upon petitions. Petitions may be circulated and presented tn shall have attached thereto the affi- davit of the person circulating the same, that all signatures thereon were and that to the best of the affiant's and belief each signature is genuine, and that the person signing is a legal voter and no other affidavit or verification shall be required to estab- fish the genuineness of such signatures.
 suffieiency, The sufficiency of all statewide petitions shall be decided of State. subject to review by the Su- prems Court of the State which shall have original and exclusive turfsdfc- tion ovre all such causes. The sufff- decided in the first instance by the county clerk or the city clerk as the case may be. subject to review by the Chancery Court.
 Court Decisions. If the sufffcfency of any petition is challenged such cause shall be preference cause and shall be tried at once. but the failure of the courts to decide prior to the election as to the sufficiency of any such petf- ton. shall not prevent the question from being placed upon the ballot at initiate against the validity of such measure. if 1t shall have been approved by vote of the people.
 Unwarranted Restrictions Prohfb-s 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 sponsors of such petition and permit at least thirty l,xx frAr hn la ta nf nnftHrn- ton. in the instance of statewide petition. or ten days in the Instance of a municipal or county petition, Tor cor rection or amendment Tn the event Of legal proceedings to prevent giving legal effect to any petition upon any grounds. the burden of prosf shall be upon ,he person or persons attacking the validity of the petitioy,
 Unwarrnnted Restrictions Prohfb- ited, No law shall be passed to pro hibit any person or persons from giving lating 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 penallzing perjury. forgery. and all other felonies or other fraudulent practices. In the securing of signatures or filing of petitions
 Publication, All measures submitted to vote of tlse people by petition under the provisions of this section shall be published as IS now, or nere- after may he provided by law.
 Enncting 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 be)." In sub hitting measures to the people, the Secretary of State and all other off, ficials shall be guided by the general election laws or municipal laws as the case may be until additional legislation ia provided therefor
 Seif-Executings This section shall be self-executing, and all its provisions shall be treated as mandatory but laws 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 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- provC4 February 1s. 1909 as the same appears in the Acts of Arkansas for 1909. on pages 123s and 1240 of the volume containing the same. and that the said amendment (and the act of the General Assembly to carry out the same approved June 30. 1911 so far as