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of State, SupJect to :, preme Court of the State, which shall I have original and exclusive jurisdic- tion over all such causes. The sui ficiency of all local petitions shall pc decided in the first instance by the county clerk or the city clerk as the case may be, subject to review py tne Chancery Court.
 Court Decisions: If the sufflclency of any petition is challenged suca cause shall be a preference cause ana shall be tried at once, but the 1alluic of the courts to decide prior to the election as to the sufficiency of any such petition, shall not prevent the question from being placed upon the hallot at the election named in sucn net;t;on nor initiate against the valid itv of such measure, if it shall have heen approved by vote of the peo- pie. n.:. retary of State, county clerk or city clerk as the case may be, shall decide any petition to. be insufficient, ne shall without delay notify the spon- sors of such petition, and permit at least thirty days from the date or such notification, in the instance oi a statewide petition, or ten days m 'ne instance of a municipal or county pe- tition. for correction or amendment. Tn the event of legal proceedings to prevent giving legal effect to any net;tion upon any grounds, the burden of proof shall be upon the person or nersons attacking the validity of the petition.
 f JJnwarranted Restrictions Prohib- tied: No law shall be passed to pro- hibit any person or persons from glV- ing or receiving compensation Tor circulating petitions, nor to pronioit the circulation of petitions nor Tn any manner interfering with the treedom of the people in procuring petitions, hut laws shall be enacted prohibiting and penalizing perjury, forgery, ana all other felonies or other fraudulent nractices in the securing of sigma lures or filing of petitions.
 Publications: All measures submit ted to vote of the people by petltion under the provisions of this section shall be published as is now, or here after may be provided by law.
 Enacting Clause: The style of all bills initiated and submitted under the provisions of this section shall De:' "Be It Enacted By The People of the State of Arkansas, (Municipiality or County, as the case may be)." In sup mittineA measures to the people, the Secretary of State and all other of- ficials shall be guided by the general election laws or municipal laws as the case may be until additional leglsla- tion is provided therefor. Self-Exeeuting: This section snail be self-executing. and all it's provls- ons shall be treated as mandatory, but laws may be enacted to facilitate US operation. No legislation shall De enacted to restrict, hamper or impair the exercise of the rights herein re- served to the people.
 That this amendment to the Constl- tuition of the State be, and the same shall be in substitution of the tni- tiation and Referendum Amendment approved February 19, 1909, as the same appears in the Acts of Arkansas
 for 1909, on. pages 1239 and 124O or the volume containing the same; and
 that the said amendment (andt the act of the General Assembly to carry out the same, approved June 3O,, 1911,
 so far as the same is in conflict herewith be, and the same are here
 by repealed.
 Witness my official signature this 24th day of July, 1920.
 (Seal) TOM J. IEhhAA, Secretary of State.
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