The Newark journal., 1920-08-12
PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE
 PETITION. PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO IF TO TAE C0NSTITUTIoN OF AR-
 

KANSAS.
 Amending Section | Article 5. to thf ConstitEtion Of the State of Arkansas and Amendment No 1o thereto pro posing
 That eight per cent of the legal voters may propose any law and ten amendment
 That the second power reserved by the people Is the referendum hs which six per cent Of the voters may b peti- tion order the referendum of an3 gen eral acts or any Item of an apprapr4a- tlon Dill or measure passed by the Ger eral Assembly There shall be Sled petitions from at least fifteen conn zt-s of the State and bearing stEUa tUr~s or one~haf percentage Of electors or such county.
 That a two-thirds vote is necessary to attach the emergency ciB ase % Legislative or Town Council measui es
 That the initiative and referendum powers of the people arc reserved to the legal voters of each municipality and county.
 That the veto power Of the Governor or Mayor shall not extend to initiative or referendum measures and -hat th 2 same Is not subject to amendment by the General Assembly or City Council except by two-thirds vote
 That all measures initiated by th e people shall be submitted only at reg ular elections except whan fifteen per cent of voters petition for special cleo tion.
 That any measure shall ta1ks effect and become a law when approved by majority of the votes cast on such measure.
 That no limitation shall be placed on the number Of constitutional amend ments, laws. or other measures which may be proposed.
 FOR AMENDMENT NO. 13
 AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 1S Be It Enacted by the People of@the
 State of Arkansas:
 That Section of Article 10 the Constitution Of the State of Arkansas and Amendment No. fe thereto be amended so as 10 read as follows
 Section 1. Tho Legislative power ot the people of this State shall be vested in General Assembly which shall consist of the Senate and House of Representatives but the people reserve to themselves the power to prop~se legislative measures laws and amend ments to the Constitution and to enact or reject the same al the polls inde- pendent Of the General Assembly; and also reserve the power. at their own option to approve or reject at the polls any entire act or any item of an ap propriation bill
 Initiative, The first power. reserved by the people is the Initiative. Eight per cent of the legal voters may pro pose any law and ten per cent may propose constitutional amendment Ay initiative petition. and every such pett- tion shall include the full text Of the measure so proposed. Initiative pati- tions for state wide measures shall be filed with the Secretary or state nOt less than four months before the cleo tion at which they are to be voted upon: Provided that at least thirty days before the aforementioned filing the proposed measure shall have hean published once, at the expense Of th e petitioners. In some paper of general circulation.
 Referendum. The second power rc- served by the people is the referendum and any number not less than six per cent of the legal voters may, by peti | ton. order the referendum against any | general act. or any item of an appro priation bill. or measure passed by tho | General Assembly. but the filing Of a | referendum petition against one or more items. sections or parts of any such act or measure shall not dslay 1 the remainder from becoming oper | ative. Such petition shall be filed with 1 the Secretary of State not later than ninety days after the final adjournment of the session at which such act Was passed. except when recess or ad | journment shall be taken temporarily for d longer period than ninety days in which case such petition shah be filed not later than ninety days aftei such recess or temporary adjournment Any measure referred to the people by referendum petition shall remain in abeyance until suchoote Is taken The total number of votes cast for the of flee of Governor in the last preceding general election shall be the basis upon which the number of signatures of legal voters upon statewide initiative
 
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 Upon all ipltiative or referendum petitions provided for in any of the sections of this article. 1t shall be necessary to file from at least fifteen | of the counties of the State, petitions bearing the signature of not less than one-half of the designated percentage l of the electors of such county.
 Emergencyi If 1t shall be necessary | for the preservation of the public l peace. health or safety. that a measure | shall haanmR without " Huch necessity shall be stated in one | section, and if upon a yea and nay vote | two-thirds of all the members elected | to each house, or two-thirds of all the | members elected to city town coun- | ciis. shall voee upon separate roll call l tn favor of the measure going into im- l Iseasure shall become effective without l delay. It shall be necessary, however | to state the fact which constitutes | such emergency. Provided however, | clared on any franchise or special priv | ilege or act eseating any vested right 1 or interest or alienating any property 1 of the state If referendum s filed | against any emergency measure such | measure shall be a law until If is voted l upon by the people and If II is then rejected by majority of the electors voting thereon. 1t shall be thereby re- pealed The provisions of lhiR sub- 1 section shall apply to city or town Local for Municipautfes and Countless The initiative and referendum powers Of the people are hereby further re- served to the legal voters of each municipality and county to all local, special, and municipal legislation of every character in and for their re- spettive municipa llties and counties. but no local legisla tion shall be enacted contrary to the Constitutton or any general law of The State, and any gen erai law shall have the effect of repeal ing any local legislation which Is in conflict herewith,
 Municipalities may provide for the exercise of the initiative and refer endum as to their local legislation. General laws shall be enacted provid- ing for the exercise of the initiative and referendum IS to counties Fifteen per cent of the legal voters of any municipality O. county may order the referendum, or Invoke the initiative upon any local measure. In municipal tties the number of signatures re- quired upon any petition shall he com puted upon thu total vote cast for the office of mayor at the last preceding general election, in counties upon the office Of circuit clerk In municipali- ties and counties the time for filing an initiative petition shall not be fixed at less than sixty days nor more than ninety days before the election at which t is to be voted upon. for q ref