The Newark journal., 1920-09-02
PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE
 PETITION.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. IT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF AR-
 KANSAS.


 KANSAS.
 Amending Section 1, Article 5. 10 the ConstitGtion of the State of Arkansas and Amendment No. 10 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 by which six per cent Of the voters may b. peti- ton order the referendum of any gen eral acts or any item of an apprePria- ton bill or measure passed by the Gen eral Assembly. There shall be aled petitions from al least fifteen counties of the State and bearing signatures of one-haf percentage of electors or such county.
 That two-thirds vote Is neeeeaary to attach the emergency clause to Legislative or Town Council measures
 That the initiative and referendum powers of the people are reserved te the legal voters or each muhitipdilP and county.
 or Mayor shall not extend to tnitH3uNe or referendum measures and that the same is not subject to amenumtht 3s the General Assembly or city ConncH 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 voterH petition for speeial eiee- ton.
 That any measure shall take effect and become a law when approved by majority of the votes cast on such measure.
 That no limitation shall he placed of the number of constitutional amend ments. laws. or other measures which may be proposed.
 FOR AMENDMENT NO 13
 AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 13 Be It Enacted by the People Of the
 State of Arkansas;
 That Section of Article to the Constitution Of the state ot Arkahsas h.s amended so as to read as follows
 Section l. The legislative power of the people Of this State shall be vested in a General Assembly, which shall consist of the Senate and House of Representatives. but the people reserve to themselves the power to profHee legislative measures. laws and amend ments to the Constitution. and to enact or reject the same at 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- proprfatiou 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 8 constitutional amendment AJ initiative petition, and every such petf- ton shall include the full text or the measure so proposed. Initiative peti- tions for statewide measures shall he filed with the Secretary of State not less than four months before the elee- tion at which they are to be voted upon: Provided. that at least thirty days before the aforementioned filing the proposed measure shall have heen published once. at the expense of the petitioners, in some paper Of genera circulation.
 served by the people is the referendum and any number not less than six per cent Of the legal voters may by psu- ton order tie referendum against any general act or any item of an appro priation bill, or measure passed bE tHs General Assembly. but the filing of referendum petition against one el more items. sections or parts or 1.a such act or measure shall not lay the remainder from becoming epeF atfve. Such petition shall be filed wtth the Secretary of State not later th9H ninety days after the final adjournment of the session at which such act Was passed, except when q recess or ad- 1ournment shall be taken temporariR for a longer period than ninety s=z in which ease such petition saa3 filed not later than ninety days q lst such recess or temporary adJeurnHeet Any measure referred to the people hA referendum petition. shall remain II abeyance until such Vote is taken. Phe total number of votes cast for the of flee of Governor in the last preeedlne general election shall be the basis upon which the number of signatures of legal voters upon statewide initiative and referendum petitions shall be com- puted.
 Upon all initiative or referendum petitions provided for in any of the sections of this article IL 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 of the electors of such county.
 Emergency, If 1t shall be necessary for the preservation of the public peace. health or safety, that 3 measure shall become effeetive without delay, such necessity shall be stated in one section. and if upon 8 yea and nay vote two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, or two=thirds of all the members elected to city or town coun- cils. shall vote upon separate roll call in favor of the measure going Into im- mediate operation such emergency delay. It shall be necessary, however, to state the fact which constitutes such emergency. Provided however that an emergency shall not be de- clared on any franchise or special priv ilege or act oTeattng any vested right or interest or alienatinG any property of the State. If referendum Is filed against any emergency measure such measure shall De a law until II Is voted upon by the people. and if it is then rejected by a majority of the electors voting thereon, it shall be thereby re- pealed. The provisions of this sub- section shall apply to city or town councils.
 Local for Municipalities and Counties The initiative and referendum powers of the people are hereby further re- served to the legal voters of each municipality and county as to all local. special. and municipal Legislation of every character in and for their re- spectlve municipalities and counties, but no local leeislatio shall be enacted contrary to the Constitution or any general law of the State, and any gen eral 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 legislat ton. General laws shall be enacted provid- Ing for the exercise of the initiative and referendum as 10 counties Fiftecr per cent of the legal voters of any municipality or county may order the referendum, or Invoke the initiative upon any local measure. Tn municipal ities the number of signatures re- quired upon any petition shall be com puted upon the total vote cast for the office of mayor q the last preceding general election iE counties upon the office Of circuit cler6. m munlcipalf- ties and counties the time for fling an Initiative petition shall not be fixed at less than sixty days nor more than ninety days before the election at which it is to be voted upon; for a rel Arendum petition at not less than thirty