The courier-index., 1920-08-13

| General Assembly or by any city coun | on roll call of two-thires of all tn | members elected to each house or ths | General Assembly or of the city coun | oil, as the case may be.
 Electfoni All measures initiated by l the people whether for the State | county. city or town. shall be submitted l only at the regular elections. either | State, congressional or municipal, bu ! referendum petitions may De referred | to the people at special elections to be | called by the proper official. and such | special elections shall be called when | fifteen per cent of the legal voters shal petition fer such special election. and | if the referendum Is invoked as to any measure passed by city or town coun- 1 ell. such city or town council may or@er | a special election.
 Majority Any measure submitted to the people as herein provided shall take effect and become law when approved by majority of the votes cast upon
 such measure. and not otherwise. ana
 shall not be required to receive ma jority of the electors voting at sucn election. Such measures shall be oper- ative on and after the thirtieth day 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 mitted to the people by the General Assembly,, except a proposed constku tfonal amendment or amendmeats as provided for in this Constitution. Caavass and Declaration of Results The result of the vote upon any State m measurs shall be canvassed and de- ciarsd by the State Board of Election Commissioners Cor legal substitute measure by the county election com nissionsrs Cor legal substitute there for).
 measures initiated or referred to the people shall be approved by a majority of the votes ssvsrally cast for and against the same at the same election. of affirmative votes shall become law.
 THE PETITION
 T1tles At the time of hling petitions the exact title to be used on the ballot sa,, ny the Psstonsf' snS be measures. shall be submitted to the State Board of Election Commissioners. who shall certify such title to the Sec ballot: on county and municipal meas ures suoh title shall be submitted to the county election board and shall by said board be placed upon the ballot
 Ltuaitstsons No limitation shall be placed upon the number of eonsutu- tional amendments, laws. or other measures which may bs proposed and so ss DsoRas pst,ion sg sthss s provided h this section. No petition shall be held invalid t shall contain . greater number of signatures than
 veriHea don, Only legal votes shall be counted upon petitions Petitions may be circulated and presented In parts. but each part of any petition davit of the person circulating the same that all signatures thereon were made in the presence of the affiant, 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
 sufficiencyt The sufffciency of all state wide petitions shall be decided in the first instance by the Secretary pr Creme 'e Court t'sf of the state which shall have original and exclusive jurisdic- ton ovre all such causes. The suffi- ciency of all local petitions shall be county clerk or the city clerk as the case may be. subject to review by the Chancery Court
 Court Dccisions, 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 as to tho sufficiency of any such ped- tion. shall not prevent the question from being placed upon the ballot at the election named In such petition. nor measure. if 1t shall have been approved by vote of the people.
 Unwaryanted Restrictions Prohfb- r.tary of State. county clerk or city any petition to be insufficient. he shall without delay notify the sponsors of such petition, and permit at least thirty dave from the date or suoh notihce- 1f rU n petition. or ten days in the instance or a municipal or county petition. for cor rection or amendment. Tn the event or iegsll proceedlngs to 1,,Sn prevent giv,ng grounds. the burden of proof shall De upon the person or persons attacking he validity of the petition.
 Unwarranted Restrictions Prohfb- ftcdt No law shall be passed to pro- hihit any person or persons from giving pr receiving compensation for circu- lating petitions. nor to prohibit the manner interfering with the freedom of the people in procuring petitions; but laws shall be enacted prohibiting other felonies or other fraudulent practices. in the securing of signatures or filing of petitions.
 Pubifcationi All measures submitted to a vote of the people by petition under the provisions of this section shall be published as is now. or here- after may he provided by law
 Enacting Cinurr; The style of all bills Initiated and submitted under the provisions of this section shall be: '.Be IL Enacted By The People of the State of Arkansas. Municipality or County as the case may bel" In sub hitting measures to the people, the Secretary of State and all other off, fcials shall be guided by the general election laws or municipal laws as the case may be until additional Legislation n is provided therefor.
 seif-Executingt This section shall he self-executing. and all it's provisions shall be treated as mandatory, but laws
 may be enacted to facilitate it's 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- l tuition of the State be, and the same shall be in substitution of the Initia- | tive and Referendum Amendment ap- prove 4 February IS. 1908. as the same appears In the Acts of Arkansas for | 1909 on pages 123s and 1z40 of ths volume containing the same. and that | the said amendment (and the act of | the General Assembly to carry out the same, approved June 30. 1911. so far as | the same is in conflict herewith be- | and the same arc hereby repealed.