The spectator., 1920-07-27

General Assembly or by any city couna cil. except upon a yea and nay vote on roll call of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house of the General Assembly, or of the city coun- cil ss the case may be.
 Elections All measures initiated by the people whether for the State. county, city or town, shall be submitted State, congressional or municipal. but referendum petitions may be referred to the people at special elections to be called by the proper official, and such nfteen per cent of the legal voters shall petition for such special election, and IT the referendum is invoked as to any measure passed by city or town coun- ctl such city or town council may order a special election.
 MnjOritys Any measure submitted to the people as herein provided shall take effect and become law when approved by a majority of the votes cast upon such measure, and not otherwise, and snail not be required to receive a ma jority of the electors voting at such election. Such measures shall be oper atiVe on and after the thirtieth day after the election at which 1t Is ap- proved. unless otherwise specified in the act.
 This section shall not be construed to deprive any member of the General Assembly of the right to introduce any measure. but no measure shall be sub mitted to the people by the General Assembly, except proposed constitu- tlonai amendment or amendments as provided for In this Constitution
 Canvass and Declaration of Result, The result of the vote upon any State measure shall be canvassed and de clared by the State Board of Election Commissioners Cor legal substitute therefor); upon municipal or county measure, by the county election com mi issioners Cor legal substitute there for).
 Conflicting Measures: If conflicting measures initiated or referred to the 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; A the time of filing petitions the exact title to be used on the ballot shall by the petitioners be submitted with the petition, and on state ide measures. shall be submitted to the State Board of Election Commissioners who shall certify such title to the See retary or State to be placed upon the ballot; on county and municipal meas ures such title shall be submitted to the county election board and shall by said board be placed upon the ballot in such county or municipal election.
 Limitations: No limitation shall be placed upon the number of constitu- tional amendments, laws, or other measures which may be proposed aud submitted to the people by either initiative or referendum petition as provided in this section. No petition shall be held invalid if it shall contain greater number of signatures than required herein.
 Notifications Only legal votes shal be counted upon petitions. Petitions may be circulated and presented in parts, but each part Of any petition 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 affiants knowledge and belief each signature Is genuine. and that the person signing is a legal voter and no other affidavit or verification shall be required to estab- fish the genuineness of such signatures SufffcieNcy. The sufficiency ef 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 cion orIe all such causes. Tke suffi- cienoy 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 Dccisionsi If the sufficiency 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 ss to the sufficieney of any such peu-
 
 from being placed upon the ballot at the election named in such petition. nor initiate against the validity of such measure, if it shall have been approved by vote of ths people.
 tawarranted Restrictions Prohfb- retary ot State. county clerk or city clerk, as the case may be, shall decide any petition 10 be insufficient. he shall without delay notify the sponsers of such petition. and permit at least thirty days from the date. of such notilica ton. in the instance of q state wide petition. or ten days in the instance of a municipal or county petition. for cor rection or amendment. In the event of legal proceedings to prevent giving grounds the burden of proof shall be upon the person or persons attacking the validity of the petition.
 Unwarrnnted Restrictions Prohib- hthit any person or persons from giving or receiving compensation for circu- lating petitions nor to prohibit ths circulation of petitions, nor in any manner interfering with the freedom of the people in procuring petitions. but laws shall be enacted prohibiting other felonies CT other fraudulent practices. in the securing of signatures or Aims of petitions
 Publications All measures submitted to vote of the people by petition under the provisions of this section shall be published as Is now, or here after may be provided by law. Enacting Cinuset The style of all bills initiated and submitted under the provisions of this section shall be: '.Be It Enacted By The People of the State of ArkansSs. Municipality or County as the case may bel" in sub hitting measures to the people. the Secretary of State and all other of ficials shall be guided by the general election laws or municipal laws ns the case may be until additional legislation Is provided therefor.
 setf-Esecuttn9i This section shall be self-eNeouting, and ali it's provisions shall be treated as mandatory, but laws may be enacted to facilitate its oper- ation. No legislation shall be enacted to restrict. hamper or impair the exer- else Of the rights herein reserved to the people.
 That this amendment to the Consti- tuition of. the State be, and the same shall be in substitution of the Initia- tive and Referendum Amendment, ap- proved February le. 1909. as the same appears in the Acts of Arkansas for 1909, on pages l239 and l2a0 of the volume containing the same: and that the said amendment tand the act or the General Assembly to carry out the same, approved June 80, l9ll 50 far as