Cleveland County herald., 1920-09-23
PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE
 PETITION
PROPOSED AMExpMrST NO. 1s TO TnE CONSTITUTION oE AR-
 KANSAS.

That eight per cent of the legal cer'is eer r,1 may propose any law and ten Amrr dment. Tfat the second power reserved by tne people is the referendum by which eix per cent of the voters may by peti- ton order the referendum of any gem eral hcts or any item of an appropria- .a,n s.a1 h,i. .. or pensu.s passed by the Gen, htG ons from st least fftser counties ol tAe State and bearing signatures ol ohe-ea!f percentage Of electors of
 That two thirds vote is necessary to alta sh the emergency cisuse te Legislative or Town Council measures
 mat the initiative and referendum powers or the people are reserved te 1 and county.
 That the veto power of the Governor or Mayor shall not extend to Initiative i or referendum measures and that thu same is not sub1ec, to am.ndment by ' General Assembly or City Council except by two thirds vote.
 1 That all measures initiated by the 1 people shall be submitted only at reg uler elections except when fifteen per l cent of voters petition for special elec- l ton.
 i That any measure shall take effect snd become law when approved by a | measure.
 That no limitation shall be placed on 1 tee number of constitufionai amend
 
 may be proposed.
 FOR AMENDMENT NO, 13
 AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 1s 1 Bc It Enacted hy the People of tho
 State of Arkansas:
 | Constitrtien of the stato of Arkansas i md Arnerdcnert Ns. 10 thereto be | snArae6 ss ss to resa ns :a''a-s
 ss eSsG sso9is sesse ess sa .Sf 6s oeTss co i In a General Assembly. whion sinai consist of the Senate and House of Eepresenta tives. but the people reserve to themselves the power to propose legislative measures. laws and amend Ments to the Constitution. ard to ennet CT reject the same st tho polls lnde- pendent of the General Assembly; and ! also reserve the power. at their own l option tn approve or reject at the polls nry entire aAt or any item of an ap
 Initiative; Tie first power reserved I hy the people is the iuitia tive. Eight. DOT cent of the l"Eal voters may pro- pose any law and ten per cent may propose a constitutional amendment bs. initiative petition. and every such peti- ton shall include the flSn text Of the tons for state-witte measures shall be filed with the Secretary of State not less than four morths before the cleo tion at which they are to he voted upon: Provided. that al lnnst thirty days before the aforer1 ent tioned flins-. the proposed measure shall have been published once. at the expense Of the petitioners, in some paper of general circulation,
 [ ucfcrrndu,n, Tho second power re- served ivy the people is the referendum. cent Of the legal voters may. by peti- ton. order ts1e referendum against any general at. or any Item Of an aDpro- prlat!on Dill or measure passed by the General Assembly,. but the filing of q referendum petition against one ot r'ore items. sections or parts Of any tho remainder from hecomng oper- alive. Such petition shall be filed with the Secretary Of Stat" not later than ninety days after the final adjournment Of tale seaaoh at which such act was | 1ournmert shall be taken temporarily | for longer period than ninety days. ! i7 which case such petition shall ha l filed not later than ninety days after sneh recess or temporary adjournment. Any measure referred to the people by abeyancc nntil such vote Is taleen.- The total number of votes cast for the of l fl"e of Governor In the last precedinR general elect on shall be the bass upon which the number of sienatures of legal voters upon statewide initiative and referendum petitions slrall be com puted.
 l'ron all initiative or reserAndr,r, petitions provided for in nny of tn. sections of this article, It shall he necessary to file from at least fifteen 
 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 a measure shall become effective without delay [ section and iy uron yea and nay vot. two thirds of all the members elected to each house. or two-thirds of all the membsrs elected to city or town .coun- Cf1 .T,4tiI ,,Ota ta rz11 In favor of the measure going into ir- mediate opnration such emergency treasure s'gll become effective, without to state the fact which constitutes such emergency. Provided. however that an emerCcrcy shall not he de ilege or aet creating any vested right ot the state If referendnn Is hied against any eherssnSy m s mTHEurs n snsl upon hy the people. and if 1t is thel rejected F. q majority of the electors voting th...eon. it shall be thereby re- realed The provisions of this snh- scct!on shall apply to city or town councils.
 .oraI for s'-nic,pn;it.rn n~d Counties Of the people arc hereby further re- s"rved tc tho legal voters ofs eacl runicipaiity and county as 10 all lodtl special and municipal lcgislattonf of
 
 spectIve municipalities and counties but no local leFislation shall be enactcc contrary to the Const.tution or any general law of the State. and any gen eral law shnn have the effect of repeal ing any local legislation which is ir conflict thcrewith.
 Municipalities may provide for the e~ ercise of the Initiative and refer endum as to their local Legislation General la WIS shall be eng rted provid- ing for tse exercise of tho initiative o,, efcr l n = per cent of the leGal voters of an, municipality or county n,ay order ths referendum. or invoke the initiative uron any lochl measure. In munIripal- ities the number of signatures re- qured upon any petition shall he com prtcd unon the total vote cast for tht office of mayor at the last preceding general election: in counties upon the Office Of circuit clerk In municpali- ties ard counties tho time for filing an initia tive petition shall not he fixed at iess than sixty days nor more than ninety days before the election at which il is 10 he voted upon for ref ercrduin petition at not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days after 1 the passage of such measure by a