Cleveland County herald., 1920-08-05
PRopOSED- BY INITIATIVE PETITION. PnoPosED AMENDMENT NO. Is TO THE CONSTITUTION OF AR- ,=.. KANSAS.

Consultation 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 per cont may propose a constitutional That ,the second power reserved by i the people Is the referendum by which | six per cent of the voters may by peti-
 oralShcts or any Item of an appropria- | tion bill or measure passed by the Gen | eral Assembly. Thcre shall be filed
 petitions from a1 least fifteen countee | of the State and bearing signatures
 of one-haf percentage of electors of 1 such county.
 That a two-thirds vote Is necessary
 to attach the emergency eieuse to i Legislative Town Council measures. That the initiative and referendum powers Of the people are reserved to the lenal voters of each municipality
 That7the veto power of the Governor or Mayor shall not. extend to initiative | or referefdum measures and that tn ( ( @ General Assembly or City CouRcil except by two-thirds vote
 That all measures initiated by the ! people shalt be submitted only at reg ular elections except whom nftecn per cent of voters petition for special eloc- and become a low when approved by a 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 REFINEMENT NO. 13. | Ee It Enacted .hy the People of the 1 State of Arkansas:
 That Section of Article to the | Constitution of the State of Arkansas and Amendment Nc. .'1o thereto be @@llA
 Section 1. The legislative power cf
 the people of this State shall be vested
 in a General Assembly, which shall
 consist of tho Senate and House of
 Representatives but the people reserve | to themselves the power to propose l 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 st the polls
 proPrihtion bill.
 Initintfv-i The first power reserved by the people is the initia tive. 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-
 ten shs sd "p1qaS s' f ssd 9 a | tons 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 to be voted upon: Provided. that at least thirty days before the aforcmentioned filing. the proposed measure shall have been published onco, mt the expense Of the petitioners, in somo paper of general circulation.
 Refcrendumt Tho second power re- served by the people ia the referendum. and any number not less thnn six pei cent of the legal voters may. by peti- ton. order the referendum against any general act. or any ltem of an appro nrfatton hill DaHSpd by the General Assembly, but the fllinH of referendum petition against one or such act or measure shall not delay the remainder from becoming oper- alive. Such petition shall be filed with the Secretary of sState not later than ninety days after the final adjournment of the scrsion at which ruch act was passed except when recers or ad- 1ournment shall he taken temporarily for longer period than ninety days in which case such petition shall bo nled not later than ninety days after such recess or tcmpo oraryA adjournment. referendum petition shall remain In. abeynncc until snch vote Is taken. The total number of votes cast for the of fec. of Governor. in the last preceding general election shall bc the basis upon which the number of signatures oi ieEnl voters upon statewide initiative land referendum petitions slall be com: puted.
 Upon all initiative or referendum petitions provided for in any of the sections Of this article. 1t shall be of the counties of the State, .retitions bearing the signature of not less than one-h half of the vdcsisnated percentage of the electors of such county. Emergency, If It shall be necessary peace, r@s as e.ssa,S afesy. fsst measure such necessity shall be stated In one section. and If upon yea and nay vote two-thirds of all the members elected to each hoVBe. or two-t 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 i'm mediate operation such emergency
 measure sl>c II become effective swithout delay. It fhan be necessary. however, to state the fact which. constitutes such emergency. Provided. however. clarcd on any franchise or special priv ilcse or act creating any vested right or interest or alternating any property of the Statc.-1f referendum is filed against any emergency measure such measure shall be n law until 1t is voted upon by the people. and If it ia then rejected by majority of the electors voting thereon. 1t shall be thereby re- pealed. The provisions of this sub section shall apply to city or town councils
 The initiative and referendum powers of tho people are hereby further re- served to the legal voters of each 'muni nicipa!ity and county ss to all local. special, and municipal Legislation of every character in and for their re- spective municipalities and counties. but no local legislation shall be enacted contrary to the Consultation any general law of the State. and any gen eral law shall have the effect of repeal inE any local legislation which Is In conflict therewi<h.
 Municipalities may. provide for the e%ercisc of the initiative and refer cndum as to their local lcEinlation. General laws shall be enacted provid- inw for the exercise of the initiative and referendum as to counties. Fiftecs per cent of the legal voters of any municipality or county may order the referendum. or Invoke the initiative upon any. local measure. In municipal ites the number of signatures re- auired upon any petition shall be com puted upon the total vote cast for the office Of mayor st 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 a less than sixty days nor moro than ninety days before the election at which 1t k to be voted upon; for a ref erondum petition at not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days after the passage of such measure hy