Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-08-07

initiative or referendum measures and hat the same is not subject to amend ment by the General Assembly or City Council except by two-thirds vote.
 That all measures initiated by the people shall be submitted only at reg ular elections except when fifteen per cent of voters petition for special elections.
 That any measure shall take effect and become law when approved by a majority of the votes cast on such measure.
 That no limitation shall be placed on the number of constitutional laws, or other measurea which may be proposed.
 FOR AMENDMENT No. 13
 AGAINST AMENDMENT N. 13
 Be It Enacted by the People of the
 State of Arkansas:
 That Section 1 of Article to the Constitution of the State of Arkansas and Amendment No. 10 thereto be
 
 Section 1. The legislative power of the people of this State shall be vested in General Assembly, which shall consist of the Senate and House of Representatives, but the people re- serve to themselves the power to propose legislative measures, laws and amendments to the Constitution, and to enact or reject the same at the polls independent of the General As sembly; and also reserve the power at their own option to approve O, reject at the polls any entire act or any item of an appropriation bill.
 Initiative: The first power reserv- ed by the people is the initiative Eight per cent of the legal voters may propose any law and ten per cent may propose constitutional amend. ment by initiative petition, and every such petition shall include the full text of the measure so proposed. hi tiative petitions for statewide meas ures shall be filed with the Secretary of State not less than four months before the election at which they are to be. voted upon: Provided, that at least thirty days before the aforemen- toned filing, the proposed measure shall have been published once, at the expense of te petitioners, in some paper of general circulation.
 Referendum: The second power re- served by the people is the referen dunn, and any number not less than six per cent of the legal voters may by petition, order the referendum against any general act, or any item of an appropriation bill, or measure passed by the General Assembly, but the filing of a referendum petition against one or more items, sections or parts of any such act of measure shall not delay the remainder from becoming operative. Such petition shall be filed with the Secretary o1 State not later than ninety days af ter the final adjournment of the ses sion at which such act was passed except when recess or adjournment shall be taken temporarily for lon ger period than niney days in whict case such petition shall be filed not later than ninety days after such re cess or temporary adjournment. Any measure referred to the people by referendum petition shall remain ir abeyance until such vote is taken The total number of votes cast fol the office of governor in the last pre- ceding election shall be the basis up on which the number of signatures of legal voters upon statewide initi' ative and referendum petitions shaI be computed.
 Upon all initiative or referendum petitions provided for in any of the sections of this article, it shall be necessary to file from at least fifteen of the counties of the State, petitions bearing the signatures of not less thar one-half of the designated percentage of the lectors of such county.
 Emergency: If it shall be neces- sary for the preservation of the pub lie peace health or safety, that meas ure shall become effective without delay, such necessity shall be stated in one section, and if upon yea and nay vote two-t thirds of all the mem- bers elected to each house, or two thirds of all the members elected to city or town councils, shall vote up- on separate roll call in favor of the measure going into immediate op- eration, such emergency measure shall become effective without delay. It shall be necessary, however, to state the fact which constitutes such emergency. Provided, however, that an emergency shall not be declared on any franchise or special privilege or act creating any vested right or in- terest or alternating any property of this State. If referendum is filed against any emergency measure such measure shall be law until it is voted upon by the people, and if it is then rejected by majority of the electors voting thereon, it shall be thereby repealed The provisions of this subsectionl shall apply to city or town councils. ~ s.
 Local for Municipalities and Coun- ties: The initiative and referendum powers of the people are hereby fur ther reserved to the legal voters of each municipality and county as to all local, special, and municipal leg