The Newark journal., 1920-09-09

EIcctioni All measures initiated by the people whether for the State, county, city or town. shall be submitted 3nly at the regular elections either state, congressional or municipal, but referendum petitions may be referred to the people at special elections to be called by the proper official, and such special elections shall be called when hfteen per cent of the legal voters shall petition for such special election. and IT the referendum tH invoked as to any measure passed by n city or town coun- atI, such city or town council may order a special election.
 Majority Any measure submitted to the people as herein provided shall talk c by majority of the votes cast upon such measure, and not otherwise and small not be required to receive ma Jority or the electors voting at such election. Such measures shall be oper- alive on and after the thirtteth 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 b- mitted to the people by the General Assembly except a proposed constitu- uonal amendment or amendments as provided for Tn this Constitution.
 Canvass and Declaration of Result The result Of the vote upon any state measure snail De =GaHNAHSeQ ana ub- clared by the State Board of Electies Commissioners tor legal substitute therefor9; upon a municipal or county measure, by the county election com missioners Cor legal substitute there for).
 Conflicting MeHxurest If conflicting measures initiated or referred to the people shall be approved by a majority of tire votes seYeraffy cast for and against the same at the same election the one receiving the highest number of affirmative votes shall become law
 THE PETITION
 Efticl At the time of filing petitions the exact title 10 be used on the ballot shall by the petitioners be submitted with the petition. and on state wide 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 submt tied t6 the county election board and shall by said board be placed upon the ballot Tn such county or municipal election
 Limifntiont No limitation shall be placed upon the number of constitu- measures which may be proposed and submitted to the people by either initiative or referendum petition a, provided In this section. No petition shall be held invalid if 1t shall contain a greater number Of signatures thar required herein.
 veriaoutioni Only legal votes shalI be counted upon petitions Petitions may be circulated and presented ir parts but each part of any petition shall have attached thereto tSe affi- dayit of the person circulating the same. that all signatures thereon were made ill the presence of the affiant and that to the best of the affiant's knowledge and belief each signature IF a legal voter and no other affidavit or verification shall be required to estab- fish the genuineHess of such signatures
 sufficiencyi The sufficiency of all state-wide 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 jurisdlo- cteney of all local petitions shall be 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 Dec-tionst If the sufficiency of any petition is challenged such cause shall be a preference cause and shall be tried at once, but the failure of the courts to decide prior to the election as to the snffciency of any such peti- tIon, shall not prevent the question the election named in such petition. nor initiate against the validity of such measure if 1t shall have been approved by vote of the neoDle
  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 days from the date of such not!f1ca- ton, in the instance of a statewide petition or ten days in the instance of a municipal or county petition. for coz rection 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.
 Unwarrantee Restrictions Prohfb- itedi No law shall be passed to pro- hibit any person or persons from giving or receiving compensation for circu- lating petitions. nor to prohibit the circulation of petitions. nor in any manner interfering with the freedom but laws shall be enacted prohibiting and penalzing perjury, forgery. and all other felonies or other fraudulent practices. In the securing of signatures or filing of petitions.
 Publications All measures submitted to vote Of the people by petition under the provisions Of thls section shall he published IS Is now. or here after may he provided by law
 Enactin2 CInuHe: The style of all bills initiated and submitted under the 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 ali other ot- hciRls shall be guided by the general election laws or municipal laws as the ease may he until additional legislation is provided therefor.
 Self-EXccutinKi 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 leEisla ton shall be enacted to restrict, hamper or impair the exer- else of the rights herein reserved to the people
 That tbis amendment to the Constt- tutioH of the State be. and the same shall be in substitution of the Initia- tive and Referendum Amendment ap- proved February 1e. 1909 as the same appears in the Acts of Arkansas for 1909, on pages 123e ana I240 of the volume containing the same and that the said amendment fRnd the act of the General Assembly to carry out the same, approved June 30, 1911 so far ar the same Is In conflict herewith) be. and the same are hereby repealed
 Witness my official signature tht, 2ith day of July, 1920.
 iSealI TOM J. TERRAL
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