The Nevada County picayune., 1920-09-16


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 Conflicting Measures: If conflicting measures initiated or referred to theI people shall be approved by majority of the votes severally cast for and against the same at the same election the one receiving the highest number of affirmative votes shall become law
 THE PETITION
 Title: At the time of filing petitions the exact title to be used on the ballotI shall by the petitioners be submitted with the petition. and on State-widel measures, shall be submitted 10 theI State Board of Election Commissioner, who shall certify such title to the See retary of State to be placed upon the ballot; on county and municipal meas ures such title shall be submitted toI the county election board and shall byI such board be placed upon the ballot in such county or municipal election.
 Limitations: No limitation shall bel placed upon the number of constitu tional amendments, laws, or other measures which may be proposed and submitte dit the people by either initiative or referendum petitions asI provided in this section. No petitionI shall be held invalid if it shall containI greater number of signatures than required herein.
 Notification: Only legal votes shall be counted upon petitions. Petitions may be circulated and presented in parts, but each part of any petitionI shall have attached thereto the affi- davit of the person circulating the same, that all signatures thereon were made in the presence of the affiant, and that to the best of the atfiants knowledge and belief each signature isl genuine, and that the person signing isl a legal voter and no other affidavit or verifcation shall be required to estab fish the genuneness of such signatures
 Sufficiency The sufficiency of all state wide petitions shall be decided in the first instance by the Secretary of State, subject to review by the Su preme Court of the State, which shall have original and exclusive jurisdic- ton over all such causes. The suffi- ciency of all local petitions shall be decided in the first instance by the county clerk or the city clerk as the case may be, subject to review by the Chancery Court.
 Court Decisions: If the suficiency of any petition is challenged such cause shall be preference cause and shall be tried at once, but the failure Of the courts to decide prior to the election as to the sufficiency of any such peti- tion, shall not prevent the question r,la n ha a the election named in such petition, nor initiate against the validity of such measure. if it shall have been approved by vote of the people.
 Amendment of Petition: If the Sec retary of State, county clerk or city clerk, as the case may be, shall decide any petition to be insufficient, he shall without delay notify the sponsors of such petition, and permit at least thirty days from the date of such notifica- tion. in the instance of statewide petition. or ten days in the instance of municipal or county petition. for cor rection or amendment. h the event of legal proceedings to prevent giving legal effect to any petition upon any grounds, the burden of proof shall bel upon the person or persons attackinGI the validity of the petition.
 tnwarranted Restrictions Prohib- ited: No law shall be passed to pro hibit any persoiiaor persons from giving or receiving compensation for circu lating petitions, nor to prohibit thel circulation of petitions, nor in any manner interfering with the freedom If the people in procuring petitions but laws shall be enacted prohibiting and penaliZing perjury, forgery, and all other felonies or other fraudulent practices. in the securing of signatures or filing of petitions.
 Publication: All measures submitted to vote of the people by petition under the provisions of this sectionl shall be published as is now, or here after may be provided by law.
 Enaeting Clause: The style of all bills initiated and submitted under thel provisions of this section shall be: Be It Enacted By The People of theI State of Arkansas. Municipality orl County. as the ease may bel" In sub hitting measures to the people, theI Secretary of State and all other of ficials shall be guided by the general election ldWS of lllulclpdl ldNS dS iHe case may he until additional legisla .ion is provided therefor,
 Self lf-Executing: This section shall he self-executing. and all it's provisions shall be treated as mandatory, but laws may be enacted to facilitate its oper alton. No legislation shall be enacted to restrict hamper or impair the eXer- else of the rights herein reserved toI the people.
 That this amendment to the Consti tuition of the State he, and the samel shall be in substitution of the lnitia- tive and Referendum Amendment, ap-l proved February l9, 1909. as the samel appears in the Acts of Arkansas fOrl 1909. on pages l239 and l240 of theI volume containing the same and thatl the said amendment (and the act of the General Assembly 10 carry out thel same. approved June 30. 1911. so far as the same is in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.