The Little River news., 1920-08-21
PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE
 PETITION. PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 13 TO THE CONSTITUTION OF AR
 KANSAS,

That eight per cent of the legal voters may propose any law and ten per cent may propose a constitutional amendment.
 That the second power reserved by the people is the referendum by which six per cent of the voters may by peti- tion order the referendum of any gen. eral acts or any item Of an appropria- tton bill or measure passed by the Cen eral Assembly. There shall be filed petitions from at least fifteen counties of the State and bearing signatures of one-half percentage of electors of such county.
 That a two thirds vote is necessary to attach the emergency clause to Legislative or Town Council measures.
 That the initiative and referendum powers of the people are 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 that the same Is not subject to anne endment by the General Assembly or City Council except by two thirds vote.
 That all measures initiated by the people shall be submitted only at reg ular elections except whan fifteen per cent of voters petition for special elec- ton.
 That any measure shall take effect and become a law when approved by majority of the votes east on such
 That no limitation shall he 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:
 That Section l, of Article , to the and Amendment No. 10 thereto be amended so as to read as follows:
 Section 1. The legislative power of 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 propose Legislative measures. laws and amend ments to the Constitution. and to enact or reject the sa4me at the polls inde- pendent of the General Assembly; and also reserve the power a their own option to approve or reject at the polls any entire act any item of 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 initia tive petition. and every such peti- ton shall include the full text of the measure so proposed. Initiative pett- tions for state wide measures shall be filed with the Secretary of State not less than four months before the cleo ton at which they are 10 be voted upon: Provided. that at least thirty days before the aforementioned fling, the proposed measure shall have been published once, at the expense of the petitioners, in some paper of general circulation,
 Referendumi 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 fling of 2 referendum petition against one or more items, sections or parts of any such act or measure shall not dHlay 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 passed, except when a recess ad journment shall be taken temporarily for longer period than ninety days. in which case such petition shall be filed not later than ninety days nafter sIch recess or temporary adjournment. Any measure referred to the people by refersndum petition shall remain in absyAnce until such vote 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 and referendum petitions shall be com puted.
 petitions provided for in any of the sections of this article, 1t shall be necessary to nIe rom at least OIte6n of the counties of the State, petitions bearing the signature of not less than one-haIf of the designated percentage of the electors Of such chs county
 for the preservation of the public peace. health or safety, that measure shall become effective without delay. such necessity shall be stated in one section, and if upon yea and nay vote two thirds of all the members elected to each house. or two-thirds of all the xI& els. shall vote upon separate roll call in favor of the measure going into i'm mediate operation, such emergency measure shall become effective without delay It shall be necessary, however, to state the fact which constitutes such emergency. Provided, however, cIared on any franchise or special priv ilege or act creating any vested right or interest or alternating any property of the State. If a referendum Ia filed against any emergency measure such measure shall be law until It is voted upon by the people and if 1t is then rejected by majority of the electors voting thereon, it shall be thereby pealed The provisions of this sub section shall apply to city or town councils.
 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, 
 every character in and for their re- spective municipalities and counties, but no local Legislation 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 to their local legisla ton. General laws shall be enacted provid- ing for the exercise Of the Initiative And referendum as to counties. Fifteen per cent of the legal voters of any municipality or county may order tne referendum or invoke the initiative upon any local measure. Tn muni cipal- ities the number of signatures re- quired upon any petition shall be com puted upon the total vote cast for the office of mayor at the last pree ding general election; in counties upon the office of circuit clerk. Tn muEicipaH- ties and counties the time for fliae an ini tive petition shall not be fixed than sixty days nor more than
 days before the election at 1t is to be voted upon, for a ref erb4ldum petition at not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days after the passage of such measure by municipal council; nor less than min aty days when filed against 2 local or spe- kxr