The courier-index., 1920-08-20

General Assembly or by any city ccun-
 ell. except upon . yea snd nay VI.s ss I members elected to each house of the General Assembly. or of the city coun- oil, as the case may be
 Election, All measures Initiated by | the people whether for the state,
 county, city or town. shall be submitted ! only at the regular elections. eigher l State, congressional or municipal. but 1 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 fifteen per cent of the legal voters shall l if the referendum Is invoked as to any measure passed by city or town coun- l cfl. suoh city or town council may oreer l a special election
 Ma5orityt Any measure submitted to the people as herein provided shall take enect and become law when approved by majority of the votes cast upon such measure. and not otherwise, ana shall not be required to receive mA- jority of the electors voting ct such election. Such measures shall bs oper- ative on and after the thirtieth day after the election at which 1t aP- 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 GensSd Assembly, except a proposed constkn- ttpnal amendment or amendmonts ss provided for in this Consultation.
 The result of the vote upon any State mssSers shall be canvassed and de- clarsd by the State Board of Election Cpmmissionsvs Cor legal substituts measure. by the county election com nnisstoners Cor legal substitute there for).
 measures initiated or referred to the people shall be approved by a majority of the votes ssvsralty cast for and against the same at the same election. the one receiving the highest number of affirmative votes shall become law.
 THE PETITION
 Tftles At the time of filing petitions the exact title to be used on the ballot shall by the petitioners be submitted measures. shall b. submitted to the State Board of Election Commissioner who shall certify such title to the Sec ssstasry of State to Ds placed e:e,na sPo. sns urss svoh title shah be submitted to the county election board and shall by said board be placed upon the ballot in such county or municipal election.
 Limitation, No limi4ation shall be placed upon the number of eonstitu- ttonal amendments, laws, or othe9 measurss which may be proposed and submitted to the people by either pro1idsa s or .h: seeon peston shall be held invalid H 1t shall contain greater number of signatures than
 verineation, Only ls~al votes shall be counted upon petitions. Petitions may be circulated and presented In parts. but each part of any petition shall have sttAcnsd thereto shs Aii th. same. that all sfgnatures tn hereon were made in the presence of the afftant and that to the best of the affiants genuine. and that the person signing is legal voter and no other affidavit or verihcation shall be required to estab- lish the gsnuinencss Of sgcn signatgres;; s; statewide petitions shall be decided in the first instance by the Secretary of State subject to review by the Sq.. have original and exclusive jurisdic- ton ovre all such causes. The suffi- ciency of all local petitions shall be decided in the first instance by the case may be. subject to review by the Chancery Court.
 Court Decisions, If the sufficiency 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- from being placed upon the ballot at the election named In such petition. nor initiate against the validity or sucn measure. if it shAll have been approved by a vote of tho people.
 Unwnrranted RestrfcttonS Prohib- retary of State. county clerk or city clerk. as the case may be. shall decide without delay notify the sponsors of such petition, and permit at least thirty days from the date of such notifica- ton. in the instance of tate-wide petition, or ten days in the instance of a municipal or county petition, for cor recton or amendment. Tn 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 petitioD
 Unwarranted Restrictions PrOhfb- ited, No law shall be passed to pro- or receiving compensation for circu- 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 penalizing perjury. forgery, and all other felonies or other fraudulent practices. in the securing of signatures or filing of petitions.
 Publications All measures submitted to a vote of the people by petition unueT the pTONlbiOuS Ot SOttioh shall be published as is now. or here after may be provided by law.
 Enacting Ciause, The style of all bills initiated and submitted under tho provisions of this section shall be: "Be It Enscted 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 of ncials shall be guided by the general election laws or municipal laws as the case may be until additional legislation is provided therefor.
 seh-Executfngi This section shall be self-executing. and all its provisions shall be treated as mandatory. but laws may be enacted to facilitate its oper- atioD. 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- provtl February is. 1903. as the same appears in the Acts of Arkansas for 1903. on pages l23s and 1340 of the volume containing the same; and that