Cleveland County herald., 1920-09-16
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ell except upon a yea and nay vsts on roll call of wo-thirds Of all the membero elected to each houee of the General Assembly, or of the city coan- cil. as the case may be.
 Election; All measures Initiated by | the people whether for the state county. city or town. shad be sabmittta ! only at tue resu ar e.eetlons eltaer State. congressional or municipal, ~ut reftrendun petitions may be referred to the people a special elections to be called by the proper official, and such : special elections shall be called when i fifteen per cent of the legal voters shall | petition for such special election, ard , if the referendum Is invoked as to any i measure passed by city or town coun- cil, such city or town council may order | a special election.
 MnJOrityi Any measure submitted to | the people as herein provided shall take l effect and become Ia aw when approved | l by a majority of the votes cast upon | l such measure, and not otherwise and f j s"a1l not be required to receive ma | | jority of the eleCtorS voting at such l 1 election. Sach measures shall be oper- . after the election at which 1t is ap- l proved, unless otherwise specified In the act
 This section shall not be construed eo deprive any member of the General ] Assembly of the right to introduce any measure, but no measure shall be sIf'- lnitted to the people by the General Assembly, except proposed conEtitu-
 tional amendment or amendments as provided for in this Constitution.
 cnnvass md DeclarRtics oE RcsHiti | The result of the vote upon any Sta A, | measure shall be canYassed and de- | cI&red by the State Board Of Election l Gommtssioncrs Cor legal substitute | thtrefor); uron a municipal or county | measure by the county election com ! n1issioners Cor legal substitute there 1 for)
 GopfsctinT Mcaxrres. If conflicting i peasures initiated OF referred to the people shall be approved by majority of the votes severally cast fe' and against the same at the same election, l the one receiving the high est number of affirmative votes shall become law.
 THE PETITION Tstlei A the time of filing petitions ; tae exact title to be used on the ballot 1 shall by the petitioners he submitted
 with the petition. and on Rtate- wide
 meaEuros, shall be submitted to the 3tste Board of Election Commissioner | who shall certify such title to the Sec l rotary of State to be placed upon tha ures such ttle shall be submitted to | the county election board and shall by | said board be placed upon the. ballot | In such county or municipal election.
 Limitation, No Limitation shall bs | placed upon the number of constitu- | tional amendments. laws. or other | teasures, which may b4 proposed aHd , submitted to the people by etheti 1 initiative or referendum petition as provided in this section. No petition shall be held invalid if 1t shall "oatain greater number of signatures than
 Verffrntion. Only leea4 votes shall be counted upon petitions. P"t4onn
 parts, but each part of any petition 1 shall have attached thereto the affi- davit of the person circulating the same. that all signatures thereon wera 1 made in the presence of the affiant, and that to the best of the affiants
 knowledge and belief each signature !s
 genuine, and that the person signing ia legal voter and no other affidavit os
 gerlflcation shnli he required 10 estab-
 iish the genuineness of such signatures;
 state wide petitions shall he decided
 in the frst instance by the. SeGretary
 prane Court of the State. which shall have original and exclusive iurtsdl9-
 tfon ovre all such causes. The sufh
 ciency of all local petitions shan be
 county clerk or the city clork as the
 case may be, subject to review by the l Chamcety Cour<.
 Court Dcc.q.ons, If the sutfirlency i of any petition is challenged such cause
 shall be a preference cause, and shall
 oeurts to d@cd p pro fnf to tbe eecae }9e
 as to the 5ufffctepcy of any such rctt-
 ton. ssha.l s not prevent the erection
 the election named in such petition. nor
 initiate against the validity of such l measure if 1t shall have been approved ! by vota of the rNO0lo Amendment of Petitions If the Seo- retary of State. county clelt or cl,y l clerk. as the case may be, shall decide i without delay notify the sponsors Of such petition. and permit q least thirty ! days from the date of Euch notifca- ton. In the instance of state wide ! petition. or ten days in the inatance of | municipal or county petition. for corr rection or amendment. Tn the event of
 foc to ssy to peon po gyng ag grounds the burden of proof shalt bS . npon the person or persons attacking i the validity Of the petition.
 Tnwarrppted Restrictton. ProEtD- . tied: No law shall be passed to sfo- . hibit any person or persons from siving | Gr receiving eompcnsation for ereu manner Interfering with the freedom Df put hs ss n'sBf SBa De aSscaG other folonles or other fraudulent , pracctices, in the securing of signatures ,ser tG 9ts fbs 0 tha Rsope by shall be published as is now, or here after may be provided by law.
 ,.l5a EnHct.ns Slnuse, The style Of all Be Enacted 9 y By he Peope iea of tSe as State of Arkansas. Municipality or hitting measures to the people the ! Secretary of State and ali other of- htials shall be guided by the general | election laws CT municipal laws as tho case may be until additional Legislation | Is provided therefor
 SCIf-EvecEtfng, This section shall be self executing, and all It's provisions shall be treated as mandatory, but laws nay be enacted to facilitate it's oper- ation. No legislation shall be enacted i to restrict. hamper or impair the exer- else of the rights herein reserved to the people.
 That this amendment to the Consti- tutlon of the State be. and the same shall be in substitution of the Initia- tive and Referendum Amendment, ap- proved February 10. 1909. as the same appears in the Acts of Arkansas for 1909, on pages 1239 and t24o of the volume containing the same; and that the said amendment (and the act Of the General Assembly to carry out the same, approved June 80, t911 so far as the same Is In conflict herewith) be-. and the same are hereby repealed.
 W itness my official signature this S4th day of July, 1920.
 tSeal TOM l. TERRA1