The Nevada County picayune., 1920-08-19

clared by the State Board of Electio Commissioners Cor legal substitut therefor) upon a municipal or count. measure, by the county election com missioners Cor legal substitute there for)
 Conflicting Measures: If conflicting measures initiated or referred to the 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 ballot shall by the petitioners be submitted with the petition, and on statewide measures, shall be submitted to the State Board of Election Commissioners, 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 to the county election board and shall by such board be placed upon the ballot in such county or municipal election.
 LimitatiOn: No limitation shall be- placed upon the number of consttu tional amendments, laws, or other measures which may be proposed and submitte dt o the people by either initiative or referendum petitions as provided in this section. No petition shall be held invalid if it shall contain a greater number of signatures than required herein.
 Notifications: Only legal votes shall be counted upon petitions. Petitions may be circulated and presented in parts, but each part of any petition shall have attached thereto the atfi- dayit of the person circulating the same. that all signatures thereon were made in the presence of the affant, and that to the best of the affiants knowledge and belief each signature is genuine, and that the person signing isi d legal voter and no other affidavit or verifcation shall be required to estab fish the genuineness of such signatures
 Sufficiency: The sufficiency of all statewide 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 ease may be, subject to review by the Chancery Court.
 Court Decisions: If the sufficiency| of any petition is challenged such cause shall be preference cause and shall be tried at once but the failure If the courts To decide prior to the election as to the sufiiciency of any such peti- ton, shall not prevent the question from being placed upon the ballot at fhe election named in such petition. nor initiate against h. validity of such measure, if # shall have been approved br a vote of the people.
 Amendment 0f Petition: If the Sec rotary of State county clerk or city clerk. as the case may he, 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 notitica- ton. in the instance of q statewide petition, or ten days in the instance of q municipal or county petition, for cor rection or amendment. In the event of legal proceedings to prevent giving legal effect to any petition upon any grounds, the burden of proof shall be- upon the person or persons attacking the validity of the petition.
 Unwarranted Restrictions PrOhib- ited: No law shall he passed to pro hibit any person or persons from giving or receiving compensation for circu lating petitions, nor to prohibit the circulation of petitions, nor ill any manner interfering with the Freedom of 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: An 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 be provided by law.
 Enacting Clause: The style of all bills initiated anG thmitted under the provisions of this section shall be Be IT Enacted by The People of the State of Arkan :. Municipality or County. as the caeo nay be-" In sub hitting measures to the people, the Secretary of State and all other of ticials shall be guided by the general election laws or municipal laws as the case may be until additional legislation is provided therefor.
 Self-EXecuting: This section shall he self-executing, and all its 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 lnitia- tive and Referendum Amendment, ap- proved February l9. 1909, as the same appears in the Acts of Arkansas for 1909, on pages 1239 and 1240 of the volume containing the same and that
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