The Little River news., 1920-08-07
PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE
 PETITION

PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION.
 PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. Ia TO l THE CONSTiTJ TEO& OE AR- ] KANSAS.
 Amending Section i, Article 5, to the Consultation of the State of Arkansas i and Amendment No. 10 thereto pro- i posing:
 That eight per cent of the legal | voters may propose any law and ten 1 per cent may propose a constitutional am mendment.
 That the second power reserved by ! the people Is the referendum by which 1 six per cent of the voters may by pNti- tion order the referendum of any gem | eral acts or any item of an appropria- eral Assembly. There shalt be filed i petitions from at least fifteen counties of the State and bearing signatures of one-han percentage of electors of
 That a wo-thirds vote is necessary a, to attach the emergency clause to
 That the initiative and referendum powers of the people are reserved to tho legal voters of each municipality
 That the veto power of the Governor or Mayor shall not extend to initiative | or referendum measures and that the same is not subject to amendinent by, 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 elec- ton.
 That any measure shall take effect and become law when approved by a majority of the votes cast such m easure.
 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. 13 Be It Enacted by the People of the
 State of Arkansas:
 Constitution of the State of Arkansas and Amendment No. 10 thereto be amended so .s to read as follows
 s psope of sts shs Be In a General Assembly. which shall consist Eof the Senate and House of Representatives. but the people reserve to themselves the power to props legislative measures, laws and amend ments to the Constitution. and to enact or reject the same at the polls inde, 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 a constitutional amendment by initiative petition. and every such peti tion shall include the full text of the measure so proposed. Initiative peti- tions for statewide measures sh all be filed with the Secretary of 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 been published once, at the expense Of the petitioners, in some paper of general circulation
 Refercndu,n. The second power re- served by the people is the referendum, and any number not less than six pc 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 the General Assembly, but the filing of referendum petition against one more items, sections or parts of any such act or measure shall not delay the remainder from becoming oper- ative. Such petition shall be filed with the Secretary of State not later than ninety days after the final adjournment of the session at which such act was journment shall be taken temporarily for longer period than ninety days in which case such petition shall be filed not later than ninety days after slch recess or temporary adjournment Any measure referred to the people by referendum petition shall remain in
  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 and referendum petitions shall be com puted.
 petitions provided for in any of the sections of this article, it shall be necessary to file from at least fifteen of the counties oY the State, petitions hno v ha q n a nf ons-half of the designated percentage of the electors of such county.
 Emsrsency: If t shall be neoessary peace. heal tn or safety. that a measure shall become effective without dalay, such neces sity shall be stated in ono two -tr irds of all the members electad to each house. or two-thirds of all the members elected to c!ty or town coun- els, shall vote upon separate roll call Tn favor of the measure going into i'm mediate operation. such eR lrgeney measure shall become effective without to state the fact which constitutes such emergency. Proviaed however, that an emergency shall not be de- clared on any franchise or special priv ilege or act creating any vested right t or interest or alienating any property of the State If referendum is filed against any emergency measure such measure shall be a law until it 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 MunicipnIitiVs ard 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. ard municipal lagislatien of every character in and Tor their re- spective nun !cipalities and counties but no local leSisla ton shall he ena cted contrary to the Constitu ton CT any general law or the State and any gen eral law shall have tn" effect of repeal Ing any local legislation which is in conflict herewith.
 Nun icipalties may provide for the Ne'cise O, the i"itiltive and refc.- r~6.m as to their local leg: ala ton. 61ntral laws shat bo enacted afavftl- ipc for the exerei9e of .he initi4tiva and refercndu T IS . ccIeties :S,-trs.l pr cent of the 'a~a! vofnrs of qvv r"rr je.re lily or county may order the referendun,. or invoke tho initiative upcn any locai measure. Tn nunicipal- flies the nurber of signatures re- siuired upon any petition shall be com Duted upon tae total vote cast for the office of mayor at the last preceding general election; in counties upon the office of circuit clerk. Tn municipali- ties and counties the time for filine an iwf i've petition shall not be fixed