Cleveland County herald., 1920-09-09
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[, . .;'r--,''; .ss n r ''s Hs .s-sS General Assembly or by any city eova- sn roll call of two-t thirdy o9 all the n embers elected ts each house of the 0sreral Assembly. - of the city esun- cfl.. as the ease may es.
 EaecsisA, All measursv inttsetsa e7 sAe people whether for the stat4 county. city or town. shall Dc submtttes state. congressional or. municipal. sa: referendum petitions may be refe.feA to the people at special slscsiens tS ss- special elections shaii be called whsn fifteen per cent sf the legal voters shail petition for such special election. Ahd If the referendum is invoked aA to any e :sss Sa .s .rS:r special election.
 Majority, Any measure submiteed ts the people ss hefsiH prcyided shall faxs effect and become iaw~~ approved such measure. and not otherwise, ana shali not be required to receive . Ma- ierity sf the electors votlHa at sueh alive on and after the thirtieth day after the election at which IL is .ap. proved. uR4ess otherwise specified h the act
 This section shall not De construed. NO Assembly of the right to introduce any measure. but no measure shalt be slc,- n1ittcd to tho people by the Gonefai tionai amendfnent or amendmsnts sa provided for In this Constitution. s,
 Canvass ana DecIaTatfoe sf RssrIts The result of the vote upon any StaM measure shall be eanvassed ana ds- Commissioners Cor legal substitute thorefor) upon . municipal or county measure, by the county election conn missLoners Cor legal substitute there fof).
 Conflicting Measuresi If conflicting Deasures initiated or referred to the people shall be approved by majority against the same at the same election. the ono receiving the. highest numbst
 THE PETITION
 Title, At tho time of filing petitions the exact title to be used on the ballot shall by the petitioners be submitted with the petition. and on ..stAts-wids measures. shall be submitted ts the state Board of fEi.ction CSmni.sio.:ss. rotary of State to be placed upon the ballot; on county and municipal mean urea such title shall be submitted to the county election board and shall by sAid board be placed apon the ballot in such county or municipal election.
 Lin,itati~nt Ts limitation shall hs placed upon the number of constitu- tlonal amendments. laws. or other submitted to ths people Ky either initiative sor referendum petition aa provided in. this section. No petition shall be held invalid If 1t shall con tain
 Verincstio., Only .less. votes shall be counted upon petitions. Petitions parts but each part of say psti.ioS shall have attached thereto the .affi- davit of the person circulating the same. that all sigpktnres thereon were and that to the best of, the. sffiants knowledge and belief each signature is genuine. and that the person stE1inS h Merihcation shall he required to ests5- lIsh the senuineness of such sixnatures
 saffeieneyi The sutf;eicncy of all statewide petitions shall be decided of State. subject to review bx the Sa prone Court of ths state. which shall have original and exclusive jurisdic- cieney of all local petitions shall be decided in the first instance. by the county clerk or. the city clerk as the esss may be. subject to review by the
 Court De-s-.e.A. If the suthetene. of any petition ts challenged such cause shall be preference cause and shall DC tfle0 AS ohCe, put Inc IbljHresCI t6e courts to decide prior to the election as to the suffieiescy of any such peti- tion, shail not prevent the question from being placed upon the ballot al initiate against the validity of such measure. If tt shall have been approved by vote of tho r.o~'..
 Amendment of Petition, IT the sse- retAry of State. county. 'clerS or city clerk. as the case may DC. shall decide any petition to be insufficient. eha shall without delay notify the sponsers of days days from th "d dats a of such nosiae.. ton, in the, instance, of . state.wide petition. or ten days in the instance of . municirel or county petition. for cor, legal proceedings to prsventa giving legal effect to any petition upon any grounds. the burden of proof ahan he upon the person or psrsons attacking
 UnwarranteA Restrictions rxehie- tied, No law shan be passed fo Nrs- hibit any person or persons from Siving p..s Dsr to nrdSs, iST rsn .n nsaGn m.msl inssrfsrina M s.''s wi:a s fr.sdsrns dnn 2, n. pespis ln prseSrisnE; nstsien.: and penalisinr psrJary. forgery. ana aii- other feionies cr other fraudulent practices. In the securing of sisnatures or nlinE of pstleSSns: .....-. to A vote of th. people by petition under. the .proyisiors of th}s Ssetisn shalt be published As is now. or here after may be provided bylaw.
 fcnacttn9 Clause, The style of all bills initiated and submitted urAsY the provisions of this &setiSn ;hali hs: State of ArEansas. .tMunlcipAlity CT County. As tho casa may bs)." in sub mitting measures to the people. the 6sefetary of State and ali other of- ntials shall be guided by the general election laws or municipal laws as the is provided therefor.
 Beif-FxeeutinSt This seet!sn shall be self-exscutinE, and all It's provisions shall he treated as mandatory, but iawU may be enacted to facilitate It's oper. atien. No laEisiatton shall be enacted to restrict.r hanfper or impair the exsr- else ot the rights herein reserved to
 That this amendment to the Consti. tuition of the State be. and the same shall be in substitution of the lnltiA. tive and, Referendum Amsndm snt, ap. proved Febraary is. ises. as the same appears In tho Acts of .Arkahsas fo1 1908, on pages l7ss and i24o of thS volume containing the sGfne; ana thAA the said amendment tAnd tho act ef the General Assembly to carry out the Rar,e. approved June 70, 1tll, 50 far AS the earne Ia in conflict k4rswItA) Ne. and the same are hereby recAAleA