Cleveland County herald., 1920-09-09
PRorosnD 1Y INITIATIVE
 PETfTION. PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. la TO THE CONSTITUTION OF AR-
 kANNAS

THE C0NsTTTUTtoN or AR-
 Amending Section 1, Article 5. to the l Constttution of the State of Arkansas, 1 posing:
 That eight per cent of the legal voters may propose any law and ten per cent may propose . constitutional That the second power reserved by the people is the referendum by which ton order the rs1erendnm of any gen eral acts or Any Item of sn appro1ria- tion sin or measure passed by the Gen. fraM s.s:.a s. ss ni.s of the State and bearing mgnature. of one-hAif percentage of electors ef
 That . two-shirda vote is necessary to attach ths emergency eisuse To Legislative or Town Council measures. That She Initiative and referehdurn sh. legal voters of each municipality
 That the vote power of the Goveraer CT Mayer shall not extend to initiative or referendum measures and that ths same is not subject to amendment by tte General Assembly or. City Couacil | except by two-thirds vote '
 That all measures initiated by the 1 people shall be submit ted eRly at reg I uiar elections except ~hch fifteen per cont of voters petition for special slec- ton.
 1 That any measure shall take effect | and become . law when approved by A majority of the votes cast on such
 That no limitation shall be placed on the number of constitutional amend ments, laws or other measures which may be proposed.
 FOR AMENDMENT NO. 1s
 AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. i3
 Be It E~rcted by the People of the
 State of Arkansas:
 That Section of Artici. s to the And Amendment No. 10 thereto be amended so as to read as follows:
 section 1. The lesislativs power os in n General Assembly. whica shall consist sf the Senate and House of I Representatives.. but the people reserve 10 themselves the power to propose l legislative measures. laws and amend ments to ths Constitution. and to enact or reject the same at the polls inde. | pendent Of the General Assembly; and also reserve the mower. at their own option to approve or reject at the polls any entire act or any item of an ap- propriatieh bill l by the people Is the initiative. Eight per cent of the legal voters may pro- pose any law and, ten. per cent may | propose constitutional amendment by initiative petition. and every such petf- ton shall include the fYll text of the measure so proposed. fnitiatiye' peti- | tons Tor statewide measures snail bS filed with the Secretary of State not less than four months before the elec- 1 ton at which they are to be voted upon: Provided. that at least thirty | days before the aforementioned fling. | the proposed measure shall have been published once. at the, expense of the petitioners, in some paper of general Referendum, The second power re- served by the people is the referendum. and any number not less than six per
 
 | ton. order the referendum against any | general act or any item Of an appro priation bill. or measure passed by the | General Assembly but the filing of a | more ttems.- sections or parts of any 1 such act or measure shall not delay the remainder from becoming opsr. 1 the Secretary of State not later than ninety days after the final adjournment of the session at which such act wa, aournment shall be taken temporarily for A longer period than ninety days. l in which caso such petition shall be such recess or temporary adjournment | Any measure referred to the people by referendum petition shall remain in total number of votes cast for the of, 1 flee of Governor In the last preceding 1 general election shall be the basis upon which ths number vna or sisnatutss ,a,., Q, and referendum petitions shall be com puted.
 ssction. ot this a. taat.s ,, t .hsi! s,,.s ss of the counties of the State. .petition, ohs-ha1f of the desisnsted pereentass Emergency, II t shall be necessary ps.ea 1S. .hs ss s sy ss St the ss.s4. ssSl. such necessity shsfi Ss stated in one section: and If upon \ yea and nay vot. to each house. or two-thirds of all the members elected to city Or town ccun- cils: shall vote upon separate ron call 0d S0lhs ,ato m measure shpii become effective without delay. It fhail be necessary. however to st..e the fact which. which eonssl.uts. that an emergency shall not be do- clared on any franchise or special priv ilege or act creating any vested right of tho state. If referendum is hied~ against any emergency measure such neasurs shaii be q lay until t is voted rejected by a majority of the electors voting thereon. 1t shall be thereby re- psaled. The provisions of this sub- section shall apply to city or town 
 Local for M.nicfpaiitie~ Hsd Counties, The initiative and referendum powers of tho people are hereby further re- served to the legal voters of each municipality 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 shnil be enacted contrary to the Constitution or any general law of the State. and any gen eral law shall have the effect of repeal ing any local legislation which Ia in conflict therewkh.
 Municipalities may provide for the s& ercise of the initiative and refer endun as to heir local legislation. General laws shall be enacted provid- ing for the exercise of the initiative and referendum as to counties. Fifteen 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 ities the number of signatures re- aulr.d upon any p.ti.ion shall be com putcd upon the total vote cast for the office of mayor at the last preceding. general election. In counties upon the office of circuit clerk. In f.unicipaH- ties and counties the, time for filing an Initiative petition shall not be fixed at less than sixty days nor more than